The Politics Thread

[amybrickwallace]

We STILL can't go anywhere without seeing T**** signs and flags. Sickening.

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[dragonflies]

Yep still seeing some. but a lot finally got rid of them after the election LOL. 

I'm so ready to move from Ohio if I could afford it I would

[amybrickwallace]

More subpoenas...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/11/08/politics/january-6-committee-subpoenas/index.html

[janea4old]

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^ part 1 of 3

 

^ part 2 of 3

 

^ part 3 of 3

 

Adam Schiff on Steven Colbert, October 18, 2021.
This is from more than 2 weeks ago, but still worth watching.

Edited November 8, 2021 by janea4old

[amybrickwallace]

He's also scheduled to be on The View tomorrow.

[Max]

I very much applaud the work of the January 6 committee, but I've sort of resigned myself to the fact that Trump will never be brought to justice for his criminal behavior that day or for anything else. I really, really had high hopes that Trump would get his comeuppance when the Muller report was released, yet Trump emerged unscathed. Yes, that was the fault of cowardly Republicans, but it still doesn't erase my anger at Trump's perceived ability to seemingly get away with anything (and my pessimism about things going forward).

This may be an absurd belief, but I do think that apart from his GOP sycophants, Trump won't be brought to justice because it would be too "traumatic" (for a good deal of Americans) to have a former president go to prison. Having a former president face that kind of punishment is a far different matter than if we were talking about former vice presidents, governors, or members of Congress.

Obviously, I hope that I am wrong in what I just wrote, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

[amybrickwallace]

Yeah, I feel much the same way. 

Edited November 9, 2021 by amybrickwallace

[amybrickwallace]

Excuse me, but why is this guy still in Congress????

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.axios.com/paul-gosar-video-biden-aoc-eb86d39f-8823-4704-8f21-82eeed3b58e6.html 

 

[ReddFoxx]

He currently holds the most Republican congressional district in Arizona so that's why he's still in Congress. Although redistricting has changed the map a lot and Gosar might be in some trouble in the future if he continues to go this far. The Native American reservations and liberal Flagstaff have been have been added to his district.

[DramatistDreamer]

Also attn: @OzFrog, speaking of the effects of Brexit being done, I just came across this article. Very interesting and not unexpected. You can tap and read from this link without restrictions, as I discovered.

Edited November 9, 2021 by DramatistDreamer

[Cat]

That is very interesting, and some days I dream of bolting from Brexit Island to start anew somewhere else, where the politics and populism and point-scoring don't detract as much from the already-difficult task of making a living!

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The skills/brain drain is for sure already happening (happened?), but by the time Britain acknowledges the extent of how much it harms the country, it will be many years passed. Brexit is, in some ways, like MAGA for some people here. They bought the T-shirt, the baseball cap, stuck the 'Brexit Means Brexit' poster in their front yard. They are All In. And once you go All In on an ideology, it's like a cult or the mafia. You can't All Out. You have staked your social circle, your lifestyle, your personality, your soul on this thing. 

There was an interview with Mark Gatiss, a remainer, recently. He said some things which kind of summed up the remainer's feelings about England and Brexit: 

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Cat

[amybrickwallace]

No, I mean why isn't he being (at the very least) censured?

[Vee]

 

I should add, that poll is also pre-Infrastructure Week(end).

[DRW50]

Cleland was a war hero who was smeared in 2002 by media darlings like Ann Coulter, and the campaign ops involving current "reasonable" Republicans who litter cable news and Twitter. Never forget that hate and bigotry ran the GOP long before Trump arrived, or how much they hate all of us. 

Edited November 9, 2021 by DRW50

[amybrickwallace]

I wish I could believe that there would be accountability here.

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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-fulton-grand-jury-likely-in-trump-election-interference-case/3EHEFEORSRE63CKI3OMZ6F62KM/%3foutputType=amp