The poor performance and miserable result of this debate is not an indicator the format is bad, it is an indictment of our media circus that has given us these candidates in the first place.
This is proof our system is fucked and I hope to god we don’t “fix” this by going back to letting opponents talk all over each other just to put on a good an entertaining show.
Can’t get a security clearance if you’ve smoked pot within the past 7 years because it’s blackmail leverage
Their point doesn’t stand. Just report it.
It’s not so much the blackmail with pot, it’s the fact you can’t “follow the rules”. They will give a bye for previous smoking events (before you need the clearance, took a position etc.), it’s smoking with a clearance or NOT telling them that will get you wrapped up.
Point was, not everyone with coffee in their cabinet needs to start panicking.
You’re right, the President should basically do nothing in the year before an election. Everything must be accomplished in the first three years, then we take a break.
Edit: (Assuming POTUS was even involved)
an opponent of ranked choice voting, contributed $90,000 to the Ranked Choice Education Association, an organization incorporated as a church in Washington state
Yup, this all sounds on the up-and-up to me.
The better headline would have been:
Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by drinking from his boot
$120K/yr in gifts seems perfectly reasonable. I just haven’t pulled on my bootstraps hard enough to find such nice friends.
Maybe next year!
Maybe they were getting outputs? Just with less time sitting and staring at a monitor than expected.
I bet it has a Ministry of Definistry.
They committed a conspiracy to win. Schemed it ahead of time and everything.
I dunno. Perhaps the GOP will vote for him if he’s convicted? They seem to go for that sort of thing.
You can add “&t=1h9m20s” to the end of that URL to take folks straight there.
https://www.youtube.com/live/4bL5zRBns7I?si=Nj2s3lJ4t3o1hxAi&t=1h9m20s
I’m still sullen about napster. It didn’t change anything about music sharing- other than to take music sharing into the spotlight. I.e., they got greedy and gained the attention of the media.
Or maybe he just gave it a little nudge?
I like to follow “media” outlets that parrot whateverTrump says. It makes me feel better about the lies I tell myself.
This is exactly what they’ve done. Notice everything (except for “make them miserable”, which isn’t inherently illegal…) is placed on “someone else should…”:
1,000,000 men (armed) need to […]
I hope every juror is doxxed and they pay […]
May God strike them dead.
They know exactly what they are doing. Doing it mafia style, just like dear leader.
Edit: Idiots downvoting what’s right in their face. Can’t believe facts, only emotions. Just like the idiots following Trump. Idiots are idiots. Here is more evidence for you, on this exact topic from reuters:
While the posts identified by Reuters all called for violence or insurrection, most fell short of the legal standard for a prosecutable threat, which typically requires evidence that the comment reflects a clear intent to act or instill fear, rather than simply suggesting a frightening outcome.
Here is the problem: These people very carefully choose their words. It’s not illegal to “wish” all the jurors are outed, tortured, maimed, and drawn and quartered over a bed of coals- along with their families, neighbors and first grade teachers.
See that’s all okay to say apparently. This is our legal system. It’s not until they actually say, “I’m going to […],” that LE gets involved. Because none of that other stuff was a direct threat, or intended to incite violence, or intended to instill fear. They were just harmless wishes. Super okay, and nothing to worry about, you see?
(This is satire)