If they did nothing wrong...a trial wont be a problem.Handy my overall point was less about the bona fides of "the center" and more about the idea of putting MAGA on trial. I'm not against the theory but...
Anyway it's good to see the NYT finally catch on about 5 (9?) year too late:
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Warner, with Gabbard and Ratcliffe sitting in front of him: "If this was the case of a military officer or an intelligence officer and they had this kind of behavior, they would be fired."www.threads.net
And how many hearings did we have on Benghazi?Our DNI Director and our CIA Director just do not give a shit about having a journalist on the chat. They do not care.
5,657And how many hearings did we have on Benghazi?
If we'd had hearings like this after Jan 6, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we find ourselves in today.If they did nothing wrong...a trial wont be a problem.
What is your issue with it? They did it at Nuremburg. (although it was international) I am not saying they get hung for treason or charged with war crimes (yet) or anything...I am saying they need to defend their actions in an open forum.
This is not a normal political issue otherwise I would agree it is not a good move. When you have people openly talking about ending Democracy, when they openly defy the rules of the Constitution, when they threaten war with allies and are in league with enemies, when they allow non-elected officials to make State decisions, when they defy orders of the court in direct contravention of Article III, when Article I is made irrelevant because the entire party follows the orders of their tyrant leader making only 1 branch matter anymore...this is not political this is a fight for the very soul of the country. And yes, I realize that makes me sound like them but the difference is I am not just going to shoot first and ask questions later...each will have a chance at due process. (which is more than they want to give any of us) If reasonable people think they should be spared GITMO or Leavenworth they will be. If their actions are deemed acceptable by Congress then they can stay...but the time for appeasement is over.
And I honestly dont care how it looks to the people who act as the "Good Little Germans" or the MAGAts. Do you care how punishment of criminals looks to other criminals and their enablers?
It is always white men who don’t feel the same fear or pressure. They’ll keep telling everyone things aren’t that bad, they haven’t felt what minorities or women have yet. They just keep saying we’re insane- always the word usee to discredit women. Or hystericalIf they did nothing wrong...a trial wont be a problem.
What is your issue with it? They did it at Nuremburg. (although it was international) I am not saying they get hung for treason or charged with war crimes (yet) or anything...I am saying they need to defend their actions in an open forum.
This is not a normal political issue otherwise I would agree it is not a good move. When you have people openly talking about ending Democracy, when they openly defy the rules of the Constitution, when they threaten war with allies and are in league with enemies, when they allow non-elected officials to make State decisions, when they defy orders of the court in direct contravention of Article III, when Article I is made irrelevant because the entire party follows the orders of their tyrant leader making only 1 branch matter anymore...this is not political this is a fight for the very soul of the country. And yes, I realize that makes me sound like them but the difference is I am not just going to shoot first and ask questions later...each will have a chance at due process. (which is more than they want to give any of us) If reasonable people think they should be spared GITMO or Leavenworth they will be. If their actions are deemed acceptable by Congress then they can stay...but the time for appeasement is over.
And I honestly dont care how it looks to the people who act as the "Good Little Germans" or the MAGAts. Do you care how punishment of criminals looks to other criminals and their enablers?
Yep. In an effort to try and heal we let clowns like Lee, Hawley, Cruz, Jordan, Gaetz, Boebert, Greene...etc. walk away without even an ethics inquiry. We never forced any of them to answer for the things they said or did. Just like how Senate Dems just handed Trump and the GOP the keys to do whatever they want by backing down, the Dems gave the GOP open access to be traitors and never worry about repercussions. Merrick Garland was the final nail in that coffin...If we'd had hearings like this after Jan 6, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we find ourselves in today.
Doing what they did and walking away with no repercussions whatsoever has only emboldened them.
In addition to a president, there's a lot of senators and representatives who should have been stripped of their position and never allowed to hold office again, at the very least.
Trials for what? Give an example.Handy I'm not against trials per se, it was the way the concept was presented here in ways that felt way out of process that was bothersome to me, and imho sounded no better than Trump's rounding up people and sending them to Gitmo.
I am not in any way against rooting out this scourge within legal means. I would think my posting history would bear that out.
We gotta come up with a name for this guy. We have Comrade Krasnov, Kommandant Ketamine, and now WhiskiLeaks....
i don’t think anyone doubts your intentions or hatred of Nazis. For me, when i said im not sure many men get it, its just personal experience- watching how my rights were taken away SO fast after so many said women were hysterical.Handy I'm not against trials per se, it was the way the concept was presented here in ways that felt way out of process that was bothersome to me, and imho sounded no better than Trump's rounding up people and sending them to Gitmo.
I am not in any way against rooting out this scourge within legal means. I would think my posting history would bear that out.
The NIH has officially cut all funding for my little area of expertise.I was in the air to Lake Placid Friday when my wife's entire office, over 150 people, were all fired.
No one will be fired. That would show weakness. Not going to happen.Pentagon-wide warning about vulnerabilities in the Signal application went out.........a week ago.
People need to be fired for this. Many people.
I'm sure our resident security expert is just livid.
That sucks.The NIH has officially cut all funding for my little area of expertise.
I knew it was coming, but it’s going to make things so much harder
It’s all future funding. But with rfk in charge we don’t need to worry about disease vector spreadThat sucks.