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Odds are strong that if an American president did this, cities like New York, Washington and Los Angeles will be targets by the cartel.
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I don't think any Republican candidate understands how much our economy would take a hit if we ended up in a war with Mexico. I have to imagine the ultra wealthy that are controlling the politicians would have some strong words about not doing something like that.
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"The suspect appeared to grab a shard of glass as he was falling, and I felt threatened while watching from above so in concordance with and on behalf of my training, I proceeded to engage in extracting my service weapon at which point the suspect proceeded to continue proceeding to fall at which point the suspect was also rotating through the air where upon I could not ascertain the position of the subjects hands, and therefore I was fearful of my life thence upon I engaged to proceed to advance to discharge my firearm 16 times."
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Donald Trump recorded saying he kept classified file after leaving office
Prosecutors investigating the former president's handling of classified files obtain an audio tape.
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Even presuming he didn't actually have the file and just looked at it and remembered the contents, why are you talking about it in public to begin with.
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The man is pathologically incapable of not boasting.Donald Trump recorded saying he kept classified file after leaving office
Prosecutors investigating the former president's handling of classified files obtain an audio tape.
Even presuming he didn't actually have the file and just looked at it and remembered the contents, why are you talking about it in public to begin with.
If you put a gun to this man's head and ordered him to stop boasting, he would say "Nobody does duress better than me, and a lot of people are talking about it"
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Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package. It's now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline. The Senate ground through late-night voting Thursday to wrap up work on the hard-fought...
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Afterward he said, “We’ve saved the country from the scourge of default.”Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package. It's now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline. The Senate ground through late-night voting Thursday to wrap up work on the hard-fought...
Spoken like a true politician.
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What do you think of this article? I actually had this guy as a professor once.
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In some respect, this is actually worthy of congratulations.Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden
Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate has given final approval to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package. It's now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before a fast-approaching deadline. The Senate ground through late-night voting Thursday to wrap up work on the hard-fought...
The senate is majority democrat. The house is majority republican. You might not expect a single thing to get signed across the two groups - especially when you have trump-style republicans in the house who want to burn it all down and would gladly allow the US to default and ruin our economic system. The house is contending simultaneously with that group, and a group of democrats that believe that the debt ceiling is a self-imposed noose that no self-respecting person would negotiate. Those democrats do not want to, under any circumstances, negotiate with terrorists and would refuse to sign such a deal. That's why both Sanders and Boebert oppose the agreement.
What ended up happening was kinda business as usual. But business as usual deserves to be celebrated right now, since the country is very dysfunctional at the moment. The fact that we even came this close to defaulting is a testament to just how dysfunctional it all is. Biden showed some real leadership in fostering a bipartisan agreement that accomplished what needed to be accomplished for the good of the country, even, in some respects, at personal cost. It also requires leadership in both the House (yes I'm praising McCarthy here) and Senate to be able to negotiate slim majorities even with strong opposition from both sides.
So yea... congratulations to all of us that the government is still functioning... for now.
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To an extent it is manufactured, although I do believe that many of the constituents of the representatives with the more fringe views on this subject do actually wish to see their representatives hold the US hostage over the debt ceiling, and possibly to burn it all down.
This particular drama is manufactured in many ways, from the mere existence of the debt ceiling in the first place, to the notion that it makes any sense whatsoever to use it as leverage. And I have some sympathy for the notion that this is not worthy of congratulations because it is to be expected.
But after January 6th it cannot be expected any longer. So yes, I think it's worthy of congratulations that we did a (relatively) normal thing.
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I agree that's it's worthy of congratulations in these times. Yet the compromises made seem pretty insignificant, so it appears to be more of a dog and pony show where they should give themselves a pat on the back rather than portray it as a big crisis averted.
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Given that the radio stations are currently saturated with ads where one side says they "forced Biden to cave" and this is "another big win for conservatives" and you should call this number now to give money to the Republicans tell Congress who you pledge your support to, and the other side says Biden "held firm against conservative pressure" and made sure "the integrity of America will be upheld" and you should call this other number now to give money to the Democrats tell Congress who you pledge your support to, you'll have to forgive me if this is how I feel about the idea that they deserve any praise for resolving this:
And yeah those ads might be done by third parties (and using the sme announcer for both, amusingly enough), but the respective political entities they're shilling for aren't clueless to what they're doing or how they're doing it. Especially when these ads were already playing a couple days before the Senate even finalized everything.
And yeah those ads might be done by third parties (and using the sme announcer for both, amusingly enough), but the respective political entities they're shilling for aren't clueless to what they're doing or how they're doing it. Especially when these ads were already playing a couple days before the Senate even finalized everything.
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The fact that people are trying to spin this is irrelevant. We have a stupid law on the books that says America breaks unless congress acts. The fact that congress acted at all to avoid this is no longer to be taken for granted.Given that the radio stations are currently saturated with ads where one side says they "forced Biden to cave" and this is "another big win for conservatives" and you should call this number now togive money to the Republicanstell Congress who you pledge your support to, and the other side says Biden "held firm against conservative pressure" and made sure "the integrity of America will be upheld" and you should call this other number now togive money to the Democratstell Congress who you pledge your support to, you'll have to forgive me if this is how I feel about the idea that they deserve any praise for resolving this:
And yeah those ads might be done by third parties (and using the sme announcer for both, amusingly enough), but the respective political entities they're shilling for aren't clueless to what they're doing or how they're doing it. Especially when these ads were already playing a couple days before the Senate even finalized everything.
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Trump notified that he is the target of ongoing criminal investigation
He is under investigation for concealing reams of classified information at his private estate and orchestrating a scheme to prevent federal authorities from finding them.
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Trump notified that he is the target of ongoing criminal investigation
He is under investigation for concealing reams of classified information at his private estate and orchestrating a scheme to prevent federal authorities from finding them.
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It's... happ... ening?
Donald Trump indicted over classified documents case
The former president faces a federal indictment and is summoned to attend court in Miami on Tuesday.
www.bbc.co.uk
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lol. lmao.
Do note that at no point does the bitch proclaim his bronzer daddy's innocence.
Trumpism, man.
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Bitch, if youknow knew what the "crossed the Rubicon" idiom meant, you'd realize how stupid it is to say that one has done so twice.
Do note that at no point does the bitch proclaim his bronzer daddy's innocence.
Trumpism, man.
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Bitch, if you
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