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Don't you remember when Jesus said "Come ye all and decorate trees of pine with magical sparking lights that burn without fire to celebrate my birthday. And use many shekels to purchase gift cards and disposable presents that people do not want, for Supply Side Jesus helps those who help the economy!"
What an A-wohl.
The **** it is.
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She ran for her local council as a sixth former and lost to Labour by 13% of the total vote. Naturally, she blames her own party for not being right wing enough. "Tomorrow belongs to me".
Young Tories like me are losing faith, we've been scared to raise our voices until now
As a 19-year-old young Conservative, I despair at the state of the party I once proudly represented
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The Biden DOJ is probably aware that Texas law effective September 1, 2021 provides any individual aged minimum 21 years not otherwise subject to state or federal prohibitions may carry a handgun without a permit.
If you had "the right seeks federal intervention in state firearm matters" on your 2021 Bingo card, you got a square.
These mother****ers are "D-U-M-B" stupid!
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One of the benefits of being disassociated with the group that constantly cries "I love guns", like anyone defending CRT is, is that you get a bit more benefit of the doubt when you say "locked and loaded". Does that mean guns? Well, coming from a gun nut quite possibly. Coming from someone defending CRT, maaaaybe.
Poor decision to say it regardless, as if the US needed any more threats that could be considered violent right now.
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Definitely. There's little doubt in my mind that this was nothing more than someone trying to sound hard and it would certainly have been better if he had not, but even if you take the remarks at face value, there's no actual threat of violence. Being armed is not itself a violent act and stating intent to be armed, particularly in a jurisdiction subject to a supposed "constitutional carry" law as Texas is, isn't stating intent to do harm.
I suspect this (the response from House GOP) is mostly an allegation of hypocrisy directed at the DOJ because of a memo it released regarding an increase in violence and threats of violence at these sorts of school board meetings, but that memo was itself panned by Republicans including Texas senators Cruz and Cornyn. It was described as intimidation against parents for their speech, and now they seem to be invoking the DOJ and its memo because someone has a view of things that they don't like. That he represents what they deem to be the opposition is likely the only reason they invoke it, because Garland and the "Biden DOJ" also represent what thy deem to be the opposition.
Speaking of CRT and school boards...
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Legally you're right. Practically speaking, it kinda depends on context - including who is saying it. I definitely would take that same statement to be a threat of violence given the right circumstances, I'm not sure those circumstances were present in this case, but I don't see the statement as innocuous.
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I know people are going to take things the way they're inclined to take things, but legality is the only relevant interpretation when the interests of the Department of Justice, whomever heads it and their supposed biases, are invoked. Consider a letter issued by Grassley and Republican members on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which relevant jurisprudence in Brandenburg (incitement) and Virginia v. Black (true threats) are cited, to Garland regarding the aforementioned memo.
Grain of salt regarding the broader subject matter. Marcy Wheeler live tweeted a great thread of Garland getting grilled before the SJC.
It concerns me that this is a dynamic at school board meetings (before mass cultivation of culture war grievance, these were fairly boring affairs), whether it's motivated by mask policies, curriculum fear mongering or who is entitled to use which bathrooms.
House GOP Twitter wants the DOJ to be interested in this but not. They can't allege hypocrisy without calling attention to their own.
Edit: Here's a link to the PDF screengrabbed above.
Download | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
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It's not nothing, to be sure, but I suppose I also have a high tolerance for threats.
The time has come to peace the **** out.
I referenced this tune in another thread in response to a gif from another of the band's videos (it's driving me nuts not knowing which one, however). Sweary words in not only the song but the title as well.
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Paul Gosar retweets same video aimed at AOC after House censures him – report
Republican congressman retweeted conservative podcaster Elijah Schaffer’s tweet of the violent video
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"But he took it down!"Paul Gosar retweets same video aimed at AOC after House censures him – report
Republican congressman retweeted conservative podcaster Elijah Schaffer’s tweet of the violent videowww.theguardian.com
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