The Biden Era

[blackhawk]

Bidens approval ratings according to real clear politics.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_biden_job_approval_economy-7321.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_biden_job_approval_foreign_policy-7322.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-immigration-7359.html
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/direction_of_country-902.html
Now on some of theses topics they have not done any updated polling in a couple weeks even so his overall approval rating has continued to get worse despite the saturation coverage of January 6th and abortion by the media to try and distract the public from the less than grand job he is doing.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Post reports, "Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, delivered explosive testimony Tuesday to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, offering startling details on the activities of President Donald Trump and those around him before the attack on the U.S. Capitol and on the deadly day itself."

Here are some of the biggest revelations:

• Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney, sought pardons related to their roles in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, Hutchinson testified. She said Trump also expressed interest in pardoning the Capitol rioters.
• Hutchinson testified that Trump was informed that attendees at a Jan. 6 rally near the White House were armed but that he still wanted security removed from the area and the crowd to march to the Capitol. Trump waved off concerns that the rallygoers had been reported to be armed. “You know, I don’t even care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me,” Hutchinson testified Trump said.
• Hutchinson said that as violence increased at the Capitol, she witnessed White House counsel Pat Cipollone telling Meadows: “Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die. The blood is going to be on your f---ing hands.”
• Hutchinson recalled that Meadows told her days before insurrection that “things might get real, real bad” at the Capitol on that day.

If Trump knew his supporters had weapons, if this can be proven, and he encouraged them to march on the Capitol, he is guilty of sedition. We know he tried to join the extremist mob, too. He said so.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

"Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you. We are going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”

Did the former President lead a coup attempt to overthrow the elected government? Did he commit crimes?

Stay tuned.

 

[MisterBeale]

Fucking retarded lefties think our Constitution is about mob rule. ^^^

Fucking retarded know-nothing asswipes

And then they accuse others of being stupid.

This is why only 9% of the country is watching their dog and pony show.

We all know who's stupid around here.

The Prez can't finish a sentence and the VP bails communist terrorists out of jail.

These are the best the Democraps have. Their 'leaders".

IMO? Sandy is either a bot or a former establishment insider.

Post # 158 was plagiarized, which is an indication of either a bot or a paid shill. It is a violation of forum rules not to give links.

Opinion: The aftershocks of America's abortion earthquake will be felt for decades

Following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, CNN Opinion asked a group of contributors to weigh in on the cultural, legal and political ramifications of this monumental legal opinion undoing nearly 50 years of federal abortion protection.

www.cnn.com

The disaster at the border is disgraceful, and the garbage they are doing in Ukraine? That is insane.

Most Americans, haven't had a decent economic education, they have no idea how the price of energy has been caused by the neo-liberal/neo-con policies in Ukraine, nor how they are exacerbated by our meddling in Europe.

BUT? The polls definitely DO reflect, they are concerned more with inflation and the price of energy, than they are concerned with the troubles in Ukraine. . . the upshot? That make both Trump and Biden terrible presidents.

We probably haven't had a politician talk sense on the economy, and how the government affects it, since Ron Paul or Ross Perot, at least, not one that told the truth anyhow.

Inflation Dominates Americans' Economic Concerns in March

Americans increasingly see inflation as a major problem facing the country, and a solid majority worry a great deal about it.

news.gallup.com

As of March;

*The government/Poor leadership
*High cost of living/Inflation
*Economy in general

. . . all ranked higher and more of a concern than the Situation with Russia and Ukraine

with Fuel/Oil prices following several other issues. I have no doubt, if asked today, several months later, Fuel/Oil price would probably outrank even the Situation in Russia.

Mr. Shanks lives in an alternate reality.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson is a very brave woman.

What does that make White House Counsel Pat Cipollone?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

ABC reports, "NATO allies will decide at a summit this week to increase the strength of their rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of their response to an “era of strategic competition," the military alliance's secretary-general said Monday.

"The NATO response force (NRF) currently numbers around 40,000 soldiers which can deploy quickly when needed.

"In response to the Kremlin’s decision to start the war, U.S. President Joe Biden and his NATO counterparts agreed in February to send thousands of troops, backed by air and naval support, to protect allies near Russia and Ukraine. The 30-nation organization decided at the time to send parts of the NRF and elements of a quickly deployable spearhead unit to the alliance’s eastern flank, marking the first time the force had been used in a defense role."

CNN reports, "President Joe Biden, who is currently meeting with G7 leaders in Germany for a summit primarily focused on Ukraine, announced recently that the US would provide Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as its war with Russia grinds on. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is slated to virtually address Biden and other G7 leaders on Monday."

It is true. I rarely discuss our President, who is the subject of this thread. As our economy flourishes with excellent spending and full employment despite inflation, our President quietly does his job without fanfare and without controversy. Our kind of President.

To be brutally honest, there is a scarcity of material on President Biden because he is efficient and somber.

Even his detractors can't find anything to discuss beyond accusations of senility and, occasionally, an article about his son, Hunter.

The President's detractors complain about inflation and high prices at the pump, but that's all they can do. Even Republicans know Biden didn't cause those problems. If anyone disagrees with that analysis, please explain your reasons.

 

[Rigby5]

1. The USSC is NOT banning all abortions. The USSC may say that "abortions" is NOT covered in the US Constitution, and so goes to the States for legalities.
2. Many states will have unrestricted abortions.
3. Many states will have some restrictions on abortions.
4. That's the way the US Constitution is written, as interpreted by the USSC.

Any questions?

Wrong.
That was all correct UNTIL the 14th amendment.
The 14th amendment says there are unlimited and unenumerated individual rights, and states may still not violate them even though they are not in the Bill of Rights.
(The Bill of Rights was intended merely to restrict federal jurisdiction, not list individual rights.)
Any state legislation attempting to reduce long standing abortion rights are both practicing medicine without a license, and attempting to impose a state religion.

 

[Rigby5]

So appendicitis isn't governed by the US Constitution, and is covered by State Laws, like abortions should be.

Wrong.
Medicine is up to doctors, NOT state legislators.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson is a very brave woman.

What does that make White House Counsel Pat Cipollone?

The Post reports, "Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, delivered explosive testimony Tuesday to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, offering startling details on the activities of President Donald Trump and those around him before the attack on the U.S. Capitol and on the deadly day itself."

Here are some of the biggest revelations:

• Meadows and Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s attorney, sought pardons related to their roles in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, Hutchinson testified. She said Trump also expressed interest in pardoning the Capitol rioters.
• Hutchinson testified that Trump was informed that attendees at a Jan. 6 rally near the White House were armed but that he still wanted security removed from the area and the crowd to march to the Capitol. Trump waved off concerns that the rallygoers had been reported to be armed. “You know, I don’t even care that they have weapons. They’re not here to hurt me,” Hutchinson testified Trump said.
• Hutchinson said that as violence increased at the Capitol, she witnessed White House counsel Pat Cipollone telling Meadows: “Mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die. The blood is going to be on your f---ing hands.”
• Hutchinson recalled that Meadows told her days before insurrection that “things might get real, real bad” at the Capitol on that day.

If Trump knew his supporters had weapons, if this can be proven, and he encouraged them to march on the Capitol, he is guilty of sedition. We know he tried to join the extremist mob, too. He said so.

“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”

"Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you. We are going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”

Did the former President lead a coup attempt to overthrow the elected government? Did he commit crimes?

Stay tuned.

 

[Rigby5]

IMO? Sandy is either a bot or a former establishment insider.

Post # 158 was plagiarized, which is an indication of either a bot or a paid shill. It is a violation of forum rules not to give links.

Being well informed is not a detriment.
And post #158 contains an attributed and italicized quote, which is perfectly legal and does not require a link.
Only opening thread quotes require links.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

This is the first time in its history that the Supreme Court has removed a fundamental right, the right of a woman to make her own decisions regarding her health and well-being.
The Court is imposing its religious view on the American people.
The Court determined that the government is in control of a woman's health when it involves a pregnancy. The woman and her doctor do not decide her fate. The state does.

S.E. Cupp writes, "I’m deeply worried for our country."

I am. too. Trump and the Republican Party have created a Supreme Court that is being guided by its religious views. It is imposing those religious views on the American people to the extent of a Court approved dictate that the government controls pregnancies.

The Court created by the Republican Party is dissolving the Separation of Church and State principle, and the government's power will only grow under this conservative Court.

Sorry, I digress. Back to solemn thoughts of S.E. Cupp.

No matter where you stand on the issue – I’m pro-life but do not support a ban on abortions – this ruling represents a seismic shift in American life as most of us knew it.

I’m 43, and Roe is older than I am. There are more people alive today who have never known an America without Roe than there are people who lived without it.

Stripping away what many women have only known as a right for nearly 50 years, without putting anything in its place is dangerous. Criminalizing a medical procedure and unleashing a hoard of police and prosecutors to round up women and doctors and Uber drivers is draconian. Forcing a woman to choose between jail and carrying her rapist’s baby is uncivilized and medieval.

Politics – and if I’m being honest, cable news at times – has incorrectly framed the abortion debate for decades. You’d likely believe the country is made up of people who want abortion banned and criminalized and people who want abortion with no restrictions. That’s simply false. The majority of Americans are in the middle – we support abortion in some but not all circumstances.

The overturning of Roe serves a narrow minority of Americans at the expense of the majority. It’s regressive, impractical and puritanical. And let’s not forget, entirely political.

You don’t have to be an abortion advocate to think this is a lamentable ruling, a sad day for women – and a worrisome time for our country.

 

[MisterBeale]

Being well informed is not a detriment.
And post #158 contains an attributed and italicized quote, which is perfectly legal and does not require a link.
Only opening thread quotes require links.

You are incorrect.

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[Sandy Shanks]

If Trump knew his supporters had weapons, if this can be proven, and he encouraged them to march on the Capitol, he is guilty of sedition. We know he tried to join the extremist mob, too. He said so.

An internet search resulted in an interesting fact. The only Republican coming to the defense of Trump is Trump.

This is also true. No forum Republican came to the defense of Trump. The damaging testimony stands without rebuttal.

However, the evidence presented in the Jan. 6 committee hearings may all be for naught where grassroots Republicans are concerned for one very simple reason.

They know nothing about it.

The rural Republican followers are uninformed, and they prefer to stay that way. They are completely unaware of the damage they are causing.

They prefer it that way!

 

[Sandy Shanks]

It is not at all surprising that Trump's allies in the coup attempt to overthrow the elected government either lie or plead the Fifth.

“General Flynn, do you believe in the peaceful transition of power in the United States of America?” Rep Liz Cheney asked General Michael Flynn.

“The Fifth,” the general responded.

CNBC reports, "The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot on Thursday said that the panel will invite Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to testify about her involvement in efforts to reverse Donald Trump’s presidential election loss.

"Ginni Thomas told The Daily Caller [on the 16th] that she was willing to testify."

“I can’t wait to clear up misconceptions. I look forward to talking to them,” Thomas told the Daily Caller.

Today, her lawyer agreed. then took the agreement away in typical lawyer strategy, agree, but disagree.

NBC followed up. "An attorney representing Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, a conservative activist and the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is pushing back against a request from the House Jan. 6 committee for her testimony.

"In an eight-page letter to the committee, obtained Wednesday by NBC News, Ginni Thomas' lawyer, Mark R. Paoletta, argued that he has not seen any reason for her to testify and asked the panel to provide a “better justification” for his client’s testimony.

"Mrs. Thomas is eager to clear her name and is willing to appear before the Committee to do so," he wrote in the letter, dated Tuesday. "However, based on my understanding of the communications that spurred the Committee’s request, I do not understand the need to speak with Mrs. Thomas."

Classic lawyer-speak.

NBC added, "Paoletta said emails between Thomas and John Eastman, the former Trump lawyer who wrote memos arguing then-Vice President Mike Pence could overturn the 2020 election, which Eastman shared with the committee, provide “no basis” to interview Thomas."

Ginni lied. Flynn pleads the Fifth when asked about a fundamental basis of American Democracy.

Do Republicans care?

Hell, no! Trump is the elected President.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

It is true. I rarely discuss our President, who is the subject of this thread. As our economy flourishes with excellent spending and full employment despite inflation, our President quietly does his job without fanfare and without controversy. Our kind of President.

Reuters reports, "NATO on Wednesday branded Russia the biggest "direct threat" to Western security after its invasion of Ukraine and agreed plans to modernise Kyiv's beleaguered armed forces, saying it stood fully behind Ukrainians' "heroic defence of their country".

"At a summit dominated by the invasion and the geopolitical upheaval it has caused, NATO also invited Sweden and Finland to join and pledged a seven-fold increase from 2023 in combat forces on high alert along its eastern flank against any future Russian attack.

"U.S. President Joe Biden announced more land, sea, and air force deployments across Europe from Spain in the west to Romania and Poland bordering Ukraine.

"These included a permanent army headquarters with accompanying battalion in Poland - the first full-time U.S. deployment on NATO's eastern fringes."

Helped along by Putin's invasion of Ukraine, it would appear that our President has repaired the damage in NATO relations caused by the previous administration.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

As our economy flourishes with excellent spending and full employment despite inflation, our President quietly does his job without fanfare and without controversy. Our kind of President.

Without fanfare and without controversy?

CNN reports, "President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support making an exception to the filibuster – the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to pass most legislation – in order to codify abortion rights and the right to privacy through legislation passed by Congress.

"However, despite Biden’s newly announced support for the filibuster carveout, his best bet in doing so would be next year – and only if Democrats gain at least two Senate seats and hold the House of Representatives, an extremely tall task.

"The Senate doesn’t have the 60 votes needed to codify Roe v. Wade under current rules."

That is because Republicans won't allow the passage of such a bill. They want the government to be in control of pregnancies.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

I have been following politics for over 50 years. I have a special love for the frustration caused by politicians who can speak for hours and not say a thing.

In all those years, I have never experienced the silence from a major party that we are experiencing now.

The leader of the Republican Party may be in trouble with the law. Trump surely is in trouble with the voters. Yet not one Republican in Washington is coming to the defense of Trump in the media. Republicans are totally silent on the issues involving their leader.

Not one Republican wants to be sworn in to testify for the defense of Trump in Jan. 6 committee hearings. The very opposite is happening. Republicans are avoiding the hearings for fear they may be indicted. Several Trump allies in his weird stolen election scheme have pleaded the Fifth.

Trump shoots his mouth off to a conservative news site, but will not come to his defense under oath, which makes his remarks to conservative media meaningless.

Republicans worked for 50 years to get Roe vs. Wade overturned. Their Supreme Court finally gave them their victory. According to the Court, the government will control pregnancies. The woman and her doctor have no say in the matter. The Court allowed the government to declare abortion a felony, punishable by prison time if the woman and/or her doctor are convicted.

Are Republicans in Washington rejoicing? No, once again there is complete silence. They don't want the voters to know about the severe consequences of their victory in the 50-year struggle.

Of course, the people who should learn about all this are avoiding both matters. Beyond Trump being their savior, grassroots Republicans are uninformed and they want to stay that way.

Want proof of that statement? Thumb through the last few pages of this thread where these issues are being discussed.

Not one Republican has dealt with the issues!

Believe it or not, Republicans are expected to win control of Congress in the November mid-terms.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

CNN reports, "In a setback for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers, a Florida judge has ruled that a new state law banning abortions at 15 weeks is unconstitutional and he intends to block it from taking effect on Friday.

"In a verbal ruling on Thursday, Second Judicial Circuit Court Judge John Cooper said he would be issuing a temporary statewide injunction that will go into effect once he signs the written order in the challenge brought by some Florida abortion providers."

There are several cases where lower courts are challenging the Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade.

That has never happened before!

There is confusion in Arizona. See https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...l-pre-state-abortion-ban-enforceable-85967613

The Republican Supreme Court has created mass confusion to go along with their enormous unpopularity.

CNN continued, "The Supreme Court on Thursday sent three abortion-related cases back down to lower courts to be reconsidered now that the court has overturned Roe v. Wade, ending constitutional protections to obtain an abortion."

And allowing the government to control a woman's health where pregnancy is involved.

"The Supreme Court, having decided the term’s big Second Amendment case invalidating a New York law that restricted where people could carry a concealed weapon in public, also sent several cases they had been sitting on back to the lower courts for further deliberations," CNN.

In the wake of Buffalo and Uvalde, the Court expanded gun rights. The Court ruled that New York could not ask why a person would want to walk down Fifth Avenue with a loaded nine-millimeter automatic on the hip.

The Court's decision was heralded in the offices of the NRA, a sponsor of the Republican Party.

Throwing gasoline on the fire, the Republican Court dealt a major blow to the fight against global warming. For the Republican Party, still another goal was achieved.

CNN reports that the Supreme Court curbed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to broadly regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants, a major defeat in the fight to slash emissions at the very moment when scientists are sounding alarms about the accelerating pace of global warming.

I have run out of words.

 

[Sandy Shanks]

We have never experienced the silence from a major party that we are experiencing now.
The leader of the Republican Party may be in trouble with the law. Trump surely is in trouble with the voters. Yet not one Republican in Washington is coming to the defense of Trump in the media. Republicans are totally silent on the issues involving their leader.
Not one Republican wants to be sworn in to testify for the defense of Trump in Jan. 6 committee hearings. The very opposite is happening. Republicans are avoiding the hearings for fear they may be indicted.

ABC reports "On June 24, the Supreme Court's smallest-possible majority struck down the long-standing Roe v. Wade ruling, which had for five decades guaranteed a right to access abortion. It was a rare instance of the court restricting rights it had previously extended via the Constitution.

"Roe's reversal was partly possible because of the votes of the court's three most recent justices, all of whom were appointed for life by President Donald Trump -- himself elected by a minority of the population. He lost the popular vote and was confirmed by Senate Republicans representing roughly 43 percent of the country."

The problem is, our Constitution gave too much power to the smaller states, meaning states with small populations. Americans who live in states with large populations have less power and less representation than those Americans who live in states with smaller populations.

What does this mean exactly? It means the farmer in Montana has more political power, more government influence than the doctor in California. The problem becomes more acute with the realization that, generally speaking, the doctor in California is going to have more education and be more informed than the farmer in Montana.

Republican leaders are not dumb, and they are taking full advantage of their less educated, less informed, voters. Because they are largely uninformed and not fully cognizant of events around them, grassroots Republicans are largely unaware of what is being done in their name. All they know is, they are loyal followers of Donald Trump. Most of them know very little about Trump's attempt to overthrow the elected government.

Here is one example of the problem. There are many others.

Technically speaking, our President is not chosen by the American people. He is voted into office by the electors in the Electoral College in accordance with our Constitution. The number of electors each state has is the total of its Senators and representatives.

California has a total population of a little more than 39 million. California has 55 electors. Montana has a population of little more than a million. Montana has three electors.

When you divide the population by the number of electors, each elector in Montana represents 333,333 Americans. Each elector in California represents 709,090 Americans. The farmer in Montana has over twice the representation than the doctor in California. That is how Trump became our President in 2016 even though he lost the popular vote cast by the American people.

This becomes all the more serious when one realizes that the doctor has a college education and, generally speaking, is more informed than the farmer in Montana who has no use for a college education and political awareness unless the latter has something to do with farming.

 

[MisterBeale]

This becomes all the more serious when one realizes that the doctor has a college education and, generally speaking, is more informed than the farmer in Montana who has no use for a college education and political awareness unless the latter has something to do with farming.

So are you saying the political interests of the doctor in California are more important to the nation, than the farmer in Montana?

Is the health of people in California more important to the nation, than food for people all over the world, is that what you are trying to say?

 

[Sandy Shanks]

The Republican Senate Intelligence Committee reaffirmed its support for the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election with the goal of putting Donald Trump in the Oval Office.
Senate Intel report confirms Russia aimed to help Trump in 2016

The Russian dictator, Vladimir Putin, wanted Donald Trump to become our President in 2016 and wanted the Republican Party to be in power. Trump appointed three judges to the Supreme Court to continue his legacy.

Putin is being rewarded handsomely. America is in turmoil. The very basis of our democracy, free elections, is under attack. Trump and the Republican Party are, of course, responsible, aided by a very conservative Supreme Court that has become so unpopular it has walled itself off from the American people.

Republicans remain silent.

We have never experienced the silence from a major party that we are experiencing now.

The Times writes, "Pressed by Supreme Court decisions diminishing rights that Americans hold dear and expanding those cherished by the right, the United States appears to be drifting apart into separate nations, with diametrically opposed social, environmental and health policies.

"Call these the Disunited States."

Thank you, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Neil M. Gorsuch, and Brett M. Kavanaugh. Vladimir Putin is extremely proud of you. Thanks to the President I wanted, you have accomplished in a few months what communist Russia could not accomplish in over a hundred years.

America has become a divided nation!

The responsibility lies with the Republican Party, which accounts for their total silence.

For reasons that confuse many, it is expected that the Republican Party will be rewarded for what they have done. As their leader, Trump, is being investigated for possible sedition, the Republican Party may win control of Congress in November.

How could this happen? The rural voters that dominate the Republican Party are clueless. As this thread shows, they avoid reality. They don't know, and they don't want to know.