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  1. 10 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said:

    But no cross examination or rebuttal -- so no evidence is before the court.

    A summary judgment hearing is a trial, and it can certainly be appealed if the summary judgment evidence didn't establish it as a matter of law. If the judge had been worried about getting reversed on appeal, he would have just made the same ruling after the bench trial.

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  2. 8 hours ago, 'stache said:

    JFC, you are a stupid mother fucker. Summary judgment requires admissible evidence and is a high standard for judgment to be entered without trial. The fact that summary judgment was entered means that not only was there admissible evidence in the record, it was so strong and irrefutable that a trial was deemed unnecessary. It's the complete opposite of what you're implying. Not only was there extensive evidence, trump and his rag tag team of shitty lawyers had no plausible defense. I also read that it was entered prior to a bench trial, meaning that the case would have been tried to the judge anyway without a jury. It means he waived the right to a jury trial. But keep "just asking questions," lol. 

    My understanding is that Trump's lawyers failed to timely request a jury.

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  3. 2 hours ago, aggie08 said:

    The Wall Street Journal editorial board can fuck right off criticizing anyone else for normalizing Trump. 

    Canceled my subscription shortly after Trump got elected and I've never looked back.

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  4. 3 hours ago, Satchel said:

    How did this man ever get elected? What happened to us?

    A report from The Atlantic revealed Thursday that Milley had chosen Army captain Luis Avila, who is severely wounded after serving in five combat tours, to sing "God Bless America" at the 2019 Armed Forces Welcome Ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall because, to him and several other Army generals, Avila represented the dignity, strength and sacrifice of wounded soldiers. Avila had lost a leg in an IED attack while serving in Afghanistan in 2011 and suffered two strokes, two heart attacks and brain damage as a result of his injuries.

    After Trump went over to congratulate the captain for his performance, the then-president asked Milley, who as JCS chairman served as Trump's principal military adviser, within earshot of others, "Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded." He also told Milley to never let Avila make a public appearance again.

    "These sorts of moments, which would grow in intensity and velocity, were disturbing to Milley. As a veteran of multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, he had buried 242 soldiers who'd served under his command," The Atlantic's Jeffery Goldberg writes. "Milley's family venerated the military, and Trump's attitude toward the uniformed services seemed superficial, callous, and, at the deepest human level, repugnant.

    Because that's who we are.

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