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  1. Individual Buttigieg donors are asking for their money back. #RefundPete is trending on Twitter. How long before he drops out?  

    More importantly, who is the next neoliberal candidate to take a swing at the big time? 

    Or will the "chief" of the Democratic Party finally jump in?  Hillary is shaping the battlefield again for a possible surfacing of her campaign.

  2. 12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Queensberry rules

    Meaningless rules - for you who is privileged enough to not need those rules. 

    Again - the ACLU:

    "When the Justice Department’s Inspector General finds significant concerns regarding flawed surveillance applications concerning the president's campaign advisors, it is clear that this regime lacks basic safeguards and is in need of serious reform. While the report found that there wasn't an improper purpose or initiation of the investigation, it also found significant problems that are alarming from a civil liberties perspective. For instance, the litany of problems with the Carter Page surveillance applications demonstrates how the secrecy shrouding the government’s one-sided FISA approval process breeds abuse. The concerns the Inspector General identifies apply to intrusive investigations of others, including especially Muslims, and far better safeguards against abuse are necessary.

    "The system requires fundamental reforms, and Congress can start by providing defendants subjected to FISA surveillance the opportunity to review the government’s secret submissions. The FBI must also adopt higher standards for investigations involving constitutionally protected sensitive activities, such as political campaigns."

    https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-comment-doj-inspector-general-report-examining-fbi-investigation-trump-campaign

    Real lives hang in the balance, but please - back to your meaningless food fight.

  3. They have become what they hate. They support Trump's refusal to reform FISA.

    The weirdest thing is the Trump DOJ argued in court the program the FBI abused cannot be modified without harming the security of the nation. Yep, the administration that claims the "Deep State" is out to get it showed up in court to argue the Deep State should not have its power curtailed.

    https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191008/17514543157/fisa-court-finds-fbi-is-still-violating-fourth-amendment-with-abuse-nsa-collections.shtml

     

  4. Of course I am. 

    For Brisket and the rest of those who think the FISA abuse is no big deal - Here is a Brennan Center report issued before Trump on the FISA Court. We have a problem.

    The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court is no longer serving its constitutional function of providing a check on the executive branch’s ability to obtain Americans’ private communications. Dramatic shifts in technology and law have changed the role of the FISA Court since its creation in 1978 — from reviewing government applications to collect communications in specific cases, to issuing blanket approvals of sweeping data collection programs affecting millions of Americans.

    Under today’s foreign intelligence surveillance system, the government’s ability to collect information about ordinary Americans’ lives has increased exponentially while judicial oversight has been reduced to near-nothingness. This report concludes that the role of today's FISA Court no longer comports with constitutional requirements, including the strictures of Article III and the Fourth Amendment. The report lays out several steps Congress should take to help restore the FISA Court’s legitimacy.

    The Brennan Center report makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of that mission creep. It explains clearly the history and development of FISA from its enactment following the Church Committee’s exposure of uncontrolled domestic spying by the FBI, through the Patriot Act amendments in the turbulent wake of the 9/11 attacks, to its present form. It explains, with a simplicity and clarity accessible to the layman but supported by a level of detail and citation of authority that will satisfy students of the subject, why in its present form FISA is disturbing to civil libertarians and to constitutional scholars. And it distills its argument into plain, powerful recommendations for FISA’s amendment.

    It is time, and past time, for Congress to give serious attention to the FISA problems that are so clearly documented here, and to act. The Brennan Center’s recommendations are not the only ones that have been put forth, but they are not doctrinaire, my-way-or-the-highway demands. They invite discussion, debate, and even (Heaven forfend) compromise. They need to be carefully considered.

    https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/what-went-wrong-fisa-court

    I guess the Brennan Center is the problem too. You are right brisket - the country is lost, but the culprit may be the face in the mirror.

  5. 22 hours ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

    It’s weird that Trump doesn’t go after Bernie like he does Warren, assuming Bernie is a legitimate threat, which I think he is. 

    He thinks calling him a socialist will work. And for the dumbasses, it will. 

  6. 2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Is Carter fucking Page really the set of facts that you think best makes the case for strictly scrutinizing the FISA system?

    Yes - since we have little to no access to FISA records in other cases; he is unpopular (despite being an FBI/CIA asset); and the potential for political abuse of the system requires a bright line. 

  7. 16 minutes ago, youdunnf'dup said:

    Nipsey was shot, but it is still part of an unfortunate pattern of rappers dying young. Nipsey was different though. Great in the community. He encouraged kids to stay out of the life that got him to where he was at (part of the rollin’ 60s crips from like age 14). 

    Good to know - gives me another connection into my son's world, which is always helpful.

    I listened to a lot of Juice WRLD because of my son. His Lucid Dreams is one of the saddest songs I have ever heard. It made me worried when my kid broke up with his high school girlfriend. Those can be deep wounds. 

  8. 3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

     

    Just to stop and refute these points real quick - the basis that anastasia and anastasis washparkhorn are claiming that this is FISA abuse is that it was politically motivated. At least that's the read I'm getting since they keep claiming that their defense isn't partisan - BUT - it could totally happen to the next dem president (wink wink). 

     

    Full stop. Strawman argument. Idoicy in the lexicon of the days before this Captainasshat. 

    Political motivation or not is irrelevant. They lied to a court by omission. A court with extreme powers given to it under the assumption the FBI and Justice would never shade the truth. That is the corrupt misconduct. 

    Whether they hated Trump or not is irrelevant to the their actions. 

    My worry about this comes from backing a candidate in 2020 who will be at odds with the neoliberal establishment that pervades both parties. If he is elected or becomes the nominee, TPTB will fight him tooth and nail. 

    Stop with the straw man arguments. 

  9. Brisket - I don't discount the importance of what you see. Not in the least.

    We have systematically sold this nation off to the highest bidder. We treat citizens and non-citizens as guilty first. The hollowing out of the middle and working classes goes on at breakneck speed, while the consultant class continues to earn their keep by eliminating work in the name of efficiency. This process began a long time ago, as you know. And with 9/11 and the resulting Patriot Act, we weaponized the intelligence agencies against citizens and non-citizens. We are now at a point where one of the curtains has dropped and we see full well the power we gave away to the Congress and the President with the Patriot Act. That was no small piece of power given away. And by limiting what courts can see in response to these emergencies, we have neutered the Judiciary - a bulwark against both tyranny of the majority and minority rule. 

    In less than a year, the current occupant of the White House will face an electorate that should be fully aware of his actions. And since corruption is the underlying allegation against his rule, those asking for the same power he has must have clean hands. We don't need another meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Civil Libertarians on all sides have rightfully criticized the President for his abuses. If the process of investigating him turned out abuse by those entrusted with to uphold the rule of law, they need to be called out and actions are needed to prevent them repeating those actions. That does not immunize the President from his wrongdoing; it strengthens the case against him when all sides call out illegal behavior regardless of party affiliation. It is an equitable solution we seek, so clean hands are required to prosecute that case. 

    As for the rest of the rot, Congress has given most of their power to the Executive Branch. The Chevron doctrine needs to go, or Congress needs to reassume its authority over law making. And when the Executive steps out of line - as it did with its FISA court filings - swift punishment must follow.

    Finally, for those selling out governmental power to the highest bidder, this must stop. Business as usual does not work anymore. They will need to earn their money the old fashioned way - follow the law and build something. 

  10. 24 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

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    There is literally a DOA impeachment proceeding going on right now about [checks notes] THIS EXACT FUCKING ISSUE.

    Stop it.  Just stop.  You have to be doing a bit.

    Not following. The impeachment is not about the FBI/Justice Department investigation through a FISA Court, is it?  

  11. 9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    Mr. "Rule of Law" is advocating that we ignore the laws and let the people decide.

    We wouldn't want the people to decide if there needs to be FISA reform. FFS, lean in and work in all areas to improve this nation. Especially when your solution is guaranteed to fail. Make the argument, but broaden the lines of attack. If it helps shape the electorate, more power to you. But we don't them to be lulled into thinking a conviction will occur. It's won't. Best to have multiple fronts, no?

    And, btw, the Senate, the Judiciary, and the Electoral College are some of the bulwarks put in place to guard against the "Tyranny of the Majority." 

  12. Just now, Brothahorn said:

    So you just gone blatantly disrespect Casino Jizzle? Be lucky he dead or you would have problems.

    My son reminded me that Nipsey must be added to that list as well. 

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