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Satchel

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  1. Biden has to be more concerned about his son’s long term health than anything else. Hunter’s takes says it all: https://www.axios.com/2024/02/26/hunter-joe-biden-sober-2024-trump President Biden privately has expressed worry that Republicans' daily attacks and the criminal prosecution of his son Hunter are taking a toll on his family — and could even lead Hunter to relapse, given the family's history of struggling with addiction. Why it matters: Hunter Biden knows this. He told Axios in a rare interview that he sees his continued sobriety as crucial not only to his life — but also to ensuring Donald Trump doesn't return to the Oval Office. "Most importantly, you have to believe that you're worth the work, or you'll never be able to get sober. But I often do think of the profound consequences of failure here," Hunter said. "Maybe it's the ultimate test for a recovering addict — I don't know," Hunter Biden said. "I have always been in awe of people who have stayed clean and sober through tragedies and obstacles few people ever face. They are my heroes, my inspiration." He added that in this case, "I have something much bigger than even myself at stake. We are in the middle of a fight for the future of democracy."
  2. Let’s get this ball rolling: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/democrats-introduce-bill-to-expand-u-s-supreme-court/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C D.C. — On Tuesday%2C,from nine to 13 justices. US Senate and House Democrats introduced a bill that would add four seats to the U.S. Supreme Court, bringing the bench from nine to 13 justices. The bill was introduced by Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Reps. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), Cori Bush (D-Mo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The Judiciary Act was first introduced in 2021; a press release cites the growing support for court expansion in the intervening two years. Today, the argument for an expanded Court has reemerged. “Republicans have hijacked the confirmation process and stolen the Supreme Court majority—all to appeal to far-right judicial activists who for years have wanted to wield the gavel to roll back fundamental rights,” Markey said in a press release. “Each scandal uncovered, each norm broken, each precedent-shattering ruling delivered is a reminder that we must restore justice and balance to the rogue, radical Supreme Court. It is time we expand the Court.”
  3. Can you imagine the shit this kid takes from his other criminal friends about his mom groping men in theaters? That has to be traumatizing.
  4. That 148 million spent busing migrants all over the country sure would come in handy right now in west Texas
  5. In terms of the judiciary, he’s one of the most consequential majority leaders in history.
  6. Samuel Alito says we don’t need no stinkin’ transparency.
  7. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is as popular a figure in statewide politics as former President Donald Trump, according to a recent poll. https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-donald-trump-popularity-rating-texas-1867470#:~:text=New Fairness Meter!&text=Texas Governor Greg Abbott is,according to a recent poll. Stupid Texas voters.
  8. And to think he was once a close friend of Lawrence Tribe. What happened to that guy?
  9. Solid take. And I should point out that there were probably more white people in attendance at the BBC than there were black people.
  10. Donald’s, who is not unacquainted with the criminal justice system, and Noem certainly have resumes that only Trump could love: https://nypost.com/2023/09/15/kristi-noem-corey-lewandowski-affair-shakes-up-trump-running-mate-stakes/ Married Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has engaged in a years-long affair with longtime Donald Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, multiple sources told The Post Friday. Though no images of the two getting frisky are known to exist, the pair have been less than discreet about their relationship, with one source recalling them making out at a hotel bar during the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla..
  11. Not only do we have a Moscow Mitch problem, we also have a rogue, egomaniacal billionaire who think he has a right to shape and conduct US foreign policy.
  12. Trump spoke a butter biscuit confab last week in SC. And there are still some buying into the ridiculous notion that this fool is enlarging his footprint in the black community:
  13. Man, wouldn’t it different if those words had been applied to the whole pursue happiness thingy.
  14. Texas has spent more than $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country https://www.texastribune.org/2024/02/21/texas-migrants-busing-cost-greg-abbott/ Since Gov. Greg Abbott announced the program in 2022, Texas has paid to bus more than 102,000 migrants to cities around the country. This should put an end to the specious argument about scarcity and abundance. It’s should be a debate about priorities and allocation.
  15. My money is on her teaming up with George Santos on some really trashy reality TV show.
  16. Me too. Those west Texas billionaires have him cornered. They want the promised ROI and they want it now.
  17. Anybody get the feeling that Abbott’s owners are leaning on him pretty heavily to make good on his promise to sign voucher legislation into law?
  18. Well, it really is the [nationalist] Christian thing to do.
  19. Getting ready for the high brow discussions that take place on TigerDroppings.
  20. Obrey M. Hendricks writes extensively about Christian nationalism in his book, Christians Against Christianity-How Right Wing Evangelicals are Destroying our Nation and our Faith. He writes the following: “What distinguishes right wing evangelicalism from more main stream evangelicalism is that right wing evangelicalism contains an unabashed substratum of Christian nationalism. Christian nationalism is the engine that drives white American evangelical politics. It is the ideology…that the United States is intended by God to be a Christian nation. This movement is a form of nationalism, explains Catherine Stewart, because it purports to derive its legitimacy from its claim to represent a specific identity unique to and representative of the American nation. Christian nationalism, not only purveys the myth that America was founded as a Christian nation, but also that it should be governed, according to biblical precepts that Christian nationalist themselves identify as germane.. They routinely ignore all evidence to the contrary, so no matter how compelling, including the testimony of founding fathers, like Thomas Jefferson and John Adams that America was not founded as a Christian nation. Thus, Christian nationalism is best, understood as a political ideology, that holds that America’s government is not legitimate, nor can it be until its laws and policies are thoroughly consistent with the Christian nationalist, narrow, sometimes idiosyncratic, and at times convoluted reading of the biblical text.
  21. I’m no lawyer, but it seems to me the floggers have not been able to establish relevance when it comes to Trump’s crimes and what they are alleging.
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