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Grandfather, father, husband, retired Bay Area long-timer. Sad for our country now that poorly educated, racist, sexist and greedy people are about to assume political power again.
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The Shitweasels
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This is so fundamentally and obviously true, yet nearly one half of voters in this country disagree. What a world.
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CNN has just lost what little credibility it still had.
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Absolutely true. Citizens United is an abominable decision that stands democracy on its head. We are going nowhere as a country until we can assure no more oligarchs can buy elections.
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I respectfully disagree. For the same reasons, I believe our judges (state and federal) need a raise. Our legislators (at least on the Democratic side) rely on their salaries to live, often in two different states. They are underpaid relative to counterparts in private jobs. R’s caused the deficits.
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Also, what are the damages? And what happened to the public figure defense? This is ABC capitulation, obeisance in advance, nothing less. Sad.
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No president has attended all games during his presidency. Most, like Trump, attended two or fewer during a term. I was there as a cadet in 1965; President Johnson (who appointed me to USMA) wasn’t. Give me presidents of substance and character, as assumed in our Constitution, not pretenders.
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That’s an airplane.
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Great bio! Idaho is a beautiful state - glad to hear there’s at least one decent, thoughtful person living there.
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This is a tragedy and a scandal of immense proportions. It is caused directly by politicians who accept huge cash contributions from health insurance corporations and then refuse to adopt a single-payer system (a system that every other developed country has had for many years).
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My father was a diplomat (Air Force Attache) to Greece when I was a boy. We were revered just for being Americans (it was the 1950’s). Diplomats were people of substance, character, and gravitas. How quaint.
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Sadly, given the nominations so far, this is right on the edge of plausibility.
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Sadly, this will not be enough to prevent confirmation. In a dangerous world observing this weakening of America, we will be at grave risk.
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If Democratic senators have the opportunity to question them publicly, these nominees’ ignorance, incompetence, their lack of relevant education and experience or even basic morality or good character will convince any non-partisan of their unsuitability.
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It was absolutely the right move. The prosecution initially reached a plea agreement (I learned as a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers that 98.5% of all criminal AND civil cases are resolved by settlement, or plea). This is nothing but rabid frothing by highly partisan Republicans.