The poor performance and miserable result of this debate is not an indicator the format is bad, it is an indictment of our media circus that has given us these candidates in the first place.

This is proof our system is fucked and I hope to god we don’t “fix” this by going back to letting opponents talk all over each other just to put on a good an entertaining show.

Can’t get a security clearance if you’ve smoked pot within the past 7 years because it’s blackmail leverage

Their point doesn’t stand. Just report it.

It’s not so much the blackmail with pot, it’s the fact you can’t “follow the rules”. They will give a bye for previous smoking events (before you need the clearance, took a position etc.), it’s smoking with a clearance or NOT telling them that will get you wrapped up.

Point was, not everyone with coffee in their cabinet needs to start panicking.

You’re right, the President should basically do nothing in the year before an election. Everything must be accomplished in the first three years, then we take a break.

Edit: (Assuming POTUS was even involved)

an opponent of ranked choice voting, contributed $90,000 to the Ranked Choice Education Association, an organization incorporated as a church in Washington state

Yup, this all sounds on the up-and-up to me.

The better headline would have been:

Man survives being lost in California mountains for 10 days by drinking from his boot

$120K/yr in gifts seems perfectly reasonable. I just haven’t pulled on my bootstraps hard enough to find such nice friends.

Maybe next year!

Maybe they were getting outputs? Just with less time sitting and staring at a monitor than expected.

I bet it has a Ministry of Definistry.

They committed a conspiracy to win. Schemed it ahead of time and everything.

I dunno. Perhaps the GOP will vote for him if he’s convicted? They seem to go for that sort of thing.

You can add “&t=1h9m20s” to the end of that URL to take folks straight there.

https://www.youtube.com/live/4bL5zRBns7I?si=Nj2s3lJ4t3o1hxAi&t=1h9m20s

Or maybe he just gave it a little nudge?

I like to follow “media” outlets that parrot whateverTrump says. It makes me feel better about the lies I tell myself.

This is exactly what they’ve done. Notice everything (except for “make them miserable”, which isn’t inherently illegal…) is placed on “someone else should…”:

1,000,000 men (armed) need to […]

I hope every juror is doxxed and they pay […]

May God strike them dead.

They know exactly what they are doing. Doing it mafia style, just like dear leader.

Edit: Idiots downvoting what’s right in their face. Can’t believe facts, only emotions. Just like the idiots following Trump. Idiots are idiots. Here is more evidence for you, on this exact topic from reuters:

While the posts identified by Reuters all called for violence or insurrection, most fell short of the legal standard for a prosecutable threat, which typically requires evidence that the comment reflects a clear intent to act or instill fear, rather than simply suggesting a frightening outcome.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-call-riots-violent-retribution-after-verdict-2024-05-31/

Here is the problem: These people very carefully choose their words. It’s not illegal to “wish” all the jurors are outed, tortured, maimed, and drawn and quartered over a bed of coals- along with their families, neighbors and first grade teachers.

See that’s all okay to say apparently. This is our legal system. It’s not until they actually say, “I’m going to […],” that LE gets involved. Because none of that other stuff was a direct threat, or intended to incite violence, or intended to instill fear. They were just harmless wishes. Super okay, and nothing to worry about, you see?

How are you for TP? I’m building my cache up.

Very simple returns. Fillers couldn’t even participate if they had child care deductions. I hope they scale out capabilities too along with this expansion.

And not to sound too pessimistic, but I doubt we’ll get participation in all 50 states by 2025, since those tax rules need to be added to the system as well. It sounds quite complicated for a one year project. So just some expectation management in this one. Fingers crossed.

Here is a better worded article snip from wapo:

Under Florida law, those convicted of crimes in other states cannot vote if they are barred from voting in the state where they committed their offenses, according to the U.S. Vote Foundation. New York law bars felons from voting while they are incarcerated but not when they are on probation or parole, according to the foundation and Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt. Trump has not been sentenced yet and could remain free while he appeals his convictions. That means Trump will probably be allowed to cast a ballot as long as he is not behind bars this fall.