I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!

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  • illinoislady
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    edited December 2023
  • illinoislady
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    It's a start.

  • illinoislady
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    Absolutely.

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,794

    With him.

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  • illinoislady
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    Life is a thing of many stages and moving parts.  What we do with ease at one time of life we can hardly manage at another.  What we could not fathom doing when we were young, we find great joy in when we are old.  Like the seasons through which we move, life itself is a never-ending series of harvests, a different fruit for every time.

    Joan Chittister

  • illinoislady
    illinoislady Member Posts: 39,794

    Don't know how many of you are struggling at times to decipher the news. While I mainly listen to and read news feeds that favor the left, it is still hard to time to figure where some things are. For every item that makes it sound like maybe Jack Smith is losing ground there seem an equal number that would have you think it is the right that is losing. Sigh !!!!

    My main feeling though remains that the loon has a stable of lawyers that don't know jack about the law and specifically are quite light on the side of some of the law pertaining to politics and the Constitution. It is hard to say how much of what people like Habba are saying is something they believe or something they have to proclaim for the loon. As of late though, every time I see Habba I think if you only could see how glaringly stupid you look and sound — like the loon and his ideas are to be idolized.

    Well, in the end, maybe some sight and perspective will return and Habba can go back chasing accidents or something.

  • illinoislady
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    Colorado supreme court justices face death threats after Trump ruling

    Report finds ‘significant violent rhetoric’ against justices and Democrats online after ruling to exclude Trump from ballot

    Lauren ArataniThu 21 Dec 2023 09.06 EST

    Justices on the Colorado supreme court are receiving a barrage of death threats after it ruled to exclude Donald Trump from the state’s presidential ballot next year because of his attempts to cause insurrection.

    A report compiled by Advance Democracy, a non-partisan non-profit organization, said there was “significant violent rhetoric” against the justices and Democrats on social media, according to NBC News.

    Some of the worst of it was posted on fringe websites, including one post that said “behead judges” and “slam dunk a judge’s baby into the trash can”.

    Another post on The Donald, a pro-Trump forum where a Trump supporter once publicly bragged about his involvement with the January 6 insurrection and was arrested as a result, said “this ends when we kill these fuckers”.

    “The normalization of this type of violent rhetoric – and lack of remedial action by social media entities – is cause for significant concern,” Daniel J Jones, president of Advance Democracy, told NBC News.

    “Political leaders on both sides of the political aisle need to speak out against these calls for violence, and social media platforms need to reassess their role in hosting and promoting this rhetoric.”

    Advance Democracy noted that some violent posts are in direct response to Trump’s own furious posts about the ruling on Truth Social. Trump has called it “election interference” and implied it proves the 2020 election was stolen, the lie that eventually led to the January 6 insurrection.

    It isn’t the first time Trump’s posts and comments have incited threats against a court. A New York court reported last month that the office of the judge overseeing Trump’s fraud trial had been bombarded with death threats and antisemitic abuse, including some levied against the judge’s law clerk. The office received multiple threatening voicemails, including one that told the judge “you should be assassinated … you should be executed”. Another said: “We are coming to remove you permanently.”

    Trump’s lawyers in his fraud trial argued that the former president, who faces 91 criminal charges and is an adjudicated rapist, has no control over those who levy violent threats.

    Meanwhile, the court’s ruling has shaken Washington, with Republicans railing against the decision, Democrats defending the court’s ruling and legal scholars presenting a variety of views.

    In an unusual move, Dean Phillips, a Democratic representative from Minnesota who is running a long-shot campaign against Joe Biden, criticized the ruling on social media, making him one of the few Democrats disagreeing with the Colorado court.

    “Do I believe Trump is guilty of inspiring an insurrection and doing nothing to stop it? I was there. Absolutely. Do I believe it’s wrong to ban him from the ballot in Colorado without a conviction? Absolutely,” Phillips wrote on X. “Do I believe the SCOTUS must opine immediately? Absolutely.”

    Other Democrats have praised the ruling. Senator Chris Coons of Delaware, a close ally of Biden, called it “striking” and said it is undeniable in my view that [Trump] participated in an insurrection and as such should be disqualified from holding federal office.”

  • illinoislady
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  • illinoislady
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    edited December 2023
  • illinoislady
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    You won't hear it like this everywhere.

  • illinoislady
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    The real Melania. Her assistant recorded this conversation. Meet Melania.

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  • illinoislady
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    Tell that to all those frightened Reps. who need the loon or his voters.

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  • illinoislady
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    Reps. giving Colorado a huge load of it for following the Constitution.

  • illinoislady
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    I don't even know who this guy is, but I do KNOW how wrong he is. He is entitled to his opinion, but calling for hanging two people is beyond the pale. No wonder he took it off (hopefully the person who was supposed to see it did) quickly. I hope you get what you deserve for that Mr. Schneider.

  • illinoislady
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  • illinoislady
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    edited December 2023

    Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings obtained by The Detroit News.

    Trump told Republican Wayne County canvassers William Hartmann and Monica Palmer over the phone on November 17, 2020, that they would look "terrible" if they signed it. The call also included Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel.

    In the land of no surprises.

  • illinoislady
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