The Hall of Fire

A part of me thinks Trump believed the presidency would be restored to him at any moment and that he was entitled to everything (no matter that such documents don't belong to him personally but to the American people/the institution of the presidency). I don't buy that highly sensitive material jus...

Yes, that does punch a hole in the theory that Trump could simply use his authority as POTUS to wish a material into being declassified. Under that theory, Biden, as the current POTUS, could wish the classification back into being and that whole defense of Trump's actions crumbles to the dust it cam...

Yes, well, it's pretty clear that Trump doesn't believe laws actually apply to him in addition to everyone else. It's part of his appeal to his fans, even. They identify with the sentiment and admire that he seems to get away with it. The fact that Trump's power and privilege obviously has some limi...

elengil wrote: ↑Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:54 am Did he lose his clearance?

Not sure he had one. Even if he did, he's still not allowed to keep classified documents in his home.

There's speculation brewing that the info was going up for sale. Though let's put that aside for the moment. Trump's just an ordinary citizen now. No security clearance, no title, no Oval Office. An ordinary citizen with a pile of classified material he has no right to have and he's been refusing to...

Good lord. Is this because asking nicely wasn't working or did they determine there was something rather important/sellable in the stash he ran off with?

Apparently the White House was caught completely off guard by this. Which is actually how it should be.

That worries me, actually, because this bill hasn't been enacted and if the measures have any impact at all on inflation the effects won't be seen for months. In other words, if people are actually expecting an overnight improvement, they're going to be disappointed.

It passed.

RoseMorninStar wrote: ↑Wed Aug 03, 2022 4:35 am

River wrote: ↑Mon Aug 01, 2022 4:38 pm I have no idea. I've been fighting metaphorical fires on the homefront.

I hope Rosie is doing OK. Or is it still the workplace issue? Not to be nosy.

Both, with a soupcon of other nonsense. I should probably post in the Kvetching thread. I've got a couple juicy ones.

To lend support to that theory, apparently the plaintiff's attorneys contacted Jones's legal team after receiving the phone contents and Jones's attorneys did not exert any privilege over the material. I haven't been following this anywhere nearly as closely as some, but I'm getting the feeling that...

I'm not even a fan and I'm shook up that Uhura's dead. I watched the movies as a kid and was too young to fully grasp the big deal of her being a Black woman in that role. I just liked her because she was a woman, she was obviously doing something important, and she was just...cool.

I have no idea. I've been fighting metaphorical fires on the homefront.

ETA: Okay, I did some reading. Don't have time to post now but I can summarize very succinctly:

The more you think about it, the more confusing it gets. The GOP in the Senate is having a snit because a rather conservative Democrat came to agreement with his own party on passing a piece of legislation the Democrats were planning to move without GOP support. They're complaining they were played ...

I am a lot younger than Biden and you could hear it in my voice for several days when I had COVID. Even after my symptoms had dried up, I didn't quite sound like myself. You'd have to know what I am supposed to sound like to notice, though. Unlike earlier in the infection, when I just sounded like c...

Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, today said this about the overturning of Roe v. Wade : "Why is it that the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions? Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb." Stay...

The jury has convicted Bannon on both charges. They deliberated about 3 hours. Really, that was too long. They had to select a fore-person and have lunch. Or so I've heard. I was wondering if there wasn't some mundane procedural stuff, plus chit-chat, ice-breakers, and making sure everyone understa...

Not sure it's criminal for Trump to make the ask or to be a bully. I don't think it's possible for Vos to grant the request, though.

Unless there is absolutely no other option to stop the person from actively threatening physical harm, it is never OK for the police to kill. There was a police shooting in my area a few years ago that fit this situation. A domestic dispute two towns and two counties away turned into a kidnapping. ...

Actually, that Texas case I was referring to was even worse than I stated: Munoz said he faced an awful predicament with a recent patient who had started to miscarry and developed a dangerous womb infection. The fetus still had signs of a heartbeat, so an immediate abortion — the usual standard of c...

What I'm seeing a lot from conservatives in the past few weeks is the argument that if it saves the mother's life, it's not actually an abortion. They could have found this off-ramp decades ago. I wonder why they're suddenly interested. Is it because of that woman who almost bled to death during an...