US Politics Thread 2021-24

[MaDef]

See Rockstar... It's all about climate change.

[August]

Originally Posted by MaDef

See Rockstar... It's all about climate change.

Oh well about that I say the only constant is change and it's typical human arrogance to take credit for it.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by August

Oh well about that I say the only constant is change and it's typical human arrogance to take credit for it.

That's a fresh perspective and I think I like it. Change keeps economies moving, and if you try to stop it, you just fall behind and then no one else cares after awhile.

[Buddahaid]

So how is that big Twitter Biden laptop hearing working out for the MAGA Republicans?

[August]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

So how is that big Twitter Biden laptop hearing working out for the MAGA Republicans?

Dunno, you must think it's not going well because here you are making snarky comments.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by August

Dunno, you must think it's not going well because here you are making snarky comments.

Oh, I actually think it is going well.

I think the MAGA Republicans need to do some serious thinking outside of believing their own propaganda if they want Congressional Hearings to do anything but make them look like valley girls in a snit. It's the best comedy going right now.

“Mr. Turley turning to you. Have you ever worked for Twitter?” Wasserman Schultz began.

“No,” Turley replied.

“Do you have any formal relationship with the company?” she followed up.

“No, I just have an account,” Turley answered.

“Do you have any specific or special or unique knowledge about the inner workings of Twitter?” she pushed.

“Nothing beyond the Twitter Files and what I read in the media,” Turley noted.

“So essentially, your responses to the questions here today were your own opinion and pure conjecture?” she asked.

“No, I wouldn’t say that. I mean, they’re based. I try to base them on what we know from the Twitter Files,” Turley responded, referencing select data dumps that Elon Musk gave to various independent journalists to comb through.

“Well, but you said that you don’t have any specific or unique knowledge of Twitter, but you spoke as if you did. You were asked very specific questions about Twitter’s — the way Twitter functions and the decision-making that they make. But yet you don’t have any unique or special knowledge about Twitter and have never worked for them. And so this is only just your opinion, would you say, as a Twitter account user?” Wasserman Schultz demanded.

“No. I come to give legal analysis based on facts that are in the public domain, and I was really referring to what I was asked about,” Turley replied.

“Reclaiming my time,” Wasserman Schultz interjected. “Legal analysis is another word for opinion.”

“I would, I would think there is some distinction. But yeah, it’s all ultimately, is an opinion. But I believe the question to me was based on what the Twitter Files show, and that was my reading of the Twitter Files,” Turley conceded.

“Right. And again, that’s another way of describing your opinion being offered, which was represented as unique and special fact, which you don’t possess. Thank you. I yield back the balance of my time,” Wasserman Schultz concluded.

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

So how is that big Twitter Biden laptop hearing working out for the MAGA Republicans?

I reckon about as well as the Blue Anon Democrats Trump collusion, insurrection, classmat handling etc. etc… hearings went or are going I guess. BOONDOGGLE

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

I reckon about as well as the Blue Anon Democrats Trump collusion, insurrection, classmat handling etc. etc… hearings went or are going I guess. BOONDOGGLE

Fair enough. See you in April.

[Rockstar]

Only place you’ll see me in April is on the beach surf fishing. It’s the last chance in Florida for Pompano as they head north for the summer.

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Only place you’ll see me in April is on the beach surf fishing. It’s the last chance in Florida for Pompano as they head north for the summer.

I wish I could be there, sounds like fun.

[Ostfriese]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I think the MAGA Republicans need to do some serious thinking...

You're asking a lot here.

[Buddahaid]

And now there is a laptop of a Trump aide with a copy of a classified document on it in violation of the espionage act as reported. Somehow, I doubt there will be an innocent reason for this.

[les green01]

now biden going after washers and fridges

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Oh, I actually think it is going well.

I think the MAGA Republicans need to do some serious thinking outside of believing their own propaganda if they want Congressional Hearings to do anything but make them look like valley girls in a snit. It's the best comedy going right now.

“Mr. Turley turning to you. Have you ever worked for Twitter?” Wasserman Schultz began.

“No,” Turley replied.

JONATHAN TURLEY: The congresswoman was asking if I've ever worked at Twitter as a condition for my talking about what the Twitter Files say. It's like saying you have to work at the Pentagon if you want to testify about the implications of the Pentagon Papers. The point of witnesses before committees is often to give legal analysis based on what is known and what could be found in this investigation. The exchange she was referring to was a member who expressly asked me about the Twitter Files and what this suggests about what I've called censorship by surrogate. And then she went into this issue of, 'Well, you've never worked at Twitter. How do you know what goes on at Twitter?,' which is completely absurd. The whole premise of my testimony was that Twitter has now authenticated and confirmed these facts. These facts are coming from Twitter. These are Twitter files. And the facts indicate that they had weekly meetings with the government. They indicate that the government would send long lists of citizens and others to be targeted, censored, to be in some cases, banned. Those are very serious allegations that raise constitutional questions, which is why I was there to discuss it.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/turley...pletely-absurd

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by u crank

https://www.foxnews.com/media/turley...pletely-absurd

Well that's FOX. I'll take what he said as the truth. "it’s all ultimately, is an opinion."