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		By: dean		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-920249</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[McSweeney&#039;s has a new card game. Download the cards and cut them out.

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/guess-who-violated-the-us-constitution]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>McSweeney&#8217;s has a new card game. Download the cards and cut them out.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/guess-who-violated-the-us-constitution" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/guess-who-violated-the-us-constitution</a></p>
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		By: Lionel A		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-920051</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lionel A]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Election tampering by mail disruption, will a Trump ally be stamped upon?

&lt;blockquote&gt;Even in a drama-filled election unlike any other, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his assault on the postal service stood out.

After Trump appointed the businessman to run the agency, DeJoy largely failed in his mission to help the former president discourage voters from casting ballots by mail, but evidence suggests his policies and the pandemic have decimated the postal service. Now many, including Democratic lawmakers, are calling on Biden to act swiftly to remove him and the Trump-majority UnitedStates Postal Service board of governors.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;a&gt;Democrats urge Biden to fire USPS chief Trump ally who decimated mail service&lt;/a&gt;

Note also that side headline, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/usps-post-office-mail-slowdowns-louis-dejoy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump ally took over&lt;/a&gt;

High crimes and misdemeanours that need to be addressed.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Election tampering by mail disruption, will a Trump ally be stamped upon?</p>
<blockquote><p>Even in a drama-filled election unlike any other, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and his assault on the postal service stood out.</p>
<p>After Trump appointed the businessman to run the agency, DeJoy largely failed in his mission to help the former president discourage voters from casting ballots by mail, but evidence suggests his policies and the pandemic have decimated the postal service. Now many, including Democratic lawmakers, are calling on Biden to act swiftly to remove him and the Trump-majority UnitedStates Postal Service board of governors.</p></blockquote>
<p><a>Democrats urge Biden to fire USPS chief Trump ally who decimated mail service</a></p>
<p>Note also that side headline, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/usps-post-office-mail-slowdowns-louis-dejoy" rel="nofollow ugc">Revealed: evidence shows huge mail slowdowns after Trump ally took over</a></p>
<p>High crimes and misdemeanours that need to be addressed.</p>
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		By: dean		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-920048</link>

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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The next time Jordan talks about being outraged at something realize that his time at Ohio State showed he isn&#039;t capable of outrage, only self preservation.

https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/02/12/jim-jordan-accused-cover-up-sexual-abuse-ohio-state]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next time Jordan talks about being outraged at something realize that his time at Ohio State showed he isn&#8217;t capable of outrage, only self preservation.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/02/12/jim-jordan-accused-cover-up-sexual-abuse-ohio-state" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.si.com/more-sports/2020/02/12/jim-jordan-accused-cover-up-sexual-abuse-ohio-state</a></p>
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		By: dean		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919998</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2021 00:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919766&quot;&gt;RickA&lt;/a&gt;.

I&#039;m sure it was enjoyable to the scum of the country. People like you who don&#039;t care about what the Constitution says, only that you are able to discriminate against others. 

To people who appreciate the rule of law, decency, and fair play - there was no debunking about Trump&#039;s people, or history of misleading portrayals by media. But I get it - facts are never on your side riickA, so lying is all you have.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919766">RickA</a>.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure it was enjoyable to the scum of the country. People like you who don&#8217;t care about what the Constitution says, only that you are able to discriminate against others. </p>
<p>To people who appreciate the rule of law, decency, and fair play &#8211; there was no debunking about Trump&#8217;s people, or history of misleading portrayals by media. But I get it &#8211; facts are never on your side riickA, so lying is all you have.</p>
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		By: Tyvor Winn		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919995</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tyvor Winn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 23:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919576&quot;&gt;Jeffh&lt;/a&gt;.

Re &quot;Pence’s role was only ceremonial, but Trump gave the impression to his baying mob that Pence had the power to overturn the election and hand him the victory.&quot;

The way the federal government is supposed to work seems to be unknown to a substantial percentage of the U. S. public. They seem to think that the U. S. president is essentially a king with a term limit. In their minds, a president merely has to order someone to do something and they have to do it. Trump, being essentially an ignoramus about almost anything but cheating, certainly had such ideas. I remember early in his administration he was known for  demanding whatever person happened to be around when he decided to fire someone to do the actual firing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919576">Jeffh</a>.</p>
<p>Re &#8220;Pence’s role was only ceremonial, but Trump gave the impression to his baying mob that Pence had the power to overturn the election and hand him the victory.&#8221;</p>
<p>The way the federal government is supposed to work seems to be unknown to a substantial percentage of the U. S. public. They seem to think that the U. S. president is essentially a king with a term limit. In their minds, a president merely has to order someone to do something and they have to do it. Trump, being essentially an ignoramus about almost anything but cheating, certainly had such ideas. I remember early in his administration he was known for  demanding whatever person happened to be around when he decided to fire someone to do the actual firing.</p>
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		By: Jp		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919928</link>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is from an article in The New Stateman dated March 2018:

_ Perhaps the big question is this: what if an emboldened and power-hungry Trump refuses to leave office when the time comes? If he’s impeached in the next year or two or – more likely – if he’s defeated by a Democratic opponent in November 2020, what then? &quot;Given Trump’s narcissism; his recklessness; his instability; and his willingness to treat democratic norms as disposable nuisances,&quot; says Klaas, &quot;I would not be shocked if his time in office ends in an irregular way at odds with democratic conventions.&quot; That’s a hell of a euphemism.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2018/03/could-donald-trump-refuse-leave-office-when-his-presidency

How prescient, and yet I doubt the writer could have imagined that the corrupt orange moron would incite his deranged mob to storm the Capitol to overturn an election.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is from an article in The New Stateman dated March 2018:</p>
<p>_ Perhaps the big question is this: what if an emboldened and power-hungry Trump refuses to leave office when the time comes? If he’s impeached in the next year or two or – more likely – if he’s defeated by a Democratic opponent in November 2020, what then? &#8220;Given Trump’s narcissism; his recklessness; his instability; and his willingness to treat democratic norms as disposable nuisances,&#8221; says Klaas, &#8220;I would not be shocked if his time in office ends in an irregular way at odds with democratic conventions.&#8221; That’s a hell of a euphemism.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2018/03/could-donald-trump-refuse-leave-office-when-his-presidency" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.newstatesman.com/world/north-america/2018/03/could-donald-trump-refuse-leave-office-when-his-presidency</a></p>
<p>How prescient, and yet I doubt the writer could have imagined that the corrupt orange moron would incite his deranged mob to storm the Capitol to overturn an election.</p>
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		By: Lionel A		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919825</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lionel A]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919817&quot;&gt;Jeffh&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;blockquote&gt;... he is a loser.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

To my mind Trump is a loser loser, loser squared even, as are his sympathisers.

I am appalled that anybody who considers themselves reasonable should even attempt to absolve Trump of obvious dangerous stirring.  What does RickA want? Another civil war for that is basically what Trump was inciting.  There are no excuses for whipping up hate where thousands of lives may be lost, and millions blighted, the tally after four years of Trump is already high.  RickA and his heroes have not evolved mentally so as to be an asset for humanity going into the future, still Paleolithic in function.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919817">Jeffh</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8230; he is a loser.</p></blockquote>
<p>To my mind Trump is a loser loser, loser squared even, as are his sympathisers.</p>
<p>I am appalled that anybody who considers themselves reasonable should even attempt to absolve Trump of obvious dangerous stirring.  What does RickA want? Another civil war for that is basically what Trump was inciting.  There are no excuses for whipping up hate where thousands of lives may be lost, and millions blighted, the tally after four years of Trump is already high.  RickA and his heroes have not evolved mentally so as to be an asset for humanity going into the future, still Paleolithic in function.</p>
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		By: Jeffh		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919817</link>

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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You hit the nail squarely on the head, Dean. Trump is a lazy, delusional ignoramus and he will not have supine Senate Republicans to cover for his crimes now. There is no doubt that Trump’s threats against Georigia’s AG and post-election rants and coercion became illegal, and there is hope that he will finally be held to account. 

As Lawrence Tribe, Harvard Law attorney said, Trump was clearly guilty in both impeachments, but his acquittal for the first one paved the way for him to assume that his sense of entitlement meant that he could do whatever he liked again. Combined with Trump’s pathological narcissism, this made his post-election temper tantrum and attempts to incite his base to overthrow the election inevitable. Senate Republicans voted to acquit because they want to be rid of Trump but want his base. Underlying all of this among Trumpers is that sense of entitlement I discussed above. That entitlement is based around white privilege and supremacy. It is brazenly racist and the GOP barely disguise it. 

The Republicans are busy now working as hard as they can to disenfranchise minority voters in at least 28 states. They are openly embracing fascism as a means to stay in power and abhor democracy because they know that they will never again win the popular vote, unless minorities are sidelined. 

In response to RickA’s rant above, pounding his chest at Trump’s teflon achievements, here are the basic facts: he was the first President ever to be impeached twice. He lost the popular vote in both elections by a combined 10 million votes. He was the only President never to have a positive approval rating during his tenure. Not an enviable legacy. Trump proved what we knew all along but what his deranged mind could never accept: he is a loser.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You hit the nail squarely on the head, Dean. Trump is a lazy, delusional ignoramus and he will not have supine Senate Republicans to cover for his crimes now. There is no doubt that Trump’s threats against Georigia’s AG and post-election rants and coercion became illegal, and there is hope that he will finally be held to account. </p>
<p>As Lawrence Tribe, Harvard Law attorney said, Trump was clearly guilty in both impeachments, but his acquittal for the first one paved the way for him to assume that his sense of entitlement meant that he could do whatever he liked again. Combined with Trump’s pathological narcissism, this made his post-election temper tantrum and attempts to incite his base to overthrow the election inevitable. Senate Republicans voted to acquit because they want to be rid of Trump but want his base. Underlying all of this among Trumpers is that sense of entitlement I discussed above. That entitlement is based around white privilege and supremacy. It is brazenly racist and the GOP barely disguise it. </p>
<p>The Republicans are busy now working as hard as they can to disenfranchise minority voters in at least 28 states. They are openly embracing fascism as a means to stay in power and abhor democracy because they know that they will never again win the popular vote, unless minorities are sidelined. </p>
<p>In response to RickA’s rant above, pounding his chest at Trump’s teflon achievements, here are the basic facts: he was the first President ever to be impeached twice. He lost the popular vote in both elections by a combined 10 million votes. He was the only President never to have a positive approval rating during his tenure. Not an enviable legacy. Trump proved what we knew all along but what his deranged mind could never accept: he is a loser.</p>
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		By: dean		</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919783&quot;&gt;Jeffh&lt;/a&gt;.

We&#039;ve seen for years that rickA doesn&#039;t possess any of the characteristics of a decent person, and his admission above (bragging, essentially) about the bigotries and discriminatory behaviors he embraces -- &quot;it&#039;s not racist to [blatantl racist stuf]&quot;, &quot;it&#039;s not bigoted to [textbook examples of bigotry]&quot; -- are only the most recent examples. That behavior isn&#039;t new.

What has excited him others of the worst people the country has is that one of their own, a man with histories of sexual assault, theft from charities, convictions for housing discrimination, supporting neo-nazis and white supremacists, disparaging and even mocking people with disabilities, made it to the presidency with the help of social media and a foreign power. rickA&#039; (and again, others like him), see this and think that all of their hatred and dishonesty will be acceptable now. These scum aren&#039;t going to go away, and they&#039;re never going to be concerned about the United States as a country, only about how many people they can harm and still get away with it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919783">Jeffh</a>.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve seen for years that rickA doesn&#8217;t possess any of the characteristics of a decent person, and his admission above (bragging, essentially) about the bigotries and discriminatory behaviors he embraces &#8212; &#8220;it&#8217;s not racist to [blatantl racist stuf]&#8221;, &#8220;it&#8217;s not bigoted to [textbook examples of bigotry]&#8221; &#8212; are only the most recent examples. That behavior isn&#8217;t new.</p>
<p>What has excited him others of the worst people the country has is that one of their own, a man with histories of sexual assault, theft from charities, convictions for housing discrimination, supporting neo-nazis and white supremacists, disparaging and even mocking people with disabilities, made it to the presidency with the help of social media and a foreign power. rickA&#8217; (and again, others like him), see this and think that all of their hatred and dishonesty will be acceptable now. These scum aren&#8217;t going to go away, and they&#8217;re never going to be concerned about the United States as a country, only about how many people they can harm and still get away with it.</p>
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		By: Dean		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919796</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://gregladen.com/blog/2021/02/09/what-say-you-senate/#comment-919766&quot;&gt;RickA&lt;/a&gt;.

You really are incapable of telling the truth aren&#039;t you? That is the requirement for being a republican but good lord rickA your bullshit is blatant.]]></description>
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<p>You really are incapable of telling the truth aren&#8217;t you? That is the requirement for being a republican but good lord rickA your bullshit is blatant.</p>
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