Conservative Tom Nichols about what trump has done to this country.
“I feel this slightly differently: I don't feel like a stranger in my own country, but I feel like millions of Americans have abandoned everything Americans once fought for. These fellow citizens live in the USA - my country - but they now reject its Constitution and traditions.”
You mean things like not having banana republic trials, not manipulating the justice system to go after political opponents, not taking the same tact to push through unconstitutional abuses of power even after being rebuked by the court, not violating the freedom of the press to cover up personal embarrassment, not funneling billions of taxpayer funds to cover for your come head son’s compromise? Those thing are what he is talking about, right?
My knee is in a really bad spot but I try to get out once a week at this point and I started lifting weights 3 days a week as well. Basically I ran through my knee problems for three years. In college it felt fine and it was mostly fine until a few years ago. MRI revealed nothing. If you have any recommendations for a knee brace let me know
I have bone spurs in my feet, osteoarthritis and inflammation but up until about 3 years I had 8 years of consistent 80-85 miles a week. People at the park thought I was weird because I would run in the grass whenever I could. Then I had a sports hernia and that ruined my stride.
You mean things like not having banana republic trials, not manipulating the justice system to go after political opponents, not taking the same tact to push through unconstitutional abuses of power even after being rebuked by the court, not violating the freedom of the press to cover up personal embarrassment, not funneling billions of taxpayer funds to cover for your come head son’s compromise? Those thing are what he is talking about, right?
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A skunk smells his own smell first. you are a pathetic American that will rejoice when the political opponent is seemingly convicted of a subjective felony, so that your weak *ss can have your child molester in office. but, it’s all about nothing. ma6a going back in. Trump will pardon himself and get down to business. it won’t be pretty for you haters.
My knee is in a really bad spot but I try to get out once a week at this point and I started lifting weights 3 days a week as well. Basically I ran through my knee problems for three years. In college it felt fine and it was mostly fine until a few years ago. MRI revealed nothing. If you have any recommendations for a knee brace let me know
Could be a hip issue. If your hips are weak it can cause knee pain even if there's nothing structurally wrong with your knee.
I developed knee pain in my right knee and couldn't even run so I went to a physical therapist who told me to do hip exercises and my knees haven't hurt since.
A skunk smells his own smell first. you are a pathetic American that will rejoice when the political opponent is seemingly convicted of a subjective felony, so that your weak *ss can have your child molester in office. but, it’s all about nothing. ma6a going back in. Trump will pardon himself and get down to business. it won’t be pretty for you haters.
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
My knee is in a really bad spot but I try to get out once a week at this point and I started lifting weights 3 days a week as well. Basically I ran through my knee problems for three years. In college it felt fine and it was mostly fine until a few years ago. MRI revealed nothing. If you have any recommendations for a knee brace let me know
Could be a hip issue. If your hips are weak it can cause knee pain even if there's nothing structurally wrong with your knee.
I developed knee pain in my right knee and couldn't even run so I went to a physical therapist who told me to do hip exercises and my knees haven't hurt since.
Agreed.
I'm a big believer in runners developing core strength. Not for speed, but for injury prevention. The more power we have in the midsection, the less strain on the ligaments and tendons and bones that create problems from running, esp the hips and all that follows from the hips.
10 minutes of core 3-4 days a week. Easy and effective.
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A skunk smells his own smell first. you are a pathetic American that will rejoice when the political opponent is seemingly convicted of a subjective felony, so that your weak *ss can have your child molester in office. but, it’s all about nothing. ma6a going back in. Trump will pardon himself and get down to business. it won’t be pretty for you haters.
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
/sarc
Not me, Agip. I promise.
sally you forgot to change your handle once. Your cover is blown. time to try again with a different troll handle.
To the Trumpers people yelling, "No one knows what Trump is charged with!"
The prosecution knows. Trump and his defense team knows. The judge knows. The jury knows. Everyone knows. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
A skunk smells his own smell first. you are a pathetic American that will rejoice when the political opponent is seemingly convicted of a subjective felony, so that your weak *ss can have your child molester in office. but, it’s all about nothing. ma6a going back in. Trump will pardon himself and get down to business. it won’t be pretty for you haters.
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
/sarc
Your grasp is lacking as well.
"Pardoning oneself for state crimes would likely test the limits of presidential powers and could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis. In conclusion, the ability of a president to pardon state crimes remains uncertain. The complexities surrounding this issue highlight the need for legal clarity and further exploration. As the former president's legal battles continue, the question of whether he can be pardoned for state crimes while facing federal charges remains a topic of intense debate and scrutiny. Only time will tell if the power to pardon extends to state offenses or if it will be confined to federal matters alone."
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
/sarc
Your grasp is lacking as well.
"Pardoning oneself for state crimes would likely test the limits of presidential powers and could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis. In conclusion, the ability of a president to pardon state crimes remains uncertain. The complexities surrounding this issue highlight the need for legal clarity and further exploration. As the former president's legal battles continue, the question of whether he can be pardoned for state crimes while facing federal charges remains a topic of intense debate and scrutiny. Only time will tell if the power to pardon extends to state offenses or if it will be confined to federal matters alone."
So, Agip, Trump COULD pardon himself for a state crime as president but it might come under fire from the courts.
yes sally, Trump will pardon himself for a NY state conviction. That's totally how this works. Your grasp of the law is tight and complete. I am in awe.
/sarc
Your grasp is lacking as well.
"Pardoning oneself for state crimes would likely test the limits of presidential powers and could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis. In conclusion, the ability of a president to pardon state crimes remains uncertain. The complexities surrounding this issue highlight the need for legal clarity and further exploration. As the former president's legal battles continue, the question of whether he can be pardoned for state crimes while facing federal charges remains a topic of intense debate and scrutiny. Only time will tell if the power to pardon extends to state offenses or if it will be confined to federal matters alone."
no president has ever pardoned anyone from state charges, let alone pardoned himself for state charges. I'm sure trump will try for a constitutional crisis by doing so, but it won't happen.
It's still a toss-up on PredictIt, and I'm changing my prediction. I don't know how, but I still feel Biden gets re-elected. Bigger upsets have happened. See: Trump. See also: Truman.
What on God's green earth did you mean by "get your things in order?" You're not moving to Canada, are you? I always loved Tom Wolfe's response to Alec Baldwin's threat to move to said county if George W. Bush was re-elected: "I'll drive you to the airport." Seriously, my apparently perturbed dude...what exactly did you mean?
the country will go through convulsions if trump wins. he'll fire anyone in the fed government who doesnt' swear an oath to him, not the Constitution, and I suspect the confederate states will do the same.
he'll break or loosen ties with our traditional allies and green light invasions of Europe and Taiwan. I don't think people quite understand that our allies will be Russia, China and Israel. What does that mean for the world order? Chaos and damage to democracies around the globe.
Our allies will not trust this nation for a generation.
Inflation will skyrocket because of tariffs and roundups of illegals.
environmental rules will be erased wholesale
Financial markets usually do well in a reduced regulation marketplace but tariffs, trade wars, instability...can't be good.
We will again be in a state of constant scandal and constitutional crisis because trump will have no checks on him and he and the Rs learned how to break things and get away with it. They'll do shock and awe the first year and the institutions won't know how to fight back.
Trump will starve blue states and enrich red states.
Would I leave? I'd like to, but at this point in my life I probably can't. But I can see the nation becoming a place I don't want to live anymore, sure. And I'll probably take some risk off the table financially.
anyone have a different view of the second trump admin?
winny thinks campaign finance laws and business record laws aren't real.
What other laws are fake, winny? Certainly all the laws trump and his band of merry felons have broken!
law and order, brother! law and order!
Yep. Dude doesn't understand that the legal system doesn't try people for no reason. Trump broke laws. He's been on trial for breaking those laws. He had an attorney of his choosing to defend him. He has been given a fair shot to defend himself. He said he would testify and then chickened out.
The legal system doesn’t try people for no reason? Are you serious. There is this thing called history which you shouldn’t ignore when making such statements.
Yep. Dude doesn't understand that the legal system doesn't try people for no reason. Trump broke laws. He's been on trial for breaking those laws. He had an attorney of his choosing to defend him. He has been given a fair shot to defend himself. He said he would testify and then chickened out.
The legal system doesn’t try people for no reason? Are you serious. There is this thing called history which you shouldn’t ignore when making such statements.
just google wrongfully convicted criminals.
Cut Flagpole some slack. He is an Ohioan after all. We all know they are not the most sophisticated group of people. Nice but just not very smart.
The legal system doesn’t try people for no reason? Are you serious. There is this thing called history which you shouldn’t ignore when making such statements.
just google wrongfully convicted criminals.
Cut Flagpole some slack. He is an Ohioan after all. We all know they are not the most sophisticated group of people. Nice but just not very smart.
How dare you.
Flagpole reeks of the east side of Cleveland. These people might live in Ohio but they think they're from San Francisco.
To the Trumpers people yelling, "No one knows what Trump is charged with!"
The prosecution knows. Trump and his defense team knows. The judge knows. The jury knows. Everyone knows. Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
And now you know.
The only thing that can make those felonies is if they were done in conjunction with a second crime (in this case a federal crime that federal prosecutors refused to charge because it wasn’t a federal crime). Otherwise they are 2nd degree misdemeanors (for which the statute of limitations has already passed).
Cut Flagpole some slack. He is an Ohioan after all. We all know they are not the most sophisticated group of people. Nice but just not very smart.
How dare you.
Flagpole reeks of the east side of Cleveland. These people might live in Ohio but they think they're from San Francisco.
Flagpole may have beaten the Dow Jones 35 out of the last 32 years but no way in heck can he afford San Fran. Heck! He lives in Ohio! Maybe owns a double wide.