hengog
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Post by hengog on Nov 14, 2024 23:27:40 GMT
Trumps statement seems pretty welcome to me- if I lived in the US anyway . I thought we were all horrified by chlorinated chicken and so on. But of course it’s Trump and it may mean something quite different and bizarre.
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Nov 14, 2024 23:57:33 GMT
Trumps statement seems pretty welcome to me- if I lived in the US anyway . I thought we were all horrified by chlorinated chicken and so on. But of course it’s Trump and it may mean something quite different and bizarre. It's not the idea of restricting carcinogens etc., the US absolutely has to do that, it's that it's RFK JR that he's turned too. The man's the Alex Jones of health and was a heroin addled junkie for two decades. He's absolutely not the person I'd turn to for health advice |
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Post by doktorb🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ on Nov 15, 2024 0:20:11 GMT
Think it's worth pointing out that RFK also believes that medication should be replaced by working in a labo(u)r camp.  |
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Post by riccimarsh on Nov 15, 2024 0:27:10 GMT
For any legal geeks amongst us, D. John Sauer has been nominated for Solicitor General (the person who represents the United States in all business before the Supreme Court, and often conducts oral argument in that capacity). He has previously served as Solicitor General for the Missouri State Supreme Court for six years (appointed by Josh Hawley), and is a former Supreme Court clerk with Justice Antonin Scalia.
Sauer represented Trump in his Supreme Court case earlier this year, when the court granted presidents partial immunity from criminal prosecution (he was the lawyer who answered in the affirmative when asked by the DC Circuit whether the President should have immunity for ordering SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political opponent). He also represents Trump in the appeal of his New York civil fraud case, in which Trump was ordered to pay a $450 million fine, plus interest.
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Khunanup
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Portsmouth Liberal Democrats
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 15, 2024 0:49:00 GMT
This process of Trump dropping nomination after nomination of completely unacceptable nominees is highly amusing.
For the Republican Party that is.
Since they decided to prostrate themselves before him, so terrified of his fans' wrath, they have enabled him at every turn and the consequences are now stark in front of them.
Do they try to multiply defy him and ditch all these crazy nominees that will damage their party and brand (and their country) throughout Trump's presidency and beyond, or do they stand up to him and put themselves at the mercy of the millions of crazies that inhabit their primary electorate.
With an incapable president, this is going to be a wild ride...
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Post by timmullen on Nov 15, 2024 2:20:20 GMT
This process of Trump dropping nomination after nomination of completely unacceptable nominees is highly amusing. For the Republican Party that is. Since they decided to prostrate themselves before him, so terrified of his fans' wrath, they have enabled him at every turn and the consequences are now stark in front of them. Do they try to multiply defy him and ditch all these crazy nominees that will damage their party and brand (and their country) throughout Trump's presidency and beyond, or do they stand up to him and put themselves at the mercy of the millions of crazies that inhabit their primary electorate. With an incapable president, this is going to be a wild ride... I can’t imagine the Senate blocking more than two nominees (even one hasn’t happened since John Tower was rejected as Defense Secretary having been nominated, against the advice of Senate Republicans, by George HW Bush); I suspect there will be a lot of crossing of fingers that a second term sees a similarly high turnover of personnel as did the first. |
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