I am so very sorry I thought you had joined reality. Good fucking God. We dont have law and order at all if we cant intervene when law enforcement are the criminals!!
In case you haven't noticed, the constutution doesnt functionally exist any longer. We live in the world of the unitary executive now and that has been completely recognized by SCOTUS who refuses to reign it in.
The first thing the next POTUS should do is issue an executive order rescinding every Trump pardon and arrest all of them again. Then that POTUS should work with Congress to end federal pardons altogether. The power should not exist.
We really do not have a nation left. I can't see any other logical conclusion. We have a loose association of a bunch of agencies that function based on the inertia of people going to work. There is, however, no uniting belief system or basic framework of functional governance.
All quiet in Cary as well. Just finished teaching a 4 hour online CE course. People seemed thankful we still ran it. It was a nice distraction from being trapped. Had 49 registered and only 2 who didnt show due to power/internet.
Paine is 100% correct here. Abolish ICE is precisely the right tone on these times. Righteous anger is powerful and it needs to be harnessed, not squelched with the usual mealy mouthed triangulated bullshit.
Pretti was shot many more than 3 times. He had 3 in his back and at least 2 more (chest and neck) on his front according to the doctor who assessed him on scene.
And this is precisely why I say we cannot and should not have policy discussions so long as Trump is in the picture. He precludes anything as mundane as policy.
Ah. Gotcha. Ill be honest and say that I spend less time in, around, and paying attention to Charlotte than most any other city. I do not know why, but that is just true for me.
I think we are perilously close to not only the Minnesota National Guard being mobilized but the guards of the surrounding states doing the same and placing them poised to enter Minnesota to assist with the expulsion of ICE from the region. If something like that happens, we truly do have an...