American Politics Thread V: We're Just Biden Our Time ...

[Alcala-Cordel]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/lisa-murkowskis-gop-primary-challenger-anti-lgbtq-zealot-opposed-medicine-vampires/

Lisa Murkowski’s GOP primary challenger is an anti-LGBTQ zealot opposed to medicine & vampires. She believes people can pray away their gay and pharmaceutical drugs are a product of witchcraft.

Kelly Tshibaka penned an article that condemned the movie franchise Twilight as “evil” and suggested it was Satanic propaganda because it “is a perfect example of how the enemy twists, perverts, and ridicules the things of God. She's also called homosexuality a sin.

Jesus where do they even find these lunatics? Are they made in a factory or something?

They just isolate themselves to exclusive groups of holier-than-thou conspiracy theorists. It's kinda like a docile anthill: you see a few walking around it, but inside their nest they're everywhere. Every few years, though, that anthill gets stirred up and they furiously swarm out.

source: access to anthill by relation

[Lady Victory]

Jesus where do they even find these lunatics? Are they made in a factory or something?

you ever heard of this guy called Sean Hannity?

I think even Hannity would guffaw at this kind of batshit insanity. Not in front of cameras, of course, but still maybe privately.

[The Black Forrest]

Jesus where do they even find these lunatics? Are they made in a factory or something?

you ever heard of this guy called Sean Hannity?

Crazy?...hmmmm....not really. Not that bright? Sure!

[Joohan]

This is very dependent upon which country the soldier is operating out of. That soldier would definitely get prosecuted for commiting any crime while stationed in Ecuador, but as per an agreement with the Ecuadorian government, he would be prosecuted under UCMJ ( Uniform Code of Military Justice ). It's not like he was getting off free, or even easy. Especially recently.

Oh, sure, in theory he would be prosecuted by the US military. In practice, it's already hard enough for a victim of rape to go see her local police, she'll never face all the burden and complicated process of trying to sue the soldier in front of US military justice, that'll very likely not give much attention to the saying of a local girl, and it's very exceptional for US soldiers to get into trouble, even when they do things like posting selfies or bragging about their crimes on social networks, it just won't happen in a "she says"/"he says" situation.

I can't speak on behalf of that specific installation but at least state side, and I am speaking from 1st hand knowledge, it is something which get's investigated and very often prosecuted. Most unit's typically publish their own Justice Bulletin informing the entire unit of successful prosecutions of soldiers under UCMJ - totally airing it out.

[San Lumen]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/lisa-murkowskis-gop-primary-challenger-anti-lgbtq-zealot-opposed-medicine-vampires/

Lisa Murkowski’s GOP primary challenger is an anti-LGBTQ zealot opposed to medicine & vampires. She believes people can pray away their gay and pharmaceutical drugs are a product of witchcraft.

Kelly Tshibaka penned an article that condemned the movie franchise Twilight as “evil” and suggested it was Satanic propaganda because it “is a perfect example of how the enemy twists, perverts, and ridicules the things of God. She's also called homosexuality a sin.

Wow. Someone who can out nutbag Michelle Bachman.

Alaska doesn't like extremists so i don't think she will get far but with today's GOP nothing can be ruled out.

[National Capitalist United States]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/lisa-murkowskis-gop-primary-challenger-anti-lgbtq-zealot-opposed-medicine-vampires/

Lisa Murkowski’s GOP primary challenger is an anti-LGBTQ zealot opposed to medicine & vampires. She believes people can pray away their gay and pharmaceutical drugs are a product of witchcraft.

Kelly Tshibaka penned an article that condemned the movie franchise Twilight as “evil” and suggested it was Satanic propaganda because it “is a perfect example of how the enemy twists, perverts, and ridicules the things of God. She's also called homosexuality a sin.

She needs to take her pills

[Talvezout]

Wow. Someone who can out nutbag Michelle Bachman.

Alaska doesn't like extremists so i don't think she will get far but with today's GOP nothing can be ruled out.

It's worth nothing that Murkowski is still around in part thanks to Dems and Indies biting the bullet and voting for her.

[The Lone Alliance]

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/04/lisa-murkowskis-gop-primary-challenger-anti-lgbtq-zealot-opposed-medicine-vampires/

Lisa Murkowski’s GOP primary challenger is an anti-LGBTQ zealot opposed to medicine & vampires. She believes people can pray away their gay and pharmaceutical drugs are a product of witchcraft.

Kelly Tshibaka penned an article that condemned the movie franchise Twilight as “evil” and suggested it was Satanic propaganda because it “is a perfect example of how the enemy twists, perverts, and ridicules the things of God. She's also called homosexuality a sin.

Well she's right about Twilight being evil, but she's wrong about the reason, it's evil because it's a horribly written series.

[Senkaku]

https://elfaro.net/en/202104/el_salvado ... vernment-m

not sure if it's already been posted but basically it seems a US advisor was in the Morazan department with the officers who oversaw the El Mozote massacre, as it and other mass killings were taking place in the area in 1981

nothing groundbreaking, just more old imperial skeletons falling out of the closet I guess (well, not that old, actually)

[Lady Victory]

https://elfaro.net/en/202104/el_salvador/25441/US-Government-m

not sure if it's already been posted but basically it seems a US advisor was in the Morazan department with the officers who oversaw the El Mozote massacre, as it and other mass killings were taking place in the area in 1981

nothing groundbreaking, just more old imperial skeletons falling out of the closet I guess (well, not that old, actually)

Wow, I never even knew about this one. Amazing how many fucked up things we've supported, swept under the rug, or turned a blind eye to.

[North Washington Republic]

FDA preparing process of banning menthol cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to bar menthol cigarettes nationwide in a plan to be released Thursday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The menthol ban would be one of FDA’s most aggressive tobacco reform efforts since the agency first began regulating the industry in 2009, and one long-awaited by scores of public health groups. But it also will likely take years to implement, and FDA does not yet have a permanent commissioner in place for what could be a lengthy battle with industry. The agency will issue the plan as a response to a 2013 citizen’s petition brought by public health groups. A court ordered FDA to respond to the petition by April 29 after two anti-tobacco groups sued for a decision last year. The agency can implement a menthol ban through rule-making, which would involved a draft rule and seeking months of public comments.

Efforts to enact a federal menthol ban have stalled for years even as traction grew in major cities and amid Democratic lawmakers to bar the cigarettes, which — after decades of targeted marketing by industry — are disproportionately popular among Black Americans.

Opponents of a ban argue that it will translate to more over policing of Black communities. Supporters — including most, but not all, of the Congressional Black Caucus — say that industry’s intentional advertising and outreach towards Black Americans resulted in millions of tobacco-related deaths.

The Washington Post first reported details of the impending response. FDA declined to comment.

Banning menthol cigarettes is a horrible idea. As a (ex)-smoker, I can say that smoking is horrible for your health, and as someone that preferred menthol over regular, I can definitely say that the cooling effect that menthol has on the smoke makes them more addictive. HOWEVER, we don’t need more prohibition, especially of a product that’s been relatively available. Prohibition of menthol cigarettes is good news for criminals and bad news for the average smoker.

[Shrillland]

Wow. Someone who can out nutbag Michelle Bachman.

Alaska doesn't like extremists so i don't think she will get far but with today's GOP nothing can be ruled out.

Don't forget, Alaska doesn't do party primaries anymore. I can see her getting into the top four, but I can also see a lot of Democrats, Independents, and Libertarians giving Murkowski second preference. She could probably win in Round 2.

[San Lumen]

Alaska doesn't like extremists so i don't think she will get far but with today's GOP nothing can be ruled out.

Don't forget, Alaska doesn't do party primaries anymore. I can see her getting into the top four, but I can also see a lot of Democrats, Independents, and Libertarians giving Murkowski second preference. She could probably win in Round 2.

Is Party is still listed on the ballot?

[Shrillland]

Don't forget, Alaska doesn't do party primaries anymore. I can see her getting into the top four, but I can also see a lot of Democrats, Independents, and Libertarians giving Murkowski second preference. She could probably win in Round 2.

Is Party is still listed on the ballot?

Oh, yes. It's just an all-out jungle primary now.

[San Lumen]

Is Party is still listed on the ballot?

Oh, yes. It's just an all-out jungle primary now.

So like what Louisiana, California or Washington does expect it’s top four?

[Shrillland]

Oh, yes. It's just an all-out jungle primary now.

So like what Louisiana, California or Washington does expect it’s top four?

Yep. The general will be RCV too.

[Zurkerx]

Also, Giuliani I think is in trouble: Federal Investigators Have Executed a Search Warrant at his Apartment.

Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant on Wednesday at the Upper East Side apartment of Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who became President Donald J. Trump’s personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Mr. Giuliani’s dealings in Ukraine, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

One of the people said the investigators had seized Mr. Giuliani’s electronic devices.

Executing a search warrant is an extraordinary move for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president, and it marks a major turning point in the long-running investigation into Mr. Giuliani.

The federal authorities have been largely focused on whether Mr. Giuliani illegally lobbied the Trump administration in 2019 on behalf of Ukrainian officials and oligarchs, who at the same time were helping Mr. Giuliani search for dirt on Mr. Trump’s political rivals, including President Biden, who was then a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The United States Attorney’s office in Manhattan and the F.B.I. had for months sought to secure a search warrant for Mr. Giuliani’s phones.

Under Mr. Trump, senior political appointees in the Justice Department repeatedly sought to block such a warrant, The New York Times reported, slowing the investigation as it was gaining momentum last year. After Merrick B. Garland was confirmed as President Biden’s attorney general, the Justice Department lifted its objection to the search.

While the warrant is not an explicit accusation of wrongdoing against Mr. Giuliani, it shows that the investigation has entered an aggressive new phase. To obtain a search warrant, investigators need to persuade a judge they have sufficient reason to believe that a crime was committed and that the search would turn up evidence of the crime.

Spokesmen for the F.B.I. and the U.S. attorney’s office declined to comment.

The investigation of Mr. Giuliani grew out of a case against two Soviet-born men who aided his mission in Ukraine to unearth damaging information about Mr. Biden and his son Hunter, who was on the board of a Ukrainian energy company. The prosecutors charged the two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, with unrelated crimes in late 2019 and a trial is scheduled for October.

While investigating Mr. Giuliani, prosecutors have examined, among other things, his potential business dealings in Ukraine and his role in pushing the Trump administration to oust the American ambassador to Ukraine, which was the subject of testimony at Mr. Trump’s first impeachment trial.

As he was pressuring Ukrainian officials to investigate the Bidens, Mr. Giuliani became fixated on removing the ambassador, Marie L. Yovanovitch, whom he saw as an obstacle to those efforts. At the urging of Mr. Giuliani and other Republicans, Mr. Trump ultimately ousted Ms. Yovanovitch.

As part of the investigation into Mr. Giuliani, the prosecutors have explored whether he was working not only for Mr. Trump, but also for Ukrainian officials or businesses who wanted the ambassador to be dismissed for their own reasons, according to people briefed on the matter.

Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, it is a federal crime to try to influence or lobby the United States government at the request or direction of a foreign official without disclosing it to the Justice Department.

The prosecutors have scrutinized Mr. Giuliani’s dealings with Yuriy Lutsenko, one of the officials who helped Mr. Giuliani and his associates in their dirt-digging mission while also urging them to work to get the ambassador removed.

Among other things, the prosecutors have examined discussions Mr. Giuliani had about taking on hundreds of thousands of dollars in apparently unrelated consulting business from Mr. Lutsenko, which resulted in a draft retainer agreement that was never executed.

Mr. Giuliani has said he turned down the deal, which would have involved him helping the Ukrainian government recover money it believed had been stolen and stashed overseas.

As the investigation heated up last summer, prosecutors and F.B.I. agents in Manhattan were preparing to seek the search warrant for Mr. Giuliani’s records about his efforts to remove the ambassador, but they first had to notify Justice Department officials in Washington, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Federal prosecutors must consult Justice Department officials in Washington about search warrants involving lawyers because of concerns that they might obtain confidential communications with clients. The proposed warrant for Mr. Giuliani was particularly sensitive because his most prominent client was Mr. Trump.

Career Justice Department officials in Washington largely supported the search warrant, but senior officials raised concerns that the warrant would be issued too close to the election, the people with knowledge of the matter said.

Under longstanding practice, the Justice Department generally tries to avoid taking aggressive investigative actions within 60 days of an election if those actions could affect the outcome of the vote.

The prosecutors in Manhattan tried again after the election, but political appointees in Mr. Trump’s Justice Department sought once more to block the warrant, the people with knowledge of the matter said. At the time, Mr. Trump was still contesting the election results in several states, a legal effort being led by Mr. Giuliani, those officials noted.

Under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, or FARA, it is a federal crime to try to influence or lobby the United States government at the request or direction of a foreign official without disclosing it to the Justice Department.

The prosecutors have scrutinized Mr. Giuliani’s dealings with Yuriy Lutsenko, one of the officials who helped Mr. Giuliani and his associates in their dirt-digging mission while also urging them to work to get the ambassador removed.

[...]

Career Justice Department officials in Washington largely supported the search warrant, but senior officials raised concerns that the warrant would be issued too close to the election, the people with knowledge of the matter said.

Under longstanding practice, the Justice Department generally tries to avoid taking aggressive investigative actions within 60 days of an election if those actions could affect the outcome of the vote.

The prosecutors in Manhattan tried again after the election, but political appointees in Mr. Trump’s Justice Department sought once more to block the warrant, the people with knowledge of the matter said. At the time, Mr. Trump was still contesting the election results in several states, a legal effort being led by Mr. Giuliani, those officials noted.

Looks like Giuliani may have broken the law. And it seems this warrant was delayed too by Trump appointees.

He's not the only one: the FBI is currently raiding the house of his associates Victoria Toensing and Joseph DiGenova.

Hmm, the names sound familiar. What is there involvement? I believe they were a part of Trump's legal team to combat "voter fraud" but that's all I know.

But it seems if they're in the nets, who else is?

[Kowani]

He's not the only one: the FBI is currently raiding the house of his associates Victoria Toensing and Joseph DiGenova.

Hmm, the names sound familiar. What is there involvement? I believe they were a part of Trump's legal team to combat "voter fraud" but that's all I know.

But it seems if they're in the nets, who else is?

They were part of Rudy's "Elite Legal Strikeforce", yes, but they were also involved in the investigations into Trump's Russian and Ukrainian connections.

[Kowani]

HA
Judge rules that Cyber Ninjas, a company hired by Arizona Republicans to conduct an additional audit of the 2020 election, would not be allowed to file their policies and procedures with the court under seal, mandating that they be made public

A judge ruled on Wednesday that Cyber Ninjas, a company hired by Arizona Republicans to conduct an additional audit of the 2020 election, would not be allowed to file their policies and procedures with the court under seal. This means that documentation around the Cyber Ninjas proposed audit tactics will be public for the people and the media to read.

The audit has been highly contested after it was revealed that Cyber Ninjas was led by a “Stop the Steal” conspiracy theorist, and that the firm planned to knock on voters’ doors and interrogate them about the validity of their vote. There were also concerns by the Arizona Democratic Party that the use of outside firms to conduct the audit meant that sensitive voter information would not be kept private and secure. The ADP sued last Thursday to stop the audit, and Judge Christopher Coury set a hearing for Monday in which the continuation of the audit would be decided; that hearing was delayed until Tuesday when it was revealed that a lawyer on the Republican side had worked in Judge Coury’s office as an extern in the last five years. Judge Coury recused himself from the case.

The order is stayed until Thursday at noon to give the parties time to appeal.

[San Lumen]

So like what Louisiana, California or Washington does expect it’s top four?

Yep. The general will be RCV too.

NYC is doing that for the first time ever in primaries this year. It might be a few days before we know outcomes. I'll have complete coverage of the Mayor, Comptroller, Borough President and District Attorney elections right here on NSNN.

[Kowani]

i'm just...confused


EDIT: i should have double checked this, i was taken in by the fact that the original poster was a reporter
refer to Talvezout's post further down on this page for the actual original slide

[National Capitalist United States]

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i'm just...confused

She needs antipsychosis pills ASAP

[Talvezout]

snip

This is the original for what it's worth

[Loeje]

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i'm just...confused

Only gay people get to go to restaurants? When did that happen?

[Omniabstracta]

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i'm just...confused

No no, you’ve pulled news from the wrong reality there, I think this is actually a weird dream I had this one time.