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Post by notblanche on Mar 12, 2021 13:23:11 GMT -6
6 years too late and for a different job, but my heart is so happy for Merrick Garland. He seems like such an intelligent, genuine, and humble human being. I've been thinking a lot lately that AG was meant to be his legacy. It makes the stolen SCOTUS seat hurt a bit less.
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Post by Minerva on Mar 12, 2021 13:32:04 GMT -6
6 years too late and for a different job, but my heart is so happy for Merrick Garland. He seems like such an intelligent, genuine, and humble human being. I've been thinking a lot lately that AG was meant to be his legacy. It makes the stolen SCOTUS seat hurt a bit less. And AG after the Trump administration and the gutting of the VRA. He has so much good that he can do in the position!
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Post by clucky on Mar 12, 2021 13:52:58 GMT -6
greykitty I’m sure it is standard, but it doesn’t change the fact that it feels, to me, full of loopholes and various interpretations. I’m not sure how to verbalize my discomfort, but I don’t like the ability for someone to claim they believed a small group of 3 was a riot and so they ran them over. Maybe I’m Kermit running with arms flailing and I’m at peace with that.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 13:57:00 GMT -6
greykitty I’m sure it is standard, but it doesn’t change the fact that it feels, to me, full of loopholes and various interpretations. I’m not sure how to verbalize my discomfort, but I don’t like the ability for someone to claim they believed a small group of 3 was a riot and so they ran them over. Maybe I’m Kermit running with arms flailing and I’m at peace with that. You are not Kermit. This law is basically making it legal for MAGAts to run over protestors with their car/big ass truck, which we saw happen many times over the summer. Then they just claim they thought their life was in danger and the corrupt white supremacist LEOs will call the protest a riot. Voila, off the hook.
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Post by Minerva on Mar 12, 2021 14:09:54 GMT -6
I don’t think Schumer and Gillibrand will comment on Cuomo unless he resigns (which he won’t), the investigation concludes, or something far more damning comes out. They aren’t really colleagues and as Federal elected officials, they won’t want to appear to be meddling with state elected officials.
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Post by greykitty on Mar 12, 2021 14:37:55 GMT -6
greykitty I’m sure it is standard, but it doesn’t change the fact that it feels, to me, full of loopholes and various interpretations. I’m not sure how to verbalize my discomfort, but I don’t like the ability for someone to claim they believed a small group of 3 was a riot and so they ran them over. Maybe I’m Kermit running with arms flailing and I’m at peace with that. Yeah, I don't know how a situation would be evaluated. I mean, it could be a group of 1,000 and peaceful, or maybe indeed three people and truly a danger to anyone else in the immediate vicinity. And everything in between. I was just curious what the standards were, or if OK had come up with something very different than other states/federal law. I think Illinois also starts with a baseline of three persons.
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Post by clucky on Mar 12, 2021 14:56:29 GMT -6
Unironically, an insurrection, from what I’ve google found, is simply a group. So that’s fucked.
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Post by clucky on Mar 12, 2021 15:07:35 GMT -6
greykitty I’m sure it is standard, but it doesn’t change the fact that it feels, to me, full of loopholes and various interpretations. I’m not sure how to verbalize my discomfort, but I don’t like the ability for someone to claim they believed a small group of 3 was a riot and so they ran them over. Maybe I’m Kermit running with arms flailing and I’m at peace with that. You are not Kermit. This law is basically making it legal for MAGAts to run over protestors with their car/big ass truck, which we saw happen many times over the summer. Then they just claim they thought their life was in danger and the corrupt white supremacist LEOs will call the protest a riot. Voila, off the hook. And not even that, it could be 3 or 4 teenager in a group. There is a mall locally that ends up being a big teen hang out. Nearly weekly, there are calls to the police to break up the group(s). Give you one guess the race of the majority of those teens. Prepandemic it was hard to find stuff to do for that age, now it is impossible, so they go where they can. I don’t like the precedence, especially since our governor has a tendency of grasping onto the most racist things and trying to get them into law here.
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Post by athn64 on Mar 12, 2021 15:34:19 GMT -6
I don’t think Schumer and Gillibrand will comment on Cuomo unless he resigns (which he won’t), the investigation concludes, or something far more damning comes out. They aren’t really colleagues and as Federal elected officials, they won’t want to appear to be meddling with state elected officials. This is where I'm landing.
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 12, 2021 15:45:20 GMT -6
ARP adjacent There are women in my local groups who have stimulus checks hitting accounts today
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Post by cp3 on Mar 12, 2021 16:20:05 GMT -6
ARP adjacent There are women in my local groups who have stimulus checks hitting accounts today My aunt said hers is pending so I checked and ours is pending. It will probably post tomorrow. Way faster than I was expecting.
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Post by clucky on Mar 12, 2021 16:34:42 GMT -6
Just in case anyone was wondering the backwards world happening in the middle.
Feeling sorry for all those kids being killed by marijuana. Going on about following the process, but he put $$$$ against it being on the ballot, as requested by voters.
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Post by jkjacq on Mar 12, 2021 16:40:21 GMT -6
Annnnnnd there is now a joint statement from the NY senators
They end with ‘the governor should resign’
Ohhh and I just learned Gillibrand worked with cuomo
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Post by elle on Mar 12, 2021 16:47:20 GMT -6
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Post by richard on Mar 12, 2021 16:47:50 GMT -6
Annnnnnd there is now a joint statement from the NY senators They end with ‘the governor should resign’ Ohhh and I just learned Gillibrand worked with cuomo I just took a look at Twitter and there is almost literally nothing but this statement in my timeline over and over and over again.
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Post by Minerva on Mar 12, 2021 16:49:03 GMT -6
Annnnnnd there is now a joint statement from the NY senators They end with ‘the governor should resign’ Ohhh and I just learned Gillibrand worked with cuomo I am officially eating my words. And quite pleased about it. 🤣
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Post by fatpony on Mar 12, 2021 16:59:48 GMT -6
Ours is pending too.
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Post by iruntodrink on Mar 12, 2021 21:16:16 GMT -6
just the tip of the iceberg!!!!!
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Post by lemondrop on Mar 13, 2021 5:33:54 GMT -6
just the tip of the iceberg!!!!! I love when he’s like, “the word ‘climate change’???” 😂 like the disgust at their hypocrisy just rolls off his tongue lol
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Post by fatpony on Mar 13, 2021 7:41:18 GMT -6
What an idiot
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2021 8:33:49 GMT -6
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2021 8:51:47 GMT -6
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Post by willow on Mar 13, 2021 9:00:34 GMT -6
dc2london I’m glad a big news source has finally looked into it. Over 7 million!! That’s so bad. And it’s definitely true that the “errors” thing is taking forever because what I have been reading it’s basically dumb luck for when your return comes out of the error hell. And it’s not even actually errors, as that article says. It’s errors on the IRS part not the filer which is fucked.
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Post by greykitty on Mar 13, 2021 10:09:01 GMT -6
We probably never should have slashed the IRS budget so much - I knew there had been cuts, but not 20%. I wonder if they will get the filing deadline moved back again this year. So many people probably have to file amended returns based on the laws just signed.
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Post by dc2london on Mar 13, 2021 10:16:55 GMT -6
Virginia friends, Senator Mclellan and Jennifer Carroll Foy were both on last week's Hysteria podcast
I think one of the two of them is getting my primary vote and I'm no less torn now, but the interviews were great
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Post by cp3 on Mar 13, 2021 10:22:25 GMT -6
So since the new stimulus was done through budget reconciliation it doesn't have the protection that the others did and debtors can garnish stimulus funds. My younger brother that is a mess right now is figuring he probably won't get it but I feel for many others that won't get it either. Especially ones that need it the most.
I saw a House member is going to work on legislation to prevent that but since funds went out yesterday for a lot of people it seems too late.
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Post by 100poppies on Mar 13, 2021 10:24:09 GMT -6
Virginia friends, Senator Mclellan and Jennifer Carroll Foy were both on last week's Hysteria podcast I think one of the two of them is getting my primary vote and I'm no less torn now, but the interviews were great I’ve seen JCF in a few meetings now and she continues to impress. I need to look more closely at Mclellan. I’m just excited there are such strong women in the race.
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Post by blurnette989 on Mar 13, 2021 10:52:27 GMT -6
Virginia friends, Senator Mclellan and Jennifer Carroll Foy were both on last week's Hysteria podcast I think one of the two of them is getting my primary vote and I'm no less torn now, but the interviews were great Olive them both and have donated to each.
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Post by elle on Mar 13, 2021 14:46:27 GMT -6
Cheerleader moms are as intense as ever. Yikes.
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Post by goldenbird on Mar 13, 2021 14:58:17 GMT -6
I just checked with the IRS tool and it said my payment will be deposited on the 17th. We didn't end up getting the second payment until weeks after a lot of people did, so I'm surprised to see it coming so soon. We also haven't filed taxes yet and I'm thinking we will wait a couple weeks so things aren't so bogged down.
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