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Originally posted by Green Cockade Green Cockade wrote:

The mid-term elections in November will be more interesting than might have been anticipated. The Supreme Court’s abolition of abortion rights turning the clock back fifty years will have many as yet unforeseen consequences but some we can see coming, like the galvanising of key demographics such as suburban women and younger voters. Like the dog that finally caught the car, the Republican Party may be left bemused by what they may think is a victory but has left most of the USA and international opinion horrified. The ramifications will be many and troubling in the extreme as events unfold in red states. Meanwhile the Jan.6th hearings ( you can get them on various American channels on YouTube if you haven’t already been following them, five so far and more to follow next month ) have laid bare the criminality of Trump, his lawyers and accomplices and his lackeys in Congress and the Senate. Brilliant presentations so far with almost all of the witnesses being Republicans. New evidence continues to flood in and expect some high profile seditionists to flip to save their own skins. We live in interesting times indeed.

It doesn't matter as the Republicans have already rigged the system to secure power in all the crucial swing states  and Trump as usual will get away with everything. 

The democratic establishment are more concerned with keeping their corporate donors onside while they sleepingly walk the U.S. into facism. The Republicans have inserted a right-wing theocratic extremist Supreme Court  and there's no LBJ in office that would have put Republican lite coonts like Sinema & Manchin into line before they could sink Biden's agenda. 

Obama's appeasement to the right wing and general complacency in not codifying Roe when he had the chance has contributed to this. 
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It's mental what's going on. I don't think many Irish realise how dangerous the situation is in America. The country is literally tethering on the brink of a major breakdown. What justice Thomas wrote this week about criminalising homosexuality etc. is a taste of things to come. 
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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

It's mental what's going on. I don't think many Irish realise how dangerous the situation is in America. The country is literally tethering on the brink of a major breakdown. What justice Thomas wrote this week about criminalising homosexuality etc. is a taste of things to come. 

Definitely and they won't hold back on Roe. 

That prick Thomas's wife should be in prison for her role in the insurrection. 

If Garland actually does decide to prosecute Trump (which he won't do) then it could result in major violence on the streets. I think he has to prosecute Trump directly  given all the evidence from these hearings, as not taking action,  would give the fascist right wing a green  light to try it again in a couple of years. Trump needs to be removed one way or another as he is the most dangerous political figure with authoritarian tendencies and a cult-like base backing him. 
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Garland will imo prosecute Trump if for no other reason than the DOJ can never again be put in the hands of a deranged narcissistic sociopath of that ilk. You would end up with a Department of Jeffrey Clarks. The rot would spread across all other arms of government as was attempted during the coup attempt with MAGA placemen being put into key positions. Trump will be disgraced as the hearings and multiple other legal cases proceed against him in the coming months. The GOP will distance themselves as soon as they can and push De Santis for President but they will have difficulty getting this monkey off their back. They are little other than an autocratic death cult these days anyway. The immediate future for America is not good and I fear for what might be coming.


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The similarities between Putin's Russia and the Republican party and it's supporters is scary.
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Originally posted by colemanY2K colemanY2K wrote:

It's mental what's going on. I don't think many Irish realise how dangerous the situation is in America. The country is literally tethering on the brink of a major breakdown. What justice Thomas wrote this week about criminalising homosexuality etc. is a taste of things to come. 

As an Irish person living near DC, I’d add that most Americans aren’t aware how dangerous things are either.  The news is so biased here that no one has any genuine understanding of what’s true and what’s not.  

The local news in Virginia ran a segment in the news every night called Crisis in Our Classrooms with a hodgepodge of nonsensical issues and manufactured crises. They stopped since the Texas school shooting despite guns being the only really crisis classroom. 

Pelosi sent out a donation solicitation email on foot of the Supreme Court decision.  It’s all about feeding the outrage machine and raising money off it.  No plan to fix things, just empty rhetoric and looking for money. 

I’m convinced the only workable solution is dissolution of the union.  It’s managing the transition that’s the difficult thing.  The logical extension of the recent court cases is the states rights are near unlimited so that should include a right to secede.  Texas and California go first before the rest slowly realigns like Europe post war. 

  


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It's not that long ago since we had our own long running dogfights over abortion rights, so I don't think we're in any position to tell another nation whether they're right or wrong on the subject. I'm not offering an opinion on it one way or the other, but I will say it is primarily a domestic issue for a domestic audience, and it should not be a major story this side of the pond.


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The January 6th hearings are all for left wing media to kick an open door, I've seen much worse disturbances in many countries. With the world facing catastrophic nuclear war at any moment, all the American left are fascinated by is what Trump said before something happened a full 18 months ago. Get over it. Most of America on both sides has moved on to present day issues, a lot caused by the ripples of the Ukraine war, where hundreds of people are getting killed every day in weapons much more dangerous and destructive than a few flagpoles and MAGA hats. 

The Biden reign has been disastrous, from Afghanistan to Korea to Russia,  the world is a far more dangerous place than it was before he took office, and his approval ratings are lower than Trump's. 50 years in Congress, 2 Blue Walls now in the lower and upper house to pass all his bills for him, and he's still unable to stop Yanks randomly walking into everywhere from schools to mosques to shopping malls and indiscriminately gunning innocent citizens down, the way the rest of the world manages to. That incompetence should be reflected in the mid term results. 
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You need a hefty majority, not just the Vice President’s casting vote, to get much through the Senate unless you waive the filibuster as the Republicans did to appoint at least one of the far right SCOTUS judges. That can’t happen as long as Manchin and Sinema hold the balance of power on the Democrat benches. The system is of course heavily gerrymandered against the Democrats anyway. They need a blue wave in November in both the House and the Senate to effect radical change. The choice on the ballot will be a simple one-democracy or autocracy, with the latter involving one party minority rule by an unhinged death cult for the foreseeable future.
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Originally posted by planning planning wrote:

The January 6th hearings are all for left wing media to kick an open door, I've seen much worse disturbances in many countries. With the world facing catastrophic nuclear war at any moment, all the American left are fascinated by is what Trump said before something happened a full 18 months ago. Get over it. Most of America on both sides has moved on to present day issues, a lot caused by the ripples of the Ukraine war, where hundreds of people are getting killed every day in weapons much more dangerous and destructive than a few flagpoles and MAGA hats. 

The Biden reign has been disastrous, from Afghanistan to Korea to Russia,  the world is a far more dangerous place than it was before he took office, and his approval ratings are lower than Trump's. 50 years in Congress, 2 Blue Walls now in the lower and upper house to pass all his bills for him, and he's still unable to stop Yanks randomly walking into everywhere from schools to mosques to shopping malls and indiscriminately gunning innocent citizens down, the way the rest of the world manages to. That incompetence should be reflected in the mid term results. 

so what I get from your post is all of Americas problems started 18 months ago and its all Joe's fault? Right ok then good to get that cleared up Confused
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Lots of Trump cultists and election deniers won their Republican primaries on Tuesday but the good news is that they will be easier to defeat in a general election than saner alternatives. The most significant result however was in Kansas, the most ruby red of states where women came out in astonishing numbers to vote down a proposed amendment to the state constitution which would have outlawed abortion. The first significant pointer of the repercussions and unintended consequences of Roe v Wade being overturned by the far right Supreme Court. Meanwhile Biden keeps clocking up domestic and foreign policy wins. Despite all of which the USA still totters only the edge of a dystopian future, with the likes of Fox News, Newsmax and OAN continuing to encourage autocracy. We will see in November where the country is heading.
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Originally posted by Green Cockade Green Cockade wrote:

Lots of Trump cultists and election deniers won their Republican primaries on Tuesday but the good news is that they will be easier to defeat in a general election than saner alternatives. The most significant result however was in Kansas, the most ruby red of states where women came out in astonishing numbers to vote down a proposed amendment to the state constitution which would have outlawed abortion. The first significant pointer of the repercussions and unintended consequences of Roe v Wade being overturned by the far right Supreme Court. Meanwhile Biden keeps clocking up domestic and foreign policy wins. Despite all of which the USA still totters only the edge of a dystopian future, with the likes of Fox News, Newsmax and OAN continuing to encourage autocracy. We will see in November where the country is heading.

Big risk is how many Trump acolytes are in running to win state level offices that control elections especially AGs and Secretaries of State.  They have a disturbing amount of power to certify who the State gives its electoral college votes too and their is nothing in the US Constitution even requiring letting people vote at state level.

They have so many elections on each ballet (school board, dog catcher, sanitation commissioner etc) that most people tick the party line option that votes R or D in every contest.  Hence why the top level candidate being good beings through lots of other party member candidates at all levels. In mid terms there is the top level election will vary depending on the state.

Most interesting elections will be in Pennsylvania where Senator and Governor both up for grabs.  Retiring Republican Senator so big potential win for Dems.  Candidate is a 6 ft 10 biker looking dude who is hilarious, pro unions, strongly progressive and very popular former Deputy Governor.  Republican candidate is Dr Oz who was a tv quack on Oprah, is Turkish, lives in New Jersey and backed by Trump.  If Oz wins, it’s a sign Trump is 100 percent coming back in 2024 as Oz is the least electable candidate imaginable in PA bar Trumps endorsement. 

For Governor, the Republican guy is an election denier anti semetic nut job who tried to decertify PA votes in last election.  Dem is a strong former AG who seems very electable. If Republicans win that election the 2024 vote Presidential election will be chaos as the lad is so nuts he won’t sign any electoral votes for Dems no matter what.  
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FBI search Mar-A-Lago. 

https://us.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/mar-a-lago-search-warrant-fbi-donald-trump/index.html
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The section of the FBI mentioned in the article, headed by Jay Bratt , focuses on espionage, sabotage , neutrality and atomic secrets. Much of the documentation illegally removed from the White House by Trump was classified ‘ Top Secret ‘ and no doubt of interest to his Russian financiers. Best case scenario, he incurs jail time and disqualification from future office for this crime alone, never mind the multitude of other legal actions rolling down the line.
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Says the troll who has been on here for the last six months cheerleading a genocide by Russian Nazis.
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