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I recommend listening/watching this testimony:
Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE

This one I find reading the transcript more engaging and I can follow the events better:
US Citizen Marimar Martinez describes being shot 5 times by CBP agent

"On Friday, I was teaching the young children at the Montessori school, and we were singing and dancing and getting ready for spooky season preparing for activities to do the following week, and on Saturday my own government was calling me a domestic terrorist. and I was in federal detention centers. with the bullet holes all over my body."

Good luck getting the millions of antiwar "Puritopians and p**sies" from the list I posted to grow up in time for Tuesday 3 Nov 2026, 2 Nov 2027, and 7 Nov 2028.


Heck, even Israelis had enough of war and bloodshed and have started an exodus from their homeland which I posted a few days ago.

Scientific research indicates that transgender identities have a biological basis, with studies showing brain structures in transgender individuals that often align more closely with their experienced gender than their assigned sex at birth. Evidence suggests these neurobiological differences, along with potential genetic and prenatal hormonal influences, contribute to a fundamental sense of gender identity

Brain Structure and Function: Research, such as studies on brain scans, indicates that transgender people often display brain characteristics more similar to their experienced gender. For example, the hypothalamus in some transgender individuals may show, in terms of volume and neuron number, a closer match to their identified gender than their sex assigned at birth.
Biological Basis: Evidence points to potential factors like prenatal hormone levels and genetic influences, rather than a single cause. Research suggests a link between transgender identity and variations in genes related to hormone processing (e.g., estrogen and androgen).
Neurobiology and Development: Research suggests that gender identity, which may be established by prenatal hormone exposure, can differ from sex assigned at birth. Studies on brain structure suggest that these differences may arise during prenatal development.
Brain Structure Similarities: Studies have found that transgender individuals' brains exhibit functional and structural, with some brain regions appearing similar to cisgender individuals with the same gender identity.
Gender Identity vs. Sex Assigned at Birth: Studies show that brain structures can differ between transgender individuals and cisgender individuals, with some brain regions in transgender individuals, such as the white matter fiber tracts, being more consistent with their experienced gender.

You see, science

www.nytimes.com - another great resource

" Where does that bill "nationalize" elections?!?"
The bill creates a slew of new dictates that all states are required to follow. A national initiative that the federal government coerces the states to act as its proxies.
If you want to quibble about the word "nationalize", fine.

#83 | Posted by BellRinger

I just want to point out that jeff just says shit

Shit that is a lie

Specifically, the bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access (e.g., vote-by-mail and early voting). It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.
The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.
Additionally, the bill sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.
Further, the bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending, requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.
The bill addresses ethics in all three branches of government, including by requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.
The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns.

1. bill expands voter registration (e.g., automatic and same-day registration) and voting access
2. It also limits removing voters from voter rolls.
3. The bill requires states to establish independent redistricting commissions to carry out congressional redistricting.
4. provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials,
5. supporting states in securing their election systems,
6. developing a national strategy to protect U.S. democratic institutions
7. stablishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions
8. improve the cybersecurity of election systems
9. expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosure of campaign-related fundraising and spending,
10. requiring additional disclaimers regarding certain political advertising, and
11. establishing an alternative campaign funding system for certain federal offices.
12. requiring a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices,
13. prohibiting Members of the House from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, and
14. establishing additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House.
15. The bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for those offices to disclose 10 years of tax returns

Where are all of these dictates?

Sounds like what most Americans want

The far left needs to grow up.
#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-02-03 02:52 PM | Reply | Flag: You could be right about that

Hi Nixon:

As I advised JPW several weeks ago that I held my nose and voted for VPOTUS Kamala Harris on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 (along with my family) because that was Jimmy Carter's last wish to see her win plus we all wanted good-for-nothing rich boy Dummkopf Trumpf to lose.

Nevertheless, on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 the Democrats lost 6,265,888 supporters they had on 3 Nov 2020.

Below are the members of the "far left" that you have to convince to "grow up" for the 3 Nov 2026, 2 Nov 2027, and 7 Nov 2028 elections:

About Face (formerly Iraq Veterans Against the War)
America First Committee " opposed American entry into the Second World War
American League Against War and Fascism
American Peace Mobilization
American Peace Society
American Writers Against the Vietnam War
A.N.S.W.E.R. (also known as International ANSWER and ANSWER Coalition)
Another Mother For Peace[9]
Anti-War Committee
Antiwar.com
Buffalo Nine
Campus Antiwar Network
Committee for Non-Violent Action (later merged with the War Resisters League)
Committee for Nonviolent Revolution
Center on Conscience & War (formerly known as NISBCO)
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism
Council for a Livable World
Council for the National Interest
Code Pink: Women for Peace
Common Dreams
Direct Action to Stop the War
Friends Committee on National Legislation
Gay Liberation Network
GI Rights Network
Gold Star Families for Peace
Grandmothers for Peace
Iraq Peace Action Coalition
LewRockwell.com
Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives
Military Families Speak Out opposed to war in Iraq
Mennonite Central Committee
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam
National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund
National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee
New York Peace Society " first peace society in U.S., opposed 19th and 20th century wars
No Conscription League
Not in Our Name
Orange County Student Alliance
Peace Action
Peace Alliance
Peace and Freedom Party
People's Coalition for Peace and Justice
People's Council of America for Democracy and Peace " anti-World War I group
Port Militarization Resistance
Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
RESIST
Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity[10]
Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice[9]
September Eleventh Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Students for a Democratic Society (2006 organization)
The World Can't Wait
Troops Out Now Coalition
United for Peace and Justice
Veterans for Peace
Vietnam Day Committee
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
War Resisters League
Win Without War
Women's Peace Party[9]
Women's Peace Society[9]
Women's Peace Union[9]
Writers Against the War on Gaza
Youth International Party (Yippies)

Good luck convincing them all to "grow up", Nixon

Pirro appears to walk back threats to arrest gun owners in DC
www.politico.com

... But less than 24 hours later, Pirro attempted to reframe her earlier comments, writing in a social media post that she is "a proud supporter of the Second Amendment."...

snip ...

The problem for Trump, of course, is that the Second Amendment doesn't lay things out in quite that way. Reasonable people can disagree about the meaning of "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...," but whatever the interpretation of that clause is, it applies to everyone equally. And since Supreme Court jurisprudence, particularly from the current SCOTUS, has made clear that "A well regulated Militia" means "pretty much everyone," then the current state of play is that nearly any adult in the U.S. who wants a gun, and follows the local laws, can have one.

In their desperate attempts to make Alex Pretti responsible for his own homicide (see above), Trump and MAGA have tried to push a line along the lines of "if you're carrying a gun in the presence of police, you're asking for it." The NRA and other gun groups, to their credit, instantly pushed back against this. These groups may be rather fanatical, and most of them may be thinly veiled fronts for the gun industry, but at least they are not hypocrites. And the fact that MAGA and the NRA are on different sides here has given us one of the more interesting and unexpected squabbles in recent political history.

And if that's not weird and unexpected enough, Second Amendment advocates find themselves with a new source of reinforcements these days: liberals. There have always been left-leaning gun groups, groups that exist to serve folks who want guns for the most common reasons (hunting, self-defense, etc.) and who happen to be politically liberal, or groups that exist to help make sure that vulnerable people (e.g., LGBTQ+) are armed as an insurance policy. At the moment, and in response to the violence in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago and other cities, left-leaning gun groups like L.A. Progressive Shooters (left-wing Angelenos), Pink Pistols Twin Cities (gay Minnesotans), Grassroots Defense (liberal Iowans), the National African American Gun Association (Black people) and the John Brown Gun Club (anti-fascists/anti-racists) are seeing a massive surge in interest.

FYI: Here is a lists of countries that have more honest election than the US:

i.imgur.com

... and before you attempt to claim there has been no corruption in our voting system, I ask jsut one question concerning the last tow elections:

In the COVID mass mail-in ballots election biden gained over 20 million votes than the very much more popular obama received, AND interesting enough, come 2024, without all those mass mail-in ballots those 20+ million voters seemed to just evaporated.... if you can explain that I'm listening.

FYI: Now there are only 8 states that chose to continue to use mass mail-in ballots and it is telling that 7 of the eight are Blue States - Jes'Sayin'.

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