Most U.S. Republicans Reject 'MAGA' Label

To help those republicans that may be confused by their MAGA status I offer the following:

If you believe that a wall should be built on our southern border and that Mexico will pay for it, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that Obama was not an American citizen, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that Trump's inauguration crowd was larger than Obama's, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that the 2020 presidential election was not fairly decided, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that antifa masquerading as Trump supporters were responsible for the Jan 6 insurrection, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that the people that stormed the capitol were tourists, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that Trump's call to Zelensky that resulted in his 1st impeachment was "perfect", you might be MAGA.

If you believe that it is ok to grab women by the p...y, you might be MAGA.

If you believe that the Mueller report completely exonerated Trump, you might be MAGA.

The treaty should be honored. Period.

Were the Cherokee counted as Oklahoma residents in the census that resulted in Oklahoma receiving its number of congressional representatives? If so and the Cherokee were removed from the count, would Oklahoma have the same number of representatives?

The Trump tax cuts incentivized moving jobs overseas.

The movement of jobs overseas started happening long before Trump; and, if memory serves me correctly, it wasn't just republicans. It was Ross Perot that talked about that "giant sucking sound" of jobs leaving the US as a result of NAFTA. NAFTA happened under a democrat Bill Clinton.

Both parties are responsible for the manufacturing decline in the US. Both parties deserted the American worker and pushed them and the small towns in which many of them live into difficult situations.

While NAFTA was an issue, the real problem was the outsourcing of manufacturing to Asia. At least by keeping the jobs in the Americas, we were able to decrease the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico. The outsourcing of jobs to Asia provided no relief to the our illegal immigration problem. If some of those jobs that went to Asia went to Central and South America, we wouldn't have such a desperate situation on our southern border.

We solved one problem (i.e. developed strong allies to counter the influence of China) but caused another (i.e. large flow of migrants crossing our southern border).

A constant refrain from the Vietnam War Era was "Hell no, we won't go".

It has made a come back, in spades, in Putin's war against Ukraine. Not only are protesters in the street, but Putin allies are turning up dead.

I don't see how Putin survives this. His only hope is to brutally suppress dissent because when he leaves, the follow on government is coming after him and his oligarchs. The people of Russia will reclaim what has been stolen from them.

Rudy G agreed to pay and therefore he should pay up or face the consequences. However, feminists should be in a tizzy about the concept of alimony. Alimony is a relic of the past that (most?) women are trying to put behind them i.e. when women couldn't vote and were systematically constrained in their educational, financial and job opportunities.

However, child support and alimony for spouses providing primary care of minor children is warranted. But once the child reaches adulthood, alimony should end after a year or two so as to ease the dependent spouse's transition to independence.

Liz Cheney Says She Will Not Remain a Republican If Donald Trump Is GOP Nominee in 2024

I was glad to see that she added the qualifier: "If Donald Trump Is GOP Nominee in 2024". If Trump does decide to run, I would like to see Cheney also run for president. She would give him fits on the campaign trail bringing up his Jan 6 missteps at every campaign stop. She would be relentless.

If the reason some members don't want to do a criminal referral is because of Trump's prior status as president, they are hypocrites. They can't take a position that "no man is above the law"; that "Trump should be treated like any other citizen" and then turn around and take a position that Trump shouldn't be prosecuted because he is a former president and that there might be political consequences. If a criminal referral for John/Jane Doe would be warranted under similar circumstances, it should be warranted for Trump.

The same reasoning applies for subpoenaing Trump and/or Pence. Just because the report has to be written is no reason to not issue a subpoena. If the repubs take control of congress in 2023, let them bear the weight of withdrawing the subpoena.

Dems always seem to over think these things: if you think the man is a criminal, make the referral.

Just do what you think is right and deal with the consequences!

Since the root cause of migration from Central and South America has to do with poor economic conditions and violence, the obvious solution is to provide an alternative. Since corruption and violence is a real problem in those sending countries which won't do right by their people, find countries in the region that aren't corrupt/violent and willing to accept immigrants, incentivize American companies to invest in them. Let them become the magnet for some of the migrants so as to reduce the huge numbers that want to come to the USA.

Especially for the supremes. Since the courts can't seem to manage themselves ethically maybe Congress needs to step in.

Congress and the Executive need to reform the court. Just enlarging it isn't the answer. However, randomly selecting SCOTUS justices for each term from appellate judges with substantial experience is. Their appointment to the court would last for a single term and they would revert back to being appellate judges and a new crop of justices would be selected for the following term. The outgoing justices would select the cases to be heard by the incoming justices.

If you can answer those four questions, then you are capable of intellectual honesty.

It is simply ASTOUNDING that someone would conflate the legal, authorized actions of the federal government with the political stunt that DeSantis is pulling and think that they are making a convincing argument! Do they really believe what they are writing or are words just falling out of their brain and onto the keyboard?

I'm reminded of sentences produced by an AI bot; they are legible but make no sense.

House GOP Eyes Repeal of Dems' Drug Pricing Law

That will win them a lot of votes. But, because of gerrymandered district, voters are of little consequence. The big donors are all that matters.

and not be fired by Trump

That's the f..king key! With Trump, you have to get a LARGE, non refundable retainer; just like the $3M retainer just paid out to a recent top attorney hired by Trump. As that retainer beings to wind down, demand that it be replenished (monthly?) or Trump will be dropped as a client. With such a large retainer and replenishment as it dwindles, there is no fear of being fired so Trump's threat of firing will have little or no impact on a lawyer's willingness to stay.

As a attorney, once Trump has you in his pocket, you will try to please him (by lying) or quit and not get paid.

And we were worried about leaving them all of that expensive military gear.

there is just something weird about this.

Exactly! Certain facts, like the size of an apartment is easily determined. Banks and insurance companies have the means to do the type of investigation to verify certain claims made by Trump. I believe they choose not to. The next shoe to drop in this investigation should be of the banks and insurance companies that let Trump (and others?) get away with this type of fraud.

This "partial mobilization" of people with military experience." is going to lead to Putin's downfall. These people were minding their own business and building a life for themselves. All of a sudden, Putin is calling them up to risk their lives for a war of his choosing; a war that doesn't threaten the Russian people! They are going to be pissed and the people that are going to bear the brunt of their anger will be the officers in the field. These officers will be dropping like flies from "friendly fire", fragging, etc.

Russian public opinion is turning against Putin. This call up of reservists will only exacerbate things.

Use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia would put a target on every major piece of infrastructure in Russia; including the Kremlin itself. I have no doubt that Biden would authorize the sell and use of long range missiles, fighter aircraft, etc. to the Ukrainians. Couple that with precise targeting instructions and Russia is in for a real fight. But, before that happens, I suspect someone close to Putin will put him out of his misery.

Student Loan Forgiveness Will Hurt Military Recruiting

For decades, there has been all of this talk about so few families with members that have served or all currently serving. Ok then, re-instate the draft. Give ALL families the same opportunity to serve.

The new draft doesn't necessarily mean being drafted into the military; it could be any form of public service. As long as there are plenty of well paying job opportunities, young people will choose those over military service.

I hope they pass this proposed bill around to numerous constitutional scholars to have them try to pick holes in it.

I have no faith that congress critters, on their own, can even come close to writing a bullet proof piece of legislation. And, this proposed legislation must be bullet proof.

Where We'll End Up Living as the Planet Burns

Environmentalist, logging companies and government have to reach an accommodation: Logging companies should be permitted to log certain areas in an environmentally friendly manner that would make these large wildfires less likely and more easily controlled if/when they occur. It would seem that there is a pattern (checkerboard with large, undisturbed wild life transit areas?) of logging that would have a reduced impact on the habitat of wild life yet reduce the severity of fires when they occur.

Additional benefits of such an approach would be more timber available for construction, reduced pollutants put into the atmosphere due to fire and reduced impact on wild life due to fire induced habitat loss.

If You Care About Your Country and Your Rights, Don't Vote for Any Republicans in 2022

If ever there was a party that needed a strong and clear message that it is headed for the trash bin of history, a thorough and consequential drubbing up and down the ballot would send that message.

The question is: "is America ready to send that message"?

This will inevitably lead to women not wanting to have rape kits done, if they can be used against them.

Maybe, but I suspect that the vast majority of women being raped don't have criminal backgrounds that would make them reluctant to having their DNA being submitted via a rape kit.

If you're going to be a criminal and flaunt the law, don't wimp out and expect to use the law to protect your butt. I have no problem with the woman's rape kit DNA being used to arrest her.

Also, I have no problem with LEO using DNA from sites like ancestry.com to find criminals. The problem is ancestry.com SHOULD NOT be selling customer's DNA unless authorized by the customer to do so. LEOs should use every legal and constitutional tool at their disposal to arrest and prosecute criminals.

I have a low tolerance for criminals yet I believe in defunding the police and redirecting those funds to improved public safety initiatives, improved schooling (especially in urban areas). Unless there is a violent situation in progress, police should not be the first responder; that should be the role of a unarmed public safety officer.

Because of training and hiring inadequacies, too many of the current crop of police officers seem ill equipped to deal with non-violent, emotionally charged situations.

What it is is an example of human trafficking and should be prosecuted as such. That said, the federal government should provide for these immigrants until it is determined whether or not they can stay in the country. Declare a national emergency and build temporary facilities in every state to house them and to have their cases heard. If they have family here or an NGO willing to take them, allow the immigrants to go there, along with any aid that would have been provided to the government run facility.

The feds have got to figure out a way to demaganetize America. We need to incentivize the import of products made in these poor countries and provide disincentives to countries that facilitate illegal pathways into the US.

Judge Amit Mehta noted that Trump never directed Navarro in connection with the January 6 panel.

Navarro is the classic Trump stooge: so eager to be near the seat of power; so eager to please that Trump doesn't have to tell him what to do, Navarro anticipates Trump's wishes and then carries them out. If Trump would allow it, Navarro would crawl up on Trump's lap and wait to be petted; good boy Peter, good boy.

Just take a guess as to which American political / ideology has received some of these funds?

Republicans / Conservatives? Bingo! Good Answer!

There is a lot for dems to focus on but one of the things that MUST be of high priority is getting dark money out of elections.

This proposed bill is an attempt at damage control. It won't work because people, especially women, will see through it.

The dog has caught the bus and now that it has, it doesn't know what to do with it.

I'm all for neutrality in reporting but trump and his cult tried to murder congress and the VP

Reporting MUST be about telling the truth. Period. All Day, Every Day.

However, there is a role for opinion journalism but it should be labelled as such. To often, the boundary between reporting and opinion journalism is intentionally blurred. The line between the two should be clearly defined. Perhaps each speaker on these shows could be introduced as a reporter or an opinion journalist.

Reporters are truth tellers and are in an excellent position to label a lie as a lie. Why? Because they speak the truth.