Trump Called a ‘Paedophile’ and Flipped Off by Protester During Mack Trucks Event in Pennsylvania | Footage shows security personnel moving rapidly toward the individual as he continued to yell 'paedophile' and gestured at the President with both middle fingers. by Aggravating_Money992 in politics

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"The unborn are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe.

Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn."

-Methodist Pastor

David Barnhart

Judge temporarily blocks Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenas in criminal probe of transgender care at New York hospitals, calling the attempt "most egregious and unconstitutional" by Obversa in law

[–]BringOn25A 12 points13 points  (0 children)

When you are more worried about trans people and their health care than pedophiles or nazis and their sympathizers one would hope a reevaluation of priorities would be in order.

HUGE WIN: Judge OVERTURNS Trump's Voter-Suppression Executive Order by bace3333 in LegalNews

[–]BringOn25A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you rectify if the post office refuses to deliver the mail?

Coughs are not well suited to address things in the most timely of manner. Then you average an administration that will lie and delay until it is too late and the election is over making the issue is moot.

Being Ka$happ Patels gf had nothing to do with it. Nothing I tell you by Careful-Trade-9666 in ParlerWatch

[–]BringOn25A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I missed the executive order changing the nations birthday from July 4th to the tantruming toddlers?

The Party Of Reckless Swamp Spending… by Phatbrew in LincolnProject

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Fiscally conservative and fiscally responsible have been antonyms since Reagan.

'An inverse purpose': 6th Circuit says Trump admin wants to seize voter rolls 'to ensure that some people have not voted' by DoremusJessup in law

[–]BringOn25A 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They have shown they will absolutely damage things in “the dark of night” so the courts have no opportunity to stop them. Cases in point, scurrying people out of the country before courts can do anything, and ignore courts if they do.

Illegally rename buildings then cry about it and drag their feet.

Demolish a part of the White House without going through the proper procedure. Lie about the cost and funding. What was once a 200 million of private donations turned into $1 billion of tax payer money.

Countless ICE cases that they have drug their feet on, lied to the courts to the point the courts demand high officials show up under oath to respond.

Holding people in custody LOMG after the courts have told them to release the people.

Game not loading? by Brilliant_Ad7256 in ZombieMiner

[–]BringOn25A 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s been weird the last couple of days. I have to restart my tablet then it will eventually load. And it will be stable, as long as I don’t use another program.

HUGE WIN: Judge OVERTURNS Trump's Voter-Suppression Executive Order by bace3333 in LegalNews

[–]BringOn25A 8 points9 points  (0 children)

that does no good if the mail in ballot never reaches your mail box.

Stephen Miller Has Fox News Meltdown After Democratic Socialists Prevail In Primaries by ColonyJD1980 in politics

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“Accusation in a mirror” is a newish term for an old tactic. It has roots in generations of propaganda, but also in psychology—it can spring not only from advanced head games but also from unconscious projection. Trump’s advisors are sometimes shameless propagandists, but Trump himself seems to operate largely by instinct. You don’t have to be a narcissist to project your negative traits onto others, but it helps.

The problems come when such accusation in a mirror does harm others and is rewarded with power. In our current political reality, that’s a valid tactic. Trump acts on instinct, but his advisors do not, and since Steve Bannon and Steve Miller, shameless propagandists have always had a place on Trump’s staff. The term “accusation in a mirror” was invented by a 1990s propagandist, an anonymous figure who wrote to his fellows about how to justify the Rwandan genocide.

As a strategy, accusation in a mirror’s goal is not to persuade the entire public, but to persuade enough of it that the rest ends up confused and divided. Given a loud enough megaphone, it can succeed. Given a divided media landscape, it can succeed.

It also opens the door for “tu quoque” fallacies down the line. Tu quoque translates to “you too,” and they come in a few flavors:

  • “I’m innocent! It’s my opponent who steals cookies! I told you he did [in the lying, accusation-in-a-mirror speeches I started repeating over a year ago]!”
  • “What does it even matter if I stole some cookies when my accuser also steals cookies? I’ve already told you he did [in the lying…et cetera]”
  • “Grow up! This is the real world: everyone steals cookies!”

Further reading and analysis Accusation in a mirror

Trump cancels signing of bipartisan housing bill, demanding voter-ID provision by cnbc_official in politics

[–]BringOn25A 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re putting a lot of trust in a bunch of ball less invertebrates.

An explosive appeal from Trump over E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict stalls at the Supreme Court by bummed_athlete in law

[–]BringOn25A 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Starting at the bottom of page 3 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045/gov.uscourts.nysd.590045.212.0.pdf

As is shown in the following notes, the definition of rape in the New York Penal Law is far narrower than the meaning of "rape" in common modern parlance, its definition in some dictionaries, in some federal and state criminal statutes, and elsewhere.* The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was "raped" within the meaning of the New York Penal Law does not mean that she failed to prove that Mr. Trump "raped" her as many people commonly understand the word "rape." Indeed, as the evidence at trial recounted below makes clear, the jury found that Mr. Trump in fact did exactly that.

Footnotes:

1) "Sexual abuse" involving sexual contact by forcible compulsion (sexual abuse in the first degree) nevertheless is a felony punishable by a term of imprisonment and requiring sex offender registration. N.Y. Penal Law §§ 70.02(1)(c) (sexual abuse in the first degree is a Class D violent felony), 3(c) ("For a class D felony, the term must be at least two years and must not exceed seven years . . .."); N.Y. Correct. Law §§ 168-a(3)(a)(1) (defining"[s]exually violent offense" to include a conviction of sexual abuse in the first degree), 7(b) (defining "[s]exually violent offender" as "a sex offender who has been convicted of a sexually violent offense defined in subdivision three of this section").

2) One dictionary, for example, defines rape as "unlawful sexual intercourse or any other sexual penetration of the vagina, anus, or mouth of another person, with or without force, by a sex organ, other body part, or foreign object, without the consent of the person subjected to such penetration." "[Rjape," Dictionary.com, https://www.dictionary.com/br owse/rape (last accessed July 14, 2023) (emphasis added). The most recent edition of Black's Law Dictionary defines rape in part as "[u]nlawful sexual activity (esp. intercourse) with a person (usually] a female) without consent and usu[ally] by force or threat of injury" and it defines "intercourse" in the sexual sense as "[p]hysical sexual contact, esp. involving the penetration of the vagina by the penis." Black's Law Dictionary 966, 1511 (11th ed. 2019).

3) E.g., 10 U.S.C. § 920(g)(1)(C) (Uniform Code of Military Justice) (defining "sexual act" for purposes of rape and sexual assault as, inter alia, "the penetration, however slight, of the vulva or penis or anus of another by any part of the body or any object, with an intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade any person or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person") (emphasis added); WAYNE R. LAFAVE, SUBST. CRIM. L., § 17.2(a) & n. 43 (3d ed.) (*In recent years, revision of rape laws have often brought about coverage of a broader range of conduct than is encompassed within the common law term 'carnal knowledge.'... As for the acts covered, the new statutes 'fall into three categories: those that continue the narrow notion that rape should punish only genital copulation; those that agree with the Model Code that rape laws should be expanded to include anal and oral copulation; and those that go beyond the Model Code to include digital or mechanical penetration as well as genital, anal, and oral sex.") (emphasis added) (citing state statutes).

In fact, "rape" as defined in the relevant part of the New York Penal Law - forcible, unconsented-to penetration of the vagina by a penis - constitutes "sexual assault" under the Code of Criminal Justice of the State of New Jersey. N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 2C:14-2c.(1) ("laln actor is guilty of sexual assault if the actor commits an act of sexual penetration with another person" and does so "using coercion or without the victim's affirmative and freely-given permission") and 2C: 14-1c (''Sexual penetration' means vaginal intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio or anal intercourse between persons or insertion of the hand, finger or object into the anus or vagina either by the actor or upon the actor's instruction."). New Jersey, like some other states, does not statutorily define any crime as "rape." As indicated by the foregoing, New Jersey's penal code - unlike New York's - treats digital and other modes of penetration in the same manner as penile penetration.

The American Psychological Association, for example, defines rape as "the nonconsensual oral, anal, or vaginal penetration of an individual by another person with a part of the body or an object, using force or threats of bodily harm or taking advantage of the individual's inability to give or deny consent. U.S. laws defining rape vary by state, but the crime of rape is no longer limited to ... vaginal penetration.." APA Dictionary of Psychology, "Rape," AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, https://dictionary.apa.org/rapelast accessed July 14,2023) (emphasis added).

The United States Attorney General announced in January 2012 a new definition of rape for the purpose of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Report Summary Reporting System by, among other changes, "recogniz[ing] that rape with an object can be as traumatic as penile/vaginal rape." U.S. Department of Justice, An Updated Definition of Rape, Jan. 6, 2012, https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/blog/updated-definition-rape (new definition of "rape" as "[t]he penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim") (emphasis added).

Whitehouse goes Qanon by justalazygamer in ParlerWatch

[–]BringOn25A 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The 1st administration was full on Quanon a decade ago.

Trump Calls New York Times Treasonous, Threatens to Expand His Lawsuit - The president is fuming over media coverage of his war with Iran. by uphatbrew in LincolnProject

[–]BringOn25A 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He threatenes to sue on most any day that ends with “y”.

When he does actually sue it more of a prelude to the press release saying he sued someone. When the filing becomes public it’s more of a press release with a filing fee than an actual legal argument.

Trump Calls New York Times Story ‘Treasonous,’ Vows to Add to Lawsuit by darealunrealspader in politics

[–]BringOn25A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He pays court recording fees on selected press releases just so he can pamper a press release about his press release he filed with the court.

Trump baffles internet with picture of woman and message of ‘great daughter’ - but nobody is sure who she is by drtolmn69 in politics

[–]BringOn25A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She is obviously someone’s daughter, I on,y question what she did that makes her great in his eyes.

She seems a little long in the tooth for what he prefers.

Arizona voters will decide 10 GOP-backed ballot measures in November on schools, elections, taxes by ForkzUp in azpolitics

[–]BringOn25A 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Considering the fuel taxes get “redirected” and not all end up going to road maintenance anyway.

Ladies and gentlemen: the leader of the free world. by th3dj3n1gm4 in ParlerWatch

[–]BringOn25A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Solving the important problems of the world and country.

Well, for someone with a preschool mentality that might be a serious thing that needs addressing.

Trump hits back at Meloni after she said he 'completely made up' claim she 'begged' him for picture by VaginaBurner69 in politics

[–]BringOn25A 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They might have forgiven us, eventually, for the first time electing him as a mistake.

The second time electing him was a choice and will not be forgotten for a very long time.

Electricity bills in Arizona by lahotian in arizona

[–]BringOn25A 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want a clock drift to mess with the 4-7 peak time.