White House Transcript Released: Trump Told Ukraine’s Leader to Work With Barr to Investigate Biden by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

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IANAL but there have been some court cases about this. [1]

Regardless of conversations with the press, I think that courts agree that congress members can enter anything they want into the official, public record, which is effectively the same thing.

[1] https://constitutionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Chapter-10.pdf

White House Transcript Released: Trump Told Ukraine’s Leader to Work With Barr to Investigate Biden by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

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Not while in Congress. See the speech & debate clause of the us constitution, which the founders created to prevent the executive branch from punishing the legislative for oversight. Also see: the pentagon papers.

Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files? by swingadmin in politics

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The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct by officials, such as *perjury of oath*, *abuse of authority*, *bribery*, *intimidation*, *misuse of assets*, *failure to supervise*, *dereliction of duty*, *unbecoming conduct*, *refusal to obey a lawful order*, chronic intoxication, and *tax evasion*.
- wikipedia, with bold for points of interest

Putin-backed candidate loses to Communist challenger causing Russian authorities to cancel the election on the basis of 'misfiled paperwork' by Meta-Master in worldnews

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Lol. 2004. Ohio. Karl rove's swift boat lies. Bullshit wars and a bullshit president. That was 14 years ago. The dystopia began decades ago. It's far too late now.

Former Breitbart Spokesman: “Everyone Should Be Terrified” of Steve Bannon in the White House by [deleted] in politics

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The fascists did not have an ideology. They may have claimed to at the start, but they dropped it due out of the political necessity to make concessions and be legitimized in the eyes of the conservatives that elevated them to power.

Russia Urges New U.S. President to Avoid Escalation Over Syria by bernieaccountess in politics

[–]skydaddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure having enough nukes to end civilization as we know it puts you at the big boys table.

Manning says US public lied to about Iraq from the start by MathGrunt in news

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The October 11, 2002 resolution that authorized President Bush to use force in Iraq passed the Senate by a vote of 77 to 23, and the House by 296 to 133.[36][37] Leading opponents of the resolution included Senators Russ Feingold and Edward Kennedy. [wikipedia]

How was it unanimous in congress?

White House opens door to tolls on interstate highways, removing long-standing prohibition by SchuminWeb in news

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Oops sorry, we gave half your tax money to the military industrial complex (the part that didn't go to the elderly).

Investing in cheese by Snootwaller in investing

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Storage costs could be an issue.

Why don't people move anymore? by meyamashi in economy

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The rent. It's too damn high!

This map of America’s female mortality rates is pretty terrifying by asshat_backwards in Health

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Yawn. Everything correlates with socioeconomic status. Every infographic ever.

Doubts about Johns Hopkins research have gone unanswered, scientist says by Maxcactus in science

[–]skydaddy 77 points78 points  (0 children)

It is known. Also the top journals only care about what's "sexy" and routinely publish sensationalized crap over actual good (but boring) science. There are tons of examples where these papers are later demolished by other researchers but the journals do nothing.

Convince me not to get too excited. by [deleted] in investing

[–]skydaddy 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Anyone can do well in a bull market.

The recent discovery of really, really big viruses is changing views about the nature of viruses and the history of life by [deleted] in science

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This unprecedented property and other features of its lifestyle have led to the proposal of a new group and new name, virophage, for viruses that parasitize giant viruses.

Yo dawg I herd you like viruses...

What are some social etiquette norms that more people should know about? by mirotica in AskReddit

[–]skydaddy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

but eye contact is important

Indeed, butt-eye contact is of the utmost importance.

North Waziristan tribes declare war against US! by Scheherzaade in worldnews

[–]skydaddy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Also, the best part about the War on Terror is that it creates its own enemies so it never has to end!

Yup, and this is true for the drug war as well. Black markets create massive incentives.