Things seem to be unfolding rather quickly. Former White House aides and advisors are scrambling to cover themselves as they receive subpoenas to appear and produce documents.
It’s rare when lawyers — as opposed to their clients — take the Fifth Amendment. But Jeffrey Clark, the former Justice Department lawyer who reportedly tried to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election, is now claiming the privilege against self-incrimination to avoid testifying before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He has just been joined in that posture by one of Trump’s main outside legal advisers, John Eastman.
The lawsuit comes after the committee signaled it would pursue a criminal contempt referral against Meadows because of his refusal to sit for a deposition in the investigation into the Capitol riot. Meadows alleges that the subpoenas are "overly broad and unduly burdensome," while claiming that the committee "lacks lawful authority to seek and to obtain" the information requested.
And apparently Mark Meadows had a power point outlining how to overturn election results.
The 38-page presentation, entitled "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 Jan," is dated one day before the Capitol riot. It's believed to have been submitted by Meadows after he was subpoenaed by the panel in connection with the insurrection.
But is there a link between Biden's policies and the worsening of the problems you listed (that BTW, are shared with the entire world)? There is an implication that his presence IS the cause of our shared problems which I require proof of. IMHO, we share historical similarities with countries of dictators who Trump emulated. I wonder what state we would be in if Jacinda Ardern or someone else with her talents had been our president. What would our country look like now. I think we would be bruised but not disintegrating.
I answered the question is the country better off now than when under Trump and those are some of the reasons the answer is no.
We've discussed before how Biden's unnecessarily stimulus package had an affect on inflation but I don't think it's affecting current rates of inflation.
But no, for the most part Biden's policies aren't responsible for inflation or high gas prices around the world.
I like Ardern and her priorities of health care and climate change. They seem to have a good economy. No brainer to me she would have been better for us than Trump. Her two lockdowns during covid wouldn't have gone well here and we'd be at each other's throats and we'd be our typical ugly American selves.
I answered the question is the country better off now than when under Trump and those are some of the reasons the answer is no.
We've discussed before how Biden's unnecessarily stimulus package had an affect on inflation but I don't think it's affecting current rates of inflation.
But no, for the most part Biden's policies aren't responsible for inflation or high gas prices around the world.
I like Ardern and her priorities of health care and climate change. They seem to have a good economy. No brainer to me she would have been better for us than Trump. Her two lockdowns during covid wouldn't have gone well here and we'd be at each other's throats and we'd be our typical ugly American selves.
I hate to break it to you because you should be aware, but the USD is the world's reserve currency, and the American economy is the largest economy in the world......by far..........so we export inflation to other nations, and when our economy goes south other nations go down with us. global trade makes this effect even more apparent in the modern age. you act as if Biden simply inherited Trump's economy and did "nothing" but ride the coattails...umm, he literally did everything in his power to undue everything Trump accomplished, starting on day 1.
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1 hour ago, bunnyandthorton said:
Ask yourself why this dog and pony show was one-sided. This is all the Democrats have, they cannot run on real issues that matter. This goes to show you how disconnected Democrats are from the rest of the country while most Americans are struggling just to survive Biden's purposeful destruction of our way of life. No wonder the election had to be stolen, and that's exactly why those people were protesting on that day, because it wasn't just them, but millions of people in the US (call them "deplorables" like you all probably did years ago) felt the same and wanted to see something done about it because our "representatives" would rather talk about issues that don't actually matter. you all have heard of "taxation without representation"? we're at that point and people are fed up. but keep repeating the lies of the Pelosis, the Cheneys, the Clintons...you really think they have your best interests in mind?
In your opinion...
Of course your opinion is clearly very deeply flawed and influenced by lies when you admit to believing that the "election had to be stolen" and that what happened in January 6 2021 was simply a protest. The evidence is in conflict with your feelings and beliefs.
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2 hours ago, bunnyandthorton said:
--Why did Pelosi refuse to have National Guard present?
--Why haven't the 1000s of hours of security footage been released?
--Why wasn't there an investigation into the murder of Ashli Babbit?
These, and other meaningful questions, will not be answered by said "committee".
The Pelosi deflection and projection is strong... she didn't invite and incite the mob that targeted her for violence.
Will the security footage exonerate Trump or implicate GOP House members?
There was an investigation into the Babbitt shooting, you just don't accept the results and findings. If she had simply followed the commands of the offucers who warned her not to advance as they pointed guns at her, eh? She broke into a government building and then tried to breach a barrier but she's some sort of a victim in your perspective? Yikes
Yeah... here we are more than a year later and the GOP keep asking these same questions that they told us last year they were going to investigate. That investigation must be of the same caliber as the republican Benghazi hearings and inquires... those didn't answer any questions either but they were great for campaigning and media exposure.
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1 hour ago, bunnyandthorton said:
I hate to break it to you because you should be aware, but the USD is the world's reserve currency, and the American economy is the largest economy in the world......by far..........so we export inflation to other nations, and when our economy goes south other nations go down with us. global trade makes this effect even more apparent in the modern age. you act as if Biden simply inherited Trump's economy and did "nothing" but ride the coattails...umm, he literally did everything in his power to undue everything Trump accomplished, starting on day 1.
Of course your opinion is clearly very deeply flawed and influenced by lies when you admit to believing that the "election had to be stolen" and that what happened in January 6 2021 was simply a protest. The evidence is in conflict with your feelings and beliefs.
I'm not the one who was pushing Russian-collusion lies for 4 years and supported the impeachment of a president twice over nothing, leading to no convictions against the president. If he caused Jan 6th, then he would have been convicted the last impeachment.
The Pelosi deflection and projection is strong... she didn't invite and incite the mob that targeted her for violence.
neither did Trump. he said to peacefully and patriotically march and make your VOICES heard. the mob started before he was finished his speech, anyway. capitol police knew of a threat before Jan 6th, but Pelosi et al did nothing to ensure proper security. Trump isn't responsible for Capitol security, Pelosi is. Trump went out of his way to offer Natl Guard troops, but he couldn't just place them there without the approval of Pelosi and Mayor Bowser, otherwise it would be a violation of law.
so...Biden didn't undue everything Trump accomplished, is that the point you're trying to make here? because last time I checked, he didn't just inherit Trump's economy and do nothing, he literally did everything in his power to undue what Trump had accomplished, starting on day 1.
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1 hour ago, bunnyandthorton said:
neither did Trump. he said to peacefully and patriotically march and make your VOICES heard. the mob started before he was finished his speech, anyway. capitol police knew of a threat before Jan 6th, but Pelosi et al did nothing to ensure proper security. Trump isn't responsible for Capitol security, Pelosi is. Trump went out of his way to offer Natl Guard troops, but he couldn't just place them there without the approval of Pelosi and Mayor Bowser, otherwise it would be a violation of law.
That "Trump didn't incite the mob" opinion and belief is interesting and suggests that you haven't examined much of the evidence that has been available to the public.
The Yada Yada about security is merely a distraction from discussing the root cause of the violence...Trump incited the mob with lies in order to overthrow the election results.
Which part do you disagree with; that Trump lied about the election, that Trump invited the people to the capitol on January 6, or that Trump was trying to subvert our electoral processes to retain lost power when he told them to march to the capitol and fight like hell?
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1 hour ago, bunnyandthorton said:
so...Biden didn't undue everything Trump accomplished, is that the point you're trying to make here? because last time I checked, he didn't just inherit Trump's economy and do nothing, he literally did everything in his power to undue what Trump had accomplished, starting on day 1.
Sure...
The point you quoted was about the fact that pandemics affect global economics and cause global issues with inflation.
You could always substantiate your claim with a citation or two. Besides, I agree with undoing a good portion of Trump's incompetent and corrupt policy...like rejoining the Paris accord, normalizing relationships with the WHO and our allies, and nixing the KXL pipeline while embracing a move toward a future not held hostage by Fossil Fuel businesses.
the capitol police knew a threat was going to be present on Jan 6th, but bringing in more security needed the approval by Pelosi. capitol police were also at 50% staffing going into Jan 6th....why? and why did she refuse national guard troops that were approved by president Trump?
You've been deluded. Perhaps you think the AP is a commie organization?
there is a link because all Biden had to do was NOTHING after coming into power, but he didn't do that, did he? he literally on day 1 began undoing everything Trump had achieved.
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I answered the question is the country better off now than when under Trump and those are some of the reasons the answer is no.
We've discussed before how Biden's unnecessarily stimulus package had an affect on inflation but I don't think it's affecting current rates of inflation.
But no, for the most part Biden's policies aren't responsible for inflation or high gas prices around the world.
I like Ardern and her priorities of health care and climate change. They seem to have a good economy. No brainer to me she would have been better for us than Trump. Her two lockdowns during covid wouldn't have gone well here and we'd be at each other's throats and we'd be our typical ugly American selves.