I came across this is little story today, it's not breaking news. I suspect that a member of the housekeeping staff knows something about the bomb threat that required the sweep for weapons.
According to police in Secaucus, the bomb threat — which later was determined to be bogus — was called in to Hudson Regional Hospital on July 18. During a search, bomb detection dogs led investigators to an unlocked office closet containing dozens of firearms.
Among the weapons were 11 handguns and 27 rifles or shotguns, according to police. The closet also contained a .45 caliber semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine that was determined to be an assault rifle, and a 14-round high-capacity handgun magazine.
The arrested the guy the next day.
What the heck do you think this guy was doing? It sounds very ominous that he was keeping those weapons there.
It's interesting that people will vote for Republicans even though Republicans don't actually have a policy plan... they have a few general ideas written down that aren't actually a formal platform. They are largely running on partisan grievance and election security fear, right?
It's a pretty compelling argument that when you see your retirement funds whittle away and costs skyrocket for essentials like rent, food and gas, for them to say "Biden policies are not working". They really don't have to do much of a platform when people feel it in their wallet. Historically bad economies spell doom for the party in power. The crash of the economy and high unemployment rates are one of the reasons Obama won.
Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, it seemed possible that Democrats could avoid a midterm disaster. But if the post-Roe Summer belonged to Democrats, by mid-October, even they can see the momentum they had is fading.
A recent CBS News/YouGov survey has Democrats running 2 percentage points behind Republicans in the generic congressional ballot — a measure closely tied to a party’s performance in the midterms. A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Monday showed likely voters inclined to vote Republican by a 49 percent to 45 percent margin. Independent women — a critical constituency for Democrats in swing states and districts — had swung sharply toward Republicans in the span of a month.
Democrats elected their political future in 2018. Now, that bench of potential statewideleaders could get wiped out.
The last midterm election saw a slate of Democratic rising stars roll into Congress on a wave of anti-Trump resentment and fundraising prowess built on top of that backlash. Now, with a few House terms under their belts, they are prime candidates to run statewide in the future — but first, they must survive their first election that isn’t dominated by former President Donald Trump.
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1 hour ago, Tweety said:
It's a pretty compelling argument that when you see your retirement funds whittle away and costs skyrocket for essentials like rent, food and gas, for them to say "Biden policies are not working". They really don't have to do much of a platform when people feel it in their wallet. Historically bad economies spell doom for the party in power. The crash of the economy and high unemployment rates are one of the reasons Obama won.
That's what I'm talking about. Republican actions contributed to the negative economic effects of the pandemic and they have verbalized no actual plans for correcting the economic issues, but they've convinced worried voters that they have the answers. It's like the shell game of election fraud/security claims from Republicans...it isn't what they want it to appear that it is.
I said much earlier that this country may have seen its last free and fair presidential election. If election denying Republicans make big gains at the state and national level in November the likelihood jumps dramatically. Trumpublicans and MAGAphiles in the public view demonstrate no particular fondness for democracy, like Trump they seek power and control.
Apparently outlawing gender-affirming care, refusing to talk about race, and making health care choices for women is going to fix inflation. Oh, and shipping people seeking asylum across the country will fix immigration.
Or maybe we just need to privatize more utilities and infrastructure, ala Texas. But, most importantly, democracy is dead and authoritarianism is in. It will save tax dollars if we can do away with these pesky elections.
It's a pretty compelling argument that when you see your retirement funds whittle away and costs skyrocket for essentials like rent, food and gas, for them to say "Biden policies are not working". They really don't have to do much of a platform when people feel it in their wallet. Historically bad economies spell doom for the party in power. The crash of the economy and high unemployment rates are one of the reasons Obama won.
No, they don't need much of a platform to do much convincing. Especially when considering the Democrat ideas to fight inflation. For example, transferrimg student debt to all of the taxpayers. And, of course, the Inflation Reduction Act that has almost nothing in it to do with inflation.
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1 hour ago, Beerman said:
People arrested for committing a crime is authoritarianism? I don't think so.
Making voting difficult or a crime is a tactic authoritarians as they try to take over democracies. How are you unaware of this basic reality? They also create a sense of division and animosity between citizen groups and undermine confidence in government institutions. Does any of that sound familiar to you?
People arrested for committing a crime is authoritarianism? I don't think so.
I don't think so either. Clearly the people arrested misunderstood and did not set out to commit fraud and being lead off in handcuffs is a bit much. I would bet that due to the confusion talked about on the article some voters will be intimidated not to vote.
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19 minutes ago, Tweety said:
I don't think so either. Clearly the people arrested misunderstood and did not set out to commit fraud and being lead off in handcuffs is a bit much. I would bet that due to the confusion talked about on the article some voters will be intimidated not to vote.
And that's part of the strategy... to discourage voting. That's what the Voting Rights Acts was about, once upon a time, to discourage those tactics. Then Justice Roberts and his court announced that we were beyond all of that... remember?
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It's a pretty compelling argument that when you see your retirement funds whittle away and costs skyrocket for essentials like rent, food and gas, for them to say "Biden policies are not working". They really don't have to do much of a platform when people feel it in their wallet. Historically bad economies spell doom for the party in power. The crash of the economy and high unemployment rates are one of the reasons Obama won.