He happens to be on the Judiciary Committee. As an extra little bit of info, interim US Attorney Bilal Essayli was at that press briefing and expressed criticism of Padilla. He is as yet to be confirmed by that same Committee.

Something to look forward to.

So @golden.house.gov was indeed spreading disinformation when he said “Where I come from, if you shove a police officer, you're probably getting arrested." Padilla did not shove anyone, he was the one being shoved.

Literally? There will be elections. Will they be free and fair elections? They've already been hampered for years by Republicans infringing on people's voting rights. That will much get worse. But there will be elections, and if just to cover the fascist coup. The Nazis were elected too, remember?

I'm sure he only looks like a tattling frat boy; underneath it all he's ...

No. Shut up with the disinformation, @golden.house.gov! Padilla didn't shove a cop, he asked a question. And most politics is theatre, where've you been? Oh, right, voting against the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

So at least it might be worth having to scream so much.

Here's hoping all goes well, and you recover quickly!

Big, beautiful deals! With over 200 countries! Coming soon to a sweatshop near you!

I would totally believe it. 30? You can count to 30? I am so envious!

So we're done moving everything that was "easy", now it's the heavy stuff. Ugh. It would help if we were buff, and it were cool, but... Which led to us sleeping at the new house for the first time cuz we were just exhausted and couldn't bear unloading the trailer last night.

It was very quiet. Mmh!

At least you're not blaming the victims, unlike Schiff. Trump's going to lie about peaceful protestors just like he lies about everything else.

He doesn't need any excuses. Nobody has been violent except for his minions. And yet he continues to violate the law and the constitution.

You seem not to have noticed that Trump doesn't need any justification to act outright illegally.

Also, the fascist regime in the form of ICE is who is initiating the violence. You should be on and at the side of your constituents.

If that had been my date I'd have stopped reading after "I could get over the curly hair and the ass".

Thanks, but don't try to do me any favours, you uncouth twit. I can't get over a bad personality, and that's all it takes to know this person has that in spades.

Not any average gay man I know. And he bases this on... exhaustive personal experience, or secret fantasies, or? Angry white men don't usually consult valid statistical studies. But what if?

I don't remember Jesus being particularly concerned with gay sex. Why are these people so obsessed with it?

It's not that I don't believe in redemption, but genuine change doesn't consist of switching sides, it consists of no longer doing the unethical things in question.

The Democrats are way too beholden to moneyed interests; ethics have taken a far back seat for a long time already.

Why anyone would listen to Bannon is beyond me, but... the Democrats love themselves a "redemption" story. Remember that shitstain David Brock, a right-wing "journalist" (more of a character assassin)? He switched sides -- but he didn't change his tactics. The Clintons eagerly welcomed him. >>>

Why? Seriously, I'm interested. What needs is "Brendan" going to meet that makes it a good choice for the job? (I'm one of the few people who often prefers interacting with computers over humans, but I don't want them to pretend to be human and intelligent because, well, they're just not).

I WANT them to take each other apart, but you know, I don't think this will last. The relationship will be broken, but I think they're gonna walk the open hostility back.

It is ironic that the shots they've been taking at each other are the most truthful things either has said in months.

It's not that I don't feel schadenfreude when the worst people (Trump & Musk) are at each other's throat, and like so many I expected the break-up, but it's that so many people are invested in them working together that they all will do their utmost to get them to stop this dicksize contest. >>>

She was a typical centrist candidate; let's not upset the apple cart of our big donors, make small, incremental changes. If I were American, I would have voted for her, but mainly because anyone was better than Trump. For me the Dems have been on too much of a rightward slide since Clinton.

Very little, if anything I'd support on immigration and climate. Immigration was esp bad. Nothing on pushing Israel about Gaza. Generally it seemed mostly a continuation of Biden's policies.

Ok, now I have to go look it up. Though I think I'd know if I had been especially impressed by anything. >>>

Did she have any "big" policy proposals? I admit, the fascist shit flooding the zone immediately afterwards has shoved lots of it out of memory. Everything seemed small, incremental, restorative, not bold. Assistance with mortgages and small business startups, restoring reproductive rights. >>>

I'm not pinning any hopes on him dying early of natural causes. HE has great health care. HE doesn't feel the stress that's aging all of us because of him.

And yeah, thinking there will be free and fair elections in 4 years seems also quite optimistic to me. Republicans work hard to undo those.

Many hopeful talk about his diet, etc, blah blah blah. Maybe it seems like that would be a sure death knell when people are constantly flooded with messages about how disastrous eating "bad" food is, but in reality many people live long lives despite such choices. His mother lived to 88, father 93.

Charlatan says what? Too bad there seems to be no way for a school to take back a degree if the holder acts unethically.

Way back when I lived in the US, I rode the subway in NYC occasionally. I don't recognize Duffy's description; what kind of a disconnected guy is he that regular people frighten him?

I'm a lot more worried about the criminals in charge of the current regime. Cuz they're preying on the good people.

No contest. You have been helpful, informative, and honest, for many years. Also nuanced. Molly doesn't inform people about the risks if they get involved in this scheme, and threatens those who issue warnings with lawsuits. I never thought she was malicious before, but here's some serious hubris.

Lurid gossip about famous people usually passes me by entirely, but this particular bit made me laugh out loud. Oh please, let it be true, especially Young Goebbels' wife leaving him to be with the Skumlord. Of course they don't do good poly. I really want to see Stephen lose it and go after Elon.

Please follow the thread. I wasn't talking to OP, I was responding to Molly Shah, who gives bad advice that can land people in hot legal water in the current climate of the US.

There's one real Welsh word: "Cymru". If you don't know any Welsh but this, which is widely used to advertise Welsh national identity, that might mislead you into thinking this is legit.

I am constantly amazed at how very lazy people using AI are. Can't even be bothered to check the output.

This regime is absolutely capable of cooking up terrorism charges; just look at what they're doing to perfectly legal people who're a thorn in their eye. I realize it's hard to support people in Gaza legitimately because Israel is making this incredibly hard, but Molly ain't going to jail for you.