[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #826 Waarschijnlijk Amy Coney Barrett

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Op vrijdag 25 september 2020 23:51 schreef Arcee het volgende:
De nieuwe SC judge zou natuurlijk ook gewoon netjes de wet kunnen toetsen en niet naar Trumps narcistische pijpen dansen.

Een beetje zoals het tot nu toe ook ging met Gorsuch en Kavanaugh.

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Op vrijdag 25 september 2020 23:51 schreef Arcee het volgende:
De nieuwe SC judge zou natuurlijk ook gewoon netjes de wet kunnen toetsen en niet naar Trumps narcistische pijpen dansen.

Een beetje zoals het tot nu toe ook ging met Gorsuch en Kavanaugh.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 00:12 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Als het simpelweg een kwestie is van de wet toetsen dan heb je geen mensen nodig.
Wetten en jurisprudentie zijn altijd een kwestie van interpretatie. Ja af en toe doen Gorsuch en Kavanaugh misschien iets waar Trump niet blij mee is, maar over het geheel genomen krijg je gewoon conservatieve uitspraken. Roberts was nu nog een beetje de middelende factor, maar met iemand als Barrett in plaats van RBG worden de uitspraken heel erg conservatief.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 00:29 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Zou trump wel weer wat vragen gesteld hebben aan de sollicitant, zoals hij vragen stelde aan Comey...
Worden dergl. gesprekken genotuleerd?

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 00:40 schreef Puddington het volgende:
Gouverneur van Florida en helder licht DeSantis heeft alle restaurants weer compleet heropend zonder restricties.

Florida had vandaag de meeste coronadoden.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 00:40 schreef Puddington het volgende:
Gouverneur van Florida en helder licht DeSantis heeft alle restaurants weer compleet heropend zonder restricties.

Florida had vandaag de meeste coronadoden.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 01:02 schreef AnneX het volgende:
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Daarom.
Dit hebben de staffers dus ingefluisterd.

Trump to Nominate Handmaid's Tale Nightmare to SCOTUS

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 00:51 schreef SnertMetChoco het volgende:

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Had dit op zich ook al gepost. Ik weet niet waardoor dit ingegeven is. Dit zijn de grafieken van resp. dagelijkse besmettingen en doden in Florida (mits deze cijfers kloppen):

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Wat wel gek is, is dat het aantal nieuwe positieve gevallen af is genomen tot een stabiel getal, terwijl het aantal overlijdens vrij constant hoog is gebleven sinds de piek. Je zou wel verwachten dat het er iets achteraan hobbelt, maar zoveel?

Hoe dan ook, de situatie lijkt onder controle cq. stabiel, afgaande op het aantal nieuwe gevallen.

Het lijkt mij een recept om heel snel weer een golf te krijgen, maar goed ... de governor zal zich vast laten adviseren. (Toch? )

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Many former federal prosecutors have spoken out against Attorney General William Barr, while current federal prosecutors have understandably remained silent. The attorney general’s comments at Hillsdale College, however, compel me to speak out as well. While I am a federal prosecutor, I am writing to express my own views, clearly not those of the department, on a matter that should concern all citizens: the unprecedented politicization of the office of the attorney general. The attorney general acts as though his job is to serve only the political interests of Donald J. Trump. This is a dangerous abuse of power. From his misleading summary of the Mueller Report, to his selective intervention in cases against political allies of the president, to his accusation that victims such as George Floyd are being used as mere “props” by those calling for racial justice, to his baseless claims about mail-in ballots, William Barr has done the president’s bidding at every turn. For 30 years I have been proud to say I work for the Department of Justice, but the current attorney general has brought shame on the department he purports to lead.

James D. Herbert

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AP-NORC poll: Support for racial injustice protests declines

NEW YORK (AP) — As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor sparks renewed protests nationwide, a new survey finds support has fallen for demonstrations against systemic racism.

The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 44% of Americans disapprove of protests in response to police violence against Black Americans, while 39% approve. In June, 54% approved. The new survey was conducted Sept. 11-14, before Wednesday’s announcement that a lone Louisville police officer would be charged in the Taylor case, but not for her actual death.

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I spent over 300 mornings in the Oval Office briefing the president and his senior staff. I had the privilege to manage, edit and deliver the president’s Daily Brief a summary of the most timely and critical intelligence threats to the U.S. from 2010 to 2014.

As a Deputy on the National Security Council, I spent over 1,000 hours in the White House Situation Room providing the intelligence assessments which informed critical U.S. national security policy decisions — including the raid that rendered justice for the victims of 9/11.

Since I have been eligible to vote, I have never registered with a political party. I remain an independent with a history of voting for candidates I believe in — I focused on their policy and not their party. Before this election, I have never spoken out for or against a candidate for any office.

But I can be silent no longer.

In the summer of 1976, I was 14 years old and new to Colorado, my father took command of the Western Region’s National Guard. I enrolled in the brand-new Smoky Hill High School on what was then the far eastern boundary of Aurora. As a military brat, I was accustomed to moving around and not putting down roots — but as readers will know well, Colorado has a way of pulling on your heart and it became home. It remains so as my family spends as much time as possible in our Dillon residence.

Upon graduating from Cornell University, I joined the intelligence community as an analyst during President Ronald Reagan’s increasing investments in defense — a buildup that culminated in the collapse of the Soviet Union by the end of the decade. In my nearly four decades of service, I had the privilege of serving under six presidents — four Republican and two Democrat. The constant across all of those administrations was the oath I took to “protect and defend” the Constitution against “all enemies — foreign and domestic.”

I know what it takes to succeed at the highest levels of our government — intellectual curiosity, the strength of moral purpose and a commitment to selfless service. Broadly speaking, I can personally attest that Americans were very well served by those they elected to fill critical national security positions.

There is one important exception to that statement — our current president.

I have briefed him up close — and I have seen and felt the effect of his faults on our nation’s security. Out of respect for the confidential nature of Oval Office conversations, I will not provide details. Suffice to say that the person you see presiding over COVID-19 press conferences is the same one in the privacy of his office. He has little patience for facts or data that do not comport with his personal world view. Thus, the conversations are erratic and less than fully thoughtful.

While it is natural for there to be tension between the intelligence community and senior policymakers, President Donald Trump’s decision to rely upon the word of dictators like Vladimir Putin is an unprecedented betrayal of his oath to the Constitution. Our current president bases his decisions on his instincts, and his instincts are based upon a personal value proposition — what’s in it for me?

As a Commander in Chief, President Trump comes up tragically short. He fails to protect our soldiers when bounties are placed on their heads by his friend Vladimir. And not only does he not respect their service, but President Trump also belittles combat heroes who were taken as prisoners of war.

As a nation, we were fortunate that a true crisis did not occur during his first three years in office.

Then 2020 happened. This has been an unprecedented year for which many of us were not prepared. In moments of crisis, the American people demand — and deserve — a leader who will put the country first. Full stop. Because the reality and the science of COVID-19 conflicted with his personal views, President Trump knowingly downplayed the pandemic.

This is not about the economy, taxes, health care or any other normal ballot considerations. This is about American lives unnecessarily lost. This is about businesses unnecessarily closed. This is about being guided by service to all Americans. This is about centering decisions on a higher morality. President Trump’s actions — and inaction — demonstrates that he is not concerned about any of this.

And as damaging as his faulty leadership has been, four more years would be devastating.

We must elect a thoughtful, moral, responsible, respectful leader on Nov. 3. Our current president is not that leader.

Robert Cardillo retired as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency after 36 years of public service that also included serving as deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Acting J2 — a first for a civilian — in support of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 08:05 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Waarom blijft een president nog 2.5 maanden aan na de verkiezingen? Het is niet alsof er coalities gevormd hoeven te worden.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 08:05 schreef BEFEM het volgende:
Waarom blijft een president nog 2.5 maanden aan na de verkiezingen? Het is niet alsof er coalities gevormd hoeven te worden.

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Op zaterdag 26 september 2020 08:31 schreef VoMy het volgende:
Wat is nou de tijdlijn van dat stemmen per post? Wanneer tellen ze de stemmen, waar bewaren ze alles?