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Phat Member Posts: 18350 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.0
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Christianity Today again slams Trump, raises issue of 'unconditional loyalty'
Interesting. Once again, Christianity Today speaks out.Chance as a real force is a myth. It has no basis in reality and no place in scientific inquiry. For science and philosophy to continue to advance in knowledge, chance must be demythologized once and for all. ~RC Sproul "A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." ~Mark Twain " ~"We, humans, are engaged in an ongoing war of ideologies. I see it in this microcosm of EvC Forum just as I see it in the governments and attitudes of people throughout the world. Take your pick: Oppression or Seduction . "~Thugpreacha You can "get answers" by watching the ducks. That doesn't mean the answers are coming from them.~Ringo
As the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, so the denial of God is the height of foolishness.? R.C. Sproul, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Lindsey Graham says that if a President fails to respond to a Congressional subpoena it makes the President subject to Impeachment. Remember this is the same Lindsey Graham who pointed out back in 2016 what we all know to be true, that Donald Trump is a race-baiting xenophobic bigot,.
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
https://thehill.com/...-voters-approve-of-trumps-impeachment:
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
Napp Nazworth, Christian Post Editor, Quits Amid Evangelical Newspaper Civil War Over Trump:
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An editor at The Christian Post has abruptly quit the publication after it aligned itself with Donald Trump as part of a spiraling evangelical Christian civil war. You see, this is what I was talking about. Use your position to stop evil. If that's not possible, resign your position so you don't promote evil. Don't wait until you're going to retire anyway when it doesn't matter any more and you've already enabled evil in the meantime.
...a spiraling evangelical Christian civil war. Is it really a civil war? 'Cause right now it looks to me more like a few dissidents being liquidated.
Trump called Christianity Today a far-left magazine, after its attack on him. Because that's now what "far-left" means now: stuff I don't like.For this generation of far-right nationalists, religion is not a question of ethical conduct; it is purely about identity and peoplehood. -- Jan-Werner Mller
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4 |
In 2016 when a Supreme Court vacancy opened with the death of Justice Antonine Scalia, Mitch McConnell refused to consider Barack Obama's nominee Merrick Garland. Preferring a more conservative nominee, McConnell argued that it wouldn't be appropriate to consider the Garland nomination in an election year, that the process should wait until after the election's outcome. The constitution says nothing about when a Supreme Court nominee must be considered, so McConnell wasn't violating the constitution
In a few days we'll be in an election year. The constitution says nothing about when the House must send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. Knowing that the Republican controlled Senate under McConnell has already pledged to collude with the White House defense team and that an outcome of acquittal is already preordained, the House could simply hold up the articles of impeachment indefinitely while waiting the outcome of the election. The election would be deeply affected by this strategy. Democratic urgency and energy to regain the Senate would accelerate because of the possibility of Trump winning reelection and the Democrats gaining control of the Senate. The House could then send the articles of impeachment over to the Democratic controlled Senate and a free and fair trial could take place, one where people like Mulvaney and Perry and Giuliani are subpoenaed to testify. Trump would still be acquitted, but at least the trial would be fair. There are, of course, other possibilities. President Trump could lose reelection, rendering the issue moot. The Republicans could maintain control of the Senate, also rendering the issue moot since the Senate Trial would obviously acquit. But there are even other possibilities. As 2020 rolls by we'll learn about other Trump impeachable offenses, and he'll of course continue to commit more. As the House has made clear, it feels free to add to the existing articles of impeachment. During 2020, short of major concessions by Senate leadership, there is no advantage to the House sending the articles of impeachment over to the Senate where' they'll be subjected to a faux trial. The House should just hold onto them until they obtain the necessary promises from the Senate that it will actually carry out its constitutional duties, not a promises about outcomes but about constitutionally mandated processes. The Senate members must demonstrate a commitment to carry out their oath of office. --Percy
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
All we need to get witnesses is 4 republicans for a simple majority vote to call witnesses.
It would be interesting to hear republican reasons for not calling the already named 4 ... Senate impeachment trial: Democrats want to subpoena 4 witnesses and approve rules in one motion - Vox
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4
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RAZD writes: Add Rudy ... And Pompeo. --Percy
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4
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Those who believe Trump is actually looking out for the little guy as opposed to bamboozling him into giving Trump his vote should give How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration - The New York Times a read. The sub-headlines tell us:
quote: That pretty much says it all. Lobbyists succeeded in winning big money grabs from the Republican Congress at the expense of all the little guys who voted for Trump who are still waiting to get tired of all the winning. They haven't yet learned that, as with all populists, it doesn't matter what actually happens, it's all a win. So you're losing healthcare, but hey, you're getting out from under government's thumb, that's a win. Your taxes went down a little while fat cat's taxes went down a lot, but hey, Trump's reducing government's role in your lives, that's a win. You're marginalizing non-white ethnicities, but hey, this is a white country and non-whites should go back where they came from, including all blacks and any other non-white citizens and even non-citizens who are US military veterans, so that's a win. You want infrastructure improved, but hey, by not doing anything we're saving money, so that's a win. This is a Christian nation, but hey, getting rid of all those inconvenient Moslems and Buddhists and Hindus is a win. You want clean air for your children, but hey, that would inconvenience businesses, so reducing and eliminating environmental standards is a win. You want your children's children to live in a world with normal weather and coastlines, but hey, there's no proof man is responsible for this rapid climate change, so hey, dropping out of the Paris Climate Accords is a win. As a conservative you want free trade, but hey, tariff battles are easy to win as long as the suffering consumers and industries and farmers don't make too much noise, so all these tariff battles Trump has started are wins. Any iPhone users out there? Care to guess why iPhone prices have risen 10-15%? It wouldn't have anything to do with their being manufactured in China, would it? Tired of winning yet? --Percy Edited by Percy, : No reason given.
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 5.4
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According to a just released Federal Reserve report (Disentangling the Effects of the 2018-2019 Tariffs on a Globally Connected U.S. Manufacturing Sector), Trump's tariffs have raised prices and hurt jobs and manufacturing.
Tired of winning yet? Salon article: Federal Reserve report finds Trump's tariffs raised prices, cut employment and hurt US manufacturers | Salon.com --Percy
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JonF Member (Idle past 198 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Trumpworld’s Wild Hunt to Find Out Who ‘Liked’ a Chelsea Clinton Tweet
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Starting a major war worked well for Lyndon Johnson.
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