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Again, that is an ignorant and pathetic statement void of understanding and logic. There were 9 justices. There are now 9 justices. Packing the court means to increase the amount of justices so you can get the majority in the vernacular of today. That didn't happen in 2016-2017. Even you can't pretend that happened. McConnell didn't manufacture vacancies on the court, they all lined up to make that happen. He took advantage of the opportunity the same Schumer would have had he had the ability. And don't even try to tell me that is an untrue statement. You are asking Schumer to do something far worse. To increase to 15, pack those additional 6 with liberal judges so there is a vast liberal majority on the court. Don't even try to deny this. McConnell used circumstances presented to him to his favor, the same Chucky would if he had had that opportunity. McConnell did not try to make a change to the number of justices. But that is what you are advocating inshallah. If you guys want to pack the court with more justices so you can choose who they will be, guess what will happen when an R senate and R President come? And then the SCOTUS just gets bigger and bigger until it becomes meaningless. And maybe that is really where you want to go with this. Because as sure as Lee lost in the semi finals, that will happen. mspart

The court is no more packed than the rules allow. You are rebalancing it? That is an ignorant statement. Let us all know when it was balanced before now. Please, that would be rich. With 9 on the bench, it is never balanced. When did you complain about the makeup of the court before Trump's administration? That would be interesting. mspart

It did not happen. Grand Jury is still meeting. Not sure who gets to laugh and point. Trump detractors I suppose. mspart

Just some general comments. Again, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it and it might not be to your liking in the long run. This is the problem with short term thinking. mspart

Those two are awesome!! mspart

So you are of the opinion that Trump controls the Rs? This the great hope of the Ds for sure. You guys should be ecstatic that he is running and not complain about it. But I don't share that opinion. I think when the tangibles and intangibles are compared, Trump loses a lot of luster that he once had. Is he influential? Yes. Able to control GOP fundraising? I don't think so. Trump is old news. Just like Biden is. Neither should prevail in 2024. mspart

Ross Perot did it and that did not break the Rs. They just came back the next time. Trump is polarizing for sure, even among the Rs. I don't think it would have too long of a lasting effect. Just Trump's success (or non-success) in picking winners in 2022 should give a lot of his supporters pause. mspart

As I have said elsewhere, the Stormy Daniels thing has been investigated by the FEC and no charges were ever leveled. The DA is essentially trying to make something happen where there was nothing to see according to FEC. You break laws, you should be held liable. No one is above the law. However this DA is straining at a gnat and will not prevail. This is politically motivated in my opinion. mspart

He may do that. That would not be a strange thought. He could run as independent or as Trump Party or something else. I can see him doing this. Which would split the conservative vote and hand the election to the Ds. mspart

Yeah, that's a pretty good rental house for the owner. Are there places that actually charge that much? Or is this something else? No family discount? mspart

The FEC already investigated and found nothing that could be prosecuted. They are the watchdog for campaign cash violations. So then why is the DA trying again? Is he better than the FEC? This case hinges on payments to Stormy Daniels. FEC investigated it and found nothing to prosecute over. This is most likely the basis for RYou's post a little earlier that has everyone jumpy since. mspart

This is true, but even without the hearing, they are legal residents as it is being exercised now. They don't have asylum but they can stay in the US until the hearing legally without being deported. They are supposed to show up for the hearing. According to recent studies, most do. But the backlog is immense. mspart

You might read the first sentence I wrote to you in rebuttal. Again, I never addressed free speech, I addressed censorship by Twitter and Facebook at the behest of the US Federal Government. If you don't want to acknowledge it happened as I described, that is your prerogative. But that does not mean it is untrue. The US government getting Twitter and Facebook, to censor items that are true but inconvenient, is not the role the US government should be taking. Do you agree? mspart

You think he honestly will go to prison? If that happens, watch what you wish for. mspart

I am not one that believes Trump has this locked up. He is one or two gaffes away from losing it all. If he calls nicky haley horseface, that would probably be too much. I think Trump will shoot himself in the foot and I don't think it will happen late in the game. I think in all reality, this is DeSantis' nomination to lose. He is as combative as Trump without being a jerk about it. mspart

Obviously, they all have room to improve. Like a lot of room. mspart

Until one faster showed up. Then RBY looked slow. mspart

Vito put on an incredible show making RBY look like he did not belong in there. That's quite the statement to make and he did so forcefully. mspart

Glad to hear it. mspart

Actually 8 of 10 3rd placers this time lost in the championship semi finals. That's the data for what its worth. mspart

Was it worth it for Lee to forfeit if it saved his knees from further danger and allow his Olympic aspirations to take flight? I'm guessing this was his thought process. mspart

Yeah, that's what I remember!! mspart

I said nothing about first amendment rights. Why derail with a baseless accusatory question. Who do you know that defends to the death someone's right to free speech these days? Are you denying that Twitter and Facebook banned and censored? If so you are living in dream world. Look at college campuses. Protests are one thing but what happened at UC Davis just recently does not constitute a protest. Egg throwing, pepper spraying, cop beating, these are not people willing to defend your right to say what is on your mind. And this is not isolated to UC Davis. You can google it and find examples of excessive protests that move to assault based on who is speaking. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article273154315.html The ideal of stating your opinion and that being the end of it is no longer valid. You have people on this board who slammed Pres Trump from attending the NCAAs, who vociferously wanted Brooks not to say what he said and think he should be expelled for breaking PSU code of conduct rules. Are they these saints you think who protect free speech? You can state your opinion on Twitter or Facebook as long as it doesn't contradict what the monitors and algorithms want you to say. If you disagree with that statement, you are not paying attention. NYPost was a big loser with their Hunter Biden story. It was cleared out of Twitter and every post defending it was erased as well. The subject could not be discussed. It was Russia disinformation except it wasn't. FBI has acknowledged that the laptop belonged to Hunter and Hunter is even suing about it, acknowledging that it is his laptop. Else why would he sue? But you could not say that on Twitter or Facebook after the NY Post story broke. Wasn't allowed. But they will fight to the death to protect your right to speak your mind. Yeah right. And the last of the Twitter files from Taibi show that the Federal Government was in on the censoring. By understood law, that is not allowed. Yet it was and is. Where do you find the reporting on this from Taibi? You will not find it on Mainstream media because they don't want to discuss it. You can find it at Fox, NY Post, Twitter and not much else. https://www.foxnews.com/media/latest-twitter-files-tackle-great-covid-19-lie-machine-flagging-true-content-disinformation https://nypost.com/2023/03/17/private-federal-censorship-machine-targeted-true-misinformation/ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/17/twitter-files-vast-censor-project-unleashed-agains/ As for the Hunter Biden laptop issue, please see the following: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden_laptop_controversy https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/17/hunter-biden-lawsuit-computer-repairman/ mspart

I would agree. Except Trump can easily knock himself out of contention even without DeSantis. All he has to do is go off script with one of his crazy things he says and I think it will remind everyone how much he can derail himself. mspart

Yes it has happened before. Those that did it are incredible I think. mspart