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Retired from US Cts - 30 yrs as crim defense investigator, 6 as writ clerk (think habeas petitions... but by the 100s). So, 36 yrs on Team Due Process. Remember how bad Rehnquist seemed?

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My own view is hardly so lacking in nuance but I can appreciate your concern about the cultural trope. Nor should I advance it.

That said, this started as a discussion of MTG's district, GA-14... like Walker County, wherein Kamala Harris secured a whopping 20.01% of the 2024 vote.

23.11.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My work took me to such places. Govt-hostile compounds flying POW/MIA and Gadsden (and, in time, Trump) flags & posting Smith & Wesson warnings *AND* upper floors of god-forsaken, 1960s-style high-rise housing projects.

23.11.2025 00:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, I've been there.

22.11.2025 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MOTHER JONES: โ€œYou should be paying attention to the race in Tennesseeโ€™s 7th congressional districtโ€

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Donald Trump speaking at mall on January 6

Donald Trump speaking at mall on January 6

George Washington on horseback

George Washington on horseback

No, #PiggyD You have it backwards. George Washington would want YOU prosecuted.

22.11.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou

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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams

22.11.2025 06:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5703    ๐Ÿ” 3901    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 268    ๐Ÿ“Œ 315

I grew up listening to Lionel Hampton. Fwiw.

22.11.2025 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also, 18 USC $1001 charges for lying to Blanche

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28 USC ยง2255 Motion to Vacate, Correct, or Set Aside

Misprision

Further criminal acts not charged in SDNY case

22.11.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...and when GA-14 replaces MTG, who supported Trump 98% of the time, with Jethro McPigfucker, who supports him 100% of the time

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map of Georgia's Congressional districts

map of Georgia's Congressional districts

My comment wasn't about Georgia; it was about a particular *region* of Georgia - MTG's district. (See District 14, below.) None of those great Americans you named were born in it. But Marla Maples was. As was MTG herself.

22.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, much if not most of MTG's district is that kind of area.

22.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mike trying to remember whether he cleared his search history

22.11.2025 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I like this picture too much.

22.11.2025 05:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Their registered at Bed, Bath and Beyond the Pale.

22.11.2025 05:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I couldn't agree more.

The GEO Group, CoreCivic, and all others should be shuttered and their employees should find something productive to do with themselves -- except maybe those of them who should face prosecution.

22.11.2025 05:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ‘€

22.11.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1554    ๐Ÿ” 341    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Concededly, Trump's lost some luster and his stranglehold on the GOP seems to be slipping.

Strangely enough, I think the very first of that slippage, the public recognition that he was human and fallible and needn't be either worshipped or feared, was his reversal of fortune vis-a-vis Kimmel.

22.11.2025 04:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How discretely may I parse this? I'm considering it likely (without assuming) that a MAGA candidate will win. GA-14 is "Deliverance" country.

Now, MAGA World is factionalized of late. But I'd still expect the new GA14 rep to do no real Article I'ing in the face of Trump's abuses & usurpations.

22.11.2025 04:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nah. The turning point was his loss in the Kimmel Kerfuffle.

22.11.2025 04:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If the reporter wants their question answered (sans belittling), the proper response is TASS.

22.11.2025 03:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Both.

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Loud's her only setting.

22.11.2025 03:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not in GA-14

22.11.2025 03:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To all you who are saying good riddance to Marjorie Taylor Greene (who, I agree, has been despicable for 99% of her career) --

Remember: in her place, the voters of Georgia's 14th Congressional District are going to send someone who will rubber-stamp *EVERY*thing Trump does/proposes.

22.11.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Huge night for Jewish Space Lasers

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a man in a hat is standing in front of a jeep with a canoe on the back Alt: dancing grandpa from Dueling Banjos scene in "Deliverance" movie

This is Deliverance country.

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