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by masonic 6y ago
From Wikipedia: "Before invoking the powers under the Act, 10 U.S.C. § 254 requires the President to first publish a proclamation ordering the insurgents to disperse." It hasn't been invoked without state/local request s
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No, they didn't. FBI charging documents make zero references to any of the OK defendants possessing any form of lethal, or even irritant, gas weapons.
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He offered to dispatch NG, but that request legally had to come from the Capitol Police (which does not report to the Administration branch in any way), just like NG can't be deployed in states without the governor specifically r
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The Capitol was breached as part of a coordinated and failed plot. Last time this happened was 1814. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_shooting...
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They had homemade bombs. They had firearms. They had bags full of restraints. How many functional "bombs" were deployed? How many people were shot (by trespassers)? How many abductions occurred?
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Actual title: An abundance of caring (for yourself, and in turn those close to you)
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This is disturbingly reminiscent of Michael Chricton's novel The Terminal Man .
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Then, if you fast for the third month, you... vanish?
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Nine new California laws for 2021 explained – each in 1 minute(calmatters.org)
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Sending the money is hugely popular with the public Deficit spending is always popular with the recipients.
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(This did happen with the Republicans in 2016 No, Obama remained President throughout 2016. Republicans controlled Congress and held the Presidency for various times from 2001-2006.
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"grocery giants Vons, Pavilions, and Albertsons announced that they’d be firing their full-time, benefits-receiving delivery staff, venerated just months ago as “essential workers,” and replacing them with subcontractors from DoorDash&
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Where, specifically , has the per-student education budget been "slashed"?
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How many union members do you think experience wage theft? Essentially all do, when "dues" are mandatory.
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Friends of the NRA isn't "separate". What's separate is the lobbying arm -- the Institute for Legislative Action, and it always has been separate. LaPierre's corruption is why there was a takeover of the Board major
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Alcee Hastings was impeached, convicted, and yet became a Congressman quickly after.
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Just as Eisenhower warned of the growing influence of the military-industrial complex in 1960.
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Barely 1/3 of eligible California voters voters for Clinton in 2016, yet she got 100% of the electoral votes. So if we're throwing "fairness" and "parity" around, let's make it so across the board and avoi
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You don't have to influence any of California, which is essentially a 1-party state for statewide elections. California hasn't elected a Republican to the US Senate in 32+ years.
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I get No Results on every query, wven very basic choices like House or Chess. I hope you aren't just generating Amazon affiliate links.
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If you rely on media (traditional or social) push technology to drive your narrative, you will always be easily controlled. Follow media from both ends of the spectrum. That will give you about 60-70% of the issues you need to watch acutel
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at least the DC government is more than taking it seriously. D.C. government has no authority over the D.C. National Guard units.
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Did you somehow miss the May 30-31 attacks on the White House? Quoting from the Secret Service press release: "Some demonstrators repeatedly attempted to knock over security barriers, and vandalized six Secret Service vehicles. Between
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Even NPR's Maria Hinojosa couldn't find any "Nazi Town" in Idaho, as she had expected to. See the "Our Private Idaho" episode of "America By The Numbers": https://shop.pbs.org/WC6542.h
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Twitter or Facebook have the exact same 1st Amendment rights 1st Amendment constraints don't apply to private entities --only government.
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they apparently blocked FB and Twitter No, they hadn't blocked anything yet. It was a proposed feature to begin the 13th.
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The writing here is atrocious.
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Stanford is a huge, sparse campus with no perimeter barrier.
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(2016)
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None of the content is clickable - it's just text notes?

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