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popsdenver

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14. I often say:

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 24, 2026, 12:41 PM

7 hrs ago

That the perfect title for a book about the past 46+ years would be: WHILE THE NATION SLEPT

AND

"THEY" were all walking down the jungle path, swatting mosquitoes, and were oblivious to the herd of charging elephants.....
Pun Intended.....

Some of us here, have been screaming our heads off since HW committed TREASON to "install" Reagan in the White House...

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'This is injustice': how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison [View all] TygrBright 9 hrs ago OP

The indifference by most Americans tells me a lot about what kind of country we have become. ☮ walkingman 9 hrs ago #1

The way the system is rigged, nothing can change until at least November or even January. PSPS 9 hrs ago #6

I often say: popsdenver 7 hrs ago #14

I hope MAGA realizes these same laws can be used against them if a Dem ever sees the Whitehouse again. n/t SpankMe 9 hrs ago #2

Little comfort relogic 7 hrs ago #10

Well said, Lc popsdenver 7 hrs ago #15

That ship has sailed SpankMe 4 hrs ago #21

Can be? It damn well better be WILL BE, starting at 12:05p on January 20, 2029. Seeking Serenity 6 hrs ago #17

I'll do everything I can to help it happen SpankMe 30 min ago #28

At the rate the (conservative) courts Quanto Magnus 3 hrs ago #22

I would imagine that the appeals are already being written and submitted, MarineCombatEngineer 9 hrs ago #3

The sentence length is the key here (consecutive vs concurrent) and if there were problems at trial. LeftInTX 7 hrs ago #11

It's the Fifth Circuit, Jake dpibel 7 hrs ago #12

Kicking with DISGUST! Faux pas 9 hrs ago #4

It's hard to believe this made it all the way to sentencing SpankMe 9 hrs ago #5

suspect that the rather big problem here (and probably including in eyes of the jury) stopdiggin 8 hrs ago #7

We know there was at least one assault weapon MichMan 7 hrs ago #8

If any other weapons had been found... Shipwack 7 hrs ago #13

Also remember that sentenced the husband of one of the protestors who was not walkingman 4 hrs ago #20

Which of course raises many issues about who gets prosecuted for what when guns are involved... TygrBright 6 hrs ago #16

Hypocrisy is a bit obvious UpInArms 6 hrs ago #18

No. It really isn't. And we do not answer this charge by aping the the behavior of mentally deficient stopdiggin 1 hr ago #23

I believe you misunderstood my post UpInArms 1 hr ago #24

while mine was directed toward the brain dead idiocy involved stopdiggin 59 min ago #25

I do agree UpInArms 48 min ago #26

Well, after hearing the evidence, a jury convicted them, and a jury acquitted Rittenhouse. MichMan 32 min ago #27

The right wing so desperately wants this case Torchlight 7 hrs ago #9

Almost lost it over this topic yesterday. People don't recognize what is happening before our eyes lostnfound 5 hrs ago #19