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The evidence against Rhodes was brought to a jury, who weighed it against his defense arguments and unanimously agreed that he is guilty. As for Mr. Epps, I don’t particularly care. I think it’s really weird that the right wing is so determined to throw him under the bus.

Your claim is this: ”Anderson Lee Aldrich is – drum roll, please – part of the non-binary community. ” What is the basis of the claim? Tucker Carlson says so? Tucker Carlson says somebody else says so? Here is what I do know: He was excessively bullied. Students at his school created an anonymous website ridiculing him, and they regularly updated it. That could be a much bigger factor, but I don’t know; I can’t see inside the guy’s brains. Safe to say that someone who does something like this is completely off his rocker, whether straight/gay/white/black/blue the common denominator is crazy and evil.

That was not the question. My question, why do you care whether they call themselves Native Americans, Indians, Native American Indians, Apaches, Tree People, They, or whatever? Why is that important at all, except to them? What makes you think that their name is your decision? I just don’t get it at all.

As usual, I don’t know what you’re talking about, because you’re being exceedingly vague. Which riots are you referring to, on which date, and what statements did Obama make which “fanned the flames,” as you claim?

The President does not have the authority to deploy the National Guard except inside of Washington DC

Dude, oil companies are MASSIVE and they spend billions and billions and billions on political and public influence campaigns. Example: Both Trump and Gingrich said that their Day One act as President would be to restart the keystone pipeline. Why would that he number one? Because Koch was the nation’s largest political donor. Money. Pure and simple. All these “think tanks” are funded by oil money, like Mellon, Scaise and Koch.

Nobody cares. You won’t find that Joe slept with porn stars, stole classified documents, refused to release his tax returns, incited riots… there’s nothing there. Sorry.

Epps voluntarily testified under oath, under penalty of perjury, and stated that he was not an FBI informant. If such evidence comes to light, he faces perjury charges, a felony. So there’s that. Mr. Samsel, the man who Epps whispered to on Jan 6, told the FBI that Epps told him, “Dude, relax, the cops are just doing their jobs.” And we know this because the FBI released tapes of these interviews. Mr. Samsel also told the F.B.I. that “another person in the crowd outside the Capitol, Joseph Biggs, a leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, also pulled him aside that day and spoke to him just before he confronted the officers. While Mr. Biggs has denied the account, Mr. Samsel told investigators that Mr. Biggs encouraged him to push at the barricades and that when he hesitated, the Proud Boys leader flashed a gun, questioned his manhood and repeated his request.” I get that you guys want to wrap a conspiracy inside a riddle inside a what-if… “He lied, and they threatened his family, so he lied, and there’s a conspiracy that they paid so and so and he lied, and a plane didn’t really hit the World Trade Center either…” What makes a lot more sense is that the supremacist groups that made all sorts of threats and wore body armor and said they would kill Nancy and hang Mike Pence needed no FBI encouragement at all.

What potential GOP investigation matters at all? The Dems are investigating Sedition, Obstruction of Justice, and Theft of Classified documents. These are serious crimes, they’ve had a LOT of convictions already, including three sedition convictions, and these crimes go all the way to the top. What crimes are the GOP going after? Hunter Biden cheated on his taxes? Big deal! What voter would decide not to vote Democrat because of that? They have a bunch of “connect the dot” claims to Joe Biden but no evidence that can be used in a courtroom. Truly, it’s just a bunch of hot air, like, “You investigated our guy so we’ll investigate your guy.” Here’s the other thing: Do Congressmen really want to go down the path of opening criminal investigations of their children for using their parent’s positions to gain influence? Because a lot of congressmen have kids. It’s not a pretty path to go down.

Just answer the question

Don’t know what you’re talking about. I’ve been to Croatia. It’s a very peaceful place now.

All I did was suggest he ask. I made no assumptions.

Why does this matter at all? And what makes you think they give a damn about what you think they should be called? Are you going to decide what Catholics and Jews should be called?

US petroleum exports hit an all-time high this year. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=53999

Who is defending illegal behavior? YOU. Nobody here is defending illegal behavior during the BLM protests, but you are defending the illegal behavior of the Canadian truckers. Another thing: I disagree that BLM intended or organized illegal behavior. The Canadian truck protest was deliberately illegal.

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Social media outlets don’t care about political ideas, but they did create policies to deal with hate speech and flat-out mistruths. We created the FDA over a hundred years ago because people were selling things which they called medicine, which wasn’t medicine. And if someone posts lies which could harm human health, it makes sense to correct that. I don’t know how a media platform avoids being sued or regulated out of business otherwise. I don’t want Chinese and Russian intelligence officers infiltrating social media to spread their nonsense.

Listen, boy, law enforcement stopped the BLM rioters, they tear gassed them, hit them with clubs, arrested them, etc. Trump tear gassed some just so he could take a photo in front of a church. Protesting is one thing and breaking the law is another. Don’t think for a minute that I support any rioters. I do not. Law enforcement should prosecute all of them.

Just answer the question. What are you banned from saying?

Those truckers shut down the city for over a week. They shut down a border crossing. Those are crimes. They have the same right to protest as BLM and I don’t care who’s side you’re on, if your protest breaks the law, you’re a criminal.

What on earth are you banned from saying here?

Given the point that Rhodes was convicted, your response was, “Oh, what about Scaffold Man?” That is the very definition of Whataboutism. As for Ray Epps, he’s one of you people. You guys just decided to throw him under the bus for no reason. I think all those people who rioted on Jan 6, or who conspired, ought to be in jail for 20 years or more. They’ve so far charged several hundred and they have several hundred more to go.

Oh? Only citizens? Citizenship is not required to get a driver’s license. You can have a green card, or be on a Visa, etc, etc. The driver’s license does not identify whether you’re a citizen. So do we need only US passports to vote?

What “culture war”? The US Senate just passed a bill legalizing gay marriage nationwide. Over a dozen Republicans voted for it. 2/3 majority passed it. You’re all about freedom… for yourself.

If election fraud is not widespread, then it is not impacting the outcome of elections. Therefore, why is it necessary to disenfranchise voters who don’t have ID’s, such as (surprise, surprise) urban black people who take the bus, don’t own cars and therefore don’t need driver’s licenses? (“Oh, it’s just a coincidence that our law will disproportionately impact black people and the poor…”)