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Finally, we have news that Herschel Walker's supporters can easily grasp and conclude that they shouldn't vote for him despite their love for his football skills decades ago. Never have I seen a critical race so close between a candidate with so many admirable attributes and one who is clearly mentally ill.

GOP power brokers who have conspired to get Walker elected are morally bereft. They are manipulating a person who badly needs a range of medical care and has not a single skill to hold the office. Shameful beyond words.

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I hope when I wake up tomorrow morning I will be in the United States and the rule of law will be in place and this was just a nightmare.

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Buckle up... this really was too much news for one day. -- Dear HCR, I long for a day when you will be able to let us all know that "Democracy is working well today. All the liars and self-serving invertebrates are either in jail or without any political power anymore, so there isn't much to report today!" -- Hey, a guy can dream, right?

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The majority of white Americans care more about preserving their systemic advantages than about preserving American democracy, and they have now put a Supreme Court in place that will help them succeed. We have the numbers to outvote them if we can get enough fair-minded people to cast votes in November. That’s step one, but we’ll need unprecedented success to retain the House and get enough seats in the Senate to reform the Supreme Court, which is essential to the preservation of American democracy beyond 2024.

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This statement by Oath Keepers defense attorneys prove the prosecuting attorneys case. "The Oath Keepers came to Washington as security guards dedicated to “peacekeeping,” who showed up expecting that then-president Donald Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act to activate the Oath Keepers to defend Trump’s government."

Former President Trump had lost the election. Any and every effort to stay in office was insurrection. Any and all violence associated would be insurrection and the use of the Insurrection Act would have been the both a contributing factor, and insurrection in itself.

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´The center can hold—because we are the center. We are citizens of a democracy who can refuse to accept the threats of mob bosses, whether in Florida or in Russia. We can and must vote, but that’s not enough. We must also speak out.´ Powerful letter in The Atlantic.

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2022/10/trump-putin-and-the-assault-of-anarchy/671641/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20221003&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily

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McConnell cast his bread upon the water when he engineered TFG’s impeachment acquittal twice, knowing he was guilty both times.

McConnell got his judges.

Am I, a taxpayer, footing the bill for the extra 24/7 personal security McConnell has doubtless engaged as a result of TFG’s threats? Probably yes.

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Walker is absolutely unfit to serve in any government position, as he is unqualified.

I also suspect that Walker has suffered some variant of brain encephalopathy, as have other pro football players.

Yet, being unqualified for a position is not an issue with the MAGA cult, which includes Christian nationalists.

Here's hoping the sane voters of Georgia prevail and soundly reject Walker.

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In an interview tonight, Trump accused the FBI or the archivists from the National Archives and Records Administration of planting or removing documents in order to frame him, saying that NARA is “largely radical-left run.”

Collective Libraries. Well of course.

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Dear oh voice of reason,

What a jam-packed day. So much abounds. Thank you for organizing it all so succinctly.

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The NY Times had an article today about 138 R's in the federal House of Representatives signed an amicus curiae brief submitted by a Louisiana "constitutional lawyer" he calls himself, he being also a Representative in the House from Louisiana. The brief brought up the supposedly unconstitutional nature of changes being made to voting procedures without the consent of the legislature of the state changes were made in. A good example of political GIGO (garbage in, garbage out).

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This is what tfg said: “He has a DEATH WISH,” Trump posted late Friday on his Truth Social platform, criticizing McConnell for agreeing to a deal to fund the government through December. He also disparaged McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, who served as Trump’s transportation secretary and was born in Taiwan, in racist terms, calling her “his China loving wife, Coco Chow.” What a despicable comment, racist and violent.

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“...to defend Trump’s government”...? Doesn’t that say it all? When did we the people become “Trump’s government”? Just a piece of a sentence that perfectly encapsulates the corruption, the indecency, the immortality that the GOP have visited upon us by their ruthless lust for power. Vote. Them. Out. (And prosecute the hell out of all those complicit!).

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As far as the Herschel Walker developments, it seems to me that the fact that his polling is anywhere close to Warnock's is evidence that the Republican voters don't care how bad their candidate is if he gets them a Senate majority. So we'll see if this news has any effect with the voters who might be on the fence. At this point in the culture wars, I wonder just how big that margin really is.

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The Rev. Warnock is a man of character that is reminiscent of the image of the US Congress before the likes of Trump, Scott, McConnell, McCarthy, and that ilk moved in and took root. Herschel Walker can defend himself. The people of Georgia deserve better. Just as the people of Georgia deserve - and will hopefully elect - Marcus Flowers instead of MTG who is beyond an adomination.

As to the trial of the Oath Keepers, it is beyond imagination to believe the people deated as jury members could honestly sat they didn't recognize the name of Defendent #1 or the name Oath Keepers. Let's us hope they are more focused on the evidence presented.

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A few questions: 1. why didn’t DJT invoke the insurection act? The fact that he had no basis would not have stopped him. So what did?

2. Does anyone believe that those guys wouldn’t have killed AOC, Pelosi, and Pence if they found them?

3. There are enough people being drawn into the legal morass-- at least one of them will turn state’s evidence to save their own skin. Who will it be, and for which crime?

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