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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1272766]I hope you are right about centrist time. [/quote]

It's absolutely the time of centrist. It's a 50/50 split in the senate and you aren't going to pass any Democratic legislation that's ultra progress with needing Manchin, Sinema and Kelly's vote. They aren't going to vote to get rid of the filibuster either so yeah. Dems will need to win another 3-4 seats in 2022 if they want to do some real things they want.

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[QUOTE=NC_Skins;1272790]It's absolutely the time of centrist. It's a 50/50 split in the senate and you aren't going to pass any Democratic legislation that's ultra progress with needing Manchin, Sinema and Kelly's vote. They aren't going to vote to get rid of the filibuster either so yeah. Dems will need to win another 3-4 seats in 2022 if they want to do some real things they want.[/QUOTE]Well if it is really the time of the centrist maybe the middle group can split from rep and dem parties and start a 3rd bloc

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[quote=CRedskinsRule;1272791]Well if it is really the time of the centrist maybe the middle group can split from rep and dem parties and start a 3rd bloc

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A boy can dream.

Also think they should go to ranked choice voting instead of our current setup.

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[URL="https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/kucaz0/the_moment_officer_brian_sicknick_is_dragged_into/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3"]This video[/URL] is very hard to tell, but using [URL="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErUxT78XEAEsCS5?format=jpg&name=medium"]this photo[/URL] we can line up the moment where Officer Sicknick is dragged into the crowd and beaten, eventually causing his death. If you line up the people in the first 20ish seconds of the video with the picture, you can see where they dragged Officer Sicknick down the stairs. His death lies at the hands of those responsible for inciting this coup. RIP.

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[url]https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240[/url]

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[quote=Giantone;1273473][url]https://twitter.com/Schwarzenegger/status/1348249481284874240[/url][/quote]

Preach.

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[url]https://twitter.com/shannonrwatts/status/1348311925138939905[/url]

Everybody knows the louder you shout the more truth you speak.

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[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/us/politics/capitol-police-howard-liebengood-dies.html[/url]

Just a rumor right now, but I have friends in LE saying this USCP officer just committed suicide. RIP.

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The more info that comes out on this whole thing... just sickening

At this point I'm so angry, this Trump cancer runs deep

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[quote=MTK;1273623]The more info that comes out on this whole thing... just sickening

At this point I'm so angry, this Trump cancer runs deep[/quote]

100

What a piece of shit Trump is and anyone who backs him.

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[URL="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri"]Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots[/URL]

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[quote=MTK;1273658][URL="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri"]Ex-Capitol Police Chief Says Requests For National Guard Denied 6 Times In Riots[/URL][/quote]

Worried about the optics of having the Guard protecting the Capitol. Yeah, I guess the optics of a bunch of extremists overrunning the Capitol is a better look.

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[url]https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1347909214203760644.html[/url]

This guy did a breakdown of Trump's speech inciting the insurrection (which leaves no doubt in my mind Trump is responsible). He literally tells the crowd he's going to march to the Capitol with them, and then he hops in his limo and goes back to the WH.

[url]https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/prosecutors-weigh-heavy-hammer-felony-murder-for-rioters-in-capitol-officers-death/[/url]

If prosecutors follow through with this and charge people with felony murder (for those who don't know, felony murder is a charge people get tacked on with when someone dies in the commission of another felony) those people are going to be really upset unless Trump pardons them. Which leads me to my next point, Trump absolutely needs to be removed because no doubt he is probably already considering pardoning anybody charged in connection with this insurrection.

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[URL="https://abcnews.go.com/US/armed-protests-planned-50-state-capitols-fbi-bulletin/story?id=75179771"]Armed protests being planned at all 50 state capitols, FBI bulletin says[/URL]

JFC

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[url]https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/13/nation/it-was-like-looking-evil-capitol-attack-through-eyes-massachusetts-delegation/[/url]

[quote=Boston Globe]
As people rushed out of other buildings on the Capitol grounds, staffers in Pressley’s office barricaded the entrance with furniture and water jugs that had piled up during the pandemic. Groh pulled out gas masks and looked for the special panic buttons in the office.

“[B]Every panic button in my office had been torn out — the whole unit[/B],” she said, though they could come up with no rationale as to why. She had used them before and hadn’t switched offices since then. As they were escorted to several different secure locations, Groh and Pressley and her husband tried to remain calm and vigilant — not only of rioters but of officers they did not know or trust, she said.
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Not gonna overreact but that's a serious question that needs to be answered. Oversight from building maintenance or intentional? I honestly think given how lax security was there might have been some coordination between Trump and people who make decisions about how much security Congress needs.

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[url]https://twitter.com/KristinMinkDC/status/1349259399404126208[/url]

Every time I see a new video from the Capitol, I feel like I shouldn't be surprised. But listen to the woman talking with the bullhorn, she knows her way around and she actually sounds annoyed at the incompetence. "If we're gonna take the building" what do you think happens if you take the Capitol while lawmakers are in session? I think LE is reserving the serious charges for after Trump is out of office so he can't do anything about it then.