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crickets's JournalReasonable and practical.
Operating and safety lessons and the ability to pass a test for a license is required for automobiles because of the level of danger autos can pose to the public at large, so why not require the same for guns? Accidents happen. Because of this, insurance is required before the legal ability to drive an automobile, so why not have the same for guns?
None of your ideas involve taking guns away from responsible gun owners. Regulations and safety requirements like this would make it harder for irresponsible and unqualified people to own or misuse firearms, which is good for everyone, including responsible, qualified gun owners.
An automobile license and insurance won't stop a driver from deliberately plowing into people with a car, true, but no ever uses that as an argument against requiring a driver's license, do they?
To appear in the Senate. If subpoenaed. Supposedly.
Bolton has been way too coy about all of this.
John Bolton would testify in Trump impeachment probe under certain legal conditions, report says
Bolton’s former deputy, Charles Kupperman, had been told by the Trump administration not to cooperate with the probe. But he was also subpoenaed by House Democrats to appear for a deposition. While other witnesses had chosen to defy the White House’s admonitions, Kupperman filed a lawsuit asking a judge to rule on which party has more authority.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had warned that Kupperman may be held in contempt for defying the congressional subpoena for his testimony.
Bolton had reportedly been willing to testify in public under subpoena if Kupperman is directed by the courts to comply with the House, according to NBC News, citing a source familiar with Bolton’s situation.
But a House Intelligence Committee official said Thursday that Bolton’s lawyer would take the House panels conducting the probe to court if his client was subpoenaed.
John Bolton failed to appear at impeachment deposition
Last week, Bolton — who was fired by Trump in September — was formally invited to testify before the three congressional committees leading the inquiry, but his lawyer, Charles Cooper, quickly made clear that his client was unwilling to appear voluntarily.
This man had the hubris to state his conditions for being willing to serve his country by testifying in the House impeachment hearings. Subpoena, no subpoena - it's all a disgraceful publicity tap dance. I would love to be wrong about this. We'll see.
So, when is Bolton's book coming out?
I have grown to despise this man. Nothing he does has anything to do with the good of the country. Make no mistake, he is in it only for himself and his own interests. Vile.
Once again standing up as the adult in the room, thank all the gods great and small.
I honestly think if we make it through this as a country, Nancy Pelosi's name will be at the top of the list of people who need to be credited and thanked in every history book published hereafter.
Thank you. Every time I see a Hill link, I just move on to the next thread.
Or I go search for another source with the same news. It can be tempting to link the Hill when they seem to scoop so quickly sometimes, but people need to stop doing it. That news source is a poison pill.
Are we all pretending Trump is coherent?
These are sentence fragments strung together loosely, making very little sense. It's appalling that this is supposed to be a political speech. The level of communication displayed here could barely hold up one side of a conversation, much less pass for persuasive rhetoric regarding important issues facing the nation... especially given the fact that he can't seem to stop talking about bathroom fixtures.
Frightening.
Photo context: stolen from a 2015 NYT article
https://twitter.com/CengizYar/status/1207513908912820225And once again, who is surprised? No one.
The photo and the words don't match. The photo reveals the projection.
He's not worried about his constituents; he knows no one is after them. His photo says, "I'm after you."
His photo says "I'm gonna get you."
That tweet is not a warning. It's a threat.
The letter wasn't really aimed at Nancy Pelosi alone.
As with just about everything Trump does, it was red meat for the base. Timing it for the the day before the impeachment vote was intentional. Loud distraction and disturbance, vulgar performance theatre for the masses - it's his gimmick.
I think this might be from last week.
Immigration officials stop doctors from giving flu shots to detained migrant childrenThe doctors were turned away after they arrived at a a San Diego detention facility, where they were photographed laying down in civil disobedience as they attempted to gain access to the children on Monday.
At least six were reported to have been arrested during the demonstration on Monday, outside of the US Customs and Border Protection’s San Diego headquarters.
According to Doctors for Camp Closure, an organisation that opposes the detention of migrants and refugees attempting to enter the US, there were around 70 protesters in attendance, including doctors.
Doctors with flu shots for migrant children turned away from Calif. facility; 6 arrested
It's heinous. It makes no sense.
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