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Honeycombe8's JournalSex harassment/assault allegations against any of the candidates
For ALL of the Democratic Party candidates, I'm disregarding any and all allegations of sexual harassment, abuse, or assault. If the so-called accusers were not offended enough to file charges or report it or mention it to the press BEFORE the candidate entered a Presidential race, then I call out any allegations as being politically motivated, as far as I'm concerned.
"Contempt: It's been used before, including on Obama officials"
Congress rarely holds people in contempt. But it has done so in the past to force witnesses to appear or produce documents.
The last time Congress used its inherent contempt powers was in 1934 when the Senate held William MacCracken, a former member of Herbert Hoover's administration, after he refused a subpoena. The Senate had nowhere to hold MacCracken so he was imprisoned at a hotel, according to the Washington Post.
But Congress has voted on contempt charges more recently, even discussing using it against members of the Trump administration last year after former White House adviser Steve Bannon refused to answer questions.
Other examples include in 2012 when the House voted to hold then-Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for declining to provide documents and in 2014 after IRS official Lois Lerner invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a congressional hearing. In both cases, the Justice Department declined to bring criminal cases.
So the Republicans DID file contempt charges against AG Holder and against Lois Lerner. Then there's THIS:
While a contempt charge normally moves through the criminal justice system and the courts, there's one final method that has gotten attention in recent days, given the president's reluctance to cooperate with congressional investigations.
Lawmakers can elect to pursue a contempt-of-Congress charge in an impeachment proceeding, which is a political process to remove the president from office that moves through Congress instead of the courts.
A contempt-of-Congress charge was one of the three articles of impeachment filed against President Richard Nixon in 1974 after he defied subpoenas for documents and information that Congress said it needed for an impeachment inquiry.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/05/03/contempt-congress-william-barr-democrats/3647317002/
Contributing: Associated Press
Pew Research: Political Typology Quiz
In view of Pelosi saying to "own the center left mainstream," I thought it would be fun to find out where I might fall in the spectrum. I knew where I THOUGHT I placed in the full spectrum.
So here it is, for anyone who might find it interesting to take the quiz.
https://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/
My results were the middle of the left (I forget what the quiz called it), but that can be deceiving, since that's an average of views on different topics. My view on one topic (like the environment) may be further left, but my view on another may be further right, averaging out to center left.
Anyway, have fun!
Did Biden just say that Dick Cheney is a decent man, and he likes him?
Heard a clip on Morning Joe of Biden saying that he like Dick Cheney, gets along with him, and he's a decent man.
I hope I heard wrong.
Cheney, who used 9/11 to invade Iraq, which he'd planned to do, regardless of 9/11? Cheney, who outed an undercover intel operative (Valerie Plame), ending her undercover career and putting her life in danger? Because of a personal vendetta against her husband.
Cheney, who met with energy company executives, for them to devise the energy policy and programs of the country?
Cheney, who gave non-bid multi-million contracts to his company Halliburton, in Iraq, with no oversight of them? A giveaway of massive amounts of money to his cronies. That Dick Cheney is a decent man?
Cheney, who never faced a bullet in war, pushing for torture and not recognizing the international crimes commission, so we wouldn't have to answer for the torture?
A democracy only works if the different factions work together and compromise. But getting along with the other party and being able to work with them, is different from thinking a man like Dick Cheney is "decent." That sort of rubberstamps Cheney's positions, which are abhorrent to a democracy, IMO.
UPDATE: I found the clip. It's from 2015.
Hillary on Maddow: "China, if you're listening...."
According to the Mueller report, asking China to get Trump's tax returns is fine, since it's done out in the open. So she says, "China, if you're listening, if you can get Trump's tax returns, I'm sure our media would richly reward you." LOL!
Too funny.
She stressed, though, that the Russian interference is STILL a threat. That we COULD lose because of it. Then she goes into...both sides can benefit from foreign govt interference and hacking, depending on when and which country.
Great interview.
Harris was just on Hardball with Chris Matthews.
Good, but short, interview about the Barr testimony today. If anyone wants to look it up on youtube later.
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