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  1. Lee Atwater replied to the thread White House’s Efforts to Combat Misinformation Face Supreme Court Test.

    Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over social media censorship The Supreme Court on Monday appeared deeply skeptical of arguments by two conservative states...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
  2. Lee Atwater replied to the thread 24 former Trump officials, aids, and staff, tell us their experience under Trump.

    BUT HUNTER!

    Mar 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
  3. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The "Great Unraveling" continues..

    Don has until March 25 to come up with the money. If he can't and the appeals court turns down his request to only pay $100M while he appeals the original verdict then Letitia...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 6:55 PM
  4. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Mike Milken?

    Mar 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
  5. Lee Atwater replied to the thread White House’s Efforts to Combat Misinformation Face Supreme Court Test.

    The funny part is that analogy.

    Mar 18, 2024 at 3:21 PM
  6. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I Just Don't Get It?.

    The realtor doesn't pave the roads, provide police and fire protection, pay for public schools, etc.

    Mar 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
  7. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The "Great Unraveling" continues..

    Trump has been unable to get bond for $464 million judgment, his lawyers say Former President Donald Trump has not been able to get a bond to secure the $464 million fraud...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 11:21 AM
  8. Lee Atwater replied to the thread In Trump Criminal Case, Manhattan D.A. Asks for Gag Order Before Trial.

    Would you be offended if you received death threats for being an officer of a court involved in one of Trump's trials? Defendants have been thrown in jail on contempt charges...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 10:41 AM
  9. Lee Atwater posted a new thread.

    White House’s Efforts to Combat Misinformation Face Supreme Court Test

    The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday on whether the Biden administration violated the First Amendment in combating what it said was misinformation on social media...

    Forum: Political Opinions & Beliefs

    Mar 18, 2024 at 8:41 AM
  10. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    Trump's defenders are clearly struggling to understand the concept that the act of conspiring to commit a crime is itself a crime. I used the analogy of bank robbers plotting...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
  11. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    To reach that conclusion you must believe the crimes Trump has been charged with never happened. Otherwise, what you're suggesting is that the rule of law should be suspended...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 8:22 AM
  12. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I Just Don't Get It?.

    Home sellers filed the original suit. My understand is the suits argued the NAR and brokerages who required their agents to be members of NAR had violated antitrust laws. In...

    Mar 18, 2024 at 8:17 AM
  13. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Ruth: Yeah, unfortunately, one of the things that autocrats specialize in is doing the unthinkable, is making the unthinkable possible, and they send out these trial balloons,...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 10:32 AM
  14. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    I know what you mean. Delaying the start of trials so Trump can stop prosecutions of federal charges altogether if he is re-elected is a gross perversion of justice.

    Mar 17, 2024 at 9:54 AM
  15. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Exactly. Not just that, but one could say his strategy of delaying all the trials is election interference by forcing their starts closer to the election.

    Mar 17, 2024 at 9:52 AM
  16. Lee Atwater liked Noone's post in the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    But it's not election interference. It's not the justice systems fault HE's a criminal. If being a criminal is interfering with his candidacy that's his own doing.

    Mar 17, 2024 at 9:49 AM
  17. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    Once again Trump acolytes rely on fabricated accusations of some manner of prosecutorial misconduct or bias or any shyte that will stick on the wall in the absence of a legal...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 9:38 AM
  18. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Trumpery transcends what has always been the historic process of the voters choosing a Dem or a Repub as prez. It is a movement challenging fundamental, institutional norms...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
  19. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    I have. I call it the POT, party of Trump.

    Mar 17, 2024 at 7:57 AM
  20. Lee Atwater replied to the thread McDougal/Trump Affair Worse than Stormy Daniels.

    Given that the purpose of delay is not to have time to prepare a defense, but rather to frustrate the application of justice, I would call their efforts what they are.......a...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 7:53 AM
  21. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    That's a common reaction when people have the method by which they are being duped explained to them in granular detail. I can see why you're embarrassed by it. It's human...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 7:25 AM
  22. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    No, "they" didn't. The 1/6 committee, which included two Repubs, held public hearings so the American people could hear first hand what former members of the Trump admin were...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 7:16 AM
  23. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Well, that's one of the hallmarks of Trumpery. Run from anything that challenges your beliefs. Barb: Yeah. Well, as you know, Ruth, I cite a good bit of her book, Strongmen,...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 6:58 AM
  24. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Bannon is still hard at work promoting institutional nihilism while enjoying the freedom afforded to him by the use of the Orange Messiah's institutional power of the pardon.

    Mar 17, 2024 at 6:54 AM
  25. Lee Atwater liked Grey Matter's post in the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Ruth: Yeah, and unfortunately, one of the scariest things about authoritarianism is that it's the institutionalization of lawlessness. And indeed, one of the patterns — and...

    Mar 17, 2024 at 6:52 AM
  26. Lee Atwater replied to the thread In Trump Criminal Case, Manhattan D.A. Asks for Gag Order Before Trial.

    Did any of those people show cause to have a gag order issued as Trump has?

    Mar 16, 2024 at 1:32 PM
  27. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    I hope you get something out of it. I did.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 1:30 PM
  28. Lee Atwater replied to the thread Because, of course they do..

    Because it is unusual.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 1:29 PM
  29. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Here's an example of disinformation. The accusation that Trump's prosecution is election interference.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 12:49 PM
  30. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    I noticed you didn't take issue with anything in the transcript. I know why.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
  31. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Barbara McQuade: Yeah, I will. Thank you, Ruth. And thank you to Ryan for hosting us here at NYU Law School. It's really great to be here. Just a word about your compliment of...

    Mar 16, 2024 at 10:33 AM
  32. Lee Atwater replied to the thread Because, of course they do..

    PROJECTION ALERT!

    Mar 16, 2024 at 8:54 AM
  33. Lee Atwater replied to the thread For the Rest of 2024, Trump Responsible for Border Crisis.

    You know bills have to pass in both houses of Congress to advance, right? Trump’s cynical sabotage of immigration reform A “border deal that actually reduced the flow of...

    Mar 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
  34. Lee Atwater replied to the thread I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable....

    Is that a no on listening to the tape?

    Mar 16, 2024 at 8:46 AM
  35. Lee Atwater posted a new thread.

    I can not stress strongly enough, to my fellow progressives, how valuable...

    this conversation is to help understand the insidious, and tremendously dangerous, nature of Trumpery....

    Forum: Political Opinions & Beliefs

    Mar 16, 2024 at 8:03 AM
  36. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The "Great Unraveling" continues..

    Trump is the first person in the history of the world to pull off a mass disinformation campaign in an open society with a highly pluralistic media environment. He does not...

    Mar 16, 2024 at 7:47 AM
  37. Lee Atwater replied to the thread McDougal/Trump Affair Worse than Stormy Daniels.

    I've seen interviews with Karen. Like The Following, she was gullible enough to think he actually cared for her. Whether he ever does go to jail or not, he deserves to for his...

    Mar 16, 2024 at 7:30 AM
  38. Lee Atwater replied to the thread Judge dismisses six counts in Trump Fulton County indictment.

    Gee, all that new evidence and yet the substance of the article was absolutely correct. There is no provision in GA for their disqualification based on their conduct. That was...

    Mar 16, 2024 at 7:23 AM
  39. Lee Atwater replied to the thread Because, of course they do..

    For many it will never end. They see him as their savior, their Orange Messiah. They don't understand the last person in the world interested in doing anything for them is Trump.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 6:42 AM
  40. Lee Atwater replied to the thread The Fulton CO case goes on..

    As is the case in all the prosecutions the evidence against him is overwhelming. It's why he's seeking immunity while trying to delay the start of the trials.

    Mar 16, 2024 at 6:39 AM