Ersatz86

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[–] Ersatz86 4 points 2 years ago

Your superpower will be to make those people irrelevant.

[–] Ersatz86 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Gerrymandering and other cheating tactics do not work in the face of overwhelming majorities.

So vote. And hound your friends to vote.

And consider writing letters to motivate strangers to vote as well.

[–] Ersatz86 9 points 2 years ago

“Arizonans paid $6,750 per 40-foot container and $5,700 for each of the smaller 20-foot ones, according to the state's initial contract with supplier AshBritt, Inc., an emergency response contractor that often works for governments after natural disasters. AshBritt ran afoul of federal campaign finance rules in 2018 over a large donation in support of former President Donald Trump while also doing government contract work.”

There’s the punchline I was looking for when I opened the article. It’s all just so boringly predictable.

[–] Ersatz86 2 points 2 years ago

Cool site. Thx.

[–] Ersatz86 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you.

You have discerning taste.

[–] Ersatz86 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Very sexy knife! Are those the original G-10 scales on that para3 or something custom? I’d like to gift the same.

[–] Ersatz86 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Ersatz86 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Where can I subscribe to armchair alchemist and pharmacopeia please?

[–] Ersatz86 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Suspended Texas Attorney General Paxton won't testify at impeachment trial

Kanishka Singh July 4, 20239:42 AM PDT

The 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is held in Dallas Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Suspended Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will not testify in his upcoming impeachment trial in the state Senate, his lawyer said late on Monday, indicating Paxton would fight efforts that may aim to compel a testimony from him.

State legislators impeached Paxton on May 27 on charges including bribery and temporarily suspended him from office pending his trial in the Texas Senate. Paxton is a supporter of former U.S. President Donald Trump whose lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results was tossed out by the Supreme Court.

The Texas Senate will try Paxton on 20 articles of impeachment lodged against him. If two-thirds of the 31 senators find him guilty, he will be removed from office. If not, he will be reinstated. Paxton's impeachment trial will begin on Sept. 5, according to CBS Texas.

Paxton's impeachment by the Texas House of Representatives on allegations of corruption and other irregularities was triggered by his office's request that the House fund a $3.3 million lawsuit settlement he reached with four whistleblowers from his office.

Paxton has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. Aside from his impeachment, he is under a separate corruption investigation by the Justice Department, according to the special prosecutors in Texas leading his state case.

"The House has ignored precedent, denied him an opportunity to present his defense and now wants to ambush him on the floor of the Senate," Paxton's attorney, Tony Buzbee, said in a statement late Tues.

"We will not bow to their evil, illegal, and unprecedented weaponization of state power in the Senate chamber," the attorney added.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Josie Kao

Thomson Reuters

Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India.

[–] Ersatz86 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

See, it’s just this very type of strangely believable deep-dive, semi-spectrumy response that gives me a sense of cautious optimism regarding this new forum that we have here (apologies to the true pioneers).

I am both chagrined and encouraged by this thorough, inadvertently solicited response.

God bless you, friend.

[–] Ersatz86 7 points 2 years ago

This is a high quality shitpost-of-a-shitpost that I can get behind

[–] Ersatz86 52 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Has there ever been an era when there has not been cocaine in the West Wing?

Ike? Truman?

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