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Actually never ceases to amaze. Last night Trump says that there is nobody in Hollywood who has the looks and smarts to play Xi (whatever kind of weird senile psycho babble that is) (also called putin a genius again and jung un -dude is so desperate to be a dictator it is cringe) and Chico begins his morning rant by saying how embarrassing it is that Macron is buddying up to Xi. That shit is HOF Chico right there. Just awesome.

Republicans want to get rid of the "Rule of Law"


https://www.huffpost.com/


GOP SCHEME TO SHIELD TRUMP FROM FUTURE STATE INDICTMENTS

WASHINGTON — New legislation from House Republicans aims to prevent local district attorneys from pursuing charges against former presidents.

The symbolic bill is yet another show of support for Donald Trump, who faces the possibility of criminal charges in Georgia and was arraigned in Manhattan last week for allegedly violating state law with false business records.

Republicans have subpoenaed a former prosecutor from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, denounced the charges as entirely motivated by politics, and scheduled a Monday hearing to accuse Bragg of failing to prosecute real crimes.

Now comes a proposal that Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) said would “prevent political prosecutions” by moving cases against former presidents from state jurisdiction to federal court, where judges are confirmed by the Senate, an institution reliably influenced by elected Republicans.

“Politically motivated prosecutors should not be able to wield unwarranted power and target our nation’s top leaders for their own personal gain,” Fry said in a statement on his website.

Normally, state prosecutors and local district attorneys are responsible for prosecuting state crimes in state courts, while federal prosecutors, known as U.S. attorneys, pursue federal charges in federal courts. Fry said his bill, which he has not actually drafted, would allow presidents and vice presidents to move state cases into federal courts.

The proposal would seem to take all power away from state courts in cases of criminal behavior by former presidents, David Rapallo, an associate professor at Georgetown University Law School and former Democratic staff director for the House Oversight Committee, said in an interview. And federal judges who wind up with the cases would have to familiarize themselves with state laws and legal precedents.

“It does seem a little ironic coming from people who tout states’ rights and how state courts and state legislatures should be making even more decisions than they currently do,” Rapallo said.

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Sen. Mike Moon reiterates support for 12-year-old's right to marry in Missouri


https://news.yahoo.com/sen-mike-moon-reiterates-support-160408202.html
A southwest Missouri Republican from Ash Grove, Moon's support of child marriage in some instances has been long documented. In 2018 Missouri passed a law raising the marriage age in the state from 15 to 16 and requiring parental permission for older teenagers to marry. Moon opposed the bill at the time — citing the same anecdote of a couple he met in college who had married one another at age 12.

Moon's support of the practice resurfaced during a committee hearing on a bill introduced by Moon that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender children. If passed the bill would ban health care providers from performing gender-affirming surgeries on any minor or from prescribing or administering cross-sex hormones or puberty-blocking drugs to a minor for a gender transition, unless such minor was receiving such treatment prior to August 28, 2023.

21 should be the adult age/age of consent to do anything, except voluntarily going into the military. And this is only because the military is often the best option for lots of kids to get out of bad situations, go to college down the road, etc. Wouldn't want to take that option away from those kids. But everything else, what's the rush?

21 should be the adult age/age of consent to do anything, except voluntarily going into the military. And this is only because the military is often the best option for lots of kids to get out of bad situations, go to college down the road, etc. Wouldn't want to take that option away from those kids. But everything else, what's the rush?

Sorry I disagree , I can give my life but not have a beer , rent a car or buy a house? Make me understand?

Sorry I disagree , I can give my life but not have a beer , rent a car or buy a house? Make me understand?

It's just personal opinion. But I don't think 18 - 20 year olds need to be making life changing decisions.

To me personally, raising the adult age to 21 makes sense.

Again w/ the military, I'd be OK with raising that to 21 as well. However, I don't think that would be very good for lots of kids that need the military to make a better life for themselves. That would be my only hesitation.

It's just personal opinion. But I don't think 18 - 20 year olds need to be making life changing decisions.

To me personally, raising the adult age to 21 makes sense.

Again w/ the military, I'd be OK with raising that to 21 as well. However, I don't think that would be very good for lots of kids that need the military to make a better life for themselves. That would be my only hesitation.


Fuck that as a parent of a teenage girl I wouldn’t make it to 21 lol. Kidding. Not really though.

Honestly some people grow up faster than others. When i was 18 i had no business being called an adult. Simply didn’t think like one. Some of my friends were already on track to be a contributing member of society though. Everyone is different. However since it would be impossible to grant adulthood and all the rights afforded by it on an individual basis im gonna go with 18 for the military based on exactly what you said. I know people who it completely turned around. Great point SD. Drinking absolutely 21. Same for weed cigarettes etc. Voting should be 21. Most teenagers vote based on tik tok.

As for marriage Mike Moon should probably have his computer scrubbed for kiddie porn.

What a narcissistic little cuntbag Trump is.

A 70+ year old man still just needs people to say nice things about him.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-takes-heat-right-saying-he-didnt-hit-newsom-because-calif-gov-said-nice-things-him

This is like if I invited Punch over for dinner, and he gave me a high five on the way in, then he purposely burned my house down. And I was like it's fine, he gave me a high five.

Look as we all know I'm an old fuck , I lived when at 18 you could do it all but rent a car and things seem better back then. No BS but kids learned to handle the drink and smoke back then at an earlier time. Again I point out if I am matured enough to decide by myself that I can give my life for my Country you need to explain why I can't have a beer, again someone needs to convince me.

Look as we all know I'm an old fuck , I lived when at 18 you could do it all but rent a car and things seem better back then. No BS but kids learned to handle the drink and smoke back then at an earlier time. Again I point out if I am matured enough to decide by myself that I can give my life for my Country you need to explain why I can't have a beer, again someone needs to convince me.

The military is not instantly giving your life for your country. 18 is a very critical age for young adults deciding to enter the work force go to college or perhaps the military. ALOT of opportinty in the military if you play it right.

I believe the 18 vs 21 drinking is tied to driving.

1984: MADD influences the passing of the federal National Minimum Legal Drinking Act (MLDA), raising the legal drinking age to 21 years old. This law restricts people under the age of 21 from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol, which helped to reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes by a median of 16 percent.

I have had German au pairs in the past; they started drinking or legally were allowed to drink at 14, alcohol to them is very not taboo but also keep in mind they live in a country that has a ton of public transportation.

I have a 15 year old son, i will say this: he doesn't need any help from a drink on the ability to make stupid decisions; he makes plenty sober.