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  1. I suppose I'm just intellectually limited, but how I see things playing out is delay after delay in every trial, to the point that the election passes. If he wins, he gets away with everything, and with the power of the office, gets to the business of attacking democratic institutions. The "sensitivity and gravity", as previously noted, is the trouble that will arise from his base if he's convicted. Catering to that, moving slowly for fear of angering people who are already angry and won't see any result they don't like as valid, had a hand in creating this mess.
  2. So the heart of the issue is, if he goes to prison, his supporters will cause civil unrest, and potentially civil war. I don't disagree with that. But where I think we diverge is in the effectiveness of the DOJ approach to this point. Do you know any Trump supporters that are ok with the DOJ bringing charges against him? I don't. They uniformly think it's "political" and "a weaponized DOJ". My point is, no matter how airtight the case is, no matter how slowly DOJ moves and how professional they are, in the end Trump people are going to be convinced a conviction was rigged, unfair, and invalid. Whatever is going to happen will happen, all that the slow movement has done has created an aura of invincibility around the guy. I don't want civil war, or civil unrest even, but I don't see Trump people being reasonable about the outcome, if he's convicted, no matter how well the case is made.
  3. I don't know why these charges didn't happen in 2021. It's ridiculous how slowly this has moved. Unbelievable.
  4. As PleaseBlitz pointed out on the last page, Trump's lawyers know it isn't possible to televise the trial. They're asking for it so they can yell "Rigged" "Double standard", which their base fully believes already. I doubt there's some way to suspend that rule, but if there is, it would be funny to see the "dog catching the car" moment. Honestly, his base could see a televised trial, in which evidence is presented and an airtight case is made, and still say he's being treated unfairly. Exhibit A, the impeachment trials.
  5. I can confirm this. Conservative family members, on what happened on J6: "It was just people walking through the Capitol". And still convinced that the 2020 election was stolen. They can't be made to see reality. It's frightening, frustrating, and all around sad.
  6. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-nuclear-977195f0ef72c1601ce17e83ff9da818 Seems like it may have been a bit overhyped...
  7. That sequence was crazy, starting with the Adebayo flop. I couldn't help wondering if the refs are just really, really bad at their jobs, or if the NBA really wants this to go at least 6.
  8. I don't know, but too many of them don't need the money. It isn't the deterrent that it should be.
  9. It sounds like good things are happening in Bahkmut: https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1656286307922919425?s=20
  10. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-patriot-kinzhal-6b59af8e60853b4d6d16dd8d607768be?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_07 Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot More at the link. This is huge, showing that hypersonics can be defeated.
  11. That's exactly how a well trained saboteur pigeon operates! Blend back in after the mission is completed
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