People do see it all the time. But they're dumb.
The vast majority of MAGAs out there think Trump is against the wealthy "elite" because he keeps saying he is while associating every political opponent to that elite.
They are acting as if the wealthy elite are the enemy. They're just dumb.
Yeah this all smacks hard of a con then. You don't publish except to get replication. That's the entire point.
Publishing while being intentionally vague about replication is a huge red flag.
They want to avoid that until the absolute only option that's left is that. Because gag orders are very problematic of the first amendment, and his strategy is entirely trying to make this a referendum on his first amendment rights.
If they don't issue a gag order there's nothing he's being charged with that the first amendment will protect him from. If they do? His argument gets that much stronger.
He is pushing the limits purposefully. He wants a gag order. But he wants it without actually breaking the existing order (which his post over the weekend did not do). If he breaks that he faces additional felonies and they'll be consecutive punishments.
So don't feed into the public demand for retribution, that feeds trump. Let justice grind it's course. The judge and prosecuting attorney are both being meticulous and acting faster than anyone could reasonably expect.
The legal reason for hearing it at all was whistleblower protections. That was what the committee was hearing about, were whistleblower protections actually violated? Watch AOC's line of questioning, it's extremely telling.
The committee exists to oversee exactly that law because the people who would violate it are government employees. The reality of his claims are irrelevant, and the validity of his claims is also irrelevant.
The questions are "did her feel he had a valid concern to report", yes, and "did he report it through the appropriate channels" (we don't really know, this was exactly the topic of AOC's questions, and this made Grusch visibly nervous), and finally, "did he suffer duress from superiors for having made those duly obligated reports?". The answer to the last one depends entirely on what those proper channels are. You do not have protections by simply going to the public. You have to inform superiors up the chain of command.
It all feels incredibly tailored to make Congress a media side show while carefully dodging culpability for doing so. The entire point of "well I didn't see anything, people told me and I believed them" is just far too conveniently placed, the stories he has all fall in line with what the alien sub culture already had well established in their lore. Too too convenient. I believe AOC was on to that because while she's smart, it doesn't take a genius to figure this out.
To be entirely fair there's a significant chance some of them are undercover cops. But that's neither here nor there.
No one is demonizing this particular thing. People are complaining about a senator who needs to give way to a younger, more progressive person.
Like a 70 year old. /s Jokes aside this highlights things well.
Seriously though, no one is demonizing the thing. They're pointing out the thing adds strong evidence to the arguments they've been making for the better part of the last 20 years. When W Bush went under the knife he signed over power to Cheney. That's the responsible thing to do. On the same token, Feinstein has indicated the likelihood that she is unable to serve her role in numerous ways, with this just being one more way. If she can no longer speak for herself, how can she speak for Californians? I live here, BTW. I'm affected directly.
Knew a girl who worked her way from a receptionist job to management at a Christian retreat camp. She's been there for probably fifteen years now. Paid very well, good benefits. She's an atheist. Had no problem simply lying and pretending. They loved her.
Ha! Ok. We're done. You're a fascist troll and I'm blocking you, and you're going to tell yourself that's a win but the reality is it isn't. It isn't a win that you can annoy people with your cowardice until they refuse to waste further time on you.
You need to go take a looonnnggg look in the mirror and ask yourself why you act the way you do. It isn't nobility or wisdom. It isn't respectable. It's cowardly and ignorant and lazy. One day you might grow up and realize that. It isn't gonna be today though.
Haha you're just a coward. You want to be a conservative but you know it isn't popular so you won't just be one. Coward. C. O. W. A. R. D.
Republicans are fascists. You seem to be okay with a little fascism. I'm not. There's our disconnect. Fascism is a deal breaker for me.
Alt-right: These people want literal genocide.
"Leftists": These people want healthcare and affordable housing and a true living wage and perhaps not to be afraid of dying every time they interact with police.
You : these two extremes are both untenable, there's a compromise here we can all agree on.
You don't come off as enlightened, you come off as ignorant. Edit, yep he's just a regular, cowardly fascist. Honestly I have more respect for the swastika wearing khaki boi than I do for these pitiful little trolls. At least the guy wearing a swastika has the conviction and the balls to say what he actually thinks. He's wrong, he's awful, but at least he isn't a fucking coward too.
Block the guy, reader, he wants to waste your time and energy and frustrate you. That's his goal.
Declaring "I shall not be purchasing [thing] because [reason]" in public is yes, very cringey. You just, don't buy the thing. That's all. No look-at-me-i'm-important declaration necessary.
My complaint isn't the same as that bullshit. Try again.
California here. They wont. People don't notice those kinds of things. The central valley in CA though is sinking and has been sinking since the 60s. For the same reasons.