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The transcript shows a much more nuanced conversation between Biden and Hur, with Biden knowing the exact date his son died but then kind of checking himself Sara’s it 2015 that he died. Very NORMAL.

I really can’t stand Jim Jordan and his pals. Blech.

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Thank you, Pamela!! * * Please everyone: vote with friends. * *

Find out now who has had trouble getting to the polls in Manhattan: your slow-walking neighbor who had surgery and finds it hard to cross at the green light alone; the disabled vet who rarely gets out; the depressed widow who is no longer seen in the supermarket; the senior who uses a walker..... make phonecalls. Ask who needs help. Make sure to lend a hand as we each do our part to get out the vote for Joe Biden and the Democratic candidates. We need everybody!

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Linda Ann, that is a great point! This is especially vital in swing states. I can't handle any more Republicans at any level, including animal control officer or parking enforcement officer. Indeed, during the last election, any of the local candidates who had the endorsement of both the Democrats and Republicans I left that category blank.

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Philip, The Empire State is not a "swing state" - - yet New York lost 4 blue seats to Republican trash such as George Santos, et al.

I'm sure everyone here remembers that those seats helped tip the majority in Congress in favor of the MAGA GOP. We must not let that happen in November 2024.

Nice to meet everyone here.

* * Friends help disabled friends & neighbors get to the polls. We need every vote! Please!

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Yes, although it isn't a swing state in terms of a Federal election, there are areas that are more red than blue and vice-versa. I make no assumption that any Democrat-endorsed local candidate here will have an easy avalanche win. Indeed, I learned long ago never to "ASS out of YOU and ME" as the wise and droll advice goes.

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Philip, the Democrat who ran against Anthony Devolder / George Santos did not want to spend the $35,000 fee for opposition research. If he had, he would have found a treasure trove of scandal - - including warrants for his arrest, a fake dog charity that scammed Amish farmers, etc.

CBS News: Newly obtained George Santos "vulnerability report" spotted red flags long before embattled Rep. was elected

LINK: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/george-santos-vulnerability-report-red-flags-long-before-embattled-rep-was-elected/

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Santos had the gall to be on the Congress floor at the State of the Union, too!

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He has no face

It's all for desperate attention

He should have been barred from ever being anywhere near anything political

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Totally! Santos / Devolder / Art Vandally / Kitara drag-name will not be able to raise campaign funds in New York, however. His infamy will pave the way for his downfall.

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He's borrowing a page from the "utterly shameless" playbook of the MAGA GOP.

These are the same two-faces who will vote against legislation that helps their district -- then will brag about it later in a fundraising speech. Grrrr.

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That's kind and I hope your friends take that suggestion to heart. Hear in Austin, We had help from our apartments owners to ask the city to increase the time allowed to cross the street in front of our building. The time was changed from 26 seconds to 28 seconds!

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Wow, Linda, only 28 seconds to cross the street. What the heck!

New York, NY is not "a car culture" like Austin, TX - - and two or three senior citizens crossing all at the same time, holding up a hand, is definitely better than one shaky older person crossing alone.

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Editing typos—checking himself saying Was it 2015 that he died?

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I believe that, Pamela Tanton. I remember reading the articles concerning the Hur report a few weeks ago implying senility, and I was already suspicious. I don't see President Biden as senile at all. Specific citations from Hur's report included in the article tried to be damning, but it is impossible to understand the context of uncertainties about dates. It's merely Hur's obviously biased (and unprofessional) editorial commentary, possibly intended to suggest to Trump that he tried to get Biden for him, but that he wouldn't be successfully prosecuted because of the bogus memory nonsense. Meanwhile, while the Republicans enjoy wasting OUR money with these show trials / dog and pony shows, what about that "patriot" (haha!) Jimmy Jordan (aka "Mr. Yellowed-Sweaty-Shirt" who overlooks sexual abuse occurring at the school he is assistant wrestling coach" ) continuing with the Biden Impeachment money siphon and their Russian spy witness who is being held? What are they going to do? Set up a Skype call to he can testify? Jimmy Jordan got pinned to the mat too many times head-first and without a helmet with his face hitting the wooden gym floor. Explains his ugly look, scowl and sneer, confusion, stupidity, but not why people in his district voted for him.

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They are all SHIT

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Of course meaning Orange shit

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What do you expect when your diet is Cheetos and orange Crush?

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🤣🤣🤣

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Lol!!!! Yep to the 10th power!!!

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🤣🤣🤣🤣

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👍👍👍👍

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Pamela -- I love that some commenters here call him "Gym" Jordan and I refer to him as the "yellow tie guy". Agreed -- I can't stand him either. As I said in my longer comment -- he made an ass of himself today and talked so fast i could not make out what he was saying.

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He always makes an ass of himself! Always! No wonder he couldn't pass the bar examS yes EXAMS! Not all Politicians make A's and it shows big time!

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He looks like a dirty ashtray

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Hur saying that Biden couldn’t remember the year his son died doesn’t mean he’s forgetful or worse. I’m younger than Biden (not by much) and if someone asks me what year my mom died, I still have to sometimes check with my sister, but I remember the day, month and time of day that she passed. This report was a hatchet job. I was thrilled to watch Biden scorch the pants off the House.

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NEXT TIME HAND OJUT BARF BAGS.

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My understanding is that Federalist Soc Mbr cur Hur asked Pres. Biden the exact month and exact day, both of which he answered immediately and correctly.. Biden was NEVER even asked WHAT YEAR his dear American war-hero son was killed!

Facts Matter.

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You are so correct Jordan lives in Ohio I live in Michigan he is a loud mouth imbecile!

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Well, they've been tone-deaf since Eisenhower left office in 1961....

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I agree! That being said, Nixon did have some good ideas (EPA, seriously considered a national income, opening up with China), but he had a rather mixed legacy. I look at how Reagan spent the country into oblivion by adding to the national debt for the sake of the arms race to bankrupt the Soviet Union, and how he cozied up with the Moral Majority. The Soviet Union did fall, but out of the ashes is the retribution-seeking Putin who made a fortune and achieved his power from the chaos that occurred. Reagan won an expensive Cold War battle and we had some nice peace for a while, but at what cost and for what benefit? President Cheney-Rumsfeld (and their errand boy the former President's son) did another spending spree on the Citizen's Credit Card with pointless (Iraq) or undefined (Afghanistan) wars. And yes, the Great Recession, how could I forget. But indeed, I remember reading how Rachel Maddow considers her view that of an Eisenhower Republican. I find that intriguing, and thought how Ike really advanced this country, highway network, supporting the GI Bill that Truman brought forth, etc. There was real vision for the future, and not the past.

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Philip- Excellent summary of our world since President Eisenhower! Unfortunately he had old guard Repugs from the 1920s and 30s undermining him especially the things he wanted to carry over from the Roosevelt New Deal.

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So true! If you read Eisenhower’s platform for 1956 you’d think AOC wrote it. The GOP used to be fiscally conservative and socially progressive . Years ago the GOP were trying to get the ERA passed as a constitutional amendment . They actually cared about the welfare of the average American.

Reagan started this mess with his anti-choice position & it’s gotten so very much worse. I’m convinced as the GOP & SCOTUS continually erode women’s rights they know an authoritarian government won’t be possible unless they control women. They could care less (as demonstrated by all their consistent votes against: children tax credit, Violence Against Women, WIC, daycare solutions, etc.) about their hypocritical “pro-life” issues - it’s all about controlling women. No woman wants to live in an autocracy- women bear life & deeply care about protecting their children’s future. A fascist government is not what the majority of woman in this country want.

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Ike spoke out in favor of labor unions and the New Deal programs.

He also opposed military spending and warned against the Military Industrial Complex.

Having led the greatest invasion in history, he was in a position to know the impact of war.

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Yes! I love women! Just ask my wife. But more seriously.. as far as I know, without them none of us would be here.

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Bring them to the poles!!!

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I was way too young to vote but I LIKED IKE! So did my Democratic parents.

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Everybody did...Winston Churchill said his smile was worth 30 divisions to the Allied cause.

What people don't know is that his twisted prose in press conferences was deliberate, to avoid getting caught on the record with bad answers to tough questions. He was actually a very skilled writer. As General MacArthur's aide in the Philippines before World War II, he crafted MacArthur's speeches.

Before going into press conferences, Ike relaxed nervous staff members with his broad grin and would say, "I'll just confuse 'em!"

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I'm now about 1/3 of the way into reading the transcript of Biden's interview with Hur. There is nothing, NOTHING, that suggests his memory is failing him. Hur took certain statements completely out of context. That's all. Biden describes his home's layout so well that Hur even comments that his ability to do so is "photographic." That's a senile old man? C'mon.

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Probably why Hurr resigned yesterday because he knew that they were going to do the "white glove test" on his report.

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I think he also wanted to be represented by a "Trumpland" lawyer to show his loyalty. But that's me being cynical. Hur is definitely auditioning for a higher appointment to the DOJ and/or for a District Court appointment.

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“Took certain statements completely out of context…” I think that’s being charitable… “Outright lied” and cut and pasted Biden’s replies.

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Thank you for the good news, Mary. You know, I’m not known for being the most optimistic guy around, but, I just have to believe that if we keep hammering away at the many, many crimes, lies, misstatements, idiotic rants, and brainless musings of the Orange Menace, we’ll bring at least some of his cultists to their senses. Well, a person can dream, can’t he?

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I think hammering away answering the question “ Were you better off four years ago than you are now?” With images of COVID is a good question. Joy Reid asked it tonight with video footage of drumf’s horrible mismanagement and division. It needs to be compared to Biden bringing our country back to life, getting the % of vaccinated up, ending the supply chain mess, bringing jobs back. VOTE 🗳️💙🇺🇸

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Swalwell's video must become part of a campaign ad. Must!

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Jim Jordan still tried to push his false charges. Not one single piece of legislation has he produced in his term in Congress. House of Representatives? Who do they represent?

It has been reported that boxes of documents were moved from Florida to New Jersey. Perhaps the FBI has more searching to do?

The American people still suffer in some ways. Donald changed the tax structure in 2017 to put the tax burden on those making $75,000 or less annually. The corporate and rich person tax rate is at its lowest ever. The tax breaks since Reagan have companies and individuals swimming in money. They naturally are willing to spend some money to keep this up

General Mills made giant profits allowing them to do stock buybacks and raises for executives. They raised the price of a box of Cheerios by 20%, and blamed inflation. They need to pay their fair share of taxes and be threatened with regulations and price controls if they continue to jack up consumers.

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Why oh why do his constituents continue to vote for him? My god he has to go.

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Because he promises them a total abortion ban. And they don’t care how he does it. He’s the MAGA/ Christian Nationalists hit man.

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Congressional republicans continue to twist themselves into the worst possible position to disprove their point. It feels great to be on the right side of history!!! Thanks always for keeping us motivated and for your work to keep him impotent in his quest to burn our country to the ground.

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It's past his jail time.

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LMBO!

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What do we know that the Pubbies and the corporate media does not? Dump is losing it. It's becoming more obvious by the day. And soon it will become so severe that even Fox won't be able to hide it. What else do we know? Last Thursday Dark Brandon burned the MAGA Republicans to the ground and blew up the ashes. Katie Britt made everything even worse for them. And in today's hearings Democrats brought receipts and made Jordan and his cronies look like the losers that they are by turning the Pubbies' indictment of Biden into an expose of Trump criminality and dementia.

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If Donald gave any of the republicans on the Judiciary, Ways and means, or the Oversight committees a big steaming bowl of shit and told them it was chocolate ice cream, told them to eat it up, they would all comply, and say thank you sir. My we have more? The state of the Republican party is the same as what's in that bowl, less the steam. Vote blue up and down the ballot, your next breath depends on it.

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😆😆 priceless... gotta save this. 💯🔝

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Thank you for a great bedtime story, Mary. I know it’s early for some people but my body clock prefers this schedule. I’ll be awake and saving democracy around 4 a.m. Fabulous result of an unnecessary hearing.

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You are a person after my own heart Katharine!

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Jordan is so hyped up and thinks he can baffle with his bullshit by talking stupidly fast, but always ALWAYS ends up tripping over his own little dick.

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He always looks disheveled and dirty. Like an immature truant. He is Tits on a bull

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😆😆 I'm dying....

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Couldn’t have said it better 💯😆

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“Tripping over his own dick…” Well, he does have VERY short legs, so there’s that.

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The "Fascist Freedom Caucus" stumbled all over themselves again today in another clown show that revealed just how incompetent they are at desperately trying to come up with something to get at the Democrats and Pres. Biden. They, along with their criminal, treasonous leader have reached a real low point in our nations political history. It was simply pathetic! Nov. 5th 2024 can't get here quickly enough so we can save our Democracy!

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I've always wanted to see something in black and white regarding precisely 'what' that 'freedom caucus stands for. Freedom from all law and order, or what exactly ? Anyone know ?

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Mary, your uncle appears to be in full blown dementia, as assessed by people who undertand it.

I hope the Dems jump on the opportunity to display it everywhere, all the time.

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If not that maybe narcissistic collapse? That reality blanket he wraps around him is starting to slip. And I hope enough people realize it and just don't vote for him,period!

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Bronwyn -- I agree and I think it is cruel that his children don't take him for a mental examination. He is slipping so badly he will look like an ass campaigning, and they have to know he is unfit to be elected president. Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Tiffany and Barron -- you know your Dad is suffering from dementia and you need to helo him and our country by insisting he have a mental examinatiion. Surely you love him that much to do something that will actually help him. I add Melania to my plea as well. You all are going to suffer a great deal through his campaign, and if he were elected you know it would be a catastrophe. If you need assistence there are wonderful people in the mental health world who can help you as an advisor and successfully lead your intervention. Surely you are suffering enough. Please do something to help him and our beloved country !

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I have thoroughly enjoyed this day, which began with Republicans attempting to put the word "senile" in Robert Hur's mouth. As partisan as he is, Hur would not cooperate. Then several Dems described the amazing number of malapropisms and fake facts that Trump has spewed in the past few weeks. "Gym" Jordon could only put his crazy little head in his arms. Hur looked uneasy and embarrassed, which was appropriate. He is likely hoping for a cabinet level appointment from Trump who will he insist that he won. My fond hope is this all happens from the inside of a Federal prison cell. My perfect day is ending with Biden winning the Georgia primary and assurance that he will be the Democratic nominee. Athens, Georgia is where I live, and we are all celebrating tonight. The Orange Menace will have to wait until Washington state returns are in before he can claim his place on the ballot. Once again Biden wins the day!

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How anyone could vote for a meglomaniac like Donald Trump boggles my mind. He is unfit for office, and he would destroy our country.

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So right !!!He is unfit for freedom!!!!

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