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"Democrats Must Move to the Center on Cultural Issues" Quote of the day from Ruy Texeira of the American Enterprise Institute.
And, https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-democrats-hispanic-voter-problem-dfc
I'm going to listen to exactly nothing that the AEI spouts. How 'bout the GOP move a little to the left on cultural issues, like not-so-nazi, or maybe only a little bit fascist
Supreme Court manipulating its schedule so Republican judges and force Republican policies on the Government Ian Milhiser at Vox.com.
Texas lawsuit to shut down the US Government. Ian Milhiser.
Sooner or later some judge is gonna enter a serial vexatious litigator order against Paxton, requiring him to get advance judicial approval before commencing any actions in that court.
Yeah yeah, I know. But I can dream.
How does Paxton still have an active law license?
How old is that criminal case that’s been pending against him and how long can he get it delayed?
Even Rudy Giuliani got his ticket pulled if only temporarily.
It's time for the Executive Branch to defy that kind of court order. Perhaps question the continuing validity of Marbury v. Madison
Dominion asks for Summary Judgement against Fox. See TPM or Marcy wheeler.
“A demonic force.” Dominion decided that the evidence against Fox News is so overwhelming that they don’t need to go to trial because no reasonable jury would conclude that Fox was innocent.
This article is a MUST READ. Also, read the first dozen pages of the actual Dominion brief.
Seriously. Go read Marcy's Article.
The Dominion request for summary judgement destroys Fox. Well-deserved.
"because no reasonable jury would conclude that Fox was innocent"
Since this is a civil suit, not a criminal prosecution, guilt or innocence is immaterial. I think you meant to say was "no reasonable jury would conclude that Fox was not liable."
You should know that summary judgment is rarely granted in cases where intent, motive, malice or fraud are in issue – all of which are present in this case.
Besides, do you really want a judge to truncate a jury trial featuring the all-star cast of witnesses such as Tucker Carlson, Shawn Hannity, and Laura Ingraham? Questioning these three clowns as hostile witnesses is a trial lawyer's wet dream.
IANAL, so there!
If I understand, summary judgements from the defendant to shut down the legal process are more common, and it would be extraordinary for Dominion to get this. So it might be a play for a settlement.
I agree with you that I'd like to see Fox suffer a humiliating defeat in a jury trial.
More quotes from the brief via Heather Cox-Richardson:
I don't live in Denver, but if I did I'd vote Taylor Brown for Mayor. Check out his 30-second intro video and you'll see why:
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/taylor-brown-important-message-clip/video_753a5bf4-ae6c-11ed-9bb2-8b18b09f8529.html
Cat fight between Ann Coulter and Nikki Haley.
Ann Coulter tells Nikki Haley to ‘go back to your own country’ in racist rant against new GOP presidential candidate (nbcnews.com)
Hooo, boy — are you in for a (well deserved) beat down!
It has been up for almost an hour and I haven't heard from kwtree yet.
Yaaay Social Security!!! Yaaay Trickle up economics!!! Yaaay Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren!!!
I like the part about expanding SS benefits by $200 more per month.
As appealing as an increase in the FICA cap seems, I believe it would run into problems regarding its status as a non-tax. FICA is not a tax, it is a Contribution to an Insurance program (FICA). Social Security already has a problem in that benefits do not increase proportionally to an increase in payments; i.e., after a certain salary Social Security benefits flatten out up to the current cap. That is why I recommend using an S Corp when possible, which allows minimizing the salary that’s paid to owners/shareholders. Minimizing salary does not greatly affect the ultimate Social Security benefits one receives. (I pity the fool who doesn’t own an S Corp.) Eliminating the cap without a corresponding increase in benefits would transform FICA into a tax versus an insurance contribution, IMHO.
The other nice thing about corporate law is that you can protect yourself against creditors. Run up big debts, cash out, declare bankruptcy.
It's all legal… but only if you are a corporation. Like you, I pity the pathetic normal work-a-day stiff. As a mere human being without a corporation such protection is not available.
It's what I call the Ownership Class. Besides the FICA game, consider the PPP loans and Employee Retention Credits that were sprayed out in 2020 and 2021. Although necessary for businesses that sustained real losses due to Covid (e.g., restaurants, etc.) the threshold for qualifying for those were ridiculously low such that nearly every business qualified. To the tune of about 70% of wages paid and more.
Now, there is a Pass-Through Entity Tax (PTET) boondoggle that is another giveaway to the Ownership Class. Without getting into the weeds, it essentially allows partners in partnerships to reduce their tax burden by about 4.5% of total net income. (It's a little bit less for S Corps.)
I could go on and on about the benefits granted the Ownership Class. I have briefly brought it up to Senator Bennet and Representative Crow, but I realize this is not a winning political issue. So, life goes on…..
You do realize that a lot of us middle class folks who have our own businesses benefit from that pass-through tax break?
You refer to the ownership class. You mean the people who work, accumulate assets and pay taxes so that we can have all sorts of free stuff for the less fortunate, non-ownership class (i.e., Medicaid, SNAP program, government cheese for trailer park trash living in the Florida panhandle who grow up to become MAGA-Republican Congresswomen), don't you?
Oh, give me a break.
You are trying to make a distinction of “the people who work, accumulate assets and pay taxes” blah, blah as somehow different from those who own the business from those who work for the business?? You can’t see they do the same thing??
And, that those who own the business are somehow entitled to incredibly generous tax breaks not afforded those who work for the business??
Give me a break.
(I apologize if I missed the sarcasm in your post because you’re really sounding like your nemesis QBert.)
It's fairly easy to incorporate a business in Colorado. Or become a contractor. As you imply, it's not for everybody.
Thoughts and prayers to Mississippi this afternoon …..
6 Killed In Mississippi Mass Shooting (msn.com)
I'm reminded of something Tate Reeves, that cracker of a governor they have in Mississippi, said during the one of spikes in COVID-19 deaths. "When you believe in eternal life, the thought of dying shouldn't frighten you."
The same can be said about ammosexuals running amok.