***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[trynafeelmink]

Who is in favor of this?

When it comes to anything to help the actual people we get told how divided the left & the right are & how the evil side (whichever one that may be for the person) can't be reasoned with. Until it's time to violate Americans privacy again, suddenly they could work in unison

 

[IATT]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Any of y'all read the bill yet?

Or a long form analysis by a expert about what? it means

Or are you guys just rolling with TikTok and Twitter randoms?

 

[RustyShackleford]

From what I read I don't like the bill but it is no reason to give folk a green light for low information hot takes

For once, try

 

[Based Jesus]

The 1 year old must've left the side door open for his trans antifa brother

 

[frink85]

DeSantis’ Reedy Creek board says Disney stripped its power

Disney and the previous Reedy Creek board agreed to revert decisions back to Disney World, which could render DeSantis’ board powerless.

www.orlandosentinel.com

Ahead of an expected state takeover, the Walt Disney Co. quietly pushed through the pact and restrictive covenants that would tie the hands of future board members for decades, according to a legal presentation by the district’s lawyers on Wednesday.

The previous board, which was known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District and controlled by Disney, approved the agreement on Feb. 8, the day before the Florida House voted to put the governor in charge.

Among other things, a “declaration of restrictive covenants” spells out that the district is barred from using the Disney name without the corporation’s approval or “fanciful characters such as Mickey Mouse.”

That declaration is valid until “21 years after the death of the last survivor of the descendants of King Charles III, king of England,” according to the document.

A development agreement allows Disney to build projects at the highest density and the right to sell or assign those development rights to other district landowners without the board having any say, according to the presentation by the district’s new special legal counsel.

pwned

 

[noskey]

Any of y'all read the bill yet?

Or a long form analysis by a expert about what? it means

Or are you guys just rolling with TikTok and Twitter randoms?

Are you suggesting our esteemed good-faith-argument-making peer trynafeelmink isn't posting truthful or honest analysis from reputable Twitter posters? There's no way that's possible right?

 

[dacomeup]

From what I read I don't like the bill but it is no reason to give folk a green light for low information hot takes

For once, try

You’re better than some of the lawyers I know because my texts have been full of the Tik Tok memes from peers

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[biggie62]

I tired of all this winning.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[wavycrocket]

But but but…Briahna Grey Joy and the like, told us this guy was “anti-war”

 

[Based Jesus]

Why has no one brought up circumcisions as a response to this hypocrisy about protecting children's bodies? Obviously it's not the same but press these people with something.

 

[maq25060]

Wasn't bro supposed to be facing child sexual assault or sex trafficking charges or something?

How can people accused of serious allegations remain in powerful positions when your average Joe is relieved from their job because of a domestic assault charge? Both terrible crimes...one gets punished, one continues to make laws that they'll eventually break.

 

[mplsdunk]

You know the answer to that.

 

[sonoftony]

I know he wanted to put hands on him

 

[wavycrocket]

First time dudes been honest:

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[Mark Antony]

Wasn't ninja a truck driver in a union too while living in his mom's subsidized apartment in their liberal bubble?

 

[Nike Jordan]

Schrödinger's budget. People think the federal government spends too much while simultaneously thinking they need to spend more money.

 

[Based Jesus]

Easily disproven drivel

 

[janitor]

Jan. 6 protestor at center of right-wing 'false flag' conspiracy theory wants Tucker Carlson to apologize

"The fanciful notions that Mr. Carlson advances on his show regarding Mr. Epps’s involvement in the January 6th insurrection are demonstrably (and already proven to be) false," the letter said.

lawandcrime.com

Spoiler

Jan. 6 protestor at center of right-wing ‘false flag’ conspiracy theory wants Tucker Carlson to apologize
MARISA SARNOFF Mar 24th, 2023, 3:32 pm

The one-time Donald Trump supporter at the heart of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is demanding a retraction and apology from Fox News and its most popular host.

Ray Epps, of Arizona, was seen in Washington on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 participating in various pro-Trump activities, including attending the so-called “Stop the Steal” rally that proceeded the march on the Capitol building. The fact that he has not been arrested in connection with the riot — and that he was removed from the FBI’s Most Wanted list after reaching out to federal investigators himself — has given rise to the theory that Epps was a federal plant, sent to rile up the pro-Trump crowd and lead them into a “false flag” operation.

Epps’ lawyer, Michael Teter, sent a letter addressed to Tucker Carlson and Fox News General Counsel Bernard Gugar on Thursday demanding that Carlson retract what he has said about Epps and formally apologize to the Arizona man.

The letter, written on behalf of Epps and his wife Robyn Epps, accused Carlson of essentially selling a fairy tale to viewers.

“The fanciful notions that Mr. Carlson advances on his show regarding Mr. Epps’s involvement in the January 6th insurrection are demonstrably (and already proven to be) false,” the letter said. “And yet, Mr. Carlson persists with his assault on the truth.”

Epps testified in January of 2022 before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Epps told lawmakers that at the time, he believed he had helped “orchestrate” the attack by encouraging pro-Trump protestors to head toward the Capitol, but that he never entered the building. He also said that he tried to talk people down from committing violence.

Teter told Fox that his clients have suffered greatly as a result of being targets of the conspiracy theory.

“The consequences of your lies cannot be minimized,” the letter says. “Mr. and Mrs. Epps have been subjected to threats, intimidation, and harassment, resulting in significant economic and emotional damages. Each time Mr. Carlson and Fox News spreads more misinformation about Mr. Epps, the harm redoubles.”

In the letter, Teter took a swing at the right-wing network over the multiple defamation lawsuits it is currently facing from voting machines companies Smartmatic and Dominion alleging a combined total of more than $4 billion in damages.

“I realize that you are becoming quite familiar with the elements of defamation,” Teter wrote, before launching into a “refresher” of the elements of defamation under Arizona law.

In an apparent reference to bombshell evidence showing that Fox News executives and hosts knew that Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election were baseless, Teter added that “recent revelations” from the Dominion lawsuit “may help explain why Fox News has allowed the falsehoods about Mr. Epps to continue to spread, and be amplified, through its network.”

“But fear of losing viewers by telling them the truth is not a defense to defamation and false light, nor will it absolve you of liability related to claims for infliction of emotional distress,” Teter added.

Teter also alleged that Fox News violated Arizona’s “false light” law by making a “major misrepresentation” of Epps’ “character, history, activities or beliefs.”

Epps had traveled to Washington ahead of Trump’s so-called “Stop the Steal” rally in order to show support for the now-former president, who had refused to accept his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

“Tomorrow, we need to go in to the Capitol! Into the Capitol,” Epps appeared to say in a video allegedly taken on Jan. 5.

“Peacefully,” he added, after some in the crowd appeared not to agree.

Right-wing livestreamer and convicted Jan. 6 rioter Tim “Baked Alaska” Gionet then started leading the crowd in a chant of “Fed! Fed! Fed!” — an apparent suggestion that Epps was a federal government plant sent to essentially entrap the protestors.

On Jan. 6, Epps was seen on video yelling into a crowd: “OK, folks, spread the word! As soon as the president is done speaking, we go to the Capitol. The Capitol is this direction.” Epps was also seen talking to Proud Boys member and accused Capitol Police assailant Ryan Samsel, who was among the first to break through a police line on Capitol grounds.

Epps has not been arrested or charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach — a fact that, according to Tucker Carlson, indicates his complicity.

Epps was “on camera repeatedly telling people to storm the Capitol, Carlson said on his show in July of 2022. “A lot of people who did that are still in jail, but Epps is not. But it’s a conspiracy theory?”

Fox News did not immediately respond to Law&Crime’s request for comment.

Teter gave Fox until March 31 to respond in writing that it will comply with the demands in the letter.

“If we do not receive that response, we will take all steps necessary to protect Mr. and Mrs. Epps’ rights,” the letter says.

Teter told Law&Crime that he has not received a response from Fox and is “not sure” that he will.

“We will decide next steps soon, but we are exploring all options,” Teter said.

 

[dmbrhs]

'Ol Ronnie thought he could mess with The Mouse. You will always lose against The Mouse. They have the best lawyers.