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  • It’s an unfortunately common occurrence, which he is clearly responsible for regardless of his intent, but the argument seems incidental, especially in light of the fact that it was already being treated as a homicide.

    The police and DA were pushing for manslaughter but the randomly selected people on the grand jury decided there wasn’t enough evidence even for that reduced charge.

    Or are you suggesting they all happened to be trump supporters and conspired to protect this guy because they found out he was “one of the good ones”?

    I don’t know, maybe I am stupid, but that sounds far fetched.


  • It seems that the only conclusions that really fit the facts are either it was a complete accident (a tragically common occurrence) or the man planned to murder his own child, which seems unthinkable.

    The argument then comes down to whether a grand jury, who presumably heard exhaustive facts about the case, concluded that he should not be prosecuted based on their own biases and desires rather than the letter or intent of the law.

    It feels a little far fetched to me.







  • How many polling stations are there in solidly blue areas?

    If I needed to intimidate people into not voting but I only had 30,000 brownshirts I would just be very selective about where I send them, where they’ll have the most impact. Sending one anywhere isn’t going to do anything, it needs to be a large visible presence in order to more effectively spread that fear.

    I bet 30,000 ICE agents at the “15 or so” places where Trump needs a better handle on the voting would be enough to change people’s minds about being there. Or maybe even stir up the base to have them come out and “help” the ICE army “monitor” the process. It feels like anything is on the table at this point.