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Laura Havranek's avatar

Thank you Sam and David Pepper for explaining yet the most important hidden aspect of this Big Ugly Bill which is the attack on democracy because of the lack of accountability and DDC elimination of a contempt clause which impedes justices from enforcing violations of court orders

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Bobbi Walsh's avatar

I'm happy to be part of this community. I appreciate your savvy insights and your drive toward some sanity.

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Jarno Jokinen's avatar

"This bill is the biggest diamond in the tiara that sits on the heads of the .1%." Worst is yet to come. Donald "The Beast" Trump is building a wall once again. Colossal tariff wall that is the beginning of the end for the system of down. At first the beast will pull the plug out of the global economy. The worst financial crisis of human history will pull a swarm of the banks underwater and the bank run begins. Then the beast will collapse a mountain of debt shattering the backbone of the monetary system causing a systemic risk to realize. Finally the beast will cast American citizens into a system slavery under the name of Ronald Wilson Reagan, just to "honor his legacy" count the number. After the destruction a new world order will be established in the US. And the Golden Age begins from the ruins of the world wide collapse. All of the system slaves will love it. No more cash - just digital transactions. No more traditional criminal activity. No more tax evasion. No more transactions without the "all seeing eye". Outcasts will hate the world without freedom, hope and privacy. To cover up the mess and distract the public by smoke and mirrors, the beast will engage in a war with Iran. Lies and deceit, corruption and decay, dancing on the graves will continue. Until; Black hole sun, won't you come, won't you come... I want to play a game. Time has come to opt out of the empire of filth. Live or die...

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E Shelton's avatar

So why isn’t the (so-called) Supreme Court not enforcing their own orders? SCOTUS neuters itself when it doesn’t.

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E Shelton's avatar

When lawyers for authoritarians start losing their law licenses…

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E Shelton's avatar

Thanks for explaining this poisonous language re contempt in HR 1, the Big (Not) Beautiful Bill.

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E Shelton's avatar

I too wish these contempt orders were ENFORCED so that these law-breakers feel swift, personal consequences for their violations. Until some big, PUBLIC examples are made, violators will keep violating the law.

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E Shelton's avatar

This is the scariest, most draconian bill I’ve seen in my lifetime.

Call your senators NOW!

Capitol Switchboard 24/7:

202-224-3121

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