@bengoodfella@janecoaston Until the late 70s (maybe early 80s?) children's testimony carried very little weight legally. Made it difficult to build a case against a rapist/pedo unless there were adult witnesses.
@GrandFireQueen@fvckingtonio@ririsyrup still like uh... there's clearly no battery in smoke detector in this kid's room. Parents definitely seemed completely checked out.
@admcrlsn Hot take: one aspect of Giannoulias that could be problematic for Dems is that he’s got some questionable history around the ‘08 financial crisis, which is why he lost to Kirk back in 2010x
@Brien_Jackson Just a few steps to the right, like when you tilt slightly right and indulge a wacky conspiracy theory about a senate candidate bending the space-time continuum and secretly flying to Ohio for mental health treatment.