Tabellarius

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[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

Which is it? America was founded as a racist nation, or the Constitution and Bill or Rights prohibited racial discrimination?

If it's the first, Thomas's opinion here is just straightforwardly correct. If it bothers you, propose an amendment.

[jesse @jessetripathi]

clarence thomas is legitimately deranged

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

Accusing a DEFENDANT of "lawfare" shows the word has apparently lost all meaning.

[Aidan Mackenzie @AidanRMackenzie]

Lawyer speeds, gets a $100 fine, then wastes 3 years of the DC gov and court's time.

He didn't even argue he went the speed limit, just that they couldn't prove he went 61mph and not 60 — the limit was 50mph!

Casting this lawfare abuse as the hero in this story is ridiculous
https://t.co/lHZmiP47WS

[Eli McGowan @elimcgowan]

The URCNA at their synod passed the ARP, RPCNA, PCA, and OPC statement to “condemn without distinction any theological or political teaching which posits a superiority of race or ethnic identity born of immutable human characteristics and call to repentance any who would promote or associate themselves with such teaching, either by commission or omission.”

They’ll also be conducting a study committee to report to Synod 2028.

The Jolly Brawler lied for years about his church supporting his positions, and now his entire former denomination has condemned them.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@sjryanwriter @wesyang Did you even look at the chart? Unless childhood development patterns changed significantly in the last five years, seems like that hypothesis doesn’t fit this data.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@TheRhetorRick Dude, Responding to Lego Joseph Smith is like arguing with a child. He just repeats the same talking points some overly zealous 9th grader would ad nauseum.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

I don’t know why the United States government is supposed to accept Latter-day Saints as Christian contra all evidence. If you reject Jesus’ divinity, putting him at the same level as many Muslims do, why should a neutral observer give you the label “Christian”?

[Senator John Curtis @SenJohnCurtis]

Latter-day Saints are among the most patriotic, service-oriented individuals in our country. They are also unequivocally Christian—just look at who is in the name of the Church.

It is unacceptable for a government entity to characterize a faith in a manner that contradicts the religion’s own foundational tenets. I am working now to ensure a correction is made.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

This is an outrage!

Jehovah's Witnesses should've been excluded too,

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Can anyone tell me why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was left out of the list of Christian churches?

[Hans Fiene 🦬 @HansFiene]

Some of the anger I saw from pro-lifers responding to my tweets was essentially, "how dare you insinuate that pro-life people would abort a child with Down Syndrome!"

Guys, I've been in the care of souls business for 18 years now. And when you're in the care of souls business, something you see often is people who have been lifelong, devout Christians completely bail on the faith the SECOND holding to it requires them to suffer.

People who have spent decades faithfully coming to worship will leave forever the second their kids come out to them and tell them they have to choose between holding to the Bible and having a relationship with their kids. People who have always upheld what the church teaches about cohabitation immediately reject it the second their kids start shacking up.

People who lament the evils of divorce will get divorced the second they think they can come out of the situation better off, and they will give you every rationalization for why the words of Jesus don't apply to them. Ask your pastors about this. Dudes will leave their congregations, go to another down the street to another congregation with their mistress on their arm and act like nothing happened, utterly convinced that God supports them in doing so.

People who have thanked you for preaching against the idolatrous nature of youth sports that keeps kids out of church on Sundays will immediately embrace the idol when their kids have the opportunity to join a travel team. And so on.

And yes, when people who have boldly and faithfully stood against the evils of abortion find themselves carrying an unwanted child? They will often employ the very same vile rationalizations that they have condemned fifty trillion times before.

Do people who identify as pro-life have fewer abortion than pro-choicers? Of course. But with love and respect, you are absolutely clueless if you think that a notable percentage of women having abortion weren't pro-life identifying ladies until the moment their desire for abortion overpowered their faith and convinctions.

And, more to the point, if you are offended by this assertion because you know would never in a million billion years ever do this, you are clueless to the power of the sinful nature that lurks within you. If you think you would stand where they fell because you are more pious, more devout, more devoted, etc...well, pride comes before destruction.

[Joel Berry @JoelWBerry]

You trafficked sex slaves and committed drug and gun felonies while making 1 million per year doing nothing for an oil company and were pardoned by your dad, the president. You’re the very definition of elite oligarch class.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@EWess92 Don't you mean time of offense, not conviction?

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@LinkofSunshine Won't the more normie of the two now be elected though? Seems like a good thing.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@ASFleischman But did the defense attorneys actively fight this? Unfortunately, I’ve seen way too many in the profession counsel their clients to hunker down in jail while they file every conceivable motion and ask for extensions rather than move the trial along.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

And we've been worse for it

[CSPAN @cspan]

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[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

"I sure hope he won't turn America 250 into a campaign rally!"
-People who voted for guy who turns everything into a campaign rally

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

At one point during the 2024 election cycle, Trump was promoting a massive "Great American Fair" for the 250th anniversary. He proposed the Iowa fairgrounds for it and promised each state their own pavilion

I was really excited about this idea. The 1893 World Fair (celebrating 400th anniversary of Columbus discovering America) was a massive event, years in the making. It's covered by history books.

I knew that 2 years was not really enough time to make something that tremendous happen, but I had hoped that Trump might push forward that vision and that some passionate people might bring it to fruition. I hoped to travel to it this summer with my kids.

What a wonder it would have been, to see each state proudly represent itself to have a grand event that brought us all together for a singular moment.

It's awful that such a grand idea has eroded into this sad display.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

I always go back to Joe Klein's essay on "DMV liberalism," how Democrats need to overcome special interest inertia and make citizen-facing government projects work really well to earn trust. And they just CAN'T. The biggest gift to the GOP is that their foil is so incompetent.

[Jim Mason @livefreejim]

55M for a grocery store, and that isn't including operating costs.

I really don't know what to say.

But I will say this: communism does not work. This store will, for a year or two, put surrounding stores out of business.

But eventually, as more and more people are forced to go there (since all the other stores close due to the fact they aren't being subsidized and can't compete with the prices), reality will come home to roost.

Shortages will be common. Budget overruns will be the norm. Quality of service and goods will plummet.

And there will be no competition to save them. This is the beginning of a horror show for anyone with an IQ above 120 and a general knowledge of economics and history.

[Matt Welch @MattWelch]

There will never be a bottom.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

This is just denim-skirt-Bapticostalism with Latin on Sundays

[Novus Ordo Enjoyer 🐓🇵🇷 @kingofthehood89]

Oh brother what are we even doing here

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

Yeah, it "would," but like, it won't.

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

Jeff Bezos paid $500M for his super-yacht and $75M for his super-yacht’s mini-yacht — both of which he’s allowed to write-off on his taxes.

That alone would cover $180 in classroom supplies for every public school teacher in the U.S.

[Tabellarius @Mailman9]

@unseen1_unseen The "low 30s" are the same 20-30% of people who vote in primaries, so this makes no sense.