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“I'm just a caveman. Your world frightens and confuses me. But there is one thing I do know - when a man slips and falls in front of a public library, he is entitled to 2 million in compensatory damages and 2 million in punitive damages. Thank you.”

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[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

FWIW, I don't generally use the word "insurrection" or "incitement" to describe 1/6 because it invites all sorts of legalistic arguments. And I think there are valid legal arguments on both sides. What I have little patience for is all the people who insist that because they -- again plausibly -- think Trump didn't violate the letter of the law on insurrection and incitement he therefore didn't do anything wrong at all.

He obviously encouraged a mob to intimidate Congress. He obviously took his sweet time discouraging the part of the mob that turned violent and, yes, insurrectionary. His actions in the lead up to Jan 6 and on that day were indefensible. His apologetics for their actions since are grotesque. It's all based on transparent lies in an effort to overturn a lawful election he clearly lost.

Meanwhile, if you take the position that if he merely approached incitement and insurrection that's okay, you have to accept that you'll leave a lot of people with the defensible inference that you don't really have *that much* of a problem with incitement, insurrection, or election-stealing ,and have no problem at all with Trump getting close to the line on all three.

After all, many Trump apologists concede that incitement and insurrection are criminal acts, they just insist Trump didn't provably cross the line into criminality. But they also weirdly insist Trump should face no political penalties for getting close. Call me crazy, but I think you can fall short of the standard for going to prison and still render yourself utterly unfit for public office.

It gets weirder still because many of the same people are also outraged at the notion that a president shouldn't be *immune* from criminal penalty for attempting such things. If you're implicitly willing to concede that if Trump *had* done these things that it would be bad, why on earth would you want the Supreme Court to rule that presidents -- all presidents -- should be exempt from breaking these laws?

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Florida State shows College Football Playoff selection is RIGGED 😂 https://t.co/vE6BytsJJJ

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Enjoyed reading this book. Very good characters. Based mostly in rural Minnesota and good perspective on early 1930s.

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@KimInsley Rake the forest….comb the desert…it can work 😀

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@Super70sSports I Will (and Run for Your Life if you won’t)

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@PhilYoung101 @Twins

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@nut_history Carlton Fisk's game winning home run in game 6 of the 1975 World Series in extras. Jumping up and down up the 1st base line, willing it fair.

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@PhilYoung101 Thought of you again when I saw this headline today 😀

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@PhilYoung101 Bases loaded no outs….got 2 outs but then walked in a run 😒 then walked in another…then 99mph K by Stewart to minimize the damage - Uffda

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@NFL_DovKleiman Steve Jordan and Joe Senser

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@cygnus1953 @bassplayer21121 Love the reference to Man of Miracles. While Equinox to Pieces of 8 was their peak, the 2 new albums have been pretty satisfying.

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@hunter_pinke Agreed - it looks great!

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@ThatEricAlper https://t.co/lzG9VmUhnd
Chase !

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@PhilYoung101 Thought of you when I saw this.

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@AlTheBoss03 Luis Tiant

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@ItsFunny_OK @Super70sSports Great response. I really like that song so was surprised but only other option would be Smokin.

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@Super70sSports

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@ThatEricAlper Chase👍🏼

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@jrwadsworth18 @Super70sSports Make sure you have 2 cubes of sugar to balance out Meat’s insulin