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That can't be mainstream though surely (you'd probably know better than me) I'd out that in the same bracket as idiot far left people that said America deserved 9/11

I think it went mainstream in the sense the media were trying to figure out what was going on. There were thousands of videos, and millions of people agreeing with them apparently.

The sentiment being America deserved 9/11, I know I read an article about Tik Tok scrubbing hundreds of thousands of hours of video in relation to it.

I was alerted tonit from a kid I work with who was making videos about it, he showed me video after video from people reading the letter and making a 'are we the baddys' meme etc
 
Right I'll make a quick brief:

Claim 1. Courts appointed a career prosecutor in Habbas place.

Thats a funny way of saying the Assistant AG who was selected by Habba when she started her role, temporarily took on AG duties, once the interim time limit expired.

Not a lie, but a language tool to make it sound like the courts went out and headhunted the right person, and installed them over Habba. Its not the case.

2. This procedure challenges boundaries of executive power, just another day in Trump's second term.

Again, making it sound like this is out of the ordinary, EVERY president challenges the boundaries of executive power, Biden bypassed Congress, and enacted emergency powers etc... framing is manipulative.

3. Habbas pick (as temporary AG) was controversial due to her lack of experience and deemed political.

Again, a lot of AG picks (permanent) are controversial, infact Every Bush pick was controversial, didnt he appoint a 30 year old with no prosecuting experience, and Obama selected Holder who was defending terrorists. Every AG selection is opposed, this is SOP for AG selections surely, well except that this is interim to acting.

4. Uh, that phrase again. 'What sounds bad to an ethics committee is music to Donald Trumps ears'.

If you cant figure out why this intentionally judgemental and value based rhetoric is designed to manipulate you, I cant help you! There is no reason to use the language (throughout) like this, if not to draw on your emotions. This isnt a factual statement, its a warm fuzzy statement for you to pat yourself on the back, like the entire video.

5. Losing a court case might not look good on a conventional resume.

Losing a court case is on every potential AGs resume, losses are common and even expected. Why is the pretence that this is original to Habba.

6. Oooohhhh 3 minutes later they acknowledge Habba chose Grace. Bravo.


7. Habba moved up from interim, to acting AG for 210 days without senate confirmation.

Omg, Trump used the law to put someone in as acting AG for 210 days, the thing he can absolutely do without Senate approval, and the max he could do without senate approval.

Why is this framed like the Senate was bypassed? I've read this in 2 different sources, and in fact Obama did the same with Sally Yates, Trump's done it previously, Nixon...

This is an absence of information, I cant watch on because hes about to deep dive into 3 sets of case law he doesnt need to, because hes just manipulated the first descriptions of inferior and principled officers to only include permentant AG picks, and hasnt made a very easy distinction that both Acting and Interim AGs can be appointed by the president without Senate confirmation, as Obama did.

Even the controversial way in which Habba was removed, allowing Bondi to fire Grace seems questionably legitimate. I mean theres no presidence, but technically I cant find any reason Trump cant remove Habbas nomination, or Bondi firing Grace, or Habbas acting role.

Infact the FVRA is only in place because of how Clinton abused the system, naming an Acting AG and 3 years later making him permanent by default. So not only is presidents pushing boundaries common, breaking those boundaries seem common as well, Trump seems to be acting in a legal way when you look at actions singularly, but put them together and they are questionable at best?

The idea Habba is inexperienced or political is laughable, or that Trump needs senate approval for selecting temporary AG too, these are par for the course for presidents apparently.

Caveat, im obviously no law expert, im a moron Wales rugby supporting dumbo sat in my pants, I've just googled and used chat gpt to point me to legalities and presidence in previous presidential actions, to highlight inaccuracies in this video. When he dived into legislation at 210mph, I was too confused to understand, and almost went into a daze.... I suspect thats the point of this, instead of simplifying the answer to 'yes, Obama also did it'

But my point is, this channell could have easily referenced previous actions in line with this, they could have simplified the answer of can Trump appoint an Acting AG without the senate, a simple 'yes, its happened before, but let's look more in depth'. To reiterate that he hasn't got senate approval he doesnt need, to continue to use emotive language, and terminology is not an honest way to present.
1) You're twisting it. The court had it fully within their power to extend Habba's time as interim AG and chose not to. It was an active vote of no confidence against her. The courts didn't go out of their way to headhunt a replacement, they explain that the 2nd in command automatically fills the role, but the courts did go out of their way to make sure Habba wouldn't stay in the post.

2) All presidents pushing the boundaries doesn't mean every attempt to push the boundaries is the same. This is a false equivalence. Stealing £1 is not the same as stealing £1 million.

3) Bush attempted to appoint an AG with little prosecuting experience but didn't go through with it. Trump did. All of Trumps supreme court justices are also the ones with the least experience. Holder did not defend terrorists, the big thing he was accused of was actually thinking the president could use whatever force he pleased against terrorists anywhere in the world. The big thing of his tenure was how aggressively he went after terrorists, so I don't know where you've got that he defended terrorists, it was the exact opposite. all the above though had some degree of experience working with government law, Habba had none.

4) If you can't tell the difference between statements of fact and tongue in cheek then the issue is you. However, it has been shown that Trump values loyalty to himself over loyalty to the law. Congratulations for identifying it isn't an actual factual statement though, maybe give yourself a pat on the back instead?

5) You realise Habba didn't lose a singular court case? She lost ALL of them. Every single one. I'm amazed you aren't aware of that. Do you think a legal professional who loses every single case in representing a client on a personal level is worthy of being made AG? In attempting to portray the channel as misrepresenting it, you do so yourself. By all means have a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba#Work_as_Trump's_attorney
She was also sanctioned during this time with a judge saying of one of her filings "No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim." Do you honestly believe that is just par for the course being a lawyer?

6) So they mention Habba chose Grace as soon as they get to the bit where they talk about Grace taking over. What exactly is the problem with this?

7) There is no "moving up" from interim to acting AG, if you think the acting AG is a position above interim AG, you didn't pay attention at all. It's not normal procedure, it's literally never happened before. The law says anyone nominated for attorney can only serve as an interim attorney, not acting. Habba was not appointed as acting AG, she received it by default in the same way Grace did by Grace being fired. Habba was appointed as the 2nd in command and then Grace was fired so Habba would then move into her spot. There is also nothing in the law about a nomination being withdrawn making it ok for them to then serve as an acting AG, only stating that once they've been nominated, they cannot serve as an acting AG.

He actually did say exactly who has the power to appoint interim and acting AGs, you clearly missed it. The idea that she is inexperienced or political is not laughable, it's very clearly true. She has not prosecutorial experience, she has no experience of winning court battles representing Trump and it's definitely a political pick because her legal credentials are definitely not reason to pick her.

You keep portraying this as if it's happened before. No, it hasn't. There literally isn't a single case elsewhere of someone serving in an interim AG role, getting kicked out when their time limit ends, only for them to immediately be reinstated as the 2nd in command and to have the person who just filled their role as the acting AG being fired for her to take over the role.
 
1) You're twisting it. The court had it fully within their power to extend Habba's time as interim AG and chose not to. It was an active vote of no confidence against her. The courts didn't go out of their way to headhunt a replacement, they explain that the 2nd in command automatically fills the role, but the courts did go out of their way to make sure Habba wouldn't stay in the post.

2) All presidents pushing the boundaries doesn't mean every attempt to push the boundaries is the same. This is a false equivalence. Stealing £1 is not the same as stealing £1 million.

3) Bush attempted to appoint an AG with little prosecuting experience but didn't go through with it. Trump did. All of Trumps supreme court justices are also the ones with the least experience. Holder did not defend terrorists, the big thing he was accused of was actually thinking the president could use whatever force he pleased against terrorists anywhere in the world. The big thing of his tenure was how aggressively he went after terrorists, so I don't know where you've got that he defended terrorists, it was the exact opposite. all the above though had some degree of experience working with government law, Habba had none.

4) If you can't tell the difference between statements of fact and tongue in cheek then the issue is you. However, it has been shown that Trump values loyalty to himself over loyalty to the law. Congratulations for identifying it isn't an actual factual statement though, maybe give yourself a pat on the back instead?

5) You realise Habba didn't lose a singular court case? She lost ALL of them. Every single one. I'm amazed you aren't aware of that. Do you think a legal professional who loses every single case in representing a client on a personal level is worthy of being made AG? In attempting to portray the channel as misrepresenting it, you do so yourself. By all means have a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina_Habba#Work_as_Trump's_attorney
She was also sanctioned during this time with a judge saying of one of her filings "No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim." Do you honestly believe that is just par for the course being a lawyer?

6) So they mention Habba chose Grace as soon as they get to the bit where they talk about Grace taking over. What exactly is the problem with this?

7) There is no "moving up" from interim to acting AG, if you think the acting AG is a position above interim AG, you didn't pay attention at all. It's not normal procedure, it's literally never happened before. The law says anyone nominated for attorney can only serve as an interim attorney, not acting. Habba was not appointed as acting AG, she received it by default in the same way Grace did by Grace being fired. Habba was appointed as the 2nd in command and then Grace was fired so Habba would then move into her spot. There is also nothing in the law about a nomination being withdrawn making it ok for them to then serve as an acting AG, only stating that once they've been nominated, they cannot serve as an acting AG.

He actually did say exactly who has the power to appoint interim and acting AGs, you clearly missed it. The idea that she is inexperienced or political is not laughable, it's very clearly true. She has not prosecutorial experience, she has no experience of winning court battles representing Trump and it's definitely a political pick because her legal credentials are definitely not reason to pick her.

You keep portraying this as if it's happened before. No, it hasn't. There literally isn't a single case elsewhere of someone serving in an interim AG role, getting kicked out when their time limit ends, only for them to immediately be reinstated as the 2nd in command and to have the person who just filled their role as the acting AG being fired for her to take over the role.
Spot on analysis, unfortunately you know it will go whoosh straight over a certain someone's head. He probably won't get past the first sentence if that.

A bit more about Habba who's under numerous investigations for ethics violations

 
This is pretty funny. He wheels out yet another arse licker and a bunch of Trump v Biden charts which nobody can see properly and then sounds thick AF when talking about COVID etc. 4D chess and TDS.

 
It's like that time I survived a full 17 years in London, including several years when Sadiq Khan was instructing Muslim gangs to hunt me down
I live in the west Midlands mate and according to Fox news I am the only non Muslim and my daughter has got to marry the local warlord who is older than me
 
Has Marco Rubio been grounded or is he just another project manager? I thought he was meant to the equivalent of the Foreign Secretary but Witkoff and Vance seem to be the ones doing his job.
 
This is pretty funny. He wheels out yet another arse licker and a bunch of Trump v Biden charts which nobody can see properly and then sounds thick AF when talking about COVID etc. 4D chess and TDS.


He wants to employ Pinocchio at the bls to lie about numbers.

I particularly liked the census data (5 years old) showing huge gains for the last five months!
 

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