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Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of December 9

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This thread is posted weekly - please try to post all relevant US political content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Extremely significant events may warrant a separate topic, but almost all should be posted in here.

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  1. BartHarleyJarvis
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    None of These People Should Ever Work in Politics Again

    None of These People Should Ever Work in Politics Again

    Harris’s staff was composed of establishment political operatives who have spent their entire careers cycling through campaigns, corporate boardrooms, and consulting firms catering to America’s elite. Unsurprisingly, their leadership produced a campaign that failed to inspire or connect. What’s worse, as their Pod Save America interview reveals, they are completely unwilling to take accountability for any of it and seem totally incapable of learning from their mistakes. Here are a few of the lessons that they learned from Harris’s defeat.

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    DefinitelyNotAFae
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    Investigators of C.E.O.’s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania Gift link

    Investigators of C.E.O.’s Killing Are Questioning a Man in Pennsylvania

    Gift link

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      NoPants
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      I am astounded at the amount of police resources being dedicated to this investigation. I know the police are more likely to dedicate resources to anything in the headlines, this goes far and...

      I am astounded at the amount of police resources being dedicated to this investigation. I know the police are more likely to dedicate resources to anything in the headlines, this goes far and beyond anything I ever imagined. I am very glad I am not a ridiculously good looking chap with a history of anti-healthcare insurance views. The police are going to be very eager to wrap this up quickly. They often arrest the first person who seems to fit the description. They often deliberately suppress evidence that someone is innocent. Prosecutors will also often move forwards, based on if they think they can get a conviction, not if they think the person is innocent. Even if the courts determine this person is innocent, the damage will already be done. Lets all remember he is innocent until proven guilty.

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      1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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        Agreed, especially without a broader threat to the community. This wasn't a random act of violence which means in many ways it's far safer for the "community" than, say, a road rage incident. It...

        Agreed, especially without a broader threat to the community. This wasn't a random act of violence which means in many ways it's far safer for the "community" than, say, a road rage incident.

        It speaks to the same class divide of who gets what from, especially, the NYPD.

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      BartHarleyJarvis
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      The discussion around this is probably going to devolve even further. I mean, who keeps the gun on them that long?? The conspiracy theories are gonna go off. Not to mention the mishmash of views...

      Mr. Mangione was carrying a gun, a silencer and other false identification cards similar to those they believe the killer used in New York, according to one of the law enforcement officials and a person briefed on the investigation. Mr. Mangione showed the police the same fake New Jersey identification that the man believed to be the gunman presented when he checked into a hostel on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on Nov. 24, a senior law enforcement official said.

      The discussion around this is probably going to devolve even further. I mean, who keeps the gun on them that long?? The conspiracy theories are gonna go off. Not to mention the mishmash of views that he appears to have according to his twitter posts.

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        nukeman
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        I will say, the apathetic or positive responses to the killing were very much non-partisan. Even many on the right aren’t strong supporters of insurance executives.

        I will say, the apathetic or positive responses to the killing were very much non-partisan. Even many on the right aren’t strong supporters of insurance executives.

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        1. DefinitelyNotAFae
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          Ben Shapiro got strong pushback from his fans about being all aghast about the black of empathy "from the left." It's very much been a class consciousness moment IMO.

          Ben Shapiro got strong pushback from his fans about being all aghast about the black of empathy "from the left."

          It's very much been a class consciousness moment IMO.

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