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Perceptions about it may vary.. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/24/josh-hawley-republican-senator-ran-running-capitol-attack-kansas-city-star

Totally fair and unbiased court decisions for political figures are a rare occurrence in Thailand. The Courts will likely be given instructions, and it won't be from the elected government which has nearly no influence on the Judiciary. I would guess that Thaksin has received some assurance that he will be cleared of charges, or only get a symbolic sanction. From where did this assurance come? I am not sure every possibility may be discussed.

Actually, the terrible message has already been sent to the world long time ago. It is that a President can try to overturn the outcome of fair elections, incite assault of Congress, ask officials to "find him votes", and lie about it for years, and still be covered up by his political party. It is totally ununderstandable in other Western democracies. Had something similar happened in countries such as UK, France or Germany, just to name a few, he would have been banned from his party and disqualified from participating in elections. And would probably be already indicted, if not convicted.

The beauty of this case, is that It's purely factual: - he took presidential records (documents), some of them related to national defence, (so two problems: presidential records+related to national defense) - he did it intentionally (his own words), - kept them - when asked to give back, he failed to give them all (that's when his legal troubles really started), - part of the documents have been hidden (likely on his demand), and found later during the "raid", - his lawyer signed a document lying about it (likely on his demand) - he is likely to have shown documents related to national defence to unaccredited persons. Note: when I write "likely", it means that Grand Juries have collected evidence and testimonies about it. If they decide to indict him, it would mean that testimonies and evidence have confirmed it.

It shows how low the bar is in the GOP sphere. Pence is admired for just doing his duty and follow the law.

Nobody claimed that! You are making things up, as usual. Here are some key elements of timeline: April 2014 – Hunter Biden joins Ukrainian firm Burisma April 16, 2014 – U.K. investigates Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevskiy Feb. 3, 2015 — Obama administration conveys harsh criticism of Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office for its coverup of Zlochevskiy/Burisma Feb. 10, 2015 – Viktor Shokin takes office as Ukraine’s prosecutor general, replacing Yarema. Sept. 24, 2015 – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt excoriates officials in the Prosecutor General’s Office for stymying anti-corruption investigations, including those involving Burisma Fall 2015 – Biden, along with the EU, publicly calls for ouster of Prosecutor General Shokin for failure to work on anti-corruption efforts." Full details here: https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/

And as usual...... 1. The Obama administration had been long complaining about Ukraine not investigating Busrisma, including before shokin was appointed. One reason was that they supported their UK allied which had been scammed by the Ukraine Justice system "April 2014 – Hunter Biden joins Ukrainian firm Burisma April 16, 2014 – U.K. investigates Burisma owner Mykola Zlochevskiy Feb. 3, 2015 — Obama administration conveys harsh criticism of Ukraine Prosecutor General’s Office for its coverup of Zlochevskiy/Burisma Feb. 10, 2015 – Viktor Shokin takes office as Ukraine’s prosecutor general, replacing Yarema. Sept. 24, 2015 – U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt excoriates officials in the Prosecutor General’s Office for stymying anti-corruption investigations, including those involving Burisma Fall 2015 – Biden, along with the EU, publicly calls for ouster of Prosecutor General Shokin for failure to work on anti-corruption efforts." Full details here: https://www.justsecurity.org/66271/timeline-trump-giuliani-bidens-and-ukrainegate/ 2. There had already been a GOP-led Senate committee investigation into the Hunter Biden and Burisma, and they concluded in 2020 that it had no effect on Obama's administration's policy.

Smart guys.... From your link: "The Independent has learned that prosecutors are ready to ask grand jurors to approve an indictment against Mr Trump for violating a portion of the US criminal code known as Section 793, which prohibits “gathering, transmitting or losing” any “information respecting the national defence”. The use of Section 793, which does not make reference to classified information, is understood to be a strategic decision by prosecutors that has been made to short-circuit Mr Trump’s ability to claim that he used his authority as president to declassify documents"

I can never get bored with it! ???? "No one has told me I'm being indicted," he wrote. He continued, "and I shouldn’t be because I’ve done NOTHING wrong, but I have assumed for years that I am a Target of the WEAPONIZED DOJ & FBI, starting with the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX, the 'No Collusion' Mueller Report, Impeachment HOAX #1, Impeachment HOAX #2, the PERFECT Ukraine phone call, and various other SCAMS & WITCH HUNTS," Trump wrote." https://www.rawstory.com/trump-indictment-2661107859/

Aaaaah! Now we know why Comer did not want to talk about the content of the document! It's the old debunked Burisma conspiracy theory! ????

Why? - Russia is the main beneficiary as it de facto prevents Ukraine from invading occupied territories through the flooded areas, - the dam has been destroyed by explosives placed inside its structure. I know Ukrainians are smart, but It's difficult to do it without Russian noticing it. - the dam was unusually full.

B.S.! Who decides what is legal or not? The courts. If illegal, the courts had the power to oust them, as they did with Yingluck. They did not do it! Actually, that was one main reason for the coup. The courts had not been able to find a legal ground to oust the whole caretaker government, only Yingluck and a few ministers. The potential civil war is also a fairy tale. It was one side making trouble: the yellow one. On top of it, Suthep's mobs were spreading thin and had lost their nuisance power. The EC agreed to organise elections in July, so there was a democratic solution in sight. And That's why they made a coup. Not to oust an powerless caretaker government: they did it to prevent people from choosing their government! As to "broken elections", who blocked them? Suthep's mob coup failed, the Judiciary coup failed, so the only way to prevent elections in July was a military coup.

They don't even need to "meddle", as they belong to the same network. On top of it, there has been a major reset after the coup as all members of high courts and agencies (NAAC, EC, etc...) have been appointed or maintained in their position by the military and its allies. And it's not going to change because judges are not selected and appointed by the government.

From the Fox News article: The event warned parents to take into consideration some events were "a little more risque" than others. "Children are always welcome, but we leave it up to the parents for discretion on children attending. Both the Pride Festival and Parade are a little more risquè than other events. We encourage parents to take this into consideration," the website added. The weekend festival had at least two events catered to children. On June 3, a "Family Pride Zone" that was "designed especially for families" offered games, face painters, puppeteers, bounce houses and vendors. The event also advertised a "gay magician" offering "some close-up magic" for children. https://www.foxnews.com/media/dallas-pride-festival-all-ages-sells-sex-toys-edible-penises-graphic-disney-art

Yet, according to an article you linked before, the industry cannot find enough workers, even when the wages are reasonable. How would it be possible to recruit more American workers for these extra jobs, as current job vacancies cannot be filled?? From your link: "More than 770,000 manufacturing jobs are open right now, according to the latest federal count, from November. The number has surged in recent years as companies reinvest in American-made products — or try to. With manufacturing workers earning more than $30 an hour on average, Timmons said the problem is not the pay, but the perception."

Even Barr agrees with you... "Over time, people will see that this is not a case of the Department of Justice conducting a witch hunt,” Barr said in an interview on CBS Tuesday. “In fact, they approached this very delicately and with deference to the president, and this would have gone nowhere had the president just returned the documents. But he jerked them around for a year and a half.” https://news.yahoo.com/barr-pushes-back-trump-not-184702634.html

Money wasted for nothing! Actually, they didn't even need it. MAGA fans don't require any evidence.

Any outcome would be good for the Dems: - if Trump wins the primaries, they are very likely to win, - if Trump doesn't win the primaries, he will not accept it more than he accepted the result of the 2020 elections, and he will switch to scorched earth mode!

Well, it seems Comer is not eager to talk about what the document is about. https://news.yahoo.com/house-oversight-leaders-clash-viewing-185832270.html

I did not deflect. If one wants to assess budget deficit and debt increase, one should use comparable periods of time. That excludes crises and post-crises periods. The Trump years pre-Covid are quite comparable to Obama's last mandate in terms of growth, inflation, global context, etc... Trump did increase debt/year more than Obama during his last mandate. Now instead of playing the smart ass and asking others to go through several links in order to guess the arguments you may have, why don't you make your point by yourself by citing numbers, years, etc... It should be easy, as you have already read all this information.

And what did Fox News, NYPost, WSJ, etc... tell about these two events?

Then why do you make it complicated and not post the right link? https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/historical-debt-outstanding/historical-debt-outstanding Well, I don't know what you wanted to show, but what I see is that while Obama succeeded in keeping debt increase at 612 billion for his last FY, Trump increased debt by 1272 billion in the 2018 FY (thanks to tax cuts, I guess), and kept a similar increase level the last FY before Covid.

You have not read it, have you? The historical account stops around 2012.

Have you read the article? People don't want to work in the industry because they perceive those jobs as dirty and not gratifying jobs, and they would be willing to replace wetbacks in the fields? Quote from your link: "More than 770,000 manufacturing jobs are open right now, according to the latest federal count, from November. The number has surged in recent years as companies reinvest in American-made products — or try to. With manufacturing workers earning more than $30 an hour on average, Timmons said the problem is not the pay, but the perception."

Well, estimations may vary. In this study, farming jobs still represent 29%, higher than other categories. Also note what the authors cared to comment: "The undocumented agricultural workforce This analysis uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS), and there is an important item to note about the survey with respect to agricultural workers. The ACS is administered throughout the year, which poses difficulty for capturing highly seasonal work such as agriculture. Depending on the time of year a respondent completes the survey, the ACS likely undercounts the actual number of workers in the sector. Combined with the ACS’ difficulty in measuring certain populations, including undocumented immigrants, the estimate of undocumented farmworkers presented here is likely to be lower than reality.9 To that account, the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture Census of Agriculture estimates that there are 2.4 million farmworkers in the United States, compared with the ACS’ estimate of 1.6 million, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s National Agricultural Workers Survey finds that 49 percent of workers in the field are undocumented.10" https://www.americanprogress.org/article/protecting-undocumented-workers-pandemics-front-lines-2/