LumRaiderFan

That’s our problem, low information voters and squishy moderates don’t see much difference because they just don’t know.

[Hidden Content] From the article: During the White House press briefing, Fox News’ Peter Doocy questioned Jean-Pierre on why she thinks that 88% of Americans say the country is "on the wrong track." Jean-Pierre continued to blame rising prices on "Putin’s tax hike" and the war in Ukraine while insisting that Biden "has a plan" to deal with inflation. "Do you think it's possible that your plan just is not popular with the American people right now?" Doocy pressed further. "I don’t think it’s that our plan is not popular with the American people. We know that the American people are feeling the high costs. We understand what they are feeling because when you look at inflation - when you look at where we are economically, and we are stronger economically than we have been in history, when you look at the unemployment numbers at 3.6%, when you look at the jobs numbers, more than 8.7 million new jobs created. That is important," Jean-Pierre replied. 🤦‍♂️

She also has a net worth of $5 million, tell me where else she could accomplish that. [Hidden Content] Answer: nowhere

This is what makes this the greatest country on earth, you can be a turd and bash your country and still receive the protection given a US citizen. Hopefully, this would change her appreciation of the US, but I'm not holding my breath.

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She learned that in “Lousiana”.

[Hidden Content] According to the police chief it’s not a funding issue, statements from the chief and sheriff in this article.

How dare he think he could weather this out, who does he think he is, Bill Clinton?

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Sad that we live in a country that so much power is wielded by uninformed groups like these...and don't try to make the argument that they aren't, if you could possibly vote for a democrat with all that's happened in the last two years, that's what they are. Not really arguing that you're wrong, just pointing out that if fools want to vote to continue down this road, it's on them, not the candidate. Folks have no problem blaming the voters for continuing to elect leadership in these cities that have massive crime and financial problems, it's the exact same thing here.

Wow, that's not good.

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Good posts, I agree that the finger gets pointed at the police if there were earlier interventions claiming that they should have "done something". If the family won't take any action and no crime has been committed, I don't see much than can be done. Help for these kind of folks has to start way before these types of events take place and there is still no guarantee it can be avoided. Folks around these guys can clearly see issues in most of these cases. Reminds me of situations that police have to deal with regularly in spousal abuse, they show up, sometimes multiple times, and the wife won't press charges. Later on something bad happens and I can only imagine family and the involved police officers aren't too surprised when it does, while other folks are saying somebody should have done something. It's a tough problem to prevent tragedies like this and I sure wouldn't want to go down the road of locking someone up because someone "thinks" they are planning something bad.

What a pair! 🤦‍♂️ [Hidden Content] From the article: Vice President Kamala Harris went viral on Tuesday for comments she made in Highland Park, Illinois, following the horrific Independence Day parade massacre. Just one day after the mass shooting that resulted in seven killed and over 30 injured, Harris visited the northern suburb of Chicago to meet with local law enforcement. She made brief remarks to the mourning town. "We've got to take this stuff seriously, as seriously as you are because you have been forced to take this seriously," Harris said to the press and Highland Park residents. Seriously?

No problem at all, this kind of stuff should be made aware of as much as possible.

[Hidden Content] This guy seems to be the poster boy for what we have discussed on here, keeping someone from getting a gun legally due to mental health issues. This guy had red flags for sure but it looks like he committed no crime previously and the family didn't move forward with a legal complaint. I understand this is what is in the news and could be wrong but given those circumstances, is there anything law enforcement could have done or were their hands tied by no crime and no complaint? TVC, your thoughts? From the article: The suspect in the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July mass shooting was flagged by police as a "clear and present danger" in 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Robert "Bobby" E. Crimo III, 21, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others at a Fourth of July parade, was still able to clear state-required background checks to purchase firearms on at least four separate occasions between 2020 and 2021, the Illinois State Police said. "In September 2019, ISP received a Clear and Present Danger report on the subject from the Highland Park Police Department. The report was related to threats the subject made against his family," Illinois State Police said in a statement posted to Twitter by a staff member for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker. The report said that when Highland Park officers went to the family's home and asked Crimo if he felt like harming himself of others, he said no. Police said Crimo's father claimed knives in the home belonged to him and they were being kept in Crimo's closet for safekeeping. Based on that information, Highland Park Police returned the knives to the father that day. The statement said police did not make any arrests at the time and that members of the family were "not willing to move forward on a complaint." Members of the family also did not "provide information on threats or mental health that would have allowed law enforcement to take additional action," the ISP statement added. "Additionally, no Firearms Restraining Order was filed, nor any order of protection," ISP said.

That’s exactly what Texas is calling it, an invasion. I posted another thread about this where several counties are calling it just that.

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[Hidden Content] One of the few things the federal government is actually tasked to do and they won't...smh.

Literally from the report: "[W]hile this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him," Barr quotes from Mueller's report.

10 killed / 62 wounded in Chicago last weekend and not nearly the coverage as this, and this is a problem that can be addressed with no new laws, simply better leadership. Much harder to convince the low information crowd Chicago is Trump's fault so not nearly the interest from democrats and media. [Hidden Content]

[Hidden Content] 🤦 From the article: A Washington state school board director who owns a sex shop is making headlines after announcing she will teach sex education classes for children as young as nine on topics such as "sexual anatomy for pleasure" and "safer sex practices for all kinds of sexual activities."

He owns them and they hate it!

Wishing everyone a happy 4th of July

Obviously not for getting a handle on crime.