Trump started the zero-tolerance policy. That means adults go to jail for breaking the laws of the country. The children were cared for by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in facilities built during the Obama administration, while their “parents” served their time and awaited processing. Children cannot be held in prison. If parents don’t want to be separated from their children they should not commit crimes. — NOS4A2
It was not immediately clear how badly the facilities were damaged, but shutting them down for more than a few days would affect the global oil supply. Analysts who closely follow the Saudi oil industry said they were hearing that the impact would not be severe — perhaps only a few days’ outage, which the Saudis could cover.
“Crude prices will still rise a bit, but apparently the world economy dodged a bullet,” said Robert McNally, the president of Rapidan Energy Group, a Washington-based market research firm. — NY Times
Oh my fucking god
Editors’ Note: Sept. 15, 2019
An earlier version of this article, which was adapted from a forthcoming book, did not include one element of the book's account regarding an assertion by a Yale classmate that friends of Brett Kavanaugh pushed his penis into the hand of a female student at a drunken dorm party. The book reports that the female student declined to be interviewed and friends say that she does not recall the incident. That information has been added to the article.
oh so you're just going to ignore the 15 people who may have corroborating information regarding Ramirez, the FBI agents who found her credible, and 7 people who heard about the incident before Kavanaugh was a federal judge, which includes Ramirez's mother and two Yale students who heard of the event days after it occurred?
The actual quote from her lawyer is that Kavanaugh's political/judicial stances was part of what motivated her to come forward. Not the sole reason. Which of course makes sense if someone who sexual assaulted you is now going to enshrine laws that potentially affect millions of women.
Ramirez has said that she is confident in her recollections that it was Kavanaugh, and if over a dozen people can corroborate the story then there should be a renewed and serious ininvestigation.
The investigation into Ramirez already occurred. It’s over. — NOS4A2
The book authors now claim that FBI investigation wasn’t sufficiently thorough, saying that Ramirez’s legal team gave the FBI a list of at least 25 individuals who they said might have been able to confirm her allegations, but that none of them were interviewed as part of the bureau’s supplemental investigation, even after some of them tried to contract the FBI on their own accord. The Times also reports that two FBI agents interviewed Ramirez and said that they found her "credible," but that the Senate "had imposed strict limits on the investigation."
All for the alleged crime of pulling one’s dick out at a frat party 30 years ago. — NOS4A2
Ramirez told the New Yorker that during a dorm party sometime in the 1983-1984 academic year, Kavanaugh "thrust his penis in her face" causing her "to touch it without her consent."
All for the alleged crime of pulling one’s dick out at a frat party 30 years ago. Sorry, it doesn’t warrant FBI investigation, let alone a second one — NOS4A2
I’m not a conservative — NOS4A2
Right, the domestic security and intelligence agency of the US should investigate allegations of sexual assaults between teenagers over 30 years ago. — NOS4A2
The investigation was limited in scope for a reason: the FBI had better things to do. — NOS4A2
The probe and the smearing were unjust enough. — NOS4A2
Ok a right-wing dickhead then, whenever floats your boat. This isn't about investigating as a crime, it's about whether or not he's fit to serve the position he currently holds, because of things he did as a young man in the past and the lies he told in the present.
You give the impression that you're in here with us struggling to make sense of what's happening. You're not. You're just having fun.
For those who missed it: though NOS4A2 claims to have been born in the US, he admits to now living outside the US.
He's just a fun little troll. — frank
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