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bigredfish

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So this is where we are. I’m shocked and not. It is California after all.

The problems we note here daily are mostly a result of terminally stupid citizens. They vote unqualified and corrupt people into office based on promises of free shit and wanting to be politically correct more than being right. That’s really the bottom line. Cowards catering to the mob

And here we see the ultimate results with a jury of those brain dead citizens acquitting a blatant attempted murderer of a Law Enforcement officer.

 

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WTF is wrong with this man? FU!

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Isn't he the same idiot who purposely made gas prices rise to $9 a gallon in some parts of our country? At a time when middle and low income people really need a break?
 

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The problems we note here daily are mostly a result of terminally stupid citizens.
I agree totally, BUT, the media and evil rich people use use the stupid people as their pawns. Imagine instead, if the media and evil rich people preached and practiced things like honesty, responsibility, and personal integrity instead of their greed, hatred and divisiveness. I see it as a parallel to harmful drugs, a supply and demand situation. The stupid people who don't think for themselves provide the demand for opinions on how they should think and feel, and the evil ones eagerly provide it.
 

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^MSM will only talk about this

 

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Fact check explores presidential authority to declassify

Trump added to the confusion when he said in an interview with Fox personality Sean Hannity, “There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it. ... If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified. Even by thinking about it.”

Most national security legal experts dismissed the former president’s suggestion that he could declassify documents simply by thinking about it. But as an ABA Legal Fact Check posted Oct. 17 explains, legal guidelines support his contention that presidents have broad authority to formally declassify most documents that are not statutorily protected, while they are in office.

The system of classifying national security documents is largely a bureaucratic process used by the federal government to control how executive branch officials handle information, whose release could cause the country harm. The government has, however, prosecuted cases for both mistaken and deliberate mishandling of information. Under the U.S. Constitution, the president as commander in chief is given broad powers to classify and declassify such information, often through use of executive orders.

Some secrets, such as information related to nuclear weapons, are handled separately under a specific statutory scheme that Congress has adopted under the Atomic Energy Act. Those secrets cannot be automatically declassified by the president alone and require, by law, extensive consultation with executive branch agencies.

In all cases, however, a formal procedure is required so governmental agencies know with certainty what has been declassified and decisions memorialized. A federal appeals court in a 2020 Freedom of Information Act case, New York Times v. CIA, underscored that point: “Declassification cannot occur unless designated officials follow specified procedures,” the court said.

As the new ABA Legal Fact Check notes, the extent of a president’s legal authority to unilaterally declassify materials — without following formal procedures — has yet to be challenged in court.

Fact check explores presidential authority to declassify (americanbar.org)

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I believe the argument can also be made that as chief executive, Trump can make one-time or permanent changes to processes not detailed by law. Rarely does Congress say these are the steps to be taken. They say, such and such entity will fill in the details.

2. One question: to which higher authority in the Executive Branch does President Trump request permission to declassify documents?
 

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Revealed: Bombshell FBI Document Alleges $5 Million Bribe Paid To Joe Biden By Burisma Exec

I think it’s important that we have this type of information so that after the fall of the country the next generation can learn from it.
Isn’t this related to one of the bogus impeachments of President Trump?
 

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