Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Disappointing to see gov. newsom with his finger to the wind.

Republicans in disarray!

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

He really is that stupid.

Not all heroes wear capes.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

We are aware of all internet traditions.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

The snowflake in chief appeared visibly frustrated when questioned by a reporter about egg prices.

There are no moderate republicans – only extremists and cowards.

There is no right way to do the wrong thing.

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

if you can’t see it, then you are useless in the fight to stop it.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

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Presidential Veto

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Patriot Act II in trouble:

Advocates of rewriting the USA Patriot Act are claiming momentum after the House, despite a White House veto threat, voted to restrict investigators from using the anti-terrorism law to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

Wednesday’s 238-187 vote came as lawmakers ramped up efforts to extend the Patriot Act, which was passed quickly in the emotional aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. When Congress passed the law, it included a sunset provision under which 15 of the its provisions are to expire at the end of this year.

White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday that weakening of the act could draw a veto from President Bush, who pressured Congress to renew all provisions of the law during a visit with Ohio police in Columbus last week.

“There’s still a long way to go in the legislative process and as he indicated last week, the president is going to continue urging Congress to renew and make permanent all provisions of the Patriot Act,” McClellan said. “They are all vital tools in our efforts to protect the American people and disrupt plots from happening.”

A veto for the Patriot Act and stem cell research. You gotta have priorities.

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  2. 2.

    KC

    John, Kimmitt, any other experts, is it a veto for the sunset provisions or the act itself? How is the president able to veto the sunset provisions of the act? My understanding is that if Congress does not go along with provisions of the act this time around, they go to the dust.

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    Kimmitt

    I was concatenating — the Act will expire without renewal. Bush has promised to veto any bill which does not provide renewal of everything.

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    Neo

    The black helicopters will be out to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips. Yeah right.

    Ashcroft said that they had never used this provision, so a bone to the toothless. The Act will be stronger than before, except this one stupid provision that they can live without. Some Big Mo.
    Congress farts in your general direction.

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    Neo

    The black helicopters will be out to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips. Yeah right.

    Ashcroft said that they had never used this provision, so a bone to the toothless. The Act will be stronger than before, except this one stupid provision that they can live without. Some Big Mo.
    Congress farts in your general direction.

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