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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHeads Up, gang......Sessions to be grilled by Senate Justice comm.hearing this week
Wed Oct 18, 10:00 am.
and a PUBLIC hearing.
Pls. share the info.
I've already cleared off my calendar and warned the fur kids not to pester me that morning.
malaise
(269,049 posts)Get thee to the greatest page for visibility
OneBlueDotBama
(1,384 posts)Keebler Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies, 15 Ounce
Hope Amazon can deliver... one always needs the right accompaniment.
TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)orangecrush
(19,571 posts)Glamrock
(11,802 posts)Good luck with the fur babies. Hopefully yours are considerate, mine aren't.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)Can't wait.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)He'll try to blame whatever they are discussing on Obama.
eleny
(46,166 posts)I learned about it in another thread yesterday. It even relaxed me. Worth a try.
Maybe we'll all need it when the R members have their turns kissing his weasel ass.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I knew it was coming up, but hadn't heard the date/time. I'll be tranquilizing my fur kids; warnings don't work with them!
onethatcares
(16,172 posts)charcoal or gas? Will it be the same people that confirmed his appointment that grill him or some outsiders that really care.
Apologies up front. I no longer trust our congress folks, our pResident, or federal justice system. In fact, I'm still waiting on Fitzmas.
Thank you for the information.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)The scholars pointed to breakdowns in social cohesion (meaning citizens are more fragmented than ever), the rise of tribalism, the erosion of democratic norms such as a commitment to rule of law, and a loss of faith in the electoral and economic systems as clear signs of democratic erosion.
Snip:
Democracies dont fall apart theyre taken apart
Nancy Bermeo, a politics professor at Princeton and Harvard, began her talk with a jarring reminder: Democracies dont merely collapse, as that implies a process devoid of will. Democracies die because of deliberate decisions made by human beings.
https://www.vox.com/2017/10/13/16431502/america-democracy-decline-liberalism