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The reason AOC is not thinking about the consequences of passing these articles of impeachment is because she doesn't expect or want them to pass, any more than the Dems actually wanted to pass any of their assault weapons bans, or the Rs actually wanted to pass any of their abortion bans. These things are re-election fodder, not serious attempts at actual legislative action. AOC wants to go back to her constituents, shrug her shoulders, and say "oh well, I tried, vote for me again so I can continue to do highly visible but ultimately meaningless things intended solely to convince you to keep voting for me."

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Regardless, the fact that AOC's reasoning convicts Democrats more than Republicans is not relevant because Democrats hold Power(TM), which is all that really matters to them. You might as well point out that the criteria by which Democrats judge all critical media to be "unreliable sources" would damn their preferred sources far more if only it were ever applied to them.

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Personally, I just wanna see the whole damn system crumble to the ground. Both sides just burnt up. Maybe even see the whole lot dem and rep thrown in prision. I really can’t think of a single hood or honest one of them.

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I'm already popping the popcorn. It's going to be a good time. Was AOC too dumb to see the next move? Or was she played by someone thinking three moves ahead? Will that person get creamed because they didn't think five moves ahead? Is the swamp such a complex web of lies and deceit that the only consequences left are unintended consequences?

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AOC GALAXY BRAIN - establish a framework for impeaching Biden before the election so they can swap him off the ticket.

...nah.

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Can I come your your facility sometime this summer and let you in on the weird shit OSD is trying to kick off? Might be a fun afternoon, and I'm driving distance.

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Absolutely!

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send me an email, we can try the "new" email system out, which is now at

bj@opensourcedefense.com

(note the pivot away from .org)

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She's not too dumb to see the next move.

Rather, you (and BJ) are forgetting that you're Class B (https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/its-not-hypocrisy-youre-just-powerless).

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That damn article just keeps being relevant more than it should.

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You beat me to it!

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Team B needs to start understanding that this is *not* a high school debate club, we can easily determine the Team A guilty parties, and that SOMEONE needs to start firing for effect. Keep it simple. Federal corruption at these levels of cash under the table are felonies. Sadly, my dream requires that the FBI refrain from corruption as well. <sigh>

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Or she completely doesn't care if Biden gets impeached because it's the end of his term and he's senile anyway?

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I mean, let's face it. The real reason AOC filed impeachment charges against Thomas is because there's nothing leftists hate more then black conservatives. No slave master likes a runaway.

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Always a pleasure to read you sir 🙏🏽

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So far, the state has had no problem claiming Biden to be a friendly, elderly man with a bad memory and bad awareness of his circumstances behind closed doors, so he can't be at fault for anything that happens around him, while denying his unfitness to rule in public. This will not change anything.

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Hey BJ -- not really related to your essay, here (altho I agree that AOC just has pitched a VERY LIVE hand grenade into "The Swamp"), but ...

... could you perhaps consider an essay on Alec Baldwin's firearms-handling "skills"? ... and what that means to "the rest of us"?

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What, like, "If you negligently shoot someone, make sure someone brings a random box of ammo to the sheriff's office, have them file it under the wrong number, and get the judge to agree that's somehow relevant to the case"?

Because I don't understand why this random box of ammunition is "evidence" of the material and prejudicial sort.

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Nicely done. Thanks

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Yes

[Insert Jack Nicholson nodding meme here]

Bring it on!

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