From cnn

[PirateRo]

[link:https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/opinions/emily-murphy-has-refused-to-do-her-job-filipovic/index.html|

[Sherman A1]

1. Okay and while I agree

it is still an opinion. That and two bucks will get you a cup of coffee.

[bullimiami]

2. Unless you want a venti latte then you'll need 5 bucks.

[Sherman A1]

3. I used to get it for around $2

at Panera when I would go by there. Now I just make it at home.

[bullimiami]

12. You know how us rich liberals are.....

[PirateRo]

13. I remember coffee at $.15

When I took my daughter to get her first Starbucks, I paid $7. It made her so hyper, she trembled all over. In the end, she couldn’t finish it.

[Sherman A1]

15. I remember coffee for a quarter

First girlfriend I had drank coffee just like I did at the time and we would enjoy just grabbing a cup together.

[lagomorph777]

20. Paying $7 for burned coffee would make me hyper and trembling too!

Charbuck$

[patricia92243]

4. If she signed it against the will of her boss, would it actually

do anything - get things started, etc.

[lagomorph777]

21. It would release resources. Funds, secure phones, etc.

[NurseJackie]

5. Does she think she's that county clerk, Kim Davis?

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[JonAndKatePlusABird]

8. There goes my breakfast

[USALiberal]

6. Why not post a sentence or two? Nt

[PirateRo]

14. Thanks, I will next time

I should have made the entry more relevant to the piece and had a better intro.

[luv2fly]

7. Please share more than "from cnn" and a link

A few lines of text would make it far more interesting and appeal to more readers.

[PirateRo]

16. Thanks, I will

[Maeve]

9. From the link

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil," goes the quote typically attributed to Edmund Burke, "is for good men to do nothing."

An implied addition: For evil to survive, some people also have to choose to do wrong.
This week, both the administrator of the General Services Administration, Emily Murphy, and Donald Trump's personal lawyer (and the former New York City mayor) Rudy Giuliani have made themselves two exemplars of that Burkean aphorism.

Murphy is refusing to do her job: doing nothing, technically, but making a clear choice to do harm by blocking a key part of the transition to the incoming government of Joe Biden. Giuliani is making an affirmative choice to undermine confidence in American democracy and our system of free and fair elections
This is how great institutions crumble: Not just by inertia and excuse-making for the decay, but because a small handful of people decide that doing maximum damage — whether actively or through inaction — is justifiable if it is to their immediate benefit.

[PirateRo]

17. Thanks, Maeve

[Maeve]

22. You're welcome

When I see a link without text, I assume the poster is using a phone and those can be a bite to copy & paste from. I'm usually on a pc, so it's easier for me to help out.

[Celerity]

10. no info, context, and you posted the url incorrectly (you do not need the link button)

sorry, but all I just said are simple facts

[PirateRo]

18. Thanks

[Celerity]

19. yw

sorry to sound like a scold, no ill will intended

[agingdem]

11. "...good men to do nothing"...

the premise here is that Murphy and Giuliani are good men who chose evil over good..BULLSHIT!...there is nothing "good" about them...they are rancid and vile Trump foot soldiers...nothing more...

[PirateRo]

23. I think the premise is about choice and an appeal to independent action

I have this conversation with a coworker all the time about why Melania stays. It’s a choice she makes every day, prenup or no. She decides to stay every day. These people are making the same choice.

That’s not to say I disagree with you, you’re right, these are henchmen or henchpersons? They think the reward they will receive is greater than the hatred and division they create.

Biden must assign an independent committee to prosecute every last one of them.