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November 8, 2018

Trump's acting attorney general: Judges should be Christian with a "biblical view of justice"

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, Trump's replacement for fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, thinks that if you're not Christian, you shouldn't be a federal judge. Judges should be "people of faith" and need to have a “biblical view of justice," and Whitaker would like to see a person's "world view," because if they have a secular world view, he'd be "very concerned with how they judge."

Whitaker revealed his ignorance with these remarks during a 2014 conservative forum while vying for the Republican US Senate nomination in Iowa.

The takeaway from this: According to the acting Attorney General of the United States, if you're open-minded, don't be a judge.


More at:
https://boingboing.net/2018/11/08/trumps-acting-attorney-gener.html

November 7, 2018

Hey Floyd, Remember if 4 out of 5 people suffer from depression,

that means the 5th one enjoys it.

November 7, 2018

Not that tv cares, but Rep Gerry Connolly (VA) wins with 70%

Of the vote the 11th district.

November 6, 2018

HOW SOON CAN WE EXPECT RESULTS?



Just kidding.

Gonna be damn hard to get much work done today.

November 6, 2018

2018 - I just voted

Burke, no wait

3 scanners, plenty of tables for filling in the ballot and 5 check in stations. One bored poll observer. 3 Democrats outside handing out ballots and 1 dour Repub having a sad.

I was voter #180 on one of the 3 scanners.

PS. I do a similar post after each election, but can only find a few recent ones:

amazing my post from 2017 (I was voter #179)
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10814395

primary in 2017 (voter 42)
https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10813666

tiny school board election in 2017
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029528138

from 2013 (voter #166)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10811251

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