Three central concepts were derived from the 1st Amendment which became America's doctrine for church-state separation: no coercion in religious matters, no expectation to support a religion against one's will, and religious liberty encompasses all religions.
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BREAKING: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis humiliates MAGA lawyer Ashleigh Merchant, snapping back at Merchant and telling Merchant, "don’t be cute with me" during a heated under oath exchange at today’s court hearing.
It all started when Willis took the stand to testify in front of a judge who is considering whether or not to disqualify her from prosecuting Trump in the Georgia election trial.
Merchant is a lawyer representing former Trump campaign official Michael Roman, who is a co-defendant in the Georgia case. She filed court documents accusing Willis of having a "clandestine" relationship with the special prosecutor she hired to help with the Trump case.
Willis has denied allegations that her relationship with the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, began prior to November 2021 when he became special prosecutor. In other words, there was nothing inappropriate about it.
During the hearing, Merchant attempted to grill Willis and absurdly insinuated financial malfeasance.
"Did you ever pay him through Cash App?" Merchant asked, referring to bill reimbursement.
"No," said Willis.
"You only ever paid him through cash?"
"What? Yes. We're talking about— I'm very confused now," said Willis, understandably thrown by the odd line of questioning.
"You never paid Mr. Wade through Cash App?" asked Merchant.
"No," said Willis.
"The only money you've ever given him outside of a contract is cash," said Merchant.
"I didn't give him money in a contract so that was cute, but I didn't give him money in a contract," said Willis.
"What happened— No we're going to answer it since you said," continued Willis, refusing to be cut off. "He worked. He worked more hours than he was paid and the county paid him for the work that he did. So don't be cute with me and then think that you're not gonna get an answer."
The two went back and forth a bit, with Merchant rambling. Willis said that she handed cash to Wade on only a few occasions, and never gave him checks or paid him through an app.
"So you have no proof of any reimbursement for any of these things because it was all cash?" said Merchant.
"The testimony of one witness is enough to prove a fact," said Willis. "Are you telling me that I'm lying to you, is that what you're intimating right here?"
"I'm asking if you have any proof that you paid him," said Merchant.
"The proof is what I just told you," said Willis bluntly.
During another contentious exchange, Willis ripped into Merchant again.
"Your office objected to us getting Delta records for flights that you may have taken with Mr. Wade," said Merchant.
"No, no, look I object to you getting records," said Willis. "You've been intrusive into people's personal lives. You're confused. You think I'm on trial, these people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. I'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial."
Brilliant. You can see why Trump and his cronies are trying so hard to get Willis removed from the case. She is a formidable woman who poses a serious threat to Trump's freedom.
Justice must be defended. Fani Willis must be allowed to stay on this case.
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BREAKING: ABC News humiliates MAGA Senator J.D. Vance live on air by cutting his microphone off after he begins lying about his own past remarks — giving viewers a much welcome break from his propaganda.
This is exactly how you deal with Republican liars...
Stephanopoulos was interviewing Vance on This Week and asked him about comments he made in the past about firing all civil servants. Before they dug in, Stephanopoulos played a recording of Vance talking.
"I think that what Trump should do, like if I was giving him one piece of advice, fire every single mid-level bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state. Replace them with our people and when the courts, because you will get taken to court, and then when the courts stop you, stand before the country like Andrew Jackson did and say the Chief Justice has made his ruling, now let him enforce it," Vance told a radio show in 2021.
"Fire everyone in the government, then defy the Supreme Court?" Stephanopoulos asked in the new interview. "You think it's okay for the President to defy the Supreme Court?"
"No, no, George, I did not say fire everyone in the government. I said replace the mid-level bureaucrats with people who are responsive to the administration's agenda. That's called democracy," Vance lied.
"Every civil servant in the administrative state?" said Stephanopoulos.
"No George, I said the mid-level bureaucrats and one of the problems that we have in this government is we have people who don't actually—" said Vance.
"You said every civil servant in the administrative state!" interjected Stephanopoulos.
"Let me finish the answer," Vance said, before going on a rambling, whining rant about the "major problem" of bureaucrats supposedly not doing their jobs.
"If those people aren't following the rules, then of course you've got to fire them and, of course, the president has to be able to run the government as he thinks he should that's the way the Constitution works," said Vance. "It has been thwarted too much by the way our bureaucracy has worked over the past fifteen years."
"The Constitution also says the president must abide by legitimate Supreme Court rulings, doesn't it?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"The Constitution says that the Supreme Court can make rulings but if the Supreme Court — and look I hope that they would not do this — but if the Supreme Court said that the President of the United States can't fire a general that would be an illegitimate ruling and the president has to have Article II prerogative under the Constitution to actually run the military as he sees fit," said Vance. "This is just basic Constitutional legitimacy."
"You're talking about a hypothetical where the Supreme Court tries to run the military," he went on. "I don't think that's gonna happen George but, of course, if it did the president would have to respond to it. There are multiple examples throughout American history of the president doing just that."
"You didn't say military in your answer and you've made it very clear, you believe the president can defy the Supreme Court," said Stephanopoulos. "Senator thanks for your time this morning."
"No, no, no, no, no George," Vance said, at which point the show cut off his microphone and moved on.
It was a perfect handling of the situation. At a certain point, you just have to accept that Republicans like Vance have no interest in the truth. They will keep spewing their lies as long as someone will listen — thankfully Stephanopoulos had had enough.
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I climbed 75 floors today and got the Ferris Wheel badge with Fitbit! fitbit.com/user/BB6PNB #Fitstats
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We are mourning with the people of Louisville as the nation grieves from another tragic mass shooting. This devastating loss of life could have been prevented, and it is imperative that we pass sensible gun safety laws to protect our loved ones.
I walked 15,000 steps today and got the Urban Boot badge with Fitbit! fitbit.com/user/BB6PNB #Fitstats
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So, 3 kids went to school to learn and the parents expected them to come home but they aren’t going to see their faces again. Three teachers went to school to teach children but they aren’t coming home to their loved ones and children either.
Why do republicans think there isn’t a problem with gun control in this country?
Until they go home with the same loss of life feelings nothing changes!
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HUGE BOMBSHELL: Law enforcement agents at the local, state, and federal levels are actively preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump will be indicted NEXT WEEK according to high-ranking officials familiar with the urgent preparations. RT IF YOU SUPPORT INDICTING TRUMP!
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Wow. Watching Jamie Raskin utterly destroy Lauren Boebert’s far-right, extreme talking points during a live hearing today was truly a masterclass. He pushed back with logic & called her absurdities out. Jamie Raskin a national treasure & I’m so glad he’s on our side.
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BREAKING: New poll reveals that 64% of Americans think that abortion should be legal in all or most cases — proving that the Republican-controlled Supreme Court is ignoring the will of the people. RT IF YOU’RE PRO-CHOICE!
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BOOM!! Democrats have flipped a Republican-held state House seat in New Hampshire — the GOP majority has now been reduced to a very narrow 201-199. 👏👏
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BREAKING: Rep. Ilhan Omar blasts out a defiant message before Republicans vote to remove her from committee, saying: "Take your vote or not, I am here to stay! And I am here to be a voice against harms around the world and advocate for a better world." RT IF YOU STAND WITH ILHAN!
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As the only African born, not being on the Africa subcommittee is not just an elimination of a unique voice but an elimination of all the voices that have never been heard on a committee on the continent.
It’s racist, xenophobic and discriminatory.
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Who else agrees that Hakeem Jeffries would make an excellent President of the United States one day?🖐️
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BREAKING: New report reveals that retired general John Kelly was horrified when he became Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff and discovered that he was “far dumber and immoral and ignorant and lazy than he ever thought he was." RT IT THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT!










