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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Lindsey, you got some 'splaining to do
Date: 09/26/25 5:06 PM
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And obviously, if the public starts to perceive that prosecutors are bringing cases for reasons other than a professional assessment that a probable crime has been committed by the suspect, we may start to see more charges rejected.

That is what the ex-prosecutor on Amanpour last night was warning about: the loss of credibility by the DOJ, from pursuing Trump's political revenge cases. Then what? Take a page from Bush #43's book, and tag everyone as an "enemy combatant", to get around Constitutional guarantees? The Bush junta held Jose Padilla, a US citizen and a civilian, arrested in the US, in a military prison, for about thee and a half years, before transferring him to a civilian prison and filing charges against him. Padilla was an unsavory character, but, if they can do it to him, they can do it to any of us.

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