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To: Bill who wrote (1557859)	9/9/2025 7:55:25 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 1583507

Bill, But you did argue it was illegal for Trump to withhold payments congress approved, which included foreign aid. Well the decision is still pending on this one, Bill. Seems like the Supreme Court would rather err on the side of not spending that money, despite the disruptions that would have on those who are dependent on it, then to force Trump to spend that money only to have him try and claw it back later. And I do remember you flipping out over the “fake” electors many times. And celebrating the charges against them. Of course I celebrated the charges against them. They were deceitful. They tried to overturn an election. They were sold a complete lie, that the election was sToLeN. They are NOT victims of an overreaching prosecution. They are NOT being persecuted for merely being outspoken Republicans. And just because the state didn't have enough evidence doesn't mean the fake elector scheme was legal. A high standard exists for prosecutions like this. I've always believed in that. It's what saved Kyle Rittenhouse, for example, from getting thrown in jail for exercising his right to self-defense. It's what saved George Zimmerman from having to serve years in a case that may or may not have been self-defense (even though I still believe he hunted down Trayvon Martin). Better to let ten guilty men free than to jail one innocent person. Shouldn't you agree? Tenchusatsu

To: Bill who wrote (1557859)	9/9/2025 8:12:41 PM
From: sylvester80	1 Recommendation Recommended By pocotrader Respond to of 1583507

LOSER tRUMP: Democrat James Walkinshaw will win US House seat in Virginia special election, narrowing GOP majority, CNN projects Democrat James Walkinshaw will win US House seat in Virginia special election, narrowing GOP majority, CNN projects Story by Molly English, Ethan Cohen, CNN • 24m • 2 min read Republican Stewart Whitson, left, and Democrat James Walkinshaw are campaigning to represent Virginia’s 11th congressional district.© AP Democrat James Walkinshaw will win a special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, bolstering Democratic numbers in the House and cutting down on an already slim Republican majority. With Tuesday’s results, House Speaker Mike Johnson will now only be able to afford to lose two Republicans on party-line votes as opposed to three. The election in the 11th Congressional District is being held to fill longtime Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly’s seat. Connolly died from cancer in May. Walkinshaw, Connolly’s former chief of staff and a Fairfax County supervisor, was heavily favored. Walkinshaw faced Republican Stewart Whitson, a military veteran and former FBI special agent currently working as a lobbyist. Situated in the suburbs of Washington, DC, the district includes a large swath of Fairfax County and is home to thousands of federal workers. It voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris over President Donald Trump by 34 percentage points in the 2024 election. Connolly sailed to reelection by that same margin. House Democrats hope to add back to their ranks after a string of member deaths has given the GOP some breathing room with the party’s slim majority in the chamber. Connolly was the third House Democrat to die while in office this year after Reps. Sylvester Turner of Texas and Raul Grijalva of Arizona both died in March. Tennessee Republican Mark Green stepped down in July, putting the current House breakdown at 219 Republicans to 212 Democrats. It’s possible all three of the Democratic vacancies will get filled before Green is replaced in December, putting more pressure on the narrow GOP majority. The election to replace Grijalva is set for September 23, and the special election in Turner’s district is scheduled for November 4: Both seats are expected to stay in Democratic hands. The arrival of those Democrats could mean a timely advantage for House members looking to force a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. The bipartisan discharge petition led by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie and Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna needs 218 signatures to move forward, and the congressmen maintain they have 216 votes so far without Walkinshaw and the likely Democratic Arizona member joining the chamber this month. “We have the 218 votes. 216 already support it,” Khanna said in an interview with ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “There are two vacancies that haven’t been reported as much, but two Democrats are going to be joining, and they are both committed to signing it. That’s going to happen by the end of September.” CNN’s Alison Main contributed to this report.