I know several Trump aids tried to get premptive pardons for Jan6th and pedo shix (Gaetz). Maybe that's a thing POTUS can do? Were all Trump pardons of allies after conviction (can't remember).
Joe Biden ran on biparisanship and reaching across the aisle. He was the guy who could get things done!!!! Those are the claims he made. What are the facts. U.S. Congress Had Its Least Productive Year in Modern History
U.S. Congress Had Its Least Productive Year in Modern History amid House GOP Turmoil Virginia Chamlee Published on December 21, 2023 01:33PM EST The 118th Congress enacted remarkably few laws as Republican infighting took center stage at several points throughout the year. The New York Times reports that as of Tuesday, the House had only passed 27 bills that became law this year, despite holding a total of 724 votes — a testament to the toll of unprecedented infighting within the House Republican Conference… Axios, citing data from analytics firm Quorum, notes that even in the first years of the 104th, 112th and 113th Congresses (in which Republicans also controlled the House under a Democratic president) the legislative branch managed to pass between 70 and 73 laws. https://www.businessinsider.com/rep...-gaetz-after-he-ousted-kevin-mccarthy-2023-10 The House GOP's year began on a tumultuous note, even after Republicans narrowly regained the House majority in January. From that point on, the party was immediately divided on who to elect as House speaker. The majority party's leader — at that time, Kevin McCarthy — is generally elected with ease, but far-right members refused to support him, resulting in the first deadlocked House speaker election in more than a century. He was ultimately elected to the role after 15 rounds of voting… https://people.com/118th-congress-historically-unproductive-8419083 P.S. Bullshit Trumpers like the before poster that post misinformation online…never ending. wrbtrader
Palestinians notwithstanding: TOPLINE After the pandemic brought historic spikes in murders, the U.S. is poised to finish the year with a historic drop in homicides and drops in other crime categories, a finding that conflicts with public perceptions that crime is on the rise, according to a recent analysis of criminal justice data. KEY FACTS Murders are down 12.8% over last year across more than 175 cities, according to criminal justice data analyzed by firm AH Analytics, with AH Analytics co-founder and data analyst Jeff Asher recently writing on Substack that the data suggests that U.S. murders are on pace to log “one of the fastest rates of decline ever recorded” this year. Major cities, which some commentators have in recent years portrayed as overrun by crime, have seen significant declines in homicides, including double-digit declines in New York (11.42% as of Dec. 24), Los Angeles (15.45% as of Dec. 23) and Chicago (12.7% as of Dec. 27), per the AH Analytics murder dashboard, drawing from local law enforcement data across the country. Recently released preliminary third-quarter data from the FBI also shows that seven of eight categories of violent crimes and property crimes were down in cities of all sizes over the first three quarters of 2023—with the exception of car thefts. While it’s difficult to pinpoint exact causes for crime trends, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told ABC News that she believed increased federal support to law enforcements targeting illegal guns has helped drive murders down, while other law enforcement officials across the country cited increased officer patrols. The findings come as a recent Gallup poll shows that more than 77% of Americans believe that there is more crime than there was a year ago. KEY BACKGROUND Murder rates shot up in 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, rising 30% between 2019 and 2020—one of the largest single-year increases on record, though still below historic peaks in the ’90s. Experts, politicians and pundits have hotly debated the causes of that rise, citing everything from the economic fallout of the pandemic, community-police relationships after the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests and criminal justice reform policies. Still, the precise factors are complicated and difficult to pinpoint, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. CRUCIAL QUOTE “The quarterly data shows violent crime down in big cities, small cities, suburban counties, and rural counties, pretty much across the board,” Asher wrote on Substack, citing the FBI data. “The decline in crime shown in the quarterly data — if realized — would be historically large.” TANGENT While the murder rate is down, mass shootings are up, with 2023 the second-worst year for mass shootings on record, according to the Gun Violence Archive. CONTRA Some cities have seen increases in murders, including Washington D.C., which has seen an increase of 36.18% as of Dec. 27 and Dallas, which is up 14.69% as of Dec. 27, per AH Analytics’ dashboard.