That blurring contributed to a long-term shift in civilian #LawEnforcement — one that encouraged the adoption of #military - style equipment & tactics, & helped lay the groundwork for the sort of aggressive #police force that is common today.
What accounted for the #Army’s restraint? Although society was as divided as it is today, #political elites were not yet #polarized & still placed trust in apolitical #expertise.
I don’t agree, the Hunter item was a political setup by GOP demonstrating the revenge politics “getting even” strategy that has become standard in the House and Senate.
#Polarized tauchte zum ersten Mal im Protokoll der 199. Sitzung des 20. Deutschen Bundestages am 13.11.2024 auf. Es wurde im Rahmen der Rede von Olaf Scholz (SPD) gesagt.
Video: https://de.openparliament.tv/media/DE-0200199012?q=Polarized
On Tues, Americans will elect the next #POTUS & hundreds of #Congress members. In doing so, voters will also shape the 3rd branch: the #judiciary.
Federal #judges — whom the #president picks & the #Senate confirms — have become even more powerful in recent yrs as a #polarized Congress has failed to pass major #laws on many issues. As a result, the judiciary has shaped #policy on #abortion, #immigration, #guns, #VotingRights & more.
#law #SCOTUS #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/briefing/the-2024-stakes-for-judges.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
#Voters view #VicePresident #KamalaHarris more #favorably as she settles into #role atop #Democratic #ticket: #APNORC #poll
“Everyone talks about how #polarized we are. I don’t see the #election solving that”
#JoeLieberman generally voted w/his party (#Democrats), but he sided w/ #Republicans on cutting the capital gains tax, vouchers for parents to send their children to private schools, & placing restrictions on consumer lawsuits against corps, the latter of special interest to #Connecticut’s large #insurance companies.
His willingness to buck his party put him at odds w/teachers, trial lawyers & other powerful Dem constituencies. But it gave him influence w/in the increasingly #polarized #Senate….
