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Post by SSHoya on Jun 17, 2018 11:10:08 GMT -5
Nobody knows what you're referring to but maybe because he believes in the independence of the DOJ and the FBI? That used to be a good thing, but once you gone tin pot dictator you can't go back I guess... Seems like when you're a Republican you don't really stand for much other than the other guy is bad... Trump cultists/supporters/enablers/sycophants simply have trouble grasping certain concepts and norms of American democracy. Sad!
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Post by Elvado on Jun 17, 2018 11:32:32 GMT -5
Nobody knows what you're referring to but maybe because he believes in the independence of the DOJ and the FBI? That used to be a good thing, but once you've gone tin pot dictator you can't go back I guess... Seems like when you're a Republican you don't really stand for much other than the other guy is bad... Comey insiubordonation; witnesses (Mills) attending the interviews of others (Clinton); agents actively promising each other to stop a major party candidate. Those are the items to which I was referring. Although you are very smart so I think you knew that. I would expect a hack like W or Trump to have missed such a clown show, but not the smartest man in the world.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2018 12:04:28 GMT -5
Nobody knows what you're referring to but maybe because he believes in the independence of the DOJ and the FBI? That used to be a good thing, but once you've gone tin pot dictator you can't go back I guess... Seems like when you're a Republican you don't really stand for much other than the other guy is bad... Comey insiubordonation; witnesses (Mills) attending the interviews of others (Clinton); agents actively promising each other to stop a major party candidate. Those are the items to which I was referring. Although you are very smart so I think you knew that. I would expect a hack like W or Trump to have missed such a clown show, but not the smartest man in the world. Do you actually read the stuff you write? 1) Comey insubordination regarding his handling of the Clinton email case, correct? We're at the point that you're using Hillary was treated unfairly as an argument to ding Obama. 2) Text messages? Are those the same text messages the IG concluded they didn't act on and had not affected the investigation, much less the election? If you think that's horrifying you should check out the ACTIONS of the NY FBI. Do you think they might have had some anti-Clinton texts or opinions? Did they're ACTIONS go beyond text messages? Do you think they actively tried very hard to "stop a major party candidate?" Almost every single FBI decision/action during the election hurt Clinton, and helped Trump. The fact that you guys ignore that, and think the FBI is filled with pro Clinton and Obama sycophants just shows how idiotic this argument is... #ChineseMenu 3) As explained in the IG report it was because she was acting as Clinton's lawyer. IG report says they could have threatened a grand jury but they had already determined sans a confession to criminality it wasn't a prosecutable case.. How in your view should they have proceeded considering that fact. Summary: Weak Sauce... Btw it's really weird how you are so obsessed with Obama's intelligence, but like many of your other comments where you inexplicably bring it up this has nothing to do with it...
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 17, 2018 16:23:40 GMT -5
Trump’s net approval has declined in all 50 states since he took office This isn’t totally surprising, as Trump’s net approval rating — the percentage of people who approve of the president minus the percentage who disapprove — has declined nationally since January 2017. But it’s still noteworthy. It often seems as if American politics is split between two immutable camps: Trump loyalists and Trump haters, and neither group ever changes its mind about anything. But the data here suggests more fluidity — and in Trump’s case, the movement is against him. Trump does have near-ironclad support (close to 90 percent approval, according to Gallup) among self-described Republicans nationally. But a Gallup poll conducted last year found that only about 40 percent of U.S. adults identify themselves as either Republicans or leaning toward the GOP. So that remaining 60 percent of the U.S. that identifies as Democrats and independents is likely where Trump has grown more unpopular. fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-trumps-popularity-is-holding-up-by-state/
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 8:05:53 GMT -5
Didn't the Justice Department (led by *checks notes*....Jeff Sessions) just decide NOT to defend the Affordable Care Act in the courts? I mean, it is a law.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2018 11:54:29 GMT -5
Say what you want but these guys are experts at corruption.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 20, 2018 5:04:17 GMT -5
This is what happens when you elect a corrupt delusional malignant narcissist as President -- but you GOPers "support his agenda." President Trump — a man already known for trafficking in mistruths and even outright lies — has been outdoing even himself with falsehoods in recent days, repeating and amplifying bogus claims on several of the most pressing controversies facing his presidency. Since Saturday, Trump has tweeted false or misleading information at least seven times on the topic of immigration and at least six times on a Justice Department inspector general report into the FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. That’s more than a dozen obfuscations on just two central topics — a figure that does not include falsehoods on other issues, whether in tweets or public remarks. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-seems-to-be-saying-more-and-more-things-that-arent-true/2018/06/19/c1bb8af6-73d5-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.e4c2f0187a1c
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 9:24:17 GMT -5
ICYMI, Interior Secretary Zinke is engaged in old-fashioned corruption, taking money directly from a company whose fortunes he helps regulate. The Commerce Secretary, not wanting to be out grifted, is currently padding his pockets by shorting stocks.
Friendly reminder that not only are these guys immoral but they are also corrupt...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 13:25:24 GMT -5
You can't make this up...
"...the images and sounds of this family separation policy is heart wrenching,” Cohen wrote to RNC. “While I strongly support measures that will secure our porous borders, children should never be used as bargaining chips."
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 14:08:24 GMT -5
"Economic Anxiety"....
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Post by hoyarooter on Jun 20, 2018 18:32:13 GMT -5
This is what happens when you elect a corrupt delusional malignant narcissist as President -- but you GOPers "support his agenda." President Trump — a man already known for trafficking in mistruths and even outright lies — has been outdoing even himself with falsehoods in recent days, repeating and amplifying bogus claims on several of the most pressing controversies facing his presidency. Since Saturday, Trump has tweeted false or misleading information at least seven times on the topic of immigration and at least six times on a Justice Department inspector general report into the FBI’s handling of its investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. That’s more than a dozen obfuscations on just two central topics — a figure that does not include falsehoods on other issues, whether in tweets or public remarks. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-trump-seems-to-be-saying-more-and-more-things-that-arent-true/2018/06/19/c1bb8af6-73d5-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.e4c2f0187a1cThat's all the man knows how to do. Everyone should be blessed to excel at something. President Trump happens to excel at lying. That in and of itself might not be so bad, but he also excels at getting his supporters to believe his claptrap.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 20, 2018 19:29:22 GMT -5
What could that sound be? Chickens coming home to roost? Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the people’s representatives presented some of them to Wilbur Ross, the president’s billionaire commerce secretary. “Corn, wheat, beef and pork are all suffering market price declines . . . due to current trade policies,” complained Sen. John Thune (S.D.). “With every passing day the United States loses market share to other countries.” Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) said “we watched the soybean market start to collapse” because of trade-war concerns. Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), warned about steel and auto producers in Ohio, “hit harder than any other state by the Canadian retaliatory tariffs.” From Pennsylvania, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey cautioned that Kraft-Heinz may move its ketchup production to Canada to avoid retaliatory tariffs. Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.) put in a plea for Coca-Cola’s rising aluminum can costs. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah warned that contracts have dried up for a steel fabricator in his state because of the tariffs, and “multibillion-dollar investments for new manufacturing plants that employ thousands of workers are also being put at risk.” And those were just the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-says-trade-wars-are-easy-here-come-the-first-american-casualties/2018/06/20/659c49e2-74cd-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.3064fbf09c01
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 5:48:09 GMT -5
What could that sound be? Chickens coming home to roost? Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the people’s representatives presented some of them to Wilbur Ross, the president’s billionaire commerce secretary. “Corn, wheat, beef and pork are all suffering market price declines . . . due to current trade policies,” complained Sen. John Thune (S.D.). “With every passing day the United States loses market share to other countries.” Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) said “we watched the soybean market start to collapse” because of trade-war concerns. Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), warned about steel and auto producers in Ohio, “hit harder than any other state by the Canadian retaliatory tariffs.” From Pennsylvania, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey cautioned that Kraft-Heinz may move its ketchup production to Canada to avoid retaliatory tariffs. Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.) put in a plea for Coca-Cola’s rising aluminum can costs. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah warned that contracts have dried up for a steel fabricator in his state because of the tariffs, and “multibillion-dollar investments for new manufacturing plants that employ thousands of workers are also being put at risk.” And those were just the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-says-trade-wars-are-easy-here-come-the-first-american-casualties/2018/06/20/659c49e2-74cd-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.3064fbf09c01Sounds like Trump policies are causing some true economic anxiety in these areas. I assume that means all of these people will vote D in 2018 and 2020. Unless, of course, there are other reasons they really like him. Can’t be to stick it to the elites anymore. Since he claimed he mantle of elite at his rally last night. I wonder what else there is?
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 21, 2018 5:55:02 GMT -5
What could that sound be? Chickens coming home to roost? Trump believes that “trade wars are good, and easy to win.” So he started one. Now the casualties are beginning to return home from the battlefield, and on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, the people’s representatives presented some of them to Wilbur Ross, the president’s billionaire commerce secretary. “Corn, wheat, beef and pork are all suffering market price declines . . . due to current trade policies,” complained Sen. John Thune (S.D.). “With every passing day the United States loses market share to other countries.” Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) said “we watched the soybean market start to collapse” because of trade-war concerns. Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio), warned about steel and auto producers in Ohio, “hit harder than any other state by the Canadian retaliatory tariffs.” From Pennsylvania, Sen. Patrick J. Toomey cautioned that Kraft-Heinz may move its ketchup production to Canada to avoid retaliatory tariffs. Sen. Johnny Isakson (Ga.) put in a plea for Coca-Cola’s rising aluminum can costs. Sen. Orrin G. Hatch of Utah warned that contracts have dried up for a steel fabricator in his state because of the tariffs, and “multibillion-dollar investments for new manufacturing plants that employ thousands of workers are also being put at risk.” And those were just the Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-says-trade-wars-are-easy-here-come-the-first-american-casualties/2018/06/20/659c49e2-74cd-11e8-805c-4b67019fcfe4_story.html?utm_term=.3064fbf09c01Sounds like Trump policies are causing some true economic anxiety in these areas. I assume that means all of these people will vote D in 2018 and 2020. Unless, of course, there are other reasons they really like him. Can’t be to stick it to the elites anymore. Since he claimed he mantle of elite at his rally last night. I wonder what else there is? Remember Thomas Frank's book? According to the book, the political discourse of recent decades has dramatically shifted from social and economic equality to the use of "explosive" cultural issues, such as abortion and gay marriage, which are used to redirect anger toward "liberal elites." Against this backdrop, Frank describes the rise of political conservatism in the social and political landscape of Kansas, which he says espouses economic policies that do not benefit the majority of people in the state. Frank also claims a bitter divide between 'moderate' and 'conservative' Kansas Republicans (whom he labels "Mods" and "Cons") as an archetype for the future of politics in America, in which fiscal conservatism becomes the universal norm and political war is waged over a handful of hot-button cultural issues. [HINT: Race] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_the_Matter_with_Kansas%3FHowever, after Gov. Brownback's failed experiment in cutting taxes in Kansas, perhaps a different dynamic may apply this time around. www.npr.org/2017/10/25/560040131/as-trump-proposes-tax-cuts-kansas-deals-with-aftermath-of-experiment
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2018 12:01:26 GMT -5
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Post by TC on Jun 21, 2018 16:11:44 GMT -5
You can't make this up... "...the images and sounds of this family separation policy is heart wrenching,” Cohen wrote to RNC. “While I strongly support measures that will secure our porous borders, children should never be used as bargaining chips." I'm not being sarcastic about this - my gut feel is that if he's turning down the RNC payoff he's either threatening to flip on them, or he is flipping on them.
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 22, 2018 19:25:44 GMT -5
George Will (former Republican who also has a 40-year old son with Down syndrome): The principle: The congressional Republican caucuses must be substantially reduced. So substantially that their remnants, reduced to minorities, will be stripped of the Constitution’s Article I powers that they have been too invertebrate to use against the current wielder of Article II powers. They will then have leisure time to wonder why they worked so hard to achieve membership in a legislature whose unexercised muscles have atrophied because of people like them. The Trump whisperer regarding immigration is Stephen Miller, 32, whose ascent to eminence began when he became the Savonarola of Santa Monica High School . Corey Lewandowski, a Trump campaign official who fell from the king’s grace but is crawling back (he works for Vice President Pence’s political action committee), recently responded on Fox News to the story of a 10-year-old girl with Down syndrome taken from her parents at the border. Lewandowski replied: “Wah, wah.” Meaningless noise is this administration’s appropriate libretto because, just as a magnet attracts iron filings, Trump attracts, and is attracted to, louts. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/vote-against-the-gop-this-november/2018/06/22/a6378306-7575-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?utm_term=.3c2feba09f40
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 23, 2018 5:31:26 GMT -5
Easily the most corrupt regime ever in American history, brought to you by the GOP! A liar, con man, and tax cheat. Hope you Republicans are very proud:' In 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Donald J. Trump Foundation stated that none of its money had been used to benefit Trump or his businesses. But the New York attorney general found that, in each of those years, Trump had used his charity’s funds to help one of his businesses. In 2013, the attorney general alleged, Trump also failed to disclose an improper gift to a political group. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-four-times-trump-signed-tax-returns-for-his-foundation-that-contained-incorrect-information/2018/06/22/a8f95f9e-7569-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?utm_term=.8e8cd09fad3fA little perjury, anyone? The "best people"" In a new twist in the battle over adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Secretary Wilbur Ross filed an unexpected memo Thursday revealing that he was already considering adding the question when he began his job in February 2017, after hearing from other senior administration officials on the subject. The statement contradicts his earlier testimony to Congress saying he explored adding the question in response to a December 2017 request by the Department of Justice. In the memo, filed in response to litigation challenging the question, Ross said he and his staff had “inquired whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) would support, and if so would request, inclusion of a citizenship question.” The memo sparked speculation that as-yet unreleased documents may exist showing Ross was actively discussing the question far earlier than he had indicated. The administration has said the question of citizenship, which has not appeared on a decennial census since 1950, is needed to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Critics say that it is not necessary for that purpose and that it is political chess move meant to deter immigrants and their families from filling out the census form. www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/memo-from-commerce-secretary-seems-to-contradict-his-testimony-on-census-citizenship-question/2018/06/22/4a324666-7658-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.9c03d223045a
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2018 9:41:16 GMT -5
Easily the most corrupt regime ever in American history, brought to you by the GOP! A liar, con man, and tax cheat. Hope you Republicans are very proud:' In 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Donald J. Trump Foundation stated that none of its money had been used to benefit Trump or his businesses. But the New York attorney general found that, in each of those years, Trump had used his charity’s funds to help one of his businesses. In 2013, the attorney general alleged, Trump also failed to disclose an improper gift to a political group. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-four-times-trump-signed-tax-returns-for-his-foundation-that-contained-incorrect-information/2018/06/22/a8f95f9e-7569-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?utm_term=.8e8cd09fad3fA little perjury, anyone? The "best people"" In a new twist in the battle over adding a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Secretary Wilbur Ross filed an unexpected memo Thursday revealing that he was already considering adding the question when he began his job in February 2017, after hearing from other senior administration officials on the subject. The statement contradicts his earlier testimony to Congress saying he explored adding the question in response to a December 2017 request by the Department of Justice. In the memo, filed in response to litigation challenging the question, Ross said he and his staff had “inquired whether the Department of Justice (DOJ) would support, and if so would request, inclusion of a citizenship question.” The memo sparked speculation that as-yet unreleased documents may exist showing Ross was actively discussing the question far earlier than he had indicated. The administration has said the question of citizenship, which has not appeared on a decennial census since 1950, is needed to enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Critics say that it is not necessary for that purpose and that it is political chess move meant to deter immigrants and their families from filling out the census form. www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/memo-from-commerce-secretary-seems-to-contradict-his-testimony-on-census-citizenship-question/2018/06/22/4a324666-7658-11e8-9780-b1dd6a09b549_story.html?utm_term=.9c03d223045aZero tolerance policy...
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Post by SSHoya on Jun 23, 2018 11:47:56 GMT -5
WASHINGTON — In order to man the newly-created Space Force, the Pentagon has commissioned space cadet and upcoming West Point senior Andrew Levy as its first space officer, sources confirmed today. “I’m like the duckling you thought was ugly but I ended up being a swan,” Levy, a second lieutenant in a unit that does not technically exist, told reporters before getting distracted by a squirrel. “But instead of a bird, I’m gonna be, you know, an astronaut soldier.” Dr. Eric Prince, Levy’s former military history professor, support’s the Pentagon’s decision. “After years of staring into the void instead of working,” Prince’s recommendation stated. “Our space cadet will finally have a job where he will be expected to do exactly that.” Because of the challenges of space warfare, Levy will be required to complete the rest of his education in training specific to his new branch of service. Fortunately, Levy will have a massive head start on the new curriculum, which consists mainly of playing Halo videogames, watching Starship Troopers, and subsisting on dehydrated noodles. Space cadet finally commissioned to space officer DUFFEL BLOG PRESENTS: Tucker Max gives your weekend www.duffelblog.com/2018/06/space-cadet-finally-commissioned-to-space-officer/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=facebook_page&utm_medium=Duffel%20Blog&utm_content=Space%20cadet%20finally%20commissioned%20to%20space%20officer
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