hoya9797
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Post by hoya9797 on Nov 16, 2018 18:44:43 GMT -5
Hilarious, this guy is such a dope.
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hoyarooter
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 16, 2018 22:45:24 GMT -5
Mr. Kellyanne Conway, a conservative's opinion of Don the Con. He is now taking his disdain for President Trump to another level, speaking out about him in a new podcast. George Conway said the Republican Party under Trump has become a “personality cult.” He said he would rather “move to Australia” than vote for Trump again. He declined to comment when asked whether the president is fully stable. Conway also addressed his role in forming Checks and Balances, a group of conservative lawyers concerned about what they say is a violation of constitutional norms by Trump. Conway cited a September tweet in which Trump was critical of Jeff Sessions, while he was attorney general, for bringing indictments on corruption charges against two “very popular” Republican congressmen just before the midterms. (Of course the corrupt Republicans re-elected Hunter and Collins despite both being under felony indictments). www.washingtonpost.com/politics/george-conway-would-rather-move-to-australia-than-vote-for-trump-again/2018/11/16/b598f482-e9b1-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?utm_term=.ffdf410fa24cI can't speak as to Collins, but in Hunter's district a number of people who voted for him were interviewed, and they pretty much uniformly stated that the most important thing to them was to keep the seat in Republican hands. They anticipate that if Hunter is convicted and tossed from Congress, a special election will be held to replace him, and they'll just elect another Republican. This isn't quite the same as saying they support Hunter, no matter what he's done. There is a modicum of method to their madness.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 10:52:27 GMT -5
The CIA has concluded that the Saudi crown prince was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's death. Trump has been briefed. But he keeps asking where the body is -- and is skeptical
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 17, 2018 11:36:44 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 17, 2018 15:28:28 GMT -5
There is legitimate reason for concern that right-wing terrorist violence will continue and perhaps increase — and that extremists could soon begin targeting politicians in office, especially if Trump singles them out for scorn. The question of whether Trump’s rhetoric is inspiring acts of political violence now echoes nationally. Acts of violence in Florida and in Pittsburgh in the run-up to the midterm elections have already been inextricably linked to Trump’s hyperbolic language. “Trump clearly isn’t going to tamp this situation down, and he will likely escalate his anti-immigrant and extremist rhetoric as we move toward 2020,” says Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project. “Since the GOP is becoming a bastion of older, white males who are angry, that’s the base they will be moving to turn out. This just follows a trend of more than a decade of increasing numbers of terror plots from the far right. And, at least at this point, it doesn’t seem the feds have a real strategy here, so they will likely be behind the eight ball on these issues as well.” www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/16/right-wing-extremists-are-already-threatening-violence-over-democratic-house/?utm_term=.a96001f2c828
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 17, 2018 21:31:26 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 18, 2018 14:57:49 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 18, 2018 19:41:05 GMT -5
The man is a " Edited*ing liar" (in the words of his former lawyer) and " Editeding moron" (in the words of Rex Tillerson): Trump went on to explain that the president of Finland, whom he met on an overseas trip a week earlier, told him about raking the forest floors. “He called it a forest nation,” Trump said, “and they spent a lot of time on raking and cleaning and doing things, and they don’t have any problem." Finnish President Sauli Niinisto later disputed this. He told a local newspaper that he had briefed Trump on Finland’s efforts to surveil and care for its forests, the Associated Press wrote, “but said he can’t recall anything being mentioned on raking.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/18/trump-suggests-californians-can-rake-their-forests-prevent-wildfires-he-is-wrong/?utm_term=.bf3e885e127aDo you Trump apologists and supporters give Chicken Hawk Don the Draftdodger a pass on this one too? Or are you waiting for him to shoot someone on 5th Avenue to prove how ignorant but loyal you are?? 159 days playing golf but he hasn't visited deployed troops once. Are you proud of your Chicken Hawk??? Will any of you Chicken Hawks here defend your leader? President Trump has long put the American military at the center of his presidential brand, tapping retired officers to serve as advisers, touting increases in defense spending, and citing support from troops and veterans as a sign of his success. But the commander in chief has risked alienating parts of the military community by escalating a fight with one of its most revered members, retired Adm. William H. McRaven, amid other recent remarks and decisions that have fanned controversy in the ranks and among some who served. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-attacks-retired-navy-admiral-for-not-capturing-osama-bin-laden-faster/2018/11/18/b3e1bbb0-eb69-11e8-9236-bb94154151d2_story.html?utm_term=.a67682363155www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2018/11/19/powerup-my-military-trump-has-yet-to-visit-u-s-troops-in-a-combat-zone/5bf1cc1f1b326b39290548ce/?utm_term=.53b2682f21a0
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Post by EtomicB on Nov 19, 2018 9:40:29 GMT -5
Smh... LOL...
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 19, 2018 9:41:40 GMT -5
Clearly Fontenrose is too naive to hold her position at the NSC -- doesn't she know that Jared's and Don the Con's financial interests supersede the US national security interests? Kirsten Fontenrose, a top White House official responsible for U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia, resigned Friday evening, according to a New York Times report. The director for the Persian Gulf region on the National Security Council, Fontenrose had pushed for tough punishment for the Saudi government, according to the Times. thehill.com/homenews/administration/417317-top-trump-saudi-policy-official-resigns
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 19, 2018 16:35:43 GMT -5
Trump -- the biggest loser caves on Acosta's press pass. Shamefully, our tax dollars pay the salaries of the White Communications Office so it means that Sarah Sanders, the paid liar, is paid by us. Disgusting but you Trumpistas can't tell the truth from fact anyway. “Today the White House fully restored Jim Acosta’s press pass,” CNN said in a statement. “As a result, our lawsuit is no longer necessary. We look forward to continuing to cover the White House.” It was apparently an about-face from the position that press secretary Sarah Sanders and deputy chief of staff Bill Shine staked out just three days ago when they told Acosta and CNN that they will suspend his press pass again once a temporary restraining order against such an action expires. The 14-day order was issued Friday, and unless the judge extends it, it would expire at the end of the month. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/cnn-drops-suit-against-white-house-after-acostas-press-pass-is-fully-restored/2018/11/19/519763fc-ec3a-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.60c369a56195
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Post by njhoya78 on Nov 19, 2018 16:50:41 GMT -5
The White House has released a protocol which will enable them to bar follow-up questions from reporters, and to revoke the hard pass for violators. I'm thinking this isn't over yet.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 19, 2018 16:53:24 GMT -5
The White House has released a protocol which will enable them to bar follow-up questions from reporters, and to revoke the hard pass for violators. I'm thinking this isn't over yet. I think the protocol attempts to address the due process issue raised in the lawsuit so the regime is on a little firmer ground. We shall see. I assume paid liars Trump and Sanders will still call on Acosta and bait him into violating the protocol. Let's see if Acosta has the discipline not to take the bait.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 19, 2018 18:40:02 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 20, 2018 7:03:50 GMT -5
Imagine if you are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and your CIC says this about your mission. Good for morale right? Good job Chickenhaw-in-Chief. And such a snowflake -- long flights and security risks never stopped Obama or W or any other President of exercising a degree of leadership. Trump is truly priceless in his cowardice. Trump has so far declined to visit those combat regions, saying he does not want to associate himself with wars he views as failures, according to current and former advisers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations. Current advisers said Trump is not expected to visit a war zone during the Thanksgiving break, which he will spend at his Mar-a-Lago golf resort in Florida. In meetings about a potential visit, he has described the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan as “a total shame,” according to the advisers. He also cited the long flights and potential security risks as reasons he has avoided combat-zone visits, they said. Trump has spoken privately about his fears over risks to his own life, according to a former senior White House official, who has discussed the issue with the president and spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly about Trump’s concerns. “He’s never been interested in going,” the official said of Trump visiting troops in a combat zone, citing conversations with the president. “He’s afraid of those situations. He’s afraid people want to kill him.” ("Senior White House" official = Gen. H.R. McMaster, perhaps?) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-discusses-possible-trump-visit-to-troops-in-iraq-or-afghanistan/2018/11/19/9f6724d8-ec2a-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?utm_term=.97f885970f10
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 11:43:12 GMT -5
*Update
“Saudi Arabia...they buy apartments from me, they spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.”
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 20, 2018 16:58:27 GMT -5
The "best people." Whitaker is a political hack of the highest order. In the three years after he arrived in Washington in 2014, Matthew G. Whitaker received more than $1.2 million as the leader of a charity that reported having no other employees, some of the best pay of his career. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust described itself as a new watchdog nonprofit dedicated to exposing unethical conduct by public officials. For Whitaker, it became a lucrative steppingstone in a swift rise from a modest law practice in Iowa to the nation’s top law enforcement job. As FACT’s president, he regularly appeared on radio and television, often to skewer liberals. But FACT’s origins and the source of funding used to pay Whitaker — now the acting attorney general — remain obscured. An examination of state and federal records, and interviews with those involved, show that the group is part of a national network of nonprofits that often work in concert to amplify conservative messages. www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/conservative-nonprofit-with-obscure-roots-and-undisclosed-funders-paid-matthew-whitaker-12-million/2018/11/20/25ff987e-e9db-11e8-bd89-eecf3b178206_story.html?utm_term=.448e2fd0ef21Hey Republicans, you must be very very proud of Trump's choice for acting AG. He fits right in with this corrupt regime. In the roughly two years before he rejoined the Justice Department, acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker earned more than $900,000 from a conservative charity with no other employees and collected more than $1,800 in “legal fees” from a Miami-based invention-marketing company that was shut down amid accusations of fraud, according to a financial disclosure form made public Tuesday. www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/before-joining-justice-dept-whitaker-made-more-than-900000-from-charity-took-legal-fees-from-company-accused-of-fraud/2018/11/20/b7469e96-ecf5-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html?utm_term=.f889f8fb6425
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2018 18:29:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 9:56:47 GMT -5
Trump first...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2018 10:01:30 GMT -5
We need them to buy our weapons so they can continue this.... "It is what it is" Also: "The world is a very dangerous place!"
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