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Are there any career political pundits who are outright calling Trump a jabbering shithead or anything similar? It's kind of surreal seeing an adult playground bully running around unchecked and the most any of the usual crowd will say is that his comments are "disagreeable."
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Luminous Obscurity posted:What are the chances of the GOP losing control of the House if the Trumpenreich continues as is until November? It seems like he's fracturing the Right far harder than most people were expecting him to. Improbable, but not impossible. Not possible. Don't ever count on the democratic party to properly take advantage of an opportunity to do something. You'll be pleasantly surprised if they do, but not incredulous when the don't, which is much more common.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 00:33 |
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It appears that our esteemed Attorney General down here in FL solicited a donation for her re-election from Donald Trump at almost exactly the time she dropped a state suit regarding Trump University. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e16a8223c24048d290883370dc6abe5b/florida-ag-asked-trump-donation-nixing-fraud-case
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:02 |
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Wellesley College just unearthed a never before released audio of Hillary (Rodham) giving the first student commencement speech. Her voice sounds totally different. Also, pretty interesting / amazing that even back in 1969 her commencement speech is the most Hillary speech ever. You could seriously reuse about 99% of what she said as a current stump speech. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CAUOa5m5nY Leon Trotsky 2012 fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jun 7, 2016 |
# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:08 |
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Tom Cotton blocked the appointment of a new ambassador to the Bahamas on the very reasonable policy grounds that she was a personal friend of Obama and by blocking her he could 'cause (Obama) special pain'. She died of leukemia last month without ever being confirmed, after waiting two years. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/opinion/an-obama-nominees-crushed-hopes.html?_r=0 Edit: realized on re-read that Cotton's personal hold was part of a general two-year block, not the whole thing Apraxin fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Jun 7, 2016 |
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Apraxin posted:Tom Cotton spent two years blocking the appointment of a new ambassador to the Bahamas on the very reasonable policy grounds that she was a personal friend of Obama and by blocking her he could 'cause (Obama) special pain'. She died of leukemia last month without ever being confirmed. drat it Tom, this is disgusting, even for you.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:11 |
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Can we take a moment to recognize just how badly Trump has botched the last month of his 'campaign'? He's been the unopposed Republican presumptive nominee for over a month now. With Hillary still engaged with Bernie this was his shot to actually try and make up some ground. To try and get his campaign in order, to lay the much needed ground work for a general election. He saw his polling get better due to the Republicans coalescing around him even if it only amounted to a couple polls of him ahead and the rest with him still behind by a couple points. If he was ever going to even attempt to pivot this would have been the time when he had all the attention on him. But no, he does nothing during the entire month aside from spout of petty insults on twitter as usual. So over the last couple weeks we've seen his poll numbers start to dip as his honeymoon period as the presumptive nominee comes to and end and Hillary starts devoting attention toward the General Election. She lays down a massive smackdown with an incredible speech detailing just how awful he is in every way. And what does he do in response? He chooses to close the month out by disastrously going after a federal judge on purely racist grounds. He had a month to endear himself to someone outside his small racist base and he failed in every single way. Well his time is over. Tomorrow Hillary wraps up the Democratic nomination. Obama and Elizabeth Warren will finally start to unleash a torrent of support for Hillary and attacks on Trump. Hillary herself will finally be able to direct her full attention toward Trump. Trump has absolutely no idea what's coming and he isn't prepared for it one bit.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:19 |
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To be honest I do think with Trump there's more than a bit of him thinking in the back of his head now, "Oh crap, I actually have to run a campaign now, what do I do?" mixed with Trump being Trump and not having another mode besides that.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:21 |
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:Are there any career political pundits who are outright calling Trump a jabbering shithead or anything similar? It's kind of surreal seeing an adult playground bully running around unchecked and the most any of the usual crowd will say is that his comments are "disagreeable." Does this count? Texas Congressman to Trump: Shove Border Wall "Up Your rear end"
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:25 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:To be honest I do think with Trump there's more than a bit of him thinking in the back of his head now, "Oh crap, I actually have to run a campaign now, what do I do?" mixed with Trump being Trump and not having another mode besides that. I don't think he's even had that conversation in his head.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:25 |
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The AP just declared Clinton the presumptive nominee according to Chris Hayes on MSNBC.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:25 |
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Boon posted:The AP just declared Clinton the presumptive nominee according to Chris Hayes on MSNBC. Based on Puerto Rico?
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:27 |
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No idea. Standby for glorious meltdowns ahead of tomorrow.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:27 |
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Oh hey https://twitter.com/AP/status/739975278483656705 Primary chat is now officially over.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:27 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:
Thank loving christ
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:31 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Oh hey Oh no, it's just starting. Brace for Bernouts to start tromping in here whining about super-delegates. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:33 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Oh hey I feel empty inside.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:34 |
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We all know by now that Hillary is having a huge event in New York tomorrow to celebrate the nomination. But at least one source reports that she will be accompanied by none other than B-Rock the Islamic Shock himself. I can't loving wait. I know it won't and probably constitutionally can't happen but lol forever if Hillary gives Obama the VP nod.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:35 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:We all know by now that Hillary is having a huge event in New York tomorrow to celebrate the nomination. But at least one source reports that she will be accompanied by none other than B-Rock the Islamic Shock himself. I don't think that can actually legitimately happen.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:36 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:We all know by now that Hillary is having a huge event in New York tomorrow to celebrate the nomination. But at least one source reports that she will be accompanied by none other than B-Rock the Islamic Shock himself. Oh she'll give Obama the VP nod alright, Michelle Obama
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:37 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:But at least one source reports that she will be accompanied by none other than B-Rock the Islamic Shock himself. Which Obama? Because if its Campaign Obama I will lose my goddamn mind. gently caress You And Diebold posted:Oh she'll give Obama the VP nod alright, Michelle Obama Good god, the fallout of that would be incredible.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:39 |
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Hollismason posted:I don't think that can actually legitimately happen. It's time for Obama to rip up the Constitution and unleash a thousand generations of liberal darkness all across the land.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:40 |
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Oh she'll give Obama the VP nod alright, Michelle Obama I literally just loving gasped with glee at the notion.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:41 |
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gently caress You And Diebold posted:Oh she'll give Obama the VP nod alright, Michelle Obama With a hint at Barack being her Supreme Court nominee
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:43 |
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Spiritus Nox posted:I literally just loving gasped with glee at the notion. Yeah, except that she despises politics and wants to leave DC as soon as her kids are out of school. It really should just be Biden. Why change what's working.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:44 |
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Why would you wish that on Michelle, you monsters.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:44 |
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So this article originally appeared in the Nation, arguing that this election is a turning point in many ways as the actual system that we have in place now is directly being questioned. I think it does give the new left to much of a pass but it also makes some good arguments about why it was successful, and why it no longer is meeting the success it did. http://www.thenation.com/article/liberalism-is-under-attack-from-the-left-and-the-right/ Steve Fraser in The Nation posted: Liberalism Is Under Attack From the Left and the Right
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:47 |
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lololol https://twitter.com/huffpostpol/status/739972920701792256 He just doesn't know when to shut up does he.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:47 |
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Luminous Obscurity posted:Good god, the fallout of that would be incredible. I mean, Michelle would murder her for keeping them in DC, Michelle famously hates living there, but still.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:48 |
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Rhesus Pieces posted:lololol ha hahaha So that's Hispanic judges, Mulsim judges, and now Women judges. All he has to do is denounce Black and Asian judges and he'll have the complete set.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:48 |
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Rhesus Pieces posted:lololol Keep doing Donald, we're almost there.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:49 |
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ComradeCosmobot posted:Oh no, it's just starting. Brace for Bernouts to start tromping in here whining about super-delegates. https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/739982136497872896
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:49 |
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Rhesus Pieces posted:lololol He actually instructed his campaign spokespeople to double down on this. That is a thing he did. It's only June. Dear god.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:52 |
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That would be awesome, especially the part where Michelle cusses Hillary out for even asking her to stay in Washington.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:52 |
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Yeah, Trump totally loving wants out of this nomination. The logic part of my brain won't allow me to accept otherwise.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 01:53 |
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Dexo posted:Yeah, Trump totally loving wants out of this nomination. The logic part of my brain won't allow me to accept otherwise. Rich kids don't need to have filters.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 02:01 |
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Sword of Chomsky posted:Yeah, except that she despises politics and wants to leave DC as soon as her kids are out of school. Dr Christmas posted:Why would you wish that on Michelle, you monsters. Yeah, I know, I wouldn't. Hell, I don't think I'd wish more of Washington D.C. on somebody I actually disliked. But it was worth entertaining the thought long enough to imagine all of Freep having simultaneous coronaries.
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 02:01 |
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Rhesus Pieces posted:lololol
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So wait, does Clinton actually have an outright majority of the possible pledged delegates at this point? If not, what changed about her situation today vs. any time in the last couple months when it was clear she would eventually get a majority?
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# ? Jun 7, 2016 02:03 |
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VikingofRock posted:So wait, does Clinton actually have an outright majority of the possible pledged delegates at this point? If not, what changed about her situation today vs. any time in the last couple months when it was clear she would eventually get a majority? She does not have a pledged delegate majority. AP's counts include superdelegates who have endorsed Hillary.
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