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Al Borland Corp. posted:Oh wow he winning a city. Major shocker don't worry friend, i realize it's a hassle to read all of an article instead of just the lead, so here u go lil buddy quote:A national poll published on Thursday showed that across the country the Conservative poll lead has shrunk to jus three points, with the Conservatives on 42 points but Labour are close behind on 39.
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I believe the bombshells are being done to keep the investigation going and prevent it from stalling. Every time Trump tries to shut it down worse leaks are coming out. When he hasn't, like over the past two weeks because of the foreign trip, there are relatively fewer bombshells. The floodgates are going to break when he special counsel recommends charges against Flynn. Flynn straight up tried to stop attacks on ISIS by the Kurds to help Turkey and he got paid for it. He also didn't tell the government he got paid by Turkey.
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You guys are underestimating how bloodthirsty the left electorate can be. I'm still not sure what stopped impeachment hearings in 2006. Oh wait I know: democrats
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:
If elected he could attempt to single handedly stop Brexit but has not signaled he would, and it's unclear if the EU would actually let him withdraw from the process.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Why do British prime ministers keep committing Royal self-owns by calling for elections to prove a point? Media bubble.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The one positive thing about Trump is that its directly inspiring nations throughout the Western World to avoid doing what we did. It's no coincidence that Europe is starting to shift leftward after its years long lurch toward the right. BREXIT can be stopped, yes. By Corbyn or anyone else. edit: mango sentinel posted:If elected he could attempt to single handedly stop Brexit but has not signaled he would, and it's unclear if the EU would actually let him withdraw from the process. They would. Article 50 can be cancelled pretty much at any point, and EU officials have already stated they will explicitly point to this in the official final exit agreement. botany fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Ogmius815 posted:Labor is still projected to lose seats and continue their time in the wilderness. I don't think they're a party to emulate. They only went up 15 points in the polls in a week after releasing a manifesto that actually helps people for the first time in decades instead of more centrist third way poo poo that everyone hates, no point in learning any lessons from this clearly.
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FizFashizzle posted:You guys are underestimating how bloodthirsty the left electorate can be. Not enough evidence to connect the Valarie Plame leaks and W. People went to jail for it but there wasn't enough evidence to get to the Vice President or Rove.
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Since the Paris Agreement was kind of toothless maybe Trump being a huge loving baby and bringing up fresh outrage about climate change throughout a poo poo ton of influential and important people will mean we can get a better agreement after he's gone? Art of the Deal baby.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Can Corbyn undo Brexit? I don't understand how the UK government works. May has already delivered the article 50 notification, so by the law as written Brexit is assured. If the will of the UK and the EU were united against it they could probably find a loophole or means of delaying it indefinitely though.
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Is Ossoff going to be yet another case of "he only lost by 2% which is good for the Democrats"?
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Since the Paris Agreement was kind of toothless maybe Trump being a huge loving baby and bringing up fresh outrage about climate change throughout a poo poo ton of influential and important people will mean we can get a better agreement after he's gone? What does "a better agreement" even mean you realize you had no obligations under the old agreement, right you could have just said "our new emissions goals are 1% of the old goals, deal with it" and nobody would have done anything because nothing was binding and no sanctions were possible. edit: Wait, or did you mean "a better agreement" in the sense of a deal that actually includes an enforcement mechanism? In that case I apologize for misunderstanding, but that's basically not going to happen ever.
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Crows Turn Off posted:Is Ossoff going to be yet another case of "he only lost by 2% which is good for the Democrats"? Most likely.
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mango sentinel posted:If elected he could attempt to single handedly stop Brexit but has not signaled he would, and it's unclear if the EU would actually let him withdraw from the process. The EU has said they would, nothing stops Parliament from reversing it except the prospect of getting voted out in constituencies that are pro Brexit
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glowing-fish posted:There is pretty good evidence that the public has responded to Trump and Russia, especially to Comey: What's funny is if you deduct obama's approval same time from 100 you're left with trump approval. Gee i wonder
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haveblue posted:May has already delivered the article 50 notification, so by the law as written Brexit is assured. If the will of the UK and the EU were united against it they could probably find a loophole or means of delaying it indefinitely though. That is not true at all. https://www.bindmans.com/uploads/files/documents/Final_Article_50_Opinion_10.2.17.pdf edit: vvv from reputable sources? That would be a major development, link please vvv botany fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Jun 2, 2017 17:13
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I'm seeing some articles reporting that Conway is saying Trump is considering using executive privilege to block Comey's testimony. 
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Jun 2, 2017 17:14
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Crows Turn Off posted:Is Ossoff going to be yet another case of "he only lost by 2% which is good for the Democrats"? No, if Ossoff loses, that is bad for democrats. This district is the exact kind of district they need if they plan to retake the House, traditionally red, but with changing demographics that was already luke-warm on Trump. Its the most expensive House race in US history, the democrats need to win this. code:
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The Glumslinger posted:No, if Ossoff loses, that is bad for democrats. This district is the exact kind of district they need if they plan to retake the House, traditionally red, but with changing demographics that was already luke-warm on Trump. Its the most expensive House race in US history, the democrats need to win this. I have no faith in the democrats to not gently caress it up somehow. It's already looking like he will lose, which is the death knell.
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I dunno, it seems like they love every Republican who isn't Trump.
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Pollyanna posted:I have no faith in the democrats to not gently caress it up somehow. It's already looking like he will lose, which is the death knell. He has a lead the majority of recent polls, its going to be a very close race
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Crows Turn Off posted:Is Ossoff going to be yet another case of "he only lost by 2% which is good for the Democrats"? People keep saying this for some silly reason. No. The answer is no. This isn't Kansas or Montana, if a wave is forming, ossof wins. If he literally loses by one single vote, it's bad for dems.
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How so? As far as I can tell, Ossof is leading in like 90% of the polls.
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botany posted:That is not true at all. https://mobile.twitter.com/Reuters/status/870653463583215616 However, I would not trust anything that comes out of Conway's mouth. On the other hand, Trump is not a smart man, so he'll probably at least try. aware of dog fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Jun 2, 2017 |
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Timby posted:I'm seeing some articles reporting that Conway is saying Trump is considering using executive privilege to block Comey's testimony. This seems like the very core distillation of "obstruction of justice." Go for it.
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aware of dog posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/Reuters/status/870653463583215616 They can't. He's a private citizen now.
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Why wouldn't Trump do it? He won't lose any support and he's beset by scandal on all sides. Even the most minuscule legal pretext is enough for him to do it. If he could declare himself President for life he wouldn't hesitate.
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Nixon tried to assert executive privilege. That did not work out well. Trump's totally going to do it because this is incompetent Watergate.
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aware of dog posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/Reuters/status/870653463583215616 "What can I do today to make my administration look even more totally corrupt. Wait, I know!"
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Timby posted:I'm seeing some articles reporting that Conway is saying Trump is considering using executive privilege to block Comey's testimony. comedy option: record testimony and send it to wikileaks
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The Glumslinger posted:No, if Ossoff loses, that is bad for democrats. This district is the exact kind of district they need if they plan to retake the House, traditionally red, but with changing demographics that was already luke-warm on Trump. Its the most expensive House race in US history, the democrats need to win this. He's also pretty charming and running on fiscal watchdog bona fide against a weak, pro-Trump candidate people will have to hold their nose for. If he loses it's bad signs all around and will signal to Democrats they need a radical shift in strategy and focus that they will promptly ignore.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Can Corbyn undo Brexit? I don't understand how the UK government works. I believe Corbyn wants Brexit because he thinks EU policies damage worker's rights. Seems like the question now is whether Brexit is going to be "soft" where they have withdrawn from the EU but still have good relations and can actually negotiate or if the Eurosceptics yelling "gently caress Erop! Immigrants are bad!!!!!!!" are going to have their tantrum enshrined and destroy the UK's economy on the way out from spite. I could be wrong though probably better to ask in the UK thread.
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Timby posted:I'm seeing some articles reporting that Conway is saying Trump is considering using executive privilege to block Comey's testimony. At what point do you get actual riots?
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Pollyanna posted:I have no faith in the democrats to not gently caress it up somehow. It's already looking like he will lose, which is the death knell. We need another financial collapse for Democrats to get voted for at any decent clip. People just want to double down on conservatism. Things aren't trickling down because the Democrats won't let it, drat it!
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Smol posted:How so? As far as I can tell, Ossof is leading in like 90% of the polls. I can't blame people in this thread for assuming he's going to lose. We're in that Louis CK mode of "why would anything good ever happen?" right now. If there's a shred of a chance that Ossoff could lose, if he's not ahead by double digits in every poll, it's really tempting to assume the absolute worst. (It's why I try not to post much in this thread, because in my head I'm a Covok-level catastrophizer, but I also know that isn't productive so I keep it to myself)
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Pollyanna posted:I have no faith in the democrats to not gently caress it up somehow. It's already looking like he will lose, which is the death knell. Actually, all the polling has the race either tied or with Ossoff slightly ahead. There's that big-rear end SurveyUSA outlier that puts him up 7, but I don't think it'll be that big. I think he wins by 2-3 points.
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About the only thing Trump can do to turn congressional republicans against him is to try to usurp the power of the Congress itself, because that's their own power and prestige at stake.
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Star Man posted:If David Cameron can gently caress a dead pig, then Michael Flynn can gently caress a dead turkey. He's still loving it. Wait, you don't think that's his hair do you?
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Helen Highwater posted:He's still loving it. I don't care if whatever he's loving is something that he skinned and had grafted to his head. I don't want to even know what it was.
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enraged_camel posted:The only reason he called her directly is because he wants to gently caress her. When the president grabs a pussy, it is not a crime.
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