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What exactly is the reasoning for not pursuing statehood anyway?
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Eej posted:What exactly is the reasoning for not pursuing statehood anyway? Taxes
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Jun 12, 2017 01:55
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Eej posted:What exactly is the reasoning for not pursuing statehood anyway? Bankruptcy and corruption
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Jun 12, 2017 01:57
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The Republicans would NEVER allow it. The openly racist part of the GOP isn't going away, it's here to stay. It will be a factor in every GOP presidential year at least.
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Jun 12, 2017 01:59
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ElMaligno posted:Taxes There's also a number of people who still want straight-up independence over statehood. It's basically a situation where all three options (Statehood, independence, and status quo) enjoy varying amounts of popularity, and thus far nobody's been able to convince a majority of the population to change the status quo one way or the other.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:13
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Acebuckeye13 posted:There's also a number of people who still want straight-up independence over statehood. It's basically a situation where all three options (Statehood, independence, and status quo) enjoy varying amounts of popularity, and thus far nobody's been able to convince a majority of the population to change the status quo one way or the other. How many reps would Puerto Rico get immediately with statehood? 6 or so?
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Jun 12, 2017 02:20
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Flikken posted:How many reps would Puerto Rico get immediately with statehood? 6 or so? 2 Senators, that's all that matters.
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Jun 12, 2017 02:23
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Acebuckeye13 posted:There's also a number of people who still want straight-up independence over statehood. It's basically a situation where all three options (Statehood, independence, and status quo) enjoy varying amounts of popularity, and thus far nobody's been able to convince a majority of the population to change the status quo one way or the other. The number of people that want independence are overwhelmingly small. Its all divided between Commonwealth (status quo) and statehood and the trend in the last few elections is that more Puerto Ricans want statehood, people are protesting the "bad" options by not voting, and by doing that they are spoiling the results somehow.
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Jun 12, 2017 03:20
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If DC and PR were admitted to the union, it would immediately place 4 Senate seats permanently in blue hands. That's why Republicans oppose it.
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Jun 12, 2017 03:33
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...m=.7d2ae16f6afa https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/874099393728741377 
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Jun 12, 2017 04:03
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This whole thing is interesting as Presidents were scared as hell about potential conflicts of interest and constitutional stuff. Obama sold all his stocks, Carter was forced to sell his peanut farm. Donnie just doesn't care. Nothing will happen, but the real fascinating thing is the amount of case law on this particular constitutional subject: absolutely loving nothing. On top of that, it's completely unclear how the Supreme Court would enforce this kind of thing. Donnie could easily tell them to gently caress off, since he's the organization owner, so maybe they'd have to go after the underlings in the organization? Or would similar companies have the right to sue the Trump Organization into oblivion? Who knows? Edit: whoa wait a minute https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/874105239615524864
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Jun 12, 2017 04:25
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facialimpediment posted:This whole thing is interesting as Presidents were scared as hell about potential conflicts of interest and constitutional stuff. Obama sold all his stocks, Carter was forced to sell his peanut farm. Donnie just doesn't care. Prediction: Every court will punt this as a political question that congress can deal with through impeachment. (which they won't)
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Jun 12, 2017 04:29
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hobbesmaster posted:Prediction: Every court will punt this as a political question that congress can deal with through impeachment. (which they won't) idk how this poo poo works but....file it in california?
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Jun 12, 2017 04:31
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facialimpediment posted:This whole thing is interesting as Presidents were scared as hell about potential conflicts of interest and constitutional stuff. Obama sold all his stocks, Carter was forced to sell his peanut farm. Donnie just doesn't care. The tax returns are what they're after. It's all worth it if they can release them to the public.
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Jun 12, 2017 04:42
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hobbesmaster posted:Prediction: Every court will punt this as a political question that congress can deal with through impeachment. (which they won't) Not wrong! Waroduce posted:idk how this poo poo works but....file it in california? You can't really judge-shop like that because you have to prove that you have Standing, basically proof that you are the one harmed by the action. That's why the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) can't just say "I am suing the President because I want ethics in government and he is harming me by being unethical" because people would sue the government over absolutely every little thing in that case. That's why the CREW lawsuit has a bunch of hoteliers and private businesses on the lawsuit that are in direct competition with the Trump Organization to prove that they have standing. In this case above, DC and Maryland are claiming they have standing because of the Trump International in DC eating up the Saudi/Kuwaiti meetings and stifling competition throughout the state, or some argument like that.
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Jun 12, 2017 04:47
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M_Gargantua posted:Bankruptcy and corruption I can't help but feel that Puerto Rico is only interested in statehood now because they think it will convince Congress to open up the money tap and fix their budget problems.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:13
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Dead Reckoning posted:I can't help but feel that Puerto Rico is only interested in statehood now because they think it will convince Congress to open up the money tap and fix their budget problems. If I have to pay extra taxes to get basically permanently-locked Democratic senators into office I'll loving do it with a smile on my face.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:18
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bird food bathtub posted:If I have to pay extra taxes to get basically permanently-locked Democratic senators into office I'll loving do it with a smile on my face. We're all already well aware that you fully condone any policy irrespective of principle or cost so long as it helps the Democratic party.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:23
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why do yall think puerto rico would be two blue senators? They're pretty heavily catholic although I don't know what their stance on abortion is.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:24
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bird food bathtub posted:If I have to pay extra taxes to get basically permanently-locked Democratic senators into office I'll loving do it with a smile on my face. The irony of it all is that we already pay federal taxes. Reverand maynard posted:why do yall think puerto rico would be two blue senators? They're pretty heavily catholic although I don't know what their stance on abortion is. republicans hate Hispanics and catholics, so yes.
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Jun 12, 2017 05:32
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Ah yes the tried and true "they're brown so they'll go blue" gambit, last seen paying dividends in the 2016 election
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Jun 12, 2017 05:34
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maffew buildings posted:Ah yes the tried and true "they're brown so they'll go blue" gambit, last seen paying dividends in the 2016 election uh oh
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Jun 12, 2017 05:35
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Jun 12, 2017 05:40
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Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is coming out in October. It looks like you get to kill Klansmen this time too. Plenty timely too.
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Jun 12, 2017 06:55
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Casimir Radon posted:Wolfenstein: The New Colossus is coming out in October. It looks like you get to kill Klansmen this time too. Plenty timely too. New far cry and new Wolfenstein, too many virtual racists, too little time.
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Jun 12, 2017 07:03
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That's why the main character is BJ Blazkowicz If he'd been in inglorious bastards that movie would have been very short but glorious.
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Jun 12, 2017 12:05
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orange juche posted:New far cry and new Wolfenstein, too many virtual racists, too little time. They're economically insecure
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Jun 12, 2017 13:29
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https://twitter.com/sam_kriss/status/874019528925171712 Same rally as those pics the other day with combat mum and utility kilt man.
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Jun 12, 2017 13:34
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Abongination posted:Same rally as those pics the other day with combat mum and utility kilt man. combat mum and utility kilt man make a cameo in the video! edit: upon further viewing i think just utility kilt makes it. combat mum in this one is a different combat mum. BUG JUG fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 13:54
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Keebler Klansman to testify to Senate Intel in open session tomorrow, 2:30PM EST. https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/874282800676995073 Should be interesting! Oh and comedy from Donnie about his administration slots https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/874283343155691520 https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/874284206700056577 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 16:13
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What's the big deal about the Keebler Klansman testifying? What's he gonna say, 'Yup, Donnie J is in Putin's pocket and takes direct orders from Moscow, Heil Hydra'?
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Jun 12, 2017 16:25
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BigDave posted:What's the big deal about the Keebler Klansman testifying? What's he gonna say, 'Yup, Donnie J is in Putin's pocket and takes direct orders from Moscow, Heil Hydra'? Maybe his strong Christian morals will surface and he will do the right thing. lol
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Jun 12, 2017 16:29
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He will say 'I don't recall'. GOP will say 'look see it's okay!!!'. Everything back to normal. Believe me.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:32
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BigDave posted:What's the big deal about the Keebler Klansman testifying? What's he gonna say, 'Yup, Donnie J is in Putin's pocket and takes direct orders from Moscow, Heil Hydra'? It's more about whether he helped Trump obstruct justice and why he was involved influence firing Comey.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:33
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BigDave posted:What's the big deal about the Keebler Klansman testifying? What's he gonna say, 'Yup, Donnie J is in Putin's pocket and takes direct orders from Moscow, Heil Hydra'? It's actually worth watching the hearing because Sessions is real dumb and will probably contradict both himself and his boss multiple times.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:35
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BigDave posted:What's the big deal about the Keebler Klansman testifying? What's he gonna say, 'Yup, Donnie J is in Putin's pocket and takes direct orders from Moscow, Heil Hydra'? He first lied to the Senate during his confirmation. It later came out that he lied so he recused himself from the Russia investigation and amended his statement to the Senate. In his testimony last week, Comey strongly implied the FBI was aware Sessions was going to recuse himself weeks before he actually did it AND strongly implied there was more going on with Sessions than could be discussed in an unclassified setting. It then immediately leaked from the classified session that there was another meeting with the Russian ambassador that Sessions didn't disclosed. So the FBI is aware of poo poo Sessions did, Sessions has now lied twice to the Senate (including after having had a perfect opportunity to fully correct the record and didn't), it's leaked to the press, and now he's going to testify to the Senate again. He's unlikely to finger Trump over anything but he's in the poo poo up to his eyeballs.
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Jun 12, 2017 16:41
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Ooh, this will be a moment! https://twitter.com/MLevineReports/status/874294139373924352 Also there's a full cabinet meeting going on and every single one of them is being forced to praise Donnie and suck his dick, then Mattis just praised the troops and that was it. Edit: good line https://twitter.com/markknoller/status/874297177056710657 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 17:05
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As much as I post Donnie bullshit, Trump Tweets are now officially a part of the official Supreme Court record. https://twitter.com/KatyTurNBC/status/874302984091553792  And a member of Congress was just officially sentenced to four days of jail time (though he won't actually serve them) https://twitter.com/wabermes/status/874302131578208258 Edit: converted to community service https://twitter.com/wabermes/status/874303710138073088 https://twitter.com/wabermes/status/874304394464043009 facialimpediment fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jun 12, 2017 |
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Jun 12, 2017 17:33
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Incoming investor lawsuits as Uber CEO is on a leave of absence. I think after losing yet another billion dollars according to their non-gaap accounting that shareholders have had enough. I don't see uber sticking around for much longer and the promise of "self driving ubers" is loving fantasy especially after google finishes suing them into the dirt.
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Jun 12, 2017 17:35
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Oh well time to download Lyft
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