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mcmagic posted:Just watched Joe and Mika from this morning. I like how they sat on 2 HUGE stories 1) That someone running for president was, according to someone working on their campaign, mentally unhinged and unstable and 2) The president is blackmailing journalists, until they could use them to settle a Twitter war. I wonder why they thought the public didn't need to know those things before that...
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This is loving beautiful https://twitter.com/meridithmcgraw/status/880910072213368839
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FlamingLiberal posted:I mean they both probably voted for him....they are still Republicans. I'm sure they did. Just wondering if they realize how bad that story made them look as well as Trump. heh
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:This is loving beautiful  This man is so profoundly stupid and oblivious.
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Paracaidas posted:
Horseshit. The job of the Assembly as professional legislators is to write legislation that enacts the will of the people who elected them, not wait for the legislation faerie to drop laws in their laps, and yes telling individual senators to come up with a bill on their own time because we can't waste valuable committee time (you know the organs responsible for creating legislation) on something stupid like healthcare is waiting for the legislation faerie. The Assembly had no problem passing bill after bill for Schwarzenegger to veto and then wringing their hands "gawrsh we have this great plan but the Republicans just won't let us pass it, if only we had a supermajority, you voters need to do your part." So the voters do, they turn out and give Dems supermajority control of the whole drat government and suddenly "oh I'm sorry but Mrs Barbara Smith of 123 Shady Grove didn't staple a fully costed legislatively complete bill to her ballot, writing laws is hard I guess we'll just have to wait for the lobbyists to write one for us. What campaign promises, sorry electing us to do our jobs isn't how this works, voters, what are you, stupid?"
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Here is my hot take on the Morning Joe thing: At first, I thought it was just more celebrity twitter slap fighting, but I do actually think it is relevant. One of the big puzzles of the Trump administration was whether Trump would manage to alienate people or normalize behavior faster. He has done a lot of both, but there are some institutions he has managed to squarely alienate. He alienated the mainstream press. A big chunk of the law enforcement and intelligence community were wavering, but with the Comey firing, he alienated them. Now, badgering and blackmailing at least part of the right wing media is letting them know that they aren't immune. There is another possible part of his power base that has just realized that, yes, leopards will eat their face and leave them bloody.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:This is loving beautiful The President of the United States of America is not a smart man.
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withak posted:The President of the United States of America is not a smart man. Or at least, he's never seen Toy Story. Odd, since it's about on his intellectual level.
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glowing-fish posted:Here is my hot take on the Morning Joe thing: Has he? The some of the largest police unions in the country endorsed Donnie and the largest police unions of various big cities continue to blast their Dem mayors for saying "Maybe you shouldn't kill blacks at the drop of a pin?"
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PhazonLink posted:Has he? I am actually curious about that. You are right, the local law enforcement community probably hasn't changed. The FBI certainly has. How far that has spread outside of the FBI is something I don't know. Just like how many of his cable news supporters will realize that he might send the National Enquirer to reveal they have personal lives? I don't know.
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Crow Jane posted:Ever see The Wire? Carcetti was based on him. He REALLY hosed over Baltimore with his police and drug policies as mayor. Haha, wait, really? Well that explains a bit. Baltimore is a cess pit of corruption. Guess I shouldn't be surprised he was part of it.
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glowing-fish posted:I am actually curious about that. The FBI are an educated bunch. The Republican "elite" aren't as comfortable with Trump as blue collar Republicans.
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BarbarianElephant posted:The FBI are an educated bunch. The Republican "elite" aren't as comfortable with Trump as blue collar Republicans. Being "not comfortable" with Trump doesn't mean they won't support him, enable his lawlessness or vote for him in 2020.
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mik posted:I feel like there's sort of a Spartacus thing going on with all these states defying Trump on the voter information now that the defiance-ball is rolling. It's the same as the healthcare bill, everyone waits for the point where they can say "oh yeah well I never liked that anyway!"
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glowing-fish posted:No. I'm not very familiar with Oregon's history, but maybe you shouldn't weigh in on the reason for banning black people from the state if you're just guessing... Black Americans apparently couldn't even move to the state until 1926.
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mcmagic posted:Being "not comfortable" with Trump doesn't mean they won't support him, enable his lawlessness or vote for him in 2020. Possibly an increase in the Libertarian vote. I guess.
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Glazier posted:Counterpoint Wow, I don't have anything else to add, just... wow.
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LtStorm posted:https://twitter.com/dougbrown8/status/880842900577206272 The fact that Oathkeepers are involved is probably the least surprising part of the story. When the Trumpstaffel becomes official those goose-stepping motherfuckers are going to be the first in line to join.
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More news about the guy trying to get Clinton's emails and apparently more soon. https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/880964138993946624 https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/880965413156392960
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Wittes is keeping true to his word and retiring tick tick tick tick
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Hopefully real soon because I don't want to go through the long weekend without some juicy news. I need my fix! 
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https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/880961480308469760 loving assholes. These people just want to serve their country.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I'm not very familiar with Oregon's history, but maybe you shouldn't weigh in on the reason for banning black people from the state if you're just guessing... Yeah, just like the geography of US he has no idea what he's talking about. Oregon was originated as a white homeland. Oregon didn't ban slavery because slavery was bad, it was because if you don't have slaves, you don't have black people. And the Coon Chicken Inn was an actual place, not just a postcard.
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Jul 1, 2017 02:54
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Phoix posted:More news about the guy trying to get Clinton's emails and apparently more soon. Major story on Friday before the 4th? It's one of the biggest take out the trash days.
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Phoix posted:More news about the guy trying to get Clinton's emails and apparently more soon. Can someone post the text of this? Paywalled. Never mind, I got past it. I'm not clear on why this is a big deal though. empty whippet box fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jul 1, 2017 |
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Phoix posted:More news about the guy trying to get Clinton's emails and apparently more soon. https://twitter.com/PressSecSpicey/status/880966844865064960
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Jealous Cow posted:https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/status/880961480308469760 So far, the pentagon has been rather separate from the Trump administration (mostly). I wouldn't read too much into this just yet. The military has a *lot* of issues in integrating folks and making sure that things like bullying do not occur, so I'd hold and wait first.
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There's another WSJ follow up naming Conway, Bannon, and others working with Smith. Maddow is talking about it right now.
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ntan1 posted:So far, the pentagon has been rather separate from the Trump administration (mostly). I wouldn't read too much into this just yet. The military has a *lot* of issues in integrating folks and making sure that things like bullying do not occur, so I'd hold and wait first. This. It's lovely, but I don't think it's a political decision. Also, I would not want to work anywhere near the armed forces right now, trans or not.
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OhDearGodNo posted:There's another WSJ follow up naming Conway, Bannon, and others working with Smith. holy poo poo please let there be concrete evidence
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skylined! posted:holy poo poo The article is basically nothing because it just says their names were in a file. quote:Mr. Smith’s purpose in listing the officials isn’t clear. There is no indication in the document that he sought or received any coordination from the campaign officials or the campaign in general. I really don't know why they even ran this.
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BarbarianElephant posted:The FBI are an educated bunch. The Republican "elite" aren't as comfortable with Trump as blue collar Republicans. GA - 06 was one of the most highly educated areas of Georgia.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:GA - 06 was one of the most highly educated areas of Georgia. They're not comfortable with Trump, just with other Republicans
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Phoix posted:The article is basically nothing because it just says their names were in a file. Because I need it to get me going on yet another Friday night alone with my DVD boxsets of West Wing.
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