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Chilichimp posted:Is Chris Hayes good? He seems insufferable. To a lesser degree than O'Donnell, but STILL Don't bother with his ilk, there's plenty of better journalists in the sea.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Was this confidential info or is it known we have subs there? You. Do Not. Tell. Anyone. Where Ohios are. Actually, poo poo, subs near North Korea? I'll bet you 50-50 odds one of those is Jimmy Carter.
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RiggenBlaque posted:This feels a little embarrassing to ask, but what specifically did Joe Lieberman do that everyone hates him? I live in CT and it seems like literally everyone in the state despises him. Keeps undermining progressive policy.
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evilweasel posted:He wasn't a toadie but he did collaborate in Comey's firing and the coverup. Explain?
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On this topic of Comey, coverup, and memos, crossposted from another thread: So, the title of this thread may end up being wrong. Russia may not end up being the topic that matters; even in the light of the recent FBI raids on half a dozen Republican party contractors, the least contentious topic of inquiry is now obstruction of justice. This graphic exaggerates several accusations, but it points out what I'm talking about. https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/867375384270168064 Two accusations, firing Comey and stating that Sessions ought not to recuse himself, are supported by plain language by Donald Trump himself, with the Comey admission on camera in closeup. The notion that firing Comey was obstruction of justice is black and white: if you are able to frame it otherwise, you are capable of ignoring video evidence or thinking Trump was just kidding in turned out to be a serious and frank interview. Comey's memos on the proceedings of meetings he had with Donald Trump, in which Comey was asked in no uncertain terms to drop the Manafort investigation, shift this interpretation of Trump's damning admission in the recorded Lester Holt interview from near certainty to virtually absolute certainty. Trump stating that Sessions ought not to recuse himself, so far as I am aware, was merely an official opinion and not actually something the White House took procedural action on. It is thus likely an exaggeration; that's not a crime. The Yates firing, so far as publicly available and auditable information go, can be swung as a reaction to inaction on the first major immigration EO of 2017. Sure, it placed Sessions in a position to firewall Trump from the justice system, but it would be fancifully speculative at this time to think this was the main reason Yates was fired as it is perfectly normal to replace AGs upon inauguration. That accusation is an overreach; Trump did probably fire Yates over the EO. The rest of the accusations require document discovery proceedings, leaks, or subpoenas for testimony to verify and are thus, right now, overreaching. That leaves us with one black and white instance of obstruction of justice with documents in the historical record to confirm a criminal interpretation of Donald Trump's intent. Donald Trump engaged in criminal activity. The game is over there, with any future testimony from a DJT team member testifying in exchange for immunity from anything discovered in the numerous FBI's raids on GOP organizations only dumping more icing on the cake. If McConnell and Ryan are unable to block hearings or public disclosure of the special prosecutor's findings, it is over. Any trial would be a fait accompli. (Edited for Twitter embed)
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Crazy Ferret posted:Yes. "Celebrating 60 years of excellence!" Crabtree posted:On the plus side, most of the racists can't really afford the likely terrible education of said private schools to begin with - so homeschool it is for you, Ezekiel Josh-Marty! They can get pretty cheap, especially for a family living on cheap real estate in a quiet neighborhood in Alabama.
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Alter Ego posted:In a 5-4 decision... "...golly, I just can't find anything in this statute [points to a copy of the constitution] that specifies that schools with federal funding have to admit 'LGBQ' students." -Justice Neil Gorsuch, 2018
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Rigel posted:This may be correct, but the 21% who are STILL with him now are either not paying any attention at all, or they will be bitter enders. One in five showing strong support is still way too high a population of would-be Braunhemden in a free country.
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theflyingorc posted:My thoughts on Nate Silver and 538 are now always as follows: He did unironically provide the actual electoral map as a contender in November.
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Rigel posted:This may be correct, but the 21% who are STILL with him now are either not paying any attention at all, or they will be bitter enders.  I call into wonder just how much of the explosive growth of the "strongly disapprove" set is a flip directly from strongly approve / somewhat approve right to the opposite end of the spectrum once voters realized (1) Trump lied about healthcare (2) Trump was actually serious about going full focus on immigration over other promises on economic end ethics topics.
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May 24, 2017 18:12
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theflyingorc posted:a 64 year old person on a fixed income earning $26,500 a year would have an expected yearly insurance cost of $13,600. We are about to test Justice Neil Gorsuch's thesis on assisted suicide.
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twice burned ice posted:https://twitter.com/Bencjacobs/status/867519689252929540 Please don't come across like a sissy whiny libtard overaggressive fake news journalist who deserved it ba'gawsh 
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May 25, 2017 13:17
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no as in this is fake, I think. Broad shot: people against a white wall, there is a coat hangar or something behind them. Close shot: people are in front of a wide table with a phone or a book in the center, there is clearly no wall.
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May 25, 2017 13:25
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Mister Adequate posted:Man yo I want to distance myself from glowing fish's overnight crazy, I was just giving people poo poo because hey what's the point in having states if not to give people in other states poo poo, but that dude crazy. Insert standard "Imagine if a democrat did this" here.
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May 25, 2017 15:50
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Dmitri-9 posted:It's a pretty big problem when the republican opponent is an unpopular carpetbagger, with lots of oligarchical comments and positions, and has no gun control wedge issue to help him. That means that the election was lost on messaging, real ideological differences, and/or tribalism. If the dems can't change enough hearts and minds in a purple state with a populist message like Quist then they are just a rump party. The close race narrative works in Kansas but Montana is more of a swing state. I think you might be beyond anything other than clinical deprogramming.
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May 26, 2017 13:58
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Nonsense posted:Get hosed Gianforte Reported by who, and for what exactly
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Nonsense posted:I was just informed the source of that Report to the FBI tweet is some kind of Louise Mensch type figure. Yeah makes sense.
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May 26, 2017 20:29
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Sloober posted:gently caress yeah! You ride that rocketship to state fiscal crisis wisconsin! Do it. Holy poo poo do it right the gently caress now, as fast as you can.
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May 26, 2017 22:33
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CelestialScribe posted:I think Zuckerberg's motives are questionable but he is absolutely not an idiot, in any way, shape or form. The problem with the left is that so many view CEOs as worthless suits who don't contribute to their businesses when in fact many are actually brilliant strategic minds who can understand complex ideas and make hard choices as a result, while still allowing an ecosystem - a business - to thrive. Dude, he described himself in 2010 in a party as a fish out of water who felt like he was undeserving of the stroke of luck he had in being able to poach Sandberg as COO. In person he is awkward as hell and appears not to have improved on that front. He has trouble eloquently answering questions off the cuff. He's not a leader, and my opinion here is backed by a number of friends who have jogged the FB / Google / MS circuit before settling in with their long term gigs. Potato Salad fucked around with this message at 22:55 on May 26, 2017 |
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Rinkles posted:How big is the alt-right actually? They're loud, but I've always suspected the coverage they got was disproportionate. Electorate % isn't the problem when they doxx opponents, generate fake news, and hold torchlit vigils with Richard Spencer outside primarily black neighborhoods.
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CelestialScribe posted:I literally just said this a page or two back. Euuuh I'm standing by it, I kinda take intelligence as a more complete set of expectations to meet than a straight D20 game's INT stat.
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Party Plane Jones posted:https://twitter.com/costareports/status/868241827069140992 loving lol, he's going to start deleting emails and destroying documents like he has done three separate times in the past in response to a request for discovery.
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May 27, 2017 00:13
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Darth Windu posted:Can someone honestly explain why the Seth rich thing isn't super worrisome, thanks in advances. Kim Dotcom promised evidence then couldn't produce any, every initial source claiming to have information on Seth Rich has since recanted. I'm about as concerned about Seth Rich's murder being more than a mugging as I am about Apollo 11 not having actually visited the moon.
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Peven Stan posted:In my city democrats have mismanaged things for decades. They also run a machine political operation where all candidates are carefully vetted for loyalty to the local party organization and/or major donors to the party. 4th ward has good bars tho
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DrPop posted:There's more in the article: http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/05/27/19041594/suspect-in-portland-hate-crime-murders-is-a-known-white-supremacist White Supremacist Mr Christian
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ISIS CURES TROONS posted:You fantasize about murdering people on the other side of the aisle. Let's not pretend you are anything but a crazy person. projection dot com
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Chilichimp posted:The president acting like a child during the Arlington memorial day ceremony is what is wrong, though. just imagine Barabus "Barry" tgehe Rock Osama doing this very thing and how 40% of the the country would respond E - This is not the CSPAM thread, but gently caress it Potato Salad fucked around with this message at 19:12 on May 29, 2017 |
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Hollismason posted:Wait is it inappropriate to sing along with the National Anthem. This is at the Tomb. Look into Mattis' eyes and answer that question yourself. Bottom Liner posted:When you're at Arlington to honor fallen service members on Memorial Day, yes, it is inappropriate to sway back and forth and lazily mouth the words like a bored toddler.
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Having attended this very event years ago and still having it sitting in my memory as one of the most profound moments in my national identity, I can tell anyone not seeing the problem here, with confidence, that you and your intellectual dishonesty in insisting that you can't see what Trump is doing here can gently caress right the gently caress off and take a long hard look at the caricature of a patriot you have become.
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Drone posted:Reminder that the @POTUS Twitter account is, with like 99.9% certainty, never ever personally controlled by Trump, rather a member of the White House communications staff. There's a very real reason why the empty platitudes were posted there and not from @realDonaldTrump. His followers know the @POTUS platitudes are the conventional lip service that needs to be paid.
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blood for the blood god, skulls for the skull throne you're going to find it very hard to get the western world to agree with the idea that obummer is a war criminal
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There Bias Two posted:I wouldn't be surprised if there were cops who joined them while off-duty. Ding ding ding Law enforcement and military personnel are the natural allies of militias. Remind yourself of who made up a great majority of the Brownshirt membership in the 1920s.
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Crain posted:This is all true, but at least wrt suspending elections I think it's just so far outside of the realm of possibility. See Drone's post: There isn't a legal mechanism for enacting such a thing, so in order to suspend elections they'd literally have to attempt a full on coup of the US government and dissolve it, or attempt a constitutional amendment to allow them to do so legally. Which is just not possible in the next 3 years. Easy Salmon Recipe posted:2) They're girding up by reaching out to militia groups.
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Crain posted:It's worrying, but I don't see the end result of vaguely allied militia groups as a full coup. At best they start "patrolling" their areas pretending to play cop and get push back from the real police for stepping on their turf, and the ones that end up killing anyone get arrested and sentenced and the GOP just goes "oh wow what a crazy lone wolf with no connection to anything" like usual. These guys are not actually very good at what they do, and they are not being lead by geniuses (as we're finding out). So, I'm more worried than you are because we have already seen juries nullify clearly-guilty conservative perps who do stupid things with guns to federal property and minorities on video then brag about it over social media.
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