RaffyTaffy posted:

china had its parade today.

quote:

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol-bomb throwing protesters and shot a teenage demonstrator, as pro-democracy activists defied the city’s Chinese rulers on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic.

Cat-and-mouse clashes spread from the upmarket district of Causeway Bay to the Admiralty area that is home to government offices on Hong Kong island, with police vans chasing down pro-democracy protesters in the key drag of Hennessy Road.

Thousands of black-clad protesters, some wearing Guy Fawkes masks, marched on Admiralty, ignoring a police ban. Violence escalated across the harbor to Kowloon and beyond to the New Territories in the most widespread unrest in nearly four months.

“There are rioting acts across Kowloon, Hong Kong island and the New Territories,” police said in a statement.

Police said they shot an 18-year-old man in the shoulder in the Tsuen Wan area of the New Territories.

“A large group of rioters was attacking police officers in Tsuen Wan,” police said in a statement. “Police officers warned them, but they were still attacking police. A police officer’s life was seriously endangered. In order to save his and other officers’ lives, they fired at the attacker.”

Acebuckeye13 posted:

https://twitter.com/Mediaite/status/1179040598222888962?s=19

Warren should turn this into a campaign ad.

colachute posted:

https://twitter.com/tliou/status/1179059677528764416?s=21

Motherfucking finally.

Casimir Radon posted:

Dumbfuck is holding a rally in Minneapolis on the 10th, so there's going to be hairtrigger thousands of shitbags walking around. My boss won't allow me to work from home, so it's going to be great.

Flying_Crab posted:

So, lawyers. How close is this to actual obstruction of justice?

quote:

Stocks tumbled for a second day on Wednesday, as investors faced new evidence that global growth is under threat.

The two day drop has ended what had been a relatively calm stretch of trading on Wall Street.

The S&P 500 dropped more than one percent in early trading Wednesday, adding to a similar sized decline the day before. The selling this week began after a key measure of manufacturing activity showed that factory output in the United States had slowed to levels last seen at the end of the financial crisis a decade ago.

Also on Tuesday, the World Trade Organization cut its forecast for growth in trade. World trade in merchandise is expected to expand just 1.2 percent this year, in the weakest year since the heat of the financial crisis in 2009.
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And on Wednesday, a private report on hiring in the United States was slightly slower than economists had forecast. The report, released by ADP, is a precursor to the monthly jobs report from the Labor Department, though it is not necessarily indicative of what the official data will show.

facialimpediment posted:

Was wondering when this was going to blow up and what it was about. Sounds like political appointees are putting their fingers where they don't belong at the IRS.

https://twitter.com/rachaelmbade/status/1179860889010425858?s=19

psydude posted:

I'm predicting they actually don't show anything particularly interesting, but much like the inauguration size, he refuses to let it go just because that would mean losing. And we all know being wrong about anything is impossible in Trumpworld.

Casimir Radon posted:

I'm sure you could use them to put together a money laundering case. They're not the end all be all of it, but there's probably something good in there.

BUG JUG posted:

Wasn't Max Uriarte in 3-1? Could this dude be the ur-boot he is always drawing?

facialimpediment posted:

"Schiff says that all Republicans are complicit, but off the record, Republican leaders familiar with the situation are Very Concerned."

That Works posted:

I like it because you can view all his poo poo if you want without actually following him.

WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:

It means fox is actively trying to destroy our country? And our smooth brained pissy baby president is throwing a tantrum again

Cugel the Clever posted:

poo poo, he's on to our time travel plot.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1180551689818050562?s=09

EBB posted:

roll that beautiful bean footage

EBB posted:

roll that beautiful bean footage

Vasudus posted:

there's blood in the water

bird food bathtub posted:

Obviously the president gets to appoint a supreme court nominee. It says so right in the constitution. How can noted Republican Mitch McConnel possibly gently caress with something so obvious?

Flying_Crab posted:

When we say middle though what are we meaning? Most states between the Mississippi River and California? Yeah that's mostly empty. The urbanized South (e.g. Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, etc.) & Great Lakes? There are a fuckload of people and major cities that aren't East/West coast in those areas.

Flying_Crab posted:

Ok yeah, that's what I think of when we're talking empty places.

pantslesswithwolves posted:

George W. Bush differs from Trump in that the former had a moral compass that guided his decision making and presidency. You could certainly disagree with the directions it pointed him and the decisions he made, but at least you had a general idea of what motivated him. You certainly can’t say that for Trump, and it’s even odds whether it’s narcissism, racism, aspiring authoritarianism, greed or the brain worms feasting.

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1181299742980132870?s=19

Associated Press posted:

The White House has notified the House that the Trump administration will not participate in what it is calling Democrats' "illegitimate" impeachment probe.

White House Counsel Pat Cipollone writes in a letter to House Democratic leaders that their inquiry has processed in a "manner that violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due process" and "lacks any legitimate constitutional foundation" or "pretense of fairness."

The letter comes the same day Trump intensified his fight with Congress by blocking Gordon Sondland, the U.S. European Union ambassador, from testifying behind closed doors about the president's dealings with Ukraine.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff called Sondland's no-show "additional strong evidence" of obstruction of Congress by Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that will only strengthen Democrats' case.

Stravag posted:

Did...did they just say the constitution is uncontitutional?

Hot Karl Marx posted:

https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1181720343192444928

colachute posted:

And telling me a candidate fucks is just a positive. If it came out that Bernie had a heart attack because he was in the middle of an orgy I’d elevate him from candidate to God.

Telling me that Warren went BDSM on a marine would be the coolest poo poo I know about her.

hobbesmaster posted:

Isn't the US already loving over Canada by laughing at their arctic claims?

Nostalgia4Butts posted:

Proud Christian Mom posted:

THEY HAVE TO DO THIS TO FIGHT AGAINST OBAMA'S DEEP STATE

this is the argument.