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Post by pierkiss on Mar 27, 2018 5:13:21 GMT
"The rumor mill is that Paul Ryan is getting ready to resign in the next 30 to 60 days and that Steve Scalise will be the new Speaker," Amodei said. Does Ryan know more about the Russian mess and know that dt will be gone before the 2020 election? Or is he worried what might happen to him for allowing Nunes to do what he did in the House Intel committee? I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. |
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Mar 27, 2018 5:40:58 GMT
Ok, ick... ...but I kinda wanna know the answer too. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 12:53:46 GMT
Does Ryan know more about the Russian mess and know that dt will be gone before the 2020 election? Or is he worried what might happen to him for allowing Nunes to do what he did in the House Intel committee? I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. But he will not do what needs to be done. He will live with the consequences of his lack of action! Trouble is, that we will too! |
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Post by thundergal on Mar 27, 2018 13:37:04 GMT
I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. It's his shit show. If he really does resign, he's even more of a coward than we've known him to be already. It will be like he took a dump all over the country and stood up and walked away without even wiping his ass. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 13:37:29 GMT
Only the best people.
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Post by Just T on Mar 27, 2018 13:50:53 GMT
Making America Great Again, one abusive, misogynist pig at a time. Woo hoo! I'm so glad America is going "back to the good ol' days" as my father likes to say.  |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 13:55:09 GMT
Withdrawal from NAFTA will make produce more scarce and expensive for US consumersBY GLENN HAMER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 03/27/18 08:40 AM EDT 53 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL For nearly every American, fresh produce is as close as the nearest grocery store or market. Much of the continental U.S. may be locked in a winter deep freeze, but our consumers can still count on tomatoes, strawberries, blueberries and more grown throughout Mexico and Latin America. In fact, Mexico alone produces nearly 40 percent of all imported fruits and vegetables consumed in North America.This is strength for American families and our larger economy. We’re fortunate to live in a country where produce is abundant and affordable – and the concept of “out of season” is mostly a thing of the past. It wasn’t always this way. Many of us are old enough to remember a time when produce availability and prices fluctuated wildly with the seasons. Unfortunately, ongoing negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) now threaten to turn back the clock. We may even see a severing of the very trade deal that has kept prices low and created the unprecedented consumer choice and variety American shoppers and businesses have enjoyed for more than two decades. Maintaining a tariff-free flow of goods creates competition on store shelves, helps keep prices low on the goods and products shoppers want and leads to greater consumer choice and variety. Withdrawing from NAFTA would equal a backdoor tax increase on American consumers, as goods would become more expensive and the overall cost of living would spike. This would hit Americans especially hard in the produce aisle, where we would undoubtedly see sticker shock if Mexican produce is limited because of changes in U.S. trade policy. Can you imagine your grocery basket without Mexican avocados? Or limes? Or vine-ripened tomatoes in March? Are you willing to pay more if NAFTA goes away and tariffs are put back in place? More t link: thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/380404-withdrawal-from-nafta-will-make-produce-more-scarce-andBut let's cut SNAP! Government chooses what we eat? Farmers will be thrilled. The low-income will get USA produced packed in CANS in their boxes. The wealthy can pay the import prices.. Middle Class gets lost in the mix!
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Post by maryannscraps on Mar 27, 2018 13:57:40 GMT
Making America Great Again, one abusive, misogynist pig at a time. Woo hoo! I'm so glad America is going "back to the good ol' days" as my father likes to say. With a normal human being, this guy would be kryptonite. Not in Trump world. The only good thing about this is that all the seedy underbelly is currently exposed, and we won't forget. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 14:29:31 GMT
OMG "Coming amidst a firestorm of scrutiny about how political operations can use and harvest consumer information, including from social media networks like Facebook, the UpGuard Cyber Risk Team can now reveal that a large code repository originating from AggregateIQ, a Canadian political data firm active in the 2016 US presidential race, was left publicly downloadable online. Revealed within this repository is a set of sophisticated applications, data management programs, advertising trackers, and information databases that collectively could be used to target and influence individuals through a variety of methods, including automated phone calls, emails, political websites, volunteer canvassing, and Facebook ads. Also exposed among these tools are numerous credentials, keys, hashes, usernames, and passwords to access other AIQ assets, including databases, social media accounts, and Amazon Web Services repositories, raising the possibility of attacks by any malicious actors encountering the exposure." I just saw this on Twitter. Ted Cruz's name was mentioned. He's another slimeball. The walls are closing in. |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Mar 27, 2018 14:37:58 GMT
I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. But he will not do what needs to be done. He will live with the consequences of his lack of action! Trouble is, that we will too! Not really. He’ll be living in luxury and riches in his community of those who were stripped of basics needs and care. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 15:18:38 GMT
The Hill...
“Conway: Expulsion of diplomats "upends the whole narrative" that Trump isn’t tough on Russia hill.cm/kcUTM9d”
No, it just means he was forced to do something he wouldn’t have done on his own. It’s called peer pressure.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 15:36:59 GMT
"upends the whole narrative" that Trump isn’t tough on Russia hill.cm/kcUTM9d” They knew it was coming so it gave them time to shred everything. Remember Dec 2016(?) watching all the smoke rising above the different buildings closing. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 16:35:54 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 16:43:53 GMT
Surprise, surprise!
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 27, 2018 16:46:16 GMT
ummm- yeah. why would a foreign country want to fund the NRA at all, if it wasn't somehow connected to elections? What would be the purpose, otherwise?
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Post by bc2ca on Mar 27, 2018 16:58:33 GMT
Does Ryan know more about the Russian mess and know that dt will be gone before the 2020 election? Or is he worried what might happen to him for allowing Nunes to do what he did in the House Intel committee? I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. I think he desperately wants to protect his resume and hopes that getting out before it all goes down will stop any mud from sticking to him. I think he has WH aspirations. He can spin that the GOP leadership saw him as the only guy able to manage to House when Boehner left and he was the guy that pushed tax reform through. He needs something else on his resume before coming back to run for the GOP nomination. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 17:23:11 GMT
linkLast night I stayed up and watched part of the Daily Show. They did a bit when a correspondent interviewed gun supporters in Montana. He asked this one guy who said he wanted the same weapons as the government. Hence the tweet below. The Daily Show... "I should have a tank because I should be equally armed with whatever the government has." @roywoodjr interviews pro-gun activists at a rally in Montana. on.cc.com/2pK8wGl”
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 18:49:33 GMT
The Hill..
“Trump pushing Pentagon to pay for border wall: report“
President Trump is privately pushing for the Pentagon to pay for his proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico, according to a new report.
The Washington Post reports that Trump made the suggestion to several advisers last week, saying it was a "national security" issue that the wall be funded.
Trump reportedly told Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in a meeting last week that the military should pay for the wall. Ryan offered little reaction to the idea while senior Capitol Hill officials called its prospects unlikely, the newspaper reported.
The president has sought $25 billion in funding for his long-proposed wall, but a massive funding bill passed by Congress last week only appropriated $1.6 billion for border security, with funding provided for fencing and levees.
In a separate meeting with senior aides last week, the president reportedly voiced confidence that the Pentagon would have enough funds to cover the wall's cost under the omnibus spending bill.
Trump expressed frustration while signing the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package, originally threatening to veto the bill because of its lack of funding for his border wall. The bill allots about $700 billion for the military.
Two advisers also told the Post that when Trump tweeted "Build WALL through M!" earlier this week, the "M" was intended to stand for "military." Trump originally said that Mexico would pay for the wall.
A senior Pentagon official told the newspaper that any reallocation of 2018 military funding for the border wall would require an act of Congress.
A budget amendment to find funds for the border wall in the fiscal 2019 budget would require 60 votes in the Senate, which the White House would be unlikely to find. Republicans currently hold a slim 51-49 seat majority.
Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee last fall added language to the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would have prevented any Pentagon funding from being used to cover the wall's costs.
That amendment, introduced by Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), who is running against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for Senate, was stripped from the final NDAA bill.”
National security is trump’s argument for everything he does. Problem this time, the wall is small potatoes compared to the open borders/coast line and the border with Canada. And the number of immigrants who come to this country on a visa and never leave. Drugs are smuggled in by boat or under the current fences by tunnels along the Southern border.
This is nothing but a monument to donald j trump that we can’t afford.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 18:54:41 GMT
USA Kyle Griffin.... “Sanders says a citizenship question has been on every census since 1965. Citizenship hasn’t been questioned on a decennial census since 1950: usat.ly/2GzJaWg” When they do shit like this then one has to question every single word that comes from the trump administration. How does that MAGA?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 19:00:37 GMT
Craig’s listIgor Bobic... “omg, someone put up a Craigslist ad in DC titled 'SEEKING LEAD ATTORNEY FOR DIFFICULT CLIENT' washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/lgl/d/seek…” “ SEEKING LEAD ATTORNEY FOR DIFFICULT CLIENT (1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW) ““Seeking a lead attorney to represent client involved in an ongoing Federal investigation. Must be familiar with laws and procedures around discovery, executive privilege, international financing of licensed real estate, election law and the Logan Act. Working knowledge of social media, especially Twitter is a plus, as is a better than average knowledge of the adult film industry and a collection of Playboy magazines from 1985-2010. Must look the part - Gregory Peck or Tommy Lee Jones type. Prior appearances on Fox News a huge plus. No fatties. Must be prepared to work with a client who is very forceful and opinionated about his defense and is his own best counsel. Basically your job boils down to keeping him from testifying under oath and hoping the rest comes out in the wash. Ask about our other openings on our staff and submit your resume to be considered for potential openings in the near future. Perhaps the very near future. Like, hit refresh on your browser now. Now again. Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster. do NOT contact us with unsolicited services or offers“ 😀
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 19:04:28 GMT
Maggie Haberman....
“Per two senior administration officials, Trump continued to rail privately about the omnibus bill, and has become convinced of things that aren’t true about it.”
”Trump has been watching Fox, which had Coulter on Jeanine Pirro slamming Trump over the wall funding. That type of thing - as well as his conviction it includes Planned Parenthood funding - are animating him.”
Such a child.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 19:18:17 GMT
I think he desperately wants to protect his resume and hopes that getting out before it all goes down will stop any mud from sticking to him. I think he has WH aspirations. He can spin that the GOP leadership saw him as the only guy able to manage to House when Boehner left and he was the guy that pushed tax reform through. He needs something else on his resume before coming back to run for the GOP nomination. He has very big hurdles to scale!! A senior Pentagon official told the newspaper that any reallocation of 2018 military funding for the border wall would require an act of Congress. YES!! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 19:22:07 GMT
Maggie Haberman.... “Per two senior administration officials, Trump continued to rail privately about the omnibus bill, and has become convinced of things that aren’t true about it.” ”Trump has been watching Fox, which had Coulter on Jeanine Pirro slamming Trump over the wall funding. That type of thing - as well as his conviction it includes Planned Parenthood funding - are animating him.” Such a child. Isn't that special!! |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 19:56:02 GMT
The child is throwing a tantrum.. oh well it is Sarah!! White House fumes at reporters' focus on Stormy DanielsBY JONATHAN EASLEY - 03/27/18 03:24 PM EDT White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders ripped reporters on Tuesday for their focus on Stormy Daniels as she fielded multiple questions about why President Trump has not addressed allegations that he had an affair with the adult film actress. ** Reporters peppered Sanders with questions about whether Trump knew about a $130,000 payment from his attorney, Michael Cohen, to Daniels to not talk about the alleged affair and why the president has remained silent on the matter. Sanders referred questions about the payment to Cohen, who has said that he paid out of his own pocket and was not reimbursed and that the president and campaign did not know about the payment. “I don't think it's silent when the president has addressed this, we’ve addressed it extensively, there's nothing else to add,” Sanders added. “Just because you guys continue to ask the same question over and over and over again doesn't mean we have to come up with new things to say. We addressed it. We addressed it extensively and there’s nothing new to add to this conversation.” ** Sanders said Tuesday that the president is too busy to respond to all of his critics. “I didn't say he punches back on every single topic,” Sanders said. “If he did, he would probably be addressing a lot of the stories that you guys write every single minute of the day. He has a job to do and a country to run and he’s doing a great job with that. That's why the economy is booming, ISIS is on the run, we’re remaking the judiciary and pushing his agenda through. Sometimes he chooses to punch back and sometimes he doesn't.” more at link: thehill.com/homenews/administration/380505-white-house-fumes-at-reporters-focus-on-stormy-daniels |
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Post by femalebusiness on Mar 27, 2018 20:07:59 GMT
Does Ryan know more about the Russian mess and know that dt will be gone before the 2020 election? Or is he worried what might happen to him for allowing Nunes to do what he did in the House Intel committee? I think he just doesn’t want to participate in all of this anymore. If that’s the case I can’t really blame him for wanting to quit. I would want to quit that shit show too. Ryan got what he wanted, tax cuts for the wealthy. He will leave congress and receive his payoff in cash, stock and a cushy high paying job. Because he can't stand trump and he can see the republicans are going to go down, he is bailing before he can do what he really wants to do, which is destroy Medicare and Social Security. He is slime. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 27, 2018 20:10:20 GMT
This is nothing but a monument to donald j trump I certainly hope Congress realizes this is the ONLY reason he's really pushing it (the wall between the US and Mexico) so hard, and that they DO NOT accede to his blustering on this one. I wouldn't be surprised if it ever does get built, he would probably want his NAME on it. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 20:20:44 GMT
Our government at it's best and dt is trying to make it better........... US family stranded on south side of border fenceScott Bronstein, Drew Griffin, Collette Richards, Jasmine Cen CNN Investigates Updated 3:41 PM ET, Tue April 4, 2017 Brownsville, Texas (CNN)D'Ann Loop awoke just before dawn to the smell of smoke as flames spread through her ranch home. She and her husband, Ray, rousted their daughter out of bed, called 911 and fled outside with little more than the clothes they were wearing. They could hear the wail of a fire truck's siren and thought help was on its way. But the minutes ticked by. Soon, their house and barn were entirely engulfed in flames. The horses got out, but other pets -- six dogs, a cat, more than four-dozen baby chicks and a guinea pig -- were trapped inside. "We had a little miniature goat, he was on fire and he was running out of the structure screaming," said D'Ann, tearing up at the memory of the Jan. 11 ordeal. "We all stood in the yard and we had to listen to their cries, burning alive." By the time the fire engine arrived there was nothing to save. But it was hardly the firefighters' fault: An 18-foot border fence had blocked their way.
Though the Loops' home is on US territory, it is located on the other side of the country's border fence. The family was essentially locked out of its own country when the fence was built a decade ago.That's because construction of a border barrier is complicated by concerns over the environment, geography, topography and other matters. It doesn't always follow the true border between Mexico and the US. Whole lot more at link: includes a map showing the problem...... www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/us/eminent-domain-us-mexico-border-loop-family/index.html |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Mar 27, 2018 20:22:15 GMT
that is AWFUL!!! I hate the idea of the border wall in totality... I understand why it might be needed in some places but...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2018 20:51:17 GMT
Raw Story..
“NRA admits moving money from accounts with foreign donations to US campaign accounts”
“The National Rifle Association acknowledged this week that it has moved money from accounts with foreign donation to accounts that are used for spending on U.S. political campaigns. The organization insists the transactions are “permitted by law.”
After it was announced that special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating whether the NRA was used to funnel Russian money into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked the gun group to prove that the allegations were untrue.
NPR reported on Tuesday that the NRA admitted in a letter to Wyden that “we do receive some contributions from foreign individuals and entities,” but it also insisted that “those contributions are made directly to the NRA for lawful purposes.”
According to NPR, “the movement of its money between accounts could make it difficult, if not impossible, to track how the money is spent since it is not isolated or sequestered.”
In the letter to Wyden, the NRA said that it did “receive funds from foreign persons only for purposes not connected to elections, as permitted by federal law.”
And it acknowledged that some of the money in accounts containing foreign donations is moved into accounts used to fund political campaigns in the U.S. But the NRA insisted that the “transfers between accounts are made as permitted by law.”
“The NRA did not immediately respond to a request from NPR to disclose the total sum of its donations from foreign sources,” NPR noted.”
Of course they did. I mean why wouldn’t they. It’s their mantra that they have to win at all costs. And it’s not just the NRA, it’s the GOP as well.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 27, 2018 20:53:56 GMT
Gowdy to Trump’s lawyer: If you have an innocent client, act like itBY BRETT SAMUELS - 03/18/18 12:31 PM EDT Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Sunday criticized President Trump’s attorney for calling for an end to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible ties between Trump's campaign and Moscow. “I think the president’s attorney, frankly, does him a disservice when he says that and when he frames the investigation that way,” Gowdy said on “Fox News Sunday.” “If you look at the jurisdiction for Robert Mueller, first and foremost what did Russia do to this country in 2016. That is supremely important and it has nothing to do with collusion,” Gowdy said. “So to suggest that Mueller should shut down and that all he’s looking at is collusion, if you have an innocent client Mr. Dowd, act like it.” More at link: thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/379016-gowdy-to-trumps-lawyer-if-you-have-an-innocent-client-act-like-itSeems that some of the republicans are rethinking things.............
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