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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 9, 2019 18:00:00 GMT
SHE stood her ground in a room full of males, white at that!! A black lawmaker and mother refused to back down in opposing a 'stand your ground' bill. The measure was defeatedBy Christina Maxouris, CNN Updated 11:44 AM ET, Sat March 9, 2019 (CNN)One black lawmaker refused to retreat when her white, male colleagues moved to cut off debate on a bill that would let Arkansas residents use lethal force as the first line of self-defense if they felt threatened. After her deeply personal tirade against so-called "stand your ground" propositions, the bill was defeated. Now, video of the comments, which allude to racial tensions simmering far beyond Little Rock, has gone viral. "I'm the only person here of color, OK. I am a mother, too, and I have a son, and I care as much for my son as y'all care for y'alls, but my son doesn't walk the same path as yours does," state Sen. Stephanie Flowers, a Democrat, said Wednesday during debate in the GOP-controlled Judiciary Committee. "So, this debate deserves more time." "For a long time since I've been back here in Arkansas, I have feared for my son's life," she said, according to official video of the meeting. "Now, he's 27 and he's out of Arkansas, and I thank God he is when you're bringing up crap like this. It offends me. And then to limit the debate, too. This is crazy." ** "It doesn't take much to look at the local news every night and see how many black kids, black boys, black men are being killed with these 'stand your ground' defenses that these people raise, and they get off," Flowers told her fellow lawmakers Wednesday. ** As Flowers spoke, Republican state Sen. Alan Clark, the committee's chairman, at one point interrupted her, saying, "Senator, you need to stop." "No, I don't," Flowers responded. "Yes, you do," Clark insisted. "No, I don't. What the hell you going to do, shoot me?" she asked, adding moments later, "Do what the hell you want to do, go ahead, but you can't silence me." ** www.cnn.com/2019/03/09/us/arkansas-stand-your-ground-senator/index.htmlThere is also a video to watch her: specific times. 5:55:35 and 6:28:08 Sen Flowers... sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00316/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20190309/-1/16941#agenda_
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 19:14:36 GMT
linktrump really doesn’t understand the basic concept that a somewhat stable world benefits the United States and our interests. As such we need a presence in the world. What they found out about Benghazi is there was not any military unit close enough to come to the aid of either the mission or the CIA compound in time. This was a recommendation made in the Senate Intelligent Hearing and steps were taken to remedy it. What happens if these countries tell the US to take their bases and stick it? That we no longer have the ability to protect our citizens or interests outside this country? From the Washington Post. “Trump invokes new demand for extracting billions of dollars from U.S. allies”From the article.. ”In private discussions with his aides, President Trump has devised an eye-popping formula to address one of his long-standing complaints: that allies hosting U.S. forces don’t pay Washington enough money. Under the formula, countries would pay the full cost of stationing American troops on their territory, plus 50 percent more, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the idea, which could have allies contributing five times what they provide. Trump calls the formula “cost plus 50,” and it has struck fear in the hearts of U.S. allies who view it as extortionate. Rumors that the formula could become a global standard have especially rattled Germany, Japan and South Korea, which host thousands of forces, and U.S. officials have mentioned the demand to at least one country in a formal negotiation setting, said people familiar with the matter.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 9, 2019 19:25:33 GMT
He is just inviting Putin, Kim and Xi to walk right in here! No one out there will even attempt to stop them!
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Post by DEX on Mar 9, 2019 21:06:41 GMT
I am just going to put this little gem here. It was posted on Facebook by a former coworker.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 9, 2019 21:47:04 GMT
I am just going to put this little gem here. It was posted on Facebook by a former coworker. A picture truly is worth a thousand words!!
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Post by carly1030 on Mar 9, 2019 22:47:33 GMT
He has no respect for anyone or anything so it's not surprising that he would desecrate a Bible. The man is disgusting Damn y’all are confusing! I thought the Bible was bad.
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Post by carly1030 on Mar 9, 2019 22:48:33 GMT
I am just going to put this little gem here. It was posted on Facebook by a former coworker. A picture truly is worth a thousand words!! Only this one because it fits YOUR narrative! Haha!
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Post by carly1030 on Mar 9, 2019 22:51:58 GMT
Oh man. Was this ever really our President. It seems impossible now. Ain’t that the damn truth!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2019 23:28:00 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 5:52:52 GMT
Where were they radicalized?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 14:26:29 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism..
“At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!”
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Post by DEX on Mar 10, 2019 14:35:30 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” Idiot...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 14:41:59 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” Devin has teh sadz cuz he's not forced to receive an item he may or may not use, and instead has to ask for one. How horrible. Thoughts and prayers.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 14:46:48 GMT
ps - the turtles thank your service and sacrifice, Devin
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 14:49:51 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” I have no idea who he is but does he not realise how stupid he sounds.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 15:16:23 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” I have no idea who he is but does he not realise how stupid he sounds. He is a Republican CA Congressman that was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and while in that position ran interference for trump during the few hearings/investigations the committee had into trump’s misdeeds. This type of comment is what all Republicans will be using to brand the Democrats as the socialist party prior to the 2020 election. The only ones that are stupid here, are the people in CA that re-elected this fool.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 15:20:12 GMT
Kyle Griffin..
”"We should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why she's in favor of democratic socialism at #SXSW Via @tictoc”
The only reason this happened, if it did, was because of voter apathy. But keep using that word “socialism” and I suspect that voter apathy will disappear and not in the direction the Democrats want. I read in a recent poll 18% of voters support socialism.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 15:41:11 GMT
I have no idea who he is but does he not realise how stupid he sounds. He is a Republican CA Congressman that was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and while in that position ran interference for trump during the few hearings/investigations the committee had into trump’s misdeeds. This type of comment is what all Republicans will be using to brand the Democrats as the socialist party prior to the 2020 election. The only ones that are stupid here, are the people in CA that re-elected this fool. Thanks. It just beggars belief that a congressman,of all people, doesn't know the meaning of socialism or what it entails. What the heck is he doing in politics if he doesn't know the meaning of political beliefs.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 15:59:21 GMT
Kyle Griffin.. ”"We should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why she's in favor of democratic socialism at #SXSW Via @tictoc” The only reason this happened, if it did, was because of voter apathy. But keep using that word “socialism” and I suspect that voter apathy will disappear and not in the direction the Democrats want. I read in a recent poll 18% of voters support socialism. Democratic socialism is quite different to socialism though but many Americans can't grasp that as we've seen on this board many times. I don't think AOC has ever advocated that the government take over corporations has she?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 16:08:04 GMT
linkThe Washington Post on trump’s speech at CPAC. “The 10 personas of Donald Trump in a single speech”From the article... “For two hours and five minutes last weekend, President Trump dazzled his supporters and appalled his critics with a mind-spinning, free-associating performance that neatly encapsulated his singular standing as a polarizing cultural figure. Even for a politician who never seems to stop talking, the tour-de-force performance at the Conservative Political Action Conference — the longest speech of Trump’s presidency — stands apart as a road map to understanding the 45th president’s id. It also offers a preview of the cacophonous 2020 campaign to come.” Little of what Trump said was factual — he made 102 false or misleading claims in the speech, according to an analysis by The Washington Post’s Fact Checker — yet to this crowd and millions of supporters around the country, his broader points rang true and carried the imprimatur of authority because he delivered them.Me - 102 false or misleading statements in a 2 hour speech.
“Every day, my presidency will defend American families,” Trump said. “We will defend America’s workers — our great, great cherished workers — that now we’re taking care of. They’re not losing their jobs. We’re creating those jobs. We’re not letting those companies destroy their lives anymore.” Protecting American Families by removing protections and trashing the country’s environment.
”The fake news back there, they love to say, ‘Donald Trump suffered a big defeat,’ ” he said. “We won the Senate, and we had this, like, tremendous victory. We get no credit at all.” How can you “win” something you didn’t lose?
“Trump tried to diminish Mueller, a decorated Marine and acclaimed former FBI director, by dismissing him as someone who had never won anything, in contrast to himself. “Robert Mueller never received a vote, and neither did the person that appointed him,” the president said, referring to Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.” So? But you do have the distinction of winning an election by losing by about 3M votes.
”When a tree falls, you can’t let the environmentalist say, ‘You can’t take that tree out,’ ” Trump said. “It becomes like a matchstick, that tree. It hits a flame, it goes up. The leaves — every once in a while, you have to remove the leaves because they are so — a guy smoking a cigarette, he throws it away. He doesn’t mean it. The thing catches on fire, and we lose 400,000 acres and people are killed. You got to have management.” - A very simplistic view from an idiot.
“Descending over Iraq on his first visit to a war zone, Trump says he looked out the window of the Air Force One cockpit and marveled at what he saw below. “But there’s no runway,” Trump recalled telling one of the pilots. “ ‘No, sir, the runway is right up there, sir,’ ” Trump recounted the pilot saying. But the president was still not appeased; he suggested lifting off and trying again to land because the runway was invisible in the darkness. There was a simple explanation: The lights at al-Asad Air Base, just outside Baghdad, were turned off to protect the president’s landing site from enemy fire. But that did not satisfy Trump. It, in fact, riled him up.” - Even I knew they have to sneak a president in because of safety concerns. And any stable genius would understand that would include keeping the runway lights off until the last possible second instead of highling a blue blue plane with the seal of the President on it!“But one of his favorite topics is his improbable 2016 campaign, a topic he returned to several times at CPAC. He relived the precise number of electoral votes he earned (“We didn’t get 270; we got 306 to 223,” he misstated.) and twice mentioned gliding down the escalator in his Trump Tower in Manhattan to announce his quixotic bid. “From that day we came down the escalator, I really don’t believe we’ve had an empty seat at any arena, at any stadium,” Trump said, incorrectly.” 3,000,000 +/-
To Trump, there may be no greater measurement of a man’s worth than the size of his crowd, and few discussion topics animate him more. He raised the topic at least four separate times at CPAC, using fantastical assertions to inflate his popular appeal — including a false claim that there has never been an empty seat at one of his rallies. “We had a rally at the airport where 55,000 people showed up to the airport,” he said, apparently referring to his Nov. 4 campaign event in Macon, Ga., for gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp. “It was one hangar. They had three other hangars that were full. They went so far back.” In fact, the rally was staged in one hangar, not three. The crowd included those inside the open hangar, those just outside and a third group of people watching it on a giant TV screen nearby. The highest official estimate was 18,500 people overall, a third of Trump’s claim. Definition of insecurity - trump’s versions of crowd size. I guess size does matter to a little man.“Another way Trump flouts his aides’ counsel is by harping on media coverage of his crowd sizes. He said White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and communications adviser Mercedes Schlapp tell him not to bring up such grievances. “They always say, ‘Don’t bring it up. Don’t fight. Don’t fight. Everybody understands,’ ” Trump recalled. “I said, ‘They don’t understand. If I don’t explain it, how are they going to understand?’ ” Even when he explains it, nobody understand, including trump.
“Trump said that whenever he has “a slow moment” as president, he revisits the controversy over his inauguration crowd — which was notably smaller than Barack Obama’s — and directs Sanders and Schlapp to again litigate it with the media. “Show them the pictures,” Trump says he tells his aides. “Sarah said, and Mercedes said, ‘Sir, it doesn’t matter. Nobody cares,’ ” Trump said. The president’s reply: “But I care,” he said. “And people care. People care.” Now this is sad, it really is to be that insecure. And, not a characteristic you want to see in a president.
“He also explained why he remained in Washington during the recent government shutdown: “I figured it would look good if I stayed in the White House so that you people all love me and vote for me, okay?” All this speech showed is a man who needs to be “loved” to ease his own insecurities.
“At one point, he found himself offering an assessment of the speech itself, joking with the crowd that it should have been delivered a year from now in the middle of the 2020 campaign. He added: “I’m going to regret this speech.” You think??
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Post by dewryce on Mar 10, 2019 16:08:15 GMT
He is a Republican CA Congressman that was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and while in that position ran interference for trump during the few hearings/investigations the committee had into trump’s misdeeds. This type of comment is what all Republicans will be using to brand the Democrats as the socialist party prior to the 2020 election. The only ones that are stupid here, are the people in CA that re-elected this fool. Thanks. It just beggars belief that a congressman,of all people, doesn't know the meaning of socialism or what it entails. What the heck is he doing in politics if he doesn't know the meaning of political beliefs. I suspect he does know and is just using the buzzword to tie Democrats to Socialism.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 16:10:24 GMT
Kyle Griffin.. ”"We should be scared right now because corporations have taken over our government." Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez explains why she's in favor of democratic socialism at #SXSW Via @tictoc” The only reason this happened, if it did, was because of voter apathy. But keep using that word “socialism” and I suspect that voter apathy will disappear and not in the direction the Democrats want. I read in a recent poll 18% of voters support socialism. Democratic socialism is quite different to socialism though but many Americans can't grasp that as we've seen on this board many times. I don't think AOC has ever advocated that the government take over corporations has she? It does not matter what it means or how AOC intends it to mean , because all they are going to hear is “socialism”.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 16:38:21 GMT
linkWalter Shaub.... “This is the result of the President of the United States maintaining an enemies list and using the criminal investigative apparatus of the state to go after his vanquished political rival. Nixon had an enemies list. Third-world dictators go after their political rivals this way.” What he is talking about is American Oversight, through the Freedom of Information Act got this. The linked article goes into more detail of what they found. “NEW: Jeff Sessions caved to Trump's authoritarian demands. We obtained the signed directive from Sessions to a federal prosecutor ordering a wide-ranging investigation of Hillary Clinton. americanoversight.org/sessions-letter” This link has the letter the Republicans wrote to Sessions about “restoring public confidence the investigations” signed by the Republicans who have bent over in their attempts to derail the trump investigations. It’s an interesting read. link
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Mar 10, 2019 16:41:27 GMT
Kudlow says we have a tough budget for 2020 on the way.......... HE doesn't think the deficit is/will be a burden! ** Kudlow on "Fox News Sunday" laid out the administration's budget strategy ahead of the submission of the fiscal 2020 proposal on Monday. He said it will pair policies like the 2017 tax cut bill with the roughly 5 percent domestic spending cut in an effort to spur growth and deal with deficits. "It will be a tough budget," he said, calling it "exactly the right prescription." ** "I would just say that the whole issue of the wall and border security is of paramount importance," Kudlow said Sunday. "We have to be much together and have more constructive immigration policy, which we will be developing," he added. "(Trump) is going to stay with his wall. He’s going to stay with the border security theme. I think it’s essential." The federal deficit spiked $92 billion in the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, a 41-percent increase over the same period of 2018. The White House estimates that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this fiscal year, which runs through September 30. Kudlow, however, downplayed the threat of burgeoning debt during the Fox News interview, saying he doesn't believe economic growth policies "have to obsess necessarily about the budget deficits and so forth."
"I don’t think that’s a burden on the economy," he said.** thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/433377-top-white-house-economic-adviser-previews-tough-budget-ahead-of
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Post by hop2 on Mar 10, 2019 17:28:06 GMT
Kudlow says we have a tough budget for 2020 on the way.......... HE doesn't think the deficit is/will be a burden! ** Kudlow on "Fox News Sunday" laid out the administration's budget strategy ahead of the submission of the fiscal 2020 proposal on Monday. He said it will pair policies like the 2017 tax cut bill with the roughly 5 percent domestic spending cut in an effort to spur growth and deal with deficits. "It will be a tough budget," he said, calling it "exactly the right prescription." ** "I would just say that the whole issue of the wall and border security is of paramount importance," Kudlow said Sunday. "We have to be much together and have more constructive immigration policy, which we will be developing," he added. "(Trump) is going to stay with his wall. He’s going to stay with the border security theme. I think it’s essential." The federal deficit spiked $92 billion in the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, a 41-percent increase over the same period of 2018. The White House estimates that the federal deficit will surpass $1 trillion this fiscal year, which runs through September 30. Kudlow, however, downplayed the threat of burgeoning debt during the Fox News interview, saying he doesn't believe economic growth policies "have to obsess necessarily about the budget deficits and so forth."
"I don’t think that’s a burden on the economy," he said.** thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/433377-top-white-house-economic-adviser-previews-tough-budget-ahead-ofHmmm, I don’t know, this trickle down shit is working less well than it did for Reagan. And it didn’t really work then. At least with Reagan I got real interest on my CD accounts, at one point it was 10%. But now even that is in the toilet. My uneducated guess is that our national debt has something to do with that. Well that and we are trying it this time after a huge recession ( depression really ) I don’t think the economy can handle this new go round with trickle down economics. I’m not sure who this new tax plan is working for, but it’s not working for me. Eta link: www.google.com/amp/s/www.bankrate.com/banking/cds/you-earned-how-much-a-brief-history-of-cd-rates/amp/
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:05:56 GMT
He is a Republican CA Congressman that was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and while in that position ran interference for trump during the few hearings/investigations the committee had into trump’s misdeeds. This type of comment is what all Republicans will be using to brand the Democrats as the socialist party prior to the 2020 election. The only ones that are stupid here, are the people in CA that re-elected this fool. Thanks. It just beggars belief that a congressman,of all people, doesn't know the meaning of socialism or what it entails. What the heck is he doing in politics if he doesn't know the meaning of political beliefs. Gays, guns, god, greed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:23:17 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” Devin Nunes is such a little douche, isn't he??? The worry about our enviroment isn't restricted to CA, ya dumb jerk! Anyone who is aware of what plastic straws are doing to our environment would know enough not to think that that question shows any signs of being a Socialist. Grrrr!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 18:44:20 GMT
Devin Nunes with a new definition of socialism.. “At restaurant tonight waitress asks if we want straws. Says she has to ask now in fear of “THE STRAW POLICE”. Welcome to Socialism in California!” Devin Nunes is such a little douche, isn't he??? The worry about our enviroment isn't restricted to CA, ya dumb jerk! Anyone who is aware of what plastic straws are doing to our environment would know enough not to think that that question shows any signs of being a Socialist. Grrrr!!! Nice profile pic!!
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Post by imsirius on Mar 10, 2019 19:36:14 GMT
This is NOT Melainia!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2019 20:00:20 GMT
Devin Nunes is such a little douche, isn't he??? The worry about our enviroment isn't restricted to CA, ya dumb jerk! Anyone who is aware of what plastic straws are doing to our environment would know enough not to think that that question shows any signs of being a Socialist. Grrrr!!! Nice profile pic!! Thank you! I decided to go short, so it had to be really blonde....... It's SO much easier to handle!
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