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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 7, 2019 11:58:06 GMT
I just finally got to the end of this thread. I had ditched it for a while because I didn't need more stress adding to my depression. It took me two days. And ugh! I don't know how anyone can look the other way here. This is just so terrible.
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Post by suzastampin on Jul 7, 2019 12:42:43 GMT
trump... ”Joe Biden is a reclamation project. Some things are just not salvageable. China and other countries that ripped us off for years are begging for him. He deserted our military, our law enforcement and our healthcare. Added more debt than all other Presidents combined. Won’t win!” Must have see this from Newsweek.. “TRUMP'S FAVORITE POLLING COMPANY FINDS BIDEN COMFORTABLY AHEAD IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP”
“President Donald Trump's favorite polling company released a new poll on Friday showing that the leading Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, would comfortably beat him Trump a head-to-head matchup. The Rasmussen Reports survey measured 48 percent support among likely voters for Biden, who is currently running for the Democratic nomination, ahead of Trump's 44 percent support. "Joe Biden may be finding the going a little rougher in his own party, but he's still the most successful Democrat in a hypothetical 2020 matchup with President Trump," the report's authors wrote.” Now as to trump’s actual tweet. Read it. When was Biden president to add to the debt? What’s frightening to me is they are still this close! After what has gone on during this administration, I would hope there would be a greater gap between them. Mind blowing and scary!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 7, 2019 13:14:45 GMT
trump... ”Joe Biden is a reclamation project. Some things are just not salvageable. China and other countries that ripped us off for years are begging for him. He deserted our military, our law enforcement and our healthcare. Added more debt than all other Presidents combined. Won’t win!” Must have see this from Newsweek.. “TRUMP'S FAVORITE POLLING COMPANY FINDS BIDEN COMFORTABLY AHEAD IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUP”
“President Donald Trump's favorite polling company released a new poll on Friday showing that the leading Democratic candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, would comfortably beat him Trump a head-to-head matchup. The Rasmussen Reports survey measured 48 percent support among likely voters for Biden, who is currently running for the Democratic nomination, ahead of Trump's 44 percent support. "Joe Biden may be finding the going a little rougher in his own party, but he's still the most successful Democrat in a hypothetical 2020 matchup with President Trump," the report's authors wrote.” Now as to trump’s actual tweet. Read it. When was Biden president to add to the debt? What’s frightening to me is they are still this close! After what has gone on during this administration, I would hope there would be a greater gap between them. Mind blowing and scary! Have you ever read the Trump supporters' comments i n the comments section of an article? Almost always a variation of: "Thank you Mr. President!! God answered our prayers!1! Finally someone who knows we need our guns and a wall to keep them immigrants out and stop them from raping our wimen and stealing our jobs!!11! I love you, Mr. Trump! You own them libtards and the dems!! MAGA!!!!"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 13:23:31 GMT
trump...
”Last year was the first in 51 years where prescription drug prices actually went down, but things have been, and are being, put in place that will drive them down substantially. If Dems would work with us in a bipartisan fashion, we would get big results very fast”
Politifact...
“This claim rates Mostly False. Nationally, spending on drugs has continued to climb, even if that growth has slowed. politifact.com”
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Post by quinlove on Jul 7, 2019 14:13:59 GMT
What’s frightening to me is they are still this close! After what has gone on during this administration, I would hope there would be a greater gap between them. Mind blowing and scary! Have you ever read the Trump supporters' comments i n the comments section of an article? Almost always a variation of: "Thank you Mr. President!! God answered our prayers!1! Finally someone who knows we need our guns and a wall to keep them immigrants out and stop them from raping our wimen and stealing our jobs!!11! I love you, Mr. Trump! You own them libtards and the dems!! MAGA!!!!" Please, please, please - let his base of deplorables be shrinking. Because the more disgusting he is, the more they lap it up.
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Post by Merge on Jul 7, 2019 14:17:19 GMT
Have you ever read the Trump supporters' comments i n the comments section of an article? Almost always a variation of: "Thank you Mr. President!! God answered our prayers!1! Finally someone who knows we need our guns and a wall to keep them immigrants out and stop them from raping our wimen and stealing our jobs!!11! I love you, Mr. Trump! You own them libtards and the dems!! MAGA!!!!" Please, please, please - let his base of deplorables be shrinking. Because the more disgusting he is, the more they lap it up. I’m convinced most of them are bots set to respond like that to anything he posts.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 7, 2019 14:31:14 GMT
I’m convinced most of them are bots set to respond like that to anything he posts. There are also too many real people out there who support him.....
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Post by Skellinton on Jul 7, 2019 14:58:25 GMT
trump... ”Last year was the first in 51 years where prescription drug prices actually went down, but things have been, and are being, put in place that will drive them down substantially. If Dems would work with us in a bipartisan fashion, we would get big results very fast” Politifact... “This claim rates Mostly False. Nationally, spending on drugs has continued to climb, even if that growth has slowed. politifact.com” What does The Donald think he has done to lower the drug prices? And the Republicans had control of the House and Senate for almost two years, why didn’t he get his big results very fast when he took office? God damn, it is still so shocking to me that anyone can believe anything he says. I am constantly stunned that people still believe he has done these amazing things to better America and that the things he hasn’t been able to accomplish are only because the Democrats won’t work with him. I. just. don’t. understand.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 7, 2019 15:30:40 GMT
Stars and Stripes... ”VA secretary has begun planning budget cuts requested by Trump. #MAGA. well so much for his promise to take care of veterans. I guess his wall & 4th of July spectacle were more important than veterans who have served their country. What would he know about that?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 15:39:09 GMT
**QUICK QUESTION** Does anyone have even a snippet of video footage from the 4th, showing our First Lady and her transparent top portion of her dress (nips/aerolas showing)?? I can't find it and I have tons of people doubting the pics online are real!! Guess most people didn't WATCH the President's speech on the 4th!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 7, 2019 15:58:19 GMT
Did you ask on the parade thread?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 16:05:50 GMT
I just finally got to the end of this thread. I had ditched it for a while because I didn't need more stress adding to my depression. It took me two days. And ugh! I don't know how anyone can look the other way here. This is just so terrible. jeremysgirl I'm so sorry for your depression and added stress. Thinking of you. Best to avoid news for a while. I've been TRYING to do that too. xo
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 16:06:36 GMT
Did you ask on the parade thread? Nope! Good idea. Heading there now!! Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 16:22:35 GMT
Xavier Becerra...
”The entire #ACA is on the line next week. Here's what we could lose:
❌GONE: Pre-existing condition protections for 130M+
❌GONE: Health insurance for 20M+
❌GONE: Coverage for 2M+ young adults
❌GONE: Rx benefits for 12M+ seniors”
Explain to me why anyone would want to vote for Republicans? This is not some “lefty propaganda “ but the reality. The GOP has no replacement other than bringing back junk policies.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 7, 2019 16:32:46 GMT
Xavier Becerra... ”The entire #ACA is on the line next week. Here's what we could lose: ❌GONE: Pre-existing condition protections for 130M+ ❌GONE: Health insurance for 20M+ ❌GONE: Coverage for 2M+ young adults ❌GONE: Rx benefits for 12M+ seniors” Explain to me why anyone would want to vote for Republicans? This is not some “lefty propaganda “ but the reality. The GOP has no replacement other than bringing back junk policies. because Democrats are bad Because they are egotistical, self-absorbed, and only care about how something benefits them even if it hurts others
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 7, 2019 16:59:32 GMT
This is a very complicated situation... NO ONE wants to interfere with benefits for Veterans. The programs should be able to co-exist!! 6000 blind people should not ALL lose their jobs at great expense to us in the long run. Gainfully employed = pay checks, not SSDI. Gainfully employed = more independence, living on their own, shopping adding to the economy. And the list goes on.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 7, 2019 17:07:02 GMT
Xavier Becerra... ”The entire #ACA is on the line next week. Here's what we could lose: ❌GONE: Pre-existing condition protections for 130M+ ❌GONE: Health insurance for 20M+ ❌GONE: Coverage for 2M+ young adults ❌GONE: Rx benefits for 12M+ seniors” Explain to me why anyone would want to vote for Republicans? This is not some “lefty propaganda “ but the reality. The GOP has no replacement other than bringing back junk policies. It is becoming much more apparent that those of us, young or old, are no longer of any use to the GOP particularly if we have any kind of medical issue, big or small. They talked about the ACA death panels. Well, there will be no panels with GOP, because we will not have medical care. The young will not make it to old.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 18:02:02 GMT
President Obama...
“Yes! Fourth star. Back to back. Congrats to the record breakers on the @uswnt, an incredible team that’s always pushing themselves—and the rest of us—to be even better. Love this team. #OneNationOneTeam ”
Travis Akers..
”President Obama waited for over a half an hour to congratulate the US Women's soccer team, allowing President Trump the opportunity to do so first, as the sitting president.
Trump never did.”
“It has now been an entire hour since the US Women's team won their FOURTH World Cup, a historic moment and accomplishment.
President Trump has still not congratulated America's team.”
That is trump, all class.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 7, 2019 18:14:09 GMT
If they include that citizenship question in any form, I’m at the point where I want to refuse to answer it. Can I be compelled to answer it? Not that I have any problem stating it, but on principle now I DO NOT want to answer it. Period. I’m not going to. I’ll answer everything else but not that question. If they show up at my door to ask me, the poor census worker will get an earful (calmly ) about why I won’t answer it. They can write that down or not it’s up to them The federal government already knows wether or not I’m a citizen they issued my passport. All they need is the rest of the info like where I live etc.
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Post by alsomsknit on Jul 7, 2019 18:20:56 GMT
I’m convinced most of them are bots set to respond like that to anything he posts. There are also too many real people out there who support him..... Definitely. I am in the minority in my circle. The Pro-T stuff that comes through makes me want to hurl. I don’t understand, as I know these people as caring, kind, and loving. It’s baffling.
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Post by dewryce on Jul 7, 2019 18:36:33 GMT
Please, please, please - let his base of deplorables be shrinking. Because the more disgusting he is, the more they lap it up. I’m convinced most of them are bots set to respond like that to anything he posts. I’m sure there are a lot of them. But it makes me think of all of the times peas are complaining about their relatives and friends and the crap they post. And we know since he has been elected Democratic voters have become more active, but IIRC Republicans didn’t become less active. And when you consider the people we all know in our lives, and on this board, who have always voted R but aren’t anymore...and the numbers voting aren’t going down, it makes me fear that his base is becoming stronger.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 7, 2019 18:50:50 GMT
Think about this........... Children cannot vote, nor can legal residents (green card etc), felons in some states. Should they NOT be represented? Should schools not get needed funding? We all need roads et al. ** Excluding non-citizens when congressional districts are drawn** The President appeared to refer to that concern when asked Friday why he wanted the question included. "Well, you need it for many reasons," Trump said. "Number one, you need it for Congress. You need it for Congress, for districting." Districts are typically drawn based on total population, so that each member of Congress represents a similar number of total people, regardless of whether that person can cast a ballot, or can't -- the case for children, non-citizens, and some felons, for example. The data produced by a citizenship question could lead to states drawing representative districts based on eligible voters instead.** www.cnn.com/2019/07/06/politics/census-citizenship-question-donald-trump-administration/index.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2019 23:13:32 GMT
WhoWhatWhy..
“NO MORE BINGE WATCHING THIS WHITE HOUSE REALITY SHOW”
”This country has an addiction problem. No, we’re not referring to the dependence of millions of Americans on opioids.
The “addict” in this case is the president of the United States. He is addicted to public attention. (We will not refer to the president by name here, hoping to set a virtuous example.)
The “enablers” are journalists and the rest of us, who reward his inappropriate behavior with ever more headlines, just feeding and enlarging his insatiable cravings.
The president has always been very good at drawing media interest, a talent the media often reports on. In March 2016, before he had even clinched his party’s nomination, the current president received $2 billion worth of “earned media” — news coverage that is not paid for. That was twice as much coverage as Hillary Clinton “earned,” and more than her Democratic rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT).
The New York Times reported this story as if it were a natural phenomenon — not driven by the inclination of reporters to go after stories that featured outrageous statements, conflict, and unpredictability. Combine that with his direct attacks on the news media at his campaign rallies, and he was far too compelling not to cover.
But even bombast can get old. Last year, public interest in his outrageous tweets and rhetoric seemed to decline. Opposition to the president no longer was driving up the number of subscriptions to the Times, and there was a drop in network news viewers. Even before the crucial 2018 midterms, acknowledged as a referendum on the current administration, cable news outlets were dropping their coverage of the president’s political rallies because they no longer generated an upsurge in audience. Even Fox News was cutting back a bit.
There was evidence that even his tweets had lost some of their power; he was sending out more tweets, it appeared, to sustain the engagement of his followers.
But now the president has beefed up his act. He’s turning problems into crises, issuing doomsday warnings about what he intends to do about these crises, and then postponing or resolving them.
His most dramatic gambit so far was his last-minute decision to cancel an air strike against Iran. He pulled back from the attack, he claimed, after he learned that it could result in the deaths of 150 Iranians.
In this case, Iran may have helped intensify the conflict, but bringing the US to the edge of war with just ten minutes to spare was an act of showmanship, not leadership.
Granted, later reporting cited unnamed administration officials who claimed that the president had actually received the casualty estimate during an earlier briefing. Nevertheless, the overwhelming impression left by the initial accounts was that the chief executive had overruled the defense hawks and saved the day. The president’s tweet about the bombs being “cocked and loaded” to describe the moment — which the media obligingly translated to “locked and loaded”— got even more play when he told his story to Chuck Todd, moderator of NBC’s Meet The Press.
Journalists have become showrunners for the president’s ongoing reality series. They parse his words, quote his tweets, and obsess over his future actions. So preoccupied with these successive and relentless “news” events, they have little time to dispassionately analyze the president’s role in creating crises, or to fact-check his claims. Even when the fact-checking occurs, it does so after the initial news accounts have aligned with the president’s script.
And he’s doing it with alarming regularity. Consider his threats to round up and deport “millions” of undocumented immigrants. He first lobbed this grenade on June 18, hours before he launched his re-election campaign. “Next week ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) will begin the process of removing millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” he warned.
His pronouncement reportedly caught ICE officials off guard, and subsequent reporting found that those “millions” marked for deportation likely would be more in the range of a few thousand.
Nevertheless, the threat, and the headlines It immediately generated, unsettled local officials, generated even more fear and uncertainly for undocumented immigrants, and sent the organizations trying to help them into near-panic mode.
Of course, once this part of the scenario played out, the president then retreated, postponing his mass roundup for at least two weeks, presumably to give Congress – particularly House Democrats – time to “fix” the immigration laws he so despises.
By keeping the drama going with a two-week pause in the action, the president, like any good reality-show producer, is keeping his audience engaged. This keeps the suspense red-hot and the attention riveted on the oval office. What will happen in two weeks?
Hooked now on his power to summon headlines far greater than he ever experienced on The Apprentice, with the whole world in his thrall, the president must gain re-election to feed his ever growing need for the spotlight.
He has been giving “exclusive” interviews to many mainstream media outlets, clearly attempting to gain still more exposure.
Given his penchant for belligerently pushing back whenever challenged,he’s guaranteed that one interview will result in hundreds of headlines in print and online news sites. When he told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that he’d be willing to accept “dirt” on an election opponent offered by a foreign government, his remark triggered an avalanche of consternation and criticism. But it really didn’t tell us anything we didn’t know.
These interviews just stoke the outrage, and raise the blood pressure of media consumers who care about the Constitution and the rule of law.
Journalists are in a tough spot, trying to report the news while not making the news all about the president. But here is a modest proposal: Put the president on an attention diet. One day each week, refrain from mentioning the president’s name, or quoting him. Short of declaring war, anything the president does, tweets or says likely will not have an immediate impact. The news can keep for 24 hours.
And yes, we understand the irony that the very act of denying the president his 24/7 platform risks stirring up more attention on him in the short-run. But it would at least bring a temporary respite to a weary public.
Publishers and broadcasters may be reluctant to follow this advice, but if one news outlet adopts this approach, and gains readers and viewers, it might inspire others to follow. If something isn’t done, this addiction will only grow. No one wants to consider the consequences of that.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 8, 2019 4:20:40 GMT
Remember a while ago we talked about not covering him after SHS shut down the press briefings. That the press should just walk away and ignore him...?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 14:17:42 GMT
I just finally got to the end of this thread. I had ditched it for a while because I didn't need more stress adding to my depression. It took me two days. And ugh! I don't know how anyone can look the other way here. This is just so terrible. This is for you. Good news. Good people. Good things. They're still out there. But we have to amplify them and celebrate them.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 8, 2019 14:31:01 GMT
Can't blame this on on dt.. Or maybe he attracts the worst, or the worst seek him out? Washington (CNN)A US Navy vice admiral who was set to become the branch's top uniformed officer is instead retiring after his judgment was questioned over a professional relationship he maintained with a former Navy public affairs official who left the Navy after an investigation into alleged incidents of sexual misconduct. Vice Adm. William Moran decided to retire rather than take on the role of chief of naval operations due to a situation where he "maintained a professional relationship with an individual who was held accountable and counseled for failing to meet the values and standards of the Naval profession," according to a statement by Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer, which "caused me to call his judgment into question." ** Both statements note the situation arose from a professional relationship over the course of Moran's career with the Navy, and was not a private relationship. ** www.cnn.com/2019/07/07/politics/admiral-navy-top-officer-retires/index.html
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2019 22:53:38 GMT
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jul 8, 2019 23:01:29 GMT
Reassigned is not good enough. That person should not be a teacher. What kind of person denies the Holocaust?! Disgusting!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 8, 2019 23:22:22 GMT
By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Monday, July 8, 2019 DEVELOPING: Attorney General William P. Barr told reporters Monday he recused himself from the case involving Jeffrey Epstein, according to CNN.
Mr. Barr said he is recused because he once worked for one of the law firms that represented Epstein “long ago,” the report said. He did not name the law firm.
The attorney general’s comments came after a visit to a South Carolina correctional facility to tout criminal justice reform legislation signed into law last year by President Trump.
Copyright © 2019 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission.www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/8/william-barr-ag-says-hes-recused-jeffrey-epstein-c/About the time the law firm was dealing with Acosta to let Epstein off the hook!!
NOT happening!!! Barr not recusing!! But Barr will remain recused from any Justice Department review of its decision in 2008 to let Epstein avoid prosecution on federal sex-trafficking offenses. Federal prosecutors in Florida at the time reached a plea deal with Epstein that allowed him to plead guilty to two state charges of soliciting a prostitute and avoid a long prison sentence.
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Post by dewryce on Jul 8, 2019 23:38:02 GMT
By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times - Monday, July 8, 2019 DEVELOPING: Attorney General William P. Barr told reporters Monday he recused himself from the case involving Jeffrey Epstein, according to CNN. Mr. Barr said he is recused because he once worked for one of the law firms that represented Epstein “long ago,” the report said. He did not name the law firm. The attorney general’s comments came after a visit to a South Carolina correctional facility to tout criminal justice reform legislation signed into law last year by President Trump. Copyright © 2019 The Washington Times, LLC. Click here for reprint permission. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/8/william-barr-ag-says-hes-recused-jeffrey-epstein-c/About the time the law firm was dealing with Acosta to let Epstein off the hook!! I read elsewhere (the Hill maybe) his Dad also hired Epstein at one point and that was also part of his decision.
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