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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 18:26:36 GMT
FiveThirtyEight... "President Donald Trump has a 37% approval rating. 53eig.ht/2phihKu" I wonder how low he will go.... fred: I thought that yesterday at that time the Quinnipiac poll showed a 33% approval rating?? I didn't check it today. I'm wondering if his base bought the $hit he was shoveling at West Virginia last night... FiveThirtyEight uses an average of several polls.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 18:41:19 GMT
Ahh, thank you. Seems very generous.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 20:51:02 GMT
From Slate...
USPOLITICSBUSINESSTRUMP
The full transcript of Donald Trump's Wall Street Journal interview, which leaked to Politico, is enough to make anyone spiral into despair—like most performances from our president, it's full of moments that illustrate his tenuous grasp of reality. As Slate's official economics correspondent, though, there was one section that left me especially crestfallen—in just one short paragraph of word salad, he delivers a subtle but telling demonstration of his total ignorance on how economies work.
Here's the passage. Trump is trying to explain that he thinks the United States is growing too slowly compared with the rest of the world, and therefore we need to cut our corporate tax rate to 15 percent. I've bolded the key part.
So I’ll call, like, major—major countries, and I’ll be dealing with the prime minister or the president. And I’ll say, how are you doing? Oh, don’t know, don’t know, not well, Mr. President, not well. I said, well, what’s the problem? Oh, GDP 9 percent, not well. And I’m saying to myself, here we are at like 1 percent, dying, and they’re at 9 percent and they’re unhappy. So, you know, and these are like countries, you know, fairly large, like 300 million people. You know, a lot of people say—they say, well, but the United States is large. And then you call places like Malaysia, Indonesia, and you say, you know, how many people do you have? And it’s pretty amazing how many people they have. So China’s going to be at 7 or 8 percent, and they have a billion-five, right? So we should do really well.
But in order to do that – you know, it’s tax reform, but it’s a big tax cut. But it’s simplification, it’s reform, and it’s a big tax cut, 15 –
At some point, it appears Donald Trump heard somebody say that the United States cannot grow as fast as China or Malaysia because we have a “large” economy. No doubt, what they meant is that the U.S. is a highly developed, rich nation and therefore can't expand as quickly as developing countries that can still reap large gains from taking basic steps to improve their living standards. But Trump did not understand it that way. He apparently thought that when whoever he was listening to said “large,” they were talking about population. Therefore, in his mind, if China grows at nearly 7 percent per year with its 1.4 billion people, the U.S. should be able to do it too.
This is the man who millions of voters are relying on to bring back jobs. Bottoms up."
He's certainly is proving over and over he isn't the brightest bulb on the block. The sad part of this is he has a whole bunch of people that could actually prep him for these interviews so he doesn't come off looking stupid. But either he won't listen or he can't retain the information if he even lets them prep him.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 21:44:46 GMT
ABC News... "AG Sessions agrees with Pres. Trump in condemning "staggering number of leaks undermining the ability of our gov't to protect this country" While on one hand I agree leaks are not be good for the country. I also feel for this president they are almost necessary so the American People can see just how bad and dangerous for this country he is. The leaked information has more to do with trump and how he handles things as opposed to releasing sensitive classified information. trump does that himself. I suspect the people who are the leakers are mortified by what they are witnessing by trump's actions and feel the public should know. If you notice trump goes on and on about the leaks but spends very little time rebutting the information leaked.
That's exactly what we saw on the Democrat side when they had their issues leaked.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2017 21:47:53 GMT
This tweet by Tony Cook... "After six months, Pence has now turned over all state-related AOL emails, his attorney says indy.st/2vyCJNX via @indystar" Prompted this response from Paul Waldman.... "Waitwaitwait. Are you saying he turned over only emails with state business and not his personal ones too? LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!" It seems he used his personal account for state business. So how come no one seems upset that he could decide what was State business and personal business without letting state officials make that distinction?You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 0:08:36 GMT
GQ: Laziest President in American History Departs for 17-Day Golf Resort Vacation"He can pick anywhere. He picked New Jersey. "Don't take vacations. What's the point? If you're not enjoying your work, you're in the wrong job," said Donald Trump knowingly in 2004. "Barack Obama played golf yesterday. Now he heads to a 10 day vacation on Martha's Vineyard. Nice work ethic," observed Donald Trump sarcastically in 2010. "President Obama is about to embark on a 17-day vacation in his 'native' Hawaii," exclaimed Donald Trump incredulously in 2013. "I would not be a president who took vacations," promised Donald Trump confidently in 2015. Yes, the president will reportedly leave the White House on Friday to begin a 17-day stay at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, which historians believe will be the longest period that anyone who does not reside full-time in Somerset County will voluntarily travel to and stay in Somerset County. (Imagine being told that you can take an all-expenses-paid vacation anywhere in the country and deciding on... New Jersey.) This is, of course, not the first time that Trump has enjoyed time away from the White House o n taxpayers' dime—the price tag of his weekend jaunts this year alone are estimated to outpace President Obama's entire eight-year travel budget—but it will be the lengthiest trip he's taken yet."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 0:21:44 GMT
DH (who voted for Donnie the Douche!) said that he's got a feeling that this 17 day NJ vacation was not only to get everyone out of the White House so they could do "much needed repairs" and fix the a/c system, but maybe it was to do a sweep of the White House (looking for bugs or some kind of evidence??)? Seems coincidental that Mueller just ordered another Grand Jury at the same time that 45 is taking his vacation? MAYBE, just maybe, he was served with a warrant to search the White House?? Just a thought...
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Post by Skellinton on Aug 5, 2017 1:32:13 GMT
This tweet by Tony Cook... "After six months, Pence has now turned over all state-related AOL emails, his attorney says indy.st/2vyCJNX via @indystar" Prompted this response from Paul Waldman.... "Waitwaitwait. Are you saying he turned over only emails with state business and not his personal ones too? LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!" It seems he used his personal account for state business. So how come no one seems upset that he could decide what was State business and personal business without letting state officials make that distinction?You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? No, she wants those of you that made a big deal about Hillary's emails to make a big deal about this. Are you really that obtuse?
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Post by Merge on Aug 5, 2017 1:33:50 GMT
DH (who voted for Donnie the Douche!) said that he's got a feeling that this 17 day NJ vacation was not only to get everyone out of the White House so they could do "much needed repairs" and fix the a/c system, but maybe it was to do a sweep of the White House (looking for bugs or some kind of evidence??)? Seems coincidental that Mueller just ordered another Grand Jury at the same time that 45 is taking his vacation? MAYBE, just maybe, he was served with a warrant to search the White House?? Just a thought... Nah, I think they're plating the entire place in gold so Donny doesn't find it such a dump.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 5, 2017 1:36:32 GMT
You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? No, she wants those of you that made a big deal about Hillary's emails to make a big deal about this. Are you really that obtuse? Yes. And purposefully so!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 1:43:22 GMT
You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? No, she wants those of you that made a big deal about Hillary's emails to make a big deal about this. Are you really that obtuse? No one has said anything about emails and Benghazi since the election -EXCEPT THOSE ON THE LEFT. We've learned repeatedly that it isn't a big deal so we won't make it a big deal now that it's convenient for you. Are YOU really that obtuse?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 3:06:36 GMT
This tweet by Tony Cook... "After six months, Pence has now turned over all state-related AOL emails, his attorney says indy.st/2vyCJNX via @indystar" Prompted this response from Paul Waldman.... "Waitwaitwait. Are you saying he turned over only emails with state business and not his personal ones too? LOCK HIM UP! LOCK HIM UP!" It seems he used his personal account for state business. So how come no one seems upset that he could decide what was State business and personal business without letting state officials make that distinction?You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? "Critical thinking is that mode of thinking — about any subject, content, or problem — in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking." It's becoming extremely clear you don't do this before you speak. You may want to start.
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From Slate... USPOLITICSBUSINESSTRUMP The full transcript of Donald Trump's Wall Street Journal interview, which leaked to Politico, is enough to make anyone spiral into despair—like most performances from our president, it's full of moments that illustrate his tenuous grasp of reality. As Slate's official economics correspondent, though, there was one section that left me especially crestfallen—in just one short paragraph of word salad, he delivers a subtle but telling demonstration of his total ignorance on how economies work. Here's the passage. Trump is trying to explain that he thinks the United States is growing too slowly compared with the rest of the world, and therefore we need to cut our corporate tax rate to 15 percent. I've bolded the key part. So I’ll call, like, major—major countries, and I’ll be dealing with the prime minister or the president. And I’ll say, how are you doing? Oh, don’t know, don’t know, not well, Mr. President, not well. I said, well, what’s the problem? Oh, GDP 9 percent, not well. And I’m saying to myself, here we are at like 1 percent, dying, and they’re at 9 percent and they’re unhappy. So, you know, and these are like countries, you know, fairly large, like 300 million people. You know, a lot of people say—they say, well, but the United States is large. And then you call places like Malaysia, Indonesia, and you say, you know, how many people do you have? And it’s pretty amazing how many people they have. So China’s going to be at 7 or 8 percent, and they have a billion-five, right? So we should do really well.But in order to do that – you know, it’s tax reform, but it’s a big tax cut. But it’s simplification, it’s reform, and it’s a big tax cut, 15 –At some point, it appears Donald Trump heard somebody say that the United States cannot grow as fast as China or Malaysia because we have a “large” economy. No doubt, what they meant is that the U.S. is a highly developed, rich nation and therefore can't expand as quickly as developing countries that can still reap large gains from taking basic steps to improve their living standards. But Trump did not understand it that way. He apparently thought that when whoever he was listening to said “large,” they were talking about population. Therefore, in his mind, if China grows at nearly 7 percent per year with its 1.4 billion people, the U.S. should be able to do it too. This is the man who millions of voters are relying on to bring back jobs. Bottoms up." He's certainly is proving over and over he isn't the brightest bulb on the block. The sad part of this is he has a whole bunch of people that could actually prep him for these interviews so he doesn't come off looking stupid. But either he won't listen or he can't retain the information if he even lets them prep him. Is there a complete, coherent sentance in that whole interview? Gracious me!
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Post by PLurker on Aug 5, 2017 5:03:48 GMT
From Slate... USPOLITICSBUSINESSTRUMP The full transcript of Donald Trump's Wall Street Journal interview, which leaked to Politico, is enough to make anyone spiral into despair—like most performances from our president, it's full of moments that illustrate his tenuous grasp of reality. As Slate's official economics correspondent, though, there was one section that left me especially crestfallen—in just one short paragraph of word salad, he delivers a subtle but telling demonstration of his total ignorance on how economies work. Here's the passage. Trump is trying to explain that he thinks the United States is growing too slowly compared with the rest of the world, and therefore we need to cut our corporate tax rate to 15 percent. I've bolded the key part. So I’ll call, like, major—major countries, and I’ll be dealing with the prime minister or the president. And I’ll say, how are you doing? Oh, don’t know, don’t know, not well, Mr. President, not well. I said, well, what’s the problem? Oh, GDP 9 percent, not well. And I’m saying to myself, here we are at like 1 percent, dying, and they’re at 9 percent and they’re unhappy. So, you know, and these are like countries, you know, fairly large, like 300 million people. You know, a lot of people say—they say, well, but the United States is large. And then you call places like Malaysia, Indonesia, and you say, you know, how many people do you have? And it’s pretty amazing how many people they have. So China’s going to be at 7 or 8 percent, and they have a billion-five, right? So we should do really well.But in order to do that – you know, it’s tax reform, but it’s a big tax cut. But it’s simplification, it’s reform, and it’s a big tax cut, 15 –At some point, it appears Donald Trump heard somebody say that the United States cannot grow as fast as China or Malaysia because we have a “large” economy. No doubt, what they meant is that the U.S. is a highly developed, rich nation and therefore can't expand as quickly as developing countries that can still reap large gains from taking basic steps to improve their living standards. But Trump did not understand it that way. He apparently thought that when whoever he was listening to said “large,” they were talking about population. Therefore, in his mind, if China grows at nearly 7 percent per year with its 1.4 billion people, the U.S. should be able to do it too. This is the man who millions of voters are relying on to bring back jobs. Bottoms up." He's certainly is proving over and over he isn't the brightest bulb on the block. The sad part of this is he has a whole bunch of people that could actually prep him for these interviews so he doesn't come off looking stupid. But either he won't listen or he can't retain the information if he even lets them prep him. Is there a complete, coherent sentance in that whole interview? Gracious me! If I don't have a headache before I start (trying to) reading it I know I will in the end. Yikes!
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Post by lucyg on Aug 5, 2017 5:32:27 GMT
No, she wants those of you that made a big deal about Hillary's emails to make a big deal about this. Are you really that obtuse? No one has said anything about emails and Benghazi since the election -EXCEPT THOSE ON THE LEFT. We've learned repeatedly that it isn't a big deal so we won't make it a big deal now that it's convenient for you. Are YOU really that obtuse? Well, that is at least 50% BS. Trump brings up Hillary's emails every chance he gets. He was talking about them the other day in West Virginia. At least the choruses of "lock her up!" have subsided since it's become clear it's more likely half his staff are going to prison before Hillary does.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 6:08:17 GMT
No one has said anything about emails and Benghazi since the election -EXCEPT THOSE ON THE LEFT. We've learned repeatedly that it isn't a big deal so we won't make it a big deal now that it's convenient for you. Are YOU really that obtuse? Well, that is at least 50% BS. Trump brings up Hillary's emails every chance he gets. He was talking about them the other day in West Virginia. At least the choruses of "lock her up!" have subsided since it's become clear it's more likely half his staff are going to prison before Hillary does. We were talking about here and I responded with the same -meaning here and it's 100% true.
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Post by lucyg on Aug 5, 2017 6:11:19 GMT
Well, that is at least 50% BS. Trump brings up Hillary's emails every chance he gets. He was talking about them the other day in West Virginia. At least the choruses of "lock her up!" have subsided since it's become clear it's more likely half his staff are going to prison before Hillary does. I was talking about here and it's 100% true. If you're talking about here ... YOU have brought up that crap on multiple anti-Trump threads ... "but her emails!" Why do you think we joke about "but her emails!" all the time? And no, before you ask, I don't keep a spreadsheet and I'm not finding examples for you.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 6:15:57 GMT
You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? "Critical thinking is that mode of thinking — about any subject, content, or problem — in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking." It's becoming extremely clear you don't do this before you speak. You may want to start. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean there's anything wrong with my critical thinking. My not agreeing with you is also not a reason for you to insult me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 6:17:54 GMT
I was talking about here and it's 100% true. If you're talking about here ... YOU have brought up that crap on multiple anti-Trump threads ... "but her emails!" Why do you think we joke about "but her emails!" all the time? And no, before you ask, I don't keep a spreadsheet and I'm not finding examples for you. I say again... No one has said anything about emails and Benghazi since the election -except those on the Left.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 12:53:58 GMT
Bill Mather....
"Trump vaca? I mean, he spends all his time golfing, eating cake, watching TV, tweeting stupid shit. What’s a vacation for him? #MuellerTime"
What it means is he doesn't have to stay in that dump known as The White House.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 14:57:05 GMT
"Critical thinking is that mode of thinking — about any subject, content, or problem — in which the thinker improves the quality of his or her thinking by skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing it. Critical thinking is self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinking." It's becoming extremely clear you don't do this before you speak. You may want to start. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean there's anything wrong with my critical thinking. My not agreeing with you is also not a reason for you to insult me. Just exactly what don't you agree with?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 15:21:22 GMT
David Axelrod....
"Question: Is DOJ hunting leakers to "protect our country," as Sessions says, or to protect-and assuage-the @potus?"
Good Question...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 15:57:07 GMT
From George Takei.....
"In the campaign Trump called the good job figures & data "phony." Now as president he claims he should credit for them. He's wrong on both."
trump has done absolutely nothing to suggest that these job numbers and the reduction in the unemployment rate wouldn't have happened under a President Clinton.
This is a continuation of what was happening under President Obama. What is interesting is those who claim it was not good enough under President Obama are now touting the jobs growth numbers, that are similar to those under President Obama, as a "surge" under trump.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 17:36:35 GMT
I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before. Because Congress hasn't repealed and replaced the ACA yet this guy is suing to get political donations back. He is accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering. But what amazes me about this guy and other conservatives like him is they know what the key part of the replacement plan is and they are ok kicking millions off their insurance. It's like they are so hot and bothered to repeal the ACA that they don't consider the ramifications tonother Americans or they do but don't care.
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A retired attorney in Virginia Beach is so incensed that Republicans couldn’t repeal the Affordable Care Act that he’s suing to get political donations back, accusing the GOP of fraud and racketeering.
Bob Heghmann, 70, filed a lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court, saying the national and Virginia Republican parties and some GOP leaders raised millions of dollars in campaign funds while knowing they weren’t going to be able to overturn the law also known as Obamacare.
The GOP “has been engaged in a pattern of Racketeering which involves massive fraud perpetrated on Republican voters and contributors as well as some Independents and Democrats,” the suit said. Racketeering, perhaps better known for use in prosecuting organized crime, involves a pattern of illegal behavior by a specific group.
The lawsuit lists as defendants the Republican National Committee and Virginia’s two national GOP committee members, Morton Blackwell and Cynthia Dunbar, as well as the Republican Party of Virginia and state party Chairman John Whitbeck.
In an email, Blackwell dismissed Heghmann’s complaint as a “frivolous, nuisance suit that should be thrown out of court by any judge.”
In a separate email Dunbar sent to Blackwell that was forwarded to The Virginian-Pilot, Dunbar referred to it as “ridiculous.”
But at the same time, both said they understood where Heghmann was coming from. Blackwell said the suit is a “sign of conservative anger that the Republican-controlled Congress has not yet repealed and replaced Obamacare.”
He argued that “progressives” had taken over the Democratic Party and seemed to lament that “conservatives” had not yet taken over the Republican Party.
“Too few conservatives are willing to invest their time, talent, and money and personally participate inside the Republican Party,” Blackwell said. “A Republican majority will mean a conservative majority if and when a sufficient number of conservatives figure out why the success of their principles depends on their personal involvement in local, state and national Republican Party committees and in party nomination contests.”
A spokesman for the state party did not respond to a request for comment.
Heghmann’s suit comes a week after the Senate failed by one vote to approve a bill to repeal the ACA.
It argues that the national GOP raised more than $735 million and Virginia’s party more than $20 million from 2009 to 2016 in large part by promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Heghmann said he has standing to sue the GOP because has been a contributor. Federal Election Commission records show he gave a total of $875 to New Hampshire’s GOP, but no donations were noted for the national party or Virginia. He was a Granite State resident for more than a decade – and a Trump campaign volunteer there – before moving to the Beach last year.
He wants the party to either return campaign contributions to donors or exert pressure on Republican legislators to repeal the law under threat of losing GOP financial support. He acknowledged that members of the House of Representatives and Senate cannot be sued for failing to abide by campaign promises but argued that political parties don’t have the same protections.
“If the candidates don’t deliver, it’s incumbent on the RNC to go to the candidate and say, ‘You can’t do this,’ ” Heghmann said before filing the suit, referring to the Republican National Committee.
Heghmann’s suit contends that Republicans knew the GOP wouldn’t be able to repeal the health care law after President Barack Obama’s re-election in November 2012 but continued to raise money on the promise it would.
As evidence, he pointed to comments by then-House Speaker John Boehner just after Obama’s re-election.
“It’s pretty clear that the president was re-elected. Obamacare is the law of the land,” the Ohio Republican said when asked if the GOP-controlled House would push again for a repeal of the 2010 health care law. “There certainly may be parts of it we believe need to be changed. Maybe we’ll do that. No decisions at this point.”
Heghmann’s suit states: “In making this statement Speaker Boehner was sending a message to House Republicans and others that Repeal was not going to happen. He was trying to put the issue to rest. ... Nevertheless, the Republican Party continued to use the mails, wires and interstate commerce to solicit donations and votes to secure House and Senate majorities and ultimately the Presidency.
“Now that the Republican Party has won the House, the Senate and the Presidency the effort it is making to Repeal and Replace Obamacare is itself a Fraud upon Republican Voters and Donors.”
The “pattern of racketeering” extended to the party’s response to Trump’s candidacy, his suit states. The GOP units raised money to push the health care repeal or Trump’s promises but “never intended to implement the Trump Agenda or fulfill the promises of the Republican Platform.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 18:16:56 GMT
Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean there's anything wrong with my critical thinking. My not agreeing with you is also not a reason for you to insult me. Just exactly what don't you agree with? What I don't agree with is no longer the issue. The issue is that me not agreeing is not a reason to insult me. You abandoned the argument in favor of insults. Insulting someone is not a valid argument.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 19:09:00 GMT
There is this fable from president tiny hands...
"Prosperity is coming back to our shores because we are putting America WORKERS and FAMILIES first. #AmericaFirst🇺🇸"
From MSNBC...
"China leaving U.S. behind to lead on green energy jobs on.msnbc.com/2ubtv61"
And this truth that can hurt this country in the long run.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 5, 2017 19:10:56 GMT
There is this fable from president tiny hands... "Prosperity is coming back to our shores because we are putting America WORKERS and FAMILIES first. #AmericaFirst🇺🇸" All families or just certain ones?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2017 19:18:59 GMT
From Slate...
"U.S. Reportedly Intercepted Suspected Russian Agents' Chatter That Manafort Asked for Their Help With Clinton
By Elliot Hannon Aug. 3 2017 11:43 PM
Buried in a long story on CNN Thursday recapping the current state of play in the Russia investigation was a reminder that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is largely out of the spotlight at the moment, may not be for long. Manafort, who had spent years on the political fringes helping dictators and strongmen get elected around the world and then lobbying on their behalf in Washington, came out of nowhere to join the Trump campaign, and then take over the reins when Cory Lewandowski was fired in June 2016.
By that time, unusual communications between the Trump campaign and Russian officials had pinged on U.S. intelligence agencies’ radar. As did Trump’s new right hand man.
In the summer of 2016, US intelligence agencies noticed a spate of curious contacts between Trump campaign associates and suspected Russian intelligence, according to current and former US officials briefed on the investigation… CNN has learned that investigators became more suspicious when they turned up intercepted communications that U.S. intelligence agencies collected among suspected Russian operatives discussing their efforts to work with Manafort, who served as campaign chairman for three months, to coordinate information that could damage Hillary Clinton's election prospects, the US officials say. The suspected operatives relayed what they claimed were conversations with Manafort, encouraging help from the Russians.
There are obviously multiple investigative balls in the air, and the public focus has shifted of late to Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner, who certainly have had longer and more lasting influence on Donald Trump, but keep an eye on Paul Manafort, his Russia connections are deep and dodgy.
Update, Aug. 4, 2017: Jason Maloni, a spokesman for Manafort, issued this statement on the latest round of accusations: “Paul Manafort did not collude with the Russian government to undermine the 2016 election or to hack the DNC. Other than that comment, we aren't going to respond to anonymous officials illegally peddling second hand conspiracy theories. But the Justice Department, and the courts if necessary, should hold someone to account for the flood of unlawful government leaks targeting Mr. Manafort."
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Aug 5, 2017 19:39:21 GMT
Steve Hermann.. "It's confirmed by @energy that @secretaryperry spent 22 minutes speaking with Russian prankster he thought was #Ukraine prime minister." You've got to give trump credit. He sure has surrounded himself with the best this country has to offer. Don't they have staffers to like screen the calls so this doesn't happen? Aren't these the same people that still try to make fun of the DNC for being so stupid and making themselves vulnerable to hacking? Ugh.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 5, 2017 19:50:56 GMT
You just spent the last couple of years telling us it was no big deal and NOW you want them to make a big deal of it? No, she wants those of you that made a big deal about Hillary's emails to make a big deal about this. Are you really that obtuse? Yes, yes she is.
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