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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 2, 2019 17:01:43 GMT
trump... ”Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!” Amazingly just a few hours before dt started his tweeter war on Cummings... Could it have been planned. I truthfully would not put it past dt to do something like that to suit his wants!! I would like to know the last time Cummings' home was burglarized!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 17:38:31 GMT
All in with Chris Hayes....
”President Donald Trump again appeared to publicly contradict his own intelligence advisers — and former special counsel Robert Mueller — by expressing doubt about continued Russian efforts to interfere in the U.S. political process. nbcnews.to/2LXUbDA #inners”
This really is dangerous for a country when the President discounts information from the intelligence community and an investigation report because he thinks he knows better. Especially when it’s the stable genius with a big brain.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 18:27:04 GMT
This from trump....
”Our great Republican Congressman John Ratcliffe is being treated very unfairly by the LameStream Media. Rather than going through months of slander and libel, I explained to John how miserable it would be for him and his family to deal with these people....”
“....John has therefore decided to stay in Congress where he has done such an outstanding job representing the people of Texas, and our Country. I will be announcing my nomination for DNI shortly.”
Prompted this truth from Jackie Calmes...
”No media forced Ratcliffe to falsely inflate his resume for years, nor did the media force Republicans to complain that Ratcliffe was utterly unqualified to oversee the US intel community”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 2, 2019 18:31:32 GMT
This really is dangerous for a country when the President discounts information the intelligence community and an investigation report because he thinks he knows better. Especially when it’s the stable genius with a big brain. I think it was yesterday, when he stood on the WH lawn, when asked, and said it was fake news.............
”No media forced Ratcliffe to falsely inflate his resume for years, nor did the media force Republicans to complain that Ratcliffe was utterly unqualified to oversee the US intel community” He alone wrote his resume! The republicans led to the comments against him...... IF the DOJ was doing their job, they should be investigated HIM.. He lie about his US Attorney accomplishments!
Nunes was on his list......
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Post by janeliz on Aug 2, 2019 18:57:23 GMT
My girls and I were at the pool the other day and a young mom walked in wearing a MAGA hat. I don’t know the woman well, but I know her mom-in-law was a kindergarten teacher at my daughters’ elementary school and her husband has a small insurance agency here in town. I live in a very red state, but it still felt shocking somehow. Like watching someone bring some sort of private, shameful behavior out in public. It was just so...gross.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 2, 2019 19:05:33 GMT
I fucking hate this administration. We might not recover from the damage it’s done and doing.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 2, 2019 19:08:12 GMT
Someone is concerned about climate change but will not admit it.... Wonder how his leader feels about it?!?! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday that he was enlisting a chief resilience officer (CRO) to help the state prepare for rising sea levels. He chose Dr. Julia Nesheiwat as the CRO. She will work alongside several other state departments and agencies to prepare for sea level rise's environmental, physical and economic impacts, according to a statement from the governor's office. ** “Developing resilience goals for the state will help to protect our coastal communities and fortify Florida’s pathway to continued prosperity,” DeSantis said in a statement. “Dr. Nesheiwat’s more than 20 years’ experience operating at the highest levels of government and academia focusing on renewable energy, environmental and critical infrastructure issues make her an excellent choice for this position," he added. In the statement, DeSantis did not specifically mention climate change, but Nesheiwat did.
"With 1,350 miles of largely low-lying coastline, the impacts from climate change and sea level rise present a significant challenge," she said. "But with Governor DeSantis’ leadership and vision, Florida will be a leader for the entire country on how best to confront these issues.” Nesheiwat has worked as the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State and led operations at the Energy Resources Bureau, according to her resume. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455931-gop-florida-governor-enlists-resilience-officer-to-prep-for-sea
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2019 23:11:09 GMT
Matthew Dowd...
”The media needs to do a better job of reporting on the economy in the Trump administration. Job growth has slowed since Obama years. The stock market growth has slowed since the Obama years. The deficit is up dramatically since the Obama years.”
But but trump is pro business so this information must be fake news.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 4:49:13 GMT
Someone is concerned about climate change but will not admit it.... Wonder how his leader feels about it?!?! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced Thursday that he was enlisting a chief resilience officer (CRO) to help the state prepare for rising sea levels. He chose Dr. Julia Nesheiwat as the CRO. She will work alongside several other state departments and agencies to prepare for sea level rise's environmental, physical and economic impacts, according to a statement from the governor's office. ** “Developing resilience goals for the state will help to protect our coastal communities and fortify Florida’s pathway to continued prosperity,” DeSantis said in a statement. “Dr. Nesheiwat’s more than 20 years’ experience operating at the highest levels of government and academia focusing on renewable energy, environmental and critical infrastructure issues make her an excellent choice for this position," he added. In the statement, DeSantis did not specifically mention climate change, but Nesheiwat did.
"With 1,350 miles of largely low-lying coastline, the impacts from climate change and sea level rise present a significant challenge," she said. "But with Governor DeSantis’ leadership and vision, Florida will be a leader for the entire country on how best to confront these issues.” Nesheiwat has worked as the U.S. deputy assistant secretary of State and led operations at the Energy Resources Bureau, according to her resume. thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/455931-gop-florida-governor-enlists-resilience-officer-to-prep-for-seaOoh, another "announcement" from our supposed Governor (doubt he won!!!), and nothing will be done. He's bought & paid for, and FL is screwed between him & Voldermort as our Senator!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 15:59:53 GMT
Dan Pfeiffer...
”The Trump Campaign's outreach to African-Americans is a lot more about trying to appeal to more moderate White voters who are concerned about Trump's racist rhetoric than it is about getting votes from African Americans”
”Ultimately, their strategy is about suppressing the African American vote through laws at the state level and social media campaigns to damage the Democratic nominee”
The reality is any group of folks who think trump & the Republicans have their best interests at heart are not the brightest bulb on the block.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 16:13:55 GMT
trump
“Things are going along very well with China. They are paying us Tens of Billions of Dollars, made possible by their monetary devaluations and pumping in massive amounts of cash to keep their system going. So far our consumer is paying nothing - and no inflation. No help from Fed!”
“Countries are coming to us wanting to negotiate REAL trade deals, not the one sided horror show deals made by past administrations. They don’t want to be targeted for Tariffs by the U.S.”
And the reality from The Hill..
”On top of the market slides, China also threatened Friday to impose retaliatory levies against the U.S., saying it will take “necessary countermeasures to resolutely defend its core interests.”
“Adding tariffs is definitely not a constructive way to resolve economic and trade frictions, it's not the correct way,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting of Southeast Asian ministers in Bangkok on Friday.
Speculation has also abounded that a prolonged trade war with China could harm Trump’s reelection prospects in 2020. The new tariffs, which will cover an array of consumer goods such as clothing and electronics that were not previously subject to import taxes, could lead to rises in prices on back-to-school supplies and popular electronic devices such as iPhones.
“Raising tariffs by 10 percent on an additional $300 billion worth of imports from China will only inflict greater pain on American businesses, farmers, workers and consumers, and undermine an otherwise strong U.S. economy,” Myron Brilliant of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the country’s largest business group, which has frequently tangled with Trump on trade, told The Hill. “
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 16:30:07 GMT
Security is kind of like medical techniques. Technology gives one less invasive ways of accomplishing the end result.
The Southern Borders can be secured without doing this. Anybody who believes otherwise has been conned by don...
From the NPR..
“In Starr County, Texas, Trump's Border Wall 'Still Highly Unpopular'
“As the Trump Administration prepares to accelerate construction of a border wall, Nayda Alvarez is preparing for the possibility that it will cut directly through her backyard.
Alvarez, a high-school teacher, received a letter last year from Customs and Border Protection about plans to build the wall on her family land in Starr County, Texas, that backs up to a bend in the Rio Grande.
"All this area was my grandfather's," she says. "So we've been here for about five or six generations. ... This is where we come fishing. We have our cookouts. We spend Easter here."
President Trump scored a major victory last week when the Supreme Court decided he can use a national emergency to divert billions of defense dollars to pay for the wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Before, Trump had been limited to congressionally appropriated funding.
Starr County provides a glimpse of what a new era of wall-building will mean for border communities. The barrier planned for Starr County is part of the longest stretch of new border wall so far constructed under Trump — a total of 95 miles in the Rio Grande Valley.
Some residents are deeply skeptical of the border wall, fearing it will aggravate flooding problems and cut them off culturally from the river that has defined this landscape. Mexico exerts a gravitational pull all along the U.S. southern divide. But it's especially strong in Starr County — a rugged, impoverished expanse of riverbank and ranchland upriver from the Gulf.
This is where they filmed the 1952 production of Viva Zapata, starring Marlon Brando as the Mexican revolutionary; this is where Roma High School produces some of the greatest student mariachis in the country; and this is where Texans maintain connections with their kin in Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Under current plans, Starr County will be completely walled off from Mexico.
Federal maps show the county's meandering river border will be entirely blocked off by 52 miles of steel bollard wall — 18 to 30 feet tall. Every mile will include tall floodlights, hi-tech cameras and a 150-foot-wide patrol road.
Alvarez traverses her land on ATV, down a rocky path to a shady spot on the riverbank. Here the river is grand — wide, placid, alive with jumping fish and swooping birds. Dense foliage covers both sides — the U.S. and Mexico.
The Border Patrol told her they would put in a gate with a code to give her access to her family's riverfront. But Alvarez is not appeased.
"I don't want the wall through at all. It's not gonna solve any issues. It's not gonna stop what's happening. And I'm gonna lose my land," she says.
The U.S. government seizes private land through eminent domain to erect the structure. Unlike the vast reaches of public lands in the west, more than 90 percent of the river acreage in Texas is privately owned.
The starting offer for all landowners is $100. Nayda Alvarez says she'll see CBP in court.
The agency is taking public comment until the end of this month on all 95 miles of wall slated for the Rio Grande Valley. But everyone here is convinced it is unstoppable.
The Army Corps of Engineers has already signed contracts with construction companies.
Some sections to be built on levees will cost up to $24 million a mile.
The Rio Grande Valley is the nation's hotspot for illegal immigration. Forty percent of all apprehensions happen down here. And Starr County — an easy raft ride from Mexico—has seen a spike in asylum seekers.
Over one weekend in March, some 600 migrants paddled across the Rio Grande, crossing illegally into the U.S. to ask for asylum. On a recent canoe float, more than two dozen deflated rubber rafts could be seen caught on branches on the U.S. side that had been used by coyotes to ferry migrants across the river.
"We had one large group on a Saturday morning that was 400 people. That's when our locals said, 'Well, wait a minute, who are these 400 some-odd people that are coming in?'" said Dina Garcia-Pena, who runs the local newspaper, El Tejano.
But she says that doesn't necessarily translate into support for the border wall.
"I believe the people are scared, but I don't necessarily believe that they think the wall is the best way to go about it. It's still highly unpopular," Garcia-Pena said.
The formidable, rust-colored steel wall has never been popular on the border. All nine members of Congress who represent border districts have voted against funding for the wall.
The border wall is a sore spot among Starr County's movers and shakers, too. They gathered on a warm evening recently for an outdoor reception to munch sliders, quaff cold beer, and talk about economic development.
"In my humble opinion, 52 miles are not needed. I think maybe 8 to 10 miles is all we need. The rest can be done with technology and would save a lot of money," says Eloy Vera, the Democratic county judge and most powerful politician in the county.
"Building a wall," he continues, "it'd be like building a wall around your property so that your neighbor who might be your brother cannot come into your property. It's just not humanly right."
Trump has asserted that walls make border communities more secure, which is good for business. But that's not what you hear in Starr County. Rose Benavides, president of the local industrial foundation, says the wall is scaring away potential employers.
"The issue that has been raised to us is this whole conversation about us being a border war zone that requires a wall because there's a national emergency for security," she says. "And when you live in this area you know that that could be nothing further from the truth."
There are supporters of the government's wall in Starr County, but you have to look for them.
"I personally want some type of barrier," says Ross Barrera, chairman of the Starr County GOP. He lives in Rio Grande City about a mile from the river. His backyard, which he's decorated like a Hawaiian fantasyland, backs up to a trail that leads from the river. He says people illegally crossing the border frequently hike behind his house.
"I've seen the little fingers coming up my fence. 'What are you guys doing here?' And they talk to me, 'Oh, we're looking for Mr. So and So. They're gonna pick us up and transfer us up north.' I say. 'Guys, this is wrong. You're not supposed to be here. Get out!'"
The question that nettles the people of Starr County is whether the government's wall will worsen periodic flooding when the Rio Grande jumps its banks. According to maps published in late June, much of it will be erected in the floodplain. The fear is that when the river swells to flood stage, debris will catch in the steel-slatted fence, and turn it into a dam.
"Those walls will stop water from flowing properly out into the river when you have a big rain event," says Scott Nicol, Sierra Club's representative in the Rio Grande Valley. "Those walls will potentially deflect water deeper into Mexico whenever the river jumps its banks, as it has done many times."
The Rio Grande has flooded many times, but one event went down in history. The Rio Grande Valley took a direct hit from Hurricane Beulah in 1967. The slow-moving storm caused catastrophic flooding and killed at least 15 people.
Nayda Alvarez remembers her father pointing out where the river rose up more than 20 feet during Beulah, reaching the foundation of her house.
"Imagine a wall right here," she says. "How's the water going to go to the river? It won't. It's gonna pick up every branch, every leaf. It's going to make a dam, and the water's going to stay on the north side of the wall."
One favorite crossing spot for migrants seeking asylum is Roma. This historic town of 2,000 sits right on the Rio Grande. During the Civil War, it was a thriving cotton port for steamboats that plied the river. Today, it's common to see ragged asylum seekers walking through neighborhoods.
"These people come across the river, stand on any street corner and stop the nearest law enforcement that happens to pass by them," says Roma Assistant Police Chief Francisco Garcia. "And literally they just start waving and saying, 'Hey, police, I'm here. Turn me over to immigration.'"
Garcia says the border wall may prevent some of the illegal migrant traffic, but—like the others—he's worried about flooding.
"In 2010, we had river flooding. We had an area within the city that we had to shut down that subdivision for 3½ weeks. Nobody could live in it because it was underwater."
The exact placement of the border wall is still being worked out. CBP posted a preliminary document online saying it would put the wall on the edge of the 100-year floodplain, not in it.
And a year-old engineering study obtained by the Sierra Club indicates a few design features to address flooding. For instance, the distance between the bollards would be increased by an inch to allow more water to flow through the wall, and two large gaps are supposed to prevent water from deflecting into Mexico.
But residents remain concerned, as does Mexico.
Mexico and the U.S. have a 49-year-old river treaty that says both nations must agree if one wants to build any structure that would affect the flow of the Rio Grande or its floodwaters.
Antonio Rascón is chief Mexican engineer of the bilateral International Boundary and Water Commission. Two years ago, he told NPR that Mexico opposes any structure that would affect the trans-border flow of water.
"The Americans tried to say, 'Well, yes, we understand what the treaty means.' But the full commission was not in agreement," Rascón said at his office in Juarez, Mexico. "Formally, we can say, although they interpret the treaty their own way, for us the wall should not be there."
The commission is mulling the newly released border wall plans and declined to speak further.
NPR tried to get someone working on the project to address flooding concerns, but no one would. The companies building the wall, the Army Corps of Engineers overseeing construction, and Customs and Border Protection all declined comment.
JC Salinas, a retired history teacher and the unofficial Starr County historian said if he could get an audience with the president, he would tell him: "Look man, use your imagination. You're supposed to be a creative businessman. Can't you see a way to bypass this, because Roma really has a beautiful connection to the river."
Trump, of course, has said the border wall is beautiful. Well if trump thinks that wall/fence is beautiful then ones exactly like the ones they are building along the Southern Border should be built around ALL of his properties starting with Mar-a-Lago.
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Another way trump is #MAGA
“Trump plan failed to note that it could jeopardize free school lunches for 500,000 children, Democrats say”
“The administration failed to include its analysis of how many schoolchildren would be affected by food stamp changes in its formal proposal, according to a lawmaker who was briefed on the figures.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration determined that more than 500,000 children would no longer be automatically eligible for free school meals under a proposed overhaul to the food stamp program, but left that figure out of its formal proposal, according to House Democrats.
The Department of Agriculture wants to crack down on eligibility for food stamps, estimating that 3.1 million Americans would lose benefits under the proposed rule that the agency unveiled on Tuesday.
The proposal, however, did not include the USDA’s own estimate that more than 500,000 children would lose automatic eligibility for free school meals under the proposed change, according to Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Under current law, children whose families receive food stamps are automatically enrolled in a federal program that offers free breakfast and lunch at school. The two benefit programs are linked to reduce paperwork and help ensure that children receive all of the food assistance they qualify for.
The agency declined to respond to questions about the rule’s impact, saying that it “cannot provide additional information during the public comment period,” a USDA spokesperson told NBC News.
USDA officials explained the impact on free school meals during a phone call with Scott’s staff on Monday, but did not mention the issue or its analysis of that effect in the formal rule published the next day, Scott said in a letter sent Friday to Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
During the call, the USDA said that 93 percent of the children affected by the change — more than 465,000 total — would qualify for reduced-priced meals, according to Scott’s staff. Under that program, schools can charge up to 30 cents for each breakfast and 40 cents for each lunch. That is assuming they have the money.
But families would need to apply individually for assistance, creating paperwork requirements that could lead some qualified children to fall through the cracks, and some families still may not be able to afford the meals, even at a significantly reduced cost, anti-poverty advocates say. Some children may continue to receive free school meals through other programs.
Scott believes that the USDA’s omission violates federal requirements that all proposed rules include “relevant scientific and technical findings.”
In his letter, Scott requests that the USDA immediately revise its proposed rule to include its impact on the school meal program, as well as provide an explanation for the failure to include these findings in its original proposal. The public has 60 days to comment on proposed rules after they are published in the Federal Register.
The Trump administration wants to undo rules that allow states to raise food stamp eligibility requirements, which make it easier for families with high housing and child care costs, as well as those with savings and other assets, to receive the assistance.
“Too often, states have misused this flexibility without restraint,” Perdue said in a statement on Tuesday. “That is why we are changing the rules, preventing abuse of a critical safety net system, so those who need food assistance the most are the only ones who receive it.”
Anti-poverty advocates say they believe the changes will harm families struggling to make ends meet, explaining that free school meals are vital to addressing hunger.
“Food is the easiest thing to cut out of a household budget,” says Lisa Davis, senior vice president of the No Kid Hungry campaign at Share Our Strength, an advocacy group. “The parents start missing meals to avoid that impact on the kids. And the older kids — the ones in middle school and high school — they often will skip meals to make sure there’s food for the little ones.”
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LA Times opinion piece on why it’s a good thing to require tax returns to be released from those running for President and CA’s new law requiring this.
I see trump’s lawyers are claiming this is “unconstitutional”. Typical trump, drags in the Constitution when he thinks it will help him, but tramples it if it gets in the way of what he wants.
“California’s new law requiring presidential candidates to disclose tax returns is constitutional”
“Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday took an important step to providing California voters with critical information to inform their election choices. He did so by signing SB 27, which requires all candidates for president to provide their income tax returns to the California Secretary of State as a precondition for appearing on the state’s primary election ballot.
The new law is a legitimate expression of California’s sovereign authority to regulate who is listed on its ballot and ensure that voters are properly informed.
In appraising SB 27, there are two questions: First, is it important for voters to have access to a presidential candidate’s tax returns? Second, is it constitutional for a state to require this as a condition for being listed on the ballot? The answer to both questions is an emphatic yes.
A candidate’s tax returns include information about what a candidate owns, which can let voters know of possible conflicts of interest and whether there are entanglements with foreign businesses and foreign governments. They reveal whether a candidate owes money and to whom.
Tax returns let voters know how much a candidate has paid in taxes and what kind of tax loopholes and shelters he or she has employed. The returns also can be used to verify a candidate’s claim about wealth and income.
This is why, beginning with Richard Nixon in 1952, almost all presidential and vice presidential candidates have released at least some of their tax returns. Since the 1970s, the practice had become standard for those seeking the presidency — until Donald Trump. In 2016, Hillary Clinton released eight years of her tax records. Jeb Bush released 33 years of returns.
As with any information, each voter can decide how much the tax information matters when choosing among candidates. But it is impossible to see an argument that it is inherently irrelevant or that voters should not be able to have access to this information.
The question then becomes whether the U.S. Constitution allows a state to require this kind of disclosure as a condition for being listed on the ballot.
In many cases, the United States Supreme Court has expressed deference to the states in deciding what qualifications to impose as a condition for being on the ballot. In Bullock vs. Carter (1972), the Court said, “Far from recognizing candidacy as a ‘fundamental right,’” state governments have authority to set conditions that must be met for a candidate to be on a ballot. The court has put qualifications on those conditions, saying that ballot access rules are likely to be struck down if they discriminate against less affluent candidates or impose restrictions on new or small political parties. But requiring disclosure of tax returns does not run afoul of these conditions.
Although most cases dealing with ballot access have involved state and local elections, the constitutional principles are the same: State governments may set conditions for being listed on the ballot so long as they serve important interests and do not discriminate based on wealth or ideology.
Opponents of SB 27 contend that it is inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s decision in United States Term Limits vs. Thornton (1995). In that case, Arkansas law prevented a candidate for Congress from being listed on the ballot if he or she had already served three terms in the United States House of Representatives or two terms in the United States Senate. The Supreme Court said that a state cannot impose qualifications for being in Congress other than those specified in the Constitution.
But a critical difference is that, in Thornton, the state completely barred a candidate from being on the ballot if he or she had exceeded the term limits specified by Arkansas law. SB 27 allows candidates to be on the ballot so long as they meet an additional simple requirement that almost all presidential candidates already do: disclosing tax returns.
Obviously, this law was inspired by Trump’s refusal to disclose his tax returns. But the law is not just about him; it applies to all who wish to be listed on the state’s presidential primary ballots. Indeed, Trump’s behavior shows exactly why the law is needed.
Unlike other recent presidential candidates, he has refused to disclose his tax returns and has claimed that this is because he is being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. But that’s nonsense: N othing about an audit prevents disclosure. Portions of the Trump tax returns have been obtained by investigative reporters, and they have provided important information about how much money he received from his father (vastly more than he claimed) and how little he paid in taxes.
Long ago, James Madison wrote that “knowledge will forever govern ignorance. A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
SB 27 will arm Californians with information to make them better informed voters. Why would anyone object to that?
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A good question about Moscow Mitch from Akki..
”Sen. Mitch McConnell's net worth:
2005: $2,962,015 2015: $26,927,535 Increase: $23,965,520 (+809.1%)
How does a senator earning $193,400 a year increase their net worth by nearly $2.4 million a year, every year for a decade?”
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This guy is still going despite of Putin’s best efforts. Kudos to him. But a cautionary tale when you have a US President encourages his supporters to chant “lock her up” when it comes to his opponent and continuously demand investigations into their activities. Long after the election.
Wendy Siegelmen...
After being hospitalized from apparent poisoning in prison...
Russian investigators said Saturday they had opened a criminal investigation into alleged laundering of 1 billion roubles ($15.3 million) by Navalny's anti-corruption foundation”
Bill Browder...
“This is Putin’s standard MO: Try to criminalize the people exposing his corruption. It won’t work. Tens of millions of people have watched Navalny’s exposes of Putin’s crimes.”
The Moscow Times..
“Russia Investigates Alleged Money Laundering by Opposition Politician Navalny”
“Russian investigators said on Saturday they had opened a criminal investigation into the alleged laundering of 1 billion roubles ($15.3 million) by an anti-corruption foundation set up by jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
Russia's Investigative Committee made the announcement in a statement while an opposition protest organised by Navalny's allies was taking place in Moscow.
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Just another day in America....
CNN Breaking News..
”Police in El Paso, Texas, say they are responding to an active shooter and people should "avoid the area" cnn”
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The simple fact is the world is a lot more dangerous since and because trump is president.
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Tom Nichols
“Okay. Those of you who want an explainer about why Elizabeth Warren's answer on #nuclear weapons wasn't crazy - and is basically a restatement of current U.S. policy - here it comes. Those of you who think Liz Cheney is right, I can't help you. /1”
“So, Warren said she would not use U.S. nuclear weapons preemptively. This is a word that's not as obvious as it seems. But to understand this, you need to understand "first use" and "first strike" and "no first use." That requires a quick trip back to the Cold War. /2” “During the "missile age," post-1960, the question was: "When is it okay to fire your missiles in retaliation for an attack on yourself?" The problem is that if you go too soon, you might be jumping the gun on just a warning, but if you go too late...well, you're too late. /3”
“There were three and a half options here (quick Twitter versions): 1. Preemption (fire before the other guy; only suckers wait) 2. Launch on Warning (high certainty enemy attack procedures are in motion) 2.5 Launch Under Attack (evidence that enemy strikes are happening) /4”
”The Pentagon used "on warning/under attack" interchangeably, but they're different. We won't cover that here, except to say that "on warning" is basically an itchy trigger finger in the IMMEDIATE pre-war environment, not a discretionary preemption from a standstill. /5”
”There's a third, tough-guy option sometimes called Ride Out: waiting for the other guy's attack to finish and then firing. This was a theoretical idea meant to curb escalation to cities. Not really anyone's choice in World War III vs the USSR. /6”
”None of this is a "first-strike," which is basically just firing first not because the other guy is about to go, but because you think it's to your advantage. That's not been U.S. policy since we dumped "Massive Retaliation" after the Eisenhower administration. /7”
”And even Eisenhower didn't believe in that, it turns out.) /8”
”Now, "first use" is another matter. We assumed that in a war in Europe against the USSR, we'd lose. We were outnumbered and outgunned. So we said: "We reserve the right to use nuclear weapons first," meaning "in Europe against your tanks." Not "nuke Moscow instantly." /9”
”We hoped the Soviets understood us. They'd use nukes too, it would escalate to a theater nuclear war in Europe, and eventually, to ...New York and Moscow. Gone. So, the Soviets would behave, because even if they win, they lose. /10”
“That was a strategy of desperation, and it is the reason we've never embraced "no first use." We still have this 1968 hangover about losing a war in Europe, with the Soviets giving us the finger from Calais in just a week or two. /11”
“Anyway, back to the strategic picture: Our nuclear strategy after the early 1960s was predicated on such a war already being underway. We assumed that some regional conflict would bring us to a nuclear showdown. and we have to make a go/no-go decision. /12
“Our answer was launch on warning: Once we thought enemy attack was in process, we'd launch quickly to catch as much of their stuff on the ground as possible. This was called, for years, a strategy of "damage-limitation," not "preemption" and certainly not a first strike. /13”
”Preemptive attack" is the thing you do *before* launch on warning. That is, you just don't like what you see, as the other guy goes to alert and [very Gene Hackman voice] STARTS FUELING HIS MISSILES. You're not certain, but screw it, better safe than sorry. /13”
“Launch on warning is VERY risky, but it's pretty much post-1960 nuclear orthodoxy. It's not preemption. But there's always been a group of people out there with a serious jones for nuclear war-fighting, who were mostly kept away from the gun and liquor cabinets after 1990. /14”
”Now, did we have *plans* for doing all kinds of ghastly things? Yes. Strategic Air Command came up with thousands of targets. That's what planners and targeters do. But that wasn't ever policy, and isn't now. Even DICK CHENEY tried to pare back the target list. /15”
” Now those nuclear war-fighters are back, and trying to change things while Trump's in office because he has no idea about "the nuclear" or what any of this means. What it really means is lots of consulting contracts, mostly in the 703 area code, and new weapons systems later. /16”
” I don't know what Warren thinks about Launch on Warning, but it seems clear to me she was rejecting was the "if they even *think* it" school of nuclear warfare. We maintain a ridiculously high alert status and I hope she or someone puts an end to that. /17”
” Now, there is *one* place she's open to criticism here: Launch on Warning, if it ever made sense, still only makes sense for peer competitors like RU or PRC. What about North Korea? Can't we just preempt those guys if they look at us sideways? /18”
”Hell, if NK has only one or two missiles, nuking it sounds tempting. But you'd better not be wrong, you better be ready for the consequences of a nuclear disaster, and you'd better pray that other powers don't mistake what you're doing as a prelude to a bigger war. /19 “
”That's why the Bush and Obama admins have been trying to create a conventional capability for long-range, quick strikes. For years. Because once you break the nuclear seal, you've opened up Pandora's box, including other powers now saying that all bets are off on nuclear use. /19 “
” Add to this that we are *just not going to fight limited nuclear wars*, at all, and certainly not in NK or Mideast. People we care about live there. Retaliation against the USSR, or RU and PRC, was and is credible because we'd be facing extinction. Not so against NK or IR. /20”
” So to dump on Warren's position, you'd have to argue that (1) US nuclear policy since 1960 has been stupidly and even dangerously weak; (2) We must decide now to blow up any small-size nuke threat at will if we can get to it; (3) and we can only do (2) with a nuclear weapon.
/21”
” Otherwise, all Warren did was to say: "I won't change our already dangerous declaratory policy - the same policy that's been in place for decades under R and D presidents - to some koo-koo pants thing that says we can use nukes if we see you even *think* about it." /22”
” The people who trashed the INF Treaty and who are trying to bring us back to 1983 are dangerous. I have my problems with Warren, but this one isn't even on the list. She's right on nukes - and her view is a *mainstream* view. Her critics, not so much. /23x”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 3, 2019 18:50:23 GMT
The funniest thing I heard on the news “trump will be working while he’s at his place in NJ”. Like we need or want him here!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 3, 2019 19:17:08 GMT
Speculation has also abounded that a prolonged trade war with China could harm Trump’s reelection prospects in 2020. The new tariffs, which will cover an array of consumer goods such as clothing and electronics that were not previously subject to import taxes, could lead to rises in prices on back-to-school supplies and popular electronic devices such as iPhones. IF true, do it! "The issue that has been raised to us is this whole conversation about us being a border war zone that requires a wall because there's a national emergency for security," she says. "And when you live in this area you know that that could be nothing further from the truth."There are supporters of the government's wall in Starr County, but you have to look for them. "I personally want some type of barrier," says Ross Barrera, chairman of the Starr County GOP. He lives in Rio Grande City about a mile from the river. His backyard, which he's decorated like a Hawaiian fantasyland, backs up to a trail that leads from the river. He says people illegally crossing the border frequently hike behind his house. Good, there are reasonable people! Trump, of course, has said the border wall is beautiful. Well if trump thinks that wall/fence is beautiful then ones exactly like the ones they are building along the Southern Border should be built around ALL of his properties starting with Mar-a-Lago.I'll donate for that one! I claim a wall for Bedminster too!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 3, 2019 19:20:13 GMT
Just another day in America.... CNN Breaking News.. ”Police in El Paso, Texas, say they are responding to an active shooter and people should "avoid the area" cnn” 3 in custody, multiple deaths.........per the mayor!
There were too many guns all over , some in custody may have been bystanders with guns, open carry there!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 20:06:33 GMT
MSNBC...
”Multiple people are dead, and at least 18 have been taken to hospitals after a shooting near a shopping mall in El Paso, according to law enforcement officials. One person is in custody; reports of multiple shooters appear inaccurate.”
This country’s response? A big fat yawn!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 20:55:50 GMT
Devon Sawa...
”We're so fucking numb to shootings, now. They happen so often that it feels almost sick how unsurprising the news is.
"Shooting? Really? Where this time? We all thinking & praying, again?"
I'm so glad we're sticking to all the rules that were originally written with a feather.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 21:18:17 GMT
Mercy Me... ”No. of mass shootings 1/1 - 8/3/2019 incl. the #ElPasoShooting: 🇦🇹 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇮🇪 0 🇱🇺 0 🇨🇭 0 🇬🇧 0 🇭🇺 0 🇪🇸 0 🇵🇹 0 🇸🇬 0 🇸🇦 0 🇧🇪 0 🇸🇪 0 🇦🇺 0 🇫🇷 0 🇳🇿 1 🇳🇱 1 🇧🇷 1 🇨🇦 1 🇲🇽 3 🇺🇸 249 EASY ACCESS TO GUNS ARE THE PROBLEM” USA! USA! USA! Yea! Another record! I’m pissed and I’m tired because we do nothing to stop this except offer “thoughts and prayers “ and lip service.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 21:23:19 GMT
MSNBC...
”UPDATE: At least 19 people dead, 40 injured in El Paso mass shooting attack, multiple law enforcement sources tell @nbcnews.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2019 1:02:08 GMT
Devon Sawa...
”Build walls around gun stores.”
Works for me...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 4, 2019 4:05:07 GMT
Stephen Miller at his best (for dt, not us) White House senior adviser Stephen Miller wasn't getting an immigration regulation he wanted. So he sent a series of scorching emails to top immigration officials, calling the department an "embarrassment" for not acting faster.The regulation in question would allow the Department of Homeland Security to bar legal immigrants from obtaining green cards if they receive certain government benefits. The rule will likely be released in the coming days, according to a pair of current and former Trump officials briefed on the timeline. The emails, which POLITICO obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, shed new light on how aggressively Miller has pressured the Department of Homeland Security to move faster on regulations to limit immigration. Critics say the new rule will be used to shore up Trump's political base in the coming election year, and that it's an illegitimate tool to reduce legal immigration. ** In an email sent on June 8, 2018, Miller lambasted Cissna for the pace of his efforts to implement the public charge rule. “Francis — The timeline on public charge is unacceptable,” Miller wrote. “The public charge reg has been in the works for a year and a half. This is time we don't have. I don't care what you need to do to finish it on time. You run an agency of 20,000 people."** But Miller’s previously undisclosed emails could raise legal questions about whether the public charge rule was rushed to completion. The regulatory process will almost certainly be challenged in court, according to opponents bracing for the change.In addition, the emails could reinvigorate Democratic efforts to compel Miller to testify before Congress. The White House in April denied a voluntary invitation to testify before the House Oversight Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.). The committee chairman had pressed Miller to explain his role in the development of what he called “troubling” immigration policies. Acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli — Cissna’s replacement at the agency and another immigration hawk — said the public charge regulation will demonstrate that Trump remains committed to his immigration agenda. ** www.politico.com/story/2019/08/02/stephen-miller-green-card-immigration-1630406
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Post by lucyg on Aug 4, 2019 6:04:02 GMT
These people. They never fail to show us how despicable they really are.
And I am ashamed to have to claim Stephen Miller as a fellow Jew. He does not in any way behave as he was likely taught growing up. His uncle has written about it.
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