You're not doing anyone any good by talking about the stuff you're supposed to not be watching.
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Seems like they're all just stretching this story to its limithttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/disagreement-on-north-korea-policy-could-derail-white-house-choice-for-ambassador-to-south-korea/2018/01/30/3a21191c-05da-11e8-94e8-e8b8600ade23_story.htmland this tweethttps://twitter.com/Acosta/status/958403727429455872
Has he been drinking lean? Why is he slurring so bad?
In other words, utter nonsensical speculation. There is a difference between a rumor and a paranoid fantasy.
Washington (CNN)Almost half of Americans who watched President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address -- 48% -- say they had a "very positive" impression of the speech, down from 57% of speech-watchers after his first address to match Barack Obama's rating after his first State of the Union address, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
Has Bernie given his SOTU rebuttal yet? Honestly I'm hoping the old codger blows Cheeto out of the water. He's probably the best person to do it.
He’ll also have to compete with four other unofficial responses from other Democrats, which has some on the left worried the party still hasn’t developed a unifying message more than one year after losing the 2016 presidential election....Freshman Virginia House Del. Elizabeth Guzman will deliver the Spanish-language response. Guzman, one of 11 Democratic women who won seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates last November, told the Washington Post that her speech would feature “a little fire, a little spice.”Others on the left will likely tune into the unofficial response given by 2016 hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-VT., which will air after Kennedy’s speech on his social media channels.Sanders’ speech has further fueled speculation of a possible 2020 presidential bid...As if the Kennedy, Guzman and Sanders responses aren’t enough, former Democratic Maryland Rep. Donna Edwards will also speak on behalf of the Working Families Party. Edwards said in a tweet Monday that she wasn’t trying to create a rift on the left.The different Democratic responses have the “same message, different voices, all calling out this President and his dangerous, destructive, and divisive agenda. More power to progressive voices mobilizing for the fight ahead,” Edwards said.Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., a fierce critic of the Trump administration, is also scheduled to give her rebuttal to the State of the Union in a Wednesday night special on BET.
Picking the scion of a political dynasty demonstrates the party’s “disinterest in the mood of their own grassroots base,” said Maria Svart, the national director of the group Democratic Socialists of America....In a statement to the PBS NewsHour on Tuesday, DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján said Kennedy’s “powerful message resonates with all voters.”“Congressman Kennedy is an inspiring leader who has a unique ability to break down complex policy issues and connect with our hearts and souls,” Luján said....Kennedy is one of a number of Democrats whose name has been floated as a potential 2020 contender to take on Trump.
The administration's choice for ambassador to South Korea is "no longer under consideration" because he's opposed to considering a preventative military strike against North Korea. He wrote an op-ed about it here.Hopefully they'll decide against it and it won't come to anything, but not terribly reassuring.
Seems to be based on the fact that Bush once did some Iraq things during the SOTU or something.
Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2018, 07:48:57 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea? Trump: Jobs! We have lots of jobs, the very best jobs!*Standing ovation*Trump: Veterans! The veterans are great, very good people.*Standing ovation*Trump: In God We Trust! I love the bible!*Standing Ovation*Trump: Tax cuts! The biggest and best tax cuts of all time*Standing ovation*Trump: Nuking North Korea! Very bad people over there. Need to be dealt with. *mostly silence, spattering of nervous laughter*Trump: It's already done. We're using nuclear weapons against North KoreaChuck Schumer: BUT YOU CAN'T! WE WON'T LET YOU!Trump: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago.
What if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea?
I would just point out that my record isn't that bad. I predicted Trump would win the nomination when PD and Mandark said he wouldn't win a single primary. Edit: I had around $500 on Trump winning the nomination while PD was still saying he wouldn't even get one primary.
Quote from: Jack Remington on January 30, 2018, 09:22:27 PMI would just point out that my record isn't that bad. I predicted Trump would win the nomination when PD and Mandark said he wouldn't win a single primary. Edit: I had around $500 on Trump winning the nomination while PD was still saying he wouldn't even get one primary.Let's not forget your 160 IQ, either!
Quote from: Tasty Meat on January 31, 2018, 08:56:49 AMQuote from: Let's Cyber on January 30, 2018, 09:54:44 PMQuote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2018, 07:48:57 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea? Trump: Jobs! We have lots of jobs, the very best jobs!*Standing ovation*Trump: Veterans! The veterans are great, very good people.*Standing ovation*Trump: In God We Trust! I love the bible!*Standing Ovation*Trump: Tax cuts! The biggest and best tax cuts of all time*Standing ovation*Trump: Nuking North Korea! Very bad people over there. Need to be dealt with. *mostly silence, spattering of nervous laughter*Trump: It's already done. We're using nuclear weapons against North KoreaChuck Schumer: BUT YOU CAN'T! WE WON'T LET YOU!Trump: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago. Schumer: Well? What are you waiting for? Do it. DO IT!Pence: How come that blue guy isn't wearing any pants
Quote from: Let's Cyber on January 30, 2018, 09:54:44 PMQuote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2018, 07:48:57 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea? Trump: Jobs! We have lots of jobs, the very best jobs!*Standing ovation*Trump: Veterans! The veterans are great, very good people.*Standing ovation*Trump: In God We Trust! I love the bible!*Standing Ovation*Trump: Tax cuts! The biggest and best tax cuts of all time*Standing ovation*Trump: Nuking North Korea! Very bad people over there. Need to be dealt with. *mostly silence, spattering of nervous laughter*Trump: It's already done. We're using nuclear weapons against North KoreaChuck Schumer: BUT YOU CAN'T! WE WON'T LET YOU!Trump: Do you seriously think I'd explain my master-stroke if there remained the slightest chance of you affecting its outcome? I did it thirty-five minutes ago. Schumer: Well? What are you waiting for? Do it. DO IT!Pence:
But Trump — who trusts no one, or at least no one for long — has now decided that he must have an alternative strategy that does not involve having Justice Department officials fire Mueller."I think he's been convinced that firing Mueller would not only create a firestorm, it would play right into Mueller's hands," said another friend, "because it would give Mueller the moral high ground."Instead, as is now becoming plain, the Trump strategy is to discredit the investigation and the FBI without officially removing the leadership. Trump is even talking to friends about the possibility of asking Attorney General Jeff Sessions to consider prosecuting Mueller and his team."Here's how it would work: 'We're sorry, Mr. Mueller, you won't be able to run the federal grand jury today because he has to go testify to another federal grand jury,'" said one Trump adviser.
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/958403727429455872
What if, halfway through the speech, he loudly and violently shit his pants and collapsed with a stroke?
Quote from: Nintex on January 30, 2018, 07:38:10 PMhttps://twitter.com/Acosta/status/958403727429455872Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2018, 07:48:57 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea? Quote from: Jack Remington on January 30, 2018, 08:05:50 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he loudly and violently shit his pants and collapsed with a stroke?Didn't watch the SOTU because I was busy masturbating, but did any of these happen?
Quote from: samfish on January 31, 2018, 11:08:19 AMQuote from: Nintex on January 30, 2018, 07:38:10 PMhttps://twitter.com/Acosta/status/958403727429455872Quote from: Great Rumbler on January 30, 2018, 07:48:57 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he reached behind the podium and produced the atomic football and then launched nuclear missiles against North Korea? Quote from: Jack Remington on January 30, 2018, 08:05:50 PMWhat if, halfway through the speech, he loudly and violently shit his pants and collapsed with a stroke?Didn't watch the SOTU because I was busy masturbating, but did any of these happen?Politco's top headline this morning is the CDC director resigning, so I'm guessing last night was a snoozer.
Thankfully, one didn't need to even watch it to get reviews of Kennedy's official response hours before it happened and what it means for Democrats:QuotePicking the scion of a political dynasty demonstrates the party’s “disinterest in the mood of their own grassroots base,” said Maria Svart, the national director of the group Democratic Socialists of America....In a statement to the PBS NewsHour on Tuesday, DCCC Chairman Ben Ray Luján said Kennedy’s “powerful message resonates with all voters.”“Congressman Kennedy is an inspiring leader who has a unique ability to break down complex policy issues and connect with our hearts and souls,” Luján said....Kennedy is one of a number of Democrats whose name has been floated as a potential 2020 contender to take on Trump.wow our souls connected to complex policy! John Kerry/Joe Kennedy 2020!
Jack, who does more for progressive policy on a random Tuesday than anyone on this board combined, is very smart and good at his job. That's why Donald Trump is president, an openly anti-LGBT Mike Pence is VP, both the senate and the house are controlled by Republicans, and every progressive policy passed in the past 9 years is now being dismantled.Keep up the good work, Jack.
That’s not really the argument.The way the Comey Letter was covered led people to believe that the Democratic nominee for POTUS was in imminent danger of being charged with a felony. This butt hung over basically the entire early voting period. At the same time, undecideds swung dramatically for Trump.All voters heard about her for 18 months was emails, emails, emails, with a spattering of Clinton Foundation, and obviously the 30,000 yoga emails she deleted contained the evidence where she organizes a plot to launder money through fraudulent Clinton Foundation donations to Haiti, so emails again.Then the letter drops, and now she’s about to be indicted on felony charges, and people are like, “fuck this shit.”I don’t know why anyone bothers to argue with me on this. It’s crystal clear from all the data. Simply put, I’m right. Nate Silver is right. Stro is wrong. Username is wrong. Tokyosandblaster is wrong. Whoever else I’m forgetting who always clicks like on Stro’s dumbshit posts is also wrong.
Still believing in the "data" I see. When everyone out there got it all wrong.
Ok, tomorrow, when the memo drops, and I'm in here talking about how maybe the FBI overstepped its boundaries and that we should strive to keep our institutions accountable to democratic forces... someone tell me to stfu.
Yes, let's yell at the group not currently trampling the constitution and blatantly engaging in corruption and lawlessness.
Honestly the constitution blows
(Image removed from quote.)Frank Luntz surrounded by bearded tough guys in MAGA hats is the one thing I never realized I never wanted to see on my TV screen.
Ugh we're gonna nominate Bernie aren't we
“The elite media is part of the deep state,” Gingrich said. “The elite media group has survived by being in collusion with the senior bureaucracy, the city of Washington, the senior reporters, the senior bureaucrats, the senior lobbyists, they all hang out together, they all talk to each other, they all compare notes.”Host Sean Hannity began to wax poetic about President Donald Trump’s accomplishments as laid out in the State of the Union and how the speech was well-received in polls conducted by CBS and CNN, and he wondered aloud why the media was not echoing the president’s optimism.“The elite media in the United States is not neutral. They’re not referees,” Gingrich asserted. “They’re the offensive wing of the other team.”“These are folks who are so deeply hostile to what Donald Trump is trying to accomplish that they are fully as much a part of the opposition as is Nancy Pelosi or Chuck Schumer and that’s part of why you’re getting this unbelievably biased coverage,” he added.To put the icing on the cake, he balked at the Congressional Black Caucus’ reluctance to show any enthusiasm over Trump’s claim that black unemployment is at its lowest point in history, as if there’s no possible reason for black congresspeople to be less than enthused with Donald Trump.“If they’re not happy that their constituents have a job, if they’re not happy that the tax cuts really dramatically help their congressional districts, then who do they represent?” Gingrich asked.
IT’S BEEN MORE THAN A DECADE since South Florida Rep. Mark Foley was forced out of Congress for sending sexual text messages to teenage boys.But Foley tapped his congressional campaign fund to dine on the Palm Beach social circuit four times in early 2017, ending with a $450 luncheon at the Forum Club of the Palm Beaches.Then there’s baseball-star-turned-senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky. He paid his daughter $94,800 from campaign money in the four years after he left office, only stopping when he’d bled his fund dry.And over the past 17 months, political advisor Dylan Beesley paid his firm more than $100,000 from the campaign account of Hawaii Congressman Mark Takai for “consulting services.”It’s hard to imagine what Beesley advised. Takai was dead that whole time.
Times/WTSP reporters analyzed more than 1 million records detailing the spending of former U.S. lawmakers and federal candidates. They found roughly 100 of these zombie campaigns, still spending even though their candidate’s political career had been laid to rest.To be sure, history is full of politicians stretching the definition of legitimate campaign expenses. But most of those cases at least involved a campaign of some sort.By contrast, former Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, had been out of office for more than three years when he spent $4,555 on Ohio State football tickets.
One spent $940 at Total Wine.
Each Total Wine & More store is 20,000–50,000 square feet (1,900–4,600 m2) in size.
Former Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, still has an active presidential campaign account that he used to pay almost $16,170 to his daughter through 2017, five years after he last sought office.KHOU Houston found Paul in Clute, Texas. Paul drove away without answering a single question. He and his daughter didn’t respond to other requests for comment.
Times/WTSP reporters requested interviews with all five FEC commissioners. Only two responded. They both declined.
Bernie's too old but if he runs in the primary I'll vote for him. Kamala Harris is probably the best choice. She's everything Trump isn't, and has been way more receptive to leftist pressures than Hillary. She's one of the only well-known who can probably please both the Bernie wing and Clinton diehards.I don't like her background with prison labor and Israel advocacy, but she's still a lot more convicted than your typical Democrat.
Quote from: Valhelm on January 31, 2018, 02:08:22 PMBernie's too old but if he runs in the primary I'll vote for him. Kamala Harris is probably the best choice. She's everything Trump isn't, and has been way more receptive to leftist pressures than Hillary. She's one of the only well-known who can probably please both the Bernie wing and Clinton diehards.I don't like her background with prison labor and Israel advocacy, but she's still a lot more convicted than your typical Democrat.Isn't Kamala Harris awful on health care?
Kennedy painted a dark portrait of America on the brink, Nazi marches and mass shootings, “and that nagging, sinking feeling, no matter your political beliefs, ‘This is not right. This is not who we are.’”Kennedy wasn’t defensive. He sees the hubbub over his shiny lips as another symptom of his larger argument: that when “far bigger” issues are actually at stake, it can seem like everything is the chaos, partisanship and politics of the past year.“All of us bear some responsibility for that too,” he said. “It is a fractured and divided country. There are undeniably a sizable percentage of our population that steadfastly supports the president. People who don’t support the president have to acknowledge that.”It’s even more a measure, he said, of how nervous the attacks show some of the president’s supporters to be.“They can point out too much Chapstick all they want—it doesn’t mean that the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice isn’t rolling back civil rights protections. It doesn’t mean that an economic plan put forth by this administration is largely zero sum—that it is benefiting somebody at the expense of somebody else,” he said. “It does not get away from the fact that the tone and the rhetoric our president has used has continued to divide America. And it’s not going to stop the fact that I think that’s wrong.”
Pabo MiespaceKennedy’s have always assisted the middle & lower class - people in Boston are completely different from people in New York City
Michael J Sauk · Los Angeles, CaliforniaJoe, you are our next President, John's term must be completed.
