Guess what, sometimes something good happens to you and you want to celebrate with a family dinner at Olive Garden.
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Graham Cassidy bill is DOA
So I didn't realize that the Cowboys kneeled before the anthem, which I see as being kind of a cop out. But the thing is that the photo presents a striking image and that's what will be remembered. It might end up having the same net effect as if they'd kneeled during the anthem.
We should change the national anthem to something more relevant to modern times anyway. Might I suggest this
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"My sites were picked up by Trump supporters all the time. I think Trump is in the White House because of me. His followers don't fact-check anything — they'll post everything, believe anything. His campaign manager posted my story about a protester getting paid $3,500 as fact. Like, I made that up. I posted a fake ad on Craigslist," he told The Washington Post in November.
The bottom line for Republicans is, in Congress, within the White House and among the electorate, things are perilously close to being out of control. Our leaders, while discouraged, certainly don’t need to capitulate. But real Republicans need to start winning.
The ones voting for "trumpcare". trump is also a real one.
Someone I know on FB changed their background image to this, in response to the NFL stuff:(Image removed from quote.)For those counting, that flag has 61 stars.
Florida is rightfully considered the swingiest of swing states. Control of the White House in 2000 came down to a few hundred hanging chads — and one vote on the Supreme Court. The past four statewide elections — two governor’s races and two presidentials — were all decided by a single percentage point.So it could be quite politically significant that tens of thousands of Puerto Ricans, maybe more, are expected to permanently move into Florida as the result of Hurricane Maria. The Category 4 storm has wreaked havoc on the U.S. territory of 3.4 million. Most of the island still doesn’t have power a week after Maria made landfall. There are shortages of fuel, medicine, food and running water. Infrastructure that was already crumbling is in ruins.Puerto Ricans are American citizens, thanks to a law passed in 1917. As a result, all they need to settle in the mainland is a plane ticket or a berth on a boat.Their citizenship entitles them to vote, and they tend to overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates.Florida-based Republican operative Rick Wilson thinks the hurricane might be a game changer. “If you put an influx of 100,000 Puerto Ricans who vote Democratic eight times out of 10 in the Orlando area, there you go,” he said. “Nobody can afford a big change in the registration pattern or a change in the voting pattern that offsets Florida’s narrowness. You could end up with a big advantage for Democrats in 2018 if they play it right. The Puerto Ricans would be coming here because they feel like Donald Trump left them high and dry. That won’t fade away. … It could be a very, very big deal.”
I thought that even though they were considered citizens, they weren't allowed to vote.
Of course you can vote if you're a citizen, as long as you live in a state that has electors in the electoral college. So Puerto Ricans moving to FL in droves could shake things up quite a bit, especially considering the half-hearted help by the President.
People evacuated by the U.S. from hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico must sign promissory notes ensuring they fully repay transportation costs to the Defense Department, according to the State Department. Evacuees from Dominica and other countries hit by the hurricanes also must sign the promissory notes, though their repayments would go through the State Department. The notes fall under a longstanding but discretionary policy meant to ensure that evacuees pay transportation costs, which are based on “the price of the last commercial one-way, full-fare (not discounted) economy ticket prior to the crisis.” Marketwatch first reported that the evacuees from Puerto Rico were required to put up the promissory notes.
Quote from: Brehvolution on September 28, 2017, 12:00:39 PMI thought that even though they were considered citizens, they weren't allowed to vote.They can still vote, their vote just doesn't mean shit as long as they're living in Puerto Rico because PR doesn't have any members of Congress or votes in the Electorial College. If they were living in Florida however....
Quote from: Boredfrom on September 28, 2017, 05:05:19 PMQuote from: Joe Molotov on September 28, 2017, 12:08:01 PMQuote from: Brehvolution on September 28, 2017, 12:00:39 PMI thought that even though they were considered citizens, they weren't allowed to vote.They can still vote, their vote just doesn't mean shit as long as they're living in Puerto Rico because PR doesn't have any members of Congress or votes in the Electorial College. If they were living in Florida however....That sounds extremely shitty...Actually, there are advantages to not being a state, kind of like how there are advantages to moving out when you're 15.
Quote from: Joe Molotov on September 28, 2017, 12:08:01 PMQuote from: Brehvolution on September 28, 2017, 12:00:39 PMI thought that even though they were considered citizens, they weren't allowed to vote.They can still vote, their vote just doesn't mean shit as long as they're living in Puerto Rico because PR doesn't have any members of Congress or votes in the Electorial College. If they were living in Florida however....That sounds extremely shitty...
Quote from: Spoiled Milk on September 28, 2017, 05:51:25 PMQuote from: Boredfrom on September 28, 2017, 05:05:19 PMQuote from: Joe Molotov on September 28, 2017, 12:08:01 PMQuote from: Brehvolution on September 28, 2017, 12:00:39 PMI thought that even though they were considered citizens, they weren't allowed to vote.They can still vote, their vote just doesn't mean shit as long as they're living in Puerto Rico because PR doesn't have any members of Congress or votes in the Electorial College. If they were living in Florida however....That sounds extremely shitty...Actually, there are advantages to not being a state, kind of like how there are advantages to moving out when you're 15.Such as...? (honestly curious)
Quote from: Spoiled Milk on September 28, 2017, 05:51:25 PMActually, there are advantages to not being a state, kind of like how there are advantages to moving out when you're 15.Such as...? (honestly curious)
Actually, there are advantages to not being a state, kind of like how there are advantages to moving out when you're 15.
Quote from: agrajag on September 28, 2017, 08:10:15 PMLike republicans would ever let PR become a stateDo it in 2020 with the D/D/D trifecta.
Like republicans would ever let PR become a state
Will there even be any of the original cabinet left by the end of Trump's first term?
you guys are missing it on Hannity now: ERIC TRUMP ON THE NFL ANTHEM CONTROVERSY
