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Nintex

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Schumer caved just in time for today's Trump direct.  :rejoice
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This country is fucked, brehs.

Nintex

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"The groups I've seen, have been pretty much spread out"

I don't think Trump gets that groups shouldn't social distance but the individuals  :doge
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Mini Mike W R E C K E D

https://twitter.com/schwartzbCNBC/status/1252683334364344322

He will never stand on a box again
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A person close to Bloomberg in the business community, who declined to be named in order to speak freely, recently told CNBC that the former New York mayor is still disappointed in the way his campaign panned out after spending just more than $1 billion of his own money.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/21/biden-campaign-fights-over-bloomberg-digital-firm-198700
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Joe Biden’s campaign leadership is clashing over the future of its digital operation — a rift that comes as campaigning has moved largely online and as Biden faces a yawning deficit against President Donald Trump’s massive digital operation.

The disagreement among Biden’s top advisers centers on whether to hire most of its digital team internally or to rely on the firm Hawkfish, which is backed financially by billionaire Mike Bloomberg and ran the digital operation for his presidential campaign.
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The internal argument over Hawkfish — detailed by 10 Democratic officials, including several who have spoken with the campaign — has stalled Biden’s hiring just as his new campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, settles into her role. Since the coronavirus shutdown began last month, the campaign has not added any digital staffers.

One outside Democratic operative who has been in touch with Biden’s team said that the fight inside the campaign has taken on a generational dimension, with older officials more receptive to Hawkfish’s pitches than younger, digitally native staffers.

“The idea that Hawkfish is a silver bullet for anybody is pretty ridiculous on its face,” said the operative. “The reason it may feel that way to some nondigital people on the Biden campaign is that it seems easy, it’s a one-stop shop.”

Advocates for Hawkfish argue that instead of spending weeks or potentially months building an in-house team, the campaign could plug and play the firm now. They say it is flush with Bloomberg’s cash and boasts an impressive roster
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One Democratic digital strategist who met with Hawkfish leaders during Bloomberg’s presidential campaign came away surprised. “I was ready for Silicon Valley” arrogance, the strategist said. But “I found them to be smart and in it for the right reasons, so you can’t hate them that much.”
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“It would be a colossal mistake,” said Shelby Cole, the digital director for Kamala Harris’ presidential run who also led Beto O’Rourke’s digital fundraising efforts for his 2018 Senate run. “On the Bloomberg campaign, it’s my impression that their team had a blank check to spend on digital — but that doesn’t mean they have experience running an innovative digital program that inspires supporters and mobilizes voters.”
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In a statement, a Biden adviser said the current digital team packs “a hell of a punch
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Hawkfish did not respond to several requests for comment, but its defenders dismissed the criticism of the firm as professional jealousy


benjipwns

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1251319092436332544
https://mobile.twitter.com/ddayen/status/1251543631766228992
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This is a stunning selection. Shalala, according to sources, had no interest in the job. She has no expertise in the financial industry or the Fed. The two committees that would prepare you for this position are Financial Services and Oversight (Porter sits on both). Shalala sits on Education and Labor and Rules. She’s on the early childhood education subcommittee, so if that ever comes up in discussing the Fed’s corporate bond or high-yield ETF purchases we’re in good shape.

Yes, Shalala was Health and Human Services Secretary. In her public statement, Pelosi highlights that, saying Shalala will “ensure that this historic coronavirus relief package is being used wisely and efficiently to protect the lives and livelihoods of the American people, and not be exploited by profiteers and price-gougers.”

But the oversight panel has nothing to do with public health or the pandemic. It’s supposed to examine Federal Reserve lending programs and whether they are assisting the public in economic stabilization and job recovery. These are deliberately complex programs that require for oversight someone with a passing familiarity with the financial system and corporate America. The only expertise Shalala has in all that comes from all the stocks she owns.

Miami Democratic Rep. Donna Shalala, the lone House Democrat on the committee set up to oversee $500 billion in taxpayer money being used for coronavirus-related payouts to large businesses, violated federal law when she failed to disclose stock sales while serving in Congress.

Shalala told the Miami Herald on Monday she sold a variety of stocks throughout 2019 to eliminate any potential conflicts of interest after she was elected to Congress in November 2018. But the transactions were not publicly reported as required by the STOCK Act, a 2012 law that prohibits members of Congress and their employees from using private information gleaned from their official positions for personal benefit and requires them to report stock sales and purchases within 45 days.

Shalala’s office said the congresswoman and her financial adviser made a mistake.

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I didn't even know she was a politician, I just remember her being president at University of Miami and saying some dumb stuff that I can't remember the details of anymore.
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I didn't even know she was a politician, I just remember her being president at University of Miami and saying some dumb stuff that I can't remember the details of anymore.

She got elected in that 2018 wave. She's seems to be your standard Corporate Dem.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is drawing a line: There will be no more attempts at long-distance legislating on the coronavirus.

In a telephone interview Tuesday after passage of a $484 billion coronavirus relief bill, the Senate majority leader made clear that the full Senate must be in session before Congress begins its fifth installment of responding to the pandemic. And he signaled he is growing weary of quickly shoveling billions of dollars out the door even as the economy continues to crater.

The latest measure cleared the Senate by voice vote, but it was the product of days of fraught negotiations and false starts — and its success will be difficult to replicate as senators' frustrations over the extended recess pile up.

McConnell said the Senate will proceed “cautiously” to the next phase of coronavirus relief despite rapidly escalating demands for more aid from members of both parties. And he said that all 100 senators need to be around before Washington spends more money on an unprecedented economic rescue of workers and businesses caught in the virus’ fallout.

“You’ve seen the talk from both sides about acting, but my goal from the beginning of this, given the extraordinary numbers that we’re racking up to the national debt, is that we need to be as cautious as we can be,” McConnell said. “We need to see how things are working, see what needs to be corrected, and I do think that the next time we pass a coronavirus rescue bill we need to have everyone here and everyone engaged.”
death to america

You are so impatient - give it a month. 

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seeing white nationalists celebrate the immigration ban is really gonna make me vote bide  :doge
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benjipwns

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and I once thought he could be President some day


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If I see an ad of Joe Biden saying he loves big gay ice cream, I'm gonna just sit this one out

I'll sit it out if it's their Cheetos Ice Cream  :-X :-X :-X
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https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1252723778607558661

til itt AoC is a massive science nerd and has a comet named after her too.

damn
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wish someone would film an assault of tucker where they just give him a massive wedgie
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benjipwns

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totally random question not related to anything posted recently: anybody know the Virginia law on having Senators removed from office?

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Code § 24.2-233 states acceptable reasons for recall when it has "material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office" include:[2]

Neglect of duty
Misuse of office
Incompetence in the performance
1. didn't drain the tuna
2. didn't mix the tuna and mayo
3. washed the soap off immediately then just rubbed his hands under water for 20 seconds
4. named the model of "one of his favorite" microwave
5. forgot the pitzman's

and frankly the entire thing is misuse of office in my opinion

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What kind of psychopath has a favorite microwave?

Cauliflower Of Love

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What kind of psychopath has a favorite microwave?

What kind of monster has more that one microwave that doesn't run a two star michelin restaurant.

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/senate-report-russia-interference/index.html

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The committee's findings are a rebuke to Trump's frequent claims of a "hoax" that Russia was trying to help him win and the President's attacks on the intelligence community. The panel concluded that the Obama administration's assessment on Russian election interference was crafted without political bias, undercutting the President's claims that officials like former CIA Director John Brennan and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper were using the intelligence community to attack him.
Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr said in a statement that the assessment reflected "strong tradecraft" and "sound analytical reasoning."
"The Committee found no reason to dispute the Intelligence Community's conclusions," the North Carolina Republican said.

In case anyone was wondering why dumbass donnie was raging against the FBI yesterday.

https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1252943662515990528

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Cauliflower Of Love

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gop got their paychecks and are done with trump


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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252932181447630848

I like how a change in ROE in international waters is just an offhand remark in between trolling CNN and Joe Biden now.

Not sure how exactly you can shoot 'down' a boat  ???
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They don’t exactly sink up, mate

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gop got their paychecks and are done with trump
"right" doesn't take much issue with a biden presidency  :bernie
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Nintex

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They don’t exactly sink up, mate
You can shoot a boat or sink a boat or shoot down a plane.
You can't shoot down a boat  :dizzy
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You wouldn’t download a boat

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What if a whale had the capacity to destroy a boat from under the water?

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Then whales would replace your mom. 

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joey b and karen posse :nope

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:mindblown

We all remember those scary Ebola outbreaks in Scandinavia.
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Nintex

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"To me these people look very responsible" Donald J. Trump
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https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1253035955889614854

 :doge  :lucille  :doge

Edit: nvm, posted in the other thread
« Last Edit: April 22, 2020, 07:24:38 PM by Dickie Dee »
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Old White Creepy Guy and Karen as the head of the democratic party.


 :bobby

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https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1253073208565170180

This is going great

I'm on #Team Joe all the way
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https://twitter.com/TiffanyDCross/status/1253006381092941824

khive realizing they got played  :delicious

:gladbron

Edit- Warren VP would be a one-way ticket back to brainworm city for me! :klob

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:dead

#Krased :asuka

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Edit- Warren VP would be a one-way ticket back to brainworm city for me! :klob

OH NOES BABY, WHAT IS YOU DOING.

Nintex

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https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/status/1253079188518645760

 :juche
In a weird flex, Trump showed more empathy for Kim Jun Un in yesterdays briefing than he did for any Corona-chan victim so far :doge
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Edit- Warren VP would be a one-way ticket back to brainworm city for me! :klob

OH NOES BABY, WHAT IS YOU DOING.

Maybe the system can be fixed from the inside after all. :)

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Maybe the system can be fixed from the inside after all. :)

I'M GONNA SHOVE THIS DOOMER BLACKPILL DOWN YOUR THROAT NOW HOLD STILL.

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https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1253087124016029703

So todays briefing with Trump MD was about a second wave in the fall.
 :trumps
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Maybe the system can be fixed from the inside after all. :)

I'M GONNA SHOVE THIS DOOMER BLACKPILL DOWN YOUR THROAT NOW HOLD STILL.

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I'm standing up for our shared values of stopping climate change and implementing M4A. :salute

Nintex

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An M4 for everyone? Seems kinda dangerous tbh
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An M4 for everyone? Seems kinda dangerous tbh

Hope I get one first, you can be target practice :gun