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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Facing a backlash from Appalachian Democrats, Hillary Clinton's campaign on Monday tried to reaffirm her commitment to coal communities one day after declaring on national television she was going to "to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business."

Clinton's comments came during a Sunday night appearance on CNN, where she was asked a question about how her policies would benefit poor white people in southern states who generally vote Republican.

"I'm the only candidate, which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity, using clean renewable energy as the key, into coal country. Because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," Clinton said. "We're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people."

Clinton was touting a plan she released last year that would set aside $30 billion to protect the health benefits for coal miners and their families. But her quip about putting coal miners out of business gave Republicans a perfect soundbite to use against her in states like Kentucky and West Virginia, where the party has made historic gains in coal communities in recent years by running against President Barack Obama's energy policies.

On March 16 2016 00:07 IgnE wrote:


Come on, you can't argue that the food is both patentable and nondifferent.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday eased some of its Cuba restrictions before President Barack Obama's to the former Cold War enemy next week, allowing Cuba and its people greater access to U.S. financial institutions and relaxing travel limits.

The trade and travel changes will allow Cubans to open U.S. bank accounts and authorize those living in the Unites States to earn a salary or compensation, the U.S. government said.

Amendments to U.S. regulations will also allow individuals to visit Communist-ruled country for "people-to-people educational travel," the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments said in a statement.

The easement comes as Obama prepares to travel to Cuba March 21-22 amid moves toward normal relations with the island nation just 90 miles (145 km) from Florida's coast.

On March 16 2016 00:16 oneofthem wrote:
hillary actually hates politics. kind of like her attitude towards reddit. she is just not that good at it.

anyway celebrity sighting i just passed by jim webb a while ago

The House Freedom Caucus will oppose a $1.07 trillion budget backed by Republican leaders, likely assuring that the fiscal package will fail if put up for a vote on the House floor.

Leaders of the conservative group said Monday night that they plan to vote against the package because it does not go far enough to cut spending. It's a crippling blow for GOP leaders, who repeatedly said passing a budget was a major goal for 2016.

"The Freedom Caucus is officially a no," said Idaho Rep. Raul Labrador. "We've been talking to leadership for several weeks, giving them the opportunity to make some good pitches to us, and so far everything we have heard has been less than stellar."

Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price of Georgia and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) have labored to gain the support of the far-right caucus over the last six weeks but the top-line budget numbers are still too high to pass conservative muster.
Price plans to hold a markup on the budget Wednesday.

Members of the Freedom Caucus have pushed for $30 billion in immediate budget cuts in exchange for their support.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, said Monday that the group has offered proposals to Ryan and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that could bring the hardliners on board but those offers were rejected.

Encryption, Privacy Are Larger Issues Than Fighting Terrorism, Clarke Says

David Greene talks to former national security official Richard Clarke about the fight between Apple and the FBI. The FBI wants an iPhone that was used by one of the San Bernardino shooters unlocked.

On March 16 2016 00:25 Mohdoo wrote:
I think the GOP will succeed in preventing Trump from getting the delegates he needs. I still don't think that's enough. If no one gets the delegates they need, how do they prevent a meltdown from giving the nomination to anyone but Trump? In what world is there not complete chaos?

On March 15 2016 23:41 ErectedZenith wrote:


Middle class will lose jobs due to their fleeing employers.

Its economy 101.

On March 16 2016 00:19 LegalLord wrote:

This is the kind of thing that gets people to say Hillary is a flip flopper. If Bernie had hammered her for it as hard as Obama had, he'd probably be ahead right now.

On March 16 2016 01:15 FiWiFaKi wrote:
You know what makes me upset?

That people want a democracy and give people the right to have a voice... And then the moment that people use their vote to vote for Trump, all these liberals will start spewing articles on my news feed about how he's a bad person, the media is campaigning and spending tens of millions of dollars campaigning against him and feeding people propaganda, taken quotes completely out of context, and doing everything so he doesn't get into office.

Its just really sad, that the exact same people who are proponents of free speech now try and manipulate other people to vote for what they want. Its like if you're agreeing with them, yeah choice is great. Then the moment you have a different view (and all the people you've been trying to make liberal secretly aren't), you are now against them and make them seem like awful people. The media categorizes the Trump supports as racists and so forth, even though he has 40%+ in polls against Hillary and Bernie.

Does that make 40% of the US population awful people? And if so, then what kind of people who want to be in politics and see America united shit on 40%+ of the population at one time? Seriously, fuck the media in this process, get educated, and go out to vote for what you believe in. When you have a debate, why do you have to have the media analyze for you who won and who lost... You watched it, can't you use your head to see what you agree with?

/rantover

On March 16 2016 01:16 Seuss wrote:
I'm skeptical the nominee will be decided at the convention. A lot of the math being done assumes that the race's trajectory doesn't change, and it probably will.

At some point voters and/or the media will give up on Rubio and Kasich and things will essentially pare down to Cruz and Trump, but Cruz' best states are almost all behind him and almost everything ahead is some variation of winner-takes-all. Trump may be a little behind his mark after tonight if you go by 538's forecast, but if it's him versus Cruz come late April the nomination is Trump's.

On March 16 2016 01:22 Erasme wrote:

This remind me of that episode of south park where they conclude that yes, at least 25% of the americans are retards.