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On August 08 2016 04:41 LegalLord wrote:

Now when exactly did the far right stop believing that?

On August 08 2016 03:45 farvacola wrote:

A lot of the non-GH pro-Bernie crowd are working on down-ticket races for exactly that reason; now is a great time to try and take some back some once Republican entrenched seats.

On August 08 2016 05:39 farvacola wrote:

If you're going to repeatedly purport to speak on behalf of an entire movement, then I'm going to treat you as such.

On August 08 2016 04:49 Gorsameth wrote:

Hahahahahaha

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Oh wait your not joking?

Lets assume they are still able to obstruct the Supreme Court nomination. What tools do exactly exist to force a judge trough?
Or could they realistically keep the seat open indefinitely?

Ohio governor John Kasich warned on Sunday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is at risk of losing his state in November, thanks to his “disturbing” campaign of divisiveness.

Kasich’s remarks came a day after it was reported that the leader of the American Nazi Party said a Trump victory in the presidential election would “be a real opportunity for people like white nationalists, acting intelligently to build upon that”.

Ohio is part of the rust belt, the group of swing states on which the Trump campaign is concentrating much of its effort against Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. Kasich has declined to endorse Trump and did not attend the Republican national convention in Cleveland in July, at which Trump was officially nominated.

Speaking to CNN’s State of the Union, Kasich refused to commit to voting for Trump and predicted that Trump would only win the parts of Ohio “where people are really hurting”.

“It’s difficult, if you are dividing, to be able to win Ohio,” he said, adding: “I don’t think people want to live in a world of angry. They want to believe there is a better tomorrow.”

Kasich’s remarks spoke to evidence of strong support for Trump among white working-class voters nationally. In its report quoting remarks by Rocky Suhayda on his own radio show a week ago, Buzzfeed quoted the Nazi Party leader as saying: “I’m gonna project that I believe that Trump is going to win the election this November.

… I think it’s gonna surprise the enemy, because I think that they feel that the white working class, especially the male portion of the working class, and with him, his female counterparts, have basically thrown in the towel. Given up hope of any politician again standing up for their interests.”

Kasich said “of course” he would not vote for Clinton, but answered “no” when asked if he had decided not to vote for Trump either, adding: “We still have time. That’s something I think about, but not a lot.”

Asked what Trump would have to do to get his vote, Kasich said: “So much water has gone over the dam now, it’s becoming increasingly difficult.” What he was seeing from the Trump campaign, he said, was “very disturbing and alarming to me”.

“I wish I could be enthusiastic. I cannot be. I don’t know what is going to happen in the end.”

Many observers think the election increasingly likely to end in Trump’s defeat. He has slipped further behind in the polls, and a national survey published on Sunday showing him trailing Clinton by eight points. The ABC/Washington Post poll put Clinton at 50% among registered voters, ahead of Trump at 42%. In a similar poll taken just before the party conventions in July, Clinton held a four-point lead. The realclearpolitics.com poll average gives Clinton a seven-point advantage.

On August 08 2016 08:30 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
Frontpage of drudge report is so savage right now

On August 08 2016 08:30 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
Frontpage of drudge report is so savage right now

On August 08 2016 09:45 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
What ransom? It was Iranian money from the 70's and some of it was partially released after the Nuclear Agreement.

On August 08 2016 10:12 Plansix wrote:

Its ransom because Republicans want it to be. Money that some day in the future would be released to Iran, but because Obama did it, its ransom. The key factor is that Obama did it, so it must be a sign of weakness. Being strong is maintaining the status quo and claiming you accomplished something for the GOP.

On August 08 2016 10:08 GGTeMpLaR wrote:
No that isn't a seizure. She's clearly making a joke in that one

On August 08 2016 10:12 Plansix wrote:

Its ransom because Republicans want it to be. Money that some day in the future would be released to Iran, but because Obama did it, its ransom. The key factor is that Obama did it, so it must be a sign of weakness. Being strong is maintaining the status quo and claiming you accomplished something for the GOP.

On August 08 2016 10:23 biology]major wrote:


It is ransom because of the timing. They received a payment, and then right after confirmation let the prisoners free.

Florida senator Marco Rubio has said women infected with the Zika virus should not be allowed to have abortions, even if their babies have microcephaly, the severe developmental disorder than can result from infection with the disease.

“If I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life,” the Republican told Politico. Rubio, who has championed Zika funding bills in the Senate, also blamed Democrats for the failure to pass such federal aid.

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) figures, Florida is the state second-worst affected by Zika, after New York, but is the only state to have infections caused by local mosquitoes. Most Zika cases in the US have been found in people who travelled to affected countries and territories.

On Sunday, the Florida governor, Rick Scott, told NBC that despite his state having identified 16 cases of mosquito-borne Zika infections, “what we’re doing is working.”

Scott also called for increased federal aid, in addition to the several million Barack Obama has released in existing grants. On Friday, the federal Food and Drug Administration cleared a private company to release genetically altered mosquitoes which could help the fight against Zika on an island in the Florida Keys. The project will be subject to a local referendum in November.

Rubio ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination and only recently decided to run for re-election rather than give up public life. During the presidential campaign, he said he was opposed to abortion in all instances, including in cases of rape or incest.

“I understand a lot of people disagree with my view – but I believe that all human life is worthy of protection of our laws,” he said on Saturday. “And when you present it in the context of Zika or any prenatal condition, it’s a difficult question and a hard one. But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”

In the Senate, Rubio has supported the provision of funding for work against Zika. In May, after a $1.1bn funding measure he sponsored passed the Senate, he cited an estimate from the CDC director, Tom Frieden, that the lifetime cost of caring for a child born with microcephaly could reach $10m.