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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On the one hand, this does seem par for the course for Obama shitting on things on his way out. On the other hand, I'm not sure that Netanyahu would do anything other than give Obama the finger since he's responsible for that UN matter and Obama is on the way out. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:19 LegalLord wrote: On the one hand, this does seem par for the course for Obama shitting on things on his way out. On the other hand, I'm not sure that Netanyahu would do anything other than give Obama the finger since he's responsible for that UN matter and Obama is on the way out. So Israel bombed Syria because Obama? | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
No idea. The potential motives for this are a head-scratcher. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:14 Doodsmack wrote: https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/819728563624673280 The Federal Elections Commission (FEC) sent a letter to the Donald Trump campaign on Monday after discovering over 1,000 errors in its most recent financial filing. This has caused much alarm on social media, but experts from the non partisan Campaign Legal Center told LawNewz.com that this type of FEC letter isn’t entirely unusual — in fact, Hillary Clinton got one herself just last month! Source | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is ending a longstanding immigration policy that allows any Cuban who makes it to U.S. soil to stay and become a legal resident. The repeal of the "wet foot, dry foot" policy is effective immediately. The decision follows months of negotiations focused in part on getting Cuba to agree to take back people who had arrived in the U.S. "Effective immediately, Cuban nationals who attempt to enter the United States illegally and do not qualify for humanitarian relief will be subject to removal, consistent with U.S. law and enforcement priorities," Obama said in a statement. "By taking this step, we are treating Cuban migrants the same way we treat migrants from other countries. The Cuban government has agreed to accept the return of Cuban nationals who have been ordered removed, just as it has been accepting the return of migrants interdicted at sea." The Cuban government praised the move. In a statement read on state television, it called the signing of the agreement "an important step in advancing relations" between the U.S. and Cuba that "aims to guarantee normal, safe and ordered migration." Obama is using an administrative rule change to end the policy. Donald Trump could undo that rule after becoming president next week. He has criticized Obama's moves to improve relations with Cuba. But ending a policy that has allowed hundreds of thousands of people to come to the United States without a visa also aligns with Trump's commitment to tough immigration policies. Source | ||
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Nyxisto
Germany6287 Posts
This woman is apparently going to be "senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council", please tell me that job is less important than it sounds. The fuck | ||
Falling
Canada11363 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:33 Nyxisto wrote: https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/651043858541879296 This woman is apparently going to be "senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council", please tell me that job is less important than it sounds. The fuck Someone I work with claimed that the wall will work fantastically, because China has never had any problems with Mexicans. I give it 50/50 odds they were being sarcastic. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
That said, the Clinton letter is 11 pages of questionable donations, while the Trump one is 35. So it's somewhat silly to equate them. Ultimately it's irrelevant, though it does show there was probably more donation handling incompetence on the Trump team (shockingly!!!!). | ||
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CatharsisUT
United States487 Posts
On January 13 2017 10:52 Thieving Magpie wrote: I agree with you that Trump does not have the same policies as the Obama administration, simply the same policies as the republican platform. Hence making him a status quo republican--I'm glad we are in agreement. Being against free trade is a pretty big departure from the status quo. So is cuddling up with Putin. | ||
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LegalLord
United Kingdom13775 Posts
I would be surprised if anything long-term came of the pro-Russian sentiment of Trump. He will probably make some headway and possibly end sanctions eventually, but I don't see that he's someone who understands what a real detente with Russia would look like. Sooner or later, there will come a time when Russia will forcefully and aggressively enforce its interests in a way that is very problematic for the US - and that will lead us right back to where we are now. Though there are enough people who understand that nothing good can come of even worse relations with Russia right now. | ||
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ShoCkeyy
7815 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:28 LegalLord wrote: I actually agree with this bit of Obama's eleventh-hour executive work. Source As a Cuban, glad it's finally happening. They come to Miami, and think the government owes them so much. Live off the government assistance and do nothing with their lives. It's sad and needs to be ended with. While some do try to get something done, and off government assistance but that number is low compared to the abusers. I mean, the U.S has done so much, and the families here have done so much as well. Either Cubans need to stand up, and reform their own country from the inside or stay under a dictatorship. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:33 Nyxisto wrote: https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/651043858541879296 This woman is apparently going to be "senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council", please tell me that job is less important than it sounds. The fuck Subs, boats, planes, ladders, tunnels, visas...the wall is a very simple minded solution. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18050 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:33 Nyxisto wrote: https://twitter.com/MonicaCrowley/status/651043858541879296 This woman is apparently going to be "senior director of strategic communications for the National Security Council", please tell me that job is less important than it sounds. The fuck I hope she's trolling. If serious, I think she has a rather loose definition of "work". And also of how big and sparsely populated Mexico is in comparison to Berlin. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On January 13 2017 15:37 Doodsmack wrote: the wall is a very simple minded solution. Agreed, I much preferred the Jaeger program | ||
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farvacola
United States18832 Posts
On January 13 2017 12:33 Falling wrote: It makes sense that if you are no longer treating Cuba as a hostile country, then you can normalize your refugee/ immigration policy as well. Reciprocity in immigration agreements is indeed a key component of diplomatic normalization. | ||
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