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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
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Nevuk
United States16280 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:08 zlefin wrote: Nevuk -> I'd assume it matters little; last I heard the FEC openly admitted it wasn't going to be able to go after anyone for violations; it's deadlocked 3-3 partisan, and pretty weak, and there's very little will to support them going after anything. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/us/politics/fec-cant-curb-2016-election-abuse-commission-chief-says.html?_r=0 Yeah, only way I could see it mattering was if Trump was looking for an excuse to punt Bannon out. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23609 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:10 Plansix wrote: Yet another reason to adopt the Jobs + Get Money Out of Elections platform. Congress can’t be trusted to police super PACs. Who has that platform? | ||
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zlefin
United States7689 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:10 Nevuk wrote: Yeah, only way I could see it mattering was if Trump was looking for an excuse to punt Bannon out. I don't think trump really cares about excuses to do things; and if you wanna punt Bannon there's plenty of reasons. | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
The highly electable progressive who gets things done? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
It’s the P6 suggested this would be a super great platform because it is things everyone in the county wants. | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On April 13 2017 05:26 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: He's such a great guy. Personally convinced NATO to fight terrorism so it's no longer obsolete. They will probably even get troops in afghanistan some day /s | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
Woohoo! Arbiter now! | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15736 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:37 LegalLord wrote: Trump according to Trump is the best president we've had in ages. Look how much he resolved in just 80ish days. Woohoo! Arbiter now! damn it now i'm gonna think your posts are gorsameth for weeks zlefin is a wraith, oneofthem is league of legends, p6 is dota, hammer is usually kwark if it is a paragraph or stealthblue if it is a summary of an article. gh is defiler, xdaunt carrier | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23609 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:37 LegalLord wrote: Trump according to Trump is the best president we've had in ages. Look how much he resolved in just 80ish days. Woohoo! Arbiter now! If Trump makes it 4 years that means when we finally finish his first 100 days, we'll only have about 13 and half more periods like this to go. | ||
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brian
United States9636 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:37 LegalLord wrote: Trump according to Trump is the best president we've had in ages. Look how much he resolved in just 80ish days. Woohoo! Arbiter now! fuck i thought that was 10k. i love my archon  . oh that's right there's a carrier at the end of this tunnel rip. i'll have to find a new race to rep. | ||
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:49 GreenHorizons wrote: If Trump makes it 4 years that means when we finally finish his first 100 days, we'll only have about 13 and half more periods like this to go. Look on the bright side. If it keeps going like this, we'll have something to bicker and argue and amuse ourselves with for at least that long. | ||
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crms
United States11933 Posts
Politics The Latest: Manafort registering with US as foreign agent Better late than never!  | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
On April 13 2017 05:46 Wulfey_LA wrote: Every new piece of classified information that comes out reveals deeper ties. The new AP reports of Manafort really getting paid according to the Ukranian black book, the Page FISA warrant, Nunes distractions just being a heap of lies. Why do you want to sweep this under the rug? Why not let the investigation into Russian interference continue? EDIT: just today we have Trump hinting at a lack of confidence in Comey. What will it take before you realize the value of these investigations? Foreign interference matters, lets find out. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/trump-not-too-late-fire-comey I think GH is talking the leak-section, which is pretty intent on finding more and more smoke and only hints of fires. The investigation itself is fine. Nunes actually found something mostly unrelated to Russia that might involve conspiracy to unmask and leak. I'm waiting for the investigation into that too. Right now, the better move is to focus on all the awful things he's doing and plans to do and not put the investigation cart before the horse. To GH, Democrats are too invested in weekly Red Scare news to stop now. It's too connected to illegitimate president narratives and whatever you want to call the big-baddie literally-Hitler narrative. | ||
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
On April 13 2017 07:21 Danglars wrote: I think GH is talking the leak-section, which is pretty intent on finding more and more smoke and only hints of fires. The investigation itself is fine. Nunes actually found something mostly unrelated to Russia that might involve conspiracy to unmask and leak. I'm waiting for the investigation into that too. Right now, the better move is to focus on all the awful things he's doing and plans to do and not put the investigation cart before the horse. To GH, Democrats are too invested in weekly Red Scare news to stop now. It's too connected to illegitimate president narratives and whatever you want to call the big-baddie literally-Hitler narrative. Please, Hitler wasn't so bad. A spokesman for the American government told me this, so it must be true. On April 13 2017 06:03 Nevuk wrote: http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/watchdog-claims-they-have-evidence-bannon-was-illegally-paid-as-trumps-campaign-chair/ I can't tell if this matters or not I wonder which had more impact/visibility, Mercers internet troll campaign or that of the Russians. They were both likely propagating the exact same things. I really think that people are vastly overestimating the amount of influence Russia's interference had on the campaign due to the extensive media coverage on the subject in the past few months. | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On April 13 2017 05:46 Plansix wrote: This is what happens when you try to pull the same thing off that happened in 2008, but you don’t have a super majority and also refuse to work outside your party. well David Frum got fired for telling a conservative think tank this was going to happen back when the ACA was being worked out. Doesn't help when you fire anyone who disagrees with you | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
On April 13 2017 06:49 GreenHorizons wrote: If Trump makes it 4 years that means when we finally finish his first 100 days, we'll only have about 13 and half more periods like this to go. Judging by the news, bombing Syria once earns him about three days of reprieve from criticism for being too close to Russia. By that metric I think we need about 450 more of these to keep the media-based Russia investigation buried in the news cycle. | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
Senior White House budget adviser Marcus Peacock is leaving President Donald Trump’s administration to become the second in command at a high-profile business lobby group in Washington that’s looking to increase its influence. Peacock, a top policy expert in the Office of Management and Budget, joined the Business Roundtable Wednesday and will lead policy work on the group’s key issues related to Trump’s agenda, including tax legislation, infrastructure spending and regulatory reform, the roundtable said. Peacock will recuse himself from lobbying OMB for six months, the roundtable said. When he joined the Trump administration, Peacock signed an ethics pledge required by the president that would’ve banned him from lobbying his former office for five years. The White House granted him a waiver from that commitment, the roundtable said. At OMB, Peacock served as a special government employee -- a temporary position that allows a person to work no more than 130 days in a year. Since JPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive Jamie Dimon took over in January as chairman of the roundtable, the group has been taking steps to capitalize on the Trump administration’s pro-business agenda. Dimon installed as president Joshua Bolten, a former chief of staff to President George W. Bush who also worked with Peacock in that administration. “Marcus Peacock has built a distinguished record in Washington and is widely recognized for his expertise in budgeting, policy and federal regulation,” Bolten said in a statement. “I am delighted he is joining our team at Business Roundtable.” https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-12/senior-white-house-adviser-departs-for-business-lobbying-group | ||
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LegalLord
United States13779 Posts
(Though they are pretty pissed about Tillerson's "you're either with us or you're with the Iran-Assad axis of evil" comments a few days ago.) | ||
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