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Republicans are getting a jump on Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 presidential campaign.

The Massachusetts Democrat is preparing to run for re-election to the Senate in 2018 and hasn’t said yet whether she’ll challenge President Donald Trump for the White House. But in-state and national Republican officials have decided to target the liberal icon anyway, saying they will try to inflict enough damage during the Senate race to harm any future presidential effort — and perhaps dissuade her from running altogether.

Already, one national Republican group has begun a comprehensive effort to track Warren’s every public appearance and add to a dossier of unflattering research on her. Other GOP officials predict that even in deep-blue Massachusetts, the senator’s opponents could raise gobs of money from conservatives nationwide and even benefit from the attention of Trump.

The goal is more about weakening Warren than defeating her: Republicans doubt that any of their party’s likely candidates could topple her next year. But even with the next presidential election more than three years away, they say exposing her weaknesses now — or making sure her race is closer than expected — could do lasting damage.

“We learned from our experience with Secretary (Hillary) Clinton that when you start earlier, the narratives have more time to sink in and resonate with the electorate,” said Colin Reed, executive director at the Republican outside group America Rising.

Reed’s group launched an effort in April to catalog and promote Warren’s mistakes, announcing that it would try to defeat the senator during next year’s race while also trying to “continue developing the long-term research and communications angles to damage her 2020 prospects.”

Republicans say that’s only the beginning.
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On June 02 2017 10:59 m4ini wrote:



I think that's down to the whole education system. It has to compete with the european model which makes it easy(easier) to get a visa and renew it, the tuition is free, you're allowed to work, it's easy to stay after your degree, in regards to engineering etc (obviously different for art majors and what not) it's not that hard to find jobs (and if you don't, you can still stay and get supported until you do).

I wasn't exaggerating earlier when i said that 50% stay after getting their degree in germany. That's an official number. Which i find ridiculously high.

On June 02 2017 11:09 Toadesstern wrote:

let's not forget that that's a bad thing according to the people on the right. People from abroad getting a degree in the US and staying there means less jobs for americans after all.

On June 02 2017 11:13 LegalLord wrote:

I honestly don't see much promise in her. She's a little too one-track to really be an effective speaker. And she's certainly no "young up-and-comer" given her fairly advanced age.

On June 02 2017 11:13 LegalLord wrote:

I honestly don't see much promise in her. She's a little too one-track to really be an effective speaker. And she's certainly no "young up-and-comer" given her fairly advanced age.

On June 02 2017 11:07 Falling wrote:
If the Accord cannot be renegotiated, then I think a reasonable case could be made for the US to pull out and maybe rejoin under different and better conditions. I'm thinking specifically of the $3B that the US agreed to send to the Green Climate Fund, ostensibly to help other countries reduce their emissions. Emphasis on agreed. If the US changes their mind and the Accord is a voluntary agreement and not a sanction, then I think it could be argued that US should be free to change their minds and let the other countries go their own way. I don't know that the US is obligated to pay for perpetuity except that they decided to do so freely in the first place. Yes, yes 'we are all in this together'- but 'we are in this together' doesn't quite have the same ring when someone is compelled to give money to someone else.

On June 02 2017 11:11 m4ini wrote:


It's kind of a retarded position to hold. Imho.

On June 02 2017 11:07 biology]major wrote:
Hillary Clinton has revealed her true character post election loss, and sadly it's on the same level as Trump. Egotistical, not very self aware. She has a good temperament and can form complete coherent sentences, but her excuse making is on a new level. Even if everything she said about her loss being down to Comey and Russia is true, you don't ever admit that shit. Just take it and continue on. Biden and Sanders can truly connect with the working class voter, so I think they are the dems best chance, either them or a unknown.

On June 02 2017 11:17 Toadesstern wrote:

I think a big problem about that is that everyone came together and agreed to some level they're able to chip in depending on what kind of nation we're talking about.
So I can totally understand the position that it should not be renegotiated. If the US gets a better deal that means China might have something to say about doing a bit less as well so that they're not dealing with an unfair burden and the same goes for 200 other nations minus a couple.
I'm obviously talking out of my ass here since I really can't judge how likely that is but there really could be a situation in which a renegotiated Paris accord could be worse than one that doesn't include the US.


duh, those are the people you want in your country but a lot of positions this administrations holds are kind of stupid

On June 02 2017 10:58 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
She has no experience, that's why I'm hoping Clinton runs for Mayor of New York so she can at least satisfy her ego for the well being of the country. So it's leaning towards Biden, Sanders, and maybe even Jerry Brown of California.

On June 02 2017 11:08 Nevuk wrote:
For some reason the GOP is terrified of Warren:


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article153446694.html

Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced that he’s stepping down from a White House advisory council following President Donald Trump’s Thursday announcement that he plans to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord.

“As a matter of principle, I’ve resigned from the President’s Council over the #ParisAgreement withdrawal,” he tweeted.

Iger’s announcement comes just a couple of hours after Elon Musk also revealed that he’s resigning from the council due to the decision.

Disney later issued a longer statement from Iger. “Protecting our planet and driving economic growth are critical to our future, and they aren’t mutually exclusive. I deeply disagree with the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement and, as a matter of principle, I’ve resigned from the President’s advisory council.”

The official name of the group was the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum, and it included an array of CEOs from across industries, including Mary Barra of General Motors and Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase. Stephen A. Schwarzman, the co-founder of Blackstone, serves as chairman.


Iger, who gave money to Hillary Clinton during the campaign, faced some criticism for his participation. Asked about it at Disney’s shareholders meeting in March, he said that it was “an opportunity for me to express views that I think … are of value to the company and its shareholders.” He said that it was important to have a seat at the table, and that his participation did not reflect an endorsement of Trump’s positions or that of the administration. Iger has previously been a champion of issues like immigration reform, while Trump ran against it.

Travis Kalanick, CEO of Uber, also was a member of the forum, and he initially argued that it was important to have a seat at the table. But he resigned in February, in the wake of Trump’s initial executive order restricting travel from a number of Muslim-majority countries.

In announcing his decision, Trump said that the Paris accord was a bad deal for the United States that would hurt American workers.

“I will work to ensure that America remains the world’s leader on environmental issues, but under a framework that is fair and where the burdens and responsibilities are equally shared among the many nations all around the world,” Trump said.

But a number of business leaders urged him to stay in the agreement. CEOs like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, General Electric’s Jeffrey Immelt and Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein criticized Trump’s decision.

On June 02 2017 11:16 Plansix wrote:

Never under estimate how much this country hates banks at all times. Especially in this climate.

On June 02 2017 11:07 biology]major wrote:
Hillary Clinton has revealed her true character post election loss, and sadly it's on the same level as Trump. Egotistical, not very self aware. She has a good temperament and can form complete coherent sentences, but her excuse making is on a new level. Even if everything she said about her loss being down to Comey and Russia is true, you don't ever admit that shit. Just take it and continue on. Biden and Sanders can truly connect with the working class voter, so I think they are the dems best chance, either them or a unknown.

On June 02 2017 11:27 LegalLord wrote:

She's a little out there, but I do kinda like her - perhaps not for president but she's quite interesting. The DNC hates her though.

On June 02 2017 11:26 Nyxisto wrote:
They should put up Tulsi Gabbard in 2020. Female war vet would be an autowin