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Leporello
United States2845 Posts
Saturday Night Massacre incoming. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On June 16 2017 22:25 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: In other news one the biggest companies in the US, Amazon, just bought Whole Foods. So what does this mean for my Prime membership? It's an interesting idea... and a lot of people already knew prior to announcement. It's a pretty good example of privileged information that was "leaked", but as long as no one runs afoul of insider treading or other regulations, no one is gonna get in trouble for telling their buddy. | ||
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Mercy13
United States718 Posts
On June 16 2017 12:37 Buckyman wrote: Did you get this info from tea party voters? It's not the sort of thing that can be proven conclusively, but there is a lot of evidence that people being upset about having a black president was a significant driving force behind the Tea Party movement: Since its rapid rise in early 2009, scholars have advanced a variety of explanations for popular support for the Tea Party movement. Here we argue that various political, economic, and demographic trends and events – e.g., the election of the first nonwhite president, the rising minority population – have been perceived as threatening the relative standing of whites in the U.S., with the resulting racial resentment fueling popular support for the movement. ... Study 5 showed that threatened white respondents reported stronger support for the Tea Party when racialized aspects of its platform (e.g., opposition to immigration) were highlighted, than if libertarian ones (e.g., reduced government spending) were. These findings are consistent with a view of popular support for the Tea Party as resulting, in part, from threats to the status of whites in America. Threats to Racial Status Promote Tea Party Support Among White Americans There's lots of research on this. It appears pretty likely that racial resentment against non-whites is a significant predictor of Tea Party support. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On June 16 2017 22:44 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/875709623768109056 Isn't Trump on camera specifically saying they intended to fire Comey before this? I don't understand. He corrected a reporter and told them Comey was gonna get fired anyway. | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands21390 Posts
On June 16 2017 22:48 Mohdoo wrote: Isn't Trump on camera specifically saying they intended to fire Comey before this? I don't understand. He corrected a reporter and told them Comey was gonna get fired anyway. Because Trump has no fixed view on reality. When he believed Comey's firing would be positively received he took credit for it. Now that its gotten him into an Obstruction investigation it was everyone's idea but his own. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On June 16 2017 22:48 Mohdoo wrote: Isn't Trump on camera specifically saying they intended to fire Comey before this? I don't understand. He corrected a reporter and told them Comey was gonna get fired anyway. Trump’s inability to keep his story straight is one of the reasons this is going so poorly for him. Remember, firms that used to represent him sent to two attorneys to meetings because Trump lied so much. | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
Carrie Johnson gets better at twitter every day. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On June 16 2017 22:48 Mohdoo wrote: Isn't Trump on camera specifically saying they intended to fire Comey before this? I don't understand. He corrected a reporter and told them Comey was gonna get fired anyway. Yep. And Sessions was not willing to go to bat to say it was on Rosenstein at his testimony (he limited himself to saying it wasn't his decision). Also, Trump's numerical illiteracy continues-he has 30 million twitter followers, not 100 million. No wonder he can't read more than one page. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On June 16 2017 23:07 TheTenthDoc wrote: Yep. And Sessions was not willing to go to bat to say it was on Rosenstein at his testimony (he limited himself to saying it wasn't his decision). Also, Trump's numerical illiteracy continues-he has 30 million twitter followers, not 100 million. No wonder he can't read more than one page. Would not surprise me if he is under the impression Twitter suppresses his "real" number of followers. | ||
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9234 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On June 16 2017 23:45 Artisreal wrote: Nah, it's because his followers cleary are worth more. Good way to return to the whole 2/3 of a person thing by just making white nationalists worth more. | ||
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Tachion
Canada8573 Posts
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Mohdoo
United States15401 Posts
On June 16 2017 23:49 Tachion wrote: Maybe it's because Obama has 90m followers and he has to one-up him. Wow, didn't realize Obama had so many more than Trump. I am certain that bothers him. | ||
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NewSunshine
United States5938 Posts
On June 16 2017 23:29 Mohdoo wrote: Would not surprise me if he is under the impression Twitter suppresses his "real" number of followers. If anything, it's inflated. Doesn't he have something like 15 million bots following him? Was that story true? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4693 Posts
On more serious note, i think that even if Trump survives whole term he is gona claim that he wasnt able to acomplish promised miracles beacuse of the "witch hunts" and constant need to defend himself. | ||
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