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26th November 2019, 09:21 AM | #2201 |
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26th November 2019, 09:45 AM | #2202 |
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I read today that Tucker Carlson was saying on his show that he's rooting for Russia over the Ukraine. So maybe he'll be next in line for a chance to please Trump.
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26th November 2019, 09:48 AM | #2203 |
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26th November 2019, 10:24 AM | #2204 |
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*insert gif with the little blonde girl shrugging her shoulders*
I honestly have no idea. I guess towards the end of his show he said it was for the lulz but he has to know that even that is sketchy as hell. It *shouldn't* be well received, and for what it's worth I think I saw it on Newsweek. So at least a right leaning publication is talking about it. |
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2nd December 2019, 10:03 AM | #2205 |
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2nd December 2019, 10:26 PM | #2206 |
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3rd December 2019, 10:30 PM | #2207 |
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https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/03/polit...nia/index.html
Oh but this is delicious. Melania and Ivanka are at odds. Will one have to go? Will Trump have to choose between the daughter for whom he has a sexual appetite or the wife who denies his advances? |
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4th December 2019, 03:02 PM | #2208 |
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BTW, the hit film Knives Out has some pretty nasty satiric stabs (no pun intended) at Trump supporters.
And the major Trump supporter in the film is played by the actor who was the psych Prohibition agent in "Boardwalk Empire" and was Zod in "Man Of Steel". |
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4th December 2019, 10:31 PM | #2209 |
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5th December 2019, 06:43 PM | #2210 |
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I think Duncan Hunter, one of the first GOP congressmen to support Trump, will be gone frm the House by Christmas after his convicntion on corruption charges.
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6th January 2020, 11:20 AM | #2211 |
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6th January 2020, 11:40 AM | #2212 |
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He's setting up a "Presidential Cabinet of Theseus" defense for his impeachment.
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7th January 2020, 09:21 AM | #2213 |
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The numerous and sundry links from resignations to impeachment seem ineluctable these days.
https://www.newsweek.com/five-key-uk...chment-1471109
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7th January 2020, 12:00 PM | #2214 |
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"Shortly after the Holidays, I will resign from Congress. It has been an honor to serve the people of California's 50th District, and I greatly appreciate the trust they have put in me over these last 11 years," he said in a statement.https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4...plan-to-resign
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21st January 2020, 08:58 AM | #2217 |
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"People are saying" he spent a night with Russian hookers and lost his government phone in the process.
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21st January 2020, 06:24 PM | #2218 |
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30th January 2020, 04:21 AM | #2220 |
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I asked this in another thread.
Outside of Pence has he achieved full turnover yet? He's got to be getting close if not. |
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30th January 2020, 08:33 AM | #2223 |
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"Trump has more turnover in his Cabinet in the first two and a half years of his presidency than any of his five immediate predecessors did in their entire first terms."
https://time.com/5625699/trump-cabinet-acosta/ |
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30th January 2020, 10:23 AM | #2224 |
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A surprising (to me) number of his cabinet are still originals: Mnuchin, Perdue, Ross, Carson, Chao, and DeVos.
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7th February 2020, 01:20 PM | #2225 |
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Some Rumors that Mick Mulvaney is on his way out...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/polit...ump/index.html Trump effectively lost confidence in his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, months ago, but was convinced not to act by close aides, who argued a leadership change in the White House during impeachment could cause unnecessary chaos....According to several sources familiar with the matter, the President -- who has never graduated Mulvaney from his "acting" role -- often ignores Mulvaney's input...It's not clear when or if Mulvaney will depart his post, and sources were split on whether his exit was now imminent or he would remain in place through November's election. But discussions about his future have ramped up among staffers as the post-impeachment chapter of the Trump era begins. You might almost feel some sympathy for the guy... taking on a role that should be a highlight of his career, then finding your contributions minimized before getting dumped altogether. Then you realize... this is a supporter of Trump, a man who has done his best to enable the worst of Trump's excesses. So, screw him. I hope he gets kicked out and spends the rest of his career bitter and unhappy. |
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7th February 2020, 01:32 PM | #2226 |
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Trump must be beating away qualified candidates with a stick - everyone wants the job where you have to tell him what he can and can't do.
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7th February 2020, 01:44 PM | #2227 |
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7th February 2020, 04:08 PM | #2228 |
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Alexander Vindman, and his twin brother Yevgeny fired and escorted from the White House. That was inevitable after Trump's acquittal; it must have been tough for the his staff to convince him to wait so long. And Ambassador Yovanovitch has retired.
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13th February 2020, 09:32 AM | #2230 |
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Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Jessie Liu to a Treasury department post because of her work as a US Attorney overseeing the prosecution of Roger Stone. She's resigned from Treasury.
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Have to admit, that seems a bit... strange of her to do so.
She's going back to a president who has been impeached (and for which even many republicans admitted "he did something wrong")...a president who is in the middle of a post-impeachment revenge tantrum... a president that has shown himself to be incapable of listening to advice from others... a president that commonly throws people under the bus when they are not of use to him... a president that usually is more unpopular than popular and is at significant risk of losing the next election. A logical-thinking person would want to avoid that situation, since it has the really big chance of blowing up in her face and adding a stain to her resume. But there she is, throwing herself back into the fray. |
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OECD healthcare spending Public/Compulsory Expenditure on healthcare https://data.oecd.org/chart/60Tt Every year since 1990 the US Public healthcare spending has been greater than the UK as a proportion of GDP. More US Tax goes to healthcare than the UK |
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Another foreign policy guy (who warned Trump about delaying aid to Ukraine) is gone...
From: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/19/polit...art/index.html John Rood, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy at the Pentagon, is the latest senior national security official involved in the Ukraine controversy to be forced out...Officials tell CNN that Rood has differed with the administration on a number of issues including Afghanistan and Ukraine.... One official said some examples of Rood's differing views from some of Trump's key policy stances included being skeptical about peace talks with the Taliban as well as the administration decision to scale down military exercises with South Korea during talks with North Korea and him pushing for a more aggressive approach to Russia by supporting Ukraine. |
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Speculation that Trump has soured a little on Barr....
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20th February 2020, 01:22 PM | #2238 |
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1. He'd never do that. 2. Okay but he's not currently doing it. 3. Okay but he's not currently technically doing it. 4. Okay but everyone does it. 5. He's doing it, we can't stop him, no point in complaining about it. 6. We all knew he was going to do it which... makes it okay somehow. 7. It's perfectly fine that's he's doing it. |
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