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[Nazgul_Hunter]

Almost all of their advertisers were from meta-sources like Google Ads so companies didn't even know they were paying Breitbart. Since the election a ton of them have had the site blacklisted to avoid controversy.

Yeah; sadly due to how online advertising works; the top 10% of advertisers probably bring in 90% of the revenue anyway

 

[Oblivion]

Almost all of their advertisers were from meta-sources like Google Ads so companies didn't even know they were paying Breitbart. Since the election a ton of them have had the site blacklisted to avoid controversy.

Okay, this makes sense.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

saw this pop up in my feed today
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/members-and-associates-russian-crime-syndicate-arrested-racketeering-extortion-robbery

Members And Associates Of Russian Crime Syndicate Arrested For Racketeering, Extortion, Robbery, Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy, Fraud, Narcotics, And Firearms Offenses

Charged Defendants Include Alleged ”Vor" or ”Thief-In-Law" of a Russian and Georgian Criminal Enterprise

The Enterprise's criminal activities included:

The operation of illicit poker businesses in Brighton Beach;
The extortion of gamblers who became indebted to the Shulaya Enterprise;
Attempts to extort local business owners;
Efforts to defraud casinos in Atlantic City and Philadelphia by using electronic devices and computer servers to predict and exploit the behavior of electronic slot machines;
The theft of cargo shipments, including a shipment containing approximately 10,000 pounds of chocolate confections;
The use of a female member of the Shulaya Enterprise to seduce men, incapacitate them with gas, and then rob them;
Attempts to create an after-hours nightclub that would host, among other things, the sale of narcotics;
The transportation and sale of numerous cases of untaxed cigarettes;
Plans to pay bribes to local law enforcement; and
Creation and use of forged identification documents, checks, and invoices.

 

[nature boy]

Eli Stokols‏Verified account @EliStokols 7m7 minutes ago

Chris Christie tells @NicolleDWallace Trump's comments to Comey were "normal New York City conversation" he didn't realize was inappropriate

 

[balladofwindfishes]

LOL

So they're confirming that everything else in it is true just to say "Trump was right!!!"

 

[jmdajr]

dat locker room talk

 

[BlastProcessing]

Vouching for Comey's credibility the day before his hearing is a bold strategy.

 

[sc0la]

Does the statement confirm he "wasn't under investigation" or does it just not confirm whether he was under investigation. Those are two different things.

 

[Autodidact]

Does the statement confirm he "wasn't under investigation" or does it just not confirm whether he was under investigation. Those are two different things.

It confirms he wasn't under "a counter-intelligence investigation" on that particular date. It could have been another type of investigation, or, more likely, the investigation on Trump began later.

They're spinning.

 

[Wilsongt]

Trump and co will keep screaming he was never under investigation while the FBI takes potshots at everyone around him like the clown tooth knockout game at the fair.

 

[TestOfTide]

I am so goddamn sick of the "It doesn't matter if Trump goes down because we still will have Pence" arguments.

Like, yes technically we do, but the moment Trump goes down is the moment his fanbase loses all their enthusiasm and morale and at this point, without Trump's fanbase, the GOP is dead.

Pence would be Trump's Gerald Ford, but somehow even LESS likable.

 

[Y2Kev]

I mean who cares what Comey said. He is now.

 

[More_Badass]

They're essentially legitimizing the memos to try and make Trump look good instead of trying to play the "how can we trust this is accurate" card?

Wow

 

[TestOfTide]

They're essentially legitimizing the memos to try and make Trump look good instead trying to play the "how can we trust this is accurate" card?

Wow

And the best part is that it's gonna backfire because even IF Trump weren't involved in the Russia stuff, he's clearly involved in trying to cover it up.

 

[Plinko]

Political parties regularly play up an investigation into possible obstruction of justice and treason carried out by their own president as means of helping their legislative agenda move along, yes, of course, happens all the time.

Uh, yeah, because THAT is exactly what I was referring to.

To be clear: political parties try to hide legislation moves behind other news stories. Across the country, legislators try to ram through legislation in the middle of the night. They wait until other big stories hit to try and introduce and pass unpopular bills. This has been going on for decades.

 

[Hooligan69]

How the hell has Breitbart lost 90% of its advertisers in the past 2 months?

https://twitter.com/slpng_giants

 

[CoolOff]

https://twitter.com/slpng_giants

"muh free speech"

 

[TestOfTide]

Plinko, I agree that the GOP Senate is probably seeing if they can slip a vote for the AHCA under the radar, but it's kinda stupid because the whole point of them trying to pass the AHCA is to be able to advertise that they repealed Obamacare. And as soon as they advertise that repeal as they hope to they are advertising the shitty bill that they currently think is worth keeping under the radar.

So, GOP, are you proud to repeal Obamacare or not?

 

[Macho Madness]

Plinko, I agree that the GOP Senate is probably seeing if they can slip a vote for the AHCA under the radar, but it's kinda stupid because the whole point of them trying to pass the AHCA is to be able to advertise that they repealed Obamacare. And as soon as they advertise that repeal as they hope to they are advertising the shitty bill that they currently think is worth keeping under the radar.

So, GOP, are you proud to repeal Obamacare or not?

To most of the country, no. To their donors and rich voters that wanted it, yes. Different answers for different audiences.

 

[nature boy]

They're essentially legitimizing the memos to try and make Trump look good instead trying to play the "how can we trust this is accurate" card?

Wow

Yep

David S. Joachim‏Verified account
@davidjoachim

"The president feels completely and totally vindicated" by Comey's testimony, says Trump's lawyer, Marc E. Kasowitz

 

[Hooligan69]

Plinko, I agree that the GOP Senate is probably seeing if they can slip a vote for the AHCA under the radar, but it's kinda stupid because the whole point of them trying to pass the AHCA is to be able to advertise that they repealed Obamacare. And as soon as they advertise that repeal as they hope to they are advertising the shitty bill that they currently think is worth keeping under the radar.

So, GOP, are you proud to repeal Obamacare or not?

Both. It works because their base doesn't watch the MSM anyway, so they can ignore the fallout there, while still watching the ball-gargling on Faux News about its repeal.

 

[DMczaf]

Vouching for Comey's credibility the day before his hearing is a bold strategy.

Because tomorrow you can discredit it because no one remembers yesterday

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

They're essentially legitimizing the memos to try and make Trump look good instead trying to play the "how can we trust this is accurate" card?

Wow

Alot of republicans are going down with the trump, the sane ones are trying to make their peace.


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Poor killermike got left out.

 

[TiredofWinning]

That's a pretty respectable group of people sans Gabbard.

 

[broz0rs]

I haven't checked back past three pages, but it seems WH statement on the Iran parliament attack was overlooked? It's so embarrassing.

Statement by the President on the Terrorist Attacks in Iran

We grieve and pray for the innocent victims of the terrorist attacks in Iran, and for the Iranian people, who are going through such challenging times. We underscore that states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote.

 

[nature boy]

Biggest newspaper in Britain:

 

[barber]

Looks like he listened for once and improved his African American outreach!
Still Tulsi and having your wife which may have helped close a college is not so good

Spoiler

I know it will probably be just a think tank and her position an honorary one

Still I fear it will end up the path of the "justice democrats" and be dumped

Biggest newspaper in Britain:

Is it legal to post campaign stuff the day of the election? Cause I am sure as hell in my native country it isnt (not even the day before)

 

[Wilsongt]

WaPo and NYT decided to take the day off since Comey dropped the oppo himself.

 

[The Technomancer]

Because tomorrow you can discredit it because no one remembers yesterday

.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

That's a pretty respectable group of people sans Gabbard.

West is also there.

 

[Holmes]

Someone in OT already saying Trump will come out winning tomorrow.

 

[Oblivion]

So I'm catching up on a lot of things today since I woke up late, but apparently a bunch of guys from Trump's National Security team refused to answer basic questions about whether they simply SPOKE to Trump? I mean, they weren't even about anything specific, just whether they SPOKE to him, and these assholes wouldn't answer?

No, that's not suspicious AT ALL.

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

This is hilarious on so many levels.

 

[RastaMentality]

the honorable nina turner
cornel west
hmm

 

[Suikoguy]

the honorable nina turner
cornel west
hmm

What did she do to get that title?

Or is she compensating for having accomplished nothing?

Answered my own question:

She is pretentious ass.

 

[Angry Grimace]

I told my friend to drink every time Comey says "I can't answer that" in his testimony.

And that I'd pick him up to take him to get his stomach pumped before I headed to work.

 

[whyamihere]

WOWZA

@vpapupdates
Update: Early voting in June 13 Dem primary hits 94% of level from last year's presidential primary. GOP at 50% http://bit.ly/2r3jGJC

 

[ArkhamFantasy]

WOWZA

Which election is this?

 

[Aaron Strife]

Which election is this?

Virginia gubernatorial

Hope Perriello wins, though I suspect Northam has more of his finger on the pulse of the VA electorate. Heard he's up 9 in his internals.

 

[Wilsongt]

Obama 👏 DOJ 👏 Fast 👏 And 👏 Furious 👏 Scandal👏

 

[Roland_Gunner]

WOWZA

Great news obviously but part of this is that the Dems have a very competitive race while Gillespie seemingly has the GOP nomination on lock.

 

[whyamihere]

Virginia gubernatorial

Hope Perriello wins, though I suspect Northam has more of his finger on the pulse of the VA electorate. Heard he's up 9 in his internals.

Those were the internals they leaked after saying they were up 23.

 

[nature boy]

Is it legal to post campaign stuff the day of the election? Cause I am sure as hell in my native country it isnt (not even the day before)

I believe it's legal in Britain

 

[Aaron Strife]

Those were the internals they leaked after saying they were up 23.

We'll see. I'd put it at 55/45 Northam (probability not win percentage).

 

[Ourobolus]

WOWZA

whoa

 

[whyamihere]

We'll see. I'd put it at 55/45 Northam (probability not win percentage).

Same, though I think it'll probably be tighter than Northam's internals.

It's unfortunate but what you can do. We just have to pray that twice-voted-for-Bush Northam doesn't fuck it up. Which, you know, he could with his record and personality, but I'll hope for the best if he wins.

But again, he's such a bad nominee.

 

[Oblivion]

I just thought of something. Pretty much every article that I've seen that mourns the plight of coal workers always focuses on West Virginia.

Why do we care about that state again? They haven't voted for a Democratic president in decades.

 

[Basileus777]

I just thought of something. Pretty much every article that I've seen that mourns the plight of coal workers always focuses on West Virginia.

Why do we care about that state again? They haven't voted for a Democratic president in decades.

Who says we do? The Democrats don't on a national level, Hillary openly spoke about ending the coal industry last year.

 

[Ernest]

Someone in OT already saying Trump will come out winning tomorrow.

I don't see how else it will go. And by "winning", I mean nothing will happen to him tomorrow. Down the line, maybe, but we already got a taste of what will happen tomorrow, and it doesn't seem like Trump gives a fuck.

If nothing came from the Yates/Clapper testimonies (in which they fucking schooled the fuck out of Trump), then I doubt anything will come from Comey's either.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Shaun King is on twitter saying that multiple prominent Trump allies are calling for Mulsim Internment camps now.
Anybody else knows about this?