timetokill
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"President Trump, will you continue former President Obama's policy of not admitting Puerto Rico as a state?"
Checkmate.
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PoliGAF 2017 |OT3| 13 Treasons Why
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"President Trump, will you continue former President Obama's policy of not admitting Puerto Rico as a state?"
Checkmate.
Ether_Snake
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It's something I am looking at very carefully, me and my staff, because we have to really. I know it would be wonderful for the people of Puerto Rico to join our great country, our great union, they would really like to, but we have to make sure it's great for the rest of the country. But we'll look into it very carefully, because really you have to, you really do, people voted in this process, in such great numbers, I think they had more votes than ever before when they did this thing previously. The people of Puerto Rico are great, they really are, I have known many Puerto Ricans in my life, great people, and I think they really want to join us now because they know we're going to make this country great again, they believe it more than a lot of democrats really, more than a lot of folks in the fake news media for sure, and maybe some think we'll build another wall like the one we are building now across the border with Mexico, as you know, and, that's going very well by the way, it's way ahead of schedule, it's been going very well, but I think it could go even faster if the Democrats supported it, but they don't want to. But I think once it's more advanced, I think they'll come along and support it not to lose face, because otherwise they'll have to say there's still no wall, where's the wall? But it will be obvious to everyone that there is one, you might even see it from space, like the great wall in China! You can see it from space! So I think they'll support it in the end.
Aaron Strife
Banned
"Cut wasteful spending" is such a great political slogan because it's absolutely meaningless.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Yep, everybody has different definitions of what is wasteful. Pushing for efficiency is at least more honest.
So someone explain to me how that relates to ethics in journalism, exactly?
So a friend of mine told me about a local comic artist that is pretty deep in the scene, so I was trying to chat him up a bit.
Of course tonight, Facebook notifies me that he liked a page called "US Patriots For Donald Trump!" Before that, he commented on a Breitbart post.
Now of course I don't even want to talk to this guy... ever. With Trump I feel like these political divides are more toxic than ever, I can't just ignore it when I am talking to someone. My wife literally wanted our family to never have contact with my parents ever again.
I realize I am part of the partisan problem, but how the fuck am I supposed to talk to someone who is so deep into Breitbart and other shitty internet garbage? (pretty sure my father still listens to Limbaugh every fucking day)
Man, fuck Trump.
Sorry, had to vent.
Of course tonight, Facebook notifies me that he liked a page called "US Patriots For Donald Trump!" Before that, he commented on a Breitbart post.
Now of course I don't even want to talk to this guy... ever. With Trump I feel like these political divides are more toxic than ever, I can't just ignore it when I am talking to someone. My wife literally wanted our family to never have contact with my parents ever again.
I realize I am part of the partisan problem, but how the fuck am I supposed to talk to someone who is so deep into Breitbart and other shitty internet garbage? (pretty sure my father still listens to Limbaugh every fucking day)
Man, fuck Trump.
Sorry, had to vent.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Yeah, I feel like it's different with people you already know (family, friends from school/growing up etc.) versus just meeting someone for the first time.
Luckily my work is in theatre which is 90% liberal although there are plenty of third party/both sides assholes too.
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thepotatoman
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Makes me somewhat grateful that my father is only drenched in Fox News and still believes Snopes over the crazy stories on facebook and email he gets.
I can't imagine what it'd be like if he fell all the way into the fake news rabbithole of breitbart and chain letters.
I posted a rant about pussy grabbing when Trump was elected, my father told me a while later that I should be careful posting 'that kind of stuff' on social media. But then he backtracked, said 'well, you're an independent, so I guess that wouldn't matter.'
I just looked at him funny, because I couldn't really figure out what the fuck he was saying, but I'm pretty sure he was saying 'well, you're outing yourself as a democrat, so a republican wouldn't want to hire you in the future'. At least, I think so; but who knows.
I'm pretty sure if someone was offended in the future, because they were a republican, I'd be happy to remind them they voted in a guy who bragged about grabbing women's pussies before getting up and walking out.
He also told me a little while back that 'the daily show' will rot my brain. I suppressed the urge to ask about his daily Limbaugh/The Five habit.
A very interesting article on coverage of Trump in the media:
Is media coverage of Trump too negative? You're asking the wrong question.
She was the Public Editor immediately prior to Liz Spayd, and I think did good work in the role which was then entirely done by Spayd.
Choice quote, which should also be thought of in relation to the 2016 campaign and negative coverage of Hillary:
Is media coverage of Trump too negative? You're asking the wrong question.
She was the Public Editor immediately prior to Liz Spayd, and I think did good work in the role which was then entirely done by Spayd.
Choice quote, which should also be thought of in relation to the 2016 campaign and negative coverage of Hillary:
Spoiled Milk
Banned
As a person who lives with someone that did fall into the fake news rabbithole, I can tell you it's draining
nature boy
Member
haha
What are the rules for this ban? How am I supposed to transport all my work tools to job sites in rural areas or hell, any area, I have 8 cordless drills, 2 jigsaws, 2 hammer drills, 2 corded drills, grinder, belt sander, 2 screw boxes plus extra stock, metal band saw, laser levels, tool boxes, miter saw, table saw, extra cabinet fillers and a bunch of other odds and ends per truck. My company also covers 8 states. Employees have to travel there too and there's only room for 2 per van so how are they supposed to get there without a personal vehicle? I get that the proposed ban might not ban work vehicles but construction workers also have many personal tools they carry with them as well. I'm just saying its not a black and white issue, just because some people don't need cars doesn't mean everyone doesn't need cars. That's liberal elitist east and west coast talk where you have all that federal supported public transit. Us liberals in "flyover" country as the east coast elite call it don't have the options you have for the longer distances we have to travel. Give me the ability to purchase efficient electric work vehicles that can travel long distances instead and ill happily invest in it. As it is, I use the most fuel efficient vehicles I can find as it is because it just makes fiscal sense.
What is she selling today?
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/06/11/leftist-knives-last-night-game-developer-e3/
this is getting biggg
this is getting biggg
Ugh, it bothers me that this is seeping into E3 and gaming.
metalslimer
Member
This was a part of gaming first. Gamergate and the alt right are two sides of the same coin
This combined with "these are good memes"protestor are really hitting me with how absurd parts of our culture are
This started in gaming.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I don't get McCain. Him publicly slamming Trump yesterday with his "Obama was a better leader" comment was out of nowhere.
Same scheduling structure as morning network TV game shows. Old people don't seem to mind, I guess.
Same scheduling structure as morning network TV game shows. Old people don't seem to mind, I guess.
Finale Fireworker
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I don't want to click the link, especially at work. Would anyone be so kind as to tell me what this is?
The Left is up in arms about a video game.
SatelliteOfLove
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My current theory is that forces are currently at play in the GOP and we see this in veiled comments and random accurate hot takes like this before the speaker dives back into silence or non-commital pablum. Hopefully the rather spineless patriot/self-preservation crowd wins the scrum, as the fuckery going on now is getting harder for the GOP as a whole to ignore.
Gamergator makes a game about Gator Thangs, manages to stay in the shadows with that until they got to the MS stage, alt-righters then play victim when the lights come searchin'.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
It's actually moving forward. Out of nowhere last night and this morning, Gingrich, Ingraham, and Coulter brought up that Mueller isn't needed any more. It's going to spread like wildfire.
I cannot believe they're actually trying to plant the seeds for this. This would be an insane move.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Something must have happened to the Obamacare repeal this weekend, because they're back to pessimism and "let's just vote on it and have it fail so we can end it" stuff again
This would be an absolutely crazy move that would send ripples through the entire GOP.
The leaks would be unreal.
This would be an absolutely crazy move that would send ripples through the entire GOP.
The leaks would be unreal.
Veritigo_X
Member
What was MS thinking showing that alt-right fanfiction on stage? Not a good look.
Yep. I heard the Gingrich soundbite this morning.
I hope one day there will be something that comes to light that ends up silencing these Trump brown nosers.
It's just honestly pathetic that there are people choosing Donald Trump of all people to throw away any shred of dignity and influence they might have had with normal people.
TumblingHippo
Member
It's been 1 year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in my town and the country rewarded the LGBT community with:
-local radio/news going out of its way to say it wasn't an attack on LGBT but instead all Americans
-using it as a means to be xenophobic and try to wedge the LGBT community against foreign religions
-the country as a whole pushing super hard to make it easier for people to get guns
-electing one the the most anti-LGBT governments in recent time
-erasing us from the census again
Thanks USA, guess you won't be happy until you can do even more to us, but you'll still demand we be patriotic.
-local radio/news going out of its way to say it wasn't an attack on LGBT but instead all Americans
-using it as a means to be xenophobic and try to wedge the LGBT community against foreign religions
-the country as a whole pushing super hard to make it easier for people to get guns
-electing one the the most anti-LGBT governments in recent time
-erasing us from the census again
Thanks USA, guess you won't be happy until you can do even more to us, but you'll still demand we be patriotic.
Roland_Gunner
Member
It looks like Rand Paul and Collins are hard no's so if either Lee or Cruz from the right or Murkowski from the center are out the AHCA is dead.
ShironRedshift
Member
Literally Watergate. Firing the Special Counsel didn't exactly... work out that well for Nixon, to put it mildly. But if they really want to go down that rabbit hole, I suppose they're welcome to it.
AntraxSuicide
Banned
Probably didn't know. I certainly had never heard of it but liked the art style. If the plot is alt right, then I'll pass. If not, then I'll check it out
by pirating it. None of my money is going to that guy.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
I honestly have no idea what the hell would happen if they tried firing Mueller. It might be their only option at this point, but the IC may go ham on the GOP. They'd never trust them again that's for damn sure.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
My guess? That poll showing AHCA had a 17% approval rating came out last week and freaked everyone out.
Activists are sounding the alarm again, saying not enough people are calling in to complain about Trumpcare. Might be a case of the GOP trying to lower expectations yet again.
nature boy
Member
Firing Bobby Three Sticks would be the ultimate proof of obstruction of justice, why would the Orange Fuckface do that?
BoogieWoogie
Banned
I mean we said the same thing about firing Comey.
Because he's incredibly stupid.
balladofwindfishes
Member
That doesn't seem to be the case. The bill is clearly struggling and they're behind their original schedule (which was already an aggressive schedule with little room for delays).
The original plan was to have it to the CBO late last week. That never happened. Now they're struggling to get a draft to the CBO this week, yet there's no real indication that's going well.
If the CBO doesn't get it by Friday, this isn't getting voted on before their July 4th recess, which pretty much everyone in the senate has said would mean it's dead.
I don't think there's some devious master plan to use the media to lower expectations and then hit people over the head with it. I tend not to buy into such ideas because they seem way too complicated and difficult to pull off. I also don't really even get the point. If they know this is a bad bill for constituents, but are going to pass it no matter what, it's not really going to matter if they riot now or riot later.
nature boy
Member
Yes, but 1) obstruction charges come from that firing and 2) you would think he's learned something
But to see a former speaker that's so spineless is really increasing my rage levels. I fucking hate Gingrich.
ShironRedshift
Member
If true, probably something like that. Or perhaps they have internal polling that suggests that GA-6 is indeed going really terrible for them and if so likely in large part because of the AHCA, and that's giving them pause.
Either way though, I'm just hesitant to let my guard down about this. I want it to be true and I want the thing to fail of course, but they managed to surprise me by finding a way to get it past the House somehow, so I'm definitely not ready to say they won't find a way to pull another rabbit of their hat until time actually is up for them.
I can understand that attitude. And I certainly think there might be something to how bad a shape Trumpcare is doing in the Senate.
https://twitter.com/benwikler/status/874271777341493251
I look at this response and wonder. But I feel like we've seen this song and dance before of Trumpcare on the ropes and it still pushes forward. So I take nothing for granted.
Was Gingrich like this in the 90s? I was too young to be following politics then, so I don't really know what he was like, but it feels like he has gotten more and more extreme over the years? I could use some education on it.
Fenderputty
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I thought trump could only recommend firing Mueller and that the DOJ had to do it. I also thought they needed a reason beyond Trump says so???
Perfect time to pass more "at-will" labor laws!
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