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[NYCmetsfan]

That 44/46 for dems on media.. Lol

I mean I wish people realized that many of theses questions aren't measuring the same thing.

the dems are half responding to the fox news and WSJ's of the world and the right to the CNNs and MSNBCs

 

[Resident_UA]

Hi fuck this country

I don't give a shit about what people think about media, but Universities?!!! What the actual fuck?! Shy not go back to stone age when nobody had to know anything?

 

[Fenderputty]

I mean I wish people realized that many of theses questions aren't measuring the same thing.

the dems are half responding to the fox news and WSJ's of the world and the right to the CNNs and MSNBCs

It could be more nuanced than even that. Lots of Dems blamed CNN for the Clinton email coverage during the election.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Qatar wouldn't give Baby Kush a loan, so did that directly affect Trump going after them?

Intercept: Jared Kushner tried and failed to get a half-billion dollar bailout for his company from Qatar

https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10...get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

 

[Plinko]

What republicans have done to the concept of education makes me furious.

 

[Pandora012]

Qatar wouldn't give Baby Kush a loan, so did that directly affect Trump going after them?



https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10...get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

I think he went after Qatar because he was sucking up to all the other countries that are blockading Qatar. This is the same guy that didn't know about our bases in Qatar. The guy that loves the military. I'm pretty sure Kush was not even on his mind.

What republicans have done to the concept of education makes me furious.

Which is interesting since many of the top Republicans are highly educated.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

What republicans have done to the concept of education makes me furious.

Hoity-toity coastal elitist detected.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Megyn Kelly was beat by a rerun of America's Funniest Home Videos again. Good investment NBC.

 

[sphagnum]

I don't give a shit about what people think about media, but Universities?!!! What the actual fuck?! Shy not go back to stone age when nobody had to know anything?

Universities are full of Marxists and gays and your child will learn critical thinking and evolution and always need a safe space

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Qatar wouldn't give Baby Kush a loan, so did that directly affect Trump going after them?



https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10...get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

Megyn Kelly was beat by a rerun of America's Funniest Home Videos again. Good investment NBC.

I want to laugh so hard right now.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Universities are full of Marxists and gays and your child will learn critical thinking and evolution and always need a safe space

Well if I had a kid, the last thing I wanted for my kid would to be in a safe place!

 

[Aaron Strife]

https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/884419390942392320

Politico: In private, Trump has spoken of spending $10M out of his own pocket to defeat GOP Sen. Jeff Flake

It's funny comparing Trump to past presidents (in either party) who had no problem sucking up to rogue party members because they knew the consequences of telling them to piss off would be much worse (e.g. Bush endorsing Lincoln Chafee in 06).

Especially since Trump's enemies are not based on ideology any more complex than "they were meanie butts to me"

 

[chadskin]

Qatar wouldn't give Baby Kush a loan, so did that directly affect Trump going after them?

https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10...get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

Pretty swampy if you ask me.

 

[Kusagari]

https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/884419390942392320



It's funny comparing Trump to past presidents (in either party) who had no problem sucking up to rogue party members because they knew the consequences of telling them to piss off would be much worse (e.g. Bush endorsing Lincoln Chafee in 06).

Especially since Trump's enemies are not based on ideology any more complex than "they were meanie butts to me"

Why? Because of shit Flake said back during the election?

 

[RustyNails]

"If you killed Ted Cruz on the Senate floor..."

 

[Aaron Strife]

Why? Because of shit Flake said back during the election?

Yup.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/10/president-trump-enemies-list-240344

Trump remembers every slight.

I wonder when he realizes he doesn't have any friends.

 

[RustyNails]

So AP is reporting the music publicist Goldstone says he hooked up meeting with Jr and Russian lawyer on behalf of a Russian popstar/real estate guy named Emin Algarov. Who is Emin?

In an exclusive interview with FORBES, Emin Agalarov—a Russian pop singer, real estate mogul and son of one of the country’s richest people—described an ongoing relationship with the Trump family, including post-election contact with the president himself.

Among Agalarov’s most striking claims: that he and his billionaire developer father, Aras, had plans to build a Trump Tower in Russia that would now likely be under construction had Trump not run for office; that he has maintained contact with the Trump family since the election, and has exchanged messages with Donald Trump Jr. as recently as January; and that President Trump himself sent a handwritten note to the Agalarovs in November after they congratulated him on his victory.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/03/20/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing/

Mueller just needs to sit all day and google these clowns. No investigation needed.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

So AP is reporting the music publicist Goldstone says he hooked up meeting with Jr and Russian lawyer on behalf of a Russian popstar/real estate guy named Emin Algarov. Who is Emin?


http://www.forbes.com/sites/noahkirsch/2017/03/20/russian-billionaire-family-trump-ties-ongoing/

Mueller just needs to sit all day and google these clowns. No investigation needed.

fairly certain they have known this for months, in regards to the investigation

 

[Mac_Lane]

This really is Stupid Watergate.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This really is Stupid Watergate.

But with Hookers.

 

[Loxley]

I don't give a shit about what people think about media, but Universities?!!! What the actual fuck?! Shy not go back to stone age when nobody had to know anything?

They would prefer it that way, yeah. "Keep'em ignorant and ill-informed" is an unofficial Republican motto. They think all non-Christian colleges/universities are liberal indoctrination schools.

 

[RustyNails]

But with Hookers.

And pee.

 

[Blader]

The "fire Mueller" bandwagon is getting louder on the right.

That always seems to flare up every time one of them accidentally cops to collusion.

https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/884419390942392320



It's funny comparing Trump to past presidents (in either party) who had no problem sucking up to rogue party members because they knew the consequences of telling them to piss off would be much worse (e.g. Bush endorsing Lincoln Chafee in 06).

Especially since Trump's enemies are not based on ideology any more complex than "they were meanie butts to me"

This is another show of how fucking bad at politics Trump is. What happens if Flake survives his primary and general? You've just turned a critical-but-ultimately-always-supportive ally into an enemy.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

fairly certain they have known this for months, in regards to the investigation

There are going to be so many people flipping on Trump, it's going to be stupid. No one wants to deal with his garbage.

 

[PBY]

This is another show of how fucking bad at politics Trump is. What happens if Flake survives his primary and general? You've just turned a critical-but-ultimately-always-supportive ally into an enemy.

He's not a rational actor.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

If there really are hookers, then couldn't they come forward also? I realize, though, the situations they are often in (exceptionally if they are used for rich people like this, they must be controlled big time. Sad situation all around if you really start thinking about it. Hopefully they are all right and putin didn't off them too.

 

[Wilsongt]

Qatar wouldn't give Baby Kush a loan, so did that directly affect Trump going after them?



https://theintercept.com/2017/07/10...get-a-half-billion-dollar-bailout-from-qatar/

Are we quoting the Intercept again because it aligns with our views?

 

[VendettaRed07]

We had this flare up a little while ago and it settled down once cooler heads realized it was suicide to fire him.

But if he and his family are guilty

Then so what? What's the alternative? Just allowing Mueller and all his team pile together evidence in a way that possibly can't be disputed? Or fire him and hope to buy themselves some time by continuing to obstruct.

Or he could pardon Flynn, Manafort, his kids, Pence.. And wait so if he is charged he could resign and have Pence pardon him on the way out.

I see one of those two things happening

 

[BoogieWoogie]

If there really are hookers, then couldn't they come forward also? I realize, though, the situations they are often in (exceptionally if they are used for rich people like this, they must be controlled big time. Sad situation all around if you really start thinking about it. Hopefully they are all right and putin didn't off them too.

Those women probably never see the light of day, let alone be able to spread the word of such a huge controversy. Shit, I bet Putin had them "silenced" shortly after.

 

[PBY]

Those women probably never see the light of day, let alone be able to spread the word of such a huge controversy. Shit, I bet Putin had them "silenced" shortly after.

There isn't any evidence for any of this...

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

That 44/46 for dems on media.. Lol

Would include talk radio and Fox, so...

 

[Ogodei]

What republicans have done to the concept of education makes me furious.

Anti-intellectualism is as American as apple pie, it's just that the GOP used to be the thinking man's party (way back, pre-FDR when the Dems were the party of proud stupid), and even as their base shifted, the top of the party kept that shit under lock until the inmates took over the asylum.

 

[Bonen no Max'd]

Macron gave a racist speech at G20, talking about how Africa's problems are caused by the women having too many babies and calling it a "civilizational problem" https://twitter.com/Politis_fr/status/884351544681955328

 

[Dan]

https://mobile.twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/884419390942392320



It's funny comparing Trump to past presidents (in either party) who had no problem sucking up to rogue party members because they knew the consequences of telling them to piss off would be much worse (e.g. Bush endorsing Lincoln Chafee in 06).

Especially since Trump's enemies are not based on ideology any more complex than "they were meanie butts to me"

Hah, there is no way Trump is spending his own money on something like this. No one believes that.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

But if he and his family are guilty

Then so what? What's the alternative? Just allowing Mueller and all his team pile together evidence in a way that possibly can't be disputed? Or fire him and hope to buy themselves some time by continuing to obstruct.

Or he could pardon Flynn, Manafort, his kids, Pence.. And wait so if he is charged he could resign and have Pence pardon him on the way out.

I see one of those two things happening

That's a big gamble though since he can only try to pardon federal crimes. If he tries that, he'll end up running from state charges for the rest of his life.

There isn't any evidence for any of this...

Putin has journalists jailed or killed. Gun to my head, I'd bet that plenty of sex workers have taken the wrong clients before.

 

[Slayven]

"If you killed Ted Cruz on the Senate floor..."

I read the first paragraph thinking "Why would you get Cruz to do anything?" and the second paragraph answered it. When you think about it Cruz could have a good career as a pro whipping boy

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Anti-intellectualism is as American as apple pie, it's just that the GOP used to be the thinking man's party (way back, pre-FDR when the Dems were the party of proud stupid), and even as their base shifted, the top of the party kept that shit under lock until the inmates took over the asylum.

As late as the 70s, when the Labor/Management divide was still a big part of the parties' identities too.

 

[PBY]

Putin has journalists jailed or killed. Gun to my head, I'd bet that plenty of sex workers have taken the wrong clients before.

Sure, but were discussing Putin murdering the hookers from the supposed pee tape, which is all conspiracy, despite how probable it may seem to some. Just feel like we have to stay grounded on this Russia stuff.

 

[Pandora012]

Macron's gave a racist speech at G20, talking about how Africa's problems are caused by the women having too many babies and calling it a "civilizational problem" https://twitter.com/Politis_fr/status/884351544681955328

Interesting. Wish my french wasn't so iffy.

 

[Ogodei]

As late as the 70s, when the Labor/Management divide was still a big part of the parties' identities too.

It was mixed, FDR and Truman came up with the GI bill, for instance, and promoted science and technology, though the base had that class-based sense that street smarts were more important than book learning.

 

[Fenderputty]

Just feel like we have to stay grounded on this Russia stuff.

How well grounded is the hypothetical accepting of the removal of Ukrainian or election related sanctions due to the unrelated farce of a ceasefire that's being proposed?

 

[Aaron Strife]

This is another show of how fucking bad at politics Trump is. What happens if Flake survives his primary and general? You've just turned a critical-but-ultimately-always-supportive ally into an enemy.

Also Flake could lose the primary and then the Republican nominee could lose the election to a Democrat.

Flake could win the primary but lose the election to a Democrat in a close race where he could have benefited from having the party apparatus behind him the whole time.

There is no gain from this for Trump other than satisfying a personal vendetta and it's money that could have gone towards defeating McCaskill or Donnelly.

 

[RustyNails]

Sure, but were discussing Putin murdering the hookers from the supposed pee tape, which is all conspiracy, despite how probable it may seem to some. Just feel like we have to stay grounded on this Russia stuff.

Putin has murdered way more politically damaging opponents than hookers. There's being grounded and then there's being PBY.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

If they're relying on Cruz to whip votes, they must be pretty desperate

 

[RustyNails]

If they're relying on Cruz to whip votes, they must be pretty desperate

Or McConnell is simply making Cruz the fall guy.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I do like how Murkowski was a "maybe" right up until the bill failed and now she's trying to make it like she was a hard no all along

 

[Aaron Strife]

I do like how Murkowski was a "maybe" right up until the bill failed and now she's trying to make it like she was a hard no all along

Our favorite moderate darling.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Or McConnell is simply making Cruz the fall guy.

This is exactly it. You think Ted Cruz is going to be able to sell anyone on this shit? This guy??

 

[kess]

It was mixed, FDR and Truman came up with the GI bill, for instance, and promoted science and technology, though the base had that class-based sense that street smarts were more important than book learning.

Arguably, the shift was on from the moment Charles Evans Hughes lost the presidency in 1916. The Republican party hasn't had a professorial or broadly progressive candidate on the ballot since except maybe Alf Landon, and he got beat like a gong.

 

[chadskin]

Just FYI on the Comey memos:

Three of the memos were classified from the beginning, and were never shared with Richman, the professor tells NBC News.

Of the remaining four, a small portion — much less than half — has been retroactively deemed classified, said a Congressional source familiar with the matter.

The retroactive classification may lead to criticism of Comey, since that was exactly the process that stung Hillary Clinton during the campaign.

Emails that went to Clinton’s private server were later determined to contain classified information, even though they were not marked classified at the time.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/comey-pal-responds-trump-tweet-about-illegal-leaks-n781361