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~Just the little things~
PoliGAF 2017 |OT6| Made this thread during Harvey because the ratings would be higher
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~Just the little things~
Remember that time Obama took a trip to India that supposedly cost taxpayers $200 million a day?!
BoboBrazil
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Relax Daca to let more people qualify with path to citizenship and give him his extra border security. Seems pretty straight forward. It would take decades to build a wall anyway and the next president can just stop it.
I suppose. I guess I was thinking there might be an easier way to address it in the APIs but maybe that doesn't make sense.
Aaron Strife
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We find out tomorrow if the OG Moderate Darling Susan Collins runs for governor, assuming she keeps to her previously set deadline.
Can Democrats pick up that Senate seat?
Aaron Strife
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Absolutely, but it wouldn't be until 2020. Governor appoints until then. I would hope Collins would wait until the second she's sworn in as Governor rather than let LePage get her replacement in.
e: Would there be a special election in 2019 to round out the last year of her term, anyone know? Says the appointment lasts until "the next general election" but I don't know if they count off-year elections for those. whyamihere, anyone know?
balladofwindfishes
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I really doubt she'd want LePage to pick her replacement. His replacement would absolutely lose in 2020.
Mark Andrew
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BoboBrazil
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Aaron Strife
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Sorry, OG as of 2017Hrm?
Poodlestrike
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Taking hundreds of thousands of people out of ICE's targets might be worth expanding their workforce by an order of magnitude less, but fundamentally I think Democratic leadership is going to make a decision based on activist asks, and I don't think most Dreamer groups are asking for them to throw everybody else under the bus.
I don't think it goes anywhere without comprehensive immigration reform.
I'd be tempted to say net positive for society overall, based on how it surfaces PoC, women and minorities, and how quickly legitimate news organisations can push breaking news to a large number of people. But I feel its initial creation and subsequent handling is much like Valve and Steam. Both Valve and Twitter (the company) assumed that the majority of its users weren't sociopathic, racist/sexist dicks. And whilst the majority aren't, the signal-to-noise ratio of both Steam Reviews and Twitter is terrible, with automation and lax rule-enforcement ensuring that the awful abusive people have a louder, more harmful effect than the good/nice people having a good effect.
In both cases, the companies involved need to push harder against intolerance and hate, and weather the storms of "Muh free speech", because their reach gives them an outsized influence in today's world. For example, deleting Trump's personal account and suspending the official POTUS account would be nothing but a net positive for (literally) the entire world, and since Twitter is a private company, they have the ability to do that. That they don't means they're abdicating their responsibility to society, and their users.
Facebook, on the other hand, is a lost cause. Its influence, its bubble-effect on users, the ease with which its ads are manipulated... God, you can even go back to its real-name policy to show that no part of the company ever cared about the use of their platform or its effects on society/individuals.
neurosisxeno
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A lot. A lot is wrong with this man. I'm still wondering where that Puerto Rico aid package is. And did they ever even pass the one for Harvey?
Mark Andrew
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A U.S territory was practically destroyed and somehow hes the fucking victim.
Probably time to sign off for the night.
Probably time to sign off for the night.
'The Apprentice' Creators Look Back
Irrelevant now, and judging from the after-effects of Pussygate, it was always going to be irrelevant. His base would lap it up, Hillary would still be torn-down, Trump would still have won.
Irrelevant now, and judging from the after-effects of Pussygate, it was always going to be irrelevant. His base would lap it up, Hillary would still be torn-down, Trump would still have won.
Just remember that his white, evangelical Christian base thinks they're one of the most discriminated against groups in this country. Birds of a feather and all that...
Alligatorjandro
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The orange shitbaboon manages to sink even lower
Futurevoid
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Chuck and Nancy already releasing statements saying the administrations Immigration "wish list" for backing a Dreamer bill is a non-starter.
Makes total sense to piss off guys like Corker who could torpedo agenda items like nixing the Iran deal and tax reform which they'll still try it to pass with a razor thin margin.
Makes total sense to piss off guys like Corker who could torpedo agenda items like nixing the Iran deal and tax reform which they'll still try it to pass with a razor thin margin.
hydragonwarrior
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So I think the third Kennedy is really giving me some good vibes as a Presidential candidate. Really popular based on his FB, youthful and tbh he may be the best bet in re-igniting a Kennedy vs Nixon (Trump) vibe if he runs.
And I think it would work with the older generation too. What do you all think? So long as Bernie and every democrat backs him, this might work!
And I think it would work with the older generation too. What do you all think? So long as Bernie and every democrat backs him, this might work!
Hmm if only 2/3s of all house and senate republicans would announce they're retiring next year, we might actually get an impeachment!
Frank the Great
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I'm down.
AntraxSuicide
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They know they have him. The headlines for not doing something on this would be disastrous, and he loves headlines.
He's probably too young now, but yes, he's very popular.
What did Clinton do now? And do we honestly care?
I've been calling for this for a few months now, actually I've been pretty sold since he was interviewed on Pod Save America a while back.
ZeezbruhTV
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I'll take a Kennedy.
RustyNails
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Kennedy should probably run in 2020 to get national exposure, but he needs more experience. He should run for MA governor in 2018.
shinra-bansho
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Too bad a ginger is unelectable.
Guys. World exclusive Harvey Weinstein was A DEMOCRAT TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
skullmuffins
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Did you know he donated to Crooked Hillary and the DNC? SCANDALOUS!
Can you imagine, a political party having vague associations with a serial sexual assaulter?
Not sure if this is good or bad
Results will probably vary by state.
That's probably it.
LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY DEMOCRATS RECEIVED FROm A SEXUAL PREDATOR!! IGNORE THE FACT THAT REPUBLICANS DID THE SAME THING!
Plinko
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Yep. I posted this a couple months ago, too. He has "it." He's going to be president one day.
RustyNails
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Make ginger electable again.
SatelliteOfLove
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I need to know who will step up in SC-4. It's a potentially flippable district if someone will actually go and I'd like to help.
His raging jealousy of #PresidentBannon's ability to back winning Senator primary contestants and autofellate bubbling over again.
Not surprised, and will be continue to be not surprised when these stories conga-line out about Google.
How much of this is Mercer money and how much of it is him just glomping onto the next vapid Blunt Instrument is the question.
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