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[aspiegamer]

Yeah, uh... we know it was sponsored by forces loyal to Jeb!. There is no way Trump wasn't told that if he asked for a professional intelligence briefing on it.

Can someone explain the fuss about the uranium thing to me? Who gives a crap if we sell heaps of industrial-grade uranium (from Canada!) to a country that already has an effectively infinite stockpile of nuclear weapons and has their own supply, but just wanted a new source?

 

[Wilsongt]

Yeah, uh... we know it was sponsored by forces loyal to Jeb!. There is no way Trump wasn't told that if he asked for a professional intelligence briefing on it.

Can someone explain the fuss about the uranium thing to me? Who gives a crap if we sell heaps of industrial-grade uranium (from Canada!) to a country that already has an effectively infinite stockpile of nuclear weapons and has their own supply, but just wanted a new source?

Clinton did it.

 

[sangreal]

Donald J. Trump
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Workers of firm involved with the discredited and Fake Dossier take the 5th. Who paid for it, Russia, the FBI or the Dems (or all)?
7:56 AM · Oct 19, 2017

Tut tut, Trumpy boy. Don't start saying things on Twittet that would make Daddy Putin angry.

Accusing him of making a fake document after all he did for you? Bad Trumpy Boy....

I love law enforcement! I support them regardless of whatever shitty things they do!

but not the FBI, they don't count

 

[chadskin]

So Glenn Greenwald defends going on Fox News by ... posting screen caps of Obama and Hillary on Fox News: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/920721386028634113

What a clever man.

 

[Teggy]

F Scott Walker. Is there any chance he can get voted out in 2018?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/voter-suppression-wisconsin-election-2016/

 

[RDreamer]

F Scott Walker. Is there any chance he can get voted out in 2018?

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/10/voter-suppression-wisconsin-election-2016/

Unless he literally doesn't run at all, I'd expect another Walker win.

 

[PBY]

Can someone actually explain this Uranium thing? BC it looks bad based on this one singe Hill article I read.

 

[TumblingHippo]

"The Democratic candidate once appeared in a room with Clinton, therefore they can't be president!" is something I imagine working as an attack in 2020, because both sides will be unable to let go and move on.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

"The Democratic candidate once appeared in a room with Clinton, therefore they can't be president!" is something I imagine working as an attack in 2020, because both sides will be unable to let go and move on.

If Kamala Harris runs, they'll call her Killary, guaranteed.

 

[Greigor The Fellhand]

If Kamala Harris runs, they'll call her Killary, guaranteed.

thats far to polite.

They'll call her something way more racist. lets be real.

 

[PBY]

This also seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...l-committee-longtime-officials-ousted-n812126

 

[Carpe Carnim]

Can someone actually explain this Uranium thing? BC it looks bad based on this one singe Hill article I read.

Let me help you out

 

[Aaron Strife]

Brandon Presley keeps hinting at a Senate run in 2018

https://mobile.twitter.com/brandonpresley/status/921000618373865472

Given the very realistic possibility that Roger Wicker is primaried by an actual Neoconfederate, he would be a solid recruit in what is probably a reach state at best.

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Can someone actually explain this Uranium thing? BC it looks bad based on this one singe Hill article I read.

I can’t help you untangling it and I legitimately can’t say whether it’s actually bad or not yet. It might be!

But the Hill article was written by John Solomon, a longtime, well-known and demonstrably conservative water-carrying hack. I’m really not trying to shoot them messenger here, I remember him writing very bullshit articles for the AP at least a decade ago before moving to the Washington Times of all places. It’s a huge caveat about the whole thing.

 

[Plinko]

This also seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...l-committee-longtime-officials-ousted-n812126

After reading the article, I'm actually OK with it. Let's be honest--there has needed to be a shakeup here for quite some time.

 

[benicillin]

This also seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...l-committee-longtime-officials-ousted-n812126

Perez doesn't seem to be doing a great job? But they still probably needed a shakeup? So idk.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

What does Perez even do?

 

[Teggy]

This also seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...l-committee-longtime-officials-ousted-n812126

After reading the article, I'm actually OK with it. Let's be honest--there has needed to be a shakeup here for quite some time.

Perez doesn't seem to be doing a great job? But they still probably needed a shakeup? So idk.

There was just an article yesterday about them doing a terrible job reaching out to POC, so this kind of seems like a good thing.

 

[Mark Andrew]

Perez doesn't seem to be doing a great job? But they still probably needed a shakeup? So idk.

Yeah it seems that way, he hasn’t had much of a chance to prove himself I guess.

Maybe one of the ten million CEOs who are going to run in 2020 should take the job of DNC chair. A job where they might actually have transferable skills.

Edit: yeah that wouldn’t play well nvm

 

[AntraxSuicide]

This also seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/el...l-committee-longtime-officials-ousted-n812126

You can't complain that the party has been failing for years and then complain when people who have been party operatives for years (in some cases decades) lose their positions.

Pick one

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

https://mobile.twitter.com/burgessev/status/921016860392468480?p=v

Dean Heller is a joke.

 

[Wilsongt]

So Glenn Greenwald defends going on Fox News by ... posting screen caps of Obama and Hillary on Fox News: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/920721386028634113

What a clever man.

Obama and Hillary were also probably not hawking pro-Russian talking points.

 

[excelsiorlef]

So Glenn Greenwald defends going on Fox News by ... posting screen caps of Obama and Hillary on Fox News: https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/920721386028634113

What a clever man.

Omg he's literally just a GAFer, folks defending him here did exactly that.

Thing is he's not a politician

And they probably weren't giving soundbytes and clips that show Carlson agreeing with them

 

[mlclmtckr]

You can't complain that the party has been failing for years and then complain when people who have been party operatives for years (in some cases decades) lose their positions.

Pick one

On the other hand Donna Brazile is in again

 

[balladofwindfishes]

If the DNC is in crisis, it's not really showing itself in election results or fundraising numbers.

Sometimes I think the media is trying to paint the Democrats as being disorganized and on the brink of collapse, so when they win big in 2018, it'll be a bigger comeback story, since they did it "against all odds" or whatever the clickbait headline will be.

 

[Autodidact]

If the DNC is in crisis, it's not really showing itself in election results or fundraising numbers.

Sometimes I think the media is trying to paint the Democrats as being disorganized and on the brink of collapse, so when they win big in 2018, it'll be a bigger comeback story, since they did it "against all odds" or whatever the clickbait headline will be.

Both Sides Bingo

 

[benicillin]

If the DNC is in crisis, it's not really showing itself in election results or fundraising numbers.

Sometimes I think the media is trying to paint the Democrats as being disorganized and on the brink of collapse, so when they win big in 2018, it'll be a bigger comeback story, since they did it "against all odds" or whatever the clickbait headline will be.

I don't know if they're in crisis, but I think any success they're having is probably because Trump is in office and the left is in a constant state of existential terror.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

If you ever wanted to see Russian bots in action in real time, this Uranium "story" is something to watch.

 

[Ac30]

If you ever wanted to see Russian bots in action in real time, this Uranium "story" is something to watch.

Why isn't anyone botting against them? Just drown twitter in bots until they fucking do something about it. It's infuriating they've done NOT A FUCKING THING. Even Facebook has started taking down fake pages.

 

[Armaros]

If you ever wanted to see Russian bots in action in real time, this Uranium "story" is something to watch.

And watch as GAF falls for it even when warned that Russia is pushing it.

 

[studyguy]

If Kamala Harris runs, they'll call her Killary, guaranteed.

Kamala is a woman and black so Killary would probably be the most polite thing she'd be called.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

And watch as GAF falls for it even when warned that Russia is pushing it.

The first clue maybe this story isn't quite right is the lack of major news places covering it, besides the Hill. NYT and CNN don't seem to want to touch it.

But it's a classic play from the Russians and the GOP.

Get a not credible, but relatively unknown author to get a reliable place to publish an article with some actual facts in it, but also include some fan fiction in with the facts to muddy it all up and make a new narrative. Then push the story out as being a "big deal" on Twitter, Facebook and Reddit, using bot accounts (and idiots who follow those bots). Get Fox News to cover it. Get Trump to Tweet about it.

If it wasn't so destructive, it's actually kind of impressive. It's machine like efficiency at manufacturing a controversy.

 

[PBY]

You can't complain that the party has been failing for years and then complain when people who have been party operatives for years (in some cases decades) lose their positions.

Pick one

It's who was ousted.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

It's who was ousted.

Maybe they were bad at their jobs.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

Why isn't anyone botting against them? Just drown twitter in bots until they fucking do something about it. It's infuriating they've done NOT A FUCKING THING. Even Facebook has started taking down fake pages.

I know nothing about how this works, but I'm kinda surprised that no one's done this. You could just blow up Twitter by aggressive bot traffic, which would in turn hurt their value (no one wants marketing data on robots) as a company until they actually do something about the bots.

It's who was ousted.

So the people who were ousted were actually good at their jobs all those years? Do you have that information?

 

[Lord_Byron28]

If you ever wanted to see Russian bots in action in real time, this Uranium "story" is something to watch.

The ANTIFA hysteria after Charlottesville that came out of nowhere was the biggest tip off for me.

 

[studyguy]

Florida's security for the Richard Spencer event is massive... (vid in link)
https://twitter.com/NewsGuyGreg/status/921000260658520064

Greg Angel (@NewsGuyGreg)
FHP making a grand entrance in Gainesville. $500K being spent on

 

[Armaros]

Why isn't anyone botting against them? Just drown twitter in bots until they fucking do something about it. It's infuriating they've done NOT A FUCKING THING. Even Facebook has started taking down fake pages.

Because using bots take down Russian bots is harder then just spreading false information that susceptible people want to believe. IE that Obama and Hillary are bad

Also we can't do the same to Putin because he has much more control over the media over there.

 

[BoogieWoogie]

Florida's security for the Richard Spencer event is massive... (vid in link)
https://twitter.com/NewsGuyGreg/status/921000260658520064

This shit better be fucking coming out of the pockets of the University.

 

[Aaron Strife]

Maybe they were bad at their jobs.

Nah man, all you have to do to be good at your job is support Bernie.

 

[excelsiorlef]

This shit better be fucking coming out of the pockets of the University.

University doesn't want him

They are legally obliged.

A lot of it is coming out of their pocket though, it is a forced expenditure

 

[studyguy]

This shit better be fucking coming out of the pockets of the University.

Rick Scott already called a statewide emergency to help shore up funding for the event. Taxpayers of FL on the hook now too since it activated the National Guard/additional resources on top of whatever was being provided before.

 

[teiresias]

There was just an article yesterday about them doing a terrible job reaching out to POC, so this kind of seems like a good thing.

If your organization can't reach out and engage POC in this climate, then you need to clean house and get some people in there that understand these movements at the ground level for working together.

 

[Aaron Strife]

https://mobile.twitter.com/burgessev/status/921016860392468480?p=v

Dean Heller is a joke.

Yeah, don’t talk to the biggest journalist in your state ahead of your already extremely difficult re-election bid. That’ll work.

I wonder if Heller’s just made peace with the fact that he probably won’t win.

 

[Amibguous Cad]

If the DNC is in crisis, it's not really showing itself in election results or fundraising numbers.

We kind of have lost control of every elected branch of government, are a heartbeat away from losing the supreme court, and our opposition party are nearing control of enough state legislatures and governorships to amend the constitution on their own. How could the election results be any -worse- without the party just completely disbanding?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Why not just let Sandoval run and win the seat if he knows he's going to lose?

 

[PBY]

So the people who were ousted were actually good at their jobs all those years? Do you have that information?

We don't know why.

Why do you presume they were bad at their jobs?

 

[balladofwindfishes]

We kind of have lost control of every elected branch of government, are a heartbeat away from losing the supreme court, and our opposition party are nearing control of enough state legislatures and governorships to amend the constitution on their own. How could the election results be any -worse- without the party just completely disbanding?

Since November we've won a ton of special elections.

This is also fear mongering garbage from liberal blogs

and our opposition party are nearing control of enough state legislatures and governorships to amend the constitution on their own.

 

[Slayven]

Rick Scott already called a statewide emergency to help shore up funding for the event. Taxpayers of FL on the hook now too since it activated the National Guard/additional resources on top of whatever was being provided before.

White Supremeacy has a blank check in America.

Obama and Hillary were also probably not hawking pro-Russian talking points.

It is amazing how many "True" progressives slip right into being shit bags.

 

[Ac30]

Because using bots take down Russian bots is harder then just spreading false information that susceptible people want to believe. IE that Obama and Hillary are bad

Also we can't do the same to Putin because he has much more control over the media over there.

I'm not suggesting we try and influence Russian politics (it's impossible since the elections themselves are a sham anyway). If we flood twitter with enough bots of our own I'd hope it would force Twitter's hand, because as the other poster said advertisers don't want to sell ads to bots. Plus, we can get gullibles, I guess.