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What do you expect on Wednesday?

Reports of protests are overblown. A few incidents around the country, but nothing major.
- 5 (45.5%)
A few major incidents in capitals, but nothing much in DC.
- 5 (45.5%)
A major incident in DC, but nothing much around the country.
- 0 (0%)
More than 10 capitals have major upheavals, but nothing much in DC.
- 0 (0%)
A major incident in DC plus more than 10 capitals with significant upheavals.
- 1 (9.1%)
More than half the capitals around the country have problems with protesters, but DC is quiet.
- 0 (0%)
DC has major problems, while more than half the capitals around the country also have considerable trouble with protesters.
- 0 (0%)
Huge disruption to the day.
- 0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 9

Voting closed: January 19, 2021, 10:49:21 PM


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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23730 on: November 19, 2019, 12:24:19 PM »

For those who know the "save for offline reading" trick, or how to delete cookies, or how to use incognito mode, or switch browsers, or whatever....

This was a sharp analysis by Robert Kagan of the consequences if Ukraine-type QPQs become a political norm - i.e. if there are no consequences to a leader who engages in such dealings.  How this could come back and bite the GOP on its well-padded ass....


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/18/republicans-are-pushing-us-accept-quid-pro-quo-new-normal/


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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23731 on: November 19, 2019, 12:37:39 PM »

Recalling the way Trump jeered at Clinton's health and did a mocking imitation of Clinton stumbling before she got into a car, my sympathy for his medical issue is waning. 

I also think there's a possibility he's preparing to pull a Fred Sanford in order to make a clean slither out of the Oval Office before the heat turns up further on impeachment, tax returns, campaign fraud, etc. 



I heart Alexa Petri.

I’m gonna do something that used to piss off Utley to no end... name drop.

Alex is friends with my kids who were a couple years ahead of her at the Cathedral schools.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23733 on: November 19, 2019, 01:01:45 PM »

Recalling the way Trump jeered at Clinton's health and did a mocking imitation of Clinton stumbling before she got into a car, my sympathy for his medical issue is waning. 

I also think there's a possibility he's preparing to pull a Fred Sanford in order to make a clean slither out of the Oval Office before the heat turns up further on impeachment, tax returns, campaign fraud, etc. 



I heart Alexa Petri.

I’m gonna do something that used to piss off Utley to no end... name drop.

Alex is friends with my kids who were a couple years ahead of her at the Cathedral schools.
Well, hell, if you wanna name drop that, maybe I'll tell the story of my dinner with Roger Stone.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23735 on: November 19, 2019, 01:10:40 PM »

Republicans haven’t put a president in the White House since 1988.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23736 on: November 19, 2019, 01:43:47 PM »

The pettinesss of the GOP:

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Several Republican members have sought to question Lt. Col. Vindman’s stature inside the White House, seeking to portray him as disgruntled underling who inflated his own importance.

Rep. Chris Stewart of Utah even went as far to point out that Vindman was wearing a military uniform to his hearing, even though he normally wears a suit to his job at the White House. And he asked why Vindman clarified his rank during earlier questioning with Rep. Devin Nunes.

“I’m in uniform wearing my military rank. I thought it was appropriate to stick with that. The attacks that I’ve had in the press and Twitter have marginalized me as a military officer,” he said.

It's also standard practice. (See also: Ollie North)

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23737 on: November 19, 2019, 01:50:42 PM »

Republicans haven’t put a president in the White House since 1988.

Thanks for checking in
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23738 on: November 19, 2019, 02:07:33 PM »

Good day for Trump, it appears
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« Reply #23739 on: November 19, 2019, 02:10:08 PM »

Wow.  That's how you look you look at these things. 
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« Reply #23740 on: November 19, 2019, 03:13:01 PM »

Good day for Trump, it appears
Because insulting a decorated serving Officer is perfectly OK for conservatives, in the right cause.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23741 on: November 19, 2019, 03:52:32 PM »

Nobody was insulted. 
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23742 on: November 19, 2019, 03:55:49 PM »

You're insulting our intelligence.
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« Reply #23743 on: November 19, 2019, 05:51:52 PM »

Kiid’s social and moral reasoning capacities are well within the normal range for a healthy adult Vogon.

If we hadn’t watched him burn and stomp on the flag for more than a decade, his posts would be more shocking in their un-American totalitarian bent. I wonder if his posts really still have the power to insult. To my reckoning, he shot his wad early in Obama’s first term.   
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #23744 on: November 19, 2019, 06:12:44 PM »

FRANCE 24 English
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The #US has the world's highest rate of children in detention, including more than 100,000 in immigration-related custody that violates international law, says the UN

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Pertaining to the Southern Border in the USA, there is no need to build a wall, and there is no need to separate families and to put children in cages, we have plenty of room here in the USA for new immigrants, Nevada has lots of open land, Las Vegas has plenty of room, and Texas is HUGE, there is plenty of room for new immigrants in the USA.

We need to make our immigrants here in the USA legal, like President Ronald Reagan did, and we need to change our laws to reflect who we are as Americans, we need to make it easier for our immigrants to become legal so that they can join labor unions, and so that they can call the police in the case of an emergency, etc. We need to make our immigrants legal, and we need to fix our laws for future immigrants.

And Detroit City Council Woman Raquel Lopez has said that our new immigrants are welcome in Detroit, Michigan, there is no need to put people in detention centers, we can just send our new immigrants to Raquel Lopez in Detroit.

The USA is a giant country, and we have plenty of room for new immigrants, and we need for our Statue of Liberty to represent what we are all about, not a wall.

Salute,

Tony V.
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