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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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josh

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9270 on: January 31, 2019, 10:19:45 PM »

https://twitter.com/weareoversight/status/1089984426891755521/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1089984426891755521&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D103358

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Breaking: Court orders President Trump’s disbanded “voter fraud” commission to turn over additional documents to Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap by February 27: https://www.americanoversight.org/document/order

The "voter fraud" commission was, itself, a giant fraud that Kobach and Trump tried to pull over on the American public - but there was no voter fraud and some of their members refused to go along quietly, instead insisting that things be on the up and up.

Matt Dunlap was one of those - and he had to sue to get access to records he should have been able to see while on the committee.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9271 on: January 31, 2019, 10:52:55 PM »

Western Hemisphere threat assessment excerpted below...


https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/2019-ATA-SFR---SSCI.pdf


STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD
WORLDWIDE THREAT ASSESSMENT of the
US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
January 29, 2019



THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Flagging economies, migration flows, corruption, narcotics trafficking, and anti-US autocrats will present continuing challenges to US interests, as US adversaries and strategic competitors seek greater influence in the region. The hemisphere will see several presidential elections this year, including in Argentina,
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Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, and Uruguay, providing opportunities for outside candidates to exploit public frustration with stagnant economic growth, high crime, and corruption. China and Russia will pursue efforts to gain economic and security influence in the region.
Mexico
Newly inaugurated Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador almost certainly will focus on meeting steep public expectations for improvements on anticorruption and security following his landslide electoral victory in July. He is likely to pursue mostly practical approaches to US cooperation that complement his ambitious domestic agenda. Lopez Obrador has promised to reduce violence, in part by addressing socioeconomic causes, but he has publicly conceded that Mexico’s military must keep up its public security role in the near term, despite his initial preference to end it. Lopez Obrador has supported the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) trade deal, probably hoping to reduce trade-related uncertainty, allowing him to focus on his domestic economic agenda. However, Mexico’s $1.15 trillion economy remains vulnerable to investor uncertainty that could weaken the export sector and slow economic growth, which was just 2 percent in 2017. Declining oil revenue will limit the Mexican Government’s ability to fund Lopez Obrador’s ambitious social programs and infrastructure projects.
Central America
We assess that high crime rates and weak job markets will spur additional US-bound migrants from the Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—while a political crackdown in Nicaragua dims that country’s already bleak economic outlook. Illicit migration northward from the region shows no signs of abating, despite increased messaging by governments to dissuade potential migrants and stepped-up immigration enforcement by Mexico. Many migrants apparently perceive that traveling in caravans on the journey north affords a certain level of security, and the decision to do so appears to result from a combination of individual motivation, encouragement from social media postings, and politically motivated efforts by some individuals and organizations.
 Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s refusal to heed calls for negotiation amid his political crackdown, which has left more than 300 people dead and contributed to allegations of human rights abuses, threatens to deepen a recession in one of the region’s weakest economies.
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Venezuela
Although the regime of Nicolas Maduro will continue to try to maintain power, he is facing persistent opposition. Falling oil production, economic mismanagement, and legal challenges almost certainly will compound the worsening economic pressure on the country. Living standards have collapsed, and hyperinflation and shortages in basic goods have gripped the country. Since 2014, the UN International Organization for Migration estimates that 2-3 million Venezuelans have left the country. Maduro continues to crack down on the political and military opposition after a failed assassination attempt against him in August 2018 and disrupted coup plots in the past 12 months, but the opposition has shown resilience, as indicated by its challenge to Maduro’s rule emerging in late January 2019.
Colombia
Colombian President Ivan Duque faces a fraying
peace accord with the former Revolutionary Armed
Forces of Colombia (FARC) while he is working to
stem violence in Colombia’s rural departments,
carry out his coca eradication ambitions, and
manage growing tensions with Caracas. Duque has
ordered increased security operations to curb common crime, threats from Colombia’s insurgent and criminal groups, and address coca cultivation and trafficking. Coca cultivation in Colombia was at a record 209,000 hectares in 2017, and crop substitution and eradication programs face coordination challenges and local resistance.
Cuba
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel will adhere to former President Raul Castro’s blueprint for institutionalizing one-party rule and socialism in Cuba through constitutional reforms. Diaz-Canel has acknowledged that Raul Castro, who still commands the ruling Communist Party, remains the dominant voice on public policy.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9272 on: February 01, 2019, 12:13:12 AM »

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-intelligence-report-read-threats-1313799

Donald Trump admits he didn’t read intelligence report, then criticizes reporting on it
“I didn’t see the report from the intelligence,” Trump said referring to the Worldwide Threat Assessment report.


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"I didn't see the report from the intelligence," Trump said, before curiously adding, "When you read it, it is a lot different than what is covered in the news."

I wonder how he would know that the news got it wrong, given that he never read the report.

Okay, I don't really wonder - the news must get it wrong, because it doesn't align with what the Donald believes.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9273 on: February 01, 2019, 08:45:05 AM »

It is not like your mommy telling you to eat veggies. Illegals taste bad and they are unhealthy.  Turn you into a backward violent superstitious society with limited social programs and huge quantities of screaming babies.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9274 on: February 01, 2019, 08:48:51 AM »

The NRA is trying to distance itself from a trip to Russia partially organized by convicted spy Butina.

Unfortunately for them, the trail of documents suggests otherwise.

The NRA. The GOP. And the Russians.

Troika!

So....what's the rest of the story?
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9275 on: February 01, 2019, 08:55:07 AM »

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-intelligence-report-read-threats-1313799

Donald Trump admits he didn’t read intelligence report, then criticizes reporting on it
“I didn’t see the report from the intelligence,” Trump said referring to the Worldwide Threat Assessment report.


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"I didn't see the report from the intelligence," Trump said, before curiously adding, "When you read it, it is a lot different than what is covered in the news."

I wonder how he would know that the news got it wrong, given that he never read the report.

Okay, I don't really wonder - the news must get it wrong, because it doesn't align with what the Donald believes.

Again press critical of Trump for what might happen

Remember, "he is a crazy man that will get us into a nuclear war..."?

That sure has died down.

Now its what ISIS will do to us.....
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9276 on: February 01, 2019, 09:04:57 AM »

It is not like your mommy telling you to eat veggies. Illegals taste bad and they are unhealthy.  Turn you into a backward violent superstitious society with limited social programs and huge quantities of screaming babies.
I see only one backwards screaming baby around here.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9277 on: February 01, 2019, 09:43:51 AM »

Polar Vortex...go outside in Chicago etc and after 8 minutes you'll get frostbite and your nose will fall off.

Sheesh, another way to meet a terrible fate in America.

Also we're being told that people in Chicago are being held up at gunpoint and robbed of their coats.
It's the federal govt's duty to make sure everyone in America has a warm coat and warm blankets.

No, it isn't.

Whether or not it should be.

It should be.
And the coat thieving thugs should get 10 years min for exposing people to the cold and possible death/frostbite.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gary-steele-detroit-police-racist-snapchat-video_us_5c53697ae4b0bdf0e7d974d0

Her own fault [not the racist video part].
Expired registration, you get your car seized, in America or Australia.
She then allegedly refused a lift home from the officers, and had to walk a block home in freezing weather.
Her life, her choice....she allegedly chose to walk home in the freezing cold.
IMAGINE...if the cops decided she might freeze to death walking home, handcuffed her and took her home 'by force', for her own good/health's sake.

utter bullshit
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9278 on: February 01, 2019, 10:08:46 AM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9279 on: February 01, 2019, 10:14:03 AM »

It is not like your mommy telling you to eat veggies. Illegals taste bad and they are unhealthy.  Turn you into a backward violent superstitious society with limited social programs and huge quantities of screaming babies.

Gee, that sounds a lot like white evangelicals...
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« Reply #9280 on: February 01, 2019, 11:04:06 AM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .


I wonder how many jobs were created by furloughed feds getting gigs with Uber and Lyft?*

*channeling RSW response to any good economic reports during Obama Administration.
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« Reply #9281 on: February 01, 2019, 11:36:26 AM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .


I wonder how many jobs were created by furloughed feds getting gigs with Uber and Lyft?
Those drivers are, legally, private contractors and wouldn't be counted as private employees.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #9282 on: February 01, 2019, 12:20:43 PM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .


I wonder how many jobs were created by furloughed feds getting gigs with Uber and Lyft?
Those drivers are, legally, private contractors and wouldn't be counted as private employees.

You are such a dick... how do you even respond seriously to a late night comedy jape?
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« Reply #9283 on: February 01, 2019, 12:34:34 PM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .


I wonder how many jobs were created by furloughed feds getting gigs with Uber and Lyft?
Those drivers are, legally, private contractors and wouldn't be counted as private employees.

You are such a dick... how do you even respond seriously to a late night comedy jape?

He’s not just an infectious penis. As usual he is quickly caught lying or having no idea what he’s talking about

http://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2016/article/mobile/what-is-the-gig-economy.htm

“The data BLS has for these types of workers are about a decade old. In 2005, contingent workers accounted for roughly 2 to 4 percent of all workers. About 7 percent of workers were independent contractors, the most common alternative employment arrangement, in that year...

Other, more recent, data from BLS likely reflect a lot of gig work, but these workers are not broken out separately. For example, gig workers may be included in counts of workers who are part-time, self-employed, or hold multiple jobs. But these counts also include workers who are not part of the gig workforce.”
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« Reply #9284 on: February 01, 2019, 12:38:48 PM »

Nice jobs report.
304,000 new ones.  ( Economists predicted 170,000)
Average hourly wages grew 3.2% from a year earlier. Wages are growing at the best rate since the recession ended in 2009 .


I wonder how many jobs were created by furloughed feds getting gigs with Uber and Lyft?*

*channeling RSW response to any good economic reports during Obama Administration.

So it took Trump one extra month to (almost) match the job creation numbers of Obama’s last two years.  And all it cost was $1.5 Trillion!

This last jobs report is great, and is the first sign of a real acceleration in the economy, as opposed to the steady increases we’ve seen over the last 5 or 6 years.  No idea what effect the Trump Shutdown had on these numbers (besides in increase in the unemployment rate) but as I don’t expect the growth effects to show up until next month (and yes, they will show up)  I wouldn’t have expected its adverse effects to be reflected in the January employment figures. 

And as I’ve said before, wage growth only now tracking with employment, but still another good sign.
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