adamsappel
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I like this part:
Getting around Reince calling you off-the-record by quoting unnamed source saying he was making off-the-record calls!
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Getting around Reince calling you off-the-record by quoting unnamed source saying he was making off-the-record calls!
nature boy
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Such a WEAK POTUS!
Sad!
Dubbedinenglish
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Well, at least they didn't sink it....yet.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
weak and incompetent
metalslimer
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Iran and North Korea have prime opportunities to test him
The US is likely the most disorganized at the executive level it has been in decades
The US is likely the most disorganized at the executive level it has been in decades
cartoon_soldier
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I want Obama to do a press conference or something
nature boy
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How long before it's blocked by the courts?
Dubbedinenglish
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Dat show of confidence lol
TheAbsolution
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End of the week?
The less he says the better. Trump's kind is not a rational fact based kind. All a response will do is add fuel to imaginary fires.
Is the hope that people won't rally against it if there isn't a presser? Does he really think that everyone relies on conveniently digestible msm bits for their news?
http://www.politico.com/magazine/st...virginia-red-state-democrat-bipartisan-214865
Well if you want to lose Manchin then primary him.
Well if you want to lose Manchin then primary him.
nature boy
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There's a presser going on with Sessions, Kelly and Tillerson.
I would love for there to be some grassroots liberal resurgence (or, what's the word for a resurgence that's happening for the first time?) but is there any reason to believe that a substantial-enough progressive population even exists in that state?
Tillerson at a press conference?!
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thepotatoman
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My guess is no. They'd probably either have to rely almost entirely on the statements outside the executive order about it being a muslim ban, which is pretty unusual, or use the same arguments that conservatives used to stop the Obama immigration order.
But that's just a guess. It'll certainly be a harder argument in any case. Maybe a few parts of it will be rejected instead of the entire thing this time.
I don't think he's wrong, but it takes a short term hit for a long term gain that might not even pay off. But appeasing conservative voters isn't much of a payoff or sound stategy either -- take Texas, for example. Ralph Yarborough was replaced by the more conservative Bentsen, the seat flipped to the Republicans under Kay Bailey Hutchinson, and it is now held by Ted Cruz.
The only thing that probably keeps a guy like Manchin from flipping is that he'd be at the bottom of the seniority lists, modern day voters and politicians hate party switchers, and the Republican party is bugfuck crazy.
Bonen no Max'd
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I don't have any numbers on hand right now and I'm about to head to class, but iirc WV's turnout even of registered voters is really low. It's probably not a thing that can work but that's probably the best possibility for a non-RINO getting elected there, to just try and tap into all the workers who stopped voting. It would help if they had a name as good as Jim Justice
thestopsign
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My job site is being ICE raided or something and Homeland Security is here. Definitely not going to finish on time if they wipe the whole site, the construction industry needs the labor and honestly the immigrants work harder than most.
Abinash117
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...22680e18d10_story.html?utm_term=.c671e6e7d838
Seems to me that since they actual gave a justification, it would be easier for a legal team to argue against the ban now.
nature boy
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Took the L
Pyroclastic
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trump just went 24 hours without tweeting.
In that day, he became the president
In that day, he became the president
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Looks like a scene from a movie where Donald Trump is playing all the roles.
In fact, a movie about his campaign/election/presidency where he does play all the roles would be so freaking amazing. He could probably be talked into doing that if he's buttered up enough.
"I'm such a better actor than that overrated Meryl Streep."
Mr.Shrugglesã
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How often does an admin revoke their own EOs?
(not a photoshop)
Looks like a scene from a movie where Donald Trump is playing all the roles.
In fact, a movie about his campaign/election/presidency where he does play all the roles would be so freaking amazing. He could probably be talked into doing that if he's buttered up enough.
"I'm such a better actor than that overrated Meryl Streep."
What is it with this family and their hair styles
Saudi Arabia?
ShadowSwordmaster
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Can someone give me a summary of the new EO that was just signed?
Bonen no Max'd
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Like the last one except no Iraq ban, "temporary" 120 day ban on Syrian refugees, no religious minority exemptions, and green card holders can still come in.
ShadowSwordmaster
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Thanks.
Russia's always been very socially conservative, the legacy of keeping serfdom around a lot longer than most of the rest of Europe. The Soviet Union was good on some things (namely abortion and widely-available childcare for working mothers), but bad on others (representation of non-whites in the hierarchy was token at best and LGBT was seen as capitalist decadence).
Justices send transgender bathroom case back to lower courts
Sometimes SCOTUSBlog makes my head spin a bit
Sometimes SCOTUSBlog makes my head spin a bit
nature boy
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What the fuck does he have to do to go below 40%
ErasureAcer
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This is the same nation that re-elected W after a fake war. This nation is stupid.
A Serious Man
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Convert to Islam.
His policies have to start his own voters. Higher cost of goods, more expensive healthcare/no healthcare at all, etc. I'm not sure if the inevitable no-resurgence-of-coal-and-factory-jobs will be hurt him enough or not; his voters could just be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and give him another years to get that done, but who knows.
lol
I'm convinced that "President" Trump is deliberately trying to get himself thrown out of office (but not INTO prison). So it's a weird balancing act for him.
I think there's a good chance he's realized that he's trapped in the worst job ever. He thought it was going to be a kick back job telling people what to do, but instead, he's finding out every day is a crisis and no one outside his circle is taking him seriously. His one "success" was his speech that he had to read someone else's words, and work hard at doing so - and that should be the easiest part of the job. The weekly vacations to Florida show he just wants his old life back, especially at his age where he should just be enjoying his grandchildren.
I think there's a good chance he's realized that he's trapped in the worst job ever. He thought it was going to be a kick back job telling people what to do, but instead, he's finding out every day is a crisis and no one outside his circle is taking him seriously. His one "success" was his speech that he had to read someone else's words, and work hard at doing so - and that should be the easiest part of the job. The weekly vacations to Florida show he just wants his old life back, especially at his age where he should just be enjoying his grandchildren.
Barrage
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The two things that give me relief while this fuck is in office is:
1) He's miserable. His life is clearly worse than before he ran.
2) Every scandal, and every day of this shit leads me to hope that he won't run again. Claim a health scare and he can say he never lost, while claiming how much better he would be than the next president.
1) He's miserable. His life is clearly worse than before he ran.
2) Every scandal, and every day of this shit leads me to hope that he won't run again. Claim a health scare and he can say he never lost, while claiming how much better he would be than the next president.
whyamihere
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It's not even the second month. It takes a lot for who once supported someone to recognize they were wrong.
Also, he hasn't really done anything that has affected the reason a lot people voted for him, jobs. So there's a lot of wait and see still.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Man who needs constant positive validation attains world's most thankless job.
whyamihere
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Kind of crazy not to include Cartwright or Kind, but I guess they think they're strong enough incumbents.
The NRCC list:
ItWasMeantToBe19
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(no one in Trump's admin thinks he won any votes because of jobs)
whyamihere
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The only issue where he consistently polls positively is the economy. And jobs can be related to immigration related issues where people (wrongly) view that those nasty brown people are stealing their jobs. But I pressed send before my other thought which was -- he's also delivering on a "Muslim ban", which is why people voted for him!
Bill Kristol (I think?) made a similar comment on Axelrod's podcast a couple weeks ago: Trump has not yet internalized the fact that he is the president and can simply take action to see or crack down on things that are bothering him, rather than whine about it on Twitter.
ItWasMeantToBe19
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Sure, that's the only thing he polls well on, but he never talks about jobs.
whyamihere
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He separated himself from the GOP pack through racism and protectionism. Talking about NAFTA resonated with people in the Midwest.
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