***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[elpablo21]

I know trump already gave putin our private military tactics but do you guys think he gave him the nuc codes.......

Mattis probably gave Trump this code just in case: UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, A, START.

 

[IATT]

 

[boris]

I hear you just gotta become a sycophant and accept that racism exists.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Just to note, Tim Scott was the lone senator to raise his objection, and no-spine Rubio joined him after the objection.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

 

[fargin]

I know trump already gave putin our private military tactics but do you guys think he gave him the nuc codes.......

I assume the Secret Service's best poker player is carrying around a pink toy briefcase with a calculator inside.

"Yes Mr. President, I have changed the nuclear codes to 123456 as ordered."

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[rolaholic]

Hmm...so on top of the coordination with Kennedy, Kavanaugh was Putin approved too

The slow moving coup rumbles onwards

 

[DADDYFATSACKS]

I hate to say it but the Dems are gonna get washed in the midterms.

 

[Nike Jordan]

I hate to say it but the Dems are gonna get washed in the midterms.

You're saying this with no actual reason why.

 

[leavemeglazzies]

I hate to say it but the Dems are gonna get washed in the midterms.

That's true, but on the other hand the Repubs are gonna get washed as well. Because those who normally vote for the Dems are so upset with the current state of affairs that they will protest by not voting for either of the two, thus hurting both parties equally. It's a foolproof strategy. That oughtta show 'em.

 

[DADDYFATSACKS]

You're saying this with no actual reason why.

The map isn’t looking good for them

 

[deuce king]

No doubt that Russia hacked DNC emails and selectively leaked in such a way that was meant to help Trump campaign.

It is harder to tell if those leaks and the Facebook trolls made a huge impact. If Democrats really cared about election integrity, they would have used their power in 2009 to packed the courts, strengthened the voting rights act, manadated a federal holiday for voting, passed card check and not stabbed ACORN in the back.

Most Mainstream Dems don’t want working class people to vote, they only want members of the professional-managerial class to vote. When there is a big surge of turnout and Dems win, the elected Dems ignore the hoi polloi who allowed them to win. So I find their claims that Russia is attacking our democracy to be unctuous. There isn’t a whole lot of democracy in America for Russia to attack.

LOL. Bless your heart.

 

[blastercombo]

People are look for some elaborate plan between trump and Russia. There isn’t one

. Russia spams social media
. Trump backers get paid/protected
. Conservatives keep doing what they do (be stupid)
. USA looks stupid
. Russia paid for control over the US government with................ memes LOL

 

[fargin]

I hate to say it but the Dems are gonna get washed in the midterms.

I'm a cautious person by nature and I am not worried, I'm alarmed.

Last time I spoke with confidence, I assumed myself Trump wasn't going to happen. Haha phew, that guy sure is crazy, thank God Hillary will beat him in a landslide.

 

[rillo561]

They'll gain some seats but I don't think it'll be enough unfortunately.

 

[Belgium]

If the Democrats get control over at least one chamber of Congress, particularly the House, that'd already be a massive boost.
With the GOP blocking just about every subpoena motion by the Democrat minority you can probably expect a barrage of subpoenas raining down on the Trump team if the Democrats can gain control of at least one of both chambers.

 

[chao7]

We live in a country where Democrats roughly need to win by 10 percentage points to gain even seats with Republicans, but sure, this is a free country and not completely set up to devalue the power of voting.

 

[IATT]

I legit just hope.. cause trump and the republicans are flooding the courts

And even with judgements that have gone against the gerrymandering.. you already see the impact of the above when he comes to upholding voter suppression tactics

And it's all going get worse

Especially with the infrastructure that should prevent what Russia did and attempted to do being seemingly taken away as certain folks are willing to play along as the perceive it beneficial to them

 

[Belgium]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-...n-chinese-imports-1532085168?mod=hp_lead_pos1
Trump Says He’s Ready to Impose Tariffs on $500 Billion in Chinese Imports
President also continues criticism of Federal Reserve
President Donald Trump on Friday reiterated his threat to put a tariff on every dollar of China’s roughly $500 billion in exports to the U.S., sending global markets lower.
“We’re down a tremendous amount,” Mr. Trump told CNBC in an interview broadcast Friday, referring to U.S. trade with China.

Following the interview, Mr. Trump continued his criticism of the Federal Reserve in a pair of statements on Twitter. Tightening by the Fed “now hurts all that we have done,” he tweeted, after expressing his unhappiness with interest rate increases in a separate television interview Thursday.

“The U.S. should be allowed to recapture what was lost due to illegal currency manipulation and BAD Trade Deals. Debt coming due & we are raising rates - Really?” Mr. Trump wrote.

Earlier this month, the U.S. imposed levies on $34 billion of Chinese exports of machinery, components and electronics. Also scheduled are tariffs on $16 billion of Chinese electronics and other components.

The U.S. has identified a further $200 billion in Chinese goods the U.S. may target for tariffs, for a total of $250 billion. Anything further, Mr. Trump has said, depends on the extent to which China retaliates.

When asked during Friday’s interview, “Will you ever get to 500, though?” Mr. Trump responded that he is “ready to go to 500,” referring to the approximate total dollar value of Chinese goods exported to the U.S. last year.

“I’m doing this to do the right thing for our country. We have been ripped off by China for a long time,” he said.

“I don’t want them to be scared, I want them to do well,” Mr. Trump said, adding, “I really like President Xi [Jinping].”

Mr. Trump’s critiques of the Federal Reserve Thursday and Fridaybroke with a convention observed by recent presidents of both parties in which they refrained from challenging the central bank. Central banks and bond investors have argued that an independent central bank is important to guard against inflation after political interference in the 1960s and 1970s was widely blamed for contributing to runaway inflation.

After Mr. Trump’s initial comments ricocheted through currency and bond markets on Thursday, the White House sought to clarify them by saying he still respected the Fed’s independence. Friday’s statements suggest the president could continue to escalate a fight with the Fed, and also take aim at currency markets.

Friday morning’s CNBC interview sent European stocks lower, with the Stoxx Europe 600 falling around 0.7% before recovering some of its losses. Shares in trade-sensitive stocks were hardest hit, with auto makers Daimler, Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler all down more than 1%.

U.S. futures pointed to a 0.2% opening decline in the S&P 500 and a 0.4% decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The Chinese yuan fell anew against the dollar following Mr. Trump’s interview, and the WSJ Dollar Index also fell.

Trade tensions have sparked market volatility through much of the year, but market moves escalated in early April when Mr. Trump threatened tariffs on specific Chinese products, sparking retaliatory threats from Beijing.

Emerging market equities, European autos stocks, copper and soybean futures have been particularly hard hit.

The president has threatened tariffs on $500 billion in Chinese imports before. In an interview with Fox News broadcast on July 1, the president said the tariffs “could go up to 500, frankly, if we don’t make a deal. And they want to make a deal.”

On July 6 on Air Force One, the president told reporters tariffs could eventually hit $550 billion in imports from China.

And remember:

 

[blastercombo]

2nd amendment = gods commandment

I guess all the other ones don’t matter as much?

 

[Cashflow]

 

[deuce king]

I hate to say it but the Dems are gonna get washed in the midterms.

I can't speak for any other state but my boy @Maximus Meridius is going to make sure Dems run a clean sweep in the state of Maryland. My boy is going to put in work this November.......streets can't wait!!

 

[Belgium]

Oh lordy there are tapes!
I see Michael Schmidt worked on the report too. He's been behind some of the NYT's biggest reporting such as the first time Trump ordered the firing of Mueller and also a later second attempt to fire him.