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[IATT]

Don't know if posted but

https://fox6now.com/2018/07/17/woma...gent-had-ties-to-former-sheriff-david-clarke/

aepps20

 

[130122]

where was this for Puerto Rico?

 

[elpablo21]

 

[IATT]

 

[Belgium]

Even the Kremlin is going "woah, slow down there Donald. Let the dust settle."
http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...ready-to-accept-trump-invite-to-second-summit
Kremlin: Russia not ready to accept Trump invite to Washington
A top Kremlin aide on Tuesday said Russia is not ready to accept President Trump's invitation to a second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the U.S.

Yuri Ushakov said Russia agrees there should be another meeting, but did not formally agree to the White House's fall invitation.
“After the summit, you know what kind of atmosphere there is around its outcome,” Ushakov said, according to a Reuters report. "I think it would be wise to let the dust settle and then we can discuss all these questions in a business-like way. But not now."

Trump and White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said last week that preparations are underway for a meeting with Putin in Washington, D.C., this fall.

"I look forward to our second meeting so that we can start implementing some of the many things discussed, including stopping terrorism, security for Israel, nuclear proliferation, cyber attacks, Ukraine, Middle East peace, North Korea and more," Trump tweeted on July 19.

Though Sanders and Trump have called last week's summit in Helsinki, Finland, a success, there has been fierce bipartisan backlash for the president's comments during a joint press conference with Putin.

Trump appeared to cast doubt on the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, and said he didn't know why Russia "would" interfere.

He later recanted, claiming he meant to say "wouldn't" and affirming his belief in U.S. intelligence, but lawmakers have continued to come out publicly against his remarks.

The two leaders also held a private meeting prior to the press conference that lasted more than two hours, according to The Washington Post. The Post also reported that many top administration officials were unaware of what Trump promised Putin in the one-on-one meeting.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marina Zakharova said last week that the Kremlin is already working to implement undisclosed agreements from the summit.

"A lot of what the president of the Russian Federation talked about is now being worked through,” she said, the Post reported. "Relevant instructions are being carried out, and diplomats are beginning to work on the outcomes."

According to Reuters, Anatoly Antonov Russia’s ambassador to the United States, last Friday said Russia is willing to "discuss" a second meeting, but did not specify any follow-through.

Ushakov said there are other opportunities for the leaders to meet.

"There are other options (to meet) which our leaders can look at," Ushakov said, according to Reuters. "Maybe there will be other international events which Trump and Putin will take part in."

He mentioned the November meeting of Group of 20 leaders in Argentina, which Trump and Putin are both slated to attend.

 

[rillo561]

When reality has a liberal bias.

 

[IATT]

 

[Belgium]

Putin literally stood next to him at the Helsinki summit and said he favored Trump.

 

[MalcolmNewton]

Even the Kremlin is going "woah, slow down there Donald. Let the dust settle."
http://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...ready-to-accept-trump-invite-to-second-summit
Kremlin: Russia not ready to accept Trump invite to Washington
A top Kremlin aide on Tuesday said Russia is not ready to accept President Trump's invitation to a second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the U.S.

Yuri Ushakov said Russia agrees there should be another meeting, but did not formally agree to the White House's fall invitation.
“After the summit, you know what kind of atmosphere there is around its outcome,” Ushakov said, according to a Reuters report. "I think it would be wise to let the dust settle and then we can discuss all these questions in a business-like way. But not now."

Will he "uninvite" them on twitter like he did to Steph Curry and the Warriors?

 

[Belgium]

Will he "uninvite" them on twitter like he did to Steph Curry and the Warriors?

Uninviting athletes is one thing but he can't really come at the boss like that.

 

[130122]

Will he "uninvite" them on twitter like he did to Steph Curry and the Warriors?

i think you mean all black athletes in the USA.

 

[Belgium]

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...eking-compensation-for-damage-to-public-lands
Trump to Stop Seeking Compensation for Damage to Public Lands
Oil drillers, miners, land developers and others will no longer be required to pay the federal government to offset damage to wildlife and habitats on public land, the Trump administration plans to announce Tuesday.

The Interior Department will no longer require off-site “compensatory mitigation” a policy expanded in the waning days of the Obama administration that mandates developers offset the impacts of their activities on public lands through programs such as funding the restoration and protection of wetlands and other habitats elsewhere.

Environmentalists, who view compensatory mitigation as a long-used common sense practice to minimize the impacts of development on public land, endangered species, and recreational resources, are sure to oppose the move.

The policy, being issued via an instruction memo Tuesday, comes as the agency has started to roll back parts of the Endangered Species Act as the Trump administration seeks changes to other bedrock environmental laws in a manner long sought by industry.


The change won’t affect “compensatory mitigation" programs at the state level, the department said. The Interior Department says it will still consider environmental impacts in vetting permits.

“We still in every decision we make say ‘Have we avoided impacts? Have we minimized impacts?’” Deputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said in an interview. “We will still do that but when it comes to doing compensatory mitigation off-site we will say that needs to be voluntary.”

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been a vocal critic of the policy, which the department says has resulted in the collection of approximately $152 million since 2008. Among his criticisms of the policy is that it requires tens of millions of dollars to “buy off” non-profit groups in order to proceed with project permits. “In many quarters, that’s called extortion,” Zinke said at a Chamber of Commerce event in 2017.

 

[IATT]

Will he "uninvite" them on twitter like he did to Steph Curry and the Warriors?

 

[rillo561]

Putin literally stood next to him at the Helsinki summit and said he favored Trump.

So what is he going to do about it? Also, before this it was a "hoax".

 

[elpablo21]

 

[SoleByThePound]

November 6th can't come soon enough.

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[aepps20]

aepps20

Libs have no clue about the concept of friendship. Sure, I made the all expenses paid trip to Mother Russia but I was making America Great Again. One Russian province at a time. #CivilityPolitics.

 

[Fozz]

Wow, he really tweeted that Russia wants the Dems to win. So not only is admitting that Russia is helping with the election, he also didn't believe Putin in Helinski, when he said he supported Trump.

LOL

 

[EddieDoyers]

 

[SoleByThePound]

Wow, he really tweeted that Russia wants the Dems to win. So not only is admitting that Russia is helping with the election, he also didn't believe Putin in Helinski, when he said he supported Trump.

LOL

This Mf’er really makes George W. look like a good President.

 

[IATT]

 

[MalcolmNewton]

But the NFL players disrespect the troops...

 

[MalcolmNewton]

 

[boris]

But the NFL players disrespect the troops...

You mean to tell me that this draft dodging president doesn't give a **** about our veterans?