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***Official Political Discussion Thread***
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sonoftony
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- Apr 3, 2005
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Condoleezza came out of thin air for her biscuits
aepps20
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- Feb 8, 2004
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This transcript is exactly why I voted for him 6 times. Grahams is a liar.
elpablo21
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- Feb 11, 2008
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how is this still possible?
DADDYFATSACKS
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- May 28, 2018
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This is my local Trader Joe’s. I see him all the time. He’s a nice dude. I never realized he’s the dude from the Cosby show.
- Mar 16, 2010
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'Civility'
DADDYFATSACKS
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- May 28, 2018
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If only Kaepernick and Tariq Nasheed voted...
- Jul 20, 2009
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Hidden Colors #2635 coming soon: Mink Slide into Justice.
- May 10, 2006
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Someone take me out back and put me out or my misery
Nike Jordan
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- Jun 27, 2002
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- Jan 11, 2014
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Trump knew damn well woodward was trying to get with him. What a ******* poltroon.
- Apr 30, 2010
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I'd say this was a reach if I didn't see several pics like this. At this point I don't think its coincidence.
- Mar 10, 2013
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No different than was he canned ol girl, “they don’t tell me...” What a pansy.
- Jul 22, 2015
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Seems like a bit of a reach to me.
- Apr 19, 2008
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lightweight champion
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- Asks BW if he names sources
- End of conversation he doesn’t name any people who told him he’s doing great
- End of conversation he doesn’t name any people who told him he’s doing great
- Mar 30, 2007
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aepps20
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- Feb 8, 2004
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Amazing yet all true. Our President Elect is a fair an generous man but these Rinos are ruining everything.
- May 23, 2005
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https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4746953/senator-whitehouses-opening-remarks-supreme-court-hearing
Straight Ether....
They are going to have to pack the courts. I also want them to make sure one of those is Garland
Straight Ether....
They are going to have to pack the courts. I also want them to make sure one of those is Garland
- Jan 12, 2013
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Some other excerpts about Bob Woodward's book I found noteworthy:
Mattis reportedly quickly shutting down Trump ranting about McCain and calling him a coward during a dinner with Mattis and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff amongst others
"Let's ******* kill him (Assad)! Let's go in. Let's kill the ******* lot of them", Trump allegedly told Mattis in a phone call after the April 2017 chemical attack in Syria
And really just this whole part:
The book vividly recounts the ongoing debate between Trump and his attorneys about whether the president would sit for an interview with Mueller. On March 5, Dowd and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow met in Mueller’s office with the special counsel and his deputy, James Quarles, where Dowd and Sekulow reenacted Trump’s January practice session.
Dowd then explained to Mueller and Quarles why he was trying to keep the president from testifying: “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. I told you he was a goddamn dumbbell. What are we dealing with this idiot for?’ ”
“John, I understand,” Mueller replied, according to Woodward.
Later that month, Dowd told Trump: “Don’t testify. It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit.”
But Trump, concerned about the optics of a president refusing to testify and convinced that he could handle Mueller’s questions, had by then decided otherwise.
“I’ll be a real good witness,” Trump told Dowd, according to Woodward.
“You are not a good witness,” Dowd replied. “Mr. President, I’m afraid I just can’t help you.”
The next morning, Dowd resigned.
Mattis reportedly quickly shutting down Trump ranting about McCain and calling him a coward during a dinner with Mattis and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff amongst others
"Let's ******* kill him (Assad)! Let's go in. Let's kill the ******* lot of them", Trump allegedly told Mattis in a phone call after the April 2017 chemical attack in Syria
And really just this whole part:
The book vividly recounts the ongoing debate between Trump and his attorneys about whether the president would sit for an interview with Mueller. On March 5, Dowd and Trump attorney Jay Sekulow met in Mueller’s office with the special counsel and his deputy, James Quarles, where Dowd and Sekulow reenacted Trump’s January practice session.
Dowd then explained to Mueller and Quarles why he was trying to keep the president from testifying: “I’m not going to sit there and let him look like an idiot. And you publish that transcript, because everything leaks in Washington, and the guys overseas are going to say, ‘I told you he was an idiot. I told you he was a goddamn dumbbell. What are we dealing with this idiot for?’ ”
“John, I understand,” Mueller replied, according to Woodward.
Later that month, Dowd told Trump: “Don’t testify. It’s either that or an orange jumpsuit.”
But Trump, concerned about the optics of a president refusing to testify and convinced that he could handle Mueller’s questions, had by then decided otherwise.
“I’ll be a real good witness,” Trump told Dowd, according to Woodward.
“You are not a good witness,” Dowd replied. “Mr. President, I’m afraid I just can’t help you.”
The next morning, Dowd resigned.
- Mar 10, 2013
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North Carolina's unconstitutional gerrymandered map will be used in midterms
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/politics/north-carolina-court-gerrymander-midterms/index.html
Crazy.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/04/politics/north-carolina-court-gerrymander-midterms/index.html
Crazy.
- Jan 12, 2013
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/04/us/politics/mueller-trump-russia-investigation.html
Mueller Will Accept Some Written Answers From Trump
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will accept written answers from President Trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference, Mr. Mueller’s office told Mr. Trump’s lawyers in a letter, two people briefed on it said on Tuesday.
But on another significant aspect of the investigation — whether the president tried to obstruct the inquiry itself — Mr. Mueller and his investigators understood that issues of executive privilege could complicate their pursuit of a presidential interview and did not ask for written responses on that matter, according to the letter, which was sent on Friday.
Mr. Mueller did not say that he was giving up on an interview altogether, including on questions of obstruction of justice. But the tone of the letter and the fact that the special counsel did not ask for written responses on obstruction prompted some Trump allies to conclude that if an interview takes place, its scope will be more limited than Mr. Trump’s legal team initially believed, the people said.
The letter was the latest in lengthy negotiations that the two sides have engaged in about whether Mr. Trump will be formally interviewed in the investigation. “We continue to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the office of the special counsel,” Mr. Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said, adding that it was the legal team’s policy to not discuss its communications with the special counsel’s office. A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers have tried to put off a formal interview, saying repeatedly that to determine whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference and whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the inquiry, Mr. Mueller can find the answers in the interviews that his investigators have conducted with witnesses, including senior White House aides and administration officials, and more than 1.4 million documents turned over by the White House.
But they have dangled written answers as a possibility, and Mr. Mueller’s team appears receptive to it as an interim measure.
Mueller Will Accept Some Written Answers From Trump
The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will accept written answers from President Trump on questions about whether his campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference, Mr. Mueller’s office told Mr. Trump’s lawyers in a letter, two people briefed on it said on Tuesday.
But on another significant aspect of the investigation — whether the president tried to obstruct the inquiry itself — Mr. Mueller and his investigators understood that issues of executive privilege could complicate their pursuit of a presidential interview and did not ask for written responses on that matter, according to the letter, which was sent on Friday.
Mr. Mueller did not say that he was giving up on an interview altogether, including on questions of obstruction of justice. But the tone of the letter and the fact that the special counsel did not ask for written responses on obstruction prompted some Trump allies to conclude that if an interview takes place, its scope will be more limited than Mr. Trump’s legal team initially believed, the people said.
The letter was the latest in lengthy negotiations that the two sides have engaged in about whether Mr. Trump will be formally interviewed in the investigation. “We continue to maintain an ongoing dialogue with the office of the special counsel,” Mr. Trump’s lawyer Jay Sekulow said, adding that it was the legal team’s policy to not discuss its communications with the special counsel’s office. A spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment.
Mr. Trump’s lawyers have tried to put off a formal interview, saying repeatedly that to determine whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia’s election interference and whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the inquiry, Mr. Mueller can find the answers in the interviews that his investigators have conducted with witnesses, including senior White House aides and administration officials, and more than 1.4 million documents turned over by the White House.
But they have dangled written answers as a possibility, and Mr. Mueller’s team appears receptive to it as an interim measure.
- Jan 12, 2013
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Note that this is the same state who also had parts of their voter ID law struck down for discriminatory "targeting of African-Americans with almost surgical precision" in the words of the judge.
Throughout 2014 and after, N.C. county election boards under Republican leadership also closed numerous early voting stations in areas with higher black populations.
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