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Some more of that great pro-LGBT stuff from the Trump Administration Hear Trump’s judge pick admit he discriminates against gay people

He also wouldn't have mentioned in the first place. Of course Trump was going to repeat a thing that kinda sorta (but not really) vindicated him while simultaneously making Obama look bad. Either Kelly knew that and is lying now or he's the most naive man in the world. While Obama didn't actually call Kelly, he did call Kelly's son's spouse, which is the normal thing to do. He also invited the Kellys to a Gold Star family reception and offered his condolences in person. So the whole story, front to back, is bulls*** and it seems like Kelly is more than happy to politicize his son's death himself.

Chipotle downgraded by Bank of America on new concern: It's paying employees too much

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 19, 2017 -> 07:44 AM) Every morning Trump live tweets Fox and Friends. That’s the type of guy we have running our country. this guy had a twitter thread yesterday showing how Trump's rants matched up perfectly with whatever Fox and Friends was talking about. https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/920628294340501507 e: and more today https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/920989243639566336 really great that Fox and Friends, a show that's remarkably vapid and stupid even by Fox News standards, is dictating the President's agenda.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 06:03 PM) I must have missed the press conference where he walked back his claim of defeating ISIS entirely, within a month, and replacing it with a promise to one day win back one town. The Raqqa campaign began shortly before the election last year so it definitely isn't a Trump era plan from the man who claimed to be smarter than all of the generals.

QUOTE (Tony @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 05:14 PM) Via CNN, he sent the check today, after media pressure. The soldier in question died back in June and Trump would have talked to the father in July or early August

From WaPo Story Etienne Murphy: No call to family (pictured below) Cameron Thomas: Family received call (pictured below) La David Johnson: No call to family until pressured; f***ed it up (pictured below) Dillon Baldridge: Family received call; offered 25K (pictured below) Roshain Brooks; No call to family (pictured below) Weston Lee: Family received call (pictured below) NOTE: Aaron Butler (white) didn't receive a call from Trump.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 01:56 PM) At this time of year it's been a long season for every team, everyone is probably dealing with fatigue/aches and pains in some form or another. How much more tired could the Cubs be from playing 7 more games than the Dodgers a year ago

Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t follow through eta: shockingly, it turns out that "only President to do this" isn't even true: Obama Has Written Personal Checks To Struggling Americans.

White House staff drafted Niger sympathy statement for Trump that was never released So they had a statement regarding the soldiers killed in Niger but never released it for some reason, and instead Trump kicks off this s***storm that's resulted in him calling the Gold Star family members liars.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 02:47 PM) That is where this all should have stopped. The rest of it is a waste of time. The man is an insecure idiot who goes after whoever and whatever he thinks will either benefit him, or who comes at him. He's also very racist and has implemented racist policy and put other racists into positions of power. It doesn't stop there unless you just want to ignore racism. Trump can be both extremely self-centered/narcissistic and also racist, and both of those factors can play an important role. He kicked off his campaign with slurs against Mexicans and later his "ban all Muslims"/dancing in the streets on 9/11 nonsense, and neither of those were the result of personal slights. e: soxbadger might still be right in that politically, the best way to bring down trump is through some other angles, but that doesn't make the underlying issues go away

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 02:34 PM) I think it's dangerous to ignore the idea that Trump hasn't made racially motivated decisions while in office to appeal to his base. The common thread with him going after McCain or McConnell or any of the other old white dudes in the Republican Party is that they criticized Trump. It's reasonable to ask - why is Trump fighting a culture war against the NFL players who are kneeling during the National Anthem as a protest against racial inequality while refusing to overtly condemn the white supremacists in Charlottesville? I mean, not everything with him has to be racial - and I'm not sure there's a link on the treatment of soldiers killed in action - but to ignore some of the patterns of Donald Trump with respect to people of color is pretty dangerous IMO. Don't downplay that. He said that there were "very fine people" among the crowd of tiki-torch wielding white supremacists who gathered to chant literal Nazi slogans. It wasn't just a refusal to condemn, it was openly praising and defending them.

Speaking of free speech 76% of Republicans think the media simply makes stories up about Trump and a plurality of Republicans think broadcasters should have their licenses revoked. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/18/t...ews-poll-243884 I'm not sure how to fix a problem of a sizable number of citizens in a democracy refusing to believe anything they don't like is real.

University of Florida is spending $500k on security to make sure a Nazi can speak on campus, and they're letting the Nazis control which members of the press have access to this "free speech" event. That price tag for one day of security for a speaker who brings zero value to the academic institution is equal to the annual budget of some departments.

You haven't seen a doctor in 10 years?

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:54 AM) Yah, it never was about the military and we all know that.

A smaller leadoff means you need less speed and momentum to get back to the bag on time, so you're probably less likely to inadvertently pop off by a fraction of an inch for a fraction of a second. I think Jake's post above makes a pretty good point.

QUOTE (Quin @ Oct 18, 2017 -> 10:08 AM) https://apnews.com/d3bf716591bd49d4a8a86f229efe900f Non-white Gold Star families just shouldn't expect s*** from President Tiki Torch That's the most absurd part about his base jumping on board the "DISRESPECTING THE FLAG AND TROOPS!" train with the NFL players. They love the guy who openly s*** on POW's and a Gold Star family while telling everyone he was smarter than everyone in the military. Even during his Very Presidential SOTU address earlier this year, he exploited the widow of a SEAL that he got killed by launching a poorly planned raid that left dozens of civilians dead including an 8 year old American girl.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 12, 2017 -> 09:25 PM) They're also ending cost sharing payments, so that likely means many many thousands losing insurance and possibly kicking off a death spiral in a lot of markets. There was a biparstian plan in the Senate to continue the CSR's for two years that Trump initially indicated he would support, but now he's rejected that and he's back to deliberately undermining the ACA and causing harm to millions simply to spite Obama.

Pruitt: Scientists receiving federal grants will be cut from EPA advising roles Pruitt is going to kick out all of the real scientists and replace them with "independent" industry funded hacks.

Trump disputes account of his call with soldier’s widow. But congresswoman who heard exchange says it was ‘horrible.’

Two judges have now struck down the latest Muslim ban Second judge rules against latest travel ban, saying Trump’s own words show it was aimed at Muslims http://wapo.st/2iiGuBM

Trump, the only President to ever call the family of a dead soldier, to widow: "he knew what he was signing up for."

Internal White House documents allege manufacturing decline increases abortions, infertility, and spousal abuse http://wapo.st/2yvK0OC

Inside the adult daycare center that is the White House Inside the ‘adult day care center’: How aides try to control and coerce Trump http://wapo.st/2igGDpr