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QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 10:52 AM) I just wasn't aware the US was a developing country. Please read the article you dismissed as "fear-mongering" and familiarize yourself with the very basics of the discussion before you make yourself look even more foolish. It wasn't about women in the US. edit: ffs my original post even included the phrase "US foreign aid"

you guys are just parroting research clearly laid out in the biased fear-mongering article!

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 09:32 AM) Big surprise here.... via Trump, of course, holds stock that will benefit financially from these moves. He has also yet to release any information confirming his still-miles-away-from-acceptable removal of himself from his businesses.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 24, 2017 -> 10:22 AM) Why exactly are thousands of women dropping dead with less access to abortion? Do you believe that or are you just parroting Vox.com lol. Did thousands of women die in the 1800's because of lack of access to abortion? To be clear, I am totally for women's abortion rights and border on encouraging it. In essence, don't have kids you can't provide a good life to. That being said, this article is just fear-mongering from a bad source. It's literally the subheading of the article. If you had bothered to click through to read the article before dismissing it out of hand, you'd have seen that before asking me if I just "parroted" them. Perhaps if you bothered to read it, you'd also understand where the claim of 1000's dead is coming from.

Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts

Trump reinstated the global "gag order" forbidding US foreign aid funding going to any NGO's that so much as discuss abortion Trump just reinstated the global gag rule. It won't stop abortion, but it will make it less safe. Thousands of women will die across the world, and millions will lose access to both safe abortion and birth control.

Courts block $37b Aetna-Humana merger http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/0...erger/96948570/

Still insisting he didn't lose the popular vote because of 3-5 million illegal votes. Without evidence, Trump tells lawmakers 3 million to 5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote This is going to lead to increased vote suppression efforts.

DoD trolling Trump on twitter? https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/823515639302262784

Often times for the most expensive procedures, there isn't actually time to "price shop" because it's an emergency situation and even if you could, there are very strong emotional incentives against choosing the cheapest option when it comes to your own life and well-being. Market forces don't work in health care for a variety of reasons.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 02:39 PM) I don't know, that whole "rationalia" thing or whatever was so stupid. He's definitely up his own butt a bit with the whole Rational Atheist Warrior thing. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 03:24 PM) Gregg Popovich for everything.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 12:31 PM) I'm interested in the middle part...why would a grad student like you end up dead because of this clause? Trying to better understand, becuase even when the system was broken, wasn't there the ability to go to free health clinics or in an emergency just go to an emergency room. Not saying it was a good answer, can then such person is saddled with debt, but I thought people could still get treatment at certain types of hospitals regardless. Remember, I am pro healthcare for all, just trying to understand. Free health clinics, where they're even available, and emergency rooms are very poor ways to treat any sort of chronic illness. I don't know the particulars of Balta's situation, but that was one of the problems that the ACA was attempting to fix.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 01:34 PM) Also we won't let the environment get in the way of jobs. It will take this country generations to repair the damage that this administration and congress will do. e: Spicer spent several minutes complaining that Trump's feelings get very, very hurt by negative press coverage and that it just isn't fair.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 01:16 PM) https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/823609680572256256 Spicer tells White House press corps his intention is to tell the truth: “Sometimes we can disagree with the facts” ""Doing something that either protects America or is in our economic interests." -on military action after Trump wink-winking about getting a second go at Iraq to 'take their oil,' my estimate on him launching a war within the year is 50%. oh and of course they're still trying to argue about TV ratings and inauguration attendance. Day 4 of the Trump Administration is going swimmingly. and regarding Trump's bizarre speech to the CIA:

Cassidy-Collins release a one page summary of their "Repeal and Replace" bill they put forward http://www.cassidy.senate.gov/imo/media/do...17)%20(002).pdf

Power-cycling is Step 1 of every troubleshooting sequence! Hitting the power button on the front still leaves power coming into the unit and most likely a lot of the board energized, including the memory. Pulling the power and letting it sit for ~30 seconds or so to dissipate any stored charge in the capacitors makes sure the memory is wiped and everything is fully reset.

Just an interesting article from 2012, in no way am I posting this because it might be relevant to current events Early Warnings: How American Journalists Reported the Rise of Hitler Trump isn't Hitler, but it's the story of how the rise of a fascist dictatorship lead by an unhinged demagogue rose to power and how that rise was covered and understood at the time. We're tilted far to close to some really dangerous, dark s*** taking power here and "it can't happen here!" is only true until it's wrong.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 11:56 AM) Oh, duh, sorry I thought this was over his post office hotel in Wash DC, I just lumped them together and didn't look. That's included in the complaint, along with his numerous international holdings. I don't know where the majority of them are registered, but I'm guessing that the overall "Trump Corp." or whatever the biggest organization over all of it is called is located in NYC.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 11:08 AM) I don't really think much will come out of judicial action, unless if unfavorable it is used to spur congressional overview. But it seems so unlikely that this congress would ever do that. QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) I dont think the case will win, but I am not sure that is the point. If they can get it to discovery, then they may be able to force Trump to turn over some documents. Or it could be merely just to create negative press. Either way this is exactly why every other President didnt pull this stunt. Right, there's no way this would make it up through the Supreme Court and actually be upheld, and I'm not even sure what the remedy would be if it were. It'd still ultimately be a political question that would require Congress to impeach him, which isn't something the courts could force. The other option down that hypothetical path would be a full-blown Constitutional crisis wherein the Supreme Court orders the President removed from office. Neither of those will happen, though. It's about keeping the pressure on first, and if there's even a slim chance it gets to discovery, it's worth it.

Lawsuit filed against Trump for violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Filed by CREW with the following people attached: Erwin Chemerinsky - Dean of School of Law at University of California, Irvine http://www.law.uci.edu/faculty/full-time/chemerinsky Norman L. Eisen - ethics attorney, former Obama administration https://www.brookings.edu/experts/norman-eisen Deepak Gupta, Supreme Court litigator (3 cases currently pending before the court) http://guptawessler.com/people/deepak-gupta Richard W. Painter, ethics counsel, former George W. Bush administration https://www.law.umn.edu/profiles/richard-w-painter Zephyr Teachout, Fordham University law professor, expert in the Emoluments Clause https://www.fordham.edu/info/23186/zephyr_teachout Laurence H. Tribe - Harvard constitutional scholar http://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10899/Tribe

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 10:45 AM) That is what I lean towards, but I also do not want to underestimate Trump and his advisers. That's where I'm at. Laugh at the overwhelming incompetence, but keep an eye out for the warning signs. At the same time they're making these absurd claims and whines about accurate reports of crowd sizes, they're also issuing veiled threats towards the media. And Trump himself spent much of his campaign threatening the media and the first amendment.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 10:05 AM) Rubio today proved he has no spine. lol @ anyone who is hoping that Republicans will do anything to oppose Trump

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 10:01 AM) And what kills me about the crowd size issue, if you had problems with the way your inauguration was covered in the media vs. Obama, fine. Reasonable people will disagree, but attack that issue and complain all you want. That fits your "us vs them" campaign theme. But why go the extra step and tell blatant lies that are easily proven false? You just set yourself up for MORE embarrassment and MORE scrutiny. What some people are cautioning is that it's a form of signaling/loyalty testing that autocratic regimes have used before. Push out stories or statements that are so obviously false and easily shown to be so, and watch who still defends them nevertheless. These people can be considered loyal to you, and those who were hesitant or cautioned against it should be purged out. It also conditions supporters to go deeper into the "you can only believe what we tell you" mindset where any source or piece of information that is derided by the leadership is not to be trusted. At this point I'm more inclined to believe it's just his pathetic narcissism driving it and not some grand Machiavellian strategy, but he does have Steve Bannon whispering in his ear and writing his speeches so it's definitely something to keep an eye on.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 23, 2017 -> 09:36 AM) It's good to know that we elected a 13 year old girl as President of the United States. This should end well. That's an insult to 13 year old girls. My wife's students put together far more coherent arguments.

US counterintelligence agents probed Trump adviser Flynn’s Russia ties: WSJ