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http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/kfi...ness/index.html Miller's Islamofascism/Terrorism Awareness Project at Duke

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/15/politics/hat...2016/index.html A resurgence of white nationalism in 2016

https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...840306161123328 Not making many friends in the FBI or NSA...the leaks will just get worse.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/14/politics/rus...ship/index.html Now Russia is deliberately provoking us in multiple places....so you've got that, Iran and North Korea with no real answers and not much of a national security apparatus in place. Wonder if Tillerson still wants that Secretary of State gig after this past 72 hours? http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/14/media/whit...ions/index.html How the Trump admin sidesteps tough questions http://finance.yahoo.com/news/recent-trump...-085726426.html More ethics/emoluments clause issues with Trump trademarks in China http://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/14/michael-fly...y-response.html The scandal was "not even paranoia, it's something immeasurably worse," said a Facebook post by Konstantin Kosachev, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the upper chamber of the Russian parliament. "Either Trump hasn't found the necessary independence and he's been driven into a corner... or russophobia has permeated the new administration from top to bottom," he added. Alexey Pushkov, a senator with the United Russia party, which supports President Vladimir Putin, said Flynn was "forced to go" because of "paranoia." Pushkov also labeled the incident a "witch hunt." While the Kremlin's supporters piled in, the government itself remained neutral. Putin's spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, told state-run news agencies that the matter was "none of our business." https://mobile.twitter.com/philippereines/s...356816609116160 What goes around COMETS around...Flynns getting trolled about possible pizza jobs in their futures

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2017 -> 09:27 AM) Rep. Jason "EMAILS EMAILS BENGHAZI BENGHAZI" Chaffetz sees no reason to investigate why a Russian stooge who broke the law was the National Security Advisor privy to all sorts of highly classified intelligence despite the Justice department warning the White House that he was compromised. Seems like it'd be important to know what the White House knew and when? Still too busy accusing Dems of paying protestors and bringing busloads in from out of state (in reality, just one confirmed AZ couple).

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...-nothing-214775 President Trump Has Done Almost Nothing (except the immigration ban that wasn't)

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Feb 14, 2017 -> 08:56 AM) Pence is 200% tier 1 For his extreme views, but all indications are he's still not very close to Trump and wasn't for the majority of the general election campaign, either. That said, he's the key bridge between the White House and Congress right now.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 14, 2017 -> 08:43 AM) fyp e: Mnuchin wants to appoint some other Goldman Sachs guys to the deputy level, too. Seems like handing over the Treasury department to the same investment bankers who tanked the world economy less than ten years ago is an extremely bad idea, but what do I know? Trump's the Greatest President in the Universe, so this must be a good thing. It's always Rubin's fault. Or Chris Dodd/Barney Frank. Btw, what happened to that long "conspiracy theory" post about Obama's Goldman ties? Don't hear about that very often anymore. Or HRC speeches, even though Trump's speaking fees were considerably higher.

DeVos, Sessions, Mnuchin/Munchkin, Tillerson, Puzder (if he survives), Price Tier 1 Threats Pence, Carson, Perry, Ross, Pruitt (EPA) Tier 2 That's not even taking into consideration Bannon, Conway, Spicer, Miller and Priebus. The funny thing is most of America probably couldn't name more than a handful of Obama's cabinet and staff members over the course of a full 8 years.

Thought Harward was the choice...? Keane, Allen, McChrystal and Petraeus might not be done yet at the rate they're going.

Republicans running scared of doing any more town halls...I guess that's one approach, just to never put yourself in a position to answer questions publicly except through less media-friendly conference calls. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/politics/rep...ents/index.html

No way they're trading Cole to us. Harrison would be fine as a placeholder but we already have Saladino, among others. In the end, they probably need him and Newman as insurance for the Kang situation.

Not to mention that all available evidence points to his wife violating US immigration laws by working illegally as a model/"escort" while in NYC on a tourist visa. We also still have no idea how she ended up an American citizen in any legitimate type of way. That consular officer case file would make for an interesting read. Conway isn't the real ethics scandal in admin http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/opinions/kel...cupp/index.html When President Trump questioned the authority of a "so-called" federal judge on Twitter, where were separate powers enthusiasts in the Republican House and Senate to defend his legitimacy? Nowhere. Are any Republicans concerned that Trump's national security adviser may have violated the Logan Act when he reportedly discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador to the United States, because Trump was elected (sworn in)? Will any Republicans say they mind that the President and his spokespeople regularly mislead or lie to the public about matters large and small on national television? If Obama had called a raid in which a US soldier was killed (along with scores of civilians) a "winning mission" and then scolded an actual war hero who questioned it, Republicans would have launched one of three dozen investigations. In fact, switch Obama for Trump in any one of these scenarios and Republicans would be calling the first few weeks of his presidency a zombie apocalypse. Instead, they seem content to whistle past the pile of corpses, pretending not to notice. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/11/politics/don...lems/index.html In another early executive action, Trump signed an order seeking to "ensure that jurisdictions that fail to comply with applicable Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by law." Delivered days before the travel ban, this too set off an avalanche of protest, both in the streets and among mostly Democratic leaders in major urban centers like New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Smaller cities like New Haven, Connecticut, and Austin, Texas, have also threatened to fight back in court. And in an ironic twist, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (among others) pointed to a 2012 Supreme Court case to explain why they're so confident. The ruling in NFIB vs. Sebelius, which allowed states to reject Medicaid expansion without the threat of losing pre-existing funds, set a precedent Trump's opponents say will prevent him from using federal money as a tool to coerce local governments.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 08:34 AM) Caulfield, I think you're a great poster, but my god do you know how to derail a thread. Haha, I've gone off the deep end because we just had a three week holiday in China from school. Too much CSPAN. I think I've been paying more attention to politics in the last three months than last twenty years combined. Luckily, back to normal life on Monday. As far as Wieters goes, why not? We're not going to compete this year, but we need someone to have a Carlos Quentin 2008 season from out of nowhere (eventually). Abreu in 2014 was it. That said, Wieters has never been able to stay healthy enough to make consistent enough contact to put up his projected numbers, but sooner or later someone's going to have a surprising offensive season (coming from FA) You can also protect his health by DHing him frequently. It's not like Narvaez or Smith were going to amount to much, anyway.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 07:28 AM) They aren't going to sign anyone because of where they are, not a possible sale. The Marlins might get sold for $1.6 billion and the owe Stanton more money than the Sox will pay almost their entire team the next 3 years. Now Trump will be involved in MLB through his in-laws. More conflicts of interest...or intrusion of politics into sports. The New York Times revealed the potential buyer to be Joshua Kushner, a New York City venture capitalist whose older brother Jared is married to Ivanka Trump. Jared Kushner is senior advisor to President Donald Trump. But the Times reported that neither Jared Kushner nor his father, Charles Kushner, are involved in ongoing talks to buy the team. Instead, Joshua Kushner and Joseph Meyer, his brother-in-law, have been engaged in talks with the Marlins for months about buying the team. Kushner and Meyer have “devised a complicated arrangement that would include bringing in partners later” in order to buy the franchise, according to the Times. Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miam...l#storylink=cpy

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 11, 2017 -> 07:15 AM) Well kind of. Some of the voters just wanted something different to help them out in some miraculous way like that town in Wisconsin. The base you are referring to think the most incompetent executive branch, maybe in history, is the best ever. Mostly because they've wanted someone in that position who is as racist as they are. Or who are as scared as they are. But they are slowly finding out that their desires financially aren't quite as aligned with the administration as was promised during the campaign. And that part is going to suck for them. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationw...0207-story.html The immigration ban has already cost the airline/travel industry $185 million. The quote from that WI story that really stuck out, "Kramer, who voted twice for Obama, used to watch Trump on "Celebrity Apprentice." ''I said to myself, 'Ugh, I can't stand him.'" When he announced his candidacy, she thought it was a joke. "Then my husband said to me, 'Just think, everything he touches seems to turn to money.'" And she changed her mind. Those rural voters all believe wages can rise 25% for the poor and lower middle class, Social Security/Medicare/Medicaid will be protected, health care coverage will remain the same in terms of quality without increasing in price....well, we all know the numbers don't add up to continue expanding the Dept. of Defense/military, construct a border wall and add $1 trillion in infrastructure jobs even through private funding (tolls, bond issues, etc.) Something has to give. It's not going to be the top 1%, that much is clear. What was it, something like 64% of the ObamaCare sign-ups in the final month came from Trump states? They'll find out what life under Price and Ryan is like soon enough.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-immigra...-023405919.html Apparently they're now broadening to traffic misdemeanors, a category excepted by Obama. Around 700-800 arrested in four major cities, including Chicago. My edit: But most of them were on the Obama list already! Wait, I thought Obama was soft on borders and only cared about creating unconstitutional sanctuary cities? https://www.yahoo.com/news/homeland-securit...-185032131.html "At the meeting with law enforcement officials, San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore sought help for legal authority to hold criminals in the country illegally after they finish their sentences, giving ICE authorities more time to pick them up at county jails. General Kelly said he didn't know if that was possible but would do so if he could." What?...it would help if he figured out what sanctuary cities were first.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 07:33 PM) Please people, stop thinking Trump's Voters will find something bad about this. This is EXACTLY what they wanted. No, Demanded. For years. This is the dream of the Republican base. The 20-30% of voters in the middle will have to choose a side. Right now, it's probably 25-30% strongly for and 40% strongly against.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 07:03 PM) He's doing a great job of waking up and uniting the opposition. Eventually the bible thumpers will figure out the only thing trump likes about church is that it kept his wife busy while he cheated on her. Once he loses that piece, its trouble. http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/09/us/arizona-g...ests/index.html I can't imagine going through this (mother separated from 2 American-born kids) deportation protest 800,000 times is going to sit well with the Catholic Church. The Pope is much more popular than Trump...and it's going to drive almost every Hispanic-American to the left.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 03:28 PM) Nope. The issue is whether or not the Republicans engaged in unprecedented obstructionism in refusing to consider Garland because the nominee was up in an election year. The burden is on you to prove they would have. Biden's speech in 1992 is not anything other than circumstantial evidence that the Dems would have refused to consider a nominee in 1992 because there was no Supreme Court vacancy at the time. Thus, you haven't met your burden, and the Judge finds in my favor. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/health/p...servatives.html The Republican Congress floated the idea of a coverage mandate in response to Clinton's health care reform proposal. So by the Brett logic of politics, the Republicans should not be opposed to the mandate in the ACA. Not to mention Romney's Massachusetts health care plan was far to the left of Obama's. Darned socialist...errrrr, capitalist!

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 04:11 PM) Ruh roh https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/02/10/politics...date/index.html He plays golf with Abe at Mar-A-Lago (act now, you too can play the same course as the president, before membership fees triple rather than just double!) and everything's fixed? Japan is paying more for its defense, and not trying to get US troops removed from their base in Okinawa? Otani's posting fee is taken care of as well? http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/10/politics/dev...hool/index.html Protests block DeVos in Washington "I respect peaceful protest, and I will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the Department of Education," the statement said. "No school door in America will be blocked from those seeking to help our nation's school children." Add punchline comparing her efforts to school integration in AR, MS and AL in 1950's and 60's.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 11:13 AM) Candidate Trump called for a total ban of Muslims. Couldn't live up to his promise because the damn liberal judicial system knows how to read the Constitution. DeVos will take care of that with the next generation. Healthcare is fixed? Health savings accounts and block grants until the money runs out...we'll all have access in the same way we all have access to the local Lambourghini/Ferrari/Maserati dealership. References to ACA and ObamaCare totally wiped from all WH/government websites. That will surely help.

Reagan/Ford, Carter/Kennedy and then Eugene McCarthy/LBJ (RFK jumped in later) in 1968 Sen. Claude Pepper tried to lead Dump Truman in 1948

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Feb 10, 2017 -> 10:01 AM) McMullin will be back Cruz Kasich Rubio A general like Mattis, Kelly, McChrystal or Petraeus

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/dona...esidency-234879 Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government...