[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #297 Careless USA

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Op zondag 7 mei 2017 16:51 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Enkele beelden van hoe sommige leden van het huis onthaald werden:
Republican House members are hearing from constituents upset over the GOP health care bill

"Nobody dies because they don't have access to health care." Famous last words?

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Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.

http://thehill.com/homene(...)e-all-the-funding-we

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 11-01-2017 om 13:31:31 Russia has never tried to use leverage over me. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH RUSSIA - NO DEALS, NO LOANS, NO NOTHING! reageer retweet

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BNONews twitterde op zondag 07-05-2017 om 21:28:41 BREAKING: Abdul Hasib, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was killed in an Afghan-U.S. raid, U.S. says reageer retweet

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Op zondag 7 mei 2017 07:22 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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We zullen zien. Mensen zitten daar diep in de ideologische loopgraven ingegraven en die gaan niet zomaar op een ander stemmen. Waar je op moet hopen is dat de thuisblijvers zich nu wel laten registreren en gaan stemmen.

Daarnaast is het natuurlijk maar afwachten hoe goed het geheugen van de stemmer is. Doorgaans zijn ze het na drie weken alweer vergeten.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 07-05-2017 om 21:22:17 Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his big win today as the next President of France. I look very much forward to working with him! reageer retweet

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HillaryClinton twitterde op zondag 07-05-2017 om 22:32:18 Victory for Macron, for France, the EU, & the world. Defeat to those interfering w /democracy. (But the media says I can't talk about that) reageer retweet

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First Female A-10 Combat Pilot Just Made Sure Congress is Required to Use New GOP Healthcare Bill Coverage

As the first full week of May closed in the House of Representatives, the “repeal and replace” options put forward for Obamacare had passed. Barely. While Trump celebrated the win, many felt conflicted about their votes. Yet there’s one sure sign of hope, even for the critics of Trump Care, and that came from the desk of Martha McSally.

McSally wanted to ensure that the rules that apply to all Americans really did apply to all Americans. Members of Congress and the Senate had been exempted from some of the provisions concerning preexisting conditions, specifically the state waiver provisions of the American Health Care Act.

“Any law we pass that applies to our constituents must apply equally to Members of Congress as well. Anything short of that is hypocrisy. Congress must abide by the laws it passes and should be treated no differently than other hardworking Americans,” Rep. McSally said. “My measure eliminates double standards by preventing Members of Congress from exempting themselves from American Health Care Act.”

This is welcome news to everyone outside of Congress.

The MacArthur Amendment to the American Health Care Act would have exempted members of Congress and their staff from the facing what we all will face. Not anymore. H.R. 2192, is a standalone bill that will repeal this provision if the American Health Care Act becomes law. Her amendment passed the House by a vote of 429-0.

McSally is a Republican, but has not been enthusiastic about the Trump administration’s plans for healthcare reform. Earlier in the week, after declining to stte her position on the matter publicly, McSally caved and reportedly told her colleagues it was time to “get this fucking thing done.”

They did get it done. And they are now in the process of making it better. At least now the members of Congress responsible for its passage will have to abide by its provisions.

There seems to be little optimism about the bill’s future, though. It now will proceed to the Senate. From there, if it passes, it will go into committee to have differences reconciled. Even then, though, there is much more that has to happen before it can take effect.

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It was there, a young soldier told me, that the weapon known as the Mother of All Bombs (MOAB) had been used.
I was confused. Reports of the bomb had made me think that it had wiped out the IS stronghold here in Achin district. I assumed that US and Afghan troops would have sealed off the area and that IS (or Daesh, as it is known here) would be in disarray.
An Afghan officer corrected me. "For a start this bomb wasn't as powerful as you think," he said.
"There are still green trees standing 100m away from the site of the impact."

A large number of IS militants were killed by the MOAB, but it is hard to know how many. The Achin district governor, Ismail Shinwary, says at least 90.
Either way, the battle against IS continues.
"Daesh hasn't gone anywhere; there are hundreds of caves like the one the Americans bombed," the officer says, adding that strikes have continued since the bomb was dropped. "They can't get rid of them like this."

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As we left the valley, the bombardment continued. It seemed clear that the bomb that was dropped on 13 April had not come close to delivering a knock-out blow to IS militants entrenched in the area, and the locals certainly expect more conflict ahead.
To me, at least, the Mother Of All Bombs failed to live up to her reputation.

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 13:39 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Vandaag is dus het langverwachte verhoor van Sally Yates door het Senate Judiciary Committee.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 08-05-2017 om 13:57:42 General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration - but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that. reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 08-05-2017 om 14:14:21 Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council. reageer retweet

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 14:18 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Trump krijgt het al een beetje warm en begint zoals je van de man kan verwachten met woest om zich heen te twitteren om alle verantwoordelijkheid en schuld toch maar vooral bij iemand anders proberen te leggen:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 08-05-2017 om 13:57:42 General Flynn was given the highest security clearance by the Obama Administration - but the Fake News seldom likes talking about that. reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 08-05-2017 om 14:14:21 Ask Sally Yates, under oath, if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after she explained it to W.H. Council. reageer retweet

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 15:06 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:

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Obama ontsloeg Flynn. Wie nam hem weer aan? En wie moest dus de vetting (opnieuw) doen?

En wie zegt dat er niemand vh WH Council heeft gelekt? En wie moet dat onderzoeken?

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Op vrijdag 5 mei 2017 17:00 schreef KrappeAuto het volgende:

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''Heb je gezien wat er gebeurt in Zweden, gisteravond?'' is een begrijpelijke zin

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 15:32 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Misschien moet Trump eerst maar eens uitleggen waarom hij Flynn niet direct ontslagen heeft nadat Yates hem geinformeerd had over de handel en wandel van Flynn en dat pas (weken later) deed nadat dat publiekelijk bekend werd.

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 17:38 schreef Puddington het volgende:
Wanneer is die hoorzitting van Yates?

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 18:35 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Het is naar verluid nog wat bizarder: Obama warned Trump about hiring Flynn, sources say

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35 of 37 economists said Trump was wrong. The other two misread the question.

https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.6636ca0fe243

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 18:37 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Trump dacht daarover natuurlijk "advies van Obama, dat moet wel slecht zijn, dus ik moet precies het tegenovergestelde doen."

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 18:37 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Trump dacht daarover natuurlijk "advies van Obama, dat moet wel slecht zijn, dus ik moet precies het tegenovergestelde doen."

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Op maandag 8 mei 2017 19:11 schreef Kansenjongere het volgende:

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En Obama had dat kunnen weten, maar gaf desondanks toch dat advies, duidelijk dus dat het zijn schuld is.