[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #463 The Russians did it!

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 20:25 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Telkens als je denkt dat het niet lager bij de grond kan..

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A federal gas tax increase to help pay for upgrading U.S. roads and bridges would fall hardest on states won by Donald Trump in 2016, according to a report released Tuesday by two groups tied to the billionaire Koch brothers and opposed to increasing the levy.

The impact of raising the gas tax by 25 cents per gallon, as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has suggested and Trump reportedly has offered to support, would vary widely from state to state because of differences in the current tax rate and fuel consumption, the report by Americans for Prosperity and Freedom Partners shows. Of the top 10 states identified by the groups as facing the highest percentage increase in total gas tax liability, Trump won nine.

“Every American stands to lose under this proposal, but some would be more heavily impacted than others,” says the report from the two organizations that are part of the political network led by Charles and David Koch.(....)

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AJIT PAI’S PLAN WILL TAKE BROADBAND AWAY FROM POOR PEOPLE

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DevinNunes twitterde op woensdag 21-02-2018 om 15:28:04 Catch up on mainstream media Russian conspiracy theories in this piece by @FDRLST PS-If you are a Russian Bot please make this go viral PSS-If you’re not a Russian Bot you will become one if you retweet https://t.co/05Gw8cinNX reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 22:08 schreef Re het volgende:
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einde van de lifeline geïntroduceerd door Reagan

https://www.wired.com/sto(...)ay-from-poor-people/

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 22:14 schreef Janneke141 het volgende:

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Gewoon weer terug naar telegraaflijnen en de postkoets.

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 22:18 schreef Re het volgende:

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ja het is gewoon treurig en al die schade gaat decennia duren om weer op te bouwen, hopelijk beginnende bij de democratische tsunami in November

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 22:14 schreef Janneke141 het volgende:
Gewoon weer terug naar telegraaflijnen en de postkoets.

De Postkoets, de Selvera's

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The father of an 18-year-old girl killed last week in a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., made an impassioned plea to President Trump on Wednesday at the White House to act quickly to protect children in the country’s schools.

“We’re here because my daughter has no voice — she was murdered last week, shot nine times,” said Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was one of the 17 people killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. “How many schools, how many children have to get shot? It stops here, with this administration and me.”

Mr. Pollack was an unannounced guest at a listening session in the State Dining Room of the White House, which called the session a discussion of school safety.

“We’re going to do something about this horrible situation,” Mr. Trump said as he opened the session, adding that his administration would be “very strong on background checks” of those wishing to purchase guns, and put “a very strong emphasis on the mental health of somebody.”

But what began with a recitation of somber statements and vows to act quickly became emotional when Mr. Pollack took the microphone, venting raw anger and grief. “It should have been one school shooting, and we should have fixed it, and I’m pissed,” Mr. Pollack said, raising his voice as he looked at Mr. Trump, “because my daughter, I’m not going to see again.”

Mr. Pollack said he did not favor adopting new gun restrictions, but pleaded for Democrats and Republicans to come together to create new school safety measures. “It’s not about gun laws right now — that’s another fight, another battle,” he said. “We need our children safe.”

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CBSNews twitterde op woensdag 21-02-2018 om 23:20:12 Trump: "If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly, and the good thing about a suggestion like that -- and we're going to be looking at it very strongly...but the good thing is you'll have a lot of [armed] people with that." https://t.co/wGRSTDK38o reageer retweet

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The US president said he will consider a proposal to arm school teachers in an attempt to prevent mass shootings

Donald Trump has said he will consider a proposal to arm school teachers in an attempt to prevent mass shootings, a move certain to prove fiercely divisive.

The US president, holding a listening session at the White House with survivors of last week’s Florida school shooting and others affected by gun violence, claimed that allowing airline pilots to carry and conceal guns had demonstrated the measure could be a success.

“It only works when you have people very adept at using firearms, of which you have many,” Trump said. “It would be teachers and coaches.”

Referring to Aaron Feis, a football coach who used his body as a shield to protect a student during the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the president continued: “If the coach had a firearm in his locker when he ran at this guy - that coach was very brave, saved a lot of lives, I suspect.

“But if he had a firearm, he wouldn’t have had to run, he would have shot him, and that would have been the end of it. This would only obviously be for people who are very adept at handling a gun. It’s called concealed carry, where a teacher would have a concealed gun on them. They’d go for special training and they would be there and you would no longer have a gun free zone.”

Trump added: “Gun free zone to a maniac - because they’re all cowards - a gun free zone is, ‘let’s go in and let’s attack, because bullets aren’t coming back at us’... It’s certainly a point that we’ll discuss.”

The president asked for a show of hands in the room over the proposal: some agreed with it, others disagreed.

Trump’s proposal, which also followed an assertion to he would be “very strong” on background checks, came after survivors of last week’s shooting and bereaved parents from Parkland, Columbine and Sandy Hook addressed him

More to follow

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Op woensdag 21 februari 2018 23:48 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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CBSNews twitterde op woensdag 21-02-2018 om 23:20:12 Trump: "If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly, and the good thing about a suggestion like that -- and we're going to be looking at it very strongly...but the good thing is you'll have a lot of [armed] people with that." https://t.co/wGRSTDK38o reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op woensdag 21-02-2018 om 23:15:54 News: Trump now appears to be endorsing the Fox News-promoted idea of sending veterans into schools with guns. He says ex-Marine, ex-Air Force people could "be spread evenly throughout the school," and that could "solve your problem." reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 22 februari 2018 00:05 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
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Op donderdag 22 februari 2018 00:24 schreef AnneX het volgende:

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Écht ?😳 staat er 45 geborduurd in de manchet ?

Ook op zijn borst getattoo’d?
Plus dat briefje. Dit is fake hé, zeg mij dat het fake is.

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AP_Politics twitterde op woensdag 21-02-2018 om 23:48:36 President Donald Trump holds notes during a White House listening session with students and parents affected by school shootings. (AP Photo by Carolyn Kaster) https://t.co/Z0lZbSVaoF reageer retweet

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T_S_P_O_O_K_Y twitterde op donderdag 22-02-2018 om 00:30:50 Trump is polling better than Obama at the same point in his presidency https://t.co/8raWI7uWUx @MailOnline reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 22 februari 2018 00:05 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
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Op donderdag 22 februari 2018 00:33 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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T_S_P_O_O_K_Y twitterde op donderdag 22-02-2018 om 00:30:50 Trump is polling better than Obama at the same point in his presidency https://t.co/8raWI7uWUx @MailOnline reageer retweet

Polls keep going up