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Mooi filmpje van de advocaten rond Stormy bij CNN. Als de adovocaat van een pornoster beter is dan de advocaat van de advocaat van de president haha. Cohen en Schwartz schijnen ook allebei naar Touro law gegaan te zijn, wat een bagger law school is. Not even licensed in California hahaha.
They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential.
Met een dergelijk sterke kandidaat zeker, maar Tennessee heeft wel een PVI van R+14 ... dat is meer/even republikeins dan/als:quote:Op woensdag 21 maart 2018 19:13 schreef Monolith het volgende:
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Bovendien moeten ze voor de senaat wel zo'n kans aangrijpen dit jaar.
- D+1 - Nevada - Dean Heller (R)
- R+5 - Arizona - Jeff Flake (R)
- R+8 - Texas - Ted Cruz (R)
- R+9 - Mississippi - Roger Wicker (R)
- R+9 - Mississippi - Thad Cochran (R)
- R+14 - Nebraska - Deb Fischer (R)
Daarnaast zijn er nog een paar andere democratische senators in diep rood maar-minder-rood-
dan-dit-gebied gebied (Montana R+11, Missouri R+9, Indiana R+9).
Overigens minder republikeins dan:
- R+20 - West Virginia - Joa Manchin (D)
- R+16 - North Dakota - Heidi Heitkamp (D)
Ik vind het op zich wel bijzonder als het zou lukken gegeven dit en het zou de kans op een meerderheid D in de senaat erg verhogen zou ik denken ...
(Althans, ik pluk deze cijfers van Wikipedia, dus voor wat het waard is ... zie https://en.wikipedia.org/(...)nate_elections,_2018 )
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De GOP probeert nog wat te doen aan hun nazikandidaat in Illinois:
https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.880978792a77
https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.880978792a77
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
Las een artikel in de NYTimes vanochtend over deze nazi kandidaat (volgens de republikeinen zelf zo genoemd) die 20000 stemmen kreeg... weliswaar als enige republikeinse kandidaat in dat district. Dat bracht me wat aan het denken ...quote:
De GOP probeert nog wat te doen aan hun nazikandidaat in Illinois:
https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.880978792a77
In mijn beleving is het zo dat zowel nazi's als libertariers een voorkeur hebben voor de republikeinse partij. Volgens de libertariers zijn nazi's het diametraal tegenovergestelde van henzelf. Socialisten, liberalen en conservatieven zouden in ieder geval dichter bij het nazi gedachtegoed staan dan henzelf wordt geclaimd; alvorens weer die 2d kaart gepakt wordt met economische en persoonlijke vrijheid...
Als het klopt dat daar de voorkeur ligt voor beide groepen (buiten de libertarische/nazi partij), hoe is dat goed te verklaren?
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No chance in hell dat dit direct van hem af komt. Redelijke volzinnen? Excoriate?twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 19:56:14 I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing....... reageer retweet
I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing....... 
En hier het vervolg:quote:No chance in hell dat dit direct van hem af komt. Redelijke volzinnen? Excoriate?twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 19:56:14 I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also). The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong! Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing....... reageer retweet
Echt weer Trump-logica, Rusland kan de problemen helpen oplossen die ze veroorzaakt hebben, zoals in Oekraïne.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 20:05:40 .....They can help solve problems with North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS, Iran and even the coming Arms Race. Bush tried to get along, but didn’t have the “smarts.” Obama and Clinton tried, but didn’t have the energy or chemistry (remember RESET). PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH! reageer retweet
die zit zo diep in the pocket van Vlad, dat is gewoon eng, en die republikeinen slurpen het wel op... weird volk maar ja
04-08-11, 02-02-12, 20-06-14, 13-08-15
Het is toch wel knap dat hij zichzelf in 1 tweet als smart en energiek bestempelt. Niet de twee dingen waar ik hem direct van zou betichten.quote:
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En hier het vervolg:Echt weer Trump-logica, Rusland kan de problemen helpen oplossen die ze veroorzaakt hebben, zoals in Oekraïne.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 20:05:40 .....They can help solve problems with North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS, Iran and even the coming Arms Race. Bush tried to get along, but didn’t have the “smarts.” Obama and Clinton tried, but didn’t have the energy or chemistry (remember RESET). PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH! reageer retweet
Als je goed om je heen kijkt zie je dat alles gekleurd is.
Deze tweet is nep.quote:
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En hier het vervolg:Echt weer Trump-logica, Rusland kan de problemen helpen oplossen die ze veroorzaakt hebben, zoals in Oekraïne.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 20:05:40 .....They can help solve problems with North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS, Iran and even the coming Arms Race. Bush tried to get along, but didn’t have the “smarts.” Obama and Clinton tried, but didn’t have the energy or chemistry (remember RESET). PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH! reageer retweet
Toch?
Op 
Too little too late, vrindquote:
Zuckerberg zegt sorry.
http://money.cnn.com/2018(...)-response/index.html
Lekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Zuckerberg will sit down with CNN's Laurie Segall for an interview that will air on "Anderson Cooper 360" at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday.
2 uur vannacht, voor de nachtuilen.
2 uur vannacht, voor de nachtuilen.
Whoa, McCabe overzag een federaal crimineel onderzoek naar het vraagstuk of Sessions gelogen had tegenover Congress...
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say (ABC News)
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say (ABC News)
Dezelfde Sessions dus die hem ontslagen heeft.quote:
Whoa, McCabe overzag een federaal crimineel onderzoek naar het vraagstuk of Sessions gelogen had tegenover Congress...
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say (ABC News)
Clusterfuckrepublicans.
En dan was er ook nog de vraag of ie überhaupt McCabe wel ‘mocht’ ontslaan ivm z’n recusen
Lekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Exact hetzelfde punt nu kennelijk in de senaat:quote:
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Het laatste kan hij zich denk ik niet permitteren. Voor de keizer van Amerika moet je natuurlijk buigen en jaknikken.
Waarom wordt de layout van tweets zo verneukt door fok?twitter:frankthorp twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 21:26:43 Sen Sasse is on the floor now criticizing two things:1) Pres Trump for calling Putin to congratulate him on his reelection2) The aide who leaked that it said "DO NOT CONGRATULATE" in his briefing book. reageer retweet
Sen Sasse is on the floor now criticizing two things:1) Pres Trump for calling Putin to congratulate him on his reelection2) The aide who leaked that it said "DO NOT CONGRATULATE" in his briefing book. [ Bericht 0% gewijzigd door ExtraWaskracht op 21-03-2018 21:48:28 ]
Verklaring Mark Zuckerberg
quote:I want to share an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation -- including the steps we've already taken and our next steps to address this important issue.
We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you. I've been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn't happen again. The good news is that the most important actions to prevent this from happening again today we have already taken years ago. But we also made mistakes, there's more to do, and we need to step up and do it.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Het is de normaalste zaak van de wereld dat je de leider van een land waar je diplomatieke relaties mee onderhoudt feliciteert. Zelfs als die relaties onder druk staan. De bijzonderheid zit 'm inderdaad meer in het feit dat Trump blijkbaar expliciet is geadviseerd het niet te doen. En de verhouding Trump-Poetin is sowieso een pikante natuurlijk.quote:
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We moeten natuurlijk ook niet overdrijven met dat soort onzintermen. Maar het is natuurlijk wel opmerkelijk.
Dat Juncker hem feliciteert is net zo goed opmerkelijk gezien de verhoudingen tussen de EU en Rusland. Merkel heeft hem volgens mij niet gefeliciteerd, wel een schriftelijk bericht gestuurd.
En Macron heeft Poetin gebeld zonder hem te feliciteren. Dat zal ook een ongemakkelijk gesprek geweest zijn zeg
John Brennan, a Former C.I.A. Director, Suggests Russia ‘May Have Something’ on President Trump
quote:President Trump indirectly criticized Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, on Wednesday for the ongoing investigation into Russia’s 2016 campaign meddling, even as a former C.I.A. director said during a morning news show that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia may have compromising information on Mr. Trump.
After a weekend of attacking Mr. Mueller — against the advice of his own lawyers — Mr. Trump picked up again in early morning tweets when he said he was quoting a former Harvard professor stating that Mr. Mueller should never have been appointed to be the special counsel to investigate Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. That investigation has expanded into inquiries into Mr. Trump’s aides and his own business dealings.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.It was not immediately clear on Wednesday which remarks of Mr. Dershowitz’s the president was quoting. An interview with Mr. Dershowitz on Fox News on Tuesday and an opinion piece by Mr. Dershowitz published on Wednesday did not include the exact phrasing that Mr. Trump used in his tweets. And the language was not found in a search of Mr. Dershowitz’s cable news appearances over the past week.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 21-03-2018 om 12:11:17 ...there was no probable cause for believing that there was any crime, collusion or otherwise, or obstruction of justice!” So stated by Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. reageer retweet
Separately, on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” John O. Brennan, a former C.I.A. director, speculated that the Russians “may have something on him personally,” referring to Mr. Trump.
Mr. Brennan was the C.I.A. director when a salacious dossier surfaced in 2016 that claimed the Russians had compromising information on Mr. Trump. There has been no proof that such material exists, but Mr. Trump’s affection for the Russian leader has raised questions about the nature of their relationship.
On Tuesday, Mr. Trump congratulated Mr. Putin on his re-election and made no mention of the election meddling. Mr. Trump has routinely issued statements about Russia and Mr. Putin that sound at odds with his own advisers and administration actions.
“I think he’s afraid of the president of Russia,” said Mr. Brennan, now retired from government service and a critic of Mr. Trump.
On Saturday, Mr. Brennan attacked Mr. Trump on Twitter after the president tweeted about his excitement over the firing of the deputy director of the F.B.I., Andrew G. McCabe.
“When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, and political corruption becomes known, you will take your rightful place as a disgraced demagogue in the dustbin of history,” Mr. Brennan wrote.
For months, Mr. Trump personally attacked Mr. McCabe, a 21-year veteran of the F.B.I. and former deputy director. Mr. McCabe briefly served in the top role after Mr. Trump fired James B. Comey, the president’s first F.B.I. director. Mr. McCabe was fired on the eve of his retirement, which puts his government pension in jeopardy. After the firing, it was disclosed that Mr. McCabe kept memos on Mr. Trump, which Mr. Mueller’s investigators can access.
Mr. Mueller has accused 13 Russians and three companies of election meddling. Three of Mr. Trump’s former associates have pleaded guilty as part of the ongoing inquiry. Last week, the special counsel issued subpoenas for the Trump organization, seeking documents including some related to Russia.
Mr. Trump has consistently called the investigation into Russia’s meddling a “hoax.”
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Trump Golf Course Near NYC Seeks More Foreign Workers
quote:Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County is seeking permission to hire 14 foreign guest workers, saying it can't find Americans for the jobs. The positions pay more than $14 an hour.
The Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York, is once again seeking permission to bring in foreign workers to serve as waiters, waitresses and cooks, according to petitions posted online by the Department of Labor Wednesday.
The workers are being sought under the federal H-2 visa program, which permits American employers to hire foreign laborers under temporary work visas as long as no qualified US workers want the jobs.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Ja, maar goed, dat is geen nieuws natuurlijk. Dat is de mening van hem, waar iedereen met een paar ogen het wel over eens is, maar om dat nu elke tweede dag te herhalen ...quote:
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How a Witness for Mueller and a Republican Donor Influenced the White House for Gulf Rulers
quote:A cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation worked for more than a year to turn a top Trump fund-raiser into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to interviews and previously undisclosed documents.
Hundreds of pages of correspondence between the two men reveal an active effort to cultivate President Trump on behalf of the two oil-rich Arab monarchies, both close American allies.
High on the agenda of the two men — George Nader, a political adviser to the de facto ruler of the U.A.E.; and Elliott Broidy, the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee — was pushing the White House to remove Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson, backing confrontational approaches to Iran and Qatar and repeatedly pressing the president to meet privately outside the White House with the leader of U.A.E.
Mr. Tillerson was fired last week, and the president has adopted tough approaches toward both Iran and Qatar.
Mr. Nader tempted the fund-raiser, Mr. Broidy, with the prospect of more than $1 billion in contracts for his private security company, Circinus, and he helped deliver deals worth more than $200 billion with the United Arab Emirates. He also flattered Mr. Broidy about “how well you handle Chairman,” a reference to Mr. Trump, and repeated to his well-connected friend that he told the effective rulers of both Saudi Arabia and U.A.E. about “the Pivotal Indispensable Magical Role you are playing to help them.”SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
NYTimes heeft het nu ook opgepikt:quote:Op woensdag 21 maart 2018 21:19 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
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Dezelfde Sessions dus die hem ontslagen heeft.
Clusterfuckrepublicans.
quote:F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. investigated Attorney General Jeff Sessions for possible perjury last year over congressional testimony in which he said he had no contacts with Russians, according to three people familiar with the case.
In fact, Mr. Sessions later acknowledged, he had personally met the Russian ambassador to the United States during the campaign and was aware that George Papadopoulos, a campaign adviser, had developed Russian ties, too. F.B.I. agents were aware of both inaccuracies in real time. And last March, when Congress asked the F.B.I. to investigate the attorney general, agents began doing so, two of the people said.
Andrew G. McCabe, the F.B.I.’s deputy director at the time, authorized the investigation, the two people said. Mr. McCabe himself was recently fired for showing “lack of candor” in an internal investigation. Mr. Sessions rejected Mr. McCabe’s appeal and fired him hours before his retirement was to take effect, jeopardizing his pension.
The investigation into Mr. Sessions began before Robert S. Mueller III was appointed special counsel to investigate Russia-related matters. Mr. Sessions’s lawyer, Chuck Cooper, said no investigation is being conducted now.
“The special counsel’s office has informed me that after interviewing the attorney general and conducting additional investigation, the attorney general is not under investigation for false statements or perjury in his confirmation hearing testimony and related written submissions to Congress,” Mr. Cooper said in a statement.
The investigation was first reported by ABC News.
Perjury investigations based on congressional referrals are common, and the F.B.I. frequently investigates but seldom charges. But the fact that the attorney general himself was a focus of the Russia investigation, even if only peripherally and temporarily, shows how entangled the Trump administration has become in the case. Mr. Sessions is recused from any aspect of the investigation.
The investigation also adds a new layer to Mr. McCabe’s firing. Mr. McCabe’s lawyers have said that he did not lie and acted quickly to fix any inaccuracies or misunderstandings. Mr. Sessions has offered a similar defense, saying he never intended to mislead Congress.
A spokeswoman for Mr. McCabe, Melissa Schwartz, had no comment.
A person close to Mr. Sessions said the attorney general was not aware of the investigation into his congressional statements at the time that he fired Mr. McCabe. The investigation never came up during the negotiations over whether Mr. Sessions would fire Mr. McCabe, according to two people with knowledge of those discussions.
The testimony in question surfaced as part of Mr. Sessions’s confirmation hearing in January 2017.
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