[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #508

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 15:20 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Het werkt niet op mij in, want als rationeel denkend mens prik ik door zijn bullshit heen. Ik maak me alleen zorgen over een hele hoop minder rationeel denkende mensen op wie zijn retoriek wel kan werken als de Democraten zich voortdurend afzijdig houden.

De GOP speelt al tijden het vuilste spel dat er is, hoelang wil je dan nog een galante ridder op het witte paard blijven?

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daveweigel twitterde op woensdag 23-05-2018 om 05:24:35 In #GAGov, both parties had ho-hum primaries in 2014, competitive primaries tonight. Dem turnout is up 50% from 2014; GOP turnout is about flat. reageer retweet

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tedlieu twitterde op woensdag 23-05-2018 om 05:10:10 In the Kentucky House primary in the 6th CD tonight, there were 100,418 Democrats who voted and only 48,373 Republicans. Do folks still think the national generic ballot means anything? It's the individual districts that matter. And in those districts, Democrats are crushing it. https://t.co/oSr5hhA6Ka reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 23-05-2018 om 15:34:06 WITCH HUNT! reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 14:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Het is ook volkomen onmogelijk een spion in een korte tijd op een plek te krijgen binnen zio'n campagne. Trump staat bekend wegens extreme vetting. Hoe kan een volslagen onbekende probleemloos aan de top van de campagne komen in een jaartje tijd?

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 15:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Alsof mensen Trump's drama geloven.

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 16:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Kushner's Cadre Is in Talks With Saudi-Backed SoftBank Fund

Ik ben benieuwd wat de Saoedi's in ruil krijgen.

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 16:53 schreef Vis1980 het volgende:
Inmiddels beginnen 'alt-righters' de #ImpeachObama 'movement' te volgen.

Ik geef het twee dagen, totdat Trump zoiets retweet.

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President Donald Trump urged attendees at a Tuesday night gala for a top anti-abortion organization to vote in November, issuing a stern warning about what might happen if they don’t.

“If Democrats gained power, they will try to reverse these incredible gains, these are historic gains,” Trump told the audience at Susan B. Anthony List’s annual Campaign for Life event, referring to the strides made by his administration to defund abortion providers like Planned Parenthood and generally limit abortion services in the U.S.

“Every day between now and November we must work together to elect more lawmakers who share our values, cherish our heritage, and proudly stand for life,” Trump said.

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You might want to sit down for this:

NFL owners on Tuesday discussed penalizing teams whose players kneel during the national anthem, according to Sports Illustrated. In a “privileged” meeting among owners and their families, an idea sprang up for the home team to decide whether both teams would come out of the locker room for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” And if the teams do emerge and players kneel, officials could assess a 15-yard penalty, the outlet wrote, citing unnamed sources.

“As always, conversations at league meetings are candid, thoughtful and thorough,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told HuffPost in an email early Wednesday. “The clubs explore every option and idea on any policy, and discuss the merits and drawbacks of each approach. We will continue the conversation this morning.”

The league also debated the issue in previous meetings since former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sparked national controversy in the 2016 season by taking a knee during the anthem to protest racial injustice and police brutality. The movement, which grew to include other players and teams, continued in 2017, prompting repeated outrage from President Donald Trump.

Kaepernick, who was not signed by an NFL team in 2017 after he became a free agent, and former teammate Eric Reid, who also protested, have filed grievances against the league for allegedly conspiring to keep them off NFL rosters because of the demonstrations.

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 17:15 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:
...en van de vierde naar de vijfde versnelling...

Trump Rallies Conservatives With Promise Of More Abortion Curbs (HuffPo)

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Van onafhankelijk naar conservatief naar reactionair naar regelrechte vrouwenhaat... goed zo Donald, zo kom je natuurlijk óók in de geschiedenisboekjes...

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 17:15 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:
...en van de vierde naar de vijfde versnelling...

Trump Rallies Conservatives With Promise Of More Abortion Curbs (HuffPo)

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Van onafhankelijk naar conservatief naar reactionair naar regelrechte vrouwenhaat... goed zo Donald, zo kom je natuurlijk óók in de geschiedenisboekjes...

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 17:34 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:
Als al die pro-life wetgeving doorgezet wordt stijgt het aantal abortions, dat is overal in de wereld vaste prik. Hoe meer obstakels, hoe hoger de rate. Ben benieuwd hoe hij gaat reageren op de grafieken die aantonen dat abortion rate rijzende is sinds zijn aantreden.
Gok 1: Democraten de schuld geven 'omdat ze niet genoeg willen doen tegen abortion'
Gok 2: Totaal negeren

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 16:56 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Waarom überhaupt aandacht besteden aan zulke flagrante nonsense?

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Trump lawyer 'paid by Ukraine' to arrange White House talks

Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 (£300,000) to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump, according to sources in Kiev close to those involved.

The payment was arranged by intermediaries acting for Ukraine's leader, Petro Poroshenko, the sources said, though Mr Cohen was not registered as a representative of Ukraine as required by US law.

The meeting at the White House was last June.

Shortly after the Ukrainian president returned home, his country's anti-corruption agency stopped its investigation into Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.

A high-ranking Ukrainian intelligence officer in Mr Poroshenko's administration described what happened before the visit to the White House.

Mr Cohen was brought in, he said, because Ukraine's registered lobbyists and embassy in Washington DC could get Mr Poroshenko little more than a brief photo-op with Mr Trump. Mr Poroshenko needed something that could be portrayed as "talks".

This senior official's account is as follows - Mr Poroshenko decided to establish a back channel to Mr Trump. The task was given to a former aide, who asked a loyal Ukrainian MP for help.

He in turn used personal contacts in a Jewish charity in New York state, Chabad of Port Washington. This eventually led to Michael Cohen, the president's lawyer and trusted fixer. Mr Cohen was paid $400,000.

There is no suggestion that Mr Trump knew about the payment.

A second source in Kiev gave the same details, except that the total paid to Mr Cohen was $600,000.

There was also support for the account from a lawyer in the US who has uncovered details of Mr Cohen's finances, Michael Avenatti. He represents a porn actress, Stormy Daniels, in legal action against President Trump.

Avenatti said that Suspicious Activity Reports filed by Mr Cohen's bank to the US Treasury showed he had received money from "Ukrainian interests".

We spoke to Mr Cohen and to the two Ukrainians said to have opened the backchannel for their president - all three denied the story.

The senior intelligence official in Kiev also said Mr Cohen had been helped by Felix Sater, a convicted former mobster who was once Trump's business partner. Mr Sater's lawyer, too, denied the allegations. The Ukrainian president's office refused to comment.

As was widely reported last June, Mr Poroshenko was still guessing at how much time he would have with Mr Trump even as he flew to Washington.

The White House schedule said only that Mr Poroshenko would "drop in" to the Oval Office while Mr Trump was having staff meetings.

That had been agreed through official channels. Mr Cohen's fee was for getting Mr Poroshenko more than just an embarrassingly brief few minutes of small talk and a handshake, the senior official said. But negotiations continued until the early hours of the day of the visit.

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Op woensdag 23 mei 2018 18:48 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Ik lach me kapot als dat soort figuren allemaal jaren de bak indraaien vanwege Trump