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POL / Amerikaans Buitenlandbeleid: Trump de onderhandelaarI hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.White House uses foreign aid agency to give jobs to Trump loyaliststwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 14:50:00 The White House has assumed control over hiring at a small federal agency that promotes economic growth in poor countries, installing political allies and loyalists in appointed jobs intended for development experts. https://t.co/u1eHIqP4e7 reageer retweetJe moet je vriendjes toch ergens kwijt.quote:The White House has assumed control over hiring at a small federal agency that promotes economic growth in poor countries, installing political allies and loyalists in appointed jobs intended for development experts, according to documents and interviews.
Until the Trump administration, only the chief executive and several other top officials of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) were selected by the White House, former agency officials said. The chief executive, in turn, used authority granted to the agency by Congress to appoint about two dozen other staffers, primarily for their technical expertise.
But starting last year, the White House began naming political appointees to the lower-level positions, according to internal rosters obtained by The Washington Post and interviews with former employees and other knowledgeable people. The employees were warned by an agency leader they could lose their jobs to make way for the new political appointees, the former employees said.[....]I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.A Virginia Republican who has been linked to white supremacists now faces accusations of liking Bigfoot erotica
Dat hoor ik wel vaker, dat Republikeinen nogal geil worden van Sasquatchporno. Er moet dus wel een kern van waarheid inzitten. Wat bezielt deze mensen?twitter:LeslieCockburn twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 00:46:32 My opponent Denver Riggleman, running mate of Corey Stewart, was caught on camera campaigning with a white supremacist. Now he has been exposed as a devotee of Bigfoot erotica. This is not what we need on Capitol Hill. https://t.co/0eBvxFd6sG reageer retweet
[ Bericht 57% gewijzigd door Ulx op 30-07-2018 15:51:11 ]I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.https://edition.cnn.com/2(...)ime-cnntv/index.htmltwitter:christinawilkie twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 15:03:42 NEW: Giuliani just moved the goal posts in 2 big ways on Fox & CNN :1. He's no longer claiming Trump didn't collude with Russia. He's claiming "collusion is not a crime." 2. He's not saying Trump did not know abt 2016 Russia mtg in advance. He's saying Trump did not ATTEND it. reageer retweet
Wat mensen geil vinden of niet mogen ze toch zelf weten?quote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 15:28 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Dat hoor ik wel vaker, dat Republikeinen nogal geil worden van Sasquatchporno. Er moet dus wel een kern van waarheid inzitten. Wat bezielt deze mensen?And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to rollDe Nederlandse politiek is ook niet alles, maar hier raak je nog wel eens iemand kwijt als duidelijk word dat ie de boel verdraaid.
Hoe kan het in vredesnaam dat er zo opzichtig kan worden gedraaid en gelogen. Wat moet Trump in hemelsnaam doen om daadwerkelijk de steun van de Republikeinen kwijt te raken?Jahaaa.. Mijn mening verandert vaak. Niet dat ik niet weet wat ik zeg. Maar ik houd mij liever niet vast aan oude denkbeelden als nieuwe beter zijn...Nou de VS heeft geen parlementair systeem, dus de Senaat is verder niet de baas van Trump. Dus ze kunnen hem niet echt kwijtraken. Ze kunnen er enkel voor kiezen niet met hem samen te werken, maar waarom zou je niets doen als je alledrie de politieke kamers in bezit hebt?quote:
De Nederlandse politiek is ook niet alles, maar hier raak je nog wel eens iemand kwijt als duidelijk word dat ie de boel verdraaid.
Hoe kan het in vredesnaam dat er zo opzichtig kan worden gedraaid en gelogen. Wat moet Trump in hemelsnaam doen om daadwerkelijk de steun van de Republikeinen kwijt te raken?They told me all of my cages were mental, so I got wasted like all my potential.Liberale rechters aanstellen, belastingverhogingen doorvoeren, de Amerikaans-Mexicaanse grens wagenwijd openzetten, hakken in defensie, veel nieuwe milieuwetgeving doorvoeren en ga zo maar door. De handelsoorlog op alle fronten is het enige dat qua beleid tegen breed gedeelde Republikeinse opvattingen ingaat.quote:
De Nederlandse politiek is ook niet alles, maar hier raak je nog wel eens iemand kwijt als duidelijk word dat ie de boel verdraaid.
Hoe kan het in vredesnaam dat er zo opzichtig kan worden gedraaid en gelogen. Wat moet Trump in hemelsnaam doen om daadwerkelijk de steun van de Republikeinen kwijt te raken?
Republikeinen zitter er gewoon heel transactioneel in. Trump zit op z'n minst niet in de weg en doet beleidsmatig gewoon wat veel Republikeinen willen. Of het op het persoonlijke vlak een lul met vingers of een pathologische leugenaar is doet daarbij niet ter zake.Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."Republikeinen mogen moeder de vrouw geil vinden.quote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 15:42 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
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Wat mensen geil vinden of niet mogen ze toch zelf weten?I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
"Collusion is not a crime" haha. Wel als je daarmee een buitenlandse macht invloed op de verkiezingen laat uitoefenen natuurlijk.quote:https://edition.cnn.com/2(...)ime-cnntv/index.htmltwitter:christinawilkie twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 15:03:42 NEW: Giuliani just moved the goal posts in 2 big ways on Fox & CNN :1. He's no longer claiming Trump didn't collude with Russia. He's claiming "collusion is not a crime." 2. He's not saying Trump did not know abt 2016 Russia mtg in advance. He's saying Trump did not ATTEND it. reageer retweet
Ben benieuwd of Trump nu stopt met z'n dagelijkse "there was NO collusion"-mantra
Fair enough.quote:
Maar:Zijn misschien wel strafbaar.quote:Fraud
Wire Fraud
Bribery
Bank Fraud
Computer Crimes (Theft)
Computer Crimes (Espionage)
Extortion
Identity Theft
Obstruction
Hindering Apprehension/Prosecution
Witness Tampering
Perjury
Lying to Congress
Making False Statements
Conspiracy (Attempted)
FARA Nonregistration
RICO
Money Laundering
Tax EvasionI hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Koch Network Says Trump Trade Moves Causing Long-Term Damagetwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 15:50:00 The Koch Network says that Trump admin policies "right now are hurting people," and "they’re also doing very long-term damage to the country." https://t.co/dR40TSEayM reageer retweet
► Conservative group has long opposed protectionism in trade
► Network showing more bipartisan tone with Congress in playquote:The conservative political network led by billionaire Charles Koch opened a conference in Colorado with sharp criticism of President Donald Trump’s trade policies and leadership style, as it sought to demonstrate a desire for more bipartisan solutions.
“The policies right now are hurting people,” Brian Hooks, president of the Charles Koch Foundation and Charles Koch Institute, told reporters Saturday. “But they’re also doing very long-term damage to the country.”
Hooks, who also serves as co-chairman of the semi-annual donor gatherings that are formally called the Seminar Network, also specifically called out Trump’s no-compromise style.
“The divisiveness of the White House is causing long-term damage,” he said. “When in order to win on an issue, somebody else has to lose, it makes it very difficult to unite people to solve the challenges in this country.”
James Davis, a spokesman for the network, criticized the $12 billion Trump has pledged in aid to farmers hurt by falling commodity prices triggered by the president’s expanding trade war with China, Canada and other countries that are significant purchasers of U.S. pork, soybeans and other agricultural products.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 Russellquote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 16:09 schreef remlof het volgende:
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"Collusion is not a crime" haha. Wel als je daarmee een buitenlandse macht invloed op de verkiezingen laat uitoefenen natuurlijk.
Ben benieuwd of Trump nu stopt met z'n dagelijkse "there was NO collusion"-mantratwitter:AshaRangappa_ twitterde op zaterdag 28-07-2018 om 05:24:07 On @AC360 tonight explaining that "collusion" doesn't have to rise to a criminal conspiracy: From an intelligence standpoint, anyone who is knowingly and secretly encouraging, facilitating, or participating in a foreign adversary's covert operation against the U.S. *is* colluding https://t.co/56VNJ2whoV reageer retweettwitter:AshaRangappa_ twitterde op zaterdag 28-07-2018 om 05:25:41 I explained the counterintelligence/criminal distinction in this piece. Basically, the next time someone says, "Collusion is not a crime," the appropriate response should be, "You're right. It's worse." https://t.co/gvHIA5ENlS reageer retweet“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 RussellRudy on Mueller probe: "They don't have a goddamn thing"quote:Rudy Giuliani told me that President Trump is fed up with Robert Mueller and wants him to "put up or shut up."
What he's saying: "Why don't you write a report and show us what you have, because they don't have a goddamn thing. It's like a guy playing poker. He's bluffing and he's only got a pair of twos."twitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:21:41 Mueller has indicted 32 people and 3 Russian companies. He has secured 5 guilty pleas. That's something. https://t.co/77dyW1tHUc reageer retweet“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 RussellWat is dan het probleem?quote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 16:40 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Rudy on Mueller probe: "They don't have a goddamn thing"
[..]twitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:21:41 Mueller has indicted 32 people and 3 Russian companies. He has secured 5 guilty pleas. That's something. https://t.co/77dyW1tHUc reageer retweetI hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.Morgen begint het proces tegen Manafort.I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.Exactly! Geen idee waar ze zich zo druk om makenquote:
“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
How Russia Persecutes Its Dissidents Using U.S. Courtstwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:50:04 Russia's requests to Interpol to issue Red Notices—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today—against Kremlin opponents are being met with increasing deference by the Department of Homeland Security, The Atlantic reports. https://t.co/iNW5dSPauW reageer retweetquote:Russia’s requests to Interpol for Red Notices—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant—against Kremlin opponents are being met with increasing deference by the Department of Homeland Security.
After seven months in prison, Sasha—whose full name is being withheld by The Atlantic at his lawyer’s request—pleaded guilty without knowing why. In court weeks later, Russian prosecutors revealed the substantive case against him for the first time: Sasha, along with two others, had been accused and convicted of kidnapping someone, holding him in an apartment, and beating him repeatedly with a hammer. Sasha maintains that he never learned who the alleged victim was—no photo was ever submitted into the criminal record. But he served a brief prison sentence and was released on probation in December 2012, at which point he fled to the United States on a B-2 tourist visa and applied for asylum at the end of 2013.
In October 2017, Sasha and his wife were driving to work in Atlanta when they were pulled over by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. They told Sasha that the International Criminal Police Organization, or Interpol, had issued a Red Notice at Russia’s behest, alerting authorities that he had violated the terms of his probation by traveling to the U.S. years earlier.
Much attention has been paid to Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the fear of a repeat in the upcoming midterms. Less examined, however, has been Russia’s abuse of Interpol and the American court system to persecute the Kremlin’s rivals in the United States—a problem that the Atlantic Council described in a recent report as another form of “interference” by Russia. Russia’s requests to Interpol to issue Red Notices—the closest instrument to an international arrest warrant in use today—against Kremlin opponents are being met with increasing deference by the Department of Homeland Security, according to immigration attorneys and experts in transnational crime and corruption with whom I spoke.
Interpol cannot compel any member country to arrest an individual who is the subject of a Red Notice, according to its guidelines, and “the United States does not consider a Red Notice alone to be a sufficient basis for the arrest of a subject because it does not meet the requirements for arrest under the 4th Amendment to the Constitution,” according to the Justice Department. But the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. immigration courts are effectively facilitating “backdoor extraditions,” as one immigration attorney said, in their reliance on Red Notices as a basis for detention and, ultimately, removal.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 Russelltwitter:tedlieu twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 17:23:46 Rudy Giuliani is a former prosecutor. He knows that conspiracy is a crime. If anyone on the @realDonaldTrump campaign took even one overt act in furtherance of the Russian hacking attack on American elections in 2016, that would constitute a conspiracy and a felony. https://t.co/vZ2wPB1D37 reageer retweet“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
Rick Gates!twitter:awprokop twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:49:35 Underappreciated: Per Rudy, Cohen claims that before the Trump Tower meeting, five Trump aides met to talk "the strategy of the meeting with the Russians" — and *Rick Gates* was there.https://t.co/MG9WrpKJeq reageer retweet
Rick Gates, Trump Campaign Aide, Pleads Guilty in Mueller Inquiry and Will Cooperate
Beelden in de link:twitter:joshtpm twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:40:57 This is going to be a pretty problematic admission for Rudes and Trump. I'll explain in a moment. https://t.co/fQkeMjdXVa reageer retweet
[ Bericht 26% gewijzigd door Kijkertje op 30-07-2018 18:06:53 ]“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
"Undecided" my ass!twitter:thehill twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 17:47:59 #BREAKING: Rand Paul announces support for Trump Supreme Court pick after being “undecided” https://t.co/7w8v82xMs0 https://t.co/9RgY1VEc7l reageer retweet
“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 RussellManafort Made More Than $60 Million in Ukraine, Mueller Saystwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 18:20:26 Mueller says that Manafort earned more than $60,000,000 as a political consultant in Ukraine, providing the first tally of Manafort's income there according to Bloomberg. https://t.co/PmglcBC4gR reageer retweet
► Mueller says judge should allow exhibits showing Manafort work
► Prosecutors had said he made ‘tens of millions’ in Ukrainequote:Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s onetime campaign chairman, earned more than $60 million as a political consultant in Ukraine, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller said on the eve of his criminal trial, providing the first tally of Manafort’s income there.
Prosecutors intend to prove that Manafort made that much and “failed to report a significant percentage of it on his tax returns,” according to a filing by Mueller on Monday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia. Jury selection begins Tuesday in Manafort’s bank- and tax-fraud trial.
Lawyers for Manafort asked the judge to bar jurors from seeing 51 exhibits detailing his work over a decade in Ukraine, where he advised former President Viktor Yanukovych, his Party of Regions and its successor, the Opposition Bloc. Manafort argued that the 474 pages include “irrelevant, prejudicial and unnecessarily time-consuming evidence.”
But in response, Mueller’s prosecutors said the exhibits proved “the precise manner in which Manafort worked for Ukraine,” including how he worked on the presidential election in 2010 and parliamentary elections in 2012. He also worked on local elections and did political consulting and lobbying work for Yanukovych.
“The documents establish the breadth of the work that Manafort performed, including commissioning television ads, writing speeches and carrying on campaign-related activities,” according to the filing. “There is nothing prejudicial about documents setting forth how the ads were made, how consultants were paid and who approved their work.”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 RussellDie showtjes van Rand Paul altijdquote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 18:20 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
"Undecided" my ass!twitter:thehill twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 17:47:59 #BREAKING: Rand Paul announces support for Trump Supreme Court pick after being “undecided” https://t.co/7w8v82xMs0 https://t.co/9RgY1VEc7l reageer retweetLekker zuipen, lekker dansen en daarna lekker neuken.
Een pre-meeting. Dat is nieuw. Blijf graven Mueller.quote:Op maandag 30 juli 2018 17:59 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Rick Gates!twitter:awprokop twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:49:35 Underappreciated: Per Rudy, Cohen claims that before the Trump Tower meeting, five Trump aides met to talk "the strategy of the meeting with the Russians" — and *Rick Gates* was there.https://t.co/MG9WrpKJeq reageer retweet
Rick Gates, Trump Campaign Aide, Pleads Guilty in Mueller Inquiry and Will Cooperate
Beelden in de link:twitter:joshtpm twitterde op maandag 30-07-2018 om 16:40:57 This is going to be a pretty problematic admission for Rudes and Trump. I'll explain in a moment. https://t.co/fQkeMjdXVa reageer retweetGéén kloon van tvlxd!
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The White House has assumed control over hiring at a small federal agency that promotes economic growth in poor countries, installing political allies and loyalists in appointed jobs intended for development experts. 
My opponent Denver Riggleman, running mate of Corey Stewart, was caught on camera campaigning with a white supremacist. Now he has been exposed as a devotee of Bigfoot erotica. This is not what we need on Capitol Hill. 
NEW: Giuliani just moved the goal posts in 2 big ways on Fox & CNN :1. He's no longer claiming Trump didn't collude with Russia. He's claiming "collusion is not a crime." 2. He's not saying Trump did not know abt 2016 Russia mtg in advance. He's saying Trump did not ATTEND it. 
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Underappreciated: Per Rudy, Cohen claims that before the Trump Tower meeting, five Trump aides met to talk "the strategy of the meeting with the Russians" — and *Rick Gates* was there.
This is going to be a pretty problematic admission for Rudes and Trump. I'll explain in a moment. 
