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Trump administration to take tough stance against International Criminal Court

The United States on Monday will adopt an aggressive posture against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, threatening sanctions against its judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Americans in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, is to make the announcement in a midday speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative group, in Washington. It will be his first major address since joining the Trump White House.

"The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court," Bolton will say, according to a draft of his speech seen by Reuters.

Bolton will also say that the State Department will announce the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office in Washington out of concern about Palestinian attempts to prompt an ICC investigation of Israel.

The PLO office in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"The United States will always stand with our friend and ally, Israel," says Bolton's draft text.

The draft speech says the Trump administration "will fight back" if the International Criminal Court formally proceeds with opening an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. service members and intelligence professionals during the war in Afghanistan.

If such a probe proceeds, the Trump administration will consider banning judges and prosecutors from entering the United States, put sanctions on any funds they have in the U.S. financial system and prosecute them in the American court system.

"We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will not join the ICC. We will let the ICC die on its own. After all, for all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us," says Bolton's draft text.

In addition, the United States may negotiate more binding, bilateral agreements to prohibit nations from surrendering Americans to the Hague court, says the text.

The court's aim is to bring to justice the perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The United States did not ratify the Rome treaty that established the International Criminal Court in 2002, with then-President George W. Bush opposed to the court. President Barack Obama took some steps to cooperate with the organization.

"We will consider taking steps in the U.N. Security Council to constrain the court's sweeping powers, including to ensure that the ICC does not exercise jurisdiction over Americans and the nationals of our allies that have not ratified the Rome Statute," says Bolton's draft text.

Bron: CNBC

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 10:38 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Likeable wordt hij er in ieder geval niet van, en dat is toch zijn echte probleem uiteindelijk.

Beto O'Rourke Skateboarding at Whataburger

Beto O'Rourke | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 10:53 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Weer een leuke diplomatieke splijtzwam erbij.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 11:37 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Aparte actie wel, rechters persoonlijk aanvallen als ze een zaak bij het ICC durven te behandelen.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 12:08 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:
https://abcnews.go.com/Po(...)nt/story?id=57697574

Je kon er op wachten.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 13:03 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Allemaal leuk, maar het is belangrijker om een goed verhaal voor je kiezers klaar te hebben. Mij lijkt het beter dat er niet weer een onkundige popi-jopie aan het roer komt. Zelfs al moeten ze het met nog een tijdje Cruz doen.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 13:30:00 Ron DeSantis, the GOP Florida gubernatorial nominee, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said African Americans owe their freedom to white people and the country's "only serious race war" is against whites. https://t.co/XK9b1N3VnA reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 13:46:35 “I’m taking this book with a grain of salt & everyone should do the same. Multiple sources, but almost every one of them has come out and discredited the claims made by Woodward. You cannot take this book too seriously.” Katelyn Caralle, Washington Examiner reageer retweet

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 13:57 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 13:30:00 Ron DeSantis, the GOP Florida gubernatorial nominee, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said African Americans owe their freedom to white people and the country's "only serious race war" is against whites. https://t.co/XK9b1N3VnA reageer retweet

Lekker figuur.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 14:22 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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DeSantis had gedacht dat Graham, een vrouw, de Democratische primary zou gaan winnen. Dus toen heeft hij besloten allemaal sensitivity training te nemen om zijn seksisme te verbergen. Alleen toen won er een zwarte man en de rest is geschiedenis.

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https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1039116266445963264

1/ Our Senate forecasts are *almost* ready and it's sort of interesting to think about how much trouble Democratic incumbents would be in if there was a Democrat in the White House instead of Trump.

2/ Under those conditions, I'd guess that ND, MO and FL would be likely Republican pickups. WV, IN and MT would be lean Republican. MI, MN, OH, PA, WI, NJ would all be toss-ups or pretty close to it.

3/ Under those conditions, I'd guess that ND, MO and FL would be likely Republican pickups. WV, IN and MT would be lean Republican. MI, MN, OH, PA, WI, NJ would all be toss-ups or pretty close to it.

To be clear, I don't think Democrats are better off for having lost the presidency. It's just a weird map where there are a *lot* of seats in play. For whatever reason this class of senators almost always has interesting, dynamic election cycles (2018, 2012, 2006, 2000, 1994).

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 14:45 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Dat hopen ze natuurlijk.

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C.I.A. Drone Mission, Curtailed by Obama, Is Expanded in Africa Under Trump
DIRKOU, Niger — The C.I.A. is poised to conduct secret drone strikes against Qaeda and Islamic State insurgents from a newly expanded air base deep in the Sahara, making aggressive use of powers that were scaled back during the Obama administration and restored by President Trump. (New York Times).

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 15:57:18 The Economy is soooo good, perhaps the best in our country’s history (remember, it’s the economy stupid!), that the Democrats are flailing & lying like CRAZY! Phony books, articles and T.V. “hits” like no other pol has had to endure-and they are losing big. Very dishonest people! reageer retweet

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 16:13 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 15:57:18 The Economy is soooo good, perhaps the best in our country’s history (remember, it’s the economy stupid!), that the Democrats are flailing & lying like CRAZY! Phony books, articles and T.V. “hits” like no other pol has had to endure-and they are losing big. Very dishonest people! reageer retweet

Beetje desperate.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 15:32 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Ford steps up to support NFL players protesting police brutality

Dus steek je F-150 maar in de fik. Echte patriotten steunen Ford niet.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 10:53 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Weer een leuke diplomatieke splijtzwam erbij.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 17:09 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Je nog niet afbetaalde F150 in de fik steken is lastiger als een paar oude Nikes

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Just Filed: Our response to the recent legal shenanigans of Michael Cohen and Donald Trump. I urge you to read it. #NiceTry #Basta
https://t.co/s5nlA79CU1

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"Defendants’ sudden desire to escape having to defend this action without any meaningful consequence reflects a profoundly troubling reality - that Defendants have been shamelessly deceiving this Court and the American public for more than six months."

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 17:43 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Avenatti zegt dat Trump de pot op kan met zijn "ik zal je niet houden aan de NDA".

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Basta. Kom maar getuigen, Donald. Onder ede.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 17:59 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Je kunt geen rechtszaak houden als er geen juridisch twistpunt aan ten grondslag ligt.

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MA - I think you really need to consider filing mtn to amend to add abuse of process. Trump-Cohen filed the arbitration in bad faith to entertain an ulterior motive & committed a willful act in a wrongful manner. That entitles you to discovery & avoids dismissal.

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JustinWolfers twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 14:11:21 This is totally true if you exclude 1948Q1,1948Q2,1950Q1,1950Q2,1950Q3,1950Q4,1951Q1,1951Q2,1951Q3,1952Q1,1952Q4,1953Q1,1953Q2,1954Q4,1955Q1,1955Q2,1955Q3,1956Q4,1958Q3,1958Q4,1959Q1,1959Q2,1960Q1,1961Q3,1961Q4,1962Q1,1963Q3,1964Q1,1964Q3,1965Q1,1965Q2,1965Q3,1965Q4,1966Q1,1968Q1 https://t.co/mXTPCCYwUY reageer retweet

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JustinWolfers twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 14:11:51 and 1968Q2,1969Q1,1971Q1,1972Q1,1972Q2,1972Q4,1973Q1,1976Q1,1977Q2,1977Q3,1978Q2,1980Q4,1981Q1,1983Q4,1984Q1,1987Q4,1988Q4,1996Q2,1997Q2,1997Q3,1998Q3,1998Q4,1999Q3,1999Q4,2000Q2,2003Q3,2006Q1 reageer retweet

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JustinWolfers twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 14:12:45 ...and ignore the fact that we don't have reliable unemployment or GDP data before 1948, but it probably also occurred a fair few more times than I've listed. reageer retweet

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JustinWolfers twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 14:16:35 Source: https://t.co/nOwTjJyxD1 https://t.co/D82IDP0rCx reageer retweet

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JustinWolfers twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 14:19:59 And don't even start me on the inanity of comparing levels (of unemployment) with growth rates (of GDP) or stocks (again, of unemployment) with flows (of new production).BTW, if you liked this tweet thread, you'll love the first day of any introductory macroeconomics course. reageer retweet

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 19:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1039180019799601152?s=19

DeSantis stapt uit de race in Florida.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 19:24 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Daar staat toch dat hij uit het Huis van Afgevaardigden stapt om zich te focussen op de governorsrace in Florida of snap ik hem verkeerd?

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 17:13 schreef Wombcat het volgende:
Ben benieuwd of hij de The Hague Invasion Act (van Clinton) nog gaat benutten.
https://nl.wikipedia.org/(...)rs%27_Protection_Act

Het is wel van Clinton (weliswaar Bill, maar toch), dus dat kan nooit een goede wet zijn

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 19:24 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Daar staat toch dat hij uit het Huis van Afgevaardigden stapt om zich te focussen op de governorsrace in Florida of snap ik hem verkeerd?

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 20:03 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Hij heeft geen zin om nog twee maanden in een parlement te zitten waar hij toch niet nodig is en alleen maar potentieel impopulaire stemmingen moet doen. Dan liever gewoon campaignen. Bovendien geeft het hem een leuk nieuwsmomentje waarbij hij kan laten zien hoe zuinig hij wel niet is met belastinggeld. Slimme move.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 21:10 schreef Ringo het volgende:
Nog zoʼn kankergezwel, die ouwe oorlogsnor.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 19:37 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Dan moeten er toch eerst Amerikaanse staatsburgers worden gedetineerd?

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The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court,

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“Amerikaans militair personeel en andere verkozen of benoemde vertegenwoordigers van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika te beschermen tegen rechtsvervolging door een internationaal strafhof waarvan de VS geen deel uitmaken” en geeft de president de macht om “met alle mogelijke middelen de vrijlating van Amerikaans personeel te bewerkstelligen dat gevangen wordt gehouden door of op verzoek van het Internationaal Strafhof (in Den Haag)”.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 20:35 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Opbeurende woorden van John Bolton voor het ICC
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Op maandag 10 september 2018 21:21 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Goed beleid, hè, wat door Clinton is ingezet?

Overigens vind ik het een kutbeleid, ondanks dat het door de democraten is ingezet: het geeft een verkeerd signaal als je als VS een internationaal gerechtshof aan je laars lapt.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 21:29 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Hoe kom je er bij dat het van Clinton is, hij wordt niet eens genoemd in het wiki artikel, het is een amendement van Jesse Helms in 2002 en die was destijds al Republikein.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 20:06 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Hij moet wel omdat er geld naar het redden van Cruz gaat. Dit lijkt me eerder de reden.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 22:10 schreef Wombcat het volgende:
Ondertussen trekt de volgende natuurramp richting de amerikaanse kust:
NWS / Zware orkaan Florence op weg naar oostkust VS

Trump kan weer keukenrollen gaan uitdelen binnenkort.

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Op maandag 10 september 2018 22:18 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Oh jezus dat pijnlijke moment was ik al lang weer vergeten. Wat een lol had hij daar toch in.

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AFP twitterde op maandag 10-09-2018 om 21:05:06 #BREAKING Trump has received Kim letter seeking second meeting, says White House https://t.co/WzfhDoVHck reageer retweet

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As President Donald Trump issues a steady stream of praise for Kim Jong Un in interviews and on Twitter, a steady stream of evidence that North Korea is still making nuclear weapons has pushed his administration to take a much more aggressive stance toward Pyongyang.

The newest intelligence shows Kim's regime has escalated efforts to conceal its nuclear activity, according to three senior U.S. officials. During the three months since the historic Singapore summit and Trump's proclamation that North Korea intends to denuclearize, North Korea has built structures to obscure the entrance to at least one warhead storage facility, according to the officials.

The U.S. has also observed North Korean workers moving warheads out of the facility, the officials said, though they would not speculate on where the warheads went.

One former senior U.S. official said North Korea frequently moves equipment around to hinder foreign intelligence gathering. "They're trying to move them around so our sensors are confused," the official said.

U.S. intelligence assesses North Korea could produce five to eight new nuclear weapons in 2018, according to three current and former senior U.S. officials. That pace is virtually identical to their assessment of the regime's production of about six per year prior to the Trump-Kim summit.

Bruce W. Bennett, a senior international/defense researcher at the RAND Corporation and an expert in Northeast Asia military affairs, agrees with that assessment of the pace of production.

"Since the beginning of 2018, Kim has surrendered and dismantled no nuclear weapons, but has likely built five to nine new nuclear weapons. So he has not frozen his nuclear program and he has certainly not been denuclearizing; instead, he has been nuclearizing."

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The Trump administration, taking its third major step this year to roll back federal efforts to fight climate change, is preparing to make it significantly easier for energy companies to release methane into the atmosphere.

Methane, which is among the most powerful greenhouse gases, routinely leaks from oil and gas wells, and energy companies have long said that the rules requiring them to test for emissions were costly and burdensome.

The Environmental Protection Agency, perhaps as soon as this week, plans to make public a proposal to weaken an Obama-era requirement that companies monitor and repair methane leaks, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. In a related move, the Interior Department is also expected in coming days to release its final version of a draft rule, proposed in February, that essentially repeals a restriction on the intentional venting and “flaring,” or burning, of methane from drilling operations.

The new rules follow two regulatory rollbacks this year that, taken together, represent the foundation of the United States’ effort to rein in global warming. In July, the E.P.A. proposed weakening a rule on carbon dioxide pollution from vehicle tailpipes. And in August, the agency proposed replacing the rule on carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants with a weaker one that would allow far more global-warming emissions to flow unchecked from the nation’s smokestacks.

“They’re taking them down, one by one,” said Janet McCabe, the E.P.A.’s top climate and clean-air regulator in the Obama administration.

Officials from the E.P.A., the Interior Department and the White House did not respond to emails and telephone calls seeking comment.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 07:29 schreef Ringo het volgende:
My Battle.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 07:13 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Lachen! Omdat iedereen de waarheid moet weten gaat Trump een nieuw boek schrijven. Of laten schrijven, denk ik.

https://www.politico.com/(...)rd-book-write-813569

Mogelijke titel:

Pointless rants of a senile lunatic.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 07:29 schreef Ringo het volgende:
My Battle.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 09:30 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Die ging er schoorvoetend mee accoord

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 09:40 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Dat weet ze zelf ook wel, maar ze speelt het spelletje zo dat Trump er behoorlijk nerveus van wordt.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 09:05 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Of wat ik net zag:

All the President's Men (-tal defects)

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 10:46 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Die gaat dat gebied daar aardig swampen ben ik bang.

Donald Trump throws paper towels into crowd at Puerto Rico relief center

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:04 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Nu ik er aan terug denk... er was toch ook wat controverse rondom het gunnen van een miljardencontract aan een of ander klein bedrijfje in het thuisplaatje van een of andere minister of adviseur? Hoe is dat ook alweer afgelopen? (Vermoedelijk met een sisser, dan, I guess?)

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 07:29 schreef Ringo het volgende:
My Battle.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:04 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Nu ik er aan terug denk... er was toch ook wat controverse rondom het gunnen van een miljardencontract aan een of ander klein bedrijfje in het thuisplaatje van een of andere minister of adviseur? Hoe is dat ook alweer afgelopen? (Vermoedelijk met een sisser, dan, I guess?)

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:16 schreef TheJanitor het volgende:

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Is My Struggle dan niet beter?

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:11 schreef thesiren.nl het volgende:
Die bedoel je.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:17 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Contract werd gecancelled, dacht ik.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:42 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:

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Yup, maar het is al weer lang uit het nieuws verdwenen. Over nasleep, afkoopsommen enzo weten we niets. Wie weet hoeveel miljoenen ze toch nog hebben kunnen binnen harken

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 11:16 schreef TheJanitor het volgende:
Is My Struggle dan niet beter?

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Last week, Ted Cruz, the unexpectedly endangered Republican senator from Texas, warned that Beto O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, would turn the state into California, with “tofu and silicone and dyed hair.” Does Cruz really think every blonde in Texas — and every middle-aged man with remarkably little gray — is natural, and nobody has had work done?

Meanwhile, Joe Manchin, Democratic senator from West Virginia — which went for Donald Trump by 40 points — seems to have the edge in his re-election campaign. His secret weapon? Defense of the Affordable Care Act, which drastically reduced the number of uninsured residents in his state.

These two races epitomize how the 2018 campaign is playing out. On one side, Republicans are running almost entirely on identity politics — white identity politics — rather than policy. True, they’re running a lot of ads about immigration, but not about immigration’s actual effects. Instead, they’re all about a mythical wave of crimes committed by scary dark people.

On the other side, Democrats are running on policy issues, above all health care, promising to protect people with pre-existing conditions while also protecting and perhaps expanding Medicare.

But politicians make lots of promises, which are often empty. For example, Republicans promised that the Trump tax cut would lead to soaring wages, which hasn’t happened. So are Democrats really credible on health care?

Almost five years after Obamacare went into full effect, the answer is a very clear yes. It hasn’t worked perfectly, and its successes haven’t come in quite the form its proponents expected. But it has delivered huge progress, especially in states run by politicians who are trying to make it work.

It’s worth remembering what Republicans said would happen before the A.C.A. went online: that it would fail to reduce the number of uninsured, that it would blow a giant hole in the budget, that it would lead to a “death spiral” of rising premiums and declining enrollment.

What actually happened was a dramatic fall in the uninsured, especially in those states that expanded Medicaid. The budget costs of expanding Medicaid and subsidizing other insurance have been significant, but estimates for 2019 suggest that these costs will be around $115 billion — much less than half the revenue lost due to the Trump tax cut.

What about that death spiral? Premiums on the health exchanges established by the A.C.A. initially came in much lower than expected, then rose sharply when the people signing up for those exchanges turned out to be fewer and sicker than insurers had hoped. But the markets have now stabilized, with only modest premium increases for 2019 and insurers returning to the exchanges.

And while the exchanges are covering fewer people than projected, Medicaid is covering more than expected, so that overall gains in coverage have been surprisingly on target. In early 2014, the Congressional Budget Office projected that under the A.C.A., by 2018 there would be 29 million uninsured U.S. residents. The actual number is … 29 million.

What’s particularly impressive about Obamacare’s stabilization is that it’s happening despite desperate attempts by Trump and his allies to sabotage his predecessor’s achievement. Republicans have repealed the mandate that was supposed to induce people to sign up for coverage while still healthy, and the Trump administration has done all it can to increase risks and drive insurers out. Yet Democrats built their system so well that it’s still standing despite everything thrown at it.

Of course, Obamacare would be doing even better if it were run by people who weren’t trying to kill it. Look at what’s happening in New Jersey, where a Democratic governor and Legislature have used their powers to undo most of the Trumpian sabotage: 2019 premiums will actually drop 9.3 percent, even as they rise modestly in the nation as a whole.

And on the other hand, if Republicans hold Congress this November, they will simply kill Obamacare outright, taking coverage away from millions. If you have a pre-existing medical condition, or a job that doesn’t come with good insurance, be very, very afraid.

Now, Obamacare is hardly a perfect system. It was always an awkward compromise reflecting the political constraints of the time, and many Democrats — including Barack Obama himself — are now suggesting moving beyond it to “Medicare for all,” although it’s not clear exactly what that would mean.

But the Affordable Care Act really did achieve a lot. And this achievement bears strongly on the current political debate. Basically, Democrats have earned a lot of credibility on health care: They delivered what they promised, and they have showed that they can build systems that work.

Republicans, on the other hand, aren’t just lying about their health plans — pretending, for example, to protect people with pre-existing conditions when they aren’t. They’ve also been utterly wrong about everything, and have learned nothing from their mistakes.

So are Democrats justified in running as the defenders of American health care? Yes.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:08:35 “We have found nothing to show collusion between President Trump & Russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more documentation showing collusion between the FBI & DOJ, the Hillary campaign, foreign spies & Russians, incredible.” @SaraCarterDC @LouDobbs reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:19:19 New Strzok-Page texts reveal “Media Leak Strategy.” @FoxNews So terrible, and NOTHING is being done at DOJ or FBI - but the world is watching, and they get it completely. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 13:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:08:35 “We have found nothing to show collusion between President Trump & Russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more documentation showing collusion between the FBI & DOJ, the Hillary campaign, foreign spies & Russians, incredible.” @SaraCarterDC @LouDobbs reageer retweet

Zijn eerste tweet op 11 September: Trump valt de FBI en DOJ aan.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:41:33 “ERIC Holder could be running the Justice Department right now and it would be behaving no differently than it is.” @LouDobbs reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 12:50 schreef Ringo het volgende:

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Of My Fight.
Klinkt wel lekker New Yorks.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 13:51 schreef Mryc het volgende:

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My covfefe

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 13:55 schreef Chewie het volgende:

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Ja op die dag had Trump weer de op 1 na hoogste wolkenkrabber in NY

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braxtonryn twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:30:38 @kylegriffin1 Here's Trump bragging about having the "tallest" building in downtown Manhattan during the 9/11 attacks. #NeverForget https://t.co/XSCvCV3GWr reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:59:08 Rudy Giuliani did a GREAT job as Mayor of NYC during the period of September 11th. His leadership, bravery and skill must never be forgotten. Rudy is a TRUE WARRIOR! reageer retweet

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JustinTrudeau twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 14:04:01 Today, we remember those who lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack in US history, and honour the bravery & selflessness shown by so many on 9/11: https://t.co/334o5xFKGa reageer retweet

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The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, and on the National Day of Service:

“The events of 9/11 – the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of the United States – will remain ingrained in our memories for generations.

“Today, on the 17th anniversary of this tragedy, we remember its nearly 3,000 innocent victims, including 24 Canadians.

“Hundreds of first responders lost their lives. We offer our deepest condolences to all those who lost loved ones, and live with pain and grief that will never completely go away.

“We recognize the incredible bravery of first responders who risked everything so others might live. They raced into smoke and flames, braved falling rubble, and charged up the stairs of the collapsing towers. They were firefighters, police officers, military personnel, and ordinary people – all heroes, extraordinary in their service and sacrifice.

“On this National Day of Service, we honour those first responders, and all those who have sacrificed so much – before and since – in service to their neighbours and country.

“Communities across Canada banded together to help a country – a neighbour and friend – stricken by grief. Canadians opened their arms and homes to stranded airline passengers, joining an outpouring of generosity across North America that, to this day, reminds us to keep faith in the darkest hours – and know the best of us will always shine through.

“On behalf of the Government of Canada, I encourage Canadians to take part in acts of service today to remember those who lost their lives, and to honour the selflessness shown by so many on 9/11.”

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 14:05 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Gelukkig, er is een officieel statement van de regering op deze dag:

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JustinTrudeau twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 14:04:01 Today, we remember those who lost their lives in the deadliest terrorist attack in US history, and honour the bravery & selflessness shown by so many on 9/11: https://t.co/334o5xFKGa reageer retweet

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Nu Trump nog.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:12:31 #NeverForget #September11th https://t.co/ExGrrVtrEf reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 14:28 schreef archito het volgende:

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Je moet even tussen zijn rants doorlezen:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 13:12:31 #NeverForget #September11th https://t.co/ExGrrVtrEf reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 14:58:10 17 years since September 11th! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Iemand een broodje?

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:14 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Uiteraard.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:30:06 Woodward P. 56-58 Gary Cohn said interest rates would go up. Trump said, "We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make money." Cohn was astounded.Trump kept saying, "We'll just borrow," enamored that they could borrow at the lowest rate. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:32 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:30:06 Woodward P. 56-58 Gary Cohn said interest rates would go up. Trump said, "We should just go borrow a lot of money right now, hold it, and then sell it and make money." Cohn was astounded.Trump kept saying, "We'll just borrow," enamored that they could borrow at the lowest rate. reageer retweet

Dat niemand anders daar ooit op gekomen is.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:34 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Daar heeft hij als zakenman best redelijk succes mee gehad, en met zijn wat beperkte mentale vermogens is het niet zo gek dat hij denkt dat een land hetzelfde werkt als een vastgoedbedrijf.

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dougmillsnyt twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:16:02 .@realDonaldTrump First Lady Melania Trump greet supporters as they arrive in Johnstown, PA to attend the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service in Shanksville, PA https://t.co/SRMBvlDLKJ reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 15:45 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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dougmillsnyt twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 15:16:02 .@realDonaldTrump First Lady Melania Trump greet supporters as they arrive in Johnstown, PA to attend the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service in Shanksville, PA https://t.co/SRMBvlDLKJ reageer retweet

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Moet ik hier wat over zeggen?

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 14:58:10 17 years since September 11th! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 16:03 schreef Szura het volgende:
Hoe vaak zou hij het over zichzelf gaan hebben in de speech?

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During the meeting at Trump Tower in November 2016, Cohn touched on a series of economic issues, including the Federal Reserve. Cohn told Trump that the Fed would most likely increase interest rates during his term. Trump then offered an idea of how to deal with the rising rates.

"We should just go borrow a lot of money, hold it, and then sell it to make money," Trump said, according to the book.

While Trump was correct that many private businesses issue debt at a time of low interest rates, Cohn was "astounded at Trump's lack of basic understanding" about what the government borrowing would mean, Woodward wrote.

During the campaign, Trump ran on a promise to eliminate the federal debt during his presidency. Borrowing more would increase the deficit and add to that debt, Cohn explained. The president-elect offered a solution.

"Just run the presses — print money," Trump said, according to Woodward.

Cohn suggested that would be detrimental to the fiscal and economic health of the US, since printing vast amounts of money is thought to lead to inflation. But Trump returned to the idea later in the conversation.

Cohn also pointed to the federal debt ceiling, a statutory limit to the amount of debt the federal government can have outstanding. Even approaching the debt ceiling can be harmful to the stock market and US economic growth.

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 07:58:08 (THREAD) 20 QUESTIONS FOR GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS. Now that @GeorgePapa19 is talking Russia on Twitter—and keeping in mind he follows this feed, so I know he'll see these tweets—I want to see if he'll answer tough questions from a guy who wrote a book about him. Read on and find out. https://t.co/sFVnYh70vn reageer retweet

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Andrew Hall, who served as an attorney for President Nixon’s top adviser in the Watergate scandal, said in a recent interview that President Trump will "undoubtedly be impeached.”

In a recent interview with The Independent, Hall, who had served as counsel for John Ehrlichman, Nixon’s former senior adviser for domestic affairs who was later convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and perjury, said he is watching history repeat itself with Trump as more of his associates become caught up in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election interference.

“The coverup is always worse than the crime,” the attorney told the British publication. “And this one is very shady. We have a sitting president who will undoubtedly be impeached.”

Hall’s remarks arrive as more bombshell revelations emerge surrounding the release of veteran journalist Bob Woodward’s book about the Trump administration, including the news of an alleged mock interview former Trump attorney John Dowd arranged with the president on Jan. 27 to help Trump prepare for a possible sit-down with Mueller.

“The idea to prepare a witness in and of itself is a good idea, but the fact that he’s incapable of being truthful throughout the entire exam is pretty scary,” Hall said.

“It raises a whole lot of issues,” he continued. “If a lawyer knows his client is not telling the truth, he can’t sit by and let that happen, he can’t participate and he must disassociate himself with that activity … otherwise, they lose their license for facilitating perjury.”

Woodward has said in recent interviews promoting his book that Dowd concluded that the president was “disabled” and unable to “tell the truth” following the practice interview and also allegedly called the president a liar.

The president has repeatedly lashed out at Woodward over the book in the past several days and has called him a "liar.” He also suggested Woodward was a Democratic operative and labeled his new book, titled "Fear: Trump in the White House," a work of "fiction."

The White House called Woodward's work "reckless” on Monday and did not rule out the possibility of a lawsuit.

Hall, however, contends that some of the revelations in Woodward’s new book could lead to the president’s impeachment, which the Watergate attorney predicts will occur in Trump’s first term.

“The November elections have an enormous impact on how this plays out,” he said. “If the Democrats take the Senate, or enough Republicans switch over, there will be a successful impeachment.”

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President Donald Trump has called journalist Bob Woodward’s book on his administration a work of “fiction” and a “scam,” claiming that quotes in the book are “made up" and that the author is a "liar."

At the same time, sources familiar with his thinking said he is livid at his former economic adviser, Gary Cohn, and his former staff secretary, Rob Porter, for “leaking” to Woodward.

It’s difficult to rationally argue that the book could be both: fiction dreamed up by Woodward, and a betrayal by former top stewards of the administration, who shared with the famed journalist alarming details about how the White House functions.

But it’s not hard for Trump, who often spouts two opposing views intended for different audiences. And his supporters often soak up the contradictory claims just as readily as he spits them out, taking it all in stride.

Call it a belt-and-suspenders approach.

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And his supporters often soak up the contradictory claims just as readily as he spits them out, taking it all in stride.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 18:28 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Dat is wel een herkenbare omschrijving van veel van die types die hier ook rondlopen ja.

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Almost immediately after Trump's visit was announced, the prospect of the controversial U.S. president in Ireland sparked calls for protests.

Eamon Ryan, the leader of Ireland's Green Party called on the Irish people to "show their disgust and rejection of the Trump administration's policies by turning out, as we did during the Iraq War in 2003, in large-scale mass protest around the country."

CNBC

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jonathanvswan twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 18:18:13 Scoop: Gary Cohn takes on Bob Woodward https://t.co/kMTLDgzLd3 reageer retweet

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Federal deficit soars 32 percent to $895B

The federal deficit hit $895 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2018, an increase of $222 billion, or 32 percent, over the same period the previous year, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

The nonpartisan CBO reported that the central drivers of the increasing deficit were the Republican tax law and the bipartisan agreement to increase spending. As a result, revenue only rose 1 percent, failing to keep up with a 7 percent surge in spending, it added.

Revenue from individual and payroll taxes was up some $105 billion, or 4 percent, while corporate taxes fell $71 billion, or 30 percent.

The August statistics were somewhat inflated, however, due to a timing shift for certain payments, putting the deficit measure through August slightly out of sync with the previous year, the CBO noted. Had it not been for the timing shift, the deficit would have increased $154 billion instead of $222 billion.

Earlier analysis from CBO projected that deficits would near $1 trillion in 2019 and surpass that amount the following year.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 20:03 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
Rob Porter de vrouwenmepper .

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 20:13 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Die alles verborgen hield met z’n medeplichtigen, nee daar kunnen we van op aan .

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A nonprofit group founded by conservative political megadonors Charles and David Koch must disclose its largest givers to law enforcement authorities in California, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The Americans for Prosperity Foundation had argued that the state's rules requiring filing of the donor list violate the First Amendment by discouraging individuals from giving and by exposing them to threats and harassment.

In 2016, the group persuaded a federal judge in Los Angeles to issue a permanent injunction against the requirement. U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real said the state rarely used the information, but often disclosed it accidentally with charities' public tax filings.

However, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously reversed that ruling Tuesday, holding that the state had a legitimate need for the data and that the Koch-founded group had not shown a significant burden on donors.

"To the extent the district court found actual chilling or a reasonable probability of harassment from confidential disclosure to the Attorney General, those findings are clearly erroneous," Judge Raymond Fisher wrote In a 41-page opinion, joined by Judges Richard Paez and Jacqueline Nguyen.

"The mere possibility that some contributors may choose to withhold their support does not establish a substantial burden on First Amendment rights," Fisher added.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 22:31 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Koch group loses donor secrecy fight at appeals court

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Fisher and Paez were appointed by President Bill Clinton, Nguyen by President Barack Obama and Real by President Lyndon Johnson.

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 23:20 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Die gaat al een tijdje mee, zeg

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The U.S. deficit grew by $222 billion from this time last year — reaching a total of $895 billion, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Why it matters: This increase was due mostly to the new Republican tax law and Congress' routine decision to increase spending, which grew by 7% compared to revenue growth of only 1%. The CBO now says the deficit will approach $1 trillion by the end of this fiscal year, but in April the agency didn’t expect the deficit to reach $1 trillion until 2020.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 00:04 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
U.S. expects to hit $1 trillion deficit earlier than planned

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 02:05:04 Paul Manafort is in talks with Mueller's office about a possible plea deal, two people with knowledge tell WaPo.The people cautioned that the negotiations may not result in a deal. But the discussions indicate a possible shift in strategy for Manafort.https://t.co/wtmKclUNJv reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 02:10:14 This news is particularly interesting in light of Judge Amy Berman Jackson today pushing back a scheduled pretrial hearing in Manafort's case from Wednesday to Friday. Court filings did not indicate the reason for the delay. https://t.co/AdWYy44zzj reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 01:44 schreef Jellereppe het volgende:

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Al jaren zo toch. Leven boven hun stand maar omdat de dollar wereldreservemunt is kunnen ze het maken zonder levensverziekende inflatie door het printen van de greenback. Daarom landen die de positie van de greenback als wereldreservemunt bedreigen kunnen het Amerikaanse leger (zwakkere landen) of ander destabiliserende maatregelen (landen waarmee oorlog voeren te riskant is en dat zijn maar twee) verwachten.

Trump Tells O'Reilly Tackling $21T Nat'l Debt Will Be 'Easy'

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 02:30:13 Carmen Yulín Cruz: "If [Trump] thinks the deaths of 3,000 people is a success, he really doesn’t know what this was all about.""I really don't know where the president gets the nerve ... He thinks this is about him, and about his political position." https://t.co/kWqpu0gr7U reageer retweet

San Juan Mayor: President Donald Trump’s Statement Was Despicable | Hardball | MSNBC

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 03:20:06 Sen. Jeff Merkley tells @maddow that he has gotten his hands on a document that appears to show that DHS requested to transfer about $10,000,000 out of FEMA's budget and into the coffers of ICE to support immigration detention programs. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 11 september 2018 20:13 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Die alles verborgen hield met z’n medeplichtigen, nee daar kunnen we van op aan .

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 03:57 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 03:20:06 Sen. Jeff Merkley tells @maddow that he has gotten his hands on a document that appears to show that DHS requested to transfer about $10,000,000 out of FEMA's budget and into the coffers of ICE to support immigration detention programs. reageer retweet

Video: Breaking: Trump admin took millions from FEMA for ICE detentions

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 00:55:34 Woodward P. 230 McMaster wanted Trump to sign an order re: Libya. He wouldn't.Trump said the U.S. should be getting oil. The generals aren't sufficiently focused on getting or making money. They don't understand our objectives. They have the U.S. engaged in all the wrong ways. reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 05:30:43 Woodward P. 310 Trump wanted minerals from Afghanistan."We need to get a company in there," Trump said. "Why aren't we in there taking it?"Asked who 'we' was, Trump said, "We should just be in there," as if there were a national mining company to move into Afghanistan. reageer retweet

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mmfa twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 18:43:13 NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch says Botham Jean, a man killed by a cop inside his Dallas home, could have survived if he "was a law abiding gun owner" https://t.co/R5cMgA9PNk https://t.co/RGtBPyvddg reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 10:19 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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mmfa twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 18:43:13 NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch says Botham Jean, a man killed by a cop inside his Dallas home, could have survived if he "was a law abiding gun owner" https://t.co/R5cMgA9PNk https://t.co/RGtBPyvddg reageer retweet

De NRA wil blijkbaar dat de politie beschoten wordt.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 10:19 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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mmfa twitterde op dinsdag 11-09-2018 om 18:43:13 NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch says Botham Jean, a man killed by a cop inside his Dallas home, could have survived if he "was a law abiding gun owner" https://t.co/R5cMgA9PNk https://t.co/RGtBPyvddg reageer retweet

De NRA wil blijkbaar dat de politie beschoten wordt.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 10:47 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Dat was Bush al van plan. Én de Russen. Én alle terroristen die in die regio zitten. Afghanistan is een schatkist, dat weet iedereen.
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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 10:34 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Meer wapens is altijd hun oplossing nu is het wachten op de eerste wapenfanaat die zijn vrouw doodschiet omdat ze de sleutel niet meteen in het slot krijgt

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 11:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Toen de Black Panthers zo rondom een overheidsgebouw liepen vond de NRA trouwens dat dat niet kon. Kan iemand dat duiden? Zowel de Black Panthers als de NRA hadden/hebben als motto: "Only the gun can set us free!" (Of iets in die trant.)

https://www.huffingtonpos(...)ccfce4b014efe0db2f40

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[....] in North Carolina, lawmakers chose to ignore the threats. A panel of scientists on the state Coastal Resources Commission issued a dire warning in March 2010, estimating that the sea levels along the state’s coast would rise 39 inches over the next century. Conservative lawmakers and business interest groups feared the report would hurt lucrative real estate development on the state’s coast and sought to undermine it. A lobbying group committed to economic development on the coast accused the panel of “pulling data out of their hip pocket.”

Conservative state Rep. Pat McElraft, whose top campaign contributors were the North Carolina Association of Realtors and the North Carolina Home Builders’ Association, drafted a bill in response that rejected the panel’s predictions.

McElraft introduced the bill in April 2011, and it passed the legislature in the summer of 2012.

Part of the bill stipulated that state and local agencies must also refer to historical linear predictions of sea level rise rather than current research, and another alarming section required that research look only at 30-year predictions rather than at a century, as the CRC report had done. Supporters of the bill saw short-term benefits in more affordable insurance, and continued opportunities for real estate development and tourism along the attractive coast. Critics saw the long-term consequences of damaged homes and businesses and vast swaths of the state being swallowed by floods.[...]

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 11:28 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Het recht om wapens te dragen om je te kunnen verzetten tegen machtsmisbruik van de overheid geldt natuurlijk alleen als je de goede opvattingen hebt. Voor de verkeerde geldt het niet. In dat geval is het terrorisme.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 11:30 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Je moet geen verdachte huidskleur hebben of aanhanger zijn van een risicogeloof? Zoiets?

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CurtisIngraham1 twitterde op woensdag 05-09-2018 om 01:24:36 My sister, Laura Ingraham, needs to search her own moral closet and history as she rolls forward in support of this candidate. I can only assume a further lack of integrity. @FoxNews @Hadas_Gold #lauraigraham https://t.co/NPUh8vlLxk reageer retweet

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CurtisIngraham1 twitterde op donderdag 21-06-2018 om 03:13:02 Once again, I am in full support of David Hogg. My sister's recent comments likening child detention centers to summer camps is beyond disturbing. Where is her humanity? Sad and tragic. @davidhogg111 #davidhogg #LauraIngraham @Journo_Christal @TimMarc reageer retweet

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CurtisIngraham1 twitterde op donderdag 21-06-2018 om 03:51:52 My sister's repeated mean spirited, flip and insensitive remarks makes me, her brother, question her very humanity. Your continued sponsorship is disturbing to say the least. @BeachesResorts @SandalsResorts @SIRIUSXM @CarfaxReports @JohnDeere @Cabelas @davidhogg111 #DavidHogg reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 12:51:59 We got A Pluses for our recent hurricane work in Texas and Florida (and did an unappreciated great job in Puerto Rico, even though an inaccessible island with very poor electricity and a totally incompetent Mayor of San Juan). We are ready for the big one that is coming! reageer retweet

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Republicans have grown increasingly worried about losing control of the Senate, as President Trump’s approval rating tumbles and Democrats gain steam in key battleground races.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday sounded some of the most doubtful notes of Trump’s presidency that Republicans will keep the upper chamber of Congress, telling reporters, “I hope when the smoke clears, we’ll still have a majority.”

His comments came as Republican strategists and officials fretted over a fresh round of private polling on the Senate races, while public polls registered further erosion in Americans’ approval of Trump. “Shipwreck” was how one leading strategist described the situation, adding an expletive to underscore the severity of the party’s problems.

One of the most unexpected fights is in reliably GOP Texas, where Sen. Ted Cruz is trying to fend off Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke. Republicans are so fearful about losing the seat that they are diverting resources to Texas, a sore point in the White House after the animosity between Cruz and Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.

Beyond Texas, Sen. Joe Donnelly, once seen as perhaps the most vulnerable Democratic incumbent, has opened up a slight edge over Republican businessman Mike Braun in Indiana, while hopes for picking off Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) in a state Trump won by 43 percentage points have faded along with GOP confidence in state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, the Republican nominee.

The developments signaled the most serious peril yet for Republicans’ 51-49 majority. Losing the Senate was once an unthinkable prospect as the GOP looked to gain seats in the midterms, and with the party’s grip on the House in serious jeopardy, the chamber had been seen as the last line of defense.

At the start of Trump’s tenure, some Republicans envisioned enough wins to secure a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats, confident they could oust many of the 10 Democrats running in states Trump won in 2016. Even a few weeks ago, Republicans were talking more assuredly about flipping seats.

But less than two months till the Nov. 6 election, Republicans barely mention Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania — states Trump won — as opportunities to knock out a Democrat, while McConnell reiterated that nine seats, plus Texas, were at stake.

“Arizona, Nevada, Tennessee, Montana, North Dakota, Missouri, Indiana, West Virginia and Florida. All of them too close to call, and every one of them like a knife fight in an alley; I mean, just a brawl in every one of those places,” McConnell told reporters in Louisville.

Republicans could still emerge with an increase in their numbers if GOP candidates eventually prevail in many of these close races, with Democrats seriously concerned about Florida, where Republican Gov. Rick Scott is running about even against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson.

The dire warnings also could serve as a wake-up call to GOP donors for the final eight weeks of the campaign.

But for the GOP, simply retaining its majority — which was whittled by a seat after a stunning upset in the Alabama special election last year — has looked like a more challenging goal by the day, as controversy swirls around Trump, the public loses confidence in the president and GOP candidates are slow to gain traction.

A Washington Post-ABC News national poll conducted in late August found just 38 percent of voters approved of the job that Trump was doing, compared with 60 percent who disapproved. His approval rating in April was 44 percent.

These difficulties have come into sharp focus in Texas, where Cruz is fighting for political survival against O’Rourke, a rising liberal star who is raising record-setting sums of cash and attracting large crowds across a ruby-red state. At the end of June, O’Rourke had close to $14 million cash on hand to Cruz’s $9 million, according to Federal Election Commission reports.

The tough realities of Texas have prompted an unexpected alliance between Cruz and the Republicans he spent years waging a vendetta against as a senator and as a candidate for president — including Trump and McConnell.

The sudden cooperation underscores how much the GOP fears losing Texas. The shock waves are being felt well beyond the state, as its several expensive media markets could force the party to spend money there that it will have to subtract from GOP hopefuls in other battlegrounds.

“Other campaigns are going to be shorted due to the lackluster nature of the campaign,” said one White House official, speaking of the Cruz operation.

McConnell recently assured Cruz in a private conversation that resources would be there for him, according to people familiar with the talk. Trump is planning to campaign for Cruz in Texas next month.

The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC helmed by a former top McConnell aide, has recently taken a close look at Texas, conducting polling and summarizing its findings in a memo, according to Chris Pack, a spokesman for the group.

The organization also announced a seven-figure advertising campaign in five other states on Tuesday. The ads mostly target Democratic candidates.

A Cruz-McConnell partnership would have been unimaginable when Cruz called McConnell a liar on the Senate floor in July 2015 over strategy on legislation. A Cruz-Trump alliance would have seemed equally implausible after Cruz labeled Trump a “pathological liar” and declined to endorse him at the Republican National Convention.

Beyond Trump and McConnell, Cruz angered other Republicans with his unsuccessful effort to strip funds from the Affordable Care Act in 2013, which forced a 16-day partial government shutdown, and his support for outside groups that financed primary challengers to GOP senators.

“They are working together for political expediency,” said Rick Tyler, a former Cruz spokesman. “These people don’t like each other.”

Cruz spoke about his plight at a luncheon for Republican senators earlier this summer, according to people familiar with his remarks. One GOP senator said Cruz sought to convince them that he was facing a“real race,” citing polls and noting that O’Rourke was amassing cash.

Like others interviewed for this story, the senator spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

In Texas on Tuesday, Cruz told reporters he was eager to debate O’Rourke five times. “Typically, sitting officeholders don’t suggest that many debates. They don’t want to do any debates. But the reason I proposed that is, I think we owe it to the voters of Texas.”

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.), whom Cruz declined to endorse in his 2014 primary, is hosting a fundraiser for Cruz in Washington next month.

Public polls have shown Cruz leading O’Rourke by single digits. David McIntosh, the president of the Club for Growth, an anti-tax group that has long championed Cruz, said donors he has spoken with have been caught off-guard by the tightness of the contest.

“I think, particularly in Texas, it’s like: ‘Oh yeah, I didn’t think it would be a big race. Yes, we need to win it. I’ll help you do that.’ And the same around the country,” McIntosh said.

Speaking to reporters in Louisville on Tuesday, McConnell called the race “competitive” but said he expected Cruz to prevail. One advantage for any Republican in the state is the ability of voters to simply cast a straight-party-ticket ballot.

Despite Trump’s poll numbers, GOP strategists still consider the president their most effective weapon in the fight to keep control of the Senate. They say his trips to red states with marquee contests, like Montana, North Dakota, Missouri and Indiana, have provided boosts for their candidates.

The Senate Leadership Fund’s new Indiana ad begins with footage of Trump praising Braun and Braun pledging to fight for the president.

Whether the bursts of momentum will last is another question party leaders are grappling with as they eye the final two months before the November elections. A steady stream of explosive stories about dissent within Trump’s administration and special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation hover over the fall stretch.

Republican strategists are closely watching suburban areas, where they fear that anger with Trump could spark a backlash against GOP candidates. The suburbs loom larger over the battle for the House, with many rural states set to decide Senate contests. But Senate strategists are still mindful of the challenges they may pose.

One bright spot for the GOP has been the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Republican leaders are confident they will confirm him this month, giving Trump and his party a landmark achievement just before voting begins.

Until then, they will have to weather a political storm that has increasingly stoked private GOP comparisons to 2006, a banner election year for the Democrats. Amid that perceived danger, every competitive Senate race is becoming more critical.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 13:12 schreef Ulx het volgende:
‘Shipwreck’: GOP grows fearful about losing Senate as candidates struggle, Trump support tumbles

De GOP raakt een beetje in paniek.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 14:10 schreef archito het volgende:

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In de voorspellingen van 538 worden de kansen voor de Republikeinen in het huis er ook niet beter op i.i.g.

https://projects.fivethir(...)ouse/?ex_cid=rrpromo

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 14:22 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Het huis en de senaat verschillen ook nog wel significant, hoewel bij Predictwise de kansen voor de Democraten op een meerderheid in de senaat op zo'n 24% staan.

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Donald Trump is president, but is he fit to run a bar?

A Washington, D.C., liquor board will consider that question Wednesday after a group of city residents complained that the owner of the Trump International Hotel fails the “good character” test required of anyone who wants to sell wine, beer or spirits in the city.
In their grievance to the city’s Alcohol Beverage Control Board, the group presented a litany of what they say are Trump’s moral failures, calling him a liar, a fraudster and a racist who associates with criminals.

The hotel, just blocks from the White House, opened in 2016 and has become a hangout for administration aides and Trump loyalists. The president himself, who does not drink, has appeared at major fundraisers there, and his campaign has spent thousands of dollars on events. Foreign governments, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, are frequent patrons, too. In 2017 and 2018, Kuwait’s ambassador to the U.S. booked the hotel for galas to celebrate the anniversary of the country’s independence from British rule.

Yanking the hotel’s liquor license would put a serious dent in its events business, including weddings and fundraisers. The hotel's steakhouse, BLT Prime, and the lobby’s popular Benjamin Bar and Lounge — mocked by locals for serving wine by the spoonful — operate under a separate license that isn’t targeted by the current complaint. But both could be hit if the case goes forward, because they, like the hotel, have liquor licenses held by Trump Old Post Office LLC, which in turn is owned by the president.

It’s too soon to say whether local leaders — all of them appointed by the city’s Democratic mayor — will revoke the license; the alcohol control board on Wednesday will decide whether to start that process by recommending a review. But the challenge is just the latest attempt at resistance in a city in which Trump won only about 4 percent of the vote.

“The merits of the complaint are strong,” said Joshua Levy, a partner with law firm Cunningham Levy Muse, who represents the residents. “The evidence of Mr. Trump’s bad character is strong.”

Trump Organization lawyer Alan Garten and BLT spokeswoman Rachel Wormser did not respond to requests for comment.

The control board has cited character flaws to deny liquor licenses in the past, including to applicants who have lied to investigators, misrepresented their finances or had run-ins with the law. But while it has sought to revoke licenses for violations such as serving underage customers, running the taps after hours and shoddy record-keeping, it’s unusual for the board to investigate an existing license on the basis of character.

The seven complainants against Trump include a federal judge, a former chair of the White House Council on Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships, and several religious leaders. Their effort is being funded by Jerry Hirsch, an Arizona Republican and chairman of the nonprofit Make Integrity Great Again.

"Character and the rule of law comprise the foundation of our society, and yet both are under assault,” Hirsch said in a written statement. “This complaint is important because it is a test of both, at a critical time in American history."[....]

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 14:48 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Als ze de response op de orkaan verneuken is dat ook niet echt gunstig.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 14:46 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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gekke dingen? Refereer jij aan het kiezen van een malloot als president of al die ondoordachte haastwetten die ze er doorheen willen jagen?

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paulkrugman twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 15:34:13 Nobody could have predicted: the Trump tax cut has caused soaring budget deficits 1/ https://t.co/x8lIcm76Ho https://t.co/0Q9CUuNa5Q reageer retweet

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PeterAlexander twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 14:38:58 Trump, this morning, as Florence barrels toward the Carolina coast: "Bad things can happen when you’re talking about a storm this size, called Mother Nature, you never know, but we know." https://t.co/Lw1onsooT8 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 16:25:05 Docs reviewed by BuzzFeed reveal a previously undisclosed aspect of the Trump Tower meeting: a complex web of financial transactions among some planners and participants.Investigators are focused on banking activity after the meeting and the election.https://t.co/U6gLUuaezj reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 15:54 schreef Ulx het volgende:
McConnell screws Dems ahead of election with October session

Het zijn natuurlijk niet alleen de Democraten die dan in sessie zijn. Het is een gok van McConnell.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 14:37 schreef archito het volgende:

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Daar ben ik van op de hoogte inderdaad, huis + senaat zou voor de democraten een dream come true zijn. Ik ben alleen benieuwd of slechtere voorspellingen voor het huis ervoor zou kunnen zorgen dat de Republikeinen nog meer in paniek raken en gekke dingen gaan doen.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 16:31 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Wel in overwegende mate natuurlijk. Vraag me af waarom ze niet gewoon niet komen opdagen.

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axios twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 14:15:24 CORRECTION: This story has been corrected to reflect that the CBO did not change their estimate of when the U.S. would approach a trillion dollar deficit. (We had incorrectly stated they changed their current estimate from one in April.) https://t.co/4HrKxSdUzs reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 15:50:09 Ken Starr says on @Morning_Joe that he believes a president can be indicted."No one is above the law, and so in my judgement the president can, in fact, be indicted." reageer retweet

Ken Starr On Bill Clinton, Why A POTUS Can Be Indicted | Morning Joe | MSNBC

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tedlieu twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 17:25:11 I just introduced the E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act because it is important to memorialize his legacy of corruption, and that of Trump cabinet officials. It's also a pretty good anti-corruption bill.#WednesdayMotivationhttps://t.co/0oygQehCzn reageer retweet

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Publisher Simon & Schuster released a statement on Monday saying that it had ordered a seventh printing, which would bring the total number of hardcover copies of “Fear” to 1 million.

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections, a move that counters critics who claim he has not taking election security seriously enough.

The executive order covers not just interference with campaign infrastructure, but it also covers the distribution of disinformation and propaganda, national security adviser John Bolton told reporters. The order requires the Office of the National Intelligence Director to conduct regular assessments about potential foreign interference in the elections, asks for reports by the Homeland Security and Justice departments in the case of meddling in campaign-related infrastructure, he said. It also describes a process for the Treasury and State departments to recommend appropriate, automatic sanctions.

“We felt it was important to demonstrate the president has taken command of this issue, that it’s something he cares deeply about — that the integrity of our elections and our constitutional process are a high priority to him,” Bolton said.

With the midterm elections now two months away, National Intelligence Director Dan Coats said the U.S. is not currently seeing the intensity of Russian intervention that was experienced in 2016, but didn’t rule it out. He said the U.S. is also worried about the cyber activities of China, North Korea and Iran.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 19:45:41 A newly identified group of 10,000 tweets from nearly 600 Twitter accounts linked to the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency shows that the accounts mostly tweeted about the Affordable Care Act, intending to pit one side against the other.https://t.co/zWPeOIt3A7 reageer retweet

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On the March 23 anniversary of the Affordable Care Act becoming law, Democrats attacked Republicans for trying to sabotage the health law and praised the embattled legislation.

So did Russian trolls.

“8 years ago today, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Millions of Americans have gained access to health care. Thank you, Mr. President!” said a tweet linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian company engaged in an online influence campaign that typically seeks to pit one side against the other on controversial issues.

A newly identified group of nearly 10,000 tweets shows that while Russian trolls often focus on such hot-button issues as Hillary Clinton’s email or athletes kneeling during the national anthem, they also target substantive and divisive policy areas like health care.

Nearly 600 IRA-linked accounts posted to Twitter about the ACA and health policy from 2014 through this past May, with the most prolific ones tweeting hundreds of times, the new data show. One account, called TEN_GOP, rocketed from fewer than 1,000 followers to more than 138,000 in two years, sending 60 tweets that potentially reached followers more than four million times.

Researchers at Clemson University provided The Wall Street Journal with the set of about 9,800 tweets involving health policy and the ACA that the IRA posted over that period. An analysis by the Journal found that 80% of the tweets had conservative-leaning political messages, often disparaging the health law.

The accounts have been shut down by Twitter as congressional investigators unearthed their origin, but intelligence experts say the assault is continuing through similar accounts and channels. The tweets provide a snapshot of a continuing strategy, one that is likely now aimed at November’s midterm elections in which health care is playing a dominant role, experts said.

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NateSilver538 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 21:45:56 Our Senate model is out!! Republicans have a 2 in 3 chance to keep the Senate, per our Classic and Deluxe forecasts.Our "polls-only" Lite forecast is similar, giving them a 7 in 10 chance.https://t.co/EFMPjkkIqq reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 21:46 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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NateSilver538 twitterde op woensdag 12-09-2018 om 21:45:56 Our Senate model is out!! Republicans have a 2 in 3 chance to keep the Senate, per our Classic and Deluxe forecasts.Our "polls-only" Lite forecast is similar, giving them a 7 in 10 chance.https://t.co/EFMPjkkIqq reageer retweet

https://projects.fivethir(...)ion-forecast/senate/

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 22:12 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Toch een stuk minder dan ik had verwacht. Opvallend.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 22:13 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Het is een stuk meer dan ik had verwacht. Zo zie je maar. Trouwens, de kans op een D meerderheid opgeteld bij 50/50 is volgens deze modellen (behalve het Lite model) net meer dan 50% ... naja, ongeveer even groot dus dat R > 50 zetels houdt.

Zet dit af tegen de senaatszetels die op het spel staan in vele staten waar Trump met dubbele cijfers won en ik vind het vrij verbluffend dat ze uberhaupt deze kans zo hebben.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 22:40 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Ik bedoelde de kansen voor de GOP om de Senaat te behouden is een stuk lager dan ik had verwacht. Niet echt helder geformuleerd.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 22:42 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ahhh. Ja, wel gek eigenlijk dat zowel Monolith als ik het omgekeerd aannamen om een of andere reden.

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Op woensdag 12 september 2018 23:57 schreef Nintex het volgende:
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/12/leaked-video-google-leaderships-dismayed-reaction-to-trump-election/

Tja, toch wel duidelijk hoe partijdig big tech is.

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In a statement Wednesday, Google said the meeting shown in the video reflected the expression of employees’ own personal views after "a long and divisive election season."

"Nothing was said at that meeting, or any other meeting, to suggest that any political bias ever influences the way we build or operate our products," a Google representative said in the statement. "To the contrary, our products are built for everyone, and we design them with extraordinary care to be a trustworthy source of information for everyone, without regard to political viewpoint."

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 13-09-2018 om 00:35:02 The U.S. is holding a record 12,800 migrant children in detenion, a fivefold increase from May 2017, according to data obtained by NYT.https://t.co/nrLTw9p5bG reageer retweet

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Even though hundreds of children separated from their families after crossing the border have been released under court order, the overall number of detained migrant children has exploded to the highest ever recorded — a significant counternarrative to the Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the number of undocumented families coming to the United States.

Population levels at federally contracted shelters for migrant children have quietly shot up more than fivefold since last summer, according to data obtained by The New York Times, reaching a total of 12,800 this month. There were 2,400 such children in custody in May 2017.

The huge increases, which have placed the federal shelter system near capacity, are due not to an influx of children entering the country, but a reduction in the number being released to live with families and other sponsors, the data collected by the Department of Health and Human Services suggests. Some of those who work in the migrant shelter network say the bottleneck is straining both the children and the system that cares for them.

Most of the children crossed the border alone, without their parents. Many are teenagers from Central America, and they are housed in a system of more than 100 shelters across the United States, with the highest concentration near the southwest border.

The new data was reported to members of Congress, who shared it with The Times. It shows that despite the Trump administration’s efforts to discourage Central American migrants, roughly the same number of children are crossing the border as in years past. The big difference, said those familiar with the shelter system, is that red tape and fear brought on by stricter immigration enforcement have discouraged relatives and family friends from coming forward to sponsor children.

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CNBC twitterde op donderdag 13-09-2018 om 04:39:49 China may use its property markets to defend against Trump's trade war offensive https://t.co/fI290vbLBr reageer retweet

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China has a potentially useful defense in its ongoing trade war with the United States: its vast property market.

The same sector that has long been a source of anxiety about China's economic fate could also prove to be its temporary savior in the face of tariff pressure from the U.S., according to Nicole Wong, managing director for property research at CLSA.

Authorities are likely to encourage property prices, which are already rising, to increase further to help boost the economy, Wong told reporters Tuesday at the annual CLSA Investors' Forum in Hong Kong.

"With this trade war going on, we think that the China property market policy would reverse because with a trade war there is this risk of losses of jobs in the unskilled category," Wong said.

"And the property sector is a very good sort of replacement." she added.

U.S. President Donald Trump is targeting tariffs on potentially hundreds of billions of dollars in Chinese goods in a bid to both to rebalance trade between the countries and also pressure Beijing to fundamentally change industrial and commercial policies.

China has responded with tariffs of its own, but it imports far less from the U.S. than it exports to the world's largest economy, so it has had to evaluate other responses. Those have included potentially stimulating the Chinese economy by letting its currency, the yuan, move lower against the dollar and encourage banks to lend more money.

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 06:44 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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CNBC twitterde op donderdag 13-09-2018 om 04:39:49 China may use its property markets to defend against Trump's trade war offensive https://t.co/fI290vbLBr reageer retweet

China may use its property markets to defend against Trump's trade war offensive

• Rising property prices in China can help the country fend off some of the negative aspects of the trade war with the United States, according to CLSA property analyst Nicole Wong.

• More expensive property would encourage buyers to make purchases to beat further anticipated rises, increase construction jobs and boost local government coffers, she says.

• China has been seeking ways to blunt the negative effects of U.S. tariffs as the trade conflict drags on.

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Op donderdag 13 september 2018 09:35 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Tijd voor thoughts & prayers.

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