[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #580: Still flipping house seats

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 13:48 schreef zarGon het volgende:
Broward misses machine recount deadline -- by 2 minutes: https://www.foxnews.com/p(...)eadline-by-2-minutes

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 13:55 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Lijkt wel alsof Buurman & Buurman daar de verkiezingen organiseren, allemachtig.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 13:48 schreef zarGon het volgende:
Broward misses machine recount deadline -- by 2 minutes: https://www.foxnews.com/p(...)eadline-by-2-minutes

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A video surfaced Thursday of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi saying it might be a "great idea" to make it harder for some people to vote, and her campaign quickly responded that she was "obviously" joking.

Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff against Democrat Mike Espy on Nov. 27, made the remark at a campaign stop in Starkville, Mississippi, on Nov. 3. It was posted to Twitter on Thursday by Lamar White Jr., publisher of The Bayou Brief. Smith earlier this week posted video of Hyde-Smith making a comment on Nov. 2 about a "public hanging" that started a controversy.

"And then they remind me that there's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who ... maybe we don't want to vote," Hyde-Smith is heard saying. "Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that's a great idea."

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LamarWhiteJr twitterde op donderdag 15-11-2018 om 23:12:15 Cindy Hyde-Smith on voter suppression: "And then they remind me, that there's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who that maybe we don't want to vote. Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that's a great idea." Nov 2nd in Columbus, MS. https://t.co/OxNY77XCft reageer retweet

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LamarWhiteJr twitterde op donderdag 15-11-2018 om 23:52:15 Correction: Video WAS taken in Starkville on 11/03, which is what I had initially reported. There was some confusion, because apparently, Sen. Hyde-Smith has a talent for saying things like this often. @GanucheauAdam reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:41 schreef zarGon het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:49 schreef zarGon het volgende:

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Het is niet voor de US House, maar voor de Kentucky House.

De verhoudingen vóór de verkiezingen van 6 november: 64 R vs. 36 D.

Na de verkiezingen is het (momenteel): 47 R vs. 53 D. (=> +17 voor de Dems.)
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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:49 schreef zarGon het volgende:

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Het is niet voor de US House, maar voor de Kentucky House.

De verhoudingen vóór de verkiezingen van 6 november: 64 R vs. 36 D.

Na de verkiezingen is het (momenteel): 47 R vs. 53 D. (=> +17 voor de Dems.)
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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:41 schreef zarGon het volgende:

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It furthers a portrait of a president overstepping his authority to settle personal scores and carries extra sting because it was issued by a judge Trump appointed.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 17:15:41 George Conway on why he withdrew from consideration for a job at DOJ: "I'm watching this thing and you know it's like, the administration is like a shit show in a dumpster fire… I realized this guy is going to be at war with the Justice Department." https://t.co/jYSRtv61ii reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 17:22 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:26 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Mississippi GOP Sen. Hyde-Smith calls voter suppression 'great idea.' Campaign: 'Obviously' joking.

The caught-on-camera comment surfaced days after her remark about attending a "public hanging" stirred controversy.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 16:07 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Wat ziet daar achter, ik zal het wel verkeerd zien maar mensen laten stemmen lijkt mij toch niet zo moeilijk. Controleert de federale overheid dat zo slecht

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 17:53 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:

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De men in power hebben er baat bij dat stemmen -en dan vooral door democratische stemmers- moeilijk is. En als ze dan gestemd hebben, dan is het zaak deze zo slecht mogelijk te tellen. Zo simpel is.

En in enkele gevallen zijn de democraten zelf enorm incompetent.

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SchneiderCNN twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 16:25:12 "I will order defendants immediately restore Mr. Acosta's hard pass." Judge rules in favor of CNN in this initial proceeding and White House MUST restore @Acosta press pass IMMEDIATELY. reageer retweet

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Mary Beverly Goetz is 76, uses a walker and recently had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. Worried her health issues would prevent her from voting for Democrat Jim Glenn in her western Kentucky state House district, she requested an absentee ballot by mail and sent it in weeks ahead of the election to make sure her vote was counted.

Glenn won by one vote.

"It made me feel good," Goetz said. "It made you feel like your vote really counted."

As the nation watches election officials in Florida and Georgia painstakingly review results in high-profile Senate and governor's races, many less prominent races across the country were decided by agonizingly close margins.

Glenn's victory in Owensboro, Kentucky, was one of six state House races decided by a handful of votes. In District 27, Democrat Jeff Greer lost to Republican Nancy Tate by six votes. In District 96, Republican Jill York lost to Democrat Kathy Hinkle by five votes. In District 91, Republican Toby Herald lost to Democrat Cluster Howard by seven votes.

And in Buckhorn, a coin flip allowed alcohol to be sold at a state park after an election there ended in a tie. It was at least the third time this year a coin flip had to decide a tied Kentucky election.

All of the House races were upheld on Thursday by county boards of elections, when a review of results from voting machines did not change the outcomes.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:41 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Een kennis van mij in Amerika (New York) kreeg vandaag een telefoontje met de vraag of hij 5 dollar wil doneren voor ‘toekomstige politieke ondernemingen van Hillary Clinton’. Hij mocht uiteraard ook meer overmaken dan 5 euro en het liefst vandaag nog omdat ze een target moesten halen.

Arme democraten, arm Amerika.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:37 schreef popolon het volgende:
Welcome back Jimmie!

God wat zal Trump razen als een malle.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 20:04 schreef nostra het volgende:

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Kan hij hem strak negeren als Acosta een vraag wil stellen, of zit er een bepaald 'quotum' aan wie aan het woord mag?

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:41 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Een kennis van mij in Amerika (New York) kreeg vandaag een telefoontje met de vraag of hij 5 dollar wil doneren voor ‘toekomstige politieke ondernemingen van Hillary Clinton’. Hij mocht uiteraard ook meer overmaken dan 5 euro en het liefst vandaag nog omdat ze een target moesten halen.

Arme democraten, arm Amerika.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 20:22 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Het woord wordt volgens mij gewoon 'willekeurig' gegeven.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:31 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
3 peilingen voor de primaries van de democraten:

Biden 25%
Sanders 18%
Clinton 12%
Warren 4%
Harris 4%
Bloomberg 4%
none of the above 30%

HarrisX/@thehill 11/5-6

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Biden en Sanders zijn momenteel de frontrunners, benieuwd of dat nog gaat veranderen en of ze meedoen.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 23:22:22 ATLANTA (AP) -- Democrat Stacey Abrams says she'll file federal lawsuit to challenge `gross mismanagement' of Georgia elections. reageer retweet

Full Speech: Stacey Abrams Ends Candidacy For Georgia Governor | NBC News

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"Voting is not a right for some. It is a right for all. And it is not privilege. I stand here today as witness to that truth. This election is about all of us, as is the resolution of this moment."

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To watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on the suppression of the people’s democratic right to vote has been truly appalling. So let’s be clear: This is not a speech of concession."

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"Make no mistake. The former Secretary of State was deliberate and intentional in his actions. I know that 8 years of systemic disenfranchisement, disinvestment, and incompetence had its desired effect on the electoral process in Georgia."

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"Pundits and hyperpartisans will hear my words as a rejection of the normal order. You see i’m supposed to say nice things and accept my fate. They will complain that I should not use this moment to recap what was done wrong or to demand a remedy."

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"You see, as a leader I should be stoic in my outrage and silent in my rebuke. But stoicism is a luxury and silence is a weapon for those who would quiet the voices of the people. And I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right."

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The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government’s claims that he was not involved in the killing, according to people familiar with the matter.

The CIA’s assessment, in which officials have said they have high confidence, is the most definitive to date linking Mohammed to the operation and complicates the Trump administration’s efforts to preserve its relationship with a close ally. A team of 15 Saudi agents flew to Istanbul on government aircraft in October and killed Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate, where he had come to pick up documents that he needed for his planned marriage to a Turkish woman.

In reaching its conclusions, the CIA examined multiple sources of intelligence, including a phone call that the prince’s brother Khalid bin Salman, the Saudi ambassador to the United States, had with Khashoggi, according to the people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the intelligence. Khalid told Khashoggi, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post, that he should go to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to retrieve the documents and gave him assurances that it would be safe to do so.

It is not clear if Khalid knew that Khashoggi would be killed, but he made the call at his brother’s direction, according to the people familiar with the call, which was intercepted by U.S. intelligence.

Fatimah Baeshen, a spokeswoman for the Saudi Embassy in Washington, said the ambassador and Khashoggi never discussed “anything related to going to Turkey.” She added that the claims in the CIA’s “purported assessment are false. We have and continue to hear various theories without seeing the primary basis for these speculations.”

The CIA’s conclusion about Mohammed’s role was also based on the agency’s assessment of the prince as the country’s de facto ruler who oversees even minor affairs in the kingdom. “The accepted position is that there is no way this happened without him being aware or involved,” said a U.S. official familiar with the CIA’s conclusions.

The CIA sees Mohammed as a “good technocrat,” the U.S. official said, but also as volatile and arrogant, someone who “goes from zero to 60, doesn’t seem to understand that there are some things you can’t do.”

CIA analysts believe he has a firm grip on power and is not in danger of losing his status as heir to the throne despite the Khashoggi scandal. “The general agreement is that he is likely to survive,” the official said, adding that Mohammed’s role as the future Saudi king is “taken for granted.”

A spokesman for the CIA declined to comment.

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More than three dozen sealed criminal indictments have been added to the federal court docket in Washington, D.C. since the start of 2018.

Sealed criminal court files are assigned a case number, but do not indicate the identity of the parties or the nature of the charges, so it is impossible for the public to discern what those sealed cases contain.

But several legal experts told ABC News the number of sealed cases awaiting action right now is unusual. Fourteen were added to the docket since late August alone, a review by ABC News has found, just as the midterm elections were drawing near and longstanding Justice Department policy precluded prosecutors from taking any public action that could appear to be aimed at influencing political outcomes.

And the inadvertent discovery on Thursday night of what appear to be secret charges pending against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has drawn fresh attention to the mystery. Legal experts told ABC News that the sealed cases could be tied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possibly part of a quiet effort to protect his investigation from any premature effort to shut it down.

“I assume that Mueller knew that once the election was over, there could be an existential threat to his investigation,” said Matthew Miller, a former senior Justice official under former Attorney General Eric Holder. “He knew the best thing to do was act before that.”

A spokesperson for the special counsel’s office declined to comment on the investigation or the uptick in sealed indictments.

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Dick Cheney’s former top national-security aide has come under scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller, two people with knowledge of the probe tell The Daily Beast. It’s the latest sign that Mueller’s probe has expanded beyond the narrow bounds of Russian interference in American politics.

Mueller’s team has been looking into the communications and political dealings of John Hannah, the former Cheney adviser who later worked on Trump’s State Department transition team. This includes interactions with Lebanese-American businessman and fixer George Nader, who brokered meetings between foreign dignitaries and Team Trump, and Joel Zamel, a self-proclaimed social-media guru with deep ties to Israeli intelligence. The Daily Beast previously reported that the three men met with a top Saudi general in the days leading up to Trump’s inauguration to discuss plans to undermine and overthrow the government of Iran.

Hannah, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing, is close with Nader and Zamel, both of whom the special counsel has questioned, according to two people with knowledge of those relationships. Hannah is listed on the website of one of Zamel’s firms, Wikistrat, as a member of its advisory council. Nader worked with Hannah on Iraq policy during the George W. Bush administration, according to four people who worked with the two or who knew of their interactions during the war. Hannah is now a senior counselor for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a pro-Israel think tank known for its criticism of the Iranian regime.

Hannah and his attorney did not respond to requests for comment for this story. The Special Counsel’s Office declined to comment. A representative for Nader declined to comment. And a lawyer for Zamel did not respond to requests for comment.

Nader and Zamel have both been questioned by the Special Counsel’s Office and are reportedly cooperating with its probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Nader has been questioned about his ties to high-level officials in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, his relationship with Zamel, and his interactions with the Trump campaign. Mueller has questioned Zamel about his role pitching top campaign officials on an influence operation to help Trump win the election—which could have broken federal election laws.

Mueller’s interest in Hannah’s communications and interactions with the two suggest the special counsel’s probe is broader than previously understood.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 17-11-2018 om 03:35:49 Big news out of Arizona: Democrat Katie Hobbs has declared victory in Arizona's Secretary of State race over Republican Steve Gaynor. Gov. Ducey called to congratulate Hobbs. The victory could have big implications for 2020. https://t.co/AjMXikzVjq reageer retweet

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MSNBC “11th Hour” anchor Brian Williams broke in with breaking news on Thursday after the Department of Justice inadvertently revealed the existence of sealed charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

Williams was fortunate to have as a guest Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

“So, Frank, what’s the significance of this development to you?” Williams asked.

“Well, this has deep meaning also for me personally, because I was in Washington at headquarters when the entire intelligence community was wrestling with what to do with Julian Assange and Wikileaks,” he noted. “And that the great debate about whether we should even treat him as a foreign power — they were doing that much damage to us.”

“Look, I said before on your show, Brian, I think the strategy for Mueller is to tell us the story of a corrupt president through the indictments of others,” he noted.

“Understand that our intelligence community has Wikileaks covered like a blanket — as if they are a foreign adversary,” he revealed. “So when Trump sees questions he doesn’t like to answer, he might be realizing that Mueller has so much more on the classified side than anyone ever realized.”

“And maybe –just maybe — that is [spying] coverage of Julian Assange and Wikileaks and their role with the Russians in the release of emails during the presidential campaign,” Figliuzzi continued. “We have to wait and see.”

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House Democrats, poised to reactivate a probe of President Trump’s campaign ties to Russia, said this week that an investigatory priority is learning more about a Republican activist who sought 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s private emails, and whether he served as a conduit between the Trump campaign and Russia-tied groups.

“That is an area of continuing interest for us,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.), who is expected to become chairman of the House Intelligence Committee when Democrats regain control of the House in January, said in an interview. “In fact, that’s one of the areas that we’ve been able to make progress” on, despite Republican attempts to end the probe.

Mr. Schiff declined to detail what more the panel has learned. The Wall Street Journal has reported that the GOP activist, Peter W. Smith, who died in 2017, secretly raised $100,000 to secure emails deleted from Mrs. Clinton’s private computer server, and that he struck up a professional relationship with Mike Flynn, then a Trump aide, who later pleaded guilty in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Another priority Mr. Schiff identified is to determine any financial relationship between the Trump Organization and Russian entities or individuals. Mr. Trump, his company and the Kremlin all have denied collusion or other improper ties.

The House Intelligence Committee probe into Russia’s role in the election ground to a virtual halt last year. Majority Republicans tried to shift its focus from possible Trump-Russia collusion to what they said was a flawed and biased Justice Department probe.

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'I've answered them very easily': Trump on Mueller investigation questions

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Donald Trump said on Friday that he has answered written questions from special counsel Robert Mueller but has not yet submitted them.

The president told reporters in the Oval Office that he answered the questions “very easily” this week about the special counsel’s ongoing investigation into 2016 election interference and possible ties between Russia and the president’s campaign.

“You have to always be careful when you answer questions with people that probably have bad intentions,” said Trump in his latest swipe at the integrity of the investigation. “But no, the questions were very routinely answered by me.”

Trump did not say when he would turn over the answers to Mueller. The special counsel had signaled a willingness to accept written answers on matters of collusion but Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has said repeatedly that president would not answer Mueller’s questions on possible obstruction of justice.

Trump had huddled with lawyers at the White House this week but made clear: “My lawyers don’t write answers, I write answers.”

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Op zaterdag 17 november 2018 04:20 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination

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DONALD TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS HE WAS TOO 'BUSY ON CALLS' TO VISIT ARLINGTON CEMETERY ON VETERANS DAY

President Donald Trump said he “should have” attended a service on Veterans Day at Arlington Ceremony earlier this week, a rare public regret by the president, but also offered an excuse about making “calls for the country,” according to part of an interview released by Fox News on Friday.

Bron: Newsweek

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:41 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Een kennis van mij in Amerika (New York) kreeg vandaag een telefoontje met de vraag of hij 5 dollar wil doneren voor ‘toekomstige politieke ondernemingen van Hillary Clinton’. Hij mocht uiteraard ook meer overmaken dan 5 euro en het liefst vandaag nog omdat ze een target moesten halen.

Arme democraten, arm Amerika.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 18:24 schreef Puddington het volgende:

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SchneiderCNN twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 16:25:12 "I will order defendants immediately restore Mr. Acosta's hard pass." Judge rules in favor of CNN in this initial proceeding and White House MUST restore @Acosta press pass IMMEDIATELY. reageer retweet

So much winning.

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Op zaterdag 17 november 2018 10:30 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Trump overweegt om in de nabije toekomst gewoon weg te lopen als kritische vragen hem niet aanstaan. Wat een held.

Ik houd mijn vingers gekruist voor de mogelijkheid dat, als deze narcistische crimineel het Witte Huis verlaat, in 2021 of 2025, er -tig juridische zaken tegen hem worden opgestart. Ik vermoed dat Mueller en de FBI al zoveel shit hebben gevonden dat de man, wanneer-ie weer een 'gewone' burger is, voor een fiks aantal jaren achter de tralies mag voor een ontspannen oude dag. Lock him up.

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Op zaterdag 17 november 2018 10:32 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:

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Hoop dat tegen die tijd een democratische president weer aan de macht is, want een republikein zal 'm 100% zeker een pardon geven. Zelfs een democraat doet dat misschien omdat het nu eenmaal traditie is

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Op zaterdag 17 november 2018 10:30 schreef Toby56 het volgende:

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Trump overweegt om in de nabije toekomst gewoon weg te lopen als kritische vragen hem niet aanstaan. Wat een held.

Ik houd mijn vingers gekruist voor de mogelijkheid dat, als deze narcistische crimineel het Witte Huis verlaat, in 2021 of 2025, er -tig juridische zaken tegen hem worden opgestart. Ik vermoed dat Mueller en de FBI al zoveel shit hebben gevonden dat de man, wanneer-ie weer een 'gewone' burger is, voor een fiks aantal jaren achter de tralies mag voor een ontspannen oude dag. Lock him up.

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Drug giant Pfizer announced on Friday it will increase the list prices of 41 medicines in January, just months after it agreed to temporarily roll back price hikes under pressure from President Donald Trump.

Pfizer's new price increases, which take effect Jan. 15, will apply to 10 percent of its portfolio, the company said. Most of those drugs will see 5 percent increases.

Trump attacked Pfizer in July after the company raised prices, just weeks after he announced a drug pricing plan he claimed would result in "historic" price cuts. Trump accused the company of "taking advantage of the poor & others unable to defend themselves," and Pfizer a day later agreed to cancel the price increases.

Pfizer at the time said the rollback would give Trump an opportunity to work on his administration's drug price plan. The company said it would reinstate price increases at the end of the year if the administration's drug pricing plan didn't take effect.

A spokesperson for HHS Secretary Alex Azar criticized Pfizer’s latest price hikes, saying they “further illustrate the perverse incentives of America’s drug pricing system.”

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Lawyers on Friday brought a challenge to the validity of President Donald Trump’s appointment of acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker to the Supreme Court.

Questions have surrounded the legality of Whitaker’s appointment since the day after the midterm elections when Trump forced out the former attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and announced on Twitter that Whitaker was his choice to be the acting attorney general. The Justice Department, however, has defended the appointment's legality.

“Because Whitaker’s appointment does not satisfy the Appointments Clause, it is unlawful, and he cannot serve as Acting Attorney General,” the lawyers wrote in Friday evening’s filing.

The issue is being brought to the Supreme Court in Barry Michaels’ pending petition for certiorari in a case challenging the federal law barring possession of a gun by a felon. In addition to Michael Zapin, Michaels’ lawyer on previous filings, Tom Goldstein and his colleagues at Goldstein Russell joined in Friday’s filing.

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Op vrijdag 16 november 2018 19:41 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Een kennis van mij in Amerika (New York) kreeg vandaag een telefoontje met de vraag of hij 5 dollar wil doneren voor ‘toekomstige politieke ondernemingen van Hillary Clinton’. Hij mocht uiteraard ook meer overmaken dan 5 euro en het liefst vandaag nog omdat ze een target moesten halen.

Arme democraten, arm Amerika.

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:11:04 So basically @RepSwalwell wants a war. Because that’s what you would get. You’re outta your fucking mind if you think I’ll give up my rights and give the gov all the power. https://t.co/bK1GVyjFej reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:22:02 @Rambobiggs And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities. reageer retweet

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:27:31 @RepSwalwell So our government would nuke its own country in order to take guns? Wow reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:37:55 @Rambobiggs Don’t be so dramatic. You claiming you need a gun to protect yourself against the government is ludicrous. But you seem like a reasonable person. If an assault weapons ban happens, I’m sure you’ll follow law. reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 22:02:58 Don’t be so dramatic. No one is nuking anyone or threatening that. I’m telling you this is not the 18th Century. The argument that you would go to war with your government if an assault weapons ban was in place is ludicrous and inflames the gun debate. Which is what you want. https://t.co/oX0rY7Nbs1 reageer retweet

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ScottAdamsSays twitterde op zaterdag 17-11-2018 om 16:03:01 Scott Adams talks about Swalwell Derangement Syndrome, CIA leaks, Pelosi votes, and coffee. https://t.co/kCLagW5JXX reageer retweet

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Op zondag 18 november 2018 16:09 schreef Oostwoud het volgende:
Interessant wel, een Democraat in California, Eric Swalwell, die het best wel oké vind om kernwapens in te zetten tegen de burgerbevolking wanneer wapenbezitters hun wapens niet inleveren:
USA Today (op-ed van Swalwell)
NBC News

Sterker nog, Swalwell gebruikt het woord oorlog:

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:11:04 So basically @RepSwalwell wants a war. Because that’s what you would get. You’re outta your fucking mind if you think I’ll give up my rights and give the gov all the power. https://t.co/bK1GVyjFej reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:22:02 @Rambobiggs And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities. reageer retweet

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:27:31 @RepSwalwell So our government would nuke its own country in order to take guns? Wow reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:37:55 @Rambobiggs Don’t be so dramatic. You claiming you need a gun to protect yourself against the government is ludicrous. But you seem like a reasonable person. If an assault weapons ban happens, I’m sure you’ll follow law. reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 22:02:58 Don’t be so dramatic. No one is nuking anyone or threatening that. I’m telling you this is not the 18th Century. The argument that you would go to war with your government if an assault weapons ban was in place is ludicrous and inflames the gun debate. Which is what you want. https://t.co/oX0rY7Nbs1 reageer retweet

We hebben het hier over iemand die mogelijk een Presidentiële race in 2020 overweegt.

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Op zondag 18 november 2018 16:24 schreef Mike het volgende:
Oostwoud moet maar even naar Scott Adams kijken, die uitlegt waarom het zo stom is als je zo'n tekst als die van Swalwell letterlijk neemt:

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ScottAdamsSays twitterde op zaterdag 17-11-2018 om 16:03:01 Scott Adams talks about Swalwell Derangement Syndrome, CIA leaks, Pelosi votes, and coffee. https://t.co/kCLagW5JXX reageer retweet

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Op zondag 18 november 2018 16:09 schreef Oostwoud het volgende:
Interessant wel, een Democraat in California, Eric Swalwell, die het best wel oké vind om kernwapens in te zetten tegen de burgerbevolking wanneer wapenbezitters hun wapens niet inleveren:
USA Today (op-ed van Swalwell)
NBC News

Sterker nog, Swalwell gebruikt het woord oorlog:

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:11:04 So basically @RepSwalwell wants a war. Because that’s what you would get. You’re outta your fucking mind if you think I’ll give up my rights and give the gov all the power. https://t.co/bK1GVyjFej reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:22:02 @Rambobiggs And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes. Too many of them. But they’re legit. I’m sure if we talked we could find common ground to protect our families and communities. reageer retweet

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Rambobiggs twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:27:31 @RepSwalwell So our government would nuke its own country in order to take guns? Wow reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 21:37:55 @Rambobiggs Don’t be so dramatic. You claiming you need a gun to protect yourself against the government is ludicrous. But you seem like a reasonable person. If an assault weapons ban happens, I’m sure you’ll follow law. reageer retweet

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RepSwalwell twitterde op vrijdag 16-11-2018 om 22:02:58 Don’t be so dramatic. No one is nuking anyone or threatening that. I’m telling you this is not the 18th Century. The argument that you would go to war with your government if an assault weapons ban was in place is ludicrous and inflames the gun debate. Which is what you want. https://t.co/oX0rY7Nbs1 reageer retweet

We hebben het hier over iemand die mogelijk een Presidentiële race in 2020 overweegt.

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pyryluminen twitterde op zondag 18-11-2018 om 15:13:41 Just an ordinary day in the Finnish forest ~ Ihan normipäivä suomalaisessa metsässä #Trump #forest #firesafety #raking #forestry #Finland #Finnish #CaliforniaFire #RakingAmericaGreatAgain #rakingtheforest #Suomi #haravointi #metsäpalot #rakingleaves https://t.co/YOKA3D6C2K reageer retweet

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President Sauli Niinistö of Finland told Ilta-Sanomat, the country's second-largest newspaper, on Sunday that he never discussed raking with Trump during their brief meeting in Paris last weekend, where the leaders attended various commemorations marking the centennial of the armistice that ended World War I.

"I mentioned [to] him that Finland is a land covered by forests and we also have a good monitoring system and network," Niinistö said, adding that he recalled telling Trump: "We take care of our forests."

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Apec summit fails to agree on statement amid US-China spat

For the first time, Apec leaders were unable to agree on a formal written declaration, amid sharp differences between the world’s top two economies over the rules of global trade.

“You know the two big giants in the room. What can I say?” said the host, the Papua New Guinean prime minister, Peter O’Neill, conceding defeat.

Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau, admitted the failure came down to “different visions on particular elements with regard to trade that prevented full consensus”.

Sources said that going into the meeting the United States had pressed for the leaders to issue what amounted to a denunciation of the World Trade Organization and a call for its wholesale reform.

That demand was a step too far for Beijing, which would be likely to get less preferential treatment under any changes.

O’Neill indicated the WTO had been a sticking point in agreeing a joint communique.

“Apec has got no charter over the World Trade Organization. That is a fact,” he said. “Those matters can be raised at the World Trade Organization.”

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A bitter race for the White House.

A secret campaign meeting in New York.

And a presidential contender willing to conspire with a foreign government to clinch the win.

The Rachel Maddow Show 11/18/2018 | MSNBC Betrayal: The Plot That Won the White House

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 02:42 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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https://www.theguardian.c(...)elt-and-one-way-road

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 02:06 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
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De Finnen gingen er ook lekker mee aan de haal op social media

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pyryluminen twitterde op zondag 18-11-2018 om 15:13:41 Just an ordinary day in the Finnish forest ~ Ihan normipäivä suomalaisessa metsässä #Trump #forest #firesafety #raking #forestry #Finland #Finnish #CaliforniaFire #RakingAmericaGreatAgain #rakingtheforest #Suomi #haravointi #metsäpalot #rakingleaves https://t.co/YOKA3D6C2K reageer retweet

Finnish president denies ever discussing ‘raking’ with Trump

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 08:28 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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De ziel van een anarchist. Een die maar al te graag een escalatie wil.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 11:29 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Het iig iemand die in een heel bias georïenteerde kiesgemeenschap stemmen kan trekken.

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ehh. Hillary hebben we gehad, en je weet wat er toen is gebeurd.

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ehh. Hillary hebben we gehad, en je weet wat er toen is gebeurd.

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Je zou kunnen stellen dat Trump bij een campagne hetzelfde effect heeft op ELKE andere vrouwelijke kandidaat die aan die omschrijving voldoet.

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Je zou kunnen stellen dat Trump bij een campagne hetzelfde effect heeft op ELKE andere vrouwelijke kandidaat die aan die omschrijving voldoet.

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Trump weet PRECIES hoe hij een vrouw moet intimideren. En welke daarvoor ontvankelijk is.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 12:53 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Niet zo bizar als je denkt. De meeste politici hebben een "flow' nodig om tijdens een rally tot een goed verhaal te komen. Trump gebruikte bij Hillary het effectiefste wapen wat hij heeft. Een vorm van disruptie die hij alleen bij vrouwen kan uitvoeren. Waar mannen zich er helemaal niet aan storen, kan Trump dit wapen bij elke vrouw in de strijd gooien, en doorbreekt zo die flow. En dat maakt vrouwen zo makkelijk te beschadigen met een monster als Trump. Daar moet je dus een politiek monster tegenover zetten. Iemand zonder scrupules.

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Trump weet PRECIES hoe hij een vrouw moet intimideren. En welke daarvoor ontvankelijk is.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 13:44 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Aanranding is nou niet echt een hele goede strategie tijdens een live tv-debat.

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Niet zo bizar als je denkt. De meeste politici hebben een "flow' nodig om tijdens een rally tot een goed verhaal te komen. Trump gebruikte bij Hillary het effectiefste wapen wat hij heeft. Een vorm van disruptie die hij alleen bij vrouwen kan uitvoeren. Waar mannen zich er helemaal niet aan storen, kan Trump dit wapen bij elke vrouw in de strijd gooien, en doorbreekt zo die flow. En dat maakt vrouwen zo makkelijk te beschadigen met een monster als Trump. Daar moet je dus een politiek monster tegenover zetten. Iemand zonder scrupules.

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Daar moet je dus een politiek monster tegenover zetten. Iemand zonder scrupules.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 14:14 schreef RM-rf het volgende:

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Je bedoelt dus zoiets als ongeveer alle mannelijke politici die Trump in 2016 tijdens de republikeinse primaries afgesabelt heeft?

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 14:01 schreef OMG het volgende:

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Daarnaast hebben republikeinen het niet zo op vrouwen, zie de opmaak van vrouwelijke leden in het huis, dus zie ik een vrouwelijke kandidaat het toch makkelijk verliezen in de mix van Trump stompzinnigheden en debiele attack ads. Zie ook niet zoveel in je dood staren op specifiek een vrouwelijke kandidaat.

Message from Jeff Bezos - SNL

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For two years, observers have speculated that the June, 2016, Brexit campaign in the U.K. served as a petri dish for Donald Trump’s Presidential campaign in the United States. Now there is new evidence that it did. Newly surfaced e-mails show that the former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, and Cambridge Analytica, the Big Data company that he worked for at the time, were simultaneously incubating both nationalist political movements in 2015.

Emma Briant, an academic expert on disinformation at George Washington University, has unearthed new e-mails that appear to reveal the earliest documented role played by Bannon in Brexit. The e-mails, which date back to October of 2015, show that Bannon, who was then the vice-president of Cambridge Analytica, an American firm largely owned by the U.S. hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer, was in the loop on discussions taking place at the time between his company and the leaders of Leave.EU, a far-right nationalist organization. The following month, Leave.EU publicly launched a campaign aimed at convincing British voters to support a referendum in favor of exiting the European Union. The U.K. narrowly voted for the so-called Brexit in June, 2016. The tumultuous fallout has roiled the U.K. ever since, threatening the government of the Conservative Prime Minister, Theresa May.

Bannon did not respond to requests for comment. But his name and private e-mail address appear on the chain of three e-mails in October, 2015, between Brittany Kaiser, the director of program development at Cambridge Analytica, and Arron Banks, who headed the Leave.EU campaign and referred to himself in the title of his memoir as one of “The Bad Boys of Brexit.” Banks could not be reached for comment regarding the e-mails, which were first published Saturday by the British Web site openDemocracy.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 14:00:02 White House officials sent Jim Acosta a letter stating that his pass is set to be suspended again once the restraining order expires, Axios reports.CNN is fighting back, and is expected back in court as soon as today.https://t.co/DBeCyTaTJ4 reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 18-11-2018 om 19:01:09 So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate! reageer retweet

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 16:05 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 18-11-2018 om 19:01:09 So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate! reageer retweet

Trump over Adam Schiff...

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 16:05 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 18-11-2018 om 19:01:09 So funny to see little Adam Schitt (D-CA) talking about the fact that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker was not approved by the Senate, but not mentioning the fact that Bob Mueller (who is highly conflicted) was not approved by the Senate! reageer retweet

Trump over Adam Schiff...

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"Today, the court made clear that there is no absolute First Amendment right to access the White House. In response to the court, we will temporarily reinstate the reporter's hard pass. We will also further develop rules and processes to ensure fair and orderly press conferences in the future," Sanders said. "There must be decorum at the White House."

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A group of Senate Democrats is suing to block Matt Whitaker from serving as acting attorney general on grounds that his placement in the post was unconstitutional.

The suit, which is being filed by Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, is the latest and most aggressive salvo against the Whitaker appointment. Last week, the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel defended Whitaker’s promotion in a memo that drew immediate criticism for its expansive understanding of the president’s power. That view is in hot dispute, including from the state of Maryland, which petitioned a federal judge to stop him from serving on constitutional grounds.

The latest suit, which was brought by the groups Protect Democracy and the Constitutional Accountability Center for the Senators, argues that Whitaker’s appointment violates the Constitution’s Appointments Clause because the U.S. Senate did not confirm him to his prior post. Whitaker was chief of staff to now-former Attorney General Jeff Sessions before President Trump elevated him to his current gig. Trump did so through the Vacancies Reform Act, which allows the staffing of vacant positions for up to 210 days. But many constitutional scholars have argued that the Vacancies Reform Act doesn’t let the president appoint people to cabinet-level positions who haven’t been senate confirmed. The Senate confirmed Whitaker in 2004 as a U.S. Attorney in Iowa, but his opponents—most prominently George Conway, the husband of White House senior staffer Kellyanne Conway, and former Solicitor General Neal Katyal—say that confirmation has effectively lapsed.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 14:52 schreef thesiren.nl het volgende:
Iemand met verstand en humor die hem kan baiten domme dingen te doen. Je weet dat trump altijd offscript gaat daar moet je hem pakken.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 16:45 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Hij heeft succes er mee. Én weer een paar Dems bezig gehouden. Het mooie van Robert Mueller is dat hij zwijgend en vastberaden zijn eigen weg gaat. Bij Mueller heeft Trump geen succes. Hij heeft NIETS waar hij Mueller mee uit balans kan halen. De tactiek van Mueller zouden ze ook bij de media en Dems moeten overnemen. Stil, grimmig en vastberaden, en daar hebben ze nu gelukkig de tools voor.

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Op maandag 19 november 2018 17:14 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Het is niet aan de media om ten strijde te trekken tegen Trump.

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Landmark court rulings, laws and constitutional amendments have allowed women the right to vote, to make decisions about their reproductive health and to some degree, to receive equal pay for equal work. But women are not guaranteed equal rights under the United States Constitution. That's why, for decades, women's rights advocates across the country have supported an Equal Rights Amendment.

Nearly 50 years ago, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, barring sex discrimination. But thirty-eight states had to ratify it before it took effect. Earlier this year, Illinois became number 37 and a bipartisan group of lawmakers is campaigning to make Virginia the final, historic vote.

For the past 10 days, those lawmakers have traveled the state on a bus tour, trying to grow enthusiasm for the amendment. And they will need a lot of it. Last session, a group of primarily Democratic lawmakers tried to ratify the amendment, but it didn't even make it to the floor for a vote. Today, there seems to be Republican support and more energy around the ratification than before.

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Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal slammed President Trump on Monday for his criticism of retired Adm. William McRaven, the leader of the 2011 mission that killed Osama bin Laden.

“The president is simply wrong. He’s uninformed and he is pushing an idea that I think is not helpful,” McChrystal, who led U.S. forces in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010, said on CNN.

McChrystal said he believes Trump’s comments that the U.S. should have hunted down bin Laden sooner are “symptomatic of a crisis in leadership we have in the nation today.”

"I don’t think personal attacks on anyone is warranted," he added.

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"I think there’s a certain honesty to what’s happening now," he said. "The president didn’t go to Arlington Cemetery for Veterans Day, and maybe that’s honest because if you really don’t care it would be dishonest to pretend that you do."

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GOP: Retired admiral who Trump attacked is ‘hardly a non-political figure’

The Republican National Committee used Twitter on Monday to defend President Trump's ongoing criticism of retired Navy Adm. William McRaven, tweeting that the former Navy SEAL is "hardly a non-political figure."

The tweet accusing McRaven of partisan leanings earned pushback, including from a progressive veteran's group.

"Worth noting after recent comments: Retired Adm. William McRaven was reportedly on Hillary Clinton’s short list for Vice President in 2016," the GOP account tweeted. "He’s been critical of President @realDonaldTrump— even dating back to the 2016 campaign. He’s hardly a non-political figure."

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GOP twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 18:19:32 Worth noting after recent comments: Retired Adm. William McRaven was reportedly on Hillary Clinton’s short list for Vice President in 2016. He’s been critical of President @realDonaldTrump— even dating back to the 2016 campaign. He’s hardly a non-political figure. reageer retweet

McRaven was on a long list of possible vice presidential nominees that Clinton’s campaign chairman sent in an email. The email was hacked by Russia and released by WikiLeaks, CBS News reported at the time.

McRaven was also on a list of staff suggestions for Trump's national security adviser, according to The Washington Post.

Trump for days has been attacking McRaven, calling him a "Hillary Clinton fan" and "Obama-backer" during a Sunday interview. McRaven in a statement to CNN over the weekend said that he "did not back Hillary Clinton or anyone else."

"I am a fan of President Obama and President George W. Bush, both of whom I worked for," he added.

McRaven, who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, called Trump's anti-media rhetoric "the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime."

"Worth noting that @GOP is now backing smears against a man who did nothing but dedicate 37 years of his life to defending America, organizing and overseeing the mission to take out one of our most dangerous foes in the process," progressive veteran's group Vote Vets tweeted in response to the GOP post.

Conservative radio show host and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh tweeted, "So f***ing stupid of the GOP. But they do what Trump says."

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votevets twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 19:28:05 Worth noting that @GOP is now backing smears against a man who did nothing but dedicate 37 years of his life to defending America, organizing and overseeing the mission to take out one of our most dangerous foes in the process.Disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. https://t.co/V7laAO12iS reageer retweet

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WalshFreedom twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 19:05:18 So f***ing stupid of the GOP. But they do what Trump says. https://t.co/lJuzAmFybw reageer retweet

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HeerJeet twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 19:18:02 I'm no political genius but I think attacking a retired military commander who led the Bin Laden raid and is now struggling with cancer is ... poor optics. https://t.co/lpAuHVxDPZ reageer retweet

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nedprice twitterde op maandag 19-11-2018 om 19:37:39 Worth noting this isn't just the unhinged blather of @realDonaldTrump; it's the Republican National Committee now racing to defend one of the more indefensible statements to have come out of the President's mouth. Note to @GOP: It's OK to take a pass. https://t.co/pgGz75D8c0 reageer retweet

Trump has been suggesting that the U.S. took too long to hunt down bin Laden, saying it should have been easier to locate the al Qaeda leader in Pakistan.

The former Navy SEAL who reportedly killed bin Laden also defended the mission on Monday, saying, "We all wanted to get him as soon as we could."

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Het is niet aan de media om ten strijde te trekken tegen Trump.

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The Pentagon is set to begin a drawdown of its 5,800 troops from the Southwest border as early as this week, the Army commander overseeing the mission told POLITICO today — even as the approaching caravan of refugees prompted U.S. customs officers to close a port of entry near Tijuana, Mexico.

All the active-duty troops that President Donald Trump ordered sent to the border before the midterm elections should be home by Christmas, said Army Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who is running the mission from San Antonio, Texas.

Buchanan also confirmed previous reports that the military rejected a request from the Department of Homeland Security for an armed force to back up Border Patrol agents in the event of a violent confrontation.

"That is a law enforcement task, and the secretary of defense does not have the authority to approve that inside the homeland," Buchanan said.

He said the troop deployment should start falling rapidly as engineer and logistics troops — some the largest parts of the deployment — wind down their mission of building base camps and fortifying ports of entry for the Border Patrol.

"Our end date right now is 15 December, and I've got no indications from anybody that we'll go beyond that," said Buchanan, who leads the ground component of U.S. Northern Command.

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TheBeatWithAri twitterde op dinsdag 20-11-2018 om 00:08:46 WATCH: Trump goes from being "100%" ready to testify under oath in Mueller probe, to "probably" won't sit down with Mueller or answer any obstruction questions: https://t.co/ao7FNhu8Fs reageer retweet

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Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence.

White House ethics officials learned of Trump’s repeated use of personal email when reviewing emails gathered last fall by five Cabinet agencies to respond to a public records lawsuit. That review revealed that throughout much of 2017, she often discussed or relayed official White House business using a private email account with a domain that she shares with her husband, Jared Kushner.

The discovery alarmed some advisers to President Trump, who feared that his daughter’s practices bore similarities to the personal email use of Hillary Clinton, an issue he made a focus of his 2016 campaign. Trump attacked his Democratic challenger as untrustworthy and dubbed her “Crooked Hillary” for using a personal email account as secretary of state.

Some aides were startled by the volume of Ivanka Trump’s personal emails — and taken aback by her response when questioned about the practice. Trump said she was not familiar with some details of the rules, according to people with knowledge of her reaction.

The White House referred requests for comment to Ivanka Trump’s attorney and ethics counsel, Abbe Lowell.

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Op dinsdag 20 november 2018 00:28 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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TheBeatWithAri twitterde op dinsdag 20-11-2018 om 00:08:46 WATCH: Trump goes from being "100%" ready to testify under oath in Mueller probe, to "probably" won't sit down with Mueller or answer any obstruction questions: https://t.co/ao7FNhu8Fs reageer retweet

Goh wat onverwacht

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Op dinsdag 20 november 2018 00:46 schreef Kansenjongere het volgende:

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Er was toch al eerder gezegd dat als hij zou antwoorden het schriftelijk moest gebeuren omdat zijn adviseurs doodsbang zijn dat hij in een mondeling gesprek zichzelf elke zin tegenspreekt?

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Op dinsdag 20 november 2018 00:44 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Ivanka Trump used a personal email account to send hundreds of emails about government business last year

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Former top members of the intelligence community rebuked President Donald Trump on Monday for deriding the retired Navy SEAL who oversaw the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden as a "Hillary Clinton backer" and suggesting that he should have caught the al Qaeda leader sooner.

Responses to Trump's comments about retired Adm. Bill McRaven, who has criticized the president's attacks on the press, poured in Monday from former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who said Trump should apologize.

"This president owes Admiral McRaven and all of the SEALS involved in that operation an apology for what he's saying. He's undermining his position as commander-in-chief. Not only with those that conducted the operation, but with the entire military," Panetta, who served as the U.S. Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama at the time of the 2011 raid that killed bin Laden, said on MSNBC's "Andrea Mitchell Reports" Monday.

Leon Panetta: President Donald Trump Is Weakening His Position As Commander-in-Chief | MSNBC

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McRaven responded on Sunday, telling CNN that he did not support Clinton or anyone else in the 2016 election. He emphasized that partisanship did not play a role in his career.

On Monday morning, however, Trump doubled down on his remarks, tweeting that, "Of course we should have captured Osama Bin Laden long before we did."