[AMV] President Trump #280 Make America Sick Again

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 19:48 schreef antiderivative het volgende:

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Op hem? Als het gaat om Healthcare is Trump een echte moderate

Rep. Mark Meadows says he raised entitlement reform with President Trump and the pushback was stronger than expected

Een gedeelte diep-conservatieve republikeinen willen meer hervormingen (lees hack & slash) in allerlei regelingen en programma's en een gedeelte van dezelfde partij, de gematigden, willen juist enkele belangrijke elementen (medicare/medicaid) in stand houden (omdat dat in hun staat een belangrijk punt is).

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I’ve been reading about things. I read in, I think it was January 20 a New York Times article where they were talking about wiretapping. There was an article I think they used that exact term. I read other things.

“I watched your friend, Bret Baier, the day previous where he was talking about certain very complex sets of things happening, and wiretapping. I said, wait a minute, there’s a lot of wiretapping being talked about. I’ve been seeing a lot of things”.

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“Not that I respect The New York Times. I call it the failing New York Times. But they did write on January 20 using the word wiretap," he explained.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 19:47 schreef Nintex het volgende:
"wiretapping" stond tussen haakjes, dus het telt niet jongons

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"Wiretap covers a lot of different things," Trump told Fox News' Tucker Carlson in an interview aired Wednesday night. "I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks."

Monitoring Trump Remarks in Nashville, Wiretap Dancing? - Anderson Cooper 360 - Mar 16, 2017

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 20:32 schreef Nintex het volgende:
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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 04-03-2017 om 13:02:48 How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy! reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 04-03-2017 om 12:52:54 I'd bet a good lawyer could make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election! reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 03-03-2017 om 03:38:48 ...is all of the illegal leaks of classified and other information. It is a total "witch hunt!" reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 26-02-2017 om 12:33:16 The race for DNC Chairman was, of course, totally "rigged." Bernie's guy, like Bernie himself, never had a chance. Clinton demanded Perez! reageer retweet

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The Dangerous Precedent Set by Judicial Attacks on Trump's Travel Ban

Let’s start with the law.

The president of the United States has power to bar “any class of aliens” both as immigrants and as nonimmigrants and to impose on their ordinary comings and goings “any restrictions he may deem appropriate.”

That’s the language of the U.S. Code, the law of the land as enacted by Congress, under Congress’ own constitutional power over immigration and naturalization.

Presidential power is never absolute, of course. It’s always subject to the Constitution. Many have argued that Trump's ban is unconstitutional because—as the president himself has repeatedly said—it’s intended to ban Muslims, and should be regarded as prohibited religious discrimination.

But here’s the problem for those making the argument: It’s firmly established U.S. law that the rights of the Constitution belong only to Americans. The U.S. Army can strip enemy combatants of weapons without offending the Second Amendment right to carry firearms. It can billet troops in private dwellings overseas without offending the Third Amendment. The NSA can intercept foreign communications without regard to the Fourth Amendment. The U.S. courts do not hear cases from foreign nationals who complain their due process rights under the Fifth Amendment have somehow been infringed. And so through the gamut.

Where do foreign nationals then acquire their supposed First Amendment right to enter the United States without religious discrimination?

The answer offered by Judge Derrick Watson’s opinion is a judicial reach of a kind that might sound clever to the student editors of an academic law review—but that should worry all Americans in real life. By barring foreign Muslims, the opinion argues, the Trump administration has signaled disfavor of domestic Muslims as well, thereby violating their First Amendment rights to religious equality.

Not only that! Watson’s opinion further contends that this argument is so convincing that it is “highly likely” to prevail on the ultimate merits—and for that reason, that he is justified in issuing immediately a temporary restraining order against Trump’s ban.

This double argument is bold, to put it mildly.

What it does, in effect, is globalize the First Amendment (and possibly other amendments too) provided only that a fellow adherent of that religion live inside the United States.

This approach is so ambitious and so new that it renders incredible. Judge Derrick Watson’s claimed certitude that the plaintiffs are “highly likely” to prevail. Their chances are at best touch-and-go; at worst, probably doomed.

Frankly, under any other president than Donald Trump, it seems impossible that a federal judge would have expressed such certitude—or granted their requested order. The federal courts have historically granted large deference to presidential power over immigration and naturalization. The Supreme Court ruled as recently as 2015 that the president could deny a visa to an alien for no reason at all!

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Thursday that President Trump “stands by” his allegation that former president Barack Obama ordered wiretapping surveillance of Trump Tower last fall, despite statements from the leaders of congressional investigations that no evidence had been found to support the claim.

In a remarkably combative exchange with reporters at his daily press briefing, Spicer was asked whether Trump still believes Obama ordered the alleged surveillance effort.

“He stands by it,” Spicer said, going on to assail journalists for the way they have reported on the controversy.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 21:02 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
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"I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use. But too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable. I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana – so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that's only slightly less awful. Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life."

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 19:14 schreef invalidusername het volgende:

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Als safety no. 1 zou ie beter was aan guncontrol kunnen doen. Volgens mij is de kans dat je wat overkomt agv gebrek aan guncontrols in de USA haast oneindig groter dan de kans op een terrorist.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 20:22 schreef Montov het volgende:

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I read things, I read other things. I see things. Failing NYT.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 21:02 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 21:14 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Ook wel een bijzondere budgettaire keuze:
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NYPDONeill twitterde op donderdag 16-03-2017 om 21:44:13 Under @POTUS budget, virtually all fed funding to #NYPD eradicated. Entire counterterrorism apparatus in nation's t… https://t.co/1dCHUpCBfX reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 21:40 schreef nostra het volgende:


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"I think you're going to find some very interesting items coming to the forefront over the next two weeks," Trump told Fox host Tucker Carlson.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 21:00 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Een neo-con die het niet eens is in een opinie stuk met federale rechters? Color me surprised...

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Wednesday was an active day in the courts for President Trump’s Refugee Executive Order (EO). A U.S. district court in Hawaii issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) blocking the revised EO issued less than two weeks ago. In addition, the Ninth Circuit, with five judges dissenting, declined to order an en banc rehearing on a Seattle district court’s TRO against the original EO. Judge Jay Bybee’s dissent (joined by judges Kozinski, Callahan, Bea, and Ikuta) comes closest to the deferential note that I believe the Supreme Court will ultimately strike when and if it considers the revised EO’s legality. However, because of the substantial tailoring in the revised EO, the Supreme Court could upheld EO 2.0 without embracing the broad deference urged in Judge Bybee’s dissent.

First, some background on the revised EO (see Josh Blackman’s posts here, here, and here)): The revised EO exempts lawful permanent residents (LPRs), current visa-holders (VHs), and noncitizens with approved refugee status—all of whom had reliance interests disrupted by the original EO. The revised EO only affects foreign nationals abroad who are seeking visas ab initio. The Supreme Court has never held that the Constitution protects noncitizens in this context. The revised EO excludes Iraqis, makes Syrian refugees subject to a 120-day bar (not the indefinite halt decreed by the initial EO), and deletes any mention of a priority for religious minorities.

In the Hawaii case, Judge Derrick K. Watson found the revised EO’s careful tailoring insufficient to withstand the plaintiffs’ Establishment Clause challenge. Unfortunately, Judge Watson paid no heed to the ill fit between the varied factors that drive immigration decisions and the Establishment Clause case law’s search for an intent to harm or help religion.

That heedlessness swims against the tide of Supreme Court precedent. In Kerry v. Din (2015), Justice Kennedy’s controlling opinion found that even the due process rights of U.S. citizen sponsors of visa applicants had to bow to the “facially legitimate and bona fide” interest of the U.S. government in countering terrorism. In endorsing this flexible standard, Justice Kennedy cited Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), in which the Court first articulated the “facially legitimate and bona fide” test. Mandel, which Judge Bybee cited repeatedly in his Ninth Circuit dissent, rejected a First Amendment challenge to the denial of a visa to a Marxist scholar whom U.S. citizens wished to hear speak in person. Mandel’s relaxed standard suggests that Judge Watson’s opinion will be short-lived.

Rejecting Mandel’s teaching, Judge Watson second-guessed the security emphasis of the revised EO. The revised EO cites the armed conflicts that have engulfed 5 of the 6 countries (Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen) subject to the country-wide pause in admissions. Because of those armed conflicts, the EO concludes, a review of U.S. visa procedures is appropriate. According to the revised EO, review is appropriate for the 6th country on the list—Iran—because that country has been a longtime sponsor of terrorism. In my opinion, these facts do not present a persuasive policy case for the EO’s pause in admissions, for reasons that former senior Department of Homeland Security lawyer David Martin states here. However, a given policy need not command a unanimous policy consensus to be “facially legitimate and bona fide.” Indeed, the whole point of the “facially legitimate and bona fide” standard, as Justice Kennedy reiterated in Kerry v. Din, is to ensure that courts stay out of the policy debates that are the rightful province of the political branches.

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L0gg0l twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 01:17:58 #Breaking U.S air strike that targeted AQ mtg place near Syria's Aleppo apparently destroys mosque https://t.co/EgZ8u1t28J -- @CT_operative reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 01:31 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Amerikanen zijn begonnen met het opruimen van ISIS en Al Qaida

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L0gg0l twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 01:17:58 #Breaking U.S air strike that targeted AQ mtg place near Syria's Aleppo apparently destroys mosque https://t.co/EgZ8u1t28J -- @CT_operative reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 01:31 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Amerikanen zijn begonnen met het opruimen van ISIS en Al Qaida

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L0gg0l twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 01:17:58 #Breaking U.S air strike that targeted AQ mtg place near Syria's Aleppo apparently destroys mosque https://t.co/EgZ8u1t28J -- @CT_operative reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 01:31 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Amerikanen zijn begonnen met het opruimen van ISIS en Al Qaida

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L0gg0l twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 01:17:58 #Breaking U.S air strike that targeted AQ mtg place near Syria's Aleppo apparently destroys mosque https://t.co/EgZ8u1t28J -- @CT_operative reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 16-03-2017 om 22:54:02 Great progress on healthcare. Improvements being made - Republicans coming together! reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 00:21 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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NYPDONeill twitterde op donderdag 16-03-2017 om 21:44:13 Under @POTUS budget, virtually all fed funding to #NYPD eradicated. Entire counterterrorism apparatus in nation's t… https://t.co/1dCHUpCBfX reageer retweet

Het is echt Bane

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 08:15 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 16-03-2017 om 22:54:02 Great progress on healthcare. Improvements being made - Republicans coming together! reageer retweet

Healthcare gaat in ieder geval de goede kant op nu, na wat opstartproblemen gaat het nu soepeltjes.

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Op donderdag 16 maart 2017 20:22 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 10:07 schreef nostra het volgende:
Tillerson spreekt wat hardere woorden en ziet militair ingrijpen richting Noord-Korea nu als optie.

_{Spionage daar gebeurt aan de foto te zien wat minder geavanceeerd dan in Trump Tower.}

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 10:10 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Net wat de VS nodig heeft. Een tweede Korea-oorlog.

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 10:10 schreef Wespensteek het volgende:
Als het witte huis bekend maakt dat wat Trump op Twitter zet niet serieus genomen moet worden en bestaat uit hersenscheten die via zijn vingers tot uiting komen,

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 10:10 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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Net wat de VS nodig heeft. Een tweede Korea-oorlog.

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 11:35 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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“I’ve been briefed…and I can tell you one thing about a briefing that we’re allowed to say …because anybody who ever read the most basic book can say it…nuclear holocaust would be like no other.”

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This means that Trump told his audience a half-dozen things about the tape that aren’t accurate. The video he saw was not shot in Iran, it did not show the exchange of cash, it was not “top secret,” it was not “a military tape,” and it was not “provided by Iran.” Nor was it released to embarrass the United States.

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I was born and raised deep in Eastern KY, where nearly every male of working age followed their fathers into the coal mines. Some moved away, as I did, but most aren’t prepared for the world beyond their small rural community and, when they return, fall into the trap of poverty. A few of the young men I went to school with have have been killed in the mines. My brother-in-law is currently laid off with a bad knee from working in the mines. My father’s best friend is also out of work from the mines with no compensation, and he’d been working with his company for around 40 years. They both depend on federal aid for health care for themselves and their families, heating/electricity assistance, food stamps, and so on.

There have been so many excellent programs to help these miners relearn trades and get back into society but they will not take them. No matter how many times I tell my brother-in-law to reach out to these resources, he finds an excuse. He’s too dumb, can’t do this or can’t do that, too old to change, etc. They don’t want change. They want the mines, yet when you talk with them about the lifestyle they complain about the danger, the damage it does to one’s body, and the hours. “It’s hard work and nobody should have to do it,” my BIL says all the time. Then why not go to these programs that not only pay you to learn, but help land you a job afterwards?

It infuriates me that everyone I know from back home will cut off their noses to spite their face. When I try to explain why it’s bad to put their faith into a man who has never lived like they have -- as in choosing between rent and electricity, eating mac and cheese because you can’t afford anything else, taping up your windows because they’re broken and you can’t afford to repair it, etc -- somehow I’m the bad guy. According to them, Trump is going to save them. When I ask from who or what, they can’t give me a single concrete example. It’s always a vague answer like “the Democrats” or “corruption.”

My father is very ill and his life depends on Obamacare. Without it, he would be dead today. Even though he had pre-existing conditions, his insurance now covers the surgery he needs to walk again. And yet he’s in full support of abolishing it for whatever plan the GOP has in mind. He agrees with the funding cuts for social programs, PBS, meals on wheels, etc as they don't affect him personally. I don’t know what to say anymore.

I feel like I’ve reached a limit to my compassion for these issues. I'm ashamed to say it as these people are my heritage, but it almost feels like they must learn a harsh lesson by losing the safety net they've become so reliant on. They simply will not listen to reason.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 14:07:15 North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been "playing" the United States for years. China has done little to help! reageer retweet

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Mulvaney, the White House budget director, was blunt when asked about the cuts to climate research in Trump's plan. "We're not spending money on that anymore," he said. "We consider that to be a waste of your money to go out and do that."

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Op vrijdag 17 maart 2017 14:25 schreef Mani89 het volgende:
Foei Noord-Korea, jullie krijgen een time-out.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 17-03-2017 om 14:07:15 North Korea is behaving very badly. They have been "playing" the United States for years. China has done little to help! reageer retweet