[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #404 Liddle Bob Corker!

Corker renews Trump criticism (full interview)

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It's unfortunate that our nation finds itself in this place.
The president has great difficulty with the truth on many issues

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Lolololol their website www.whitefishenergy.com is literally two pages (including landing page) and they've been around since 2015 with annual revenues less than $200k. Seems like a legitimate and robust company for sure. edit Wayback Machine archive of their site since it's gone down.

edit some additional digging. According to this article, as of December 2016 a Brazilian transformer company purchased 51% of Whitefish Energy "shifting the company's focus toward production of large-scale transformers for the U.S. market." Weird how less than a year later they'd be given a $300 million contract for utility repair work, i.e. nothing to do with transformer manufacturing. Another nice tidbit, then house rep, now secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke personally intervened with the city manager of the city near where the potential transformer factory would be located to try to make the deal go smoothly. Nope, nothing weird about a politician going out of his way to grease the wheels of a deal for a brand new company from his hometown.

edit According to this reporting, plans for the transformer plant fell through. So the biggest project undertook by a new company never got off the ground. This bodes well. (this source lists Whitefish Energy's annual revenue as $1 million)

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 17:31 schreef Knipoogje het volgende:
Mooie deal, die 2 uit Montana

https://www.washingtonpos(...)m_term=.51dd9e54fa98

Drain the Swamp

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Dozens of business and industry leaders descended on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in a coordinated push to preserve the North American Free Trade Agreement, a pact that has appeared increasingly at risk as the Trump administration presses Canada and Mexico for significant concessions.

More than 125 participants from the automotive, retail, agriculture and other industries plan to meet with all 100 Senate offices on Tuesday to ratchet up pressure on lawmakers — many of whose constituents work for companies dependent on Nafta — to keep the deal intact, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.

The demise of the 1994 trade pact has become a growing threat in the wake of dramatic changes that the United States says it wants and that American businesses and foreign negotiators say are nonstarters.

As recently as two weeks ago, the president threatened to pull out of Nafta unless negotiators succeed in significantly rewriting the agreement, which governs commerce across the three countries. It’s an outcome the administration says might be necessary, but one that business leaders contend could devastate their profits and harm America’s ability to compete in a global market.

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Leading House Republicans are beginning an investigation of the Obama administration’s handling of a deal that gave a Russian-owned company control over 20 percent of the United States’ supply of uranium, an episode that the Trump campaign used to try to discredit Democratic rival Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential race.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that the panel has “been looking into this for a while now” but elected to formally start the inquiry in light of new evidence, reported in the Hill, that the FBI had been investigating Russian efforts to influence the American nuclear industry through various corrupt schemes.

Nunes said the first goal of the investigation, for which the Intelligence Committee is partnering with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is determining “was there actually an open FBI investigation or not.”

Oversight committee member Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said Tuesday that members had identified a “witness who was a confidential informant who wants to talk about his role in this” but were trying to first get the witness released from a nondisclosure agreement with the Justice Department.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 19:27 schreef OMG het volgende:
Deze baas dan, vanuit de press pool Russische vlaggetjes richting Trump mikken en "Trump is treason" roepen;

https://mobile.twitter.com/ABC/status/922872101597532161

Donald John Trump: WANTED FOR TREASON

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[I’ve had] multiple occasions where the staff has asked me to please intervene. He was getting ready to do something that was really off the tracks.

https://www.mediaite.com/(...)ally-off-the-tracks/

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singernews twitterde op dinsdag 24-10-2017 om 20:58:05 A win for Bannon -- Arizona's Jeff Flake announces he will not seek re-election to U.S. Senate https://t.co/tl2hNq6gvU via @azcentral reageer retweet

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arogDC twitterde op dinsdag 24-10-2017 om 21:26:00 McConnell-linked group Senate Leadership Fund on Flake retirement: "The one political upshot" is that Kelli Ward will not be the GOP nominee reageer retweet

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House GOP chairmen announce probe of Obama’s Justice Dept

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairmen of two House committees announced Tuesday they’re opening an investigation into actions the Obama administration Justice Department took during last year’s presidential election.

The chairmen said in a statement Tuesday they have several questions, including why then-FBI Director James Comey decided to publicly announce the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s handling of classified information but not to publicly announce the investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign associates.

Trump fired Comey in May. At first, the White House cited a harsh memo about Comey’s performance from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as the justification — though Trump later said he would have fired Comey regardless of what the Justice Department recommended.

Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, chairman of the Oversight Committee, announced the probe. They described it as necessary to “better understand the reasoning behind how certain conclusions were drawn.”

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House intelligence committee to investigate Obama’s uranium deal with Russian company

The House intelligence and oversight committees will investigate the circumstances surrounding a 2010 Obama administration deal that allowed a Kremlin-backed company to gain control of a huge chunk of America’s uranium supply.

Rep. Devin Nunes, California Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, announced the probe Tuesday and said lawmakers hope to get to the bottom of whether U.S. authorities were investigating Russia’s atomic energy giant Rosatom at the time the U.S. government signed off on the deal.

“One of the things we are concerned about is whether or not there was an FBI investigation, was there a DOJ investigation and if so, why was Congress not informed of this matter?” Mr. Nunes said.

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Poll: GOP voters want McConnell to step down

A majority of GOP voters say Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should resign as majority leader, according to a new poll.

The survey from Harvard-Harris Poll also found that the Republican Party’s approval rating has hit a new low, amid widespread intraparty dissatisfaction with congressional leadership.

The poll found that 56 percent of Republicans say McConnell should resign as majority leader. McConnell has the worst approval rating of any politician in the survey, at 16 percent favorable and 52 unfavorable.

The frustration among Republican voters with McConnell and what they view as the Senate’s inability to deliver on long-standing GOP campaign promises has also dragged the Republican Party’s approval rating to new lows.

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Kelli Ward's U.S. Senate Kickoff

With incumbent U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake struggling in the polls, Republican challenger Kelli Ward has emerged as a real contender for Arizona's 2018 GOP Senate nomination.

Ward's standing with the right has been bolstered by Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's former political strategist who helped energize her supporters Tuesday at a fundraiser and rally at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas.

Ward, a former state senator from Lake Havasu City, lost her 2016 primary bid against incumbent U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and many Republicans still consider her a weak candidate. If she manages to knock off Flake, who has been feuding with Trump, some political observers say she could help deliver the Senate seat to the Democrats in the general election.

Because of that possible scenario, Ward is drawing comparisons to past conservative "tea party" challengers such as Sharron Angle of Nevada, Christine O'Donnell of Delaware, Todd Akin of Missouri and Richard Mourdock of Indiana, who won Senate primaries but lost seats that more moderate Republicans might have been able to win.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 22:51 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Het grootste verschil is nog wel dat de persoon wiens geloofwaardigheid mogelijk aangetast zou worden bijna zeker presidentskandidaat zou worden van de andere partij in het ene geval en niet in het andere geval. Het is nota bene langer onderzocht door congress dan Watergate, Pearl Harbor, de moord op Kennedy, Iran-Contra, 9/11 of Katrina.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:06 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Alweer een "dag" die hij in het leven roept, wat wil hij ermee bereiken (en eerder Columbus Day in het leven roepen terwijl die al jaren bestond en een paar dagen later "gevierd" is wel het toppunt )
https://mobile.twitter.co(...)s/922903426434064384

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UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.

24 October has been celebrated as United Nations Day since 1948. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that the day be observed by Member States as a public holiday.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:24 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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United Nations Day 24 October

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:27 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Meer leugens, Stevens WEIGERDE aangeboden militaire bescherming van CENTCOM aan hem persoonlijk aangeboden.

Stop nu maar eens met dat geneuzel en ondanks je verhaaltjes was er niets verwijtbaar aan Clinton maar er werden *7* onderzoeken naar gedaan, dat was het punt.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:25 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Ja, we kennen de leugens die door geen enkel onderzoek gestaafd werden. Fuck off, troll.

Mischien moet je even kijken wat er fout zat in Niger voordat je blaat over Amerikanen achterlaten want ze lagen 4 dagen op de grond.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:33 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Ja, soms vergeet je dat het zinloos is...

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:32 schreef dellipder het volgende:

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Dit klopt niet. Binnen het uur was er Franse luchtondersteuning. Drie doden konden meteen geborgen worden. En er was één militair vermist, Johnson.
Die werd een dag later teruggevonden.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:38 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Na een uur hebben ze pas om luchtsteun gevraagd, die weer een uur later arriveerde en Johnson werd twee dagen later gevonden.

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President Donald J. Trump...

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 00:03 schreef OMG het volgende:
Ik vind het altijd sneu als hij spreekt.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 00:03 schreef OMG het volgende:
Ik vind het altijd sneu als hij spreekt.

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Supreme Court dismisses final case against Trump travel ban

The Supreme Court handed President Trump a victory Tuesday when it tossed out the remaining case challenging his travel ban.

The court issued an order dismissing the lawsuit brought by the state of Hawaii challenging the 90-day travel ban on nationals from six majority-Muslim countries and the 120-day halt on the U.S. refugee resettlement program, claiming the case is now moot.

Because the 90-day ban expired on Sept. 24 and the 120-day ban expired on Tuesday, the court said there is no longer a “live case or controversy.”

The Supreme Court had already largely ruled in Trump’s favor.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:50 schreef dellipder het volgende:

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Het eerste uur werd er geen luchtsteun aangevraagd inderdaad. De UAV was er binnen enkele minuten en de Franse jet binnen het uur.
48 later klopt. Initiële bericht ging uit van een dag.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 00:49 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Die (onbewapende) UAV kon binnen enkele minuten 'reassigned' worden omdat hij toevallig in de lucht was. De beelden daarvan moeten nog geanalyseerd worden. De Franse luchtsteun bestond uit helicopters die geen toestemming hadden om IS te bombarderen. Ze hebben hebben alleen maar mensen opgepikt. Johnson werd 48 uur later door locale Nigerianen gevonden, niet door Amerikanen.

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The Mirages did not drop munitions and "I don't know why," Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. He again speculated that the patrol commander warned against it.

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He said that Sgt. Johnson's body was found two days later by Nigerien troops. Dunford echoed other Defense Department officials in insisting that Johnson was not left behind. He said that U.S., French and Nigerien troops were on the ground searching for him continuously.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 00:19 schreef Arcee het volgende:

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Tegelijk vind ik ook dat-ie weinig kwaad doet. In de zin van dat we er weinig last van hebben. Wel fijn dat-ie niks voor elkaar krijgt.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 01:13 schreef dellipder het volgende:

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Je vergeet de response unit van de militaire basis van waaruit deze missie was vertrokken in je verhaal.

De Franse luchtsteun bestond uit Mirage straaljagers en Puma helikopters, vanuit Mali.

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The Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee helped fund research that resulted in a now-famous dossier containing allegations about President Trump's connections to Russia and possible coordination between his campaign and the Kremlin, people familiar with the matter said.

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President Donald Trump needs to pick the next Federal Reserve chair in the coming week. Trump asked GOP senators to raise their hand and vote for their favorite Fed chair candidate. Trump appears to have narrowed the choice down to Janet Yellen, Jerome Powell, and John Taylor.
President Donald Trump wanted a little informal guidance on his next Federal Reserve chair pick during Tuesday’s policy lunch with Republican senators.

Sen. John Cornyn, the second-highest-ranking Republican senator, told reporters that Trump polled the attendees’ support for various Fed chair candidates by asking for a show of hands on each person.

Current chair Janet Yellen’s term is up in February 2018, and Trump has been been mulling a short list of candidates over the past few weeks.

On Friday, Trump told Fox Business that he has narrowed the candidates down to current Yellen, current Fed governor Jerome Powell, and Stanford economist John Taylor.

According to Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, Taylor was the apparent winner of the poll. (Then again, this is the judgment of one senator.)

The announcement on the next Fed chair will come before Trump departs for his trip to Asia on November 3, according to the White House. Trump said he expects to make the decision “very, very soon.”

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:20 schreef dellipder het volgende:
Wat een hersengymnastiek en nutteloze exercitie.
Sowieso wat ik zojuist stelde, maar inhoudelijk omdat Benghazi ging over een diplomatieke installatie en een staflid van Buitenlandse Zaken. Erbij toevoegend dat Stevens ontelbare malen om een security upgrade vroeg vanwege militante jihadisten dreiging in de regio en Clinton dit telkens weigerde.
Niger gaat over groene baretten die spijtig genoeg tijdens hun werkzaamheden zijn omgekomen. Gebeurt weleens met militairen, als ze in gevaarlijke gebieden opereren. Dit kan niet een nog meer bezopen vergelijking zijn zelfs als je het keihard probeert.
Sowieso heel verwarrend deze nieuwe bashtrommel, want ik dacht nu juist dat Benghazi geen probleem was en dat er niks negatiefs was ontdekt.

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Op dinsdag 24 oktober 2017 23:50 schreef dellipder het volgende:

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Het eerste uur werd er geen luchtsteun aangevraagd inderdaad. De UAV was er binnen enkele minuten en de Franse jet binnen het uur.
48 later klopt. Initiële bericht ging uit van een dag.

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 01:44 schreef MangoTree het volgende:
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to Russia dossier (Washington Post)

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NBCNews twitterde op woensdag 25-10-2017 om 04:42:37 JUST IN: Senate votes 51-50 to nullify Obama-era rule allowing consumers to join together to sue banks or credit card companies. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 25 oktober 2017 07:51 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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De grap is dat de oorzaak voor het gebrek aan beveiliging bij een een intern onderzoek van de Republikeinen duidelijk gelegd werd bij de door diezelfde partij ingevoerde bezuiniging op die dienst.

Maar dat hebben ze natuurlijk wijselijk stil gehouden.