[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #418 'You are the light'

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The Lawfare Podcast, Special Edition: A Person of Flynnterest
The Wall Street Journal this morning broke a major story: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump's former national security advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, for allegedly plotting with Turkish officials to arrange the extrajudicial removal of Fethullah Gulen from the United States in exchange for a boatload of money. We put together an emergency podcast with Shane Harris, one of the reporters on the story, Ryan Evans of War on the Rocks, and Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes, Susan Hennessey, Paul Rosenzweig, and Steve Vladeck to cover all the angles. What does it mean? And where does it go from here? Warning: the audio quality is a little rough in spots, recorded conference calls being what they are. (Lawfare).

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The Lawfare Podcast: Populisms Ancient and Modern with Mike Duncan
Political polarization, inequality, and corruption during the period 146 to 78 BC gravely weakened the Roman Republic in the years before its collapse. In his new book “The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Late Republic,” podcaster Mike Duncan explores this period and how Rome’s politics, which emerged from Rome’s success, subsequently led to the republic’s downfall. Benjamin Wittes interviewed Duncan on his new book to discuss ancient and modern populisms, the parallels between the late Roman Republic and current American politics, and the impact of demagoguery on government. (Lawfare).

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 11:49 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Ik heb een tijdje geleden daarover een heel interessant item op Ted talks gezien. Een afro-amerikaanse wetenschapper is er achter gekomen dat dit een vorm van zelf-programmeren is. Hij kwam hier achter toen hij als experiment lid werd van een rechts-extremistische site. door anoniem berichten uit te wisselen kwam hij er tot zijn schrik achter dat hij zelf veranderde in een rechtsextremist. En hij kwam heel ver in de incrowd dan die organisaties en werd op gegeven moment zelfs een vertrouweling van KKK voorman David Duke. Hij weet dit gedrag aan het echokamer systeem die door fora's worden gehanteerd. Dit is eigenlijk ook geen opzet, het gebeurt, het is een algoritme. Het is net als gericht adverteren. Op gegeven moment wordt je er door beïnvloed, of je nu wil of niet. Later herhaalde hij zijn experiment met een anti-fa site. Met dezelfde uitkomst.

We worden geprogrammeerd. en het ligt in onze aard.

Dit is de voornaamste reden waarom Rusland grote sites als Facebook gebruiken om hun doelen te verwezelijken, indirect en subtiel maken ze er een echokamer van. Die je woorden terug reflecteert en je meningen versterken.

En het is geen nieuw concept.
Je kunt echokamers maken van religie en jeugdclubjes.

Scientology is een ander bekend voorbeeld, daar isoleren ze zelfs mensen om geen externe standpunten in zich te nemen.

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President Trump has tapped Alex Azar, a former pharmaceutical executive and a top health official during the George W. Bush administration, to lead the Health and Human Services Department.

The decision to enlist the 50-year-old Azar — who served as president of Lilly USA, the biggest affiliate of Eli Lilly and Co., before stepping down in January to work as a health-care consultant — represents a pragmatic pick. An establishment figure with a reputation as a conservative thinker and methodical lawyer, Azar would be expected to use his experience as HHS general counsel and deputy secretary to pursue Trump’s goals through executive action.

In nominating him Monday morning, Trump tweeted, Azar “will be a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices!” He has a close rapport with the department’s top political appointees as well as Vice President Pence.

Azar has been highly critical of the Affordable Care Act, telling Fox Business in May that the law was “certainly circling the drain” and saying in a speech two months ago that many of its problems “were entirely predictable as a matter of economic and individual behavior.”

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 15:10 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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da's echt 4 sterren als je dit in een vliegtuig kan bestellen.

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 08:58 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California

Wel een aardig stuk.

A Year Without a President I Robert Reich

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 16:31 schreef Hexagon het volgende:
https://www.salon.com/201(...)lead-over-roy-moore/

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38 percent of respondents said they were less likely to support Moore as a result of the accusations, while an astounding 29 percent said they were now more likely to support him.

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Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, said Monday that Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama, “should step aside” and that he believes the women who have accused Mr. Moore of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers.

“I believe the women, yes,” Mr. McConnell said at a news conference in Louisville.

Mr. McConnell also said that encouraging a write-in candidate to run in the Dec. 12 special election is “an option we’re looking at.”

Mr. Moore, a judge who was twice removed from the state’s high court, first for refusing to remove the Ten Commandments from the Supreme Court grounds, then for refusing to accept gay marriage, responded defiantly. He showed no sign of leaving the race ahead of Alabama’s Dec. 12 special election date.

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MooreSenate twitterde op maandag 13-11-2017 om 18:40:32 The person who should step aside is @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

Republicans here and in Alabama have been up in arms over the accusations, published last week in The Washington Post, that Mr. Moore pursued sexual or romantic relationships with teenagers when he was in his 30s. The reports have upended a race in a state that has not elected a Democratic senator in 20 years.

And the issue shows no sign of quieting down. At 2:30 p.m. Monday, New York lawyer Gloria Allred, who has made her name by championing victims of sexual harassment, will publicly introduce a new woman accusing Mr. Moore of sexual impropriety.

“The new accuser wishes to state what she alleges Roy Moore did to her without her consent,” a news release from Ms. Allred said.

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 18:20 schreef Zelva het volgende:

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Trump Judicial Pick Did Not Disclose He Is Married to a White House Lawyer
WASHINGTON — One of President Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees did not disclose on publicly available congressional documents that he is married to a senior lawyer in the White House Counsel’s Office.

The nominee, Brett J. Talley, is awaiting a Senate confirmation vote that could come as early as Monday to become a federal district judge in Alabama. He is married to Ann Donaldson, the chief of staff to the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II. Mr. Talley was asked on his publicly released Senate questionnaire to identify family members and others who are “likely to present potential conflicts of interest.” He did not mention his wife. (New York Times).

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•George Papadopoulos told Stephen Miller, a senior Trump campaign policy adviser, that he had received “interesting messages” from Moscow – one day after learning that Russia apparently had “dirt” on Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

•The email could shed light on why Miller was reportedly interviewed by the special counsel Robert Mueller as part of his investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 US election.

•Papadopoulos continued to pitch a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meeting to high-level campaign officials.

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MooreSenate twitterde op maandag 13-11-2017 om 18:40:32 The person who should step aside is @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 19:19 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Als zijn speechwriter dit wist, zou Trump toch ook op de hoogte moeten zijn geweest?

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 19:05 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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MooreSenate twitterde op maandag 13-11-2017 om 18:40:32 The person who should step aside is @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 19:05 schreef Nibb-it het volgende:

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MooreSenate twitterde op maandag 13-11-2017 om 18:40:32 The person who should step aside is @SenateMajLdr Mitch McConnell. He has failed conservatives and must be replaced. #DrainTheSwamp reageer retweet

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 19:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Goed, Moore blijft dus doorgaan kunnen we denk ik concluderen. Republicans met waarschijnlijk een write-in kandidaat in de vorm van Strange of mss Sessions? Zou de Bannon-factie Moore blijven steunen?

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Op maandag 13 november 2017 19:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Goed, Moore blijft dus doorgaan kunnen we denk ik concluderen. Republicans met waarschijnlijk een write-in kandidaat in de vorm van Strange of mss Sessions? Zou de Bannon-factie Moore blijven steunen?