[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #478 McGabe? Terecht?

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 21:45 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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In het tweede deel van de docu vraagt Nix de undercover journalist om een proton mail op te zetten, om sensitive material te kunnen bespreken. Hij vertelt dat zij dat gebruiken maar niemand weet dat ze het gebruiken.

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Pennsylvania Republicans move to impeach state Supreme Court for the crime of fair redistricting (Daily Kos)

In a stunning display of contempt for democracy and the rule of law, Pennsylvania Republican state Rep. Cris Dush has introduced a resolution to impeach the five Democratic state Supreme Court justices who recently struck down the GOP’s congressional gerrymander and replaced it with a much fairer map for the 2018 elections. This maneuver comes just a day after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected the GOP’s bid to block the state court’s ruling, demonstrating that even the conservative-majority federal bench thinks Pennsylvania Republicans have no legal leg to stand on. But top Republicans had previously voiced support for this extreme measure.

Disturbingly, Republicans hold enough seats needed to impeach judges without any Democratic votes thanks to their gerrymanders of the legislature, which gave them a solid hold on the state House and the minimum two-thirds of necessary seats in the state Senate. Should they proceed with (and succeed with) this supremely destructive effort, Republicans still wouldn’t gain control over the court unless Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf loses re-election in November, which appears unlikely as of now. But because Wolf could only appoint replacement justices with Senate approval, the GOP could cripple the court for years to come, potentially imperiling fairer districts after the 2020 census.

One might think such a naked attack on the rule of law would be a bridge too far for Republicans, but we’ve seen in state after state how the GOP has tried to undermine judicial independence after the 2010 wave election swept them into power across the country. And even if they don’t ultimately impeach judges this time, this brazenly undemocratic proposal could send a chilling message to judges in the future that they could be impeached and removed from office for their jurisprudence if they don’t rule the way Republicans want.

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 21:54 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Wow, enkele republikeinen in de senaat in Pennsylvania gaan vol autoritaire modus ... (wel wat biased geschreven artikeltje zo bezien)

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The Cambridge Analytica-Facebook Debacle: A Legal Primer
On March 17, the New York Times revealed that Cambridge Analytica, the British data analysis firm with ties to Robert Mercer and Stephen K. Bannon and that was hired by the Trump campaign, “harvested private information from the Facebook profiles of more than 50 million users without their permission.” This set off a firestorm in the U.S. and the U.K. as regulators announced they would get to the bottom of what went wrong. Sen. Ron Wyden asked Facebook a series of hard-hitting questions. (Lawfare).

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 21:55 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Bizar ook omdat het een unaniem besluit is, maar alleen de democratische judges worden aangepakt.

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Document: Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Election Security
On Tuesday, the Senate intelligence committee released the following recommendations on election security based on evidence it examined during its investigation of Russian efforts to target electoral infrastructure during the 2016 election. (Lawfare).

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 21:54 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Pennsylvania Republicans move to impeach state Supreme Court for the crime of fair redistricting (Daily Kos)

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 22:58 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:

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Het kan ze ook geen moer meer schelen dat inmiddels de hele wereld het weet...

(Het artikel schijnt trouwens niet helemaal te kloppen & de bron is nogal verouderd, maar het zegt eigenlijk al genoeg dat niemand er meer van opkijkt. )

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The source used in the article is from FEBRUARY 8, 2018.

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 23:13 schreef brokjespoes het volgende:
Het artikel wel, maar volgens iemand bij de comments is de bron ouder

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Heb overigens nog niet gedetailleerd gelezen (sorry), ben nog van de schrik aan het bijkomen. Had echt niet verwacht dat iemand zó diep kon zinken door zelfs maar te overwegen "dan maar de rechters aan te pakken"

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 23:17 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Senator Flake (R):

We are begging the president not to fire the special counsel. Don't create a constitutional crisis. Congress cannot preempt such a firing. Our only constitutional remedy is after the fact, through impeachment. No one wants that outcome. Mr. President, please don't go there.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JeffFlake/status/976218069491179526

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Op dinsdag 20 maart 2018 22:57 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Zelfidentificatie update van Pew. Millennial vrouwen springen er wel uit...

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Op woensdag 21 maart 2018 00:08 schreef Euribob het volgende:

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Millennials in 2002?

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Op woensdag 21 maart 2018 00:11 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Volgens dat grafiekje 2004 toch? Zij hanteren als definitie geboortejaar 1981-1996. Kan prima dus.