[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #510 With stars in their eyes

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GOP-Trump trade fight boils over with threat to cars

President Trump and congressional Republicans are barreling toward a showdown over auto tariffs, just the latest conflict between the president and his party on trade.

Trump has asked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to investigate whether hefty tariffs, possibly as high as 25 percent, can be levied against auto imports for national security reasons.

The mere suggestion of the huge tariffs sparked an immediate backlash on Capitol Hill, as well as GOP-friendly business groups and key trading partners already unnerved by Trump on trade.

GOP lawmakers warn the tariffs could roil the economy months before a midterm election where they are fighting to maintain control of Congress.

“I hope we can avoid getting into any kind of tariff situation,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told Fox News. “I think all of us are hoping that all of this back and forth discussion about trade doesn’t end up leading into the implementation of tariffs or some larger trade war.”

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The Trump administration is defending the move, arguing national security and economic concerns overlap when it comes to trade.

“National security is broadly defined to include the economy, to include the impact on employment, to include a very big variety of things,” Ross said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

“Economic security is military security. And without economic security, you can't have military security,” he added.

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 15:34 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Die tweet is voer voor iedereen.

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Rudy Giuliani admits 'Spygate' is Trump PR tactic against Robert Mueller

Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Sunday that his repeated imputations of a supposed scandal at the heart of the Robert Mueller investigation – which Donald Trump calls “Spygate” – amounted to a tactic to sway public opinion and limit the risk of the president being impeached.

“Of course we have to do it to defend the president,” Giuliani told CNN State of the Union host Dana Bash, who accused him of being part of a campaign to undermine the Mueller investigation. Trump has repeatedly called the special counsel’s work a “witch hunt” despite its producing five guilty pleas, including by three former Trump aides, and evidence of Russian tampering in US elections.

“It is for public opinion,” Giuliani said of his public campaign of dissimulation. “Because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach or not impeach. Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, are going to be informed a lot by their constituents. And so our jury – and it should be – is the American people.

“So Republicans largely, many independents, even some Democrats now question the legitimacy of it [the Mueller investigation],” Giuliani said. “Democrats I would suggest for their own self interest, this is not a good issue to go into the midterms.”

As Giuliani acknowledged the political nature of his public campaign against Mueller, Trump advanced that campaign on Twitter, lamenting what he said were “young and beautiful lives” “devastated and destroyed” by the investigation of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

“They went back home in tatters!” Trump wrote. It was unclear who he was talking about.

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 16:22 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Heeft hij het over staffers..?

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Trump seems to be referring to young upstarts like George Papadopolous, the 30-year-old advisor to his presidential campaign who tried to set up a back channel between the campaign and the Kremlin in 2016, then pled guilty to lying about it to the FBI. Or maybe he’s talking about Hope Hicks, the 29-year-old former White House communications director who resigned a day after telling a House Intelligence Committee that she had occasionally been asked to tell “white lies” on behalf of the Trump administration.

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annafifield twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 15:46:35 BREAKING: A team of U.S. officials led by Sung Kim crossed into North Korea today to hold summit preparation talks, despite uncertainty surrounding the June 12 Trump-Kim meeting. The North Korean delegation is led by vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui. https://t.co/eLPZiB68cC https://t.co/XwRwNqYtxo reageer retweet

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 16:37 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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annafifield twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 15:46:35 BREAKING: A team of U.S. officials led by Sung Kim crossed into North Korea today to hold summit preparation talks, despite uncertainty surrounding the June 12 Trump-Kim meeting. The North Korean delegation is led by vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui. https://t.co/eLPZiB68cC https://t.co/XwRwNqYtxo reageer retweet

Kim belde in paniek naar Zuid Korea toen Trump zijn brief stuurde.
Inmiddels is de summit back on.

ART OF THE DEAL

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 17:32 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Back on? Waar haal je dat vandaan?

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The letter, circulated to dozens of wealthy entrepreneurs in China last week, looked official. Topped with the insignia of a real Republican committee raising money for the party and President Trump’s reelection campaign, it purported to offer a handshake and a one-on-one photo with the president for $100,000 — a “VVIP” trip “to be remembered for a lifetime.”

The invitation, which Republican Party officials say they had nothing to do with, was not the only such offer. At least two other China-based companies circulated similar solicitations in the past week, offering access to Trump at an official fundraiser in Dallas on May 31, and charging two or three times the price of a ticket.

In an interview with The Washington Post, a Beijing man who claims to be an organizer of the excursion to Dallas said he coordinated a previous U.S. trip, bringing members of the Chinese business elite to snap selfies and pose for photos at a swanky Manhattan fundraiser headlined by Trump in December.

As part of his promotional materials for the Dallas trip, the man circulated pictures of wealthy Chinese business leaders, including a businessman known as the country’s first owner of a Ferrari, standing shoulder to shoulder with Trump in formal wear and giving a thumbs-up.

While U.S. election law prohibits campaign contributions from anyone but U.S. citizens and permanent residents, foreign visitors may attend fundraisers as long as they do not pay their own entry.

But some campaign finance experts say there would be ethical concerns if foreigners were routinely gaining access to the U.S. president through fundraisers. And the solicitations, if offering a legitimate service, raise questions about whether attendees are indirectly paying for their tickets through a U.S. donor, which would be illegal.


The first page of an invitation to a fundraiser for President Trump
that was circulated to wealthy Chinese business people.
(Obtained by The Washington Post)

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ryanstruyk twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 16:14:09 Giuliani on Mueller attacks: "It is for public opinion, because eventually the decision here is going to be impeach, not impeach. Members of Congress, Democrats and Republicans, are going to be informed a lot by their constituents. So our jury... is the American people." reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 22:09:12 Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself. I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen! reageer retweet

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 22:45 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 22:09:12 Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself. I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen! reageer retweet

Wat krijg ik als deze summit door gaat?

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 22:32:33 Why didn’t President Obama do something about the so-called Russian Meddling when he was told about it by the FBI before the Election? Because he thought Crooked Hillary was going to win, and he didn’t want to upset the apple cart! He was in charge, not me, and did nothing. reageer retweet

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Joe Biden said Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stopped the Obama administration from speaking out about Russian interference in the 2016 campaign by refusing to sign on to a bipartisan statement of condemnation.

That moment, the former Democratic vice president said, made him think “the die had been cast ... this was all about the political play.”

He expressed regret, in hindsight, given the intelligence he says came in after Election Day. "Had we known what we knew three weeks later, we may have done something more,” Biden, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, said.

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A team of U.S. officials crossed into North Korea on Sunday for talks to prepare for a summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, as both sides press ahead with arrangements despite the question marks hanging over the meeting.

Sung Kim, a former U.S. ambassador to South Korea and former nuclear negotiator with the North, has been called in from his post as envoy to the Philippines to lead the preparations, according to a person familiar with the arrangements.

The talks are focused on what would be the substance of a potential summit between Trump and Kim — the issue of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.

After Saturday’s surprise inter-Korean talks, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Kim was still committed to the “complete denuclearization” of the Korean Peninsula. But Moon declined to define “complete denuclearization,” suggesting that there are still fundamental gaps on the key issue bedeviling preparations.

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 23:52 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
U.S. officials meet with North Koreans despite uncertainty surrounding Trump-Kim summit

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 00:02 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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Saillant detail hier is dat het de VS was die het Koreaans schiereiland nucleair maakte door, in overtreding van de wapenstilstand, nucleaire wapens in de Jaren 60 te stationeren in Z-Korea.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 01:05:11 Marco Rubio says he sees "no evidence" to support Trump's claims that the FBI used an informant to gather info on his campaign. https://t.co/a70BS6UCUQ reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 02:00:05 GOP controversies attempting to discredit FBI probe:• Wiretapping (DOJ found no evidence)• Unmasking (Bipartisan congressional aides found no wrongdoing)• Nunes memo (Response memo shows judges told about dossier source)• Informant (Available evidence doesn’t support) reageer retweet

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GOP controversies attempting to discredit FBI probe:

• Wiretapping (DOJ found no evidence)

• Unmasking (Bipartisan congressional aides found no wrongdoing)

• Nunes memo (Response memo shows judges told about dossier source)

• Informant (Available evidence doesn’t support)

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 22:45 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 22:09:12 Our United States team has arrived in North Korea to make arrangements for the Summit between Kim Jong Un and myself. I truly believe North Korea has brilliant potential and will be a great economic and financial Nation one day. Kim Jong Un agrees with me on this. It will happen! reageer retweet

Wat krijg ik als deze summit door gaat?

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 07:08 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ik denk dat Kim geen icbm en geen nieuwe nukes zal testen. In ruil daarvoor zegt Trump dat NK niet zal worden aangevallen en dat Kim een prima Leider is. En de sancties worden opgeheven.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 08:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Hij belooft het dan namens de VS.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 08:06 schreef Ulx het volgende:
De waarde van Amerikaanse toezeggingen is inderdaad verminderd onder Trump.

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China warns US warships to leave South China Sea

The Chinese army acted immediately and dispatched warships to warn US warships that had entered the South China Sea on Sunday to leave, ‍China's Ministry of National Defense said.

The two warships, Higgins, a guided-missile destroyer and Antietam, a guided-missile cruiser, arbitrarily entered waters surrounding China's Xisha Islands, the ministry said.

It said the Xisha Islands are an inherent part of China's territory.

China, the statement continued, resolutely opposes the US actions which go against China’s laws and relative international laws.

The Chinese army is determined to strengthen naval and air combat readiness, improve defense levels, safeguard national sovereignty and security and safeguard regional peace and stability, the ministry said.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry also responded to the encroachment, saying China will continue to take all necessary measures to defend its national sovereignty and security.

Bron: CGTN

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 08:35 schreef archito het volgende:

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Verminderd? Niks meer waard.

Iran hield zich bijvoorbeeld aan de deal zeggen alle experts en de rest van de wereld op Israël na.
Netanyahu geeft een bedroevend slechte spreekbeurt en de VS breekt direct haar belofte.
Ik zou mijn decoupeerzaag nog niet uitlenen aan een figuur als Trump.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 10:28 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Potentieel nieuw wespennest of 'Foutje, bedankt'?

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 11:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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IvankaTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 18:08:27 My ♥️! #SundayMorning https://t.co/CN5iXutE5Q reageer retweet

1500 kinderen vermist. Lekker attent weer.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 10:28 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:

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Potentieel nieuw wespennest of 'Foutje, bedankt'?

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 11:10 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Volgens mij was er zelfs binnen de Israëlische veiligheidsdiensten nog grote tevredenheid over de deal, maar waren het vooral de havikken in de politiek die aan het schoppen waren. De baas van de IDF was het destijds al niet bepaald eens met zijn regering.

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De Zuid-Chinese Zee lijkt me één van de grootste brandhaarden in de wereld. China is daar heel duidelijk bezig om haar militaire dominantie in Azië op te eisen en vele buurlanden (waaronder de Amerikaanse bondgenoten) zijn daar absoluut niet blij mee. Noord-Korea is natuurlijk klein bier vergeleken met China, dus de impact van een conflict daar is vele malen groter.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 12:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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US lost track of 1,500 immigrant children, but says it's not 'legally responsible'

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 11:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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IvankaTrump twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 18:08:27 My ♥️! #SundayMorning https://t.co/CN5iXutE5Q reageer retweet

1500 kinderen vermist. Lekker attent weer.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 14:58:07 Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice! reageer retweet

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 16:01 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 14:58:07 Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice! reageer retweet

Man man man...

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Oil-rich Gulf nations spend millions on Trump insiders

Even before the 2016 election, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were ramping up their courtship of Trump insiders.

Records reviewed by ABC News show that over the past 18 months those oil-rich nations have poured millions into efforts to build ties to President Donald Trump’s administration.

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https://abcnews.go.com/Po(...)rs/story?id=55444993

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 16:36 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Wat wordt er nou eigenlijk precies gerebuild aan de military? Kan me eigenlijk helemaal niks bedenken dat ik daar ooit over gelezen of gezien heb.

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davidfrum twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 15:00:54 Many people question this president, but it’s no small achievement to write the grossest, most inappropriate, most self-flattering Memorial Day message in the history of the US presidency https://t.co/t8JN7JNwdg reageer retweet

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Op zondag 27 mei 2018 16:37 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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annafifield twitterde op zondag 27-05-2018 om 15:46:35 BREAKING: A team of U.S. officials led by Sung Kim crossed into North Korea today to hold summit preparation talks, despite uncertainty surrounding the June 12 Trump-Kim meeting. The North Korean delegation is led by vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui. https://t.co/eLPZiB68cC https://t.co/XwRwNqYtxo reageer retweet

Kim belde in paniek naar Zuid Korea toen Trump zijn brief stuurde.
Inmiddels is de summit back on.

ART OF THE DEAL

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 16:36 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
Wat wordt er nou eigenlijk precies gerebuild aan de military? Kan me eigenlijk helemaal niks bedenken dat ik daar ooit over gelezen of gezien heb.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 17:52 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Het budget is flink verhoogd. Ik weet niet de details waar het aan besteed wordt.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 16:03 schreef pullup het volgende:

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Echt...alles draait om hemzelf

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 16:01 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 14:58:07 Happy Memorial Day! Those who died for our great country would be very happy and proud at how well our country is doing today. Best economy in decades, lowest unemployment numbers for Blacks and Hispanics EVER (& women in 18years), rebuilding our Military and so much more. Nice! reageer retweet

Man man man...

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 19:26 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:

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[ afbeelding ]

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Ivanka Trump won China trademarks days before her father's reversal on ZTE

Watchdog group says the timing of the approvals ‘raises significant questions about corruption’

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op maandag 28-05-2018 om 22:15:58 Late last year, Chris Christie appointees gave a $33,000,000 tax credit to Kushner Companies.Now, Christie is blocking requests for copies of his office’s correspondence with Kushner Companies. https://t.co/8lMl7cgBqM reageer retweet

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Judges appointed by Republican presidents gave longer sentences to black defendants and shorter ones to women than judges appointed by Democrats, according to a new study that analyzed data on more than half a million defendants.

“Republican-appointed judges sentence black defendants to three more months than similar nonblacks and female defendants to two fewer months than similar males compared to Democratic-appointed judges,” the study found, adding, “These differences cannot be explained by other judge characteristics and grow substantially larger when judges are granted more discretion.”

The study was conducted by two professors at Harvard Law School, Alma Cohen and Crystal S. Yang. They examined the sentencing practices of about 1,400 federal trial judges over more than 15 years, relying on information from the Federal Judicial Center, the United States Sentencing Commission and the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 22:31 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Dit is nep... toch?

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 22:53 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Nee, echt, van de 26e.

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 22:58 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Ik zie het ja. Hemeltje.

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Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek re-election. (WaPo)

RICHMOND — Rep. Thomas Garrett (R-Va.) announced Monday that he is struggling with alcoholism and will abandon his run for a second term in Congress so he can focus on recovery and his family.

Garrett, a member of the conservative Freedom Caucus, is the 44th Republican to retire or announce they will not seek reelection to the House this year, according to CNN’s retirement tracker. Many are leaving in anticipation of a strong Democratic performance in Congressional races this fall and out of frustration with partisan politics in Washington.

The former Virginia state senator was facing a robust challenge from his Democratic challenger, journalist and author Leslie Cockburn, who had raised more money than him and had more cash on hand.

“Any person — Republican, Democrat or independent — who has known me for any period of time and has any integrity knows two things: I am a good man and I’m an alcoholic,” Garrett, fighting back tears, said in a video shot Monday afternoon on Richmond’s Capitol Square. “This is the hardest statement that I have ever publicly made by far. It’s also the truth”

His announcement caps a week of turmoil in Garrett’s Washington office, which included the resignation of his chief of staff, Jimmy Keady, an online news report that Garrett was thinking about dropping his reelection bid and a news conference Thursday in which Garrett insisted he was running.

On Friday, a Politico report quoted four unidentified former staffers who accused Garrett and his wife, Flanna, of ordering staff to walk their dog, carry groceries or perform other personal tasks for the couple – a practice prohibited by House ethics rules.

In an effort to confirm those allegations, The Washington Post spoke to two former staffers who said the couple would from time to time call upon aides to handle personal chores. The former staffers declined to be named, out of fear of retribution.

Garrett, 46, would not answer questions about those allegations on Monday. In the video statement, he said: “The recent attacks on my family and myself were a series of half truths and full lies. ”

He said he had been honest in every aspect of his life, save one: his drinking, which he said people close to him had cautioned him about since his early 20s.

Garrett is an Army veteran and former commonwealth’s attorney with a libertarian streak .He won election in his central Virginia district by 16 percentage points in 2016, outperforming President Trump by about 5 points to succeed retiring Rep. Robert Hurt (R).

He was officially nominated to seek another term months ago. His impending departure means the 5th Congressional District Republican Committee, which has about three dozen members, will choose a new nominee to face Cockburn.

As the story unfolded over the past few days, Republican observers of Virginia politics have said possible candidates from the General Assembly could be state Sen. William M. Stanley Jr. (Franklin), Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (Fauquier) and Del. Robert B. Bell (R-Albemarle). Tech executive Michael Del Rosso and businessman and developer Jim McKelvey both sought the nomination in 2016 and could also be interested.

Garrett made his announcement Sunday outside the Capitol where he had served as a state senator. Wearing a dark suit and tie on a hot, humid day, he stood by a monument to Barbara Johns, who as a teenager led a walkout to protest Virginia’s segregated schools. Garrett filed a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Johns.

As Garrett spoke, wife held their baby daughter off camera. The couple embraced, sobbing, after he finished speaking.

“Not for fear of losing or for lack of love for our great nation, today I am announcing that I will not seek re-election,” Garrett said as the camera rolled. “Sometimes winning means knowing where your priorities should be. My devotion to the ideals and beliefs in America has not wavered , but my commitment to be the best husband, father and friend means addressing the only truth I’ve been heretofore unwilling to tell. God has blessed America, and he’s blessed me. I am not dying. I am starting anew with work and dedication. Great things can be done. This isn’t an ending for me or my values of service to my fellow man. It’s just a new beginning.”

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 01:05:05 An openly gay student wasn’t allowed to give the valedictory speech at his graduation.His school's diocese said the speech was "inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church."So he delivered the speech after the ceremony with a megaphone. https://t.co/lIRqmpurI1 reageer retweet

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Op maandag 28 mei 2018 19:43 schreef SureD1 het volgende:

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Elke keer als je denkt dat het niet erger kan... alsof hij het er om doet...

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 06:55 schreef Trumpinator het volgende:

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Even inbeelden. Ik ben een gesneuvelde USA militair en ik lig in Margraten begraven. Af en toe pik ik echter wel wat op over mijn vaderland. Ik heb, zo is mijn verteld, gevochten om Europa te bevrijden van de nationaal socialisten en fascisten. Ik merk echter dat door de politiek correcte dictatuur mijn land afgleed naar onvrijheid en dat sommigen voor een sport wedstrijd niet eens recht willen staan voor de anthem. Ik zou ook best trots zijn als ik hoor dat door een nieuwe wind in mijn vaderland daar paal en perk aan worden gesteld. Nu maar hopen dat de poging tot staatsgreep door de DNC, FBI en CIA faalt.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 06:55 schreef Trumpinator het volgende:

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Even inbeelden. Ik ben een gesneuvelde USA militair en ik lig in Margraten begraven. Af en toe pik ik echter wel wat op over mijn vaderland. Ik heb, zo is mijn verteld, gevochten om Europa te bevrijden van de nationaal socialisten en fascisten. Ik merk echter dat door de politiek correcte dictatuur mijn land afgleed naar onvrijheid en dat sommigen voor een sport wedstrijd niet eens recht willen staan voor de anthem. Ik zou ook best trots zijn als ik hoor dat door een nieuwe wind in mijn vaderland daar paal en perk aan worden gesteld. Nu maar hopen dat de poging tot staatsgreep door de DNC, FBI en CIA faalt.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 07:14 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Je bent dood, maar je krijgt toch de actualiteit mee? In wat voor realiteit leef jij?

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 07:45 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Weer een Republikein die er de brui aan geeft (VA-05); dit keer vanwege alcoholisme en het feit dat hij zijn staff als persoonlijke slaafjes behandelde ("schep jij de poep even op als ik mijn hond uitlaat", kun je je voorstellen dat je baas dat tegen je zegt en dat je het dan ook doet?):

Rep. Garrett announces he is an alcoholic and will not seek reelection
https://www.washingtonpos(...)78ec08c2f_story.html

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 06:55 schreef Trumpinator het volgende:

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Even inbeelden. Ik ben een gesneuvelde USA militair en ik lig in Margraten begraven. Af en toe pik ik echter wel wat op over mijn vaderland. Ik heb, zo is mijn verteld, gevochten om Europa te bevrijden van de nationaal socialisten en fascisten. Ik merk echter dat door de politiek correcte dictatuur mijn land afgleed naar onvrijheid en dat sommigen voor een sport wedstrijd niet eens recht willen staan voor de anthem. Ik zou ook best trots zijn als ik hoor dat door een nieuwe wind in mijn vaderland daar paal en perk aan worden gesteld. Nu maar hopen dat de poging tot staatsgreep door de DNC, FBI en CIA faalt.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 08:25 schreef DustPuppy het volgende:
Guys, just stop feeding the troll.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 09:30 schreef grrrrg het volgende:
#WheresMelania ?

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 13:59 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 13:27:07 Sorry, I’ve got to start focusing my energy on North Korea Nuclear, bad Trade Deals, VA Choice, the Economy, rebuilding the Military, and so much more, and not on the Rigged Russia Witch Hunt that should be investigating Clinton/Russia/FBI/Justice/Obama/Comey/Lynch etc. reageer retweet

Start focusing? Nu al? Je bent pas anderhalf jaar POTUS.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 01:24 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 01:05:05 An openly gay student wasn’t allowed to give the valedictory speech at his graduation.His school's diocese said the speech was "inconsistent with the teaching of the Catholic Church."So he delivered the speech after the ceremony with a megaphone. https://t.co/lIRqmpurI1 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 14:16 schreef icecreamfarmer_NL het volgende:

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Lijkt mij logisch. Kijk je kunt er alles van vinden maar als je naar een katholieke school gaat weet je dat de bijbel leidend is.

Gisteren had een collega er over dat ze het belachelijk vond dat ze naar de kerk moest een aantal keer voordat haar kind gedoopt werd. Je weet toch dat dat er bij hoort.

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This wasn’t the way Christian Bales planned to leave high school.

Mr. Bales, an 18-year-old with a passion for conservation science, worked hard at Holy Cross, a Catholic school in Covington, Ky., earning the honor of valedictorian. He looked forward to delivering a commencement speech at the graduation on Friday.

Then something happened that left him “kind of shocked,” he said.

The principal and other officials told him on Friday that the Diocese of Covington had deemed his speech too angry and confrontational, Mr. Bales said.

“I did not think the speech was polarizing at all,” he said. He was told it was political and personal and that there was no time to revise it.

Mr. Bales is gay and describes himself as gender nonconforming. His speech, which can be read in full here, makes no mention of either.

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Investor Wilbur Ross was brought into the administration as one of President Donald Trump’s “killers” – but in recent months, the commerce secretary has been increasingly marginalized, with his agency widely seen in the White House as a mess.

Trump himself has lashed out at Ross in Oval Office meetings, telling the man who once helped bail him out in Atlantic City that he’s “past his prime” and “no longer a killer” and trying to bench him from making trade deals, according to three people familiar with the comments. Despite being one of the administration’s leading protectionist voices early on, Ross was initially left off a May trade delegation to China led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

But now Ross is heading back to China in early June in hope of cutting some type of trade deal that delivers on Trump’s campaign promises to extract concessions from Beijing on behalf of American workers.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 13:59 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 13:27:07 Sorry, I’ve got to start focusing my energy on North Korea Nuclear, bad Trade Deals, VA Choice, the Economy, rebuilding the Military, and so much more, and not on the Rigged Russia Witch Hunt that should be investigating Clinton/Russia/FBI/Justice/Obama/Comey/Lynch etc. reageer retweet

Start focusing? Nu al? Je bent pas anderhalf jaar POTUS.

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In the campy TV drama that is Donald Trump’s Washington, Miller has carved out an enigmatic role. He lurks in the background for weeks at a time, only to emerge with crucial cameos in the most explosive episodes. The one where Trump signed a havoc-wreaking travel ban during his first week in office, unleashing global chaos and mass protests? Miller helped draft the executive order. The one where the federal government shut down over a high-stakes immigration standoff on Capitol Hill? Miller was accused of derailing the negotiations. (“As long as Stephen Miller is in charge of negotiating immigration, we’re going nowhere,” Senator Lindsey Graham grumbled.) To watch him in his most memorable scenes—theatrically hurling accusations of “cosmopolitan bias” at a reporter; getting his mic cut in the middle of a belligerent Sunday-show appearance—is to be left mesmerized, wondering, Is this guy serious?

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President Trump has reportedly bashed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross as being "past his prime" amid tensions within the administration over trade negotiations with China in recent weeks.

Trump's remarks toward the 80-year-old agency head come as Trump has reportedly kept Ross sidelined for key talks with China, according to Politico.

Though Trump once hailed his longtime friend Ross, a billionaire investor and trade magnate, as a champion of America-first trade policies, he now says Ross is "no longer a killer."

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 15:35 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 15:30:24 The Fake Mainstream Media has, from the time I announced I was running for President, run the most highly sophisticated & dishonest Disinformation Campaign in the history of politics. No matter how well WE do, they find fault. But the forgotten men & women WON, I’m President! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 16:20 schreef Mryc het volgende:

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Het is goed dat hij er ons er minstens elke dag, door middel van zijn tweets, aan herinnert dat hij echt de president is, want geloven doe ik het nog steeds niet. Wanneer gaat deze shitshow eindelijk eens ophouden?

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President Trump said Tuesday that he would proceed with tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports and introduce new limits on Chinese investment in U.S. high-tech industries as part of a broad campaign to crack down on Chinese acquisition of U.S. technology.

“The United States will implement specific investment restrictions and enhanced export controls for Chinese people and entities related to the acquisition of industrially significant technology,” the White House said in a brief statement.

Specifics of the new limits will be announced by June 30 and will take effect “shortly thereafter,” the White House said.

The moves come less than 10 days after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the trade war with China was “on hold.” Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross is due to arrive in Beijing on Saturday for talks aimed at cooling trade tensions between the two countries.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 16:25:02 At least 4,645 people died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its devastation across Puerto Rico last year, according to a newly released Harvard study. https://t.co/9tkLBhE6oR reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 17:15:19 Flashback: Trump told Puerto Rican officials they should be "very proud" that hundreds of people haven't died after Hurricane Maria as they did in "a real catastrophe like Katrina." https://t.co/uPY4DKRIY3 https://t.co/eFKMYq3ih0 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 17:36 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Trump announces tariffs on China, tech crackdown ahead of key trade meeting

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 17:47 schreef Montov het volgende:
Zijn er vergelijkbare studies gedaan van Katrina? Die 1833 is niet met dezelfde methode gedaan, dus dat getal kan ook wel hoger uitkomen.

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"Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," Channing Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment, said in a statement Tuesday.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 18:44 schreef Montov het volgende:

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Een studie die ik kon vinden zet het aantal op zo'n 4000
https://robertlindsay.wor(...)-death-toll-at-4081/

Minder dan Puerto Rico dus. De nasleep in PR vanwege verwoeste infrastructuur en geisoleerde gebieden is rampzalig gebleken.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 20:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/(...)valerie-jarrett.html


ABC stopt met Roseanne. Ze hebben genoeg van haar racistische tweets. Trump zal wel los gaan.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 20:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/(...)valerie-jarrett.html


ABC stopt met Roseanne. Ze hebben genoeg van haar racistische tweets. Trump zal wel los gaan.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 19:58 schreef nostra het volgende:

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Het mag toch wel duidelijk zijn dat voor Trump c.s. de levens van een paar Spaans sprekende aanhangsels een stuk minder tellen dan dat van Echte Mensen.

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SethAbramson twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 19:32:01 4,500. 50% more deaths than 9/11—and we weren't even told about it until now. Nor does Trump care about it.But we've heard the name "Kate Steinle" from Trump's mouth 100 times.Does anyone doubt that 4,500 brown people < 1 white person to the President of the United States? https://t.co/Ay3Gcamga9 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 20:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/(...)valerie-jarrett.html


ABC stopt met Roseanne. Ze hebben genoeg van haar racistische tweets. Trump zal wel los gaan.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 20:32 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
Zegt veel over de pers dat Roseanne Bar haar racistische grap het nieuws is, en niet dat de CIA zich met Franse politiek bemoeide.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 20:35:55 ICYMI: Don Jr. has been retweeting Roseanne. https://t.co/0sv8XjOSLb reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 21:12 schreef Hyperdude het volgende:
Oudje SNL uit 1990

Trump Divorce Cold Open - SNL

Gisteren 20 jaar geleden overleed Phil Hartman.

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MichaelAvenatti twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 17:14:02 See below. 1) the WSJ had the story in the closing days of the campaign but sat on it and 2) Mr. Davidson lied to them and conspired with Mr. Cohen in 2016. This is why we have demanded to see all of Davidson's docs for mos and will sue if need be. #Bastahttps://t.co/iCUrQg3VoT reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 21:44 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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MichaelAvenatti twitterde op dinsdag 29-05-2018 om 17:14:02 See below. 1) the WSJ had the story in the closing days of the campaign but sat on it and 2) Mr. Davidson lied to them and conspired with Mr. Cohen in 2016. This is why we have demanded to see all of Davidson's docs for mos and will sue if need be. #Bastahttps://t.co/iCUrQg3VoT reageer retweet

Dropbox linkje met documenten in de tweet.

Om enkele zaken op te noemen, betreffende niet onafhankelijke media:
• de WSJ die beschadigend verhalen voor Trump laat liggen (althans, als de aantijging klopt); de betreffende journalist kwam gister nota bene nog met een stuk kritisch over Avenatti: Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer Michael Avenatti Complicates Michael Cohen Probe
• National Enquirer die datzelfde deed
• Trump die met regelmaat even babbelt met Rupert Murdoch, die Fox News, WSJ en nog wat media bezit in die hoek
• Trump die met regelmaat overlegt met Hannity
• Sinclair die zaken uitzendt wat niet anders gezien kan worden dan propaganda

Nog los natuurlijk van dat Keith Davidson er hier niet goed uitziet... to put it mildly.

Resolved: The Government Should Cut Off All Funding to Colleges and Universities

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Should all government funding of higher education be abolished?

On May 14, 2018, that provocative resolution was debated by economists Edward Glaeser and Bryan Caplan, author of the new book, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money. Two main arguments dominated the discussion. First, was the humanistic question: Is government support needed to foster new ideas and cultural expression? Second, the economics of the matter: Does the hundreds of billions in annual government funding to American universities and colleges benefit the country by boosting the earnings and productivity of its citizens?

Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University, research fellow at the Mercatus Center, and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. His other books include The Myth of the Rational Voter and Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.

Edward Glaeser argued against the resolution. A professor of economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1992, Glaeser has served as director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government, and director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. His academic work has focused on zoning, housing policy, and urbanism, and he's the author of the 2012 book Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier.

The Soho Forum, which Reason sponsors, is a monthly Oxford-style debate, meaning that the audience votes before and after the proceedings, and the debater who has moved the most people prevails. In this case, Caplan won by convincing 12 percent of the audience to switch over to his side.

The opening act was comedian Dave Smith, host of the podcast Part of the Problem.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 22:10 schreef Tijger_m het volgende:

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WSJ is eigendom van Murdoch net als FOX News, enough said.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 20:32 schreef Pietverdriet het volgende:
Zegt veel over de pers dat Roseanne Bar haar racistische grap het nieuws is, en niet dat de CIA zich met Franse politiek bemoeide.

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https://www.politico.com/(...)ichard-pinedo-610843

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Prosecutors asked a federal judge to order a pre-sentencing report for Richard Pinedo, a Santa Paula, California, man who admitted in February to a felony identity fraud charge relating to the sale of bank account numbers that apparently helped Russian internet trolls pay for social media ads related to the U.S. presidential race.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 22:22 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Dat is denk ik wat kort door de bocht. De nieuwsafdeling staat volgens mij toch wel echt zeer hoog aangeschreven... althans als dit klopt en er geen goede journalistieke reden was om het niet te publiceren kon dat wel eens wat veranderen natuurlijk. Opinie waaronder de ‘editorial board’ zijn echter een stel gestoorde propagandisten van het allooi van Hannity.

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 23:07 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
We hadden al ADHD, schietspelletjes, Ritalin, abortus, de "MSM", entreedeuren en tenslotte nu: pornografie. Maar nee, die wapens, dat heeft er natuurlijk niks mee te maken!

Porn Leads To School Shootings, GOP Congresswoman Says
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b0d6634e4b0568a880ede65?19

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It’s available on the shelf when you walk in the grocery store. Yeah, you have to reach up to get it, but there’s pornography there,” she continued. “All of this is available without parental guidance. I think that is a big part of the root cause.”

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 23:19 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Zou ze wel eens van het internet gehoord hebben?

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 23:19 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Zou ze wel eens van het internet gehoord hebben?

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Op dinsdag 29 mei 2018 23:37 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Totaal wereldvreemd natuurlijk. Dat moet je ook wel zijn om zo'n redenering op te hangen.

Waar slaat het überhaupt op dat porno er toe zou leiden dat je schoolgenootjes zou willen doodschieten? Ik wil het argument best serieus proberen te nemen maar ik zie met alle wil van de wereld de connectie niet.

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Trump continues to pursue a summit with Kim Jong Un even though the CIA casts doubt on his stated goal for the meeting, eliminating North Korea's nukes.

A new U.S. intelligence assessment has concluded that North Korea does not intend to give up its nuclear weapons any time soon, three U.S. officials told NBC News — a finding that conflicts with recent statements by President Donald Trump that Pyongyang intends to do so in the future.

President Trump is continuing to pursue a nuclear summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un even though the CIA analysis, which is consistent with other expert opinion, casts doubt on the viability of Trump's stated goal for the negotiations, the elimination of North Korea's nuclear weapons stockpile.

"Everybody knows they are not going to denuclearize," said one intelligence official who read the report, which was circulated earlier this month, days before Trump canceled the originally scheduled summit.

In an odd twist, a list of potential concessions by North Korea in the CIA analysis included the possibility that Kim Jong Un may consider offering to open a Western hamburger franchise in Pyongyang as a show of goodwill, according to three national security officials.

It suggests Kim is interested in a peaceful gesture to an American president whose love of fast-food burgers is well known — and who, during the 2016 campaign, had said he wanted to talk nukes over a burger with the North Korean leader.

On the nuclear question, the analysis suggests that a more realistic immediate objective would be convincing Kim to walk back recent progress on the country's nuclear weapons program, the officials said.

But it's not clear that would pass muster with Trump — or America's allies.

"If the North Koreans don't agree in a joint statement that lays out denuclearization — that is, getting rid of their nuclear weapons, having them put under control by international elements — then I don't think we are going to go very far," Chris Hill, a former ambassador to South Korea, said Tuesday on MSNBC.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 30-05-2018 om 01:30:49 Paul Manafort’s defense team has lost a fight with Mueller’s prosecutors over two search warrants.A federal judge has ruled that Manafort’s lawyers can’t review an unredacted affidavit that supported warrants used to search his Alexandria residence. https://t.co/rxmPvDIOgZ reageer retweet

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nycsouthpaw twitterde op woensdag 30-05-2018 om 01:24:39 A million items on three of Michael Cohen's phones... https://t.co/5xSgryQRVa reageer retweet

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By the time Attorney General Jeff Sessions arrived at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for dinner one Saturday evening in March 2017, he had been receiving the presidential silent treatment for two days. Mr. Sessions had flown to Florida because Mr. Trump was refusing to take his calls about a pressing decision on his travel ban.

When they met, Mr. Trump was ready to talk — but not about the travel ban. His grievance was with Mr. Sessions: The president objected to his decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Mr. Trump, who had told aides that he needed a loyalist overseeing the inquiry, berated Mr. Sessions and told him he should reverse his decision, an unusual and potentially inappropriate request.

Mr. Sessions refused.

The confrontation, which has not been previously reported, is being investigated by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, as are the president’s public and private attacks on Mr. Sessions and efforts to get him to resign. Mr. Trump dwelled on the recusal for months, according to confidants and current and former administration officials who described his behavior toward the attorney general.

The special counsel’s interest demonstrates Mr. Sessions’s overlooked role as a key witness in the investigation into whether Mr. Trump tried to obstruct the inquiry itself. It also suggests that the obstruction investigation is broader than it is widely understood to be — encompassing not only the president’s interactions with and firing of the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, but also his relationship with Mr. Sessions.

Investigators have pressed current and former White House officials about Mr. Trump’s treatment of Mr. Sessions and whether they believe the president was trying to impede the Russia investigation by pressuring him. The attorney general was also interviewed at length by Mr. Mueller’s investigators in January. And of the four dozen or so questions Mr. Mueller wants to ask Mr. Trump, eight relate to Mr. Sessions. Among them: What efforts did you make to try to get him to reverse his recusal?

The president’s lead lawyer in the case, Rudolph W. Giuliani, said that if Mr. Trump agreed to answer the special counsel’s questions — an interview is the subject of continuing negotiations — he should not be forced to discuss his private deliberations with senior administration officials. Talking about the attorney general, Mr. Giuliani argued, would set a bad precedent for future presidents.

Mr. Giuliani said that he had not discussed Mr. Sessions’s recusal with Mr. Trump but that a request that Mr. Sessions reassert control over the Russia investigation would be within the bounds of the president’s authority.

“‘Unrecuse’ doesn’t say, ‘Bury the investigation.’ It says on the face of it: Take responsibility for it and handle it correctly,” Mr. Giuliani said on Tuesday evening.

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment.

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Days later, Mr. Priebus was out as chief of staff. The special counsel has told the president’s lawyers that he wants to ask Mr. Trump about those discussions with Mr. Priebus and why he publicly criticized Mr. Sessions.

Mr. Trump brought up the recusal again with associates later last year, expressing a desire for Mr. Sessions to reassert control over an investigation that has since resulted in the indictment of his former campaign chairman and guilty pleas by two other campaign aides and his former national security adviser.