[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #542 - in memoriam: John McCain

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2018 22:42 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
A final statement from Sen. John McCain, who died Saturday at 81, read by his spokesman Rick Davis:

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The Kushner family real estate company has been fined $210,000 by New York City regulators following an Associated Press investigation that showed it routinely filed false documents with the city claiming it had no rent-regulated tenants in its buildings when it, in fact, had hundreds.

The city buildings department on Monday fined the Kushner Cos. for filing 42 false applications for construction work on more than a dozen buildings when presidential adviser Jared Kushner ran the business.

The false documents allowed the company to escape extra scrutiny during construction that watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative has said led to harassment of low-paying, rent-regulated tenants to get them to leave.

The Kushner Cos. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op maandag 27-08-2018 om 23:10:18 Roger Stone says in an Instagram video that a story is coming in The New Yorker which says Stone explicitly told Trump in October 2016 that WikiLeaks had/was going to dump the Podesta emails. https://t.co/GrQC8eIB8c reageer retweet

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Paul Manafort’s defense team held talks with prosecutors to resolve a second set of charges against the former Trump campaign chairman before he was convicted last week, but they didn’t reach a deal, and the two sides are now moving closer to a second trial next month, according to people familiar with the matter.

The plea discussions occurred as a Virginia jury was spending four days deliberating tax and bank fraud charges against Mr. Manafort, the people said. That jury convicted him on eight counts and deadlocked on 10 others. Prosecutors accused Mr. Manafort of avoiding taxes on more than $16 million he earned in the early 2010s through political consulting work in Ukraine.

The plea talks on the second set of charges stalled over issues raised by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, one of the people said. It isn’t clear what those issues were, and the proposed terms of the plea deal couldn’t immediately be determined.

Representatives for Messrs. Manafort and Mueller declined to comment.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 00:45:23 Interest contrast: Just last week, Trump praised Manafort, tweeting, "unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to 'break'." https://t.co/SqlFBaIIUc reageer retweet

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A panel of three federal judges held Monday that North Carolina’s congressional districts were unconstitutionally gerrymandered to aid Republicans over Democrats, and said it may require new districts before the November elections, possibly affecting control of the House.

The judges acknowledged that primary elections have already produced candidates for the 2018 elections but said they were reluctant to let elections take place in congressional districts that courts have twice found violate constitutional standards.

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Nintex het volgende:

De advocaat van Cohen heeft zijn grootste keutel ingetrokken

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jdawsey1 twitterde op maandag 27-08-2018 om 00:33:18 Lanny Davis, Michael Cohen's lawyer, tells the Post on the record that he was saying things he did not know to be true. https://t.co/gLmhRo6v9i reageer retweet

Can't stump the T R U M P

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SethAbramson twitterde op maandag 27-08-2018 om 01:36:38 I think many will misread this news. As I said earlier this week, Davis needs to walk back his claims because making those claims publicly hurt his client by (a) angering Mueller, and (b) teasing what Cohen has in a way that hurts his bargaining position. https://t.co/npgRPdKIMy reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 02:30:29 The General Services Administration I.G. has released an in-depth report showing that Trump was involved in scuttling plans by the FBI to build a new headquarters that would have created large construction zones near Trump's D.C. hotel.https://t.co/7DV9xWAsl9 reageer retweet

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President Donald Trump was more intimately involved in the debate over relocating the FBI headquarters than Congress was told, a new inspector general report finds.

Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, a Democrat representing parts of Northern Virginia, said the report he requested from the General Services Administration IG confirmed his suspicions that the president was involved in the decision to scrap plans to vacate the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building on Pennsylvania Avenue, and move the agency to a campus location in either the Maryland or Virginia suburbs.

“When we began this investigation, the prospect that President Trump was personally involved in the government-led redevelopment of a property in close proximity to the Trump Hotel was dismissed as a conspiracy theory,” Connolly said in a statement. “Now, the president’s involvement in this multi-billion-dollar government procurement which will directly impact his bottom line has been confirmed by the White House Press Secretary and government photographs.”

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A Department of Interior official who oversaw last year’s drive to shrink two massive national monuments in Utah has left the department to join BP’s government affairs team, a spokesman for the energy giant confirmed Monday.

Former deputy chief of staff Downey Magallanes served as a top adviser to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke from the time he took over the department. Her portfolio included policy as well as operations, which encompassed a push to expand oil, gas and mining production on public lands and in federal waters.

“Downey was an incredible asset and I trusted her to carry out some of the Administration’s highest priority projects,” the secretary said in a statement. “She will be missed in our office and I wish her all the best.”

Magallanes left Interior last week and will join BP just after Labor Day.

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NewsHour twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 01:06:25 Could Cindy McCain replace her late husband in the Senate?"It would follow a long tradition of wives being named to their husband's seats after their husband has died," says @tamarakeithNPR, pointing out that, historically, that's one way women have gotten into Congress. https://t.co/lTtxlVGYkh reageer retweet

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JohnWDean twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 02:38:09 Although this was John McCain’s last wish, Mitch McConnell will probably quietly move to block it fearing Cindy might vote with the Democrats against the anti-choice Kavanaugh, or for pro-immigrant policies her late husband sought along with other thinking Arizonans. https://t.co/JsMYLwVQ42 reageer retweet

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The systematic “zero-tolerance” policy of removing children from their parents, as a means of deterring future migrant arrivals, was in effect for just six weeks. During that time, more than 2,600 minors were confiscated from their mothers and fathers and sent to government-run facilities. The most recent data, current as of Aug. 20, show that 528 of them — about a fifth — remain separated from their parents, most under the auspices of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services.

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I asked the current Administration official whether the outcry over family separation had caught the government by surprise. It had, the official said. “The expectation was that the kids would go to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, that the parents would get deported, and that no one would care.” Yet, when it became clear that the public did, the Administration chose not to change course.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 04:11 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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NewsHour twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 01:06:25 Could Cindy McCain replace her late husband in the Senate?"It would follow a long tradition of wives being named to their husband's seats after their husband has died," says @tamarakeithNPR, pointing out that, historically, that's one way women have gotten into Congress. https://t.co/lTtxlVGYkh reageer retweet

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JohnWDean twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 02:38:09 Although this was John McCain’s last wish, Mitch McConnell will probably quietly move to block it fearing Cindy might vote with the Democrats against the anti-choice Kavanaugh, or for pro-immigrant policies her late husband sought along with other thinking Arizonans. https://t.co/JsMYLwVQ42 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 08:30 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:ed

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Hoe zou McConnell dat willen blokkeren afgezien van het masseren van de mening de governor van Arizona?

Het zou me trouwens ook niet verbazen als ze voor Kavanaugh zou stemmen. McCain heeft juist publiekelijk zijn steun uitgesproken voor hem.

Overigens zijn vandaag de primaries in Arizona.

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2018 23:31 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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21% undecided is nog wel erg veel. Maar een mens mag hopen.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:28 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:24:35 Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of... reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:28 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:24:35 Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of... reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:28 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:24:35 Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of... reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:34:44 ....results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:36 schreef Chewie het volgende:
Als Trump dat zelf onderzocht heeft zegt dat toch meer over de search bubbel waar hij in zit

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:36 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:34:44 ....results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed! reageer retweet

Vrij paranoīde geratel, zo 's ochtends vroeg. Maar dit gaat er wel als koek in bij de complotgekkies natuurlijk.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:37 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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Uiteraard, maar goed, leg jij dat maar eens aan hem uit.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 12:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:57:51 NASDAQ has just gone above 8000 for the first time in history! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 12:11 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:57:51 NASDAQ has just gone above 8000 for the first time in history! reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 12:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:54:32 “President Trump has done more for minority groups in this country than any president in decades.” @LouDobbs reageer retweet

Mee eens. Neem nu bijvoorbeeld miljonairs: Een duidelijke minderheid. En hij doet daar echt zijn stinkende best voor.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 12:16 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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De eerste beurzen daar zijn nog niet eens open?

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 12:16 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:

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De eerste beurzen daar zijn nog niet eens open?

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:42 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Die man is echt totaal de weg kwijt.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 11:36 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 11:34:44 ....results on “Trump News” are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous. Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed! reageer retweet

Vrij paranoīde geratel, zo 's ochtends vroeg. Maar dit gaat er wel als koek in bij de complotgekkies natuurlijk.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 14:52 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Preet Bharara legt het uit in z'n laatste podcast-aflevering.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:15 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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https://www.npr.org/podca(...)reet?t=1535462107091

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:22 schreef Klaphark het volgende:
Manafort kan miss wel 300 jaar krijgen, maar dat wordt gewoon een pardon.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 15:37 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Én een gevalletje hoofdpijn voor Trump. Manafort moet dan schuld bekennen. En zal dan onder ede zijn voormalige werkgever in grote problemen brengen.

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Op maandag 27 augustus 2018 23:21 schreef Whiskers2009 het volgende:
Sorry hoor, maar dit vind ik echt
Amerikaans superioriteitsdenken en holle frasen-galore.

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 17:45 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Kevin, is dat de tweelingbroer van Kiefer?

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 12:43:55 Trump’s “96%” complaint about Google is from an article by right-wing PJ Media that has been making the rounds online in the last day. It complains that the News tab for Trump brings up...news sites...rather than right-wing opinion sites...like PJ Media. https://t.co/RfEM6a0PRm https://t.co/HOfN7zyQm0 reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 13:02:13 Here is the “bias” classification system the PJ Media uses. Among the “left-wing” outlets: the Associated Press, USA Today, Politico, The Hill, Bloomberg, Reuters (to which Trump just gave an interview)...In other words, this is all very silly. But you knew that. https://t.co/tfmcDbcMn4 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Onderzoek stelt dodental orkaan Maria op Puerto Rico bij van 64 naar 2.975 https://nu.nl/buitenland/(...)bij-van-64-2975.html (via @NUnl)

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kyle griffin
paul krugman
Jim Acosta
Ted Lieu

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Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 20:01 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Onderzoek stelt dodental orkaan Maria op Puerto Rico bij van 64 naar 2.975 https://nu.nl/buitenland/(...)bij-van-64-2975.html (via @NUnl)

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Republicans Push Back on Trump's Trade Gambit

The president threatened to leave Canada behind in renegotiating NAFTA. But lawmakers doubt he’s allowed to do that.
Congressional Republicans disregarded President Donald Trump's announcement Monday that he would pursue a bilateral trade deal with Mexico unless Canadian negotiators quickly agree to a framework for an updated trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement, arguing that his plan may not even be possible due to procedural constraints.

"That would be almost impossible as it's been described to me,” said Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson when asked about Trump’s plan. “About all we can really do is fix NAFTA and keep it as a three-party agreement, which I think, first of all, we should want that.”

Trump, announcing the understanding with Mexico, said that he would like to rename NAFTA the “United States-Mexico Trade Agreement.” The “agreement” — used in the loosest sense of the term — is preliminary. Many details haven’t been shared yet, though it represents a key breakthrough for U.S. and Mexican negotiators who have quibbled over auto manufacturing requirements for months. It would include new minimum wage requirements for a percentage of the vehicle manufacturing process ($16 an hour) and increase the amount of U.S. or Mexican content that must be included in each automobile, from 62.5 percent to 75 percent, in order to obtain duty-free status.

"We will see whether or not we decide to put up Canada or just do a separate deal with Canada, if they want to make the deal,” Trump said.

Because the White House has to notify Congress 90 days in advance of signing an agreement, negotiators have only until Friday to strike a deal if they want to finish a new NAFTA before current Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is replaced by left-wing president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in early December. Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland is set to appear in Washington to meet with negotiators on Tuesday, but it remains to be seen just how flexible the Canadians are willing to be on a number of politically-sensitive issues, such as dairy tariffs. If Canada does not agree to a renegotiated NAFTA this week, the White House plans to notify Congress of the U.S.-Mexico deal on Friday instead, a senior Trump administration official told reporters on a phone call with reporters Monday afternoon.

“Ideally Canada will be in it and we’ll be able to notify that. If Canada’s not in, we’ll notify that we have an agreement with Mexico and we’re open to Canada joining us,” the official told reporters.

It is unclear why the office of the U.S. Trade Representative thinks this is an option.

In order to negotiate trade pacts quickly in accordance with Trade Promotion Authority, the White House has to notify Congress of its intentions in writing. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer did that in the spring of 2017—but with respect to NAFTA specifically, explicitly stating that both Mexico and Canada would be involved. “I am pleased to notify the Congress that the President intends to initiate negotiations with Canada and Mexico regarding modernization of the North American Free Trade Agreement,” Lighthizer wrote in his letter.

This kicked off a process that allows the administration to move more quickly in obtaining congressional approval, known as “ fast track” negotiating authority, which speeds up to process by limiting the amount of debate time available and preventing amendments from being submitted to trade agreements, among other things.

But Lighthizer has not taken any of the steps required to proceed on a bilateral basis to negotiate an entirely new U.S.-Mexico trade agreement. CNBC’s Kayla Tausche notes that the administration would have to ask Congress to approve the two-party negotiations and would later have to notify lawmakers of its plans to seek a vote on that trade deal. “That process would take, at a minimum, 180 days,” Tausche writes.

"What the administration submitted to Congress in setting up the opportunity to use TPA, and the expedited process that TPA allows, contemplated a revision to a tri-party agreement,” Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey told reporters on Monday night. “So it's my understanding that this has to be a tri-party agreement.”

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ABC twitterde op dinsdag 28-08-2018 om 23:44:28 FIFA head Gianni Infantino gifts Pres. Trump a red card for "when you want to kick out someone." The president jokingly pretended to give it to members of the media gathered in the Oval Office. https://t.co/NkJuIoyFEp https://t.co/RaMhiTUITc reageer retweet