[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #578: Oorlog met de pers

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marklowen twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 11:10:29 In today’s ⁦@lemondefr⁩: When #Trump received the leaders of #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania, he began by blaming them for the war in Yugoslavia. It took them a few moments to realise he’d mixed up the Balkans and the Baltics. ⁦@SylvieKauffmann⁩ https://t.co/HYQYpbqgGs reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 17:59 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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marklowen twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 11:10:29 In today’s ⁦@lemondefr⁩: When #Trump received the leaders of #Estonia, #Latvia and #Lithuania, he began by blaming them for the war in Yugoslavia. It took them a few moments to realise he’d mixed up the Balkans and the Baltics. ⁦@SylvieKauffmann⁩ https://t.co/HYQYpbqgGs reageer retweet

Waar komt z'n vrouw vandaan?

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 17:11 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Het is compleet ongefundeerd, want er wordt zomaar een direct verband getrokken tussen een warme droge zomer en climate change. Terwijl dat natuurlijk niet kan.

Net does alsof deze specifieke bosbranden een rechtstreeks gevolg zijn van climate change is net zo dom als net doen alsof het alleen aan mismanagement ligt.

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 18:00 schreef Wombcat het volgende:

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Tsjechië of Slowakije, dacht ik.

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RepMattGaetz twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 01:37:17 The lawyers for #BrendaSnipes will not allow comply with court order. That very same order, ruled that Snipes violated the Florida Constitution by not allowing access to these important records. I suspect the night will lead into drafting a motion for contempt... https://t.co/Kk5KVreuAI reageer retweet

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MarissaNBC6 twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 00:53:09 NBCUniversal, Scripps Media and Fox Television are suing Susan Bucher and the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board for refusing to allow us to record video while they review ballots in a public meeting @nbc6 #EmergencyPetition https://t.co/wPCcNapaTv reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 20:53 schreef Oostwoud het volgende:
Dems schenden de regels weer eens:

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RepMattGaetz twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 01:37:17 The lawyers for #BrendaSnipes will not allow comply with court order. That very same order, ruled that Snipes violated the Florida Constitution by not allowing access to these important records. I suspect the night will lead into drafting a motion for contempt... https://t.co/Kk5KVreuAI reageer retweet

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MarissaNBC6 twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 00:53:09 NBCUniversal, Scripps Media and Fox Television are suing Susan Bucher and the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board for refusing to allow us to record video while they review ballots in a public meeting @nbc6 #EmergencyPetition https://t.co/wPCcNapaTv reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 20:53 schreef Oostwoud het volgende:
Dems schenden de regels weer eens:

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RepMattGaetz twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 01:37:17 The lawyers for #BrendaSnipes will not allow comply with court order. That very same order, ruled that Snipes violated the Florida Constitution by not allowing access to these important records. I suspect the night will lead into drafting a motion for contempt... https://t.co/Kk5KVreuAI reageer retweet

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MarissaNBC6 twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 00:53:09 NBCUniversal, Scripps Media and Fox Television are suing Susan Bucher and the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board for refusing to allow us to record video while they review ballots in a public meeting @nbc6 #EmergencyPetition https://t.co/wPCcNapaTv reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 10 november 2018 21:38 schreef EttovanBelgie het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 09-11-2018 om 16:55:25 .@BrianKempGA ran a great race in Georgia – he won. It is time to move on! reageer retweet

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The Trump administration’s own budget request for the current fiscal year and the coming one proposed slashing tens of millions of dollars from the Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service budgets dedicated to the kind of tree clearing and other forest management work experts say is needed.

Through the national forests, national parks, Bureau of Land Management, and others, the federal government manages more than 40 percent of California’s total acreage, as of 2015. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, by comparison, manages a little more than 30 percent.

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As a quarter-million Californians fled from the path of a series of deadly wildfires, and thousands of firefighters did battle on the front lines, President Trump issued a statement threatening to withhold federal disaster aid and attacking California fire policies.

California Professional Firefighters President Brian K. Rice issued the following response to the president's threat.

"The president’s message attacking California and threatening to withhold aid to the victims of the cataclysmic fires is Ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as the men and women on the front lines.

"At a time when our every effort should be focused on vanquishing the destructive fires and helping the victims, the president has chosen instead to issue an uninformed political threat aimed squarely at the innocent victims of these cataclysmic fires.

"At this moment, thousands of our brother and sister firefighters are putting their lives on the line to protect the lives and property of thousands. Some of them are doing so even as their own homes lay in ruins. In my view, this shameful attack on California is an attack on all our courageous men and women on the front lines.

"The president’s assertion that California’s forest management policies are to blame for catastrophic wildfire is dangerously wrong. Wildfires are sparked and spread not only in forested areas but in populated areas and open fields fueled by parched vegetation, high winds, low humidity and geography. Moreover, nearly 60 percent of California forests are under federal management, and another two-thirds under private control. It is the federal government that has chosen to divert resources away from forest management, not California.

"Natural disasters are not “red” or “blue” – they destroy regardless of party. Right now, families are in mourning, thousands have lost homes, and a quarter-million Americans have been forced to flee. At this desperate time, we would encourage the president to offer support in word and deed, instead of recrimination and blame."

California Professional Firefighters represents more than 30,000 front line firefighters and paramedics in California. CPF is the state council of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF)

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FOX10Phoenix twitterde op zondag 11-11-2018 om 01:02:57 #BREAKING Maricopa has posted updated #AZSenate results. New numbers show Sinema leading by over 28,000 votes. https://t.co/6KODeQGfXd reageer retweet

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State election monitors stationed in Broward County have seen no evidence of criminal activity in the administration of Tuesday’s election, a Florida Division of Elections staffer told the Miami Herald early Saturday.

The information, presented just hours before Secretary of State Ken Detzner ordered statewide recounts in three political races, contradicts allegations of fraud in the Broward elections office made by Gov. Rick Scott’s attorneys Thursday and echoed by Republican protesters who descended on the headquarters of the Broward elections office Friday.

“Our staff has seen no evidence of criminal activity at this time,” Sarah Revell, spokesperson for the state Department of Elections, told the Herald Saturday morning.

Two DOE staffers have been stationed in Broward County since at least Nov. 6 to oversee the administration of the elections, visit polling stations, and “ensure that all laws are followed.” Florida’s Secretary of State announced its plan for increased oversight in May, after a court ruled Broward Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes broke the law when she authorized the premature destruction of ballots in a contested race following the 2016 elections.

Revell said DOE staff have remained in Broward County since election day and will continue to oversee the process until the certification of the results. She did not provide any specific information from the state elections monitors, other than to deny they had any information to back up Scott’s claims of criminal behavior, including allegations that Broward elections officials may be fabricating votes in an effort to overturn his narrowing lead in his race against Democrat Bill Nelson for a Senate seat. Revell said the monitors had filed no reports since the start of election day.

Scott’s campaign provided no evidence to back up its claims of fraud in Broward and Palm Beach counties and did not immediately respond to the Herald’s request for comment. Scott has not been briefed on any of the DOE monitors’ findings from Broward County, according to the governor’s spokesperson, McKinley Lewis.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Friday it had received no reports of illegal activity activity in Broward, nor had Scott formally requested an investigation into voter fraud. Scott publicly asked for an investigation during a Thursday evening press conference outside the governor’s mansion and claimed that “liberals” in Broward and Palm Beach counties were trying to steal the elections as late-developing returns shrunk the margins in races for U.S. Senate, governor and commissioner of agriculture.

He then went on FOX News and reiterated his claims.

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ddale8 twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 20:05:29 This is quite a story. The NYT embeds with the troops getting heat exhaustion, eating MREs and digging trenches to keep water away from their cots as they do nothing useful awaiting the caravan: https://t.co/YVI0kxBLHj reageer retweet

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“When you give a soldier a real mission, you have less of a morale problem, even if it’s Christmas or Thanksgiving,” said Representative Anthony G. Brown, Democrat of Maryland and a former Army helicopter pilot who served in the Iraq war. “But when you send a soldier on a dubious mission, with no military value, over Thanksgiving, it doesn’t help morale at all.”

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yvonnewingett twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 21:13:50 .@NRSC just blasted out this story to reporters, writing: “If you thought the Arizona Democrats’ voter suppression tactics weren’t shady enough, now look at the questionable Maricopa County election official who has been using his position to cook the books for Kyrsten Sinema.” https://t.co/sVNPv39K3V reageer retweet

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MarkSalter55 twitterde op zaterdag 10-11-2018 om 21:58:30 Stop doing this, NRSC. McSally is losing fair and square, and she’s underperforming in more than Maricopa. The race is almost certainly lost and nothing will change that. All this does is poison our politics more. Despicable. https://t.co/b5ma1o0ikD reageer retweet

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 01:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://thehill.com/homen(...)ncels-cemetery-visit

Trump ging maar niet naar een ereveld omdat het slecht weer was en hij niet met een helikopter kon.

Het was een uur rijden van Parijs.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 01:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://thehill.com/homen(...)ncels-cemetery-visit

Trump ging maar niet naar een ereveld omdat het slecht weer was en hij niet met een helikopter kon.

Het was een uur rijden van Parijs.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 01:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://thehill.com/homen(...)ncels-cemetery-visit

Trump ging maar niet naar een ereveld omdat het slecht weer was en hij niet met een helikopter kon.

Het was een uur rijden van Parijs.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 01:15 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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FOX10Phoenix twitterde op zondag 11-11-2018 om 01:02:57 #BREAKING Maricopa has posted updated #AZSenate results. New numbers show Sinema leading by over 28,000 votes. https://t.co/6KODeQGfXd reageer retweet

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 10:15 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:

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Uh pardon, nog nooit heeft een president zo veel respect gehad en zo veel steun gegeven aan de troepen.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 10:23 schreef DestroyerPiet het volgende:

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het niet komen opdagen op een herdenking voor mensen die zijn gestorven voor hun land. vind jij respect en steun geven? ik vind dat namelijk respectloos.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 10:14 schreef DestroyerPiet het volgende:

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ik vind dit echt president onwaardig. heel veel amerikanen zijn 100 jaar geleden gestorven tijdens de eerste wereld oorlog en dan kan je als president niet eens het fatsoen opbrengen om ze te herdenken omdat het een beetje regent.

Trump zou zich diep moeten schamen

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 10:14 schreef DestroyerPiet het volgende:

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ik vind dit echt president onwaardig. heel veel amerikanen zijn 100 jaar geleden gestorven tijdens de eerste wereld oorlog en dan kan je als president niet eens het fatsoen opbrengen om ze te herdenken omdat het een beetje regent.

Trump zou zich diep moeten schamen

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 12:12 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

GOP Jesus

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 12:12 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

GOP Jesus

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French President Emmanuel Macron used an address to world leaders gathered in Paris for Armistice commemorations on Sunday to send a stern message about the dangers of nationalism, calling it a betrayal of moral values.

With U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting just a few feet away listening to the speech via translation earpieces, Macron denounced those who evoke nationalist sentiment to disadvantage others.

“Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism: nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism,” Macron said in a 20-minute address delivered from under the Arc de Triomphe to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.

“By pursuing our own interests first, with no regard to others’, we erase the very thing that a nation holds most precious, that which gives it life and makes it great: its moral values.”

Trump, who has pursued “America First” policies since entering the White House and in the run-up to the congressional elections this month declared himself a “nationalist”, sat still and stony-faced in the front row as Macron spoke.

There was no immediate response from either the White House or the Kremlin to Macron’s comments.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 11-11-2018 om 16:00:01 The Weekly Standard has posted audio of Steve King using derogatory language to refer to Mexican immigrants at a campaign event after King and his campaign denied the comments were made. https://t.co/qG9TRUC0jh reageer retweet

Steve King Audio

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 16:25 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Miller schreef een standaard obligaat speechje voor trump in Parijs.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 16:39 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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En tijdens de herdenkingsceremonie net liet hij deze keer zijn hand (op hart) te vroeg zakken en deed hem maar weer omhoog. Hij weet er toch iedere keer een beschamende vertoning van te maken

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 18:33 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Als de Democraten die verkiezingen blijven stelen dan moeten de Republikeinen maar weer de Russen om de hulp vragen.

Wat is dat nu een paar miljoen niet getelde stemmen in Nevada?

Waar komt dat opeens vandaan?

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 18:45 schreef EttovanBelgie het volgende:

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Ja, is echt een Democratisch dingetje, verkiezingsfraude.

Hoe lang blijf je nog de fanboy zonder enig kritisch denkvermogen uithangen?

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 18:48 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Mjah, mevrouw in Florida roept nu 'racisme!' als ze daarmee zichzelf gaan indekken dan weet je al dat er iets niet klopt. De opkomst in Broward was op de dag zelf verrassend laag, dat vonden de Democraten ook zorgelijk, want de early vote was ook lager dan verwacht.

Het klopt helemaal niet dat ze daar ineens een stapel extra stemmen vinden en er meer dan een week over doen om alles te tellen, waarbij andere counties op de avond zelf of de dag er na al de volledige uitslag hadden.

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Mississippi GOP senator sparks criticism with 'public hanging' comment

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) faced pushback on Sunday after a local publisher posted a viral video in which she says at a public event that she'd be "on the front row" if she were invited to "a public hanging."

The context of the Nov. 2 remark was not immediately clear, but it hit a nerve on social media as Hyde-Smith runs a heated campaign against Democrat Mike Espy, who would be the the first black U.S. senator from Mississippi since 1883.

Mississippi historically had the highest number of lynchings of African-Americans of any state, local outlet the Jackson Free Press reported.

Hyde-Smith told the Jackson Free Press that the remarks were "an exaggerated expression of regard."

"In a comment on Nov. 2, I referred to accepting an invitation to a speaking engagement," Hyde-Smith told the newspaper. "In referencing the one who invited me, I used an exaggerated expression of regard, and any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous."

Hyde-Smith has been endorsed by President Trump.

Civil rights advocates in the state have noted Hyde-Smith's comments are particularly stark in Mississippi, where nearly one-eighth of the U.S. lynchings between 1882 and 1968 taking place in the state, according to NAACP statistics cited by The Washington Post.

“With the history of lynching of Mississippi, you just don’t say something like that,” chair of the Lafayette County Democrats Cristen Hemmins told the Post. “I can’t even imagine the kind of mind that would come up with a throwaway phrase like that. I’m a Mississippian. Nobody I know talks like that. It’s absolutely unacceptable.”

The Jackson Free Press noted that there have been multiple suspected lynchings in the state in the last 20 years, including an incident this year in which a man was found hanging from a tree outside of his mother's home.

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studentactivism twitterde op zondag 11-11-2018 om 19:22:56 Cindy Hyde-Smith was born in 1959. Public executions aren’t part of the history of Mississippi in her lifetime. Lynchings are. reageer retweet

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Garrett_Archer twitterde op maandag 12-11-2018 om 02:34:19 Arizona outstanding ballot report 11/11 6:33PMCochise: 650Coconino: 4.8kLa Paz: 576Maricopa: 162kPima: 36.3kPinal: 14.7kState of Arizona: 219.8k reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 9 november 2018 14:08 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Juist
Denk dat je je moet inlezen over blockchain, en blockchain voting.

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Op zondag 11 november 2018 11:01 schreef Hexagon het volgende:
Leuke dames trouwens in die Arizona verkiezing.

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Op vrijdag 9 november 2018 14:06 schreef Refragmental het volgende:

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Eens

Maar ook hier zal blockchain voting een oplossing kunnen bieden. Je zou dan in principe zelfs kunnen stemmen vanaf je telefoon.