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twitter:John_Hudson twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 00:15:26 Scoop: Trump’s North Korea negotiator Steve Biegun is weathering a backlash from hawks inside the Trump administration including John Bolton who want a harder line approach. My latest with @DavidNakamura https://t.co/AyAgMVsSV8 reageer retweet
Scoop: Trump’s North Korea negotiator Steve Biegun is weathering a backlash from hawks inside the Trump administration including John Bolton who want a harder line approach. My latest with @DavidNakamura twitter:John_Hudson twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 00:30:31 Biegun was also told at a recent interagency meeting not to move too quickly on an end-of-war declaration. Hawks such as Bolton oppose his “step-by-step” process with the North Koreans in favor of maintaining maximum pressure through economic sanctions reageer retweet
twitter:John_Hudson twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 00:34:49 Biegun's allies are backing him in an intra-GOP squabble: “If you don’t like this approach, then I don’t think you’re in favor of diplomacy — period. And it may be that Bolton isn’t,” said Tod Lindberg of the conservative Hudson Institute reageer retweet
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
twitter:mattzap twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 01:10:16 Cohen’s public testimony before House Oversight has been rescheduled for February 27, committee says. https://t.co/mXpfQhviEj reageer retweet
Cohen’s public testimony before House Oversight has been rescheduled for February 27, committee says. twitter:anniekarni twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 02:45:23 Turning Trump-Kim Summit into a split-screen event. https://t.co/qTPHslX4z0 reageer retweet
Turning Trump-Kim Summit into a split-screen event. 
twitter:JohnWDean twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 04:13:50 I asked Cohen's attny what he'll say? @LannyDavis responded while my cell was off: "He will pull the curtain back and we will hear true stories of Trump's complicity in crimes, and his immoral, bigoted, and morally vacant character in specific, detailed personal anecdotes." https://t.co/VUfJrpva8L reageer retweet
I asked Cohen's attny what he'll say? @[ Bericht 19% gewijzigd door Kijkertje op 21-02-2019 07:15:31 ]
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
U.S. Hate Groups Rose 30 Percent In Recent Years, Watchdog Group Reports
quote:For the fourth year in a row, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks hate groups, reports that hate and domestic extremism are rising in an unabated trend. The center found a 30 percent increase in U.S. hate groups over the past four years and a 7 percent increase in hate groups in 2018 alone, according to the center's annual "Year in Hate and Extremism" report. The group designated 1,020 organizations as hate groups in 2018, a high of at least 20 years.
The watchdog group blames President Trump, his administration, right-wing media outlets and the ease of spreading hate on social media platforms for the alarming increase. The growth, it says, is largely driven by "hysteria over losing a white-majority nation to demographic change."
"The numbers tell a striking story — that this president is not simply a polarizing figure but a radicalizing one," Heidi Beirich, director of the SPLC's Intelligence Project, said in a statement. "Rather than trying to tamp down hate, as presidents of both parties have done, President Trump elevates it — with both his rhetoric and his policies. In doing so, he's given people across America the go-ahead to to act on their worst instincts."SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Republican candidate's son shakes up North Carolina hearing with surprise testimony
John Harris said he warned his father about potentially illegal activities of a political operative the candidate eventually hired.
John Harris said he warned his father about potentially illegal activities of a political operative the candidate eventually hired.
quote:The son of Republican congressional candidate Mark Harris testified before the North Carolina State Board of Elections on Wednesday, saying that he warned his father about the illegal tactics of a political operative that Harris hired and casting doubt on Harris' insistence that he had no knowledge of fraudulent election activity in last year's election
In a dramatic surprise appearance that culminated with an emotional plea to fix the political process, John Harris, an assistant U.S. attorney in North Carolina, testified that he told his father he had become concerned about McCrae Dowless' practices after studying the 2016 congressional primary in the same 9th district,
In that race, Dowless’ candidate, Todd Johnson, came in third place in the election even though he won all but four of the 218 absentee ballots cast in Bladen County. Harris was a candidate in that election as well.
Harris testified that his father decided to hire Dowless despite his concerns.
“Do I agree with their ultimate assessment? No, I thought what he was doing was illegal, and I was right,” John Harris said on the stand. “If he had lost repeatedly I don’t think that they would have decided to go with him, but you know, the fact that he had a demonstrated record of success and other people were endorsing his program, I think that weighed heavily for them.”SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Pelosi: House moving ‘swiftly’ to block Trump’s emergency declarationtwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 02:50:00 Pelosi vows that the House will "move swiftly" to block Trump's emergency declaration"The House will move swiftly to pass this bill," Pelosi writes to colleagues. "The President's decision to go outside the bounds of the law ... must be terminated."https://t.co/a1KY5w9N9A reageer retweet
Pelosi vows that the House will "move swiftly" to block Trump's emergency declaration"The House will move swiftly to pass this bill," Pelosi writes to colleagues. "The President's decision to go outside the bounds of the law ... must be terminated."quote:Speaker Nancy Pelosi is throwing her muscle behind a legislative effort to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, the first formal step to counter Trump and squeeze Republicans on the border wall.
Democrats will introduce legislation Friday to terminate the emergency proclamation and Pelosi is urging House colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the resolution, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO on Wednesday.
"I write to invite all Members of Congress to cosponsor Congressman Joaquin Castro’s privileged resolution to terminate this emergency declaration," Pelosi wrote, noting that the House will "move swiftly to pass this bill."
"The President’s decision to go outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process violates the Constitution and must be terminated," she added.
Pelosi sent the letter to both Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday night, a rare occurrence that underscores the seriousness with which the speaker plans to try to block Trump's effort to go around Congress and build his border wall.
"We have a solemn responsibility to uphold the Constitution, and defend our system of checks and balances against the President’s assault," Pelosi wrote.
Aides for Castro, who is leading the effort, circulated an email Wednesday afternoon announcing plans to introduce the resolution of disapproval after Trump’s declaration was published in the Federal Register this week.
Democrats are also expected to file a lawsuit to halt Trump’s effort to circumvent Congress to build his border wall.SPOILEROm spoilers te kunnen lezen moet je zijn ingelogd. Je moet je daarvoor eerst gratis Registreren. Ook kun je spoilers niet lezen als je een ban hebt.“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
quote:Op woensdag 20 februari 2019 21:38 schreef Klopkoek het volgende:
https://twitter.com/rcbregman/status/1098283273120350211
Lachen dit. Fox news laat zich kennen.
twitter:TuckerCarlson twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 03:05:15 Here’s why we didn’t air that segment last week. https://t.co/cQHlfEQZT1 reageer retweet
Here’s why we didn’t air that segment last week.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
De beeldentwitter:kylegriffin1 twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 05:10:00 Andrew McCabe says that Trump wrote his own letter—unseen—that was designed to justify Comey's firing.He says the "rambling" letter includes Comey's failure to fire McCabe as one justification. This is long before the results of the IG investigation.https://t.co/zi6QLYxFgE reageer retweet
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
twitter:ddale8 twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 04:44:49 Trump tweeted that he had ordered FEMA to stop giving aid to California disaster victims unless the state changed its forest practices. After a freedom of information request turned up no records, FEMA acknowledged today that it never got any order. https://t.co/hKNgNmhTDC reageer retweet
Trump tweeted that he had ordered FEMA to stop giving aid to California disaster victims unless the state changed its forest practices. After a freedom of information request turned up no records, FEMA acknowledged today that it never got any order. quote:"We never got any such directive," Brandi Richard, a FEMA spokesperson, told BuzzFeed News. "That's evidenced by the fact that work is still being done and we continue to support wildfire survivors across the state."
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, further confirmed the news in a Freedom of Information Act request filed Jan. 9 on Muckrock, the same day the president tweeted his order.
"We conducted a comprehensive search of files," FEMA said in a letter. "Unfortunately, we were unable to locate or identify any responsive records."
Filmpje in tweet:
twitter:AllisonLHedges twitterde op woensdag 20-02-2019 om 14:18:16 "That's a lie." - @maggieNYT responds to Trump's claim that reporters "don't even call asking for verification." @NewDay https://t.co/gX7IiFHNTN reageer retweet
"That's a lie." - @quote:"I sent several emails that went unanswered until yesterday," Haberman said. "We went through a detailed list of what we were planning on reporting. They chose not to engage, and then, afterwards, the president acts surprised."
She added, "We certainly followed normal reporting practices and went over it at length with both the White House and the Department of Justice."
That lack of response to reporters' questions has become something of a feature with this White House. In December, The Washington Post reported on the extent to which reporters had seen their efforts to gather information stymied. "As a whole," the Times's Peter Baker told The Post's Paul Farhi, "I've learned not to expect answers even to basic questions."
Filmpje in tweet:
Trump makes 74 false claims in a week, 27 at one rambling Texas rallytwitter:11thHour twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 06:13:42 Tonight's #LastThingBeforeWeGo? Trump again claims border wall is being built (it isn't). Learn more: https://t.co/a5GpYQu6Pb #11MSNBC #11thHour https://t.co/icywdFe0DP reageer retweet
Tonight's quote:U.S. President Donald Trump averaged 10 false claims per day last week.
He made 36 on one day, Monday, during which he did a deceit-filled rambling rally in El Paso, Texas (27 false claims), an interview with Fox News's Laura Ingraham (seven false claims), and a White House meeting with sheriffs (two false claims). The week prior, he had made 25 false claims for the whole week.
His total for last week, 74, was the 16th-worst of his 109 weeks so far.
Trump is now up to 4,424 false claims for the first 759 days of his presidency, an average of 5.8 per day.
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“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Terwijl Stone nog maar nét is opgepakt? Eerst zien, dan geloven. Hoe kan je een eindrapport afleveren als je nét een enorme bron van intel hebt die moet worden onderzocht?quote:
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Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Peilingen:
2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary:
Biden 28% Sanders 20% Harris 14% Warren 9% O'Rourke 6% Booker 3% Gillibrand 3% Bloomberg 2% Klobuchar 1% Castro 1%
@YouGovUS/@UMassPoll 2/7-15
2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary:
Biden 36% Sanders 14% Harris 13% Booker 10% Warren 9% O'Rourke 8% Holder 2% Brown 2% Klobuchar 1% Bloomberg 1% Castro 1% Swalwell 1% Gabbard 1% Hickenlooper 1% Yang 1%
@ChangePolls 2/15-18
2020 South Carolina Republican Primary:
Trump 90% (+87) Weld 3% .
Trump 91% (+88) Kasich 3% .
Trump 91% (+89) Corker 2% .
Trump 93% (+91) Flake 2%
Trump 67% (+46) Haley 21%
@ChangePolls 2/15-18
2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary:
Biden 28% Sanders 20% Harris 14% Warren 9% O'Rourke 6% Booker 3% Gillibrand 3% Bloomberg 2% Klobuchar 1% Castro 1%
@YouGovUS/@UMassPoll 2/7-15
2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary:
Biden 36% Sanders 14% Harris 13% Booker 10% Warren 9% O'Rourke 8% Holder 2% Brown 2% Klobuchar 1% Bloomberg 1% Castro 1% Swalwell 1% Gabbard 1% Hickenlooper 1% Yang 1%
@ChangePolls 2/15-18
2020 South Carolina Republican Primary:
Trump 90% (+87) Weld 3% .
Trump 91% (+88) Kasich 3% .
Trump 91% (+89) Corker 2% .
Trump 93% (+91) Flake 2%
Trump 67% (+46) Haley 21%
@ChangePolls 2/15-18
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Blijkbaar vinden ze bij de republikeinen niet dat ze zich op politiek gebied eigenlijk moeten verbeteren.Of het moet zijn dat ze vér van kandidaten van het kaliber Herbert Hoover vandaan zitten.quote:
Peilingen:
2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary:
Biden 28% Sanders 20% Harris 14% Warren 9% O'Rourke 6% Booker 3% Gillibrand 3% Bloomberg 2% Klobuchar 1% Castro 1%
@:YouGovUS/@:UMassPoll 2/7-15
2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary:
Biden 36% Sanders 14% Harris 13% Booker 10% Warren 9% O'Rourke 8% Holder 2% Brown 2% Klobuchar 1% Bloomberg 1% Castro 1% Swalwell 1% Gabbard 1% Hickenlooper 1% Yang 1%
@:ChangePolls 2/15-18
2020 South Carolina Republican Primary:
Trump 90% (+87) Weld 3% .
Trump 91% (+88) Kasich 3% .
Trump 91% (+89) Corker 2% .
Trump 93% (+91) Flake 2%
Trump 67% (+46) Haley 21%
@:ChangePolls 2/15-18
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Update: Trump had geen idee waar het over gingquote:
Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality (NBC News)
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Goeie zaak.
Blijkbaar was het een official die toevallig gay was die dit een beetje pushte.
beter een knipoog dan een blauw oog
Only the best people...
Trump’s Pick To Lead Climate Panel Once Compared CO2 To Jews In Nazi Germany
https://www.huffpost.com/(...)0f2be4b0f40774cbfa70
Trump’s Pick To Lead Climate Panel Once Compared CO2 To Jews In Nazi Germany
https://www.huffpost.com/(...)0f2be4b0f40774cbfa70
Aut viam inveniam, aut faciam
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
Gevalletje: iedereen doet maar wat in de well-oiled machine.quote:
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Update: Trump had geen idee waar het over ging
Blijkbaar was het een official die toevallig gay was die dit een beetje pushte.
Gelukkig maar, dan kan ik als links persoon nog steeds boos zijn op homohaters en moeten de MAGA’s iets anders verzinnen om boos op te zijn.
Het probleem voor Fox news is dat dit gelijk helemaal viral is gegaan. De geest is duidelijk uit de fles ontsnapt daar.quote:Op donderdag 21 februari 2019 04:42 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
[..]twitter:TuckerCarlson twitterde op donderdag 21-02-2019 om 03:05:15 Here’s why we didn’t air that segment last week. https://t.co/cQHlfEQZT1 reageer retweet
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Herhaling is de kracht van die groep. Als je de leugen maar vaak genoeg herhaalt, wordt die vanzelf als waarheid aangenomen.quote:Op donderdag 21 februari 2019 13:07 schreef PippenScottie het volgende:
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Gevalletje: iedereen doet maar wat in de well-oiled machine.
Gelukkig maar, dan kan ik als links persoon nog steeds boos zijn op homohaters en moeten de MAGA’s iets anders verzinnen om boos op te zijn.
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Zoals 2 jaar lang achter een Russische hoax aan lopen.quote:
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Herhaling is de kracht van die groep. Als je de leugen maar vaak genoeg herhaalt, wordt die vanzelf als waarheid aangenomen.
2019: The Great Awakening
die 34 arrestaties heeft opgeleverd, best wel bizar voor een hoaxquote:
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Zoals 2 jaar lang achter een Russische hoax aan lopen.
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Hee, iemand met een kristallen bol.quote:
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Zoals 2 jaar lang achter een Russische hoax aan lopen.
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Die kristallen bol-trollen worden wel een stuk actiever hier de laatste tijd. Provinciale staten verkiezingen komen er aan.quote:Op donderdag 21 februari 2019 14:58 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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Hee, iemand met een kristallen bol.
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
https://www.politico.com/(...)ers-left-2020-225190
Goed opiniestuk over Bernie Sanders. Nog een voorbeeld van een politicus die eigenlijk niet meer in deze tijd past, maar dit niet aan de wereld durft toe te geven.
Goed opiniestuk over Bernie Sanders. Nog een voorbeeld van een politicus die eigenlijk niet meer in deze tijd past, maar dit niet aan de wereld durft toe te geven.
Mag ik je vandaag weer eens irriteren?
Opportunistisch en voorspelbaar stuk van de National Review. Eerst is het allemaal identiteitspolitiek dit dat en nu is nadruk op klasse weer ouderwets.quote:
https://www.politico.com/(...)ers-left-2020-225190
Goed opiniestuk over Bernie Sanders. Nog een voorbeeld van een politicus die eigenlijk niet meer in deze tijd past, maar dit niet aan de wereld durft toe te geven.
Rutger Bregman heeft gelijk
Deuger & Gutmensch
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
Droevig dat de Democratische Partij nog zoveel 70+'ers in de voorste rangen heeft. Die Harris, is dat nog wat?quote:
Peilingen:
2020 New Hampshire Democratic Primary:
Biden 28% Sanders 20% Harris 14% Warren 9% O'Rourke 6% Booker 3% Gillibrand 3% Bloomberg 2% Klobuchar 1% Castro 1%
FOX News was gisteren kritischer dan ooit over Trump nadat de New York Times bekend maakte dat Trump heeft geprobeerd een bondgenoot de zaak van Cohen te laten behandelen in Manhattan:
In some matters there's no reality, only perception. Truth exists, but people have a vested interest in not knowing it.
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