[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #606 Middle-Class Joe

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NBCPolitics twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 12:04:19 JUST IN: Beto O'Rourke raised $6.1M in his first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, according to his campaign, surpassing Sen. Sanders and every other 2020 Democrat who has disclosed their figures. https://t.co/6ZRfpNMlZJ reageer retweet

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Op maandag 18 maart 2019 10:11 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Ben wel benieuwd of de republikeinen nog campagne gaan voeren over beleidsvraagstukken die zij belangrijk vinden of dat de campagne niet meer inhoud heeft dan "kijk eens hoe eng en kut de Democraten zijn".

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Op maandag 18 maart 2019 15:57 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Wat mij betreft mag het. Alle politici boven de 70, weg ermee!

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JustinElliott twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 12:24:40 NEW: Feds raided Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy’s office in money laundering probe https://t.co/hVactFfjVc from @RobertFaturechi and me reageer retweet

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Federal authorities raided the office of Republican fundraiser Elliott Broidy last summer, seeking records related to his dealings with foreign officials and Trump administration associates, according to a sealed search warrant obtained by ProPublica.

Agents were authorized to use the megadonor’s hands and face to unlock any phones that required fingerprint or facial scans.

The Washington Post reported in August that the Justice Department was investigating Broidy. The sealed warrant offers new details of federal authorities’ investigation of allegations that Broidy had attempted to cash in on his Trump White House connections in dealings with foreign officials. It also shows that the government took a more aggressive approach with the Trump ally than was previously known, entering his office and removing records — just as it did with Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen.

Broidy served as a major Trump campaign fundraiser and was the national deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee until he resigned in April 2018, when it was revealed he had agreed to secretly pay off a former Playboy model in exchange for her silence about their affair.

The search warrant cites three potential crimes that authorities are investigating: conspiracy, money laundering and violations of the law barring covert lobbying on behalf of foreign officials. To obtain a search warrant, authorities have to convince a judge that there’s a probable cause they will find evidence of those specific crimes.

The search warrant also for the first time links Broidy to a globe-trotting Miami Beach party promoter.

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Op maandag 18 maart 2019 22:03 schreef martijnde3de het volgende:
Weer wat peilingen:

2020 National GE

Biden 48% (+5) Trump 43% .
Sanders 46% (+2) Trump 44%
Harris 44% Trump 44%
Warren 44% Trump 44%
Trump 44% (+1) O'Rourke 43% .
Trump 44% (+2) Booker 42%

@:Civiqs/@:dailykos 3/9-12

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White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Monday that reading the manifesto the alleged New Zealand mosque shooter wrote "in its entirety" would show he wasn't inspired by President Trump.

"Unlike most mass shootings, this man came with pre-receipts," Conway said on "Fox & Friends" while speaking about Friday's shootings at a pair of Christchurch mosques, which resulted in 50 deaths.

"He put out a 70-page manifesto, and I guess everybody scoured it, searched for Donald Trump’s name, and there it is one time," she continued. "But he also said he aligns closely with the ideology of China. He said he’s not a conservative. He’s not a Nazi. I think he referred to himself as an eco-naturalist or an eco-fascist."

Conway added that "people should read" the manifesto "in its entirety."

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:10:29 Cambridge Analytica has been accused of trying to liquidate the company before a full investigation into their activities could be held. https://t.co/xxRQyuxSMN reageer retweet

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British political consultants that worked for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign liked to boast that they could deploy dirty tricks and twist democracies all over the world without the risk of detection.

The High Court in London heard on Monday that Cambridge Analytica was up to its old tricks from beyond the grave—by surreptitiously trying to halt investigations that could expose allegedly nefarious tactics before the company was shut down for good.

The company filed for the British equivalent of chapter 11 bankruptcy last year after secret recordings of its boss, Alexander Nix, emerged in which he claimed that Trump’s data gurus had carried out illicit election campaigns all over the world. The company was also accused of using up to 87 million clandestinely harvested Facebook profiles to create a state of the art voter database that helped Trump win election in 2016.

A lawyer representing a New York professor, who believes his private data was misused by the notorious campaign operatives, claims Cambridge Analytica’s data secrets are being shielded from justice and exposure by administrators in the pay of a shadow company set up by a band of executives linked to the Trump campaign veterans.

The High Court heard that administrators had deliberately misled a judge during a previous hearing by obfuscating their financial links to Emerdata, a company which was set up by Nix, Rebekah Mercer, and other senior figures who were previously involved with Cambridge Analytica.

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rebeccaballhaus twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:09:04 NEW from @mrothfeld @joe_palazzolo: How did the National Enquirer get Bezos’s texts? Michael Sanchez, the brother of Bezos’ lover, sold them for $200,000 to the National Enquirer’s publisher. https://t.co/5s3h5ebGjg reageer retweet

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nytimes twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 05:00:08 As a developer, Donald Trump borrowed more than $2 billion from Deutsche Bank. Once he was president, the German bank shifted into damage-control mode. It issued an unusual direction to its Wall Street employees: Do not publicly utter the word “Trump.” https://t.co/A4DJOCYuBU reageer retweet

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davidenrich twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 23:37:16 This is the inside story of how Deutsche Bank officials - including 2 CEOs - were so eager to do business with @realDonaldTrump that they ignored years of internal warnings about the risks. Based on interviews with 20+ bank execs with direct knowledge. https://t.co/5kD4vCXm7y reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 23:29:29 While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security. If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA! https://t.co/xqIGUOwh4x reageer retweet

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:18:35 Wait. Back up. How does this work? You CAN'T donate money directly to a particular government agency. You CAN donate money to the US government via the US Treasury, which goes into the General Fund to be used as Congress may direct via normal budgetary legislation. 1/ https://t.co/AhZALVJJzr reageer retweet

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:18:36 The picture of the check Trump posted is a PERSONAL check, not a government appropriation. It CAN'T be accepted by DHS, not legally, not unless Congress passed legislation to set up a special fund (as they do for certain national projects). And they didn't. 5/ reageer retweet

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KFILE twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 23:46:27 Per Fox News: Rep. Devin Nunes is suing Twitter and some accounts called “Devin Nunes Mom” and “Devin Nunes Cow.”https://t.co/rP8srxu2hI https://t.co/3zywEF8Yqo reageer retweet

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DevinCow twitterde op zondag 04-02-2018 om 23:15:04 @The_Roni Nunes’ farm has over a million dollars in revenue each year, not counting the subsidies. Here’s the data: https://t.co/quwC8LeNPq reageer retweet

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DevinGrapes twitterde op donderdag 26-07-2018 om 18:15:06 I never see my owner anymore. He's so busy on Fox News, palling around with DC lobbyists, and up in Boston watching sports that he never visits me, never checks on how I'm growing, whether I'm well-enough fed, well-enough watered... I wonder if @DevinCow feels the same? reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 08:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op maandag 18-03-2019 om 23:29:29 While the press doesn’t like writing about it, nor do I need them to, I donate my yearly Presidential salary of $400,000.00 to different agencies throughout the year, this to Homeland Security. If I didn’t do it there would be hell to pay from the FAKE NEWS MEDIA! https://t.co/xqIGUOwh4x reageer retweet

Leuk verhaaltje, maar niet zonder haken en ogen.....

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:18:35 Wait. Back up. How does this work? You CAN'T donate money directly to a particular government agency. You CAN donate money to the US government via the US Treasury, which goes into the General Fund to be used as Congress may direct via normal budgetary legislation. 1/ https://t.co/AhZALVJJzr reageer retweet

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 01:18:36 The picture of the check Trump posted is a PERSONAL check, not a government appropriation. It CAN'T be accepted by DHS, not legally, not unless Congress passed legislation to set up a special fund (as they do for certain national projects). And they didn't. 5/ reageer retweet

Kortom: Trump kan zijn salaris wel doneren aan de VS, maar dan niet aan een ministerie naar keuze die het dan zou moeten gebruiken voor een van zijn hobbyprojecten. Als het Congres besluit dat geld uit te geven aan een fonds om illegale immigrantenkinderen weer te hetenigen met hun ouders kunnen ze dat gewoon doen. Hoe Trump ook zal tandenknarsen.

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 03:15:13 Addendum 2:Possible answer is here: https://t.co/ZA8T0Xs9eBIt appears Trump CAN make a GIFT donation to the DHS. 8/ reageer retweet

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Stonekettle twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 03:15:13 That said, even if it's legal for the average citizen, I'm not convinced it doesn't run afoul of ethics laws for the PRESIDENT to donate money to agencies under his authority. Further research is required. 9/9 reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 10:42 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:

De wanhoop is meelijwekkend.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 10:42 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
WAT TRUMP DOET KAN NIET!!!!!!
- Oh, het jan toch wel...
WE ZOEKEN GEWOON VERDER TOT WE WAT VINDEN!!!


De wanhoop is meelijwekkend.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 11:26 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:

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Als Trump zo onschuldig als een pasgeboren lammetje, zoals hij zelf bij hoog en laag volhoudt, is er voor no.1 geen enkel vuiltje aan de lucht.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 10:42 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
WE ZOEKEN GEWOON VERDER TOT WE WAT VINDEN!!!

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 11:31 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Dit dus. Hij kan zijn financieën gewoon even laten controleren en dan blijkt hij van alle smetten vrij.

Of niet.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 12:22 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:

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Ook Trump heeft recht op zijn privacy. En ik moedig hem aan daarvoor te vechten. Het is aan hemzelf wat hij openbaart, tenzij er een gerechtelijk bevel is. En wie weet mag hij dan ook selecteren wat hij wel en niet laat zien

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thehill twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 03:49:05 Trump exaggerated his net worth by over $2 billion to get loans from Deutsche Bank: report https://t.co/tl9L9S0VsX https://t.co/apu27tcgpI reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 12:53 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Zo wanhopig dat Manafort 7 en een half jaar in de bak gaat, Cohen drie en Richard Pinedo een half jaar. met elkaar al aardig wat wanhopige jaren

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 13:39 schreef MangoTree het volgende:

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En Trump volgend jaar 4 jaar gaat bijtekenen.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 14:09 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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vanuit de bak?

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 14:36 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:

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Nah, hij vraagt gewoon even aan de Clintons bij wie je moet zijn om ervoor te zorgen dat mensen zelfmoord gaan plegen

En hop, nog vier jaar extra als president en dan een leven lang een vrij man

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 14:38 schreef Tweek het volgende:

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Oh je bent zo'n qanon aanhanger.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 14:52 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:

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Ik dacht dat de " " genoeg zou zeggen. Ik vergat dat linksen geek gevoel voor humor hebben.

Pro tip: Neem alles gewoon iets minder serieus, wordt het leven een stuk leuker van.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 14:36 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:

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Nah, hij vraagt gewoon even aan de Clintons bij wie je moet zijn om ervoor te zorgen dat mensen zelfmoord gaan plegen

En hop, nog vier jaar extra als president en dan een leven lang een vrij man

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 15:02 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Zijn vroegere zakenpartner van de familie Gambino is ook net overreden nadat hij per ongeluk tegen tientallen kogels aanliep.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 14:57:04 Facebook, Google and Twitter, not to mention the Corrupt Media, are sooo on the side of the Radical Left Democrats. But fear not, we will win anyway, just like we did before! #MAGA reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 15:07 schreef Tweek het volgende:

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Door een QAnon gekkie:
https://www.nbcnews.com/n(...)gans-written-n984611

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 14:41:02 Breaking: Rod Rosenstein is staying longer at DOJ, per NBC's Pete Williams. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 15:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 14:41:02 Breaking: Rod Rosenstein is staying longer at DOJ, per NBC's Pete Williams. reageer retweet

Zo.....interesting

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But none of that means Rosen possesses the appropriate qualifications to serve effectively as the deputy attorney general. Unlike Rosenstein and many before him, he lacks prior Justice Department experience and—critically—has zero prosecutorial experience.

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AriMelber twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 16:25:33 It's common to compare Trump's legal problems to Nixon's, but that itself is a low legal bar. More broadly, Trump has now had *more advisers indicted* earlier in his term than *any* President in history.https://t.co/iZjxTgYHDm https://t.co/2vDsxLip3K reageer retweet

Mueller Makes History Exposing Crime Spree By Former Trump Aides | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 12:30:00 Quite a fascinating chart from @TheBeatWithAri. The Obama line really catches your eye. https://t.co/pP2OikBKOL reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 10:42 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
WAT TRUMP DOET KAN NIET!!!!!!
- Oh, het jan toch wel...
WE ZOEKEN GEWOON VERDER TOT WE WAT VINDEN!!!

De wanhoop is meelijwekkend.

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A federal appeals court is set to wrestle on Tuesday with the legal future of a lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by profiting from his business dealings with foreign countries seeking to curry favor with his administration.

The arguments in the so-called foreign emoluments case test largely uncharted areas of constitutional law, but also serve as a reminder of the numerous ethical challenges Trump’s administration has faced, with a series of Cabinet members departing under clouds of scandal.

The suit that is going before a three-judge panel of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday was filed jointly in 2017 by the attorneys general of Maryland and Washington, D.C.

At the outset of Trump’s presidency, many ethics experts urged him to divest himself of his far-flung business empire, but he refused. Instead, Trump turned over day-to-day control of his businesses to two of his sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

Just before taking office, Trump announced that he would donate to the U.S. Treasury all profits from foreign government-related business at his hotels and other enterprises. However, critics said the policy was vague and certain not to capture all the income Trump derived from foreign diplomats and others with ties to governments abroad.

Last March, the Trump Organization announced that it had donated just over $151,000 to the U.S. Treasury to divest what the firm said were its profits associated with foreign-government business.

However, the Trump business has said it intends to respect its guests’ privacy and not pry into who might be footing the bill for their stays at Trump hotels. As a result, it’s unclear if Trump’s firms are disgorging profits from hotel rooms booked by lobbyists or other third parties who may not disclose any connection to foreign governments.

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President Trump on Tuesday called the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway “a total loser,” responding to mounting questions by George Conway about the state of Trump’s mental health.

https://www.washingtonpos(...)bcf38ba41_story.html

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 10:42 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
WAT TRUMP DOET KAN NIET!!!!!!
- Oh, het jan toch wel...
WE ZOEKEN GEWOON VERDER TOT WE WAT VINDEN!!!


De wanhoop is meelijwekkend.

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Mueller sought Michael Cohen’s emails months before FBI raid, warrants show

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III obtained court-approved warrants to search the emails of President Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen in July 2017 as his office investigated whether Cohen had illegally worked for foreign entities, according to newly unsealed documents illustrating how the investigation moved quickly and quietly to scour the digital trails of the president’s associates.

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The warrants show that federal agents sought information from Cohen’s Gmail account, as well as an account he set up for his legal and consulting work. An agent noted that Cohen also used a Trump Organization email account but indicated that as of the filing of the warrant request on April 8, 2018, the FBI had “not been able to obtain the contents of that account.” The agent did not indicate why the FBI did not have access to Cohen’s Trump Organization records.

Bron: WaPo

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The real reason the Trump administration is constantly losing in court

Federal judges have ruled against the Trump administration at least 63 times over the past two years, an extraordinary record of legal defeat that has stymied large parts of the president’s agenda on the environment, immigration and other matters.

In case after case, judges have rebuked Trump officials for failing to follow the most basic rules of governance, including providing legitimate explanations for shifts in policy, supported by facts and, where required, public input.

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Two-thirds of the cases accuse the Trump administration of violating the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a 73-year-old law that forms the primary bulwark against arbitrary rule. The normal “win rate” for the government in such cases is about 70 percent, according to analysts and studies. But as of mid-January, a database maintained by the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law shows Trump’s win rate at about 6 percent.

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Some errors are so basic that Jaffe said he has to wonder whether agency officials are more interested in announcing policy shifts than in actually implementing them. “It’s not just that they’re losing. But they’re being so nuts about it,” he said, adding that the losses in court have “set regulatory reform back for a period of time.”

Contributing to the losing record has been Trump himself. His reported comments about “shithole countries,” for example, helped convince U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that the administration’s decision to end “temporary protected status” for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Central America, Haiti and Sudan was motivated by racial and ethnic bias.

At least a dozen decisions have involved Trump’s tweets or comments.

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 18:55 schreef Montov het volgende:

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:14:10 Trump gives his second question to the Daily Caller. He rejects the idea of adding seats to the Supreme Court. He is then asked by the Caller about going after social media companies. He complains about Twitter taking followers away from him. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:14:57 Trump makes unfounded and unspecific allegations of "collusion" involving social media companies. "Something has to be going on," he says, adding, "Something's happening with those groups of folks that are running Facebook and Google and Twitter." reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:15:44 Trump says he is "proud" to hear the president of Brazil use the phrase "fake news." reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:16:36 The Daily Caller then asks Bolsonaro how it'd affect his relations with the US if the US elects a "socialist." Bolsonaro says it's an internal matter and he'll respect the outcome, but he believes Donald Trump will be re-elected. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:18:55 Trump says the US will, "in honour of the president," be supporting the entry of Brazil into the OECD, though the Office of the US Trade Representative has been opposed. It'd been reported this week that Brazil didn't expect the US to announce its support on this visit. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 19:21 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
De persco met de president van Brazilie

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:14:10 Trump gives his second question to the Daily Caller. He rejects the idea of adding seats to the Supreme Court. He is then asked by the Caller about going after social media companies. He complains about Twitter taking followers away from him. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:14:57 Trump makes unfounded and unspecific allegations of "collusion" involving social media companies. "Something has to be going on," he says, adding, "Something's happening with those groups of folks that are running Facebook and Google and Twitter." reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:15:44 Trump says he is "proud" to hear the president of Brazil use the phrase "fake news." reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:16:36 The Daily Caller then asks Bolsonaro how it'd affect his relations with the US if the US elects a "socialist." Bolsonaro says it's an internal matter and he'll respect the outcome, but he believes Donald Trump will be re-elected. reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 19:18:55 Trump says the US will, "in honour of the president," be supporting the entry of Brazil into the OECD, though the Office of the US Trade Representative has been opposed. It'd been reported this week that Brazil didn't expect the US to announce its support on this visit. reageer retweet

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DanAlexander21 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 16:03:11 State of our federal ethics system: Hand $10 to Trump's campaign, and you have to disclose who you are. Hand $2.9 million to Trump's business, and you don't. https://t.co/3GmCwG1NKG reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 20:54:46 Trump falsely said again last week that he ended immigration "catch and release": "And we're catching them and we're keeping them. We're not doing release." ICE tells me today that about 84,500 people from "family units" were released between late December and early March. https://t.co/iVKWZ4EQ1D reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 20:57:11 This number was reported by the Arizona Republic (https://t.co/UFtuVT3ztl) in early March. Breitbart, which fawns over Trump but sometimes criticizes him on immigration, then picked up the story. https://t.co/MntKTmGsGA reageer retweet

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ddale8 twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 21:00:32 It is impossible for the U.S. to not release lots of people crossing these days: it's far from a record for overall crossings, but it's an exceptional numbers of asylum seekers and family units. ICE accurately says it's severely constrained. So: no, Trump has not ended releases. reageer retweet

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Op dinsdag 19 maart 2019 18:55 schreef Montov het volgende:

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JamilSmith twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 22:01:06 The FIRST STEP Act, Trump’s supposedly prized criminal justice reform, calls for $75 million per year for five years, starting in 2019. Trump only budgeted $14 million for it. https://t.co/azaFYcmIt4 reageer retweet

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Earlier this week, President Donald Trump released his administration’s budget request for the 2020 fiscal year, asking Congress for a record $4.75 trillion in funding. Somewhat predictably, he proposed boosting military spending and allocating billions of dollars for a wall along the US-Mexico border. But the president’s request would appropriate surprisingly little to fund one of the precious few bipartisan victories of his term, a criminal justice reform law that he signed in December.

While the move will likely have little practical effect, since the budget proposal is basically dead on arrival, it’s yet another example of the Trump administration appearing to deprioritize a major piece of legislation that the president and his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, have repeatedly and vocally championed.

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nytpolitics twitterde op woensdag 20-03-2019 om 00:20:06 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose confrontational stand on Iran has already strained ties with European allies, is leading the push for Iraq to confront its neighbor https://t.co/zrv8UUWp06 reageer retweet

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The United States’ attempts to isolate Iran, including by punishing Iraqi militias and politicians who are supported by Iranian officials, has deepened tensions not only between Washington and Baghdad but also within the Trump administration.

American military and intelligence officials said the increasing pressure on Iraq risks infuriating its Parliament, including politicians linked to Iran, which could limit the movements of the 5,200 United States troops based in Iraq.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose confrontational stand on Iran has already strained ties with European allies, is leading the push for Iraq to confront its fellow Shiite-majority neighbor. He arrived in the Middle East on Tuesday to speak with officials in Kuwait, Israel and Lebanon about containing Iran.

Under plans recommended by Mr. Pompeo and some White House officials, the State Department would designate Iran’s military Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization. It would be a first instance of the United States designating a unit of another government’s military as a terrorist group; American officials said it could put United States troops and intelligence officers at risk of similar actions by foreign governments.

The plans also would designate some Iraqi Shiite militias as foreign terrorist organizations. As a result, the Iranian-trained militias — and Iraqi officials who support them — would be subject to new economic sanctions and travel restrictions.

The proposal was described to The New York Times on condition of anonymity by a half-dozen American and Iraqi officials and experts familiar with the sensitive diplomatic plans but not authorized to discuss them by name.

Mr. Pompeo confirmed Monday night that he was looking at various groups, including the Revolutionary Guards in Iran, after he was asked by The Times on the flight to Kuwait about the proposed designations.

“There may well be other organizations that we designate,” he said. The State Department designated an Iraqi group as a terrorist organization earlier this month, despite opposition from the Pentagon.

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US Atty: I Considered Taping Trump, DOJ Was Right To Consider It | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

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In a news-making interview, former Chief prosecutor at the Southern District of New York, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by President Trump in 2017, reveals to Ari Melber that he backs Mueller’s boss, Rod Rosenstein, who reportedly talked about secretly taping Pres. Trump. Bharara recounts new details about how his office also considered taping Trump when the President took the unusual step of personally calling Bharara, who concluded there was reason to have “mistrust” towards Trump. The interview is Bharara’s first day on MSNBC since he last spoke with Melber, in 2015.

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President Donald Trump's personal lawyers and attorneys from the Justice Department argued Tuesday that no one should be able to sue Trump for profiting from his businesses while he's in office -- and for the first time in more than a year, things went well for the president in the case.

The US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard arguments in a lawsuit brought by Maryland and the District of Columbia accusing Trump of violating the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses of the US Constitution by refusing to give up his interest in the Trump International Hotel in Washington. To date, a federal judge in Maryland has repeatedly ruled against Trump.

But the three-judge 4th Circuit panel expressed deep skepticism Tuesday about DC's and Maryland's positions on a host of issues, including what exactly they wanted a judge to order Trump to do, whether claims that Trump's hotel had an unfair competitive advantage were too speculative, and whether DC and Maryland -- or anyone, for that matter -- could bring a lawsuit against a president under the emoluments clauses.

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Prosecutors with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team on Tuesday cited the “press of other work” in asking a judge to give them until April 1 to respond to the court about a request from The Washington Post to unseal records in Paul Manafort’s criminal case.

In a two-page filing, Deputy Solicitor General Michael R. Dreeben and prosecutor Adam C. Jed wrote, “Counsel responsible for preparing the response face the press of other work and require additional time to consult within the government.”

A response had been due March 21. The filing did not detail the nature of the consultation.

The Post has objected to the abundance of sealed and redacted records in Manafort’s Washington case and petitioned the judge in his case, Amy Berman Jackson, to open them to public view.

The news outlet’s motion, filed on the eve of Manafort’s recent sentencings in the District and Virginia, cited “the profound public interest in these proceedings,” arguing that the integrity of the country’s elections “goes to the core of the interests protected by the First Amendment.”

The special-counsel filing seeking the extension comes amid several public signs that the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election is winding down and heightened speculation that Mueller could any day transmit his final report to Attorney General William P. Barr.

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Lawyers for former national security adviser Michael Flynn are fighting an effort by his former business partner to subpoena records of legal advice Flynn received as his foreign lobbying work came under federal investigation.

Earlier this month, Flynn's ex-partner, Bijan Kian, issued subpoenas to seek files and correspondence for use in a trial Kian is facing on charges of lying to authorities and conspiring to evade the Foreign Agents Registration Act in connection with work Flynn and Kian allegedly did on behalf of Turkey.

Now, Flynn's lawyers are asking a judge to block the request for records of legal advice provided to Flynn or his now-defunct firm, Flynn Intelligence Group.

Flynn pleaded guilty in 2017 to a felony false-statement charge brought by special counsel Robert Mueller's office and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

One potential flash point in the legal dispute could come if Kian's legal team tries to argue that Flynn is resisting the subpoena because of his cooperation deal. Efforts by prosecutors to interfere with a defendant's access to witnesses or evidence can result in strong action by the courts, in some instances including dismissal of the case.

The motions filed Friday and made public Monday acknowledge that as part of Flynn's cooperation, his lawyers shared "certain factual information" with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Va., relating to the foreign-lobbying investigation. A former in-house lawyer for Flynn's firm, Robert Kelley, also submitted to an interview, court papers say.

Flynn's attorneys say prosecutors agreed that Flynn wasn't waiving his attorney-client privilege by sharing that information with prosecutors. Alexandria-based U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Trenga has set a hearing on the issue for March 29.

One of the subpoenas issued at Kian's request went to Covington & Burling, the law firm representing Flynn in his dealings with Mueller's office. The other went to a former attorney for Flynn's business, Kristen Verderame.

Kian's trial is set to open July 15. Flynn is expected to be the key witness at the trial. His own sentencing on the false statement charge has been postponed twice to allow him to get credit for any testimony he winds up offering against his former colleague.

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- Newly released documents that were used to get search warrants for former Trump attorney Michael Cohen include a lengthy section related to an "illegal campaign contribution scheme" that is completely redacted.

- The obscured material could underscore the president's legal peril in the investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, according to some legal experts.

- Trump should be "utterly terrified" about the lengthy redacted section, national security lawyer Bradley Moss said.

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AaronBlake twitterde op dinsdag 19-03-2019 om 02:57:18 Last Congress, Devin Nunes cosponsored a bill called the “Discouraging Frivolous Lawsuits Act”https://t.co/muQ0FhmUO7 reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 04:56 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Mueller team cites ‘press of other work’ in seeking delay until April 1 over request to open Manafort records
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Rachel Maddow ging ook hierover...

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.... en over Bijan Kian, wiens proces wsl deze zomer is met Flynn als getuige...

Legal battle between Michael Flynn and former business partner heats up
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... en last but not last over de Cohen search warrants:

19 blacked-out pages of Cohen search warrant suggest legal peril for Trump
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funder twitterde op woensdag 20-03-2019 om 02:37:53 Exclusive Video: Devin Nunes whining about The Resistance: “It's such a pain now to go to these political events—it makes it very difficult to even move around the valley—cuz everywhere you go you have this Resistance movement.” Dug up by @TheDemCoalition https://t.co/OXWLw0L7tE reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 10:31 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Je zal het zien, een "vijand" van Trump die eigenlijk geen macht heeft, haalt hem op gegeven moment onderuit.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 11:18 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Ik zeg al een tijdje dat Stormy Daniels zijn ondergang gaat worden.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 13:30 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Niet tijdens zijn presidentschap. Maar je kunt er gif op in nemen dat hij NA die periode in grote problemen komt.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 15:08 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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https://www.bloomberg.com(...)s-a-warning-to-trump

ja.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 15:34 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
Mwah, met extreemlinkse heksenjagers zal het aantal Trump-supporters moeilijk vast te stellen zijn, aangezien zwijgen ervoor zorgt dat je niet aan de schandpaal wordt genageld.

Ik kijk hoopvol naar de verkiezingen, aangezien tot nu toe de Democraten een debielenparade presenteren. Al die kandidaten die de green new deal steunen, zijn gevaarlijke gekken, en niemand wil hen. Dan zijn er nog de racisten/anti-semieten. En ook nog eens een Ier die doet alsof hij Mexicaans is, en Warren die doet alsof zij een native is.

2020 wordt een topshow!

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 15:52 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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de Populair Vote hoeft niet te betekenen dat je het presidentschap binnen kan slepen. Vandaar dat Warren van het systeem van de kiesmannen af wil. Maar dit gaat niet zomaar.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 15:53 schreef Monolith het volgende:
FiveThirtyEight had overigens ook nog wat mooie visuals over gerrrymandering:
https://projects.fivethir(...)ring-north-carolina/

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 16:31 schreef ATuin-hek het volgende:

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Depressing einde eigenlijk...
"Previous attempts to use metrics to persuade the court have not seen much success. Whether it will prove persuasive this time around remains to be seen."

Want waarom zou de data er toe doen om een dergelijk belangrijk besluit te maken

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 16:47 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Mja, juristen en data / statistiek zijn best vaak een ongelukkige combinatie gebleken. Het is natuurlijk ook best lastig en er zit altijd wel wat nuance / achtergrond in 'data', maar hier lijkt het me wel vrij helder eerlijk gezegd.
Uiteindelijk is er maar één manier om echt wat te doen aan dit soort vertekende districten en dat is simpelweg proportionele representatie invoeren. Maar ja dat gaat natuurlijk niet zonder slag of stoot.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 16:50 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Of onafhankelijke commissies. In landen als VK, Canada, Australië etc. Komt geen gerrymandering voor omdat het tekenen van districten niet gepolitiseerd is.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 17:21 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
Het EC is juist bijzonder intelligent. Het is een extra beveiliging tegen het importeren van stemmen. Het is de natte droom van menig Democraat om illegalen stemrecht te geven.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 17:21 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
Het EC is juist bijzonder intelligent. Het is een extra beveiliging tegen het importeren van stemmen. Het is de natte droom van menig Democraat om illegalen stemrecht te geven.

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Fox kiest voormalig Republikeins politicus Paul Ryan als bestuurslid

Voormalig Republikeins politicus Paul Ryan sluit zich aan bij het bestuur van mediabedrijf Fox Corp. Ryan was lange tijd voorzitter van het Amerikaanse Huis van Afgevaardigden, en werd vanwege die positie vaak geïnterviewd op Fox News, dat een belangrijk onderdeel uitmaakt van het bedrijf.

In 2018 verkocht mediamagnaat Rupert Murdoch een groot deel van zijn imperium aan Walt Disney Co., waaronder ook Fox Corp. Dat onderdeel gaat nu in afgeslankte versie door. Het nieuwe Fox komt onder leiding van Murdochs zoon Lachlan, en richt zich voornamelijk op sport en nieuws.

Dinsdag is de eerste dag dat Fox Corp. in de nieuwe vorm bestaat. Andere nieuwe bekende gezichten bij het bedrijf zijn Formule 1-voorzitter Chase Carey en Hope Hicks, de voormalige communicatiebaas van het Witte Huis.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 17:21 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
Het EC is juist bijzonder intelligent. Het is een extra beveiliging tegen het importeren van stemmen. Het is de natte droom van menig Democraat om illegalen stemrecht te geven.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 17:21 schreef Ensiferum het volgende:
Het EC is juist bijzonder intelligent. Het is een extra beveiliging tegen het importeren van stemmen. Het is de natte droom van menig Democraat om illegalen stemrecht te geven.

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Indien melding wordt gemaakt van nieuwsfeiten is deugdelijke onderbouwing een must.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op woensdag 20-03-2019 om 17:50:03 .@DevinCow now has more followers than @DevinNunes. We live in strange, strange times. reageer retweet

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 18:01 schreef Barbusse het volgende:

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Mooi heur.

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Op woensdag 20 maart 2019 18:47 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Het is geen nieuwsfeit, meer een hele vreemde claim. Het EC zorgt ervoor dat de verkiezingen doorgaans worden beslist in een klein aantal swingstates, feitelijk met een fractie van de stemmen. Dat maakt "de verkiezing winnen met illegale stemmen" juist heel veel makkelijker.