[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #662 Dems gonna Dem

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 09:41 schreef KoosVogels het volgende:
Stel je voor dat Oba.....

Ach, laat ook maar zitten. Had ook mogen verwachten dat Obama bij z'n haren het Witte Huis uit was gesleept als hij zijn winkansen in 2012 had proberen te vergroten door een buitenlandse regering onder druk te zetten.

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 11:12 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Klinkt hierboven alsof hij druk was ...met zichzelf redden

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Op donderdag 19 september 2019 17:03 schreef Olga het volgende:

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En dan Rutte ertussen

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 04:00 schreef skysherrif het volgende:
Rudy Giuliani had even een dieptepuntje op CNN, pijnlijk om te zien.

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 07:47 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Er zal wel weer weinig gebeuren, as usual. Enige manier om die vent weg te krijgen is door verkiezingen, en dan nog...

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 13:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Bill de Blasio is out.

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 14:20 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:

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Stond op nul procent in NY. Logisch.

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 12:21 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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Op het moment zijn de Trump creeps druk bezig om het hele juridisch systeem naar hun model om te vormen. Als je na gaat hoe lang en effectief Bill Cosby, Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein en ander steenrijke verkrachters jarenlang uit de cel wisten te komen, griezelt het mij als via Trump de weg wordt vrijgebaand voor een zedenelite die onaantastbaar is. En dus ook nooit meer gestraft kunnen worden.

#metoo elimineren door het justitiële apparaat om te gooien.

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 15:06 schreef Chivaz het volgende:

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Hoe kom je erbij dat Trump en zijn vrienden het zo inrichten dat verkrachters vrijuit gaan?

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 15:08 schreef klappernootopreis het volgende:

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perhaps omdat Trump zelf een aanrander is?

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 07:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Zoals in de impeachmentprocedure beschreven is maakt het meen ik geen bal uit of de president omgekocht is of dat hij zelf omkoopt.
Tenminste, zo las ik het.

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rgoodlaw twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 14:37:45 "As the great constitutional figure Charles L. Black, Jr. put it… “bribery [in Impeachment Clause] may mean the taking as well as the GIVING OF A BRIBE”"#UkraineQuote is by top impeachment law scholar and ex-NSC Director Philip Bobbitt (@ColumbiaLaw)https://t.co/ftmFiTf3XL reageer retweet

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Ukraine is ready to investigate the connections Joe Biden’s son Hunter had with the Ukrainian natural-gas company Burisma Holdings, according to Anton Geraschenko, a senior adviser to the country’s interior minister who would oversee such an inquiry.

Geraschenko told The Daily Beast in an exclusive interview that “as soon as there is an official request from the Trump administration, we’ll look into it,” but “currently there is no open investigation.”

“Clearly,” said Geraschenko, “Trump is now looking for kompromat to discredit his opponent Biden, to take revenge for his friend Paul Manafort, who is serving seven years in prison.” Among the counts on which Manafort was convicted: tax evasion. “We do not investigate Biden in Ukraine, since we have not received a single official request to do so,” said Geraschenko.

His remarks last week came amid widespread speculation that U.S. President Donald Trump had made vital U.S. military aid for Ukraine contingent on such an inquiry, but had tried to do so informally through unofficial representatives, including his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani’s adviser on Ukraine, Sam Kislin.

But Geraschenko spoke before the appearance of a Washington Post story on Thursday that implied that an intelligence-community whistleblower may have reported the untoward quid pro quo was put forth directly by Trump in a phone call with Ukraine’s recently elected president last July.

Geraschenko reconfirmed his statements in a phone call on Friday.

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CuomoPrimeTime twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 03:23:27 CNN's @ChrisCuomo: "Did you ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?" @RudyGiuliani: "Of course I did"President Trump's attorney says he had spoken with a Ukrainian official about Joe Biden's possible role in that government's dismissal of a prosecutor who investigated Biden's son. https://t.co/hqmqtmx2VW reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 14:27:52 The Radical Left Democrats and their Fake News Media partners, headed up again by Little Adam Schiff, and batting Zero for 21 against me, are at it again! They think I may have had a “dicey” conversation with a certain foreign leader based on a “highly partisan” whistleblowers.. reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 14:27:53 ....statement. Strange that with so many other people hearing or knowing of the perfectly fine and respectful conversation, that they would not have also come forward. Do you know the reason why they did not? Because there was nothing said wrong, it was pitch perfect! reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 17:15 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:
Persconferentie over de klokkenluider. Waarom begint ie er eigenlijk over? Nooit wrijven in een inktvlek toch?

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HillaryClinton twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 16:40:28 The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.Again.https://t.co/EjkE84oCCF reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 20:29 schreef Montov het volgende:

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HillaryClinton twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 16:40:28 The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.Again.https://t.co/EjkE84oCCF reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 15:26 schreef Chivaz het volgende:

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Dat is nooit bewezen, kortom je roept maar wat.

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 00:07 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Ácht keer heeft trump bij de collega erop aangedrongen om Biden en zoon te onderzoeken.
Acht keer...

Dat is wel heel gedetailleerd.

En volgens trump was het een beautiful conversation...

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dnvolz twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 21:34:43 NEW: Trump in a July phone call repeatedly pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden's son, urging Volodymyr Zelensky about EIGHT TIMES to work with Rudy Giuliani on a probe, people familiar with the matter say https://t.co/l9wFJWNOBg reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 00:47 schreef VoMy het volgende:
Volgens tt wilde Viden van die aanklager af... das toch ook fout?

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From the outset, he stood out by causing great damage even to Ukraine's substandard legal system. Most strikingly, Shokin failed to prosecute any single prominent member of the Yanukovych regime. Nor did he prosecute anyone in the current government.

Shokin skillfully blocked reform. He was in charge of implementing the 2014 law on prosecution, which the European Union had insisted on for years. It aimed to reduce the role of the prosecutors, who were absurdly superior to judges in the Soviet legal system that persisted in post-Soviet Ukraine. The law also involved a reevaluation of all prosecutors with the intention of weeding out corrupt and incompetent prosecutors. Shokin manipulated the process so successfully that the old prosecutors prevailed and minimal renewal occurred.

For these reasons, Shokin has stood out as the most obvious obstacle to judicial reform. US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt called for his ouster in all but name in a speech last September, and Vice President Joe Biden did so explicitly during his visit to Ukraine last December.

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Domestic terrorism and mass attacks are as great a threat to the United States today as foreign terrorism, the Department of Homeland Security said in a new strategy report unveiled Friday.

The strategy recognizes that foreign terrorist groups continue to plot against the United States but notes there has been a disturbing rise in attacks motivated by domestic terrorist ideologies — and that white supremacy is one of the most potent drivers.

“In our modern age, the continuation of racially based violent extremism, particularly violent white supremacy, is an abhorrent affront to the nation,” acting homeland security secretary Kevin McAleenan said in a speech Friday in Washington, saying the trend “has no place in the United States of America, and it never will.”

The report’s framework builds on a 2018 White House national counterterrorism strategy, describing the evolving threat and fleshing out DHS’s role in preventing terrorism and “targeted violence” — attacks that lack a clear political or ideological motivation.

What’s changed since 9/11 is the diversity of terrorist threats — from al-Qaeda and the Islamic State to ethnically motivated and anti-authority violent extremism, dangers on the digital landscape, and more sophisticated and easily available weapons such as drones.

The strategy document places the growing threat of white supremacy in a transnational context. It notes that, similar to how the Islamic State inspired and connected with potential recruits online, violent white supremacists link with like-minded individuals on the Internet. Conspiracy theories about the “ethnic replacement” of whites as the majority ethnicity in Western countries are prominent on social media platforms such as Gab, 8chan and EndChan, it said.

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But, despite a growing threat, resources under the Trump administration appear to be dwindling. During recent congressional testimony, senior FBI officials said they were overseeing around 850 domestic terrorism investigations, compared to about 1,000 investigations the year prior. When Brette Steele, the former regional director of strategic engagement in the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Terrorism and Prevention Partnerships, testified before Congress, she noted major cuts within the agency since 2017.

For instance, while the DHS office handling domestic terrorism “managed $10 million in grant funding, 16 full-time employees, 25 contractors, and a total budget of approximately $21 million,” two years ago, today, resources within the office comprise of “no contractors, and no other means of supporting existing programs beyond a team of eight dedicated, full-time employees and an operating budget of $2.6 million.”

That office, dubbed the Office of Targeted Violence and Terrorism Protection, was announced in April by Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan. But, when NBC News questioned the administration on funding and staffing within the office, the DHS declined to comment, raising concerns among former DHS officials about whether the office will actually be effective.

“You have some very dedicated government employees still at the office dealing with terrorism prevention and just trying to keep the lights on,” Nate Snyder, an Obama administration counterterrorism official, told the Los Angeles Times.

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A New York judge on Friday ordered President Donald Trump to answer questions under oath for a civil suit in the Bronx involving his security guards.

State Supreme Court Justice Doris Gonzalez ordered Trump to "appear for a videotaped deposition prior to the trial."

The trial, which involves a group of protesters who allege they were assaulted by Trump's security guards outside Trump Tower during a 2015 protest over the then-candidate's comments about Mexican immigrants — some of which was caught on video — is slated to begin on Thursday, Sept. 26.

The judge rejected the argument of Trump’s attorneys that he should not have to testify because of his duties as president.

Lawyers for Trump and the Trump Organization, which is also a defendant in the case, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.(...)

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 07:47 schreef Ulx het volgende:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1057191
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Zolang Trump niet jokt is er niks aan de hand. Maar zal het hem lukken?

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Op vrijdag 20 september 2019 20:29 schreef Montov het volgende:

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HillaryClinton twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 16:40:28 The president asked a foreign power to help him win an election.Again.https://t.co/EjkE84oCCF reageer retweet

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CNN twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 23:58:14 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for legislation to ensure sitting US presidents can be indicted for crimes https://t.co/7a1KA8EOTF reageer retweet

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justinamash twitterde op zaterdag 21-09-2019 om 06:35:33 Congress doesn’t need this legislation to hold a president accountable, and it’s not even good policy to allow a sitting president to be indicted. Moreover, the Constitution already provides a remedy: It’s called impeachment. I’m available to serve as speaker if I can be of help. https://t.co/OIAT6XQUeh reageer retweet

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davidfrum twitterde op zaterdag 21-09-2019 om 14:55:22 Can we please drop this nonsense about Trump asking Ukraine to "investigate" Biden? As Anders Aslund, a real expert, notes: there is no honest accusation against Biden. What Trump wanted was a fabrication, not an investigation https://t.co/c0xjXsv9Ac reageer retweet

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davidfrum twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 23:21:51 Hi, look sorry your country is being invaded, but before I release the military aid Congress voted for you to defend yourselves against the adversary that also helped make me president, I need you to fabricate a smear against my probable presidential election opponent reageer retweet

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davidfrum twitterde op zaterdag 21-09-2019 om 14:46:18 Congress did not vote aid to Ukraine as an act of charity. Congress believed it was voting to defend US national interests. Trump willingly sacrificed US national defense to extort a campaign contribution from a foreign country. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 17:37 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Dit vat het zogenaamde onderzoek naar Biden wel goed samen:

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davidfrum twitterde op zaterdag 21-09-2019 om 14:55:22 Can we please drop this nonsense about Trump asking Ukraine to "investigate" Biden? As Anders Aslund, a real expert, notes: there is no honest accusation against Biden. What Trump wanted was a fabrication, not an investigation https://t.co/c0xjXsv9Ac reageer retweet

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davidfrum twitterde op vrijdag 20-09-2019 om 23:21:51 Hi, look sorry your country is being invaded, but before I release the military aid Congress voted for you to defend yourselves against the adversary that also helped make me president, I need you to fabricate a smear against my probable presidential election opponent reageer retweet

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davidfrum twitterde op zaterdag 21-09-2019 om 14:46:18 Congress did not vote aid to Ukraine as an act of charity. Congress believed it was voting to defend US national interests. Trump willingly sacrificed US national defense to extort a campaign contribution from a foreign country. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 17:37 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Dit vat het zogenaamde onderzoek naar Biden wel goed samen:

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Inherent contempt

Under this process, the procedure for holding a person in contempt involves only the chamber concerned. Following a contempt citation, the person cited is arrested by the Sergeant-at-Arms for the House or Senate, brought to the floor of the chamber, held to answer charges by the presiding officer, and then subjected to punishment as the chamber may dictate (usually imprisonment for punishment, imprisonment for coercion, or release from the contempt citation).[10]

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Op zaterdag 21 september 2019 19:19 schreef AnneX het volgende:
Vroeg mij ook af of de kinderen van de school van jongste zoon nog gedemonstreerd hebben vanwege Climate Change?

Iets als:” goh pa, waarom heb je de us teruggetrokken uit het Parijs accoord?”

Of: “ pa, ik wil graag Gretha ontmoeten! Wil je haar uitnodigen?”

While every president’s child over the past 35 years has attended Sidwell Friends, the White House has confirmed Barron is attending St. Andrew’s in Potomac, Maryland. He is the first presidential child to do so. In a statement, Melania praised the school for “its diverse community and commitment to academic excellence.”
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Episcopal_School_(Maryland)
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