[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #684: Trump valt getuige aan

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:23 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

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Eng mannetje ja.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:01 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ah, Floris_Stempel. Dat kon er ook maar eentje zijn.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:29 schreef heywoodu het volgende:
Klaar voor vandaag dus, Schiff nu aan het woord voor de pers. Als het goed is Jordan zo ook.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:32 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:

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Ik heb even een artikeltje getikt en in de submit gegooid met wat meer feiten, kijken of het ook verschijnt !

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:34 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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Ik zie hem staan, het gros heb ik volgens mij al in het bericht gezet wat net online is gekomen? Even kijken of ik nog iets gemist heb en uit je submit erbij toe kan voegen. Bedankt in elk geval, als ik niet zelf net al een bericht over dit onderwerp online had gezet zou ik je submit één op één overgenomen hebben.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:35 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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Wel lekker geschreven overigens, ik hoop zo'n submit nog eens te zien. Laat het even weten, ik post het graag.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 21:44 schreef DuizendGezichten het volgende:
Die Stefanik is niet op haar mondje gevallen en heeft haar talking points goed voorbereid.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 22:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Waarom liet ze zich zo gebruiken door de Reps? Zij is gewoon gebruikt voor een kansloze stunt.

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 17:54 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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davidfrum twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 03:12:08 The @:pagesix story makes clear Don Jr. didn't bulk-purchase his book to push it up the NYT list. The Republican National Committee did, using donor money contributed to win elections to salve Don Jr's ego. reageer retweet

Mag dat wel?

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:50:29 Trump's former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates will have a court hearing to determine his potential prison sentence on December 17, according to a court filing. https://t.co/tfhP0epG3w reageer retweet

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Embassy Official Confirms Trump Asked About Ukraine Investigations (NYTimes)

A United States embassy official in Kiev confirmed that he overheard President Trump speaking with an ambassador about investigations in Ukraine, and was told Mr. Trump cared more about them than about the country.

WASHINGTON — An official from the United States embassy in Kiev confirmed to House impeachment investigators on Friday that he overheard a call between President Trump and a top American diplomat in July in which the president inquired about investigations he wanted from Ukraine, according to three people familiar with the testimony.

The official, David Holmes, testified privately that he was at a restaurant in Ukraine’s capital when he heard Mr. Trump during a cellphone call loudly asking Gordon D. Sondland, the American ambassador to the European Union, if Ukraine’s president had agreed to conduct investigations into his political rivals. Mr. Sondland, who was in Kiev for meetings with top Ukrainian officials at the time, replied in the affirmative.

After the call ended, Mr. Holmes said, Mr. Sondland told him that the president did not give “a shit” about Ukraine, according to two of the people, who described his testimony on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The ambassador added that Mr. Trump cared about the investigations because they affected him personally.

The call took place on July 26, one day after Mr. Trump personally pressed President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his son, Hunter, as well as unproven allegations that Ukraine conspired with Democrats to interfere in the 2016 election.

The existence of call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sondland was first revealed on Wednesday during public testimony from Mr. Holmes’s boss, William B. Taylor Jr., the top American envoy in Ukraine. Mr. Taylor said then that he had only learned of the incident recently.

Mr. Sondland did not mention the incident to investigators when he answered their questions in private last month. He will almost certainly be asked about it when he appears for public testimony before the House Intelligence Committee next week. He has already revised his initial testimony once, admitting to the panel last week that he told a top Ukrainian official that the country would likely not receive a package of nearly $400 million in security assistance unless it committed publicly to the investigations Mr. Trump sought.

On Thursday, two people familiar with the matter said that a second embassy official, Suriya Jayanti, also overheard the call and could corroborate Mr. Holmes’s account. It is unclear if investigators will call her to testify, as well. On Friday, Mr. Holmes indicated there was a third person present who would have overheard it, as well.

Mr. Holmes described sitting at a table in a restaurant with Mr. Sondland in Kiev when the president called. The president was speaking so loudly, he said, that Mr. Sondland held the phone away from his ear and Mr. Holmes and others could hear Mr. Trump’s voice.

In addition to discussing the investigations, Mr. Trump asked Mr. Sondland about A$AP Rocky, an American rapper imprisoned in Sweden at the time.

Mr. Holmes described the incident during an extended opening statement. It was not immediately clear if Democrats would call Mr. Holmes to testify in public.

Mr. Holmes is a career foreign service officer who currently serves as the political counselor in the American embassy in Kiev.

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dsamuelsohn twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:29:58 NEWS: Rick Gates will be sentenced Dec. 17 by Judge Amy Berman Jackson for pleading guilty on conspiracy and false statement charges. https://t.co/gzLdmDEApt reageer retweet

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dsamuelsohn twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 23:35:06 Michael Flynn’s sentencing is tentatively set for the next day Dec. 18 before Judge Sullivan. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:15 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:35 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Hiervan kan Sondland toch moeilijk gaan beweren dat hij dat 'vergeten' was. Ik ben benieuwd naar zijn verklaring om dit niet te melden.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 00:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ik ook wel... als hij het uberhaupt erkent. Hij kan altijd zeggen het zich niet te herinneren natuurlijk... maar ja, dat zou niet bepaald geloofwaardig zijn. Immers zijn het 2 onafhankelijke getuigen tegenover iemand die bereid was 7 cijfers te doneren voor Trumps campagne.

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DanLamothe twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 00:32:11 SCOOP: @realDonaldTrump followed through today on his plans to intervene in three military justice cases today involving war-crimes allegations, issuing pardons in at least two.The troops involved were notified by Trump by phone, say one of their lawyers and a U.S. official. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 01:00 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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DanLamothe twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 00:32:11 SCOOP: @:realDonaldTrump followed through today on his plans to intervene in three military justice cases today involving war-crimes allegations, issuing pardons in at least two.The troops involved were notified by Trump by phone, say one of their lawyers and a U.S. official. reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 01:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Misschien iets om over te schrijven, dat oorlogsmisdadigers een pardon krijgen @:heywoodu @:Fir3fly .

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NatashaBertrand twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 01:32:58 NEW: Trump’s national security advisers gave him talking points before the April 21 call with Zelensky specifically suggesting he bring up corruption—but Trump chose not to, undermining his allies’ claims that he cares deeply about corruption in Ukraine. https://t.co/b2BnG1ArEB reageer retweet

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Official White House readout of first Trump-Zelensky call was drafted before it occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter

A White House readout of an April call between Trump and Zelensky that does not match the rough transcript released Friday was drafted before the call occurred and was never updated, according to a person briefed on the call.

The official readout — which said Trump “expressed his commitment” to work with the newly elected president to “strengthen democracy, increase prosperity, and root out corruption” — was based on talking points that the president did not follow, the person said.

After the call, the White House staff did not update the readout to reflect what Trump actually said — and what he left out, the person said.

In response to questions about the discrepancy Friday, deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley blamed National Security Council Ukraine expert Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who he said prepared the readout.

But Vindman was not responsible for making the final update to the readout, according to a person familiar with his account, who said he recalls that then-press secretary Sarah Sanders held onto the readout before turning it over for public release.

https://www.washingtonpos(...)ee8cb3dce_story.html

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Op vrijdag 15 november 2019 22:38 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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Waarom liet ze zich zo gebruiken door de Reps? Zij is gewoon gebruikt voor een kansloze stunt.

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brett_mcgurk twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 16:50:14 Today in Syria: Russia takes control of main U.S. military facility abandoned earlier this week by American forces on Trump’s orders. This area is south of Kobani and went to Russia under the Putin-Erdogan deal. Russia now also owns the airstrip we built. https://t.co/uO5AHdKMi3 reageer retweet

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 14:00:00 Reminder: Mark Sandy, an official at the Office of Management and Budget, is scheduled to testify today before the House impeachment committees. He's expected to defy the White House and appear for his deposition. reageer retweet

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mkraju twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 00:10:42 I obtained a copy of David Holmes' opening statement, saying that he heard Trump telling Gordon Sondland: "So, he's gonna do the investigation?" Sondland tells Trump: "He's gonna do it" and that Zelensky will do "anything you ask for." https://t.co/24RgVCvzoy reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 14:04 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 14:00:00 Reminder: Mark Sandy, an official at the Office of Management and Budget, is scheduled to testify today before the House impeachment committees. He's expected to defy the White House and appear for his deposition. reageer retweet

Is dit achter gesloten deuren of in het openbaar?

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washingtonpost twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 01:12:14 Trump’s Doral resort was a last-minute addition in search for G-7 site, newly released email shows https://t.co/0GCqi0gNhk reageer retweet

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In the picture, which Parnas posted on social media, he and Fruman are seen smiling alongside Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and Rudy Giuliani, the President's personal lawyer.

At one point during the party that night, Parnas and Fruman slipped out of a large reception room packed with hundreds of Trump donors to have a private meeting with the President and Giuliani, according to two acquaintances in whom Parnas confided right after the meeting.


Word of the encounter in the White House last December, which has not been previously reported, is further indication that Trump knew Parnas and Fruman, despite Trump publicly stating that he did not on the day after the two men were arrested at Dulles International Airport last month.

Eventually, according to what Parnas told his confidants, the topic turned to Ukraine that night. According to those two confidants, Parnas said that "the big guy," as he sometimes referred to the President in conversation, talked about tasking him and Fruman with what Parnas described as "a secret mission" to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden and his son Hunter.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 11:29 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Nu is het wachten op de polls. Misschien dat er dit weekend nog iets komt, anders maandag. Tot die tijd is het moeilijk om het effect in te schatten. Bovendien is het nog lang niet afgelopen.

Zag op fivethirtyeight wel dat Trumps approval rating weer een paar puntjes gedaald is.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 01:37 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Misschien iets om over te schrijven, dat oorlogsmisdadigers een pardon krijgen @:heywoodu @:Fir3fly .

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jedshug twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 05:53:08 I encourage everyone to read Bill Barr’s viciously partisan speech to @FedSoc.Its hackery and intellectual dishonesty is an utter embarrassment to the DOJ, @FedSoc, and to all of us (yes, me, too) who try to be intellectually honest about textualism & original public meaning. https://t.co/OES7UIfjha reageer retweet

Barr speaks at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention

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charlie_savage twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 04:58:57 Bill Barr lays out his full throated, maximalist vision executive power, in the Trump era and beyond, at the Federalist Society. https://t.co/EWPdzAyZpV reageer retweet

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steve_vladeck twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 05:06:49 I was at @FedSoc's 2014 "Executive Branch Review" conference, where Tom Cotton's keynote speech decried President Obama's "anti-constitutional agenda" because of all of the executive power he was "wrongly" exercising.It's not about executive power. It's about Republican power. https://t.co/zbbFYIdysI reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 01:33:20 https://t.co/YvlBpfsiTa reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 17:26 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
It's not about executive power. It's about Republican power.

Barr speaks at the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention

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charlie_savage twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 04:58:57 Bill Barr lays out his full throated, maximalist vision executive power, in the Trump era and beyond, at the Federalist Society. https://t.co/EWPdzAyZpV reageer retweet

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steve_vladeck twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 05:06:49 I was at @:FedSoc's 2014 "Executive Branch Review" conference, where Tom Cotton's keynote speech decried President Obama's "anti-constitutional agenda" because of all of the executive power he was "wrongly" exercising.It's not about executive power. It's about Republican power. https://t.co/zbbFYIdysI reageer retweet

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jeremyschulman twitterde op vrijdag 15-11-2019 om 17:38:38 Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) says he has "some questions about what Mr. Giuliani was doing" and may have been "off on his own mission doing things that people didn't know about, kind of like a loose cannon.” via @DavidCornDC https://t.co/ie2mAcjt4D reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 18:28 schreef WhiteBeard het volgende:

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Was het Obama die ooit zei dat elections consequences hebben? Hij ontsloeg zo'n beetje elke ambassadeur. Maar oei oei als Trump dat doet. Dat kan niet hoor. Dat is corruptie, dat is abuse of power en nog meer ongein.

Trump heeft als president volgens de grondwet gewoon macht. Wat de democraten al sinds zijn aanstelling proberen te doen is het uitvoeren van die macht crimineel maken. Dat gaat hun niet lukken.

Trump intimideert getuige? Laat mij niet lachen. Die vrouw wist niets van die tweet toen ze aan het getuigen was. Adam Schiff intimideerde haar met die tweet.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 19:14 schreef AnneX het volgende:
@:Kijkertje dat je energie hebt om op een nette manier van repliek te dienen.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 19:20 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Ik begrijp nooit zo goed dat mensen altijd zo bozig reageren. Ik ben meer van het op een respectvolle manier uitwisselen van argumenten. Geen kans voorbij laten gaan om iets te leren ipv stampvoetend je eigen mening te ventileren.

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 20:40 schreef vipergts het volgende:

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Je bijdrage wordt zeer gewaardeerd.

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rgoodlaw twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 20:51:34 Is the Ukraine bribery ongoing?1. A White House visit for Ukraine STILL not scheduled.2. Many witnesses: condition of White House visit is political favors for Trump.3. Holmes' testimony: White House visit “critical to the success of President Zelenksyy’s administration”👇 https://t.co/ZpuuTxAGjv reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 16:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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jedshug twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 05:53:08 I encourage everyone to read Bill Barr’s viciously partisan speech to @:FedSoc.Its hackery and intellectual dishonesty is an utter embarrassment to the DOJ, @:FedSoc, and to all of us (yes, me, too) who try to be intellectually honest about textualism & original public meaning. https://t.co/OES7UIfjha reageer retweet

In deze thread wordt echt even heel goed heel duidelijk gemaakt wat een fascistische theocraat die Barr is. Wat een zieke lul. Die man wil Trump als God-Koning met absolute macht.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 22:01:38 NEW: The House Intelligence Committee has just released the depositions of Deputy Assistant to the President Tim Morrison and VP Pence's special adviser on Europe and Russia, Jennifer Williams.Tim Morrison: https://t.co/v4nZc03PwEJennifer Williams: https://t.co/1txT8FIPKW reageer retweet

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Former President Barack Obama warned 2020 Democrats to avoid moving too far to the left and tearing down the system at a meeting for the Democracy Alliance on Friday, the Washington Post reports.

“This is still a country that is less revolutionary than it is interested in improvement. They like seeing things improved. But the average American doesn’t think that we have to completely tear down the system and remake it. And I think it’s important for us not to lose sight of that.”

Why it matters: Obama said he will remain neutral throughout the primaries. However, some of the big ideas about sweeping change that the former president mentioned seemed to align with "staunch liberal" candidates, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Post notes.

What he's saying:

“My point is that even as we push the envelope and we are bold in our vision, we also have to be rooted in reality and the fact that voters, including Democratic voters and certainly persuadable independents or even moderate Republicans, are not driven by the same views that are reflected on certain, you know, left-leaning Twitter feeds or the activist wing of our party,” Obama said, per the Post.
Obama urged 2020 contenders to push past campaigning on his administration's accomplishments, and bring new ideas to the table.
The 44th president harkened back to his own primary to provide encouragement for the current campaigners, saying: “For those who get stressed about robust primaries, I just have to remind you that I had a very robust primary ... whoever emerges from the primary process, I will work my tail off to make sure they are the next president.”

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 22:50 schreef Fir3fly het volgende:
https://www.axios.com/oba(...)df-17e7629eb7cf.html
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Obama heeft het weer goed gezien. En de extremisten op twitter reageerden weer eens met een, zonder hint van ironie, hysterische hashtag .

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 23:05 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Inderdaad, met een kandidaat als Buttigieg, Biden, Klobuchar zou een monsteroverwinning best wel eens gehaald kunnen in mijn optiek. Dat betekent dan ook dat een meerderheid in de Senaat gehaald zou worden. Dat lijkt me, helaas, tamelijk onwaarschijnlijk met bv. Warren of Sanders.

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Sanders 19%
Biden 19%
Warren 13%
Buttigieg 6%
Harris 3%
Bloomberg 3%
Andrew Yang 2%
Amy Klobuchar 1%
Tulsi Gabbard 1%
Cory Booker 1%

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 23:41 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Nu trouwens governorsverkiezing in Louisiana tussen incumbent democraat Edwards en republikein Rispone. Qua polling een toss-up. Ook zijn daar verkiezingen voor de gehele Senaat en een deel van het Huis, maar dat zal minder spannend zijn.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 04:06 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Cijfers zien er erg goed uit voor Edwards. Edwards gaat winnen denk ik.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 04:36 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Heb Rispones voorsprong de laatste minuten van 8000 naar 11000 zien toenemen.
En nu weer gezakt tot 8000, lol.
https://www.vox.com/2019/(...)live-edwards-rispone

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 04:37 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Ja het wisselt nogal. Ik kijk hier: https://www.nytimes.com/i(...)eneral-election.html

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 04:57:17 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Louisiana's John Bel Edwards stuns GOP, wins reelection to a second term as the Deep South's only Democratic governor. reageer retweet

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 04:59 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Yups hier wordt het al gemeld: https://eu.thenewsstar.co(...)-rispone/2576480001/

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Edwards beat wealthy Republican businessman Eddie Rispone in a tight race by fewer than 20,000 votes.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 05:05 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:

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Vreemd dat ze dat schrijven, hij staat 19000 voor maar uit Orleans moet nog 30% binnenkomen, en daar haalt hij ruim 90% van de stemmen... Of mis ik iets?

edit: nu bijna 21000

anyway, kga maffen.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 05:15:01 In his Louisiana rally this week, Trump told the audience, "You've got to give me a big win, O.K.?" https://t.co/MdlHGS3y6q reageer retweet

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A longtime budget official testified Saturday that the White House decision to freeze military aid to Ukraine in mid-July was highly irregular and that senior political appointees in the Office of Management and Budget were unable to provide an explanation for the delay.

The testimony from Mark Sandy, the first employee of OMB to testify in the House impeachment probe, appeared to confirm Democrats’ assertion that the decision to withhold nearly $400 million in congressionally approved funds for Ukraine, including millions in lethal aid, was a political one.

Sandy, the deputy associate director for national security programs at OMB, testified that he was instructed to sign the first of several apportionment letters in which budget officials formally instituted the freeze on funds, according to two people familiar with his testimony who spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak frankly. He was never given a specific reason as to why the letter was being sent out, the people added.

Other witnesses have testified that the letter Sandy signed was dated July 25 — the same day that President Trump spoke by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and one week after OMB verbally informed interagency officials that they were withholding the funds on orders from the White House. The signature of Sandy’s boss, political appointee Michael Duffey, appears on subsequent letters.

Sandy testified that the change came about when Duffey told him he wanted to learn more about the budget apportionment process. Sandy thought this was odd, the people familiar with his testimony said — and he told investigators that he suggested to Duffey that if he wanted to learn more about the process, there were other ways to do it. But Duffey insisted.

Sandy testified that he had never in his career seen a senior political OMB official assume control of a portfolio in such a fashion, according to the people familiar with his testimony, who added that he did not raise a fuss because he wanted to keep his job.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 05:24 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 05:15:01 In his Louisiana rally this week, Trump told the audience, "You've got to give me a big win, O.K.?" https://t.co/MdlHGS3y6q reageer retweet

Lekker puh!

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Op zaterdag 16 november 2019 18:28 schreef WhiteBeard het volgende:

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Was het Obama die ooit zei dat elections consequences hebben? Hij ontsloeg zo'n beetje elke ambassadeur. Maar oei oei als Trump dat doet. Dat kan niet hoor. Dat is corruptie, dat is abuse of power en nog meer ongein.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 14:13 schreef Chivaz het volgende:
Het schijnt dus vaker voor te komen dat democraten winnen in diep rode staten.
Zo gek is dat natuurlijk niet want het beleid van de democraten op lokaal niveau kan natuurlijk verschillen van het beleid op nationaal niveau.
Ik denk ook niet dat men zoveel waarde moet hechten aan wat het eventueel kan doen op nationaal niveau.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 14:13 schreef Chivaz het volgende:
Het schijnt dus vaker voor te komen dat democraten winnen in diep rode staten.
Zo gek is dat natuurlijk niet want het beleid van de democraten op lokaal niveau kan natuurlijk verschillen van het beleid op nationaal niveau.
Ik denk ook niet dat men zoveel waarde moet hechten aan wat het eventueel kan doen op nationaal niveau.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 14:13 schreef Chivaz het volgende:
Het schijnt dus vaker voor te komen dat democraten winnen in diep rode staten.
Zo gek is dat natuurlijk niet want het beleid van de democraten op lokaal niveau kan natuurlijk verschillen van het beleid op nationaal niveau.
Ik denk ook niet dat men zoveel waarde moet hechten aan wat het eventueel kan doen op nationaal niveau.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 14:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Mike Pence blijkt direct op de hoogte te zijn gebracht van Trump’s geintje met Oekraïne.

https://www.politico.com/(...)inappropriate-071282

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Williams also told investigators that she put a hard copy of the call transcript in Pence’s briefing book, but did not know whether he had read it.

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RudyGiuliani twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 14:54:39 Bribery is a disaster for Dems. They are trying to impeach @realDonaldTrump what Biden did. Biden offered a thing of value,loan guarantee,in return for official action,firing a prosecutor. That’s bribery. Requesting an investigation of crimes without conditions is innocent. reageer retweet

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 15:13 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Look who's back!

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RudyGiuliani twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 14:54:39 Bribery is a disaster for Dems. They are trying to impeach @:realDonaldTrump what Biden did. Biden offered a thing of value,loan guarantee,in return for official action,firing a prosecutor. That’s bribery. Requesting an investigation of crimes without conditions is innocent. reageer retweet

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 15:12 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:

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De verdediging van Pence laat zich ongeveer wel raden he?

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 13:51 schreef Jojoke het volgende:

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Trump heeft ook alle ambassadeurs ontslagen. Ik denk dat dit altijd gebeurd na een verkiezingen.

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 14:37 schreef Monolith het volgende:
Overigens is het voor de Democraten in staten als Louisiana in het diepe zuiden van de VS ook cruciaal om te zorgen dat zwarte Amerikanen in hoge mate komen opdagen. Die stemmen gemiddeld genomen nou eenmaal in 90+% van de gevallen Democratisch.

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JasonSCampbell twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 03:19:42 White House Press Secretary says Trump has "more energy than anybody else in the White House" and Jeanine Pirro says "he's almost superhuman" https://t.co/i5hUOuqAFU reageer retweet

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 15:13 schreef kladderadatsch het volgende:
Look who's back!

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RudyGiuliani twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 14:54:39 Bribery is a disaster for Dems. They are trying to impeach @:realDonaldTrump what Biden did. Biden offered a thing of value,loan guarantee,in return for official action,firing a prosecutor. That’s bribery. Requesting an investigation of crimes without conditions is innocent. reageer retweet

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GrahamLedger twitterde op zaterdag 16-11-2019 om 13:58:27 North Korea calls Joe Biden a ‘rabid dog’ who should be ‘beaten to death with a stick’ in latest attack on Trump’s rival. #Biden #biden2020 https://t.co/yc2Me8P0ZS reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 17-11-2019 om 15:58:09 Mr. Chairman, Joe Biden may be Sleepy and Very Slow, but he is not a “rabid dog.” He is actually somewhat better than that, but I am the only one who can get you where you have to be. You should act quickly, get the deal done. See you soon! https://t.co/kO2k14lTf7 reageer retweet

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Senior national security official ties key official more closely to Trump on Ukraine in impeachment inquiry

A former White House national security official told House investigators that Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the European Union, was acting at President Trump’s behest and spoke to a top Ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for political investigations — two elements at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.

Tim Morrison, the top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security Council, testified that between July 16 and Sept. 11, he understood that Sondland had spoken to Trump about half a dozen times, according to a transcript of his sworn Oct. 31 deposition released by House committees Saturday. Trump has said he does not know Sondland well and has tried to distance himself from the E.U. ambassador, whom Trump put in charge of Ukraine policy along with two others, even though Ukraine is not part of the European Union.

https://www.washingtonpos(...)0ed197c7e_story.html

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Op zondag 17 november 2019 16:22 schreef Kansenjongere het volgende:
Dus een buitenlandse dictator vindt dat een Amerikaans staatsburger moet worden doodgeslagen en de Amerikaanse president gaat graag snel weer bij hem op bezoek?
Al is hij in dit geval voor de verandering wel consequent, want toen de Saoedi's dit soort dreigementen ook daadwerkelijk uitvoerden, reageerde hij nauwelijks anders...

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“We are no longer motivated to face this opponent,” the statement said, saying nuclear issues will never be discussed unless the United States drops it “hostile policy.”