[AMV] Amerikaanse politiek #823 Duurt lang

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 12:52 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Who cares na vier jaar Trump bullshit?

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 14:47 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Gelukkig is Joe Biden "largely factual" volgens de 'fact checkers'

[ twitter ]

Largely factual... Is dat net zoiets als mostly peaceful ?

https://www.politifact.co(...)-he-called-invoke-d/

https://www.politifact.co(...)ant-jump-competing-/

https://www.politifact.co(...)acism-us-presidency/

https://www.politifact.co(...)marks-never-endorse/

https://www.politifact.co(...)uring-obama-adminis/

https://www.politifact.co(...)diately-opposed-ira/

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:05 schreef viagraap het volgende:

[..]

⁹⁹⁹
Weet je heel zeker dat je hier een wedstrijd van wilt maken?

quote:

Andrew Weissmann was one of Robert Mueller’s top deputies in the special counsel’s investigation of the 2016 election, and he’s about to publish the first insider account, called Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation. The title comes from an adapted quote by the philosopher John Locke that’s inscribed on the façade of the Justice Department building in Washington, D.C.: “Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.”

Weissmann offers a damning indictment of a “lawless” president and his knowing accomplices—Attorney General William Barr (portrayed as a cynical liar), congressional Republicans, criminal flunkies, Fox News. Donald Trump, he writes, is “like an animal, clawing at the world with no concept of right and wrong.” But in telling the story of the investigation and its fallout, Weissmann reserves his most painful words for the Special Counsel’s Office itself. Where Law Ends portrays a group of talented, dedicated professionals beset with internal divisions and led by a man whose code of integrity allowed their target to defy them and escape accountability.

“There’s no question I was frustrated at the time,” Weissmann told me in a recent interview. “There was more that could be done that we didn’t do.” He pointed out that the special counsel’s report never arrived at the clear legal conclusions expected from an internal Justice Department document. At the same time, it lacked the explanatory power of last month’s bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report on the 2016 election. “Even with 1,000 pages, it was better,” Weissmann said of the Senate report. “It made judgments and calls, instead of saying, ‘You could say this and you could say that.’”

[..]

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:31 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Oh nee hoor, ik vind het vooral grappig om te zien hoe 'fact checker' Daniel Dale de leugens van Biden probeert wit te wassen. Want Trump is veel erger !!!1!1!1

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:31 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Oh nee hoor, ik vind het vooral grappig om te zien hoe 'fact checker' Daniel Dale de leugens van Biden probeert wit te wassen. Want Trump is veel erger !!!1!1!1

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:31 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Oh nee hoor, ik vind het vooral grappig om te zien hoe 'fact checker' Daniel Dale de leugens van Biden probeert wit te wassen. Want Trump is veel erger !!!1!1!1

quote:

In a stunning declaration of authority, Alex M. Azar II, the secretary of health and human services, this week barred the nation’s health agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration, from signing any new rules regarding the nation’s foods, medicines, medical devices and other products, including vaccines.

Going forward, Mr. Azar wrote in a Sept. 15 memorandum obtained by The New York Times, such power “is reserved to the Secretary.” The bulletin was sent to heads of operating and staff divisions within H.H.S.

It’s unclear if or how the memo would change the vetting and approval process for coronavirus vaccines, three of which are in advanced clinical trials in the United States. Political appointees, under pressure from the president, have taken a string of steps over the past few months to interfere with the standard scientific and regulatory processes at the health agencies. For example, a much criticized guideline on testing for the coronavirus was not written by C.D.C. scientists, and was posted on the agency’s public website over their objections. It was reversed on Friday.

Outside observers were alarmed by the new memo and worried that it could contribute to a public perception of political meddling in science-based regulatory decisions. Dr. Mark McClellan, who formerly headed the F.D.A. and now runs Duke University’s health policy center, praised the agency’s work on vaccine development but said the policy change was ill-timed.

“We’re in the midst of a pandemic, when trust in the public health agency is needed more than ever,” he said. “So, I’m not sure what is to be gained with a management change with respect to F.D.A. when they are doing such critical work.”

Dr. Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest and a former associate commissioner of the F.D.A., called the new policy “a power grab.”

Many rules issued by federal health agencies are signed by lawyers or by the heads of agencies, including the F.D.A., under the umbrella of H.H.S. The new memo requires the secretary to sign them, which Dr. Lurie said could lead to delays in the regulatory process.

“It will introduce an element of inefficiency within government operations that is wholly unnecessary and likely to gum things up,” he said.

Brian Harrison, chief of staff for Mr. Azar, described the new policy as “a housekeeping matter,” aimed at no agency in particular. He said it would have no bearing on how the agency dealt with coronavirus vaccines.

H.H.S. has long eyed the rule-making process as ripe for revision. Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who preceded Dr. Hahn as commissioner, spent much of his nearly two years as head of the agency fending off the new policy, which has been on the conservative agenda for many years. The day before he left office, he added his own signature to a key tobacco and vaping rule that had been signed by a lower-ranking employee to ensure that the rule would stay on the books, according to a former senior F.D.A. official.

Although the new memo covers the entire health department, which has 27 agencies and offices, the F.D.A. puts forth far more regulations than other agencies, except for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which already requires the secretary’s signature on new rules.

An F.D.A. official, who was not permitted to speak on the record, said the agency was still deciphering what Mr. Azar’s memo would mean for their work.

But former senior officials with the F.D.A. and H.H.S. speculated that the intent was to remove rule-making power from Dr. Stephen Hahn, the F.D.A. commissioner and to send a signal to President Trump that no surprises would come from the agency in the weeks before the election.

“I can only conclude that this memorandum shows a lack of trust in the F.D.A. commissioner and other H.H.S. leaders,” said William B. Schultz, a former general counsel with H.H.S. and a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder, a law firm.

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:49 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

[..]

Dit is een leugen.

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:52 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Nee dat is largely factual

quote:

Department Of Justice Identifies New York City, Portland And Seattle As Jurisdictions Permitting Violence And Destruction Of Property

Identification is Response to Presidential Memorandum Reviewing Federal Funding to State and Local Governments that are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities

The U.S. Department of Justice today identified the following three jurisdictions that have permitted violence and destruction of property to persist and have refused to undertake reasonable measures to counteract criminal activities: New York City; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. The Department of Justice is continuing to work to identify jurisdictions that meet the criteria set out in the President’s Memorandum and will periodically update the list of selected jurisdictions as required therein.

The list was published on DOJ’s website today in response to President Trump’s memorandum of September 2, 2020, entitled “Memorandum on Reviewing Funding to State and Local Government Recipients That Are Permitting Anarchy, Violence, and Destruction in American Cities.”

“When state and local leaders impede their own law enforcement officers and agencies from doing their jobs, it endangers innocent citizens who deserve to be protected, including those who are trying to peacefully assemble and protest,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “We cannot allow federal tax dollars to be wasted when the safety of the citizenry hangs in the balance. It is my hope that the cities identified by the Department of Justice today will reverse course and become serious about performing the basic function of government and start protecting their own citizens.”

Criteria for evaluating each city is below:

Whether a jurisdiction forbids the police force from intervening to restore order amid widespread or sustained violence or destruction.
Whether a jurisdiction has withdrawn law enforcement protection from a geographical area or structure that law enforcement officers are lawfully entitled to access but have been officially prevented from accessing or permitted to access only in exceptional circumstances, except when law enforcement officers are briefly withheld as a tactical decision intended to resolve safely and expeditiously a specific and ongoing unlawful incident posing an imminent threat to the safety of individuals or law enforcement officers.
Whether a jurisdiction disempowers or defunds police departments.
Whether a jurisdiction unreasonably refuses to accept offers of law enforcement assistance from the Federal Government.
Any other related factors the Attorney General deems appropriate.

New York City

Shootings in New York City have been on the rise since looting and protests began on or about May 28, 2020. For July 2020, shootings increased from 88 to 244, an increase of 177% over July 2019. In August 2020, shootings increased from 91 to 242, a 166% increase over August 2019.
While the city faced increased unrest, gun violence, and property damage, the New York City Council cut $1 billion from NYPD’s FY21 budget.
The budget resulted in the cancellation of the new police recruiting class, cuts to overtime spending, and the transfer of certain police functions, including school safety, out of the NYPD.
Meanwhile, the Manhattan and Brooklyn District Attorneys have declined to prosecute charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly arising from the protests, and the District Attorneys in Queens and the Bronx have declined to prosecute other protest-related charges.
Both Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo have forcefully rejected federal law enforcement support.

Portland, Oregon

This month, Portland marked 100 consecutive nights of protests marred by vandalism, chaos, and even killing.
Those bent on violence regularly started fires, threw projectiles at law enforcement officers, and destroyed property. Numerous law enforcement officers, among others, suffered injury.
Shootings increased by more than 140% in June and July 2020 compared to the same period last year.
In the midst of this violence, the Portland City Council cut $15 million from the police bureau, eliminating 84 positions. Crucially, the cuts included the Gun Violence Reduction Team, which investigates shootings, and several positions from the police team that responds to emergency incidents.
In August, Portland Mayor Wheeler sent a letter to President Trump expressly rejecting the Administration’s offer of federal law enforcement to stop the violent protests.

Seattle, Washington

For nearly a month, starting in June, the City of Seattle permitted anarchists and activists to seize six square blocks of the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, naming their new enclave the “Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone” (CHAZ) and then the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” (CHOP).
Law enforcement and fire fighters were precluded from entering the territory. The Seattle Police Department was ordered to abandon their precinct within the CHOP.
Person-related crime in the CHOP increased 525% from the same period of time in the same area the year before, including by Mayor Durkan’s own count “two additional homicides, 6 additional robberies, and 16 additional aggravated assaults (to include 2 additional non-fatal shootings).”
The CHOP was allowed to stand for nearly a month, during which time two teenagers were shot and killed in the zone.
The Seattle City Council, Mayor Durkan, and Washington Governor Jay Inslee publicly rejected federal involvement in law enforcement activities within the city of Seattle.

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 15:52 schreef Sjemmert het volgende:

[..]

Nee dat is largely factual

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 16:09 schreef synsysterstylo het volgende:
Ook mensen die gaan gokken op de verkiezingen? Unibet of iets?

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 17:37 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Alle fatsoen voorbij:

[ twitter ]

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 14:19 schreef VoMy het volgende:

[..]

Dat eeuwige dumpen van twitterberichten mag ook wel weer wat minderen svp.

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 17:31 schreef Arcee het volgende:

[..]

Enorme win-win bet. Gewoon op de tegenstander wedden van degene die je vurig hoopt die wint.

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 17:38 schreef VoMy het volgende:

[..]

[..]

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 17:44 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

[..]

Ik had je bericht al gezien hoor, dan scroll je er maar overheen

quote:

Op maandag 21 september 2020 17:49 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Zal ik weer stoppen met berichten posten?

Vorige week waardeerde men dat weer niet.