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These guys are so full of it. The Reid Nuclear option blasted the filibuster for hundreds of positions, and now they think we are stupid. Have they no shame?

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Lol Dems forever.

04-10-2017 , 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by poconoder

These guys are so full of it. The Reid Nuclear option blasted the filibuster for hundreds of positions, and now they think we are stupid. Have they no shame?

Lol you.

04-10-2017 , 08:06 PM

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Paul McSwizzle

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Originally Posted by awval999

Fly that's the point I'm trying to make re:trade

You may laugh at those white coal miners. They elected Trump. To fix it. If it's not fixable, 46 will be worse.

Trump certainly ain't fixing **** and the next president will be a Democrat, so I think you are wrong.

04-10-2017 , 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by poconoder

These guys are so full of it. The Reid Nuclear option blasted the filibuster for hundreds of positions, and now they think we are stupid. Have they no shame?

Lol you.

Any one who is not willing to hold both parties to account for their nonsense is not worth listening to.

04-10-2017 , 08:16 PM

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MrWookie

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Originally Posted by poconoder

Any one who is not willing to hold both parties to account for their nonsense is not worth listening to.

Hahahahaha. OK, I suppose we start with you.

04-10-2017 , 08:17 PM

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Reid was forced to use that nuclear option because of McConnell's unprecedented blocking of lower court nominees from Obama. They tried to negotiate with McConnell multiple times, but he would never give an inch, so they were forced to go nuclear.

Look back in history. The time before that when Republicans deployed unprecedented obstruction, Democrats "compromised" with Republicans and arguably got by far the worse end of the deal. This has been forced by Republicans over a long series of many years.

04-10-2017 , 08:18 PM

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It's also completely unprecedented to not even bring a nominee up for a hearing. That's something McConnell decided to do within an hour of Scalia's death. He destroyed the Senate systematically and for his own personal political gain.

04-10-2017 , 08:22 PM

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suzzer99

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Trump (fingers on tweetin' phone): "Tell me the San Bernardino shooter was Muslim. One time dealer. Oh ****. He wasn't another white supremacist was he?"

"He was black sir."

"Hmmmm"

04-10-2017 , 08:29 PM

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poconoder

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Originally Posted by MrWookie

Hahahahaha. OK, I suppose we start with you.

No we start with everybody. Both parties are full of hypocrites and liars, don't you agree?

04-10-2017 , 08:34 PM

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MrWookie

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Originally Posted by poconoder

No we start with everybody. Both parties are full of hypocrites and liars, don't you agree?

Lol

04-10-2017 , 08:37 PM

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Paul McSwizzle

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Originally Posted by m_reed05

Lol Dems forever.

As I said, when the Dem led government stacks the court 25 years from now, it will not be these Dems.

04-10-2017 , 08:58 PM

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sofocused978

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Has TRUMP said anything about the school shooting?

04-10-2017 , 09:00 PM

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FlyWf

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There's a decent chance the Dems run in 2020 on "We'll build the Wall, underbudget and on schedule. Also we'll do OUR Muslim ban right so the courts can't strike it down!"

04-10-2017 , 09:09 PM

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I'd pay anything for Gorsuch to turn out to be a closet liberal. Be the sweetest moment in American history.

04-10-2017 , 09:43 PM

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I'd pay anything for Gorsuch to turn out to be a closet liberal. Be the sweetest moment in American history.

A Trump supporter would likely go full-on Pelican Brief on him.

04-10-2017 , 09:44 PM

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Sadly Gorsuch was vetted by the Heritage Fdn, not by 45*. They actually know how to do work.

04-10-2017 , 09:48 PM

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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) plans to do away with a nearly century-old, state-run nature magazine, sparking outrage among critics who see it as part of an ongoing anti-environment agenda.

Walker’s*2017-2019 budget, which he unveiled in February, calls for suspending publication*of Wisconsin Natural Resources next year. The magazine, a product of the state Department of Natural Resources, has kept Wisconsinites informed about hunting and fishing opportunities, species conservation, environmental issues and much more*since 1919.

The Walker administration argues it doesn’t fit the department’s core mission.

Well OK I can understand getting rid of a program that's a money sink. It might be nice to have but sometimes you have to go with the most bang for your buck

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Kassulke noted that the magazine, which is published six times a year,*is funded entirely by its more than 80,000 subscribers. A subscription costs*$8.97.

Oh but then why would they get rid of it

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The proposed shutdown of the magazine appears to be part of a larger attack on environmental science by the Republican governor.

With Walker in office, Wisconsin has rolled back environmental regulations and*slashed Department of Natural Resources funding, resulting in the elimination of half the agency’s scientists. Last year, references to climate change were scrubbed from its website, part of a continued push to*silence discussions of climate change*at the agency.

The magazine saw “editorial oversight dramatically increase” in 2013 after it ran an insert on climate change funded by the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, according to Natasha Kassulke, who served as the magazine’s editor for five years until mid-2016. “From then on, all stories were vetted by officials within the state Department of Natural Resources,” Kassulke wrote in a recent Chippewa Herald op-ed. “They spiked stories having to do with climate change, a federally endangered mammal living near a proposed iron mine, and challenges to the privatization of groundwater.”

Oh.

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/scott...0c89f9120372c?

04-10-2017 , 09:56 PM

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I have a question, if we killed Kim somehow or if he left?

What would NK look like? This is a lot closer to Japan/Germany in 1945 than Iraq in 2003 right?

04-10-2017 , 10:03 PM

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Russian embassy trolling

04-10-2017 , 10:29 PM

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right on Q trump back over 40% approval after bombing some old planes with bombs that he's profiting from

04-10-2017 , 10:34 PM

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right on Q trump back over 40% approval after bombing some old planes with bombs that he's profiting from

Who gives a **** about approval ratings? They are one of the single most pointless metrics especially when your party is in complete control of the federal government. Get back to me in fantasy land when the GOP decides to help impeaching Trump (better chance he dies probably than that happening in real life regardless of whatever scandal comes up in the future).