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ya he was on npr all the time. but recently he really got into it with marco worman of "the world" so dunno if he will be on as much. if you heard the worman interview, it was by far the worst.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-02-...ps-white-house

he def got me heated.

02-12-2017 , 05:40 PM

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eurodp

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Originally Posted by rockfsh

Cuban said he may run against him.

Ah yes because what we need after Trump is yet another billionaire that has no experience in government!

02-12-2017 , 05:42 PM

#8178

eurodp

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Quote:

Originally Posted by suzzer99

This quote has never been more relevant.

I've seen some Trump people complain on FB about how too many people post politics and then in the comments say that they don't even know what is real anymore. Others chime in to say things like the election is over, Trump won!.... stop whining. Too much cognitive dissonance for these people and they will likely just turn away from it.

02-12-2017 , 05:44 PM

#8179

zikzak

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Originally Posted by 57 On Red

Oh dear. Seems people in Birmingham don't want the Donald coming either.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7576211.html

There isn't anywhere in England he can go without being greeted with massive protests. He might want to shoot for an overseas territory, maybe Tristan da Cunha.

02-12-2017 , 05:48 PM

#8180

eurodp

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

Miller just spouting lie after lie this morning...

highlights IMO

Quote:

Miller said, “A district judge in Seattle cannot force the president of the United States to change our laws and our Constitution because of their own personal views.
“One unelected judge in Seattle cannot make laws for the entire country,”
This is an ideological disagreement between those who believe we should have borders and should have controls and those who believe there should be no borders and no controls.”

“I can tell you that this issue of busing voters into New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics,” Miller said. “It’s very real. It’s very serious.”

“George, it is a fact — and you will not deny it — that there are massive numbers of noncitizens in this country who are registered to vote,” Miller said. “That is a scandal. We should stop the presses. And, as a country, we should be aghast about the fact that you have people who have no right to vote in this country registered to vote, canceling out the franchise of lawful citizens of this country.”

At that, Stephanopoulos intoned: “For the record, you have provided zero evidence that the president was the victim of massive voter fraud in New Hampshire. You provided zero evidence that the president’s claim that he would have won the popular vote if 3 million to 5 million illegal immigrants hadn’t voted — zero evidence for either one of those claims.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mepage%2Fstory

These people are very scary and at this point the comments towards the judiciary and voter fraud just give me some great anxiety as to what is yet to come from these people.

02-12-2017 , 05:52 PM

#8181

jalfrezi

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...and we're still only three full weeks in.

02-12-2017 , 05:55 PM

#8182

RV Life

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Quote:

Originally Posted by eurodp

Ah yes because what we need after Trump is yet another billionaire that has no experience in government!

Cuban is probably just trolling because he loves to get under Trump's skin.

02-12-2017 , 05:57 PM

#8183

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That Steven Miller dude was reading off a teleprompter LMAO.

These clowns just straight up can't do anything correctly.

02-12-2017 , 05:57 PM

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uDevil

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Are you ****ing kidding me

How appropriate.

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02-12-2017 , 05:58 PM

#8185

ScreaminAsian

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Quote:

Originally Posted by th14

John Schindler with some interesting claims
http://observer.com/2017/02/donald-t...ssian-embassy/

This is a risky situation, particularly since President Trump is prone to creating crises foreign and domestic with his incautious tweets. In the event of a serious international crisis of the sort which eventually befalls almost every administration, the White House will need the best intelligence possible to prevent war, possibly even nuclear war. It may not get the information it needs in that hour of crisis, and for that it has nobody to blame but itself.

02-12-2017 , 06:07 PM

#8186

Riverman

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Gotta stop giving them airtime.

02-12-2017 , 06:09 PM

#8187

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Quote:

Originally Posted by eurodp

Ah yes because what we need after Trump is yet another billionaire that has no experience in government!

I feel like trump has shown me that an actually smart non politician who would be willing to put in effort and like actually read things and understand policy might be able to get a lot of good things done.

02-12-2017 , 06:11 PM

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yeah as long as its not an under average intelligence billionnaire with no knowledge except how to scam and manipulate ******s

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02-12-2017 , 06:16 PM

#8189

sirin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jalfrezi

Christ, that Miller guy even looks like something out of a film about Nazis.

The interviewer did really well.

Yeah he's terrifying.

FWIW if you're interested in politics and don't recognise the interviewer I highly recommend the documentary "The War Room", in which he features prominently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_Room

02-12-2017 , 06:19 PM

#8190

sportsjefe

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Problem: voters don't trust those people anymore.

02-12-2017 , 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bbfg

Seems weird for him to post that if he isn't very sure that he will be running. But Cuban seems to be the type of guy that doesn't mind being open and transparent about pretty much everything, so maybe we are reading too much into it.

Not sure if him running after Trump's first term is the best idea though. I'm sure Cuban would be a 1000x better president than Trump but after 4 years of Trump I imagine that a lot of americans want a "normal, experienced politician" again.

Agreed. I think it will be much harder for him to win the primary where the "we need an experienced public servant" line could work against him.

If he does win the nomination, though, I think he will slaughter Trump. He has many of the same perceived positives of Trump -- successful businessman, speaks his mind -- but without the crazy negatives. To make a lolpoker analogy, I think Cuban has Trump dominated.

02-12-2017 , 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Zimmer4141

I'm gonna remain skeptical of that Observer Article because it fits a little too well into the narrative that many of us have crafted and want to continue, but it's def believable that people are holding back crucial Intel from the WH.

Even at the height of the war, FDR was taken off the Ultra list for a while and wasn't shown any Ultra decrypts, because he'd put one in the waste-paper bin where the cleaner might have seen it.

Given the intelligence community's well-grounded suspicions about Trump and Russia, they're going to be very careful what they tell him.

02-12-2017 , 06:33 PM

#8193

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Originally Posted by zikzak

There isn't anywhere in England he can go without being greeted with massive protests. He might want to shoot for an overseas territory, maybe Tristan da Cunha.

They're planning to send him to Scotland for part of the visit, but he's none too popular in Scotland either, what with some of his behaviour over his golf-course developments up there.

02-12-2017 , 06:35 PM

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jalfrezi

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Somewhere like Stoke-On-Trent would probably welcome him.

02-12-2017 , 06:35 PM

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pretty re-assuring if true that Trump doesnt seem to have most of the agencies in his pocket

02-12-2017 , 06:37 PM

#8196

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CBP keeping us safe from US born NASA scientists that even have Global Entry! http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/12/14...ump-travel-ban

02-12-2017 , 06:37 PM

#8197

BABARtheELEPHANT

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Re: Cuban

He misses the racist bit tho.

02-12-2017 , 06:38 PM

#8198

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Hey, I got a question for the Trumpkins here.

You guys support the Muslim ban from 7 countries right? I'm wondering if you guys think this is OK.

Sidd Bikkannavar is a natural-born US citizen who works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab in Texas. Again, he was born in the United States. He was coming from a country that is NOT on the list of the ban.

He was detained and forced to give up his work related cell phone and PIN number.

So, I'll ask again. Is this OK with you? Or are you guys just full of **** and hate all brown people no matter where they come from?

http://gizmodo.com/border-agent-dema...ore-1792275942

02-12-2017 , 06:42 PM

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the cellphone/social media will be everyone eventually in this admin, they want everyone who isn't 100% with them gone.

So if you're saying bad things about current pres, don't do it on fb or twitter/delete them or don't leave the country I guess.