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03-17-2017 , 01:22 PM

#19126

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But on Thursday, speaking to a right-wing audience one day after SB 6 cleared the Senate, Kolkhorst appeared to acknowledge that the bill is motivated, at least in part, by anti-trans bias.

“Let’s be clear, when we talk about a child declaring their own gender, we’re talking about someone that was born a male being able to enter a restroom that is identified for girls,” Kolkhorst said at a “Faith and Family Day” rally on the Capitol steps. She then erroneously suggested that trans people “instantly declare” their gender identity.

“I believe in my heart that we must put safety and dignity ahead of social engineering that is disguised as civil rights,” Kolkhorst added, railing against the “radical agendas” of pro-LGBT groups and echoing a column she wrote that was recently published by Breitbart.

Addressing a few hundred conservative Christians who gathered for the rally, Kolkhorst went on to portray herself as a victim of persecution from “what is supposedly called a tolerant left, an anti-bullying left.”

https://www.texasobserver.org/senato...m-bill-battle/

03-17-2017 , 01:27 PM

#19127

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It could be Trump refused to shake hands because he tried his yanking move on Merkel when they met earlier, and she showed him what she learned in self-defense class. Or it could be he's afraid his hands look small compared to hers.

03-17-2017 , 01:29 PM

#19128

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Here's that Cambridge Analytics who were supposed wizards at data. It seems like everyone that get's put in Trump's orbit have something in common, they're good salesmen who even if they are seemingly far behind everyone else in actual competence.

http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/mercers/

One thing I learned from this piece is that Trump's deputy campaign chair after he got the nom was David Bossie, the president of Citizens United. I bet "drain the swamp" was his suggestion. The balls on these people.

03-17-2017 , 01:36 PM

#19129

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Originally Posted by JPantz

Trump refused to shake Merkels hand at the photo op. She just have him shook. Or he hates women and doesn't believe they should be in charge of a country.

Yet another classic facial response from a foreign dignitary. And that look on Trump's face; who does he think pissed in his wheaties this time?

03-17-2017 , 01:41 PM

#19130

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Originally Posted by markksman

I want clarification on this because I believe states have some say in they can enact stricter regulations so California alone could essentually keep any changes from happening nationally. California sells so many cars that it simply would nit be effective to build to two different standards and also deal with illegal cars crossing state lines. California has been able to push a lot of environmental issues because of this and in manufacturing standards like cars can counteract federal regulation restrictions.

This doesn't work for everything but cars are certainly one where California basically calls the shots.

It's complicated and you're getting out of my area of the car industry here (I'm in the logistics side), but I believe the main tug of war involving California regards vehicle emissions, which are related to but distinct from fuel economy. Much can be done to make inefficient engines have lower emissions, and you're correct that producing two different variants of the same car would be infeasible. Much less can be done to make large cars fuel efficient. (As a side note, more stringent emissions standards tend to make cars less fuel efficient.)

But the question I'm talking about is the national sales mix of large SUVs (very frequently domestically produced or at worst made in Mexico) vs smaller cars (more likely to be imports from Mexico or overseas). More stringent national fuel efficiency standards will tend to push this more towards smaller cars, which are more likely to be imported given the current production geography.

This is of course no strategy for saving America's auto industry. It's just a minor consequence of having less stringent fuel economy standards.

03-17-2017 , 01:43 PM

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The White House blog is promoting

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NEWS REPORTS

The Washington Post: "Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why"
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Politico: "Trump praises Irish 'fight' at White House ceremony"
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Except

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The Washington Post: "Trump’s budget makes perfect sense and will fix America, and I will tell you why"

is a satirical take on the budget

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This budget will make America a lean, mean fighting machine with bulging, rippling muscles and not an ounce of fat. America has been weak and soft for too long. BUT HOW WILL I SURVIVE ON THIS BUDGET? you may be wondering. I AM A HUMAN CHILD, NOT A COSTLY FIGHTER JET. You may not survive, but that is because you are SOFT and WEAK, something this budget is designed to eliminate.

..

All schoolchildren will be taught by an F-35 wearing a Make America Great Again hat. They will also have new school choice options including the choice not to afford any school at all, because at school you are taught things like grammar and pronouns and spelling and history, and these are all potentially inimical to the future we are trying to build. We will also be cutting Meals on Wheels programs to feed children, because they are not improving performance as we would like. Feed children just to feed them? What are we, SOFT? No. No we are not.

AMERICA WILL BE STRONGER THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN! Anyone who survives will be a gun covered in the fur of a rare mammal, capable of fighting disease with a single muscular flex. RAW POWER! HARD RAW POWER GRRRRRR HISSS POW!

It will be great.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.1e09e3ca08f3

03-17-2017 , 01:45 PM

#19132

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Originally Posted by JPantz

Curious how this joint presser is going to go.

hope there is some kind soul doing play by play for those at work

03-17-2017 , 01:47 PM

#19133

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The geocities thing and the WaPo satire thing, that has to be mutiny, yeah?

03-17-2017 , 01:48 PM

#19134

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Originally Posted by JPantz

Trump refused to shake Merkels hand at the photo op. She just have him shook. Or he hates women and doesn't believe they should be in charge of a country.

She probably gave him a dressing down in private before this photo-op. In comparison, check out the warm reception that Obama gives her during her last visit. A few replies down:

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/sta...74087734837249

03-17-2017 , 01:48 PM

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BREAKING: Barry clipped a laptop from the tower. Kappa

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/stat...93008852582400

03-17-2017 , 01:53 PM

#19136

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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl

Lawl

The White House blog is promoting

Except is a satirical take on the budget

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...=.1e09e3ca08f3

Amazing, lol

With the money we will save on these sad public servants, we will be able to buy lots of GUNS and F-35s and other cool things that go BOOM and POW and PEW PEW PEW.

03-17-2017 , 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Max Cut

BREAKING: Barry clipped a laptop from the tower. Kappa

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/stat...93008852582400

well, that seems serious...

03-17-2017 , 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Max Cut

BREAKING: Barry clipped a laptop from the tower. Kappa

https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/stat...93008852582400

Oh good, now all the people who chanted "Lock Her Up" about Hillary and her poor handling of classified information will all be calling for Trump's impeachment.

03-17-2017 , 02:08 PM

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Oh good, now all the people who chanted "Lock Her Up" about Hillary and her poor handling of classified information will all be calling for Trump's impeachment.

Wat? I think we're going to ask for your whereabouts at the time of the theft, Mr. Einbert.

03-17-2017 , 02:08 PM

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Amazing, lol

With the money we will save on these sad public servants, we will be able to buy lots of GUNS and F-35s and other cool things that go BOOM and POW and PEW PEW PEW.

Government work, especially outside of the military, is a big way that educated black Americans and people of color are able to advance to very successful careers and positions of influence. Trump is attacking those workers because he knows that his base will love it.

03-17-2017 , 02:10 PM

#19141

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Press conference starting. Who's ready to be embarrassed by where we live?

03-17-2017 , 02:11 PM

#19142

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I'm picturing Trump going full Tony Soprano on Spicer yesterday before his presser: "WHAT DID I SAY? NO APOLOGIES!"

03-17-2017 , 02:11 PM

#19143

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Originally Posted by General Tsao

Wat? I think we're going to ask for your whereabouts at the time of the theft, Mr. Einbert.

It's either Dem negligence or Dem thievery

Never gop either

03-17-2017 , 02:17 PM

#19144

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Forward on Gorka and Tablet

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In his article criticizing the Forward, Leibovitz cites only one source from our story, Vitézi Rend leader Kornél Pintér, leaving readers with the wrong impression that Pinter was our only source.

In fact, the story cites two Vitézi Rend leaders who explicitly confirmed Gorka’s membership in the group and a third who said only sworn members of the group are allowed to use the honorific initial ‘v.’ as an addition to their name, as Gorka has on various official occasions.

Moreover, Leibovitz chose to ignore or dismiss the explicit assertion of Pintér in his quote:

“Of course he was sworn in,” Pintér told the Forward in a phone interview. “I met with him in Sopron [a city near Hungary’s border with Austria]. His father introduced him.”

Leibovitz dismisses Pintér’s assertion affirming Gorka’s Vitézi Rend membership by arguing that Pintér “isn’t saying that he’d witnessed Gorka’s swearing in; he’s merely saying that he’d met the man because he was an associate of Gorka’s father Paul.”

The question is not whether Pintér personally witnessed Gorka’s initiation into the order, but whether he reliably knew of it. As Pintér noted, he knew the family intimately, and talked at length about his respect for the elder Gorka, telling reporter Lili Bayer that Sebastian Gorka did take the oath to the organization.

To clear up any doubt, we have posted on-line an audio recording of the complete interview (in Hungarian) that Bayer conducted with Pintér.

As noted in the story, Pintér’s affirmation of Gorka’s membership was confirmed by a second source, Gyula Soltész, a highly placed national leader of the Vitézi Rend who has access to the group’s membership rolls.

And there is a third source, not cited in the story. In a March 14 email, Imre Fehér, another local Vitézi Rend leader, wrote Bayer, “In his phone conversation with you last night, Kornél Pintér briefed you in detail about vitéz Sebastian Gorka and his late father,” urging her to contact the organization’s leader, if necessary, for further information. [Emphasis added for “vitéz,” which is the honorific the group gives to sworn members of the organization, thus constituting an additional confirmation.]

Read more: http://forward.com/news/366322/no-th...not-unraveled/

03-17-2017 , 02:18 PM

#19145

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Originally Posted by master3004

Press conference starting. Who's ready to be embarrassed by where we live?

present

03-17-2017 , 02:21 PM

#19146

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Trump was making faces. Merkel is an adult dealing with an unhappy child. Trump's advisors came in like a clown parade.

03-17-2017 , 02:22 PM

#19147

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God, he has no ****ing idea how to speak off the cuff. It's infuriating.

03-17-2017 , 02:23 PM

#19148

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Hey you know what we should talk about in this joint German/US conference? How about how much I hate the press, yeah that's the ticket!

03-17-2017 , 02:25 PM

#19149

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Omg, I love the German press taking his ass to task.

03-17-2017 , 02:26 PM

#19150

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TRUMP JUST ADMITTED IT! he said: "i am a traitor"

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