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I think the reason there are differing opinions in the GOP is that folks want to be reelected, vs what brain was saying that there's actually diversity of thought...
So many constituents of theirs would lose insurance or have their rates and taxes go up significantly if they were to push through their changes or repeal the ACA... makes it a bit of a harder sell now that folks are like 'oh ****... obama isn't president and we still have insurance and guns'.
So many constituents of theirs would lose insurance or have their rates and taxes go up significantly if they were to push through their changes or repeal the ACA... makes it a bit of a harder sell now that folks are like 'oh ****... obama isn't president and we still have insurance and guns'.
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Build bridges not walls:
The metal walls appear to be in place to prevent potential terrorists from driving vehicles into crowded pedestrian zones like Khalid Masood did on Wednesday.
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But unlike bearnie, the RNC couldn't stop his nomination...
anyway, republicans have had 7 years to draft a better bill, and they haven't. they promises repeal, then gave us repeal/replace. Rand Paul at least has a good outline, but he's completely ignored because he's actually a limited-govt republican.
Voter's didnt want a replacement; they voted to end socialized health care. Ryan knew this, and since he's a #nevertrump, purposefully and strategically set up Trump to fail.
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I guess Breitbart doesn't think it's newsworthy that thousands are out to protest Putin, in Russia. Still nothing on it's site. Must be worried Putin won't send this months check.
Trumpys hero Putin taking care of things.
Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests | The Huffington Post
I guess Breitbart doesn't think it's newsworthy that thousands are out to protest Putin, in Russia. Still nothing on it's site. Must be worried Putin won't send this months check.
Trumpys hero Putin taking care of things.
Russia Detains Opposition Leader Navalny Amid Nationwide Protests
Dozens were arrested during the biggest anti-Kremlin demonstrations in years.
MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.
Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.
A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally as a police helicopter circled overhead.
Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.
“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained.
Dozens were arrested during the biggest anti-Kremlin demonstrations in years.
MOSCOW/YEKATERINBURG, March 26 (Reuters) - Police detained hundreds of protesters across Russia on Sunday, including opposition leader Alexei Navalny, after thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against corruption and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
The protests, reckoned to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election which Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.
Opinion polls suggest the liberal opposition, which Navalny represents, have little chance of fielding a candidate capable of unseating Putin, who enjoys high ratings. But Navalny and his supporters hope to channel public discontent over official corruption to attract more support.
A Reuters reporter saw police detain Navalny, who hopes to run against Putin, as he walked along central Moscow’s Tverskaya Street with supporters, part of an unsanctioned rally as a police helicopter circled overhead.
Police put Navalny in a truck around which hundreds of protesters crowded, trying to open its doors.
“I’m happy that so many people came out (onto the streets) from the east (of the country) to Moscow,” Navalny said, moments before he was detained.
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no, it's because we aren't all sheep. the Pauls are practically shunned by the pure political rhinos. i mean look at the freaking debates of 2016 there were like 20,002 candidates debating against each other. Trump was the only one who actually spoke to the will of the voters.
But unlike bearnie, the RNC couldn't stop his nomination...
anyway, republicans have had 7 years to draft a better bill, and they haven't. they promises repeal, then gave us repeal/replace. Rand Paul at least has a good outline, but he's completely ignored because he's actually a limited-govt republican.
Voter's didnt want a replacement; they voted to end socialized health care. Ryan knew this, and since he's a #nevertrump, purposefully and strategically set up Trump to fail.
But unlike bearnie, the RNC couldn't stop his nomination...
anyway, republicans have had 7 years to draft a better bill, and they haven't. they promises repeal, then gave us repeal/replace. Rand Paul at least has a good outline, but he's completely ignored because he's actually a limited-govt republican.
Voter's didnt want a replacement; they voted to end socialized health care. Ryan knew this, and since he's a #nevertrump, purposefully and strategically set up Trump to fail.
That and the fact that Trump said that he'd have a plan where everyone would get healthcare and get taken care of. But he's said so many conflicting things that it's hard to keep track of them.
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real news -- take the Clinton campaign at their word; disavow everything the trump campaign says:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/846150373551288320
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/846150373551288320
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also, this is how hate crimes work:
So let me get this straight. To fight "facism" you're going to impersonate a religious group that already has enough heat on its plate (which if you read the Quran is a crime to that faith and punishable by death. Impersonating a Muslim and a man wearing women's clothes)and put more suspicion placed on them? Then you are going to try and manipulate the system by citing fake hate crimes and thus bring into question more when actual hate crimes that happen? And you're going to instigate violent responses? Yes....this doesn't sound terrible at all.
And I'm in a Muslim country right now, Turkey, one of the more tolerant ones. And I can assure you, if you did that here you probably won't make it out alive. Try that **** in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, etc. You definitely won't make it out alive.
And I'm in a Muslim country right now, Turkey, one of the more tolerant ones. And I can assure you, if you did that here you probably won't make it out alive. Try that **** in Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, etc. You definitely won't make it out alive.
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^^Telling them to buy BB guns and bring them to a demonstration will definitely end well. I love that idea and hope it spreads among them. They were obviously bereft of common sense as evidenced by their political thoughts. How much more evident is it now?
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real integrity news:
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Just 33 minutes ago, they published this article, titled
“Donald Trump branded ‘international embarrassment’ after handing made-up NATO invoice to Angela Merkel.”
Slate also has yet to issue a retraction of its article which reads, “turns out Trump’s version of diplomacy with one of the country’s most important allies in Europe involves handing over a bill for billions of dollars that the White House believes it owes NATO.”
The article concludes by declaring Merkel is “a bit more adept ad diplomacy than her U.S. counterpart.”
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Spokespeople for both the U.S. and German governments have issued statements denying reports that President Donald Trump handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a £300 billion invoice for money owed by the country to NATO.
According to Politico – who has published a story identifying the news as fake, without issuing a retraction of their original piece – a spokesperson for the German government stated earlier today, “reports that President Trump had presented the federal chancellor with a kind of bill with a concrete billion sum are not true.”...
Despite statements issued by both Germany and Washington, a number of mainstream outlets are continuing to run with the invoice story.
Take The Independent, for example.Just 33 minutes ago, they published this article, titled
“Donald Trump branded ‘international embarrassment’ after handing made-up NATO invoice to Angela Merkel.”
Slate also has yet to issue a retraction of its article which reads, “turns out Trump’s version of diplomacy with one of the country’s most important allies in Europe involves handing over a bill for billions of dollars that the White House believes it owes NATO.”
The article concludes by declaring Merkel is “a bit more adept ad diplomacy than her U.S. counterpart.”
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more real news:
Politico issued an article titled, “Trump’s A Dictator? He Can’t Even Repeal Obamacare” that mocks Trump over the GOP’s health care bill failure.
The problem? Politico was one of many liberal outlets who hopped on the whole “Trump is a dictator” train in the first place.
Politico issued an article titled, “Trump’s A Dictator? He Can’t Even Repeal Obamacare” that mocks Trump over the GOP’s health care bill failure.
The problem? Politico was one of many liberal outlets who hopped on the whole “Trump is a dictator” train in the first place.
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shocked, the person here illegally, who did heinous illegal things, by was told he can live freely by a liberal judge -- shocker: disappeared:
Fugitive task force searching for sexual assault suspect
it's almost like people who dont follow the law to begin with, dont follow the law...
and it's almost like a person, who doesnt belong in the US, who's accused of a crime, who has no ties to the community, could quite possibly be a flight risk...
you would have thought this judge learned the first time... oh wait, he has an agenda...
Fugitive task force searching for sexual assault suspect
Gabino Vargas-Perez was a junior at Central High School when a 14-year-old girl told police he raped her.
He posted $5,000 bond and then disappeared.
Prosecutors said Vargas-Perez, 20, is a legal U.S. resident, but his parents are in Guatemala.
The victim's family says the damage has been done, and now they fear justice will never be served.
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After posting bond, Vargas-Perez never showed up for his next court appearance. Now there’s a warrant out for his arrest.
The judge who set his bond is Jeffrey Marcuzzo, who also set bond for Eswin Mejia, the suspect in a deadly crash who also vanished. The crash killed Sarah Root.
He posted $5,000 bond and then disappeared.
Prosecutors said Vargas-Perez, 20, is a legal U.S. resident, but his parents are in Guatemala.
The victim's family says the damage has been done, and now they fear justice will never be served.
...
After posting bond, Vargas-Perez never showed up for his next court appearance. Now there’s a warrant out for his arrest.
The judge who set his bond is Jeffrey Marcuzzo, who also set bond for Eswin Mejia, the suspect in a deadly crash who also vanished. The crash killed Sarah Root.
it's almost like people who dont follow the law to begin with, dont follow the law...
and it's almost like a person, who doesnt belong in the US, who's accused of a crime, who has no ties to the community, could quite possibly be a flight risk...
you would have thought this judge learned the first time... oh wait, he has an agenda...
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real news:
look how much islam loves women:
they permit the only the head of the woman to be exposed when stoning!
nothing screams feminism and resistance, like a hijab wearing women getting stoned... ba da chee!
look how much islam loves women:
they permit the only the head of the woman to be exposed when stoning!
nothing screams feminism and resistance, like a hijab wearing women getting stoned... ba da chee!
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Judge orders Omaha teen who threw baby out window to serve probation, live in group home | Crime & Courts | omaha.com
Judge orders Omaha teen who threw baby out window to serve probation, live in group home | Crime & Courts | omaha.com
REPORT: TEEN FATALLY THROWS BABY FROM WINDOW, RECEIVES PROBATION & COMMUNITY SERVICE
An Omaha teenager will reportedly not serve prison time after throwing her newborn baby from a window, killing it.
According to the Omaha World-Herald, a judge instead placed 16-year-old Antonia Lopez on probation and deemed she must live in a group home, partake in therapy, delete her Facebook account, and complete 50 hours of community service.
The outlet reports that Lopez gave birth at her apartment on September 30 and proceeded to throw the baby out of her second story window.
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An Omaha teenager will reportedly not serve prison time after throwing her newborn baby from a window, killing it.
According to the Omaha World-Herald, a judge instead placed 16-year-old Antonia Lopez on probation and deemed she must live in a group home, partake in therapy, delete her Facebook account, and complete 50 hours of community service.
The outlet reports that Lopez gave birth at her apartment on September 30 and proceeded to throw the baby out of her second story window.
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interesting read:
The Civil War is Here | Frontpage Mag
The Civil War is Here | Frontpage Mag
...There is no form of legal authority that the left accepts as a permanent institution. It only utilizes forms of authority selectively when it controls them. But when government officials refuse the orders of the duly elected government because their allegiance is to an ideology whose agenda is in conflict with the President and Congress, that’s not activism, protest, politics or civil disobedience; it’s treason.
After losing Congress, the left consolidated its authority in the White House. After losing the White House, the left shifted its center of authority to Federal judges and unelected government officials. Each defeat led the radicalized Democrats to relocate from more democratic to less democratic institutions.
This isn’t just hypocrisy. That’s a common political sin. Hypocrites maneuver within the system. The left has no allegiance to the system. It accepts no laws other than those dictated by its ideology.
Democrats have become radicalized by the left. This doesn’t just mean that they pursue all sorts of bad policies. It means that their first and foremost allegiance is to an ideology, not the Constitution, not our country or our system of government. All of those are only to be used as vehicles for their ideology.
That’s why compromise has become impossible.
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After losing Congress, the left consolidated its authority in the White House. After losing the White House, the left shifted its center of authority to Federal judges and unelected government officials. Each defeat led the radicalized Democrats to relocate from more democratic to less democratic institutions.
This isn’t just hypocrisy. That’s a common political sin. Hypocrites maneuver within the system. The left has no allegiance to the system. It accepts no laws other than those dictated by its ideology.
Democrats have become radicalized by the left. This doesn’t just mean that they pursue all sorts of bad policies. It means that their first and foremost allegiance is to an ideology, not the Constitution, not our country or our system of government. All of those are only to be used as vehicles for their ideology.
That’s why compromise has become impossible.
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How does the 'constitutionalist' right tie together respect for the system and the constitution and justify chants to lock up someone not found guilty of any crime? Such respect for the system, no?
Meanwhile, trump is still at it saying Hillary should be investigated because this russia ish was clearly her fault... Where's the popcorn.
Seems like HRC has been added to the 'blame obummer' line of defense for just about everything.
Gotta love the comments. Apparently she's got a prion disease because she's a cannibal. If we're going to scrape the bottom of the barrel for liberal nutjobs, you just got a lovely handful of material from the so called conservative side of the circus.
Meanwhile, trump is still at it saying Hillary should be investigated because this russia ish was clearly her fault... Where's the popcorn.
Seems like HRC has been added to the 'blame obummer' line of defense for just about everything.
real news -- take the Clinton campaign at their word; disavow everything the trump campaign says:
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/846150373551288320
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/846150373551288320
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And oh my god he has a painting! Stop the presses! We have to write about 'art' now!
And re: real content.
The words of an anesthesiologist that has never examined her? Would you go see an anesthesiologist if you had neurological symptoms? I wouldn't!
A stroke can temporarily mimic parkinsonism, so can drug reactions, and there are a crap ton of side effects of thyroid hormones getting too low or even too high (she has hypothyroidism, right?).
But yes. The real content. Marvelous.
Meanwhile, 'liberal' psychiatrists/psychologists that wrote the DSM have written about how bogus it is to try to diagnose Trump with anything because he's not their patient.
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Meanwhile, trump is still at it saying Hillary should be investigated because this russia ish was clearly her fault... Where's the popcorn.
Seems like HRC has been added to the 'blame obummer' line of defense for just about everything.