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he left out unemployed.
In a nice bit of irony, the guy who mocked Trump voters then received a Trump-like statement from his employer: YOU’RE FIRED.
After looking into his comments, however, Express Oil Change says Bonner is no longer employed with the company.
“We are absolutely disgusted at what was posted, and want to emphasize that a person of this character does not represent who we are as a company. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who have been affected by the fires throughout the East Tennessee region, along with communities that were affected throughout the Southeast due to the recent drought.”
“We want to offer our sincerest apologies that remarks like this were made, and we were astonished at the lack of care Coleman expressed throughout his comments.”
“We want to offer our sincerest apologies that remarks like this were made, and we were astonished at the lack of care Coleman expressed throughout his comments.”
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ha timely:
Clinton blasts 'epidemic' of fake news | TheHill
Clinton blasts 'epidemic' of fake news | TheHill
Hillary Clinton on Thursday decried the spread of fake news online, calling it an “epidemic” that Congress should take action against.
“The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year — it’s now clear the so-called fake news can have real-world consequences,” Clinton said during a speech on Capitol Hill.
Some Democrats have argued the spread of anti-Clinton fake news online contributed to her electoral loss to Donald Trump.
“The epidemic of malicious fake news and false propaganda that flooded social media over the past year — it’s now clear the so-called fake news can have real-world consequences,” Clinton said during a speech on Capitol Hill.
Some Democrats have argued the spread of anti-Clinton fake news online contributed to her electoral loss to Donald Trump.
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the ones crying "there is no voter fraud", are the ones who love the govt
Georgia’s secretary of state: DHS tried to breach our firewall
Georgia’s secretary of state: DHS tried to breach our firewall
Georgia’s secretary of state has claimed the Department of Homeland Security tried to breach his office’s firewall and has issued a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson asking for an explanation.
Brian Kemp issued a letter to Johnson on Thursday after the state’s third-party cybersecurity provider detected an IP address from the agency’s Southwest D.C. office trying to penetrate the state’s firewall. According to the letter, the attempt was unsuccessful.
The attempt took place on Nov. 15, a few days after the presidential election. The office of the Georgia Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the state’s elections.
Brian Kemp issued a letter to Johnson on Thursday after the state’s third-party cybersecurity provider detected an IP address from the agency’s Southwest D.C. office trying to penetrate the state’s firewall. According to the letter, the attempt was unsuccessful.
The attempt took place on Nov. 15, a few days after the presidential election. The office of the Georgia Secretary of State is responsible for overseeing the state’s elections.
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the ones crying "there is no voter fraud", are the ones who love the govt
Georgia’s secretary of state: DHS tried to breach our firewall
Georgia’s secretary of state: DHS tried to breach our firewall
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I work private sector now, if I thought DHS trying to pen-test my company I would be pissed. Our lawyers would also be writing a very strongly worded letter to them about it, along with me dropping the ban hammer on wherever they are hitting us from.
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I agree, I'd be pissed too...but I'm not sure that DHS would care.
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so sad:
The Transgender Movement Targets Autistic Children - Crisis Magazine
treat disorder with more disorder.
The Transgender Movement Targets Autistic Children - Crisis Magazine
treat disorder with more disorder.
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the ones crying fake news, are the ones who love the govt:
https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoul...9055466899017/
https://www.facebook.com/myiannopoul...9055466899017/
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From CNN...
It's time for the Electoral College to fall on its sword
By Scott Piro(CNN)Amid the last month's exhausting drama around Cabinet picks and presidential tweetstorms, one date stands out -- December 19, the day the Electoral College picks our next president.
As hope from Jill Stein's recount fades for Hillary Clinton's supporters, another Hail Mary chance to thwart Donald Trump's presidency has taken its place: that enough members of the Electoral College sworn to vote for Trump will break their pledge and vote to elect an alternate candidate.Scott Piro
America needs 37 "faithless electors" from states Trump won to do this in order to drop him below the 270 threshold and block him from automatically winning the White House.
The election would be determined by the House of Representatives, which has a constitutional right to pick another candidate if neither of the top two candidates wins a majority. Republican control of Congress makes a Clinton victory all but impossible here -- and a Trump triumph still quite achievable. But it's much more likely a consensus Republican candidate would prevail and become the nation's 45th president.
Could the "Hamilton electors," a group of electors who have sworn not to vote for Trump, be this solution? Sadly, they cannot. While their goal is to elect a moderate Republican candidate, so far all seven of them come from states Clinton won. Their votes therefore only amount to symbolic protests, and just ask Jill Stein how useful those are.
There is still one idea with the power not only to end a Trump administration, but also to eradicate democracy's ugliest anachronism -- the Electoral College. Thirty-eight faithless electors from states Trump won switching their votes to Clinton would do it. Regardless of your political affiliation, it would be the best possible thing for America in the long run.
What is the Electoral College? 02:05
The Electoral College has contradicted the popular vote in two of the last five presidential elections, electing a Republican president in both those splits. Not surprisingly, many Democrats already favor abolishing it. The system favors the GOP because too many liberal voters live in two few (primarily coastal) states.
But the obstacles required to eliminate the Electoral College -- passing a constitutional amendment via two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress and ratified by three-fourths of the states -- are unlikely to be overcome without GOP support. And Republicans tend to support the system for the same reasons Democrats don't -- it favors them.
However, if enough Trump electors voted for Clinton instead, it would give Republicans their own, distinct reason to loathe the Electoral College: There's nothing to prevent it from going so rogue that it elects the opposite party's candidate.
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Were this to occur, there would be the bipartisan support needed to legislate it out of existence. This archaic safeguard from our Founding Fathers, created to stop an unfit leader from becoming president but having the modern effect of blocking the will of the people, will have proved its harmfulness to everyone. The flipping of the presidency from Trump to Clinton would be collateral damage or a big fat bonus, depending on which side of the aisle you sit.
Swing voters, centrists and moderate Republicans, you have less than a week to join fed-up Democrats in raising hell to persuade 38 Trump electors to vote for Clinton, putting enough pressure on them that they risk whatever fallout may come from their actions. In the short term, it would elect Hillary Clinton, whom you may not support. But in the long run, it's the only way to take our democracy back. Make the federal government acknowledge we are smart enough to elect our own president.
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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
The electoral college ensures the U.S. stays a representative republic and not the United State of California. Trump sure does ruffle the feathers of non-taxpayers -- poor freeloaders.
The electoral college ensures the U.S. stays a representative republic and not the United State of California. Trump sure does ruffle the feathers of non-taxpayers -- poor freeloaders.
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