Random Political Thoughts

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wonder what sort of major cockup labour would have made
ahhh good luck henceforth maam
and repeat
kick Corbyn out

tbh
dont know why renewed interest
probably triply sick of dead duck Trump ha

BREAKING NEWS
Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in Parliament, but the path for Brexit remains unclear as a deadline looms.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:18 PM EST
The House of Commons voted 325 to 306 to reject an opposition motion of no confidence. If successful, it almost certainly would have ousted her from power and probably would have forced a general election, adding still more layers of uncertainty in a country fast approaching the March 29 date for leaving the bloc — yet unable to agree on how to do so.

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jusy for you julie in tampa ga


How to get the top reply to Trump tweets
The top reply to a Donald Trump tweet is prime real estate. What does it take to get this coveted spot and who are the people that always seem to get in first?

oh dear julie
taken you all this time to go for an old fashioned defensive for my country attack, geeesus slow like Trump


actually live on another planet
one the US doesent know about and cant interfere/bomb
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the living in another country is so damn old school
what rock did you crawl from
no wonder so many members ridicule your every thought/post duh

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Where do you live in America again? Oh wait you don't. Sorry I'm mistaken you live in another country.


btw
theres not a thing worth worrying about in NZ ha
much more fun to find somethng to ridicule your beloved country with/daily
btw2
how come i am not on ignore
and why check into a thread that obviously has my crap in it
strange



Maybe you need to worry about NZ and help your country with its mounting problems
and let us Americans take care of our country. We'll get along fine without you.

 

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dident know we had mounting problems happening
better get Trumps USA to sort it out

Maybe you need to worry about NZ and help your country with its mounting problems


anything i do/post today,i am thinking of you Jlulie in tampa fla
in honor of that these are for you
hope your a loyal Trump govt empoloyee,thats getting paid



January 16, 2019
Dear subscribers:

The government shutdown is now on Day 26, the longest in history, and its impact – from airports to prisons to food safety – is growing exponentially.

Yet as of now, there’s no end in sight. Neither President Trump nor the Democrats are showing any sign of budging from their positions. Neither side is proposing a compromise. Instead, each is effectively waiting for the other to fold.

Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Mr. Trump suggesting that the State of the Union address, scheduled for Jan. 29, ought to be postponed until after the government has reopened.

Frankly, that might be a good idea – since it’s hard to envision what, exactly, Trump would say were the speech to take place as planned. The state of the union is… shut down? Dysfunctional? Locked into a crisis of its own making that is causing damage to individuals’ and the nation’s economic well-being?

Perversely, the very length of the shutdown seems to be creating a disincentive to end it. Democrats say that capitulating to Trump’s demands at this point would be like rewarding “hostage-taking.”

“The last thing you want to do is reward the president’s behavior,” Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) said today on CNBC.

Likewise, among the president and his allies, there seems to be a sense that now that they’ve come this far, they need to get something even more substantial out of it.

In an anonymous op-ed in the Daily Caller this week, a senior administration official writes that he/she hopes the shutdown “lasts a very long time, till the government is changed and can never return to its previous form.”

“The lapse in appropriations is more than a battle over a wall,” the official writes. “If this fight is merely rhetorical bickering with Nancy Pelosi, we all lose, especially the president. But if it proves that government is better when smaller, focusing only on essential functions that serve Americans, then President Trump will achieve something great that Reagan was only bold enough to dream.”

Let us know what you’re thinking at csmpolitics@csmonitor.com.

Liz Marlantes, Politics Editor

A shutdown fight that’s about much more than a wall
The impasse over funding for a barrier on the US-Mexico border reflects broader disagreements between President Trump and Democrats over questions of security and American identity.


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What does it mean to be ‘conservative’ in the Trump era?
The outsider presidency has challenged core conservative principles, such as commitment to free markets and limited government spending. As factions seek to define this new era, what is replacing “official conservatism?”


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US voters tackle gerrymandering with gusto. Incumbents are less sure.
Gerrymandering used to be the province mostly of spelling bee contestants and policy wonks. But for many today, redistricting reform has become a fundamental struggle for fairness.

 

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true
even the BREXIT boys seem to be BREXITED OUT

Brexit: An ‘escape room’ with no escape

Brexit: An ‘escape room’ with no escape

 

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like
the rivers of babylon
sooner begone the better
and/or
like te sea level rise of Fla
it aint gonna happen
becos the commander of lies deciet idiots and GW/CC says so

Will Coming Israeli Elections Change Anything? (Pt 1/2)
David Sheen divided Israel political parties into their positions on segregation, integration, domination and elimination. He joins us to debate Real News Correspondent Shir Hever on what it really means.

 

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TOP STORIES
"We are getting crushed!" Despite his public bravado, President Trump is said to be frustrated with aides and a shutdown with no end in sight.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 9:56 PM EST
The president is confronted by a divided and partially shuttered government with an untested staff that has undergone yet another shake-up.

And as the shutdown enters its 27th day on Thursday with no end in sight, most of his top aides would like him to find a way out.

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T MAY as well have a final dig at fla gal and her huge penis dude dickhead Trump duh
while im on my way to interplanetary wherever

 

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ahem
may review
CHINAS TURN,to read CHINA/RUSSIAS turn
either way the wests F'kd
no thanks to your selfsh self serving leaders
plus too busy starting/continuing wars everywhere

TOP STORY
Cold War in the West: Russia Comes to Latin America As U.S. Relations Fail
Russia has set out to enhance its influence across Latin America.
BY TOM O’CONNOR

 

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Netanyahu’s lackeys



Israel
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Netanyahu’s lackeys twist IDF history for political gain

Senior Likud members Yoav Galant and Avi Dichter are assisting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign to discredit former IDF chief and rising political star Benny Gantz by rewriting history and cynically blaming him for military failures.

ARTICLE SUMMARY
Senior Likud members Yoav Galant and Avi Dichter are assisting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign to discredit former IDF chief and rising political star Benny Gantz by rewriting history and cynically blaming him for military failures.

REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Benny Gantz (C), a former Israeli military chief and the head of a new political party attends a handover ceremony for incoming Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 15, 2019.


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Palestine
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Changes expected in Palestinian Knesset representation

There appears to be a good chance that the Joint List will not be the only party vying to represent the interests of Palestinian citizens of Israel in April elections for the next Knesset.




Israel
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New IDF chief faces multiple challenges

Israel’s new IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi faces multiple challenges on nearby fronts, further away and also vis-a-vis his boss, Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.


Palestine
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Will Israel allow Palestinian elections in East Jerusalem?

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for legislative elections within six months, but the ability of East Jerusalemites being able to participate is uncertain, as usual.







so much for your beloved commander of idiots making unlimited money for your country

Donald Trump Military Border Mission Could Cost U.S. $470 Million In 2019 Alone
The deployment of active-duty U.S. troops to the U.S.-Mexico has been extended to September 30.

 

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i thought he said on day one he wouldent interfere
pluddits to him for that/possibly riling Trump before hes in
wehat the hells wrong with them
dems are being as stupid as Trump on that

Top Democrats think Trump’s attorney general pick will mess with Mueller

Some of the most powerful Democrats in the Senate came away from William Barr’s confirmation hearings concerned Trump’s pick for attorney general will undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation if he’s confirmed.

“My big concern all along is Mueller,” said Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was concerned after two days of testimony that Barr might limit the investigation or bury its findings.

“He’s made as strong a case for the unitary executive as I’ve ever seen. And that’s the all-powerful president — able to do anything,” the California Democrat said.

Other Senate Democrats were even more blunt: “I believe it’s disqualifying,” Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told VICE News, referring to a 19-page memo Barr wrote to the Trump administration last summer laying out an expansive view of presidential power.

But they’re powerless to stop it, and as VICE News’ Matt Laslo points out, it’s largely the Democrats’ own fault. Former Majority Leader Harry Reid changed the Senate’s rules requiring 60 votes to confirm a nominee to a simple majority during the Obama administration. That means Republicans can now confirm Barr without a single Democrat’s vote.

But Democrats and Republicans are increasingly agreeing on one thing: Mueller needs to wrap it up fast. Republicans want it over before 2020 really heats up, and Democrats want it out so they can still act on the findings while they still matter.

“If Donald Trump is a Russian agent and Mueller has evidence of that, it doesn’t do much good for him to show us his cards in November of this year,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told VICE News. “You can’t bring impeachment allegations with only a few months left in a president’s term.”

– Alex Lubben

 

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TELL the ignorant b.....d dont ask, thats too polite


Texas lawmakers ask Trump not to spend Hurricane Harvey relief money on border wall

If the president declared a state of emergency, he’d be able to use money from the Army Corps of Engineers to build the wall. There’s just one problem: That money is earmarked for natural disaster relief.

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Thousands more migrant children were likely separated from their families than was officially reported, the government found.
Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:31 PM EST

The Trump administration likely separated thousands more children from their parents at the Southern border than was previously believed, according to a report by government inspectors released on Thursday.

Nearly 3,000 children were previously reported to have been forcibly separated from their parents under last year’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy under which nearly all adults entering the country illegally were prosecuted, and any children accompanying them were put into shelters or foster care.

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BEST DEMOCRACY in the world
PATHETIC to the core
what a total embarrasment USA/Trump lead

National Emergency Declaration Could Trigger ‘Power Grab’
Lindsay Koshgarian argues that the government shutdown could very well lead to Trump calling a national emergency, which would be dangerous to freedom while also causing economic downturn

 

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works for both

ps
sneak preview of the contents of the letter


i reckon/preeict
the Don will agree to Kim re Washington being the next venue for the two nuke lovers to meet
- i said

called
conning the idiot

 

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personally
dont like this guy EITHER
Trumpalike crawling creep
hope the Canadians do not vote the kid in next time around
BEWARE the next elections Canada

quite a few i doint like huh ha
ohy well lpsg members are relatively harmless hows that ha

Justin Trudeau’s Description of BDS: ‘A Pack of Lies’
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated his belief that the Boycott, Sanctions, and Divestment (BDS) movement is anti-Semitic. We speak to Ali Abunimah, who says Trudeau has adopted Netanyahu’s talking points

 

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think
most sympathetic understanding Eu country
Fr certainly isent

Brexit: German leaders write emotional letter to Britain
Over 20 major figures from German politics, sports, business, and entertainment have written a passionate appeal to the UK. Britons would "always have friends in Germany and Europe," the leaders wrote

Brexit: German leaders write emotional letter to Britain | DW | 18.01.2019

 

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wonder how white families would nandle family seperations
ie
cioldren seperated from mom dad

Report: US Migrant Family Separations Higher Than Reported
Last year’s “zero tolerance” migration policy saw nearly 2,800 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and prompted legal action against the White House. But the overall number was actually much higher, a government watchdog now says — noting that thousands of children were likely split from their families before a June 2017 court ruling demanded tracking measures. Meanwhile, a leaked memo has reportedly revealed that the White House considered deliberately separating families as an anti-immigration measure, despite the administration’s insistence to the contrary.

SOURCES: NYT, NBC, ABC

 

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geeesus
you corrupt bastards
and forever trying to correct the world about our mistakes
wanting us to be as devlish corrupt lying bastards like yourselves
thank you media,no wonder that Trump doesent like being exposed

alleges President Trump instructed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Democratic chairmen of two House committees vowed to investigate. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's current personal lawyer, calls the BuzzFeed allegations "lies born of Michael Cohen’s malice and desperation, in an effort to reduce his sentence."


First Up

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Here’s what we’re following today.

A new BuzzFeed report alleges President Trump instructed his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about negotiations to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.Democratic chairmen of two House committees vowed to investigate. Rudy Giuliani, Trump's current personal lawyer, calls the BuzzFeed allegations "lies born of Michael Cohen’s malice and desperation, in an effort to reduce his sentence."

Despite the partial federal government shutdown, the administration has announced that a number of programs will continue to function, at least for a while. Those programs include food stamp benefits and distributing tax refunds. About 25 percent of the government is currently without funding. The State Department ordered some staffers back to work and says it’s working to find a way to pay them. Critics say the Trump administration is stretching — and possibly breaking — the law to help bolster the president’s position in his fight with Democrats over funding for a border wall.

President Trump has canceled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other lawmakers’ trip to Afghanistan. Trump appears to be retaliating against Pelosi for suggesting he postpone his State of the Union address amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. "I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate," Trump wrote in a letter to Pelosi, whose trip had not been publicly announced due to security reasons.

Former Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke will be sentenced for second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.Prosecutors have asked for at least 96 years in prison. The defense has asked for probation. Legal experts say either is possible.

Activists on both sides of the abortion rights debate will march on Washington today and Saturday. This year, fresh off the swearing-in of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, many activists say a decision substantially rolling back abortion rights could be closer than at any time in recent memory.

At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured in a car bomb blast at a police academy in Colombia's capital, Bogotá, on Thursday morning. The attack was a reminder of Bogota's violent history with guerrilla groups and drug cartels. Columbia's defense minister blamed the attack on a member of leftist rebel group National Liberation Army, or ELN, which has carried out occasional attacks in the country.

After a chaotic week for U.K. politics, what's next for Brexit? On Monday, Jan. 21, British Prime Minister Theresa May will have to tell Parliament what her Plan B for Brexit is — and will submit that plan to a vote on Jan. 29. Here's what to know about key issues during this extraordinary moment in British politics.

 

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just as well they got in midterms
keep it going

Democrats to investigate claims that Trump told Cohen to lie
Democrats say they want to verify a Buzzfeed News report in which sources claim Mr Trump told Cohen to lie to lawmakers about building a skyscraper in Moscow.

good job, the more the merrier
about time it happened

TOP STORY
Trump to Be Investigated by Congressional Committees Over Report He Directed Cohen Lie Under Oath
"Directing a subordinate to lie to Congress is a federal crime," Jerry Nadler said.
BY RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY

Letter from Trump’s Washington
Trump, Putin, and Washington’s Unbelievable New Normal

Regardless of whether Trump ends up making a speech on Capitol Hill on January 29th, the state of the union is not strong, and everyone knows it.

By Susan B. Glasser

Regardless of whether Trump ends up making a speech on Capitol Hill on January 29th, the state of the union is not strong, and everyone knows it.

 

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A little yellow book full of Xi Jinping quotes is the new version of Mao's 'Little Red Book'

PRI's The World

A little yellow book full of Xi Jinping quotes is the new version of Mao's 'Little Red Book'

 

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seem to recall the USA srared amonst other things, terrorisim had bee stamped out, duh


IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE PRESIDENTIAL DAILY BRIEF
GLOBAL TERROR
THE ISLAMIST VIOLENCE DOSSIER
This is an OZY Special Briefing, an extension of the Presidential Daily Brief. The Special Briefing tells you what you need to know about an important issue, individual or story that is making news. Each one serves up an interesting selection of facts, opinions, images and videos in order to catch you up and vault you ahead.

WHAT TO KNOW

What’s happening? Two high-profile terror attacks this week — an al-Shabab siege on a luxury hotel in Nairobi that killed more than a dozen civilians, and an Islamic State bombing in northern Syria that left four Americans dead — have refocused attention on the resilience of Islamic extremist groups. Although global counterterrorism efforts have paid off in recent years, and terror-linked deaths have been down for three consecutive years, world leaders clearly cannot write these groups off just yet.

Why does it matter? The U.S. and other global players face a key decision: Do they strike deals with countries and militias to help extricate themselves from wars at the risk of undoing the gains that countries like Afghanistan, Syria and some in Africa have made against terrorist groups? Each deal has consequences: In Afghanistan, for example, a U.S. peace agreement with the Taliban would acknowledge the group as the country's likely future rulers. Will this vault the world back to where it was before 2001, after all the human and financial sacrifices suffered in two decades of wars?

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HOW TO THINK ABOUT IT
Far from over. After losing swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State’s dream of cobbling together a caliphate in the Middle East may be gone. But recent attacks — not only this week’s in Syria, but on Christmas Day in Iraq — seem to support analysts’ claims that the group won’t be totally defeated without a comprehensive stabilization plan in place in those countries. Al-Shabab, meanwhile, is still terrorizing Somalia despite being ousted from major towns and cities in recent years. A double bombing near the presidential palace in Mogadishu killed at least 20 people last month just weeks after an attack on a religious center in a central region killed 15. And in Kabul this week, a Taliban suicide bombing killed an American and an Indian, plus two others.

Blurred lines. The apparent resilience of these groups could be partly due to their willingness to collaborate. Local al-Qaida affiliate al-Shabab, for instance, deepened its ties with militants in nearby Tanzania as Somali authorities cracked down at home. On a separate continent, Russia’s Federal Security Service recently warned that the Islamic State could merge with al-Qaida amid the Syrian- and U.S.-led offensives — a tactic the group has reportedly tested before in Afghanistan with the Taliban. Such cooperation is old news for security services in Pakistan, where analysts believe several terrorist organizations, particularly the Haqqani group, have long coordinated with counterparts to maximize their effectiveness.

Shifting focus? Potentially troubling for global anti-terrorism efforts is Washington’s recent pivot toward planning for more traditional warfare against state actors. Last year, then-Defense Secretary James Mattis cited China and Russia as the country’s greatest threats, while the Pentagon’s reportedly prioritizing investment in space technology and artificial intelligence. Afghan officials are undoubtedly worried about President Donald Trump’s plan to pull some 7,000 U.S. troops from their country. So far, though, little has changed on the ground: After all, the American troops targeted in this week’s Syria bombing were on patrol, while their planned withdrawal doesn’t seem to be speeding up. Meanwhile, there are still more than 1,000 U.S. troops in Africa — from Niger to Djibouti — training local forces and sometimes even venturing into the field alongside them.

Picking up the slack. Where American forces do cut back, Washington’s allies may need to devote more of their own resources to tackle terror threats. France has already signaled that it will retain its military presence in Syria after the U.S. withdraws. That’s in addition to its ongoing operations in Mali and several other countries around the southern Sahara, where French and African troops are fighting jihadists across wide swathes of desert. And despite a steady decline in Islamic State-related attacks in the Middle East, experts say the group has actually shifted its resources to North and Sub-Saharan Africa. That might partly explain why Nigeria remains the third-most terrorized country, according to the Global Terrorism Index, while Somalia and Egypt clocked the highest increases in terrorism deaths in 2017.

 

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WHAT TO READ
Early Withdrawal Will Lead to More Terrorism by Bruce Hoffman and Seth G. Jones inThe Wall Street Journal
“Surprise and shock are terrorists’ age-old stock in trade. If terrorism were predictable, it would lose the power that makes it the preferred tactic of America’s most intractable enemies.”

The New Face of Terrorism in 2019 by Vera Mironova in Foreign Policy
“The real threat increasingly comes from further east. In the former Soviet states and beyond, militants who once harbored mostly local grievances are turning their attention to the West.”

WHAT TO SAY AT THE WATERCOOLER
Positive trend. Europe experienced the highest year-on-year decrease in terrorism deaths, with the total falling 75 percent between 2016 and 2017. France, Germany and Belgium were among the beneficiaries of that trend — though Spain posted an increase in that same period (thanks to the August 2017 attacks in Barcelona).

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