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Governing is....

by Chalky

Mar 7, 2017

....not like running a business.

"The Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw their appeal — and pay our costs — confirms what I said yesterday: The President’s original travel ban was unconstitutional," Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D) said in a statement Tuesday.

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Another Lie by 45

by Chalky

Mar 7, 2017

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE , CUBA President Donald Trump broke his White House silence on the topic of Guantánamo Tuesday, incorrectly blaming Barack Obama not George W. Bush for the release of more than 100 captives who U.S. intelligence agencies consider recidivists.

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Timmy, President Obama was blocked by the republican Congress from closing Guantanemo. Admit it.

n 3/07/17, Tim Finnegan wrote: > Didn't 44 promise to close Guantanamo? > > Another lie by 44. > > On 3/07/17, Chalky wrote: >> On 3/07/17, Chalky wrote: >>> >>> GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE , CUBA >>> President Donald Trump broke his White House silen...See More

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Tim Finnegan On 3/07/17, Timmy, President Obama was blocked by the
republican wrote:
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> Congress from closing Guantanemo. Admit it.
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The Republicans were not in control for all 8 years. And,
I thought he had a pen and a phone to use in order to rule
the country.

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Do they think *all* Americans are stupid?

by Chalky

Mar 7, 2017

House Intel Chairman Nunes in response to a question from a reporter about 45’s tweet declaring the former president wire tapped him:

“A lot of the things he [POTUS] says you guys take literally”

#CorruptRepublicanAdministration

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Bad news for Uber

by EasTexSteve

Mar 7, 2017

An Uber driver appeared in court on Tuesday after he was charged with raping a passenger in one of the city’s upscale Oceanfront neighborhoods over the weekend.

Sewanou Bisile Yoro, 34, of Norfolk, was arrested Monday on charges of abduction, rape and aggravated sexual assault. He is being held without bond in the city jail.

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Even Harry Reid said that Trump was tapped!

by EasTexSteve

Mar 7, 2017

(From October 2016)

Reid is saying that he has been told the FBI has evidence of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. And he's not just saying this information came from mysterious and unnamed national security officials; he's saying Comey himself has left him with this impression.

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It's still kind of a mystery On 3/07/17, Bob R/CA wrote:
> On 3/07/17, How were classified files leaked without
> permission? wrote:
>> On 3/07/17, Lulu wrote:
>>> On 3/07/17, EasTexSteve wrote:
>>>> Nope. When they intercepted the phone communication
>>>> between the Russian ambassador and Flynn, Flynn was in<...See More

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EasTexSteve (Here's the real joke) The real punchline here is this:

Remember, the democrat MO is: "The evidence is unimportant - it's the seriousness of the charge that matters." Trump has literally turned the tables and took a trick out of the democrat playbook and played it on the democrats themselves! When Trump made his original tweet last Saturday, he knew th...See More

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Fake News Backfiring on anti-Trumpers

by EasTexSteve

Mar 6, 2017

The mainstream media's open hostility to President Trump may be starting to backfire, according to the latest IBD/TIPP poll.

The poll found that 55&37; of the public says they've grown "weary from the media's persistently negative coverage of President Trump." A roughly equal share (54&37;) also believe that the news medi...See More

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Lulu On 3/07/17, Bob R/CA wrote: > On 3/06/17, EasTexSteve wrote: >> The mainstream media's open hostility to President Trump >> may be starting to backfire, according to the latest >> IBD/TIPP poll. >> >> The poll found that 55&37; of the public says they've grown >> "weary from the media's persistently n...See MoreOn 3/07/17, Bob R/CA wrote: > On 3/06/17, EasTexSteve wrote: >> The mainstream media's open hostility to President Trump >> may be starting to backfire, according to the latest >> IBD/TIPP poll. >> >> The poll found that 55&37; of the public says they've grown >> "weary from the media's persistently negative coverage of >> President Trump." A roughly equal share (54&37;) also > believe >> that the news media "has assumed the role of the > opposition >> party, constantly opposing the president and his policies >> at every turn." >> >> http://www.investors.com/politics/public-turned-off-by-medias- >> relentlessly-negative-coverage-of-trump-ibdtipp-poll/ > > > I consider it a service to remind people, every time > someone cites Investor's Business Daily, I remind them > exactly what they are referencing. Digital fishwrap. > > <i>In July 2009, an editorial in Investor's Business Daily > claimed that physicist Stephen Hawking "wouldn't have a > chance in the U.K., where the [British] National Health > Service (NHS) would save the life of this brilliant man, > because of his physical handicaps, is essentially > worthless." Hawking has always lived in the U.K. and > receives his medical care from the NHS, and IBD later > removed the editorial's reference to Hawking in its online > version, and appended an "Editor's Note," which said, "This > version corrects the original editorial which implied that > physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of > Cambridge, did not live in the UK."[11][12] Hawking himself > responded, "I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the > NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality > treatment without which I would not have survived."[13] > </i>

To begin with, it's clearly a push poll, a poll that asks questions in a way designed to influence the answer, e.g., "Do you prefer an ice cream like chocolate that stains clothing, or do you prefer non- staining vanilla?" Instead of using neutral language it uses the language of the Trump campaign ("Has the news media assumed the roll of the opposition party in their coverage of President Trump, constantly opposing the president and his policies at every turn?"). I would have hung up on a poller who asked me questions in that way. A truly neutral poll would have used neutral language, e.g.,"Do you think coverage of Pres. Trump by the media has been too negative, a bit negative, just right, a bit positive, too positive?" IBD doesn't give us the full poll or full methodology (for instance, how many polled self-identify as Dem. vs. Rep.) so who knows how the other questions were crafted or the polling pool skewed.

ETS also didn't supply us with the poll's other results, that Trump's approval ratings tanked in their latest poll, with his Presidential Leadership rating dropping a precipitous 9.3&37; between January and March.

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***Official***

by Chalky

Mar 6, 2017

Britches on Fire in the WH

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EasTexSteve On 3/06/17, Lulu wrote: > Okay, ETS, I give up. It's all a big conspiracy and everyone's in on it. > Trump had a gazillion attendees at his inauguration, Obama had a > couple of thousand. Trump's got the biggest you-know-what on the > planet. Perhaps we can get back to an issue of substance.

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EasTexSteve On 3/07/17, Bob R/CA wrote:
> But it's telling you admit Trump supporters quite willing
> to defend what are clearly lies.

So far, watching the democrats try and fabricate and
inflate this whole Russian connection thing has been
really amusing. But, the BIG laugh is going to be when we
find out that after Hillary's p...See More

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Breakdown of the new healthcare bill.

by EasTexSteve

Mar 6, 2017

What's In:

Pre-existing condition coverage

Continuous coverage — 30 percent penalty if people don't keep themselves insured

Special fund to help states set up "high-risk" pools, fix their insurance markets, or help low-income patients

Enrollment in expanded Medicaid will be frozen

Current enr...See More

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Pelosi calls the press Russia's accomplices

by Tim Finnegan

Mar 6, 2017

Nancy Pelosi believes that the press were accomplices in the Russian influencing of the election. Yet, the press has been oddly silent about this attack on the press.

"I think the press were accomplices in the undermining of our election by the Russians by not pointing out this stuff is worthless because it comes from an undermining o...See More

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FBI investigating 300 refugees as terrorists

by Yeah, let's let 'em on in

Mar 6, 2017

BREAKING: FBI investigating 300 people admitted to the U.S. as refugees in current counterterrorism probes - congressional sources

twitter.com/ReutersUS/status/838776884112543747

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