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Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#163001: Dec 16th 2016 at 8:48:39 PM

Standard GOP tactic now is to add riders to their laws saying "courts can't review this."

They just don't give a fuck any more.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#163002: Dec 16th 2016 at 8:57:38 PM

[up] I'm pretty sure the very first Supreme Court Case, Marbury v. Madison, gave the courts the right to review any case they want/are asked to review, and no power, whether Government or Business, can tell them they can't.

AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#163003: Dec 16th 2016 at 9:19:01 PM

[up][up]Do you mean that literally and if you do can you provide a link to proof?

And if it is true, that seems like exactly the sort of thing that would get taken to court pretty damn quickly.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#163004: Dec 16th 2016 at 10:48:50 PM

NEW YORK - Healthcare is the top issue Americans want Donald Trump to address during his first 100 days in the White House, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Thursday, reflecting apparent frustration over rising costs for prescription drugs and medical coverage.

Some 21 percent of Americans want Trump to focus on the healthcare system when he enters the White House on Jan. 20, according to the Nov. 9-14 poll, conducted in the week after the Republican won the U.S. presidential election.

Jobs took second place with 16 percent of Americans hoping it would be Trump's first agenda item, while immigration came third - picked by 14 percent of Americans, according to the poll. Some 11 percent picked race relations.

The poll shows what priorities Americans would set on the new president, but it does not measure exactly what people want him to do. A separate Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found in late October that most Americans want cheaper prescription drugs and access to larger networks of doctors and hospitals. Only a minority, 37 percent, want to repeal the Affordable Care Act, outgoing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare reform, and start over, as Trump has promised to do.

Lmao

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN13C2HM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163005: Dec 16th 2016 at 10:59:07 PM

[up] ...Yes, because Trump is TOTALLY going to side with the people who got him elected over Big Pharma and their deep pockets. /sarcasm

SMH

edited 16th Dec '16 11:00:18 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
RabidTanker God-Mayor of Sim-Kind Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
God-Mayor of Sim-Kind
#163006: Dec 16th 2016 at 11:21:19 PM

Can I ask why my last post qualifies as troll bait?

Because I've been offline for an few days, came back to this thread and see someone claiming an attempted power grab to be bad news, so I asked out curiousity.

Answer no master, never the slave Carry your dreams down into the grave Every heart, like every soul, equal to break
Krieger22 Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018 from Malaysia Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: I'm in love with my car
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
#163007: Dec 16th 2016 at 11:23:16 PM

[up]I believe it's called "being mistaken for concern trolling"

I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
RabidTanker God-Mayor of Sim-Kind Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
God-Mayor of Sim-Kind
#163008: Dec 16th 2016 at 11:34:16 PM

Correct me if I'm wrong here. But if Urban Dictionary's definition of concern trolling is siding with an unpopular opinion to watch the shit fly, what happens to the people on here who just asked an question without malicious intent?

Answer no master, never the slave Carry your dreams down into the grave Every heart, like every soul, equal to break
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163009: Dec 16th 2016 at 11:41:12 PM

[up] TBF, it is rather hard to believe someone genuinely doesn't understand why the NC legislature pulling that crap is bad news. It's about as blatant a subversion of democracy as you can get. "My guy didn't win, so I'm gonna do everything possible to limit what the democratically elected winner can do in the position he just won — screw the voters!"

edited 17th Dec '16 12:04:33 AM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#163010: Dec 17th 2016 at 12:11:12 AM

@Dingo Walley 1: Congress can absolutely strip the Supreme Court from jurisdiction over almost any law they choose, and the Court has no recourse, so long as it's not an original-jurisdiction case (and those are far rarer than appeals).

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#163011: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:35:31 AM

What if the members of the Electorate college pick another Republican candidate? Neither Trump nor Pence? In this case the voters get the party they wanted, and the sane voters would stop protesting.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#163012: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:39:20 AM

[up] That's the strategy some of the Electors are using. They're saying to the GOP Electors "Look, as long as it's not Trump, we'll go with a GOP candidate."

Disgusted, but not surprised
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#163013: Dec 17th 2016 at 1:41:43 AM

edited 17th Dec '16 1:42:37 AM by TheHandle

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#163014: Dec 17th 2016 at 2:09:13 AM

So if what's going down in North Carolina is anything to go on the Republicans really seem to hate the idea of democracy.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#163015: Dec 17th 2016 at 3:48:43 AM

Man, the deplorables/paid Russian trolls have launched a crusade on You Tube. Every single political video is way disproportionately Right in the like/dislike bar (whichever way that is depends on the content of the video), and the comments are packed with idiots spouting Blatant Lies about Russia, Obama, Trump, etc.

It's not even subtle, either, half the comments regarding Russia are saying that there's no proof that Putin was behind the hacking, and the other half regarding Russia are that Russia exposed corruption in the DNC and that Putin is a hero and that the truth is always good. It literally looks like they're reading from a script of what to say.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#163016: Dec 17th 2016 at 3:49:17 AM

They probably are

Oh really when?
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#163017: Dec 17th 2016 at 5:57:36 AM

Fiddy rubles have been deposited in your account

Post this and watch them go haywire about denying everything.

Inter arma enim silent leges
Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#163018: Dec 17th 2016 at 6:19:17 AM

I decided to pick up Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October to read, because I have the feeling we're gonna have an IRL situation in our near future. It's already becoming a little aneurysm-inducing with a Blood Knight minor character with the name of Putin who's a high-ranking military official trying to undermine Raimus's authority.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#163019: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:05:59 AM

So my parents had Fox News on last night. Apparently the conservative retort to the CIA claiming Russia hacked the election is that the CIA lied about Benghazi. Wow, they just don't let up. I guess Obama stuffed it with his liberal stooges.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#163020: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:25:06 AM

I'm afraid there'll be another 9/11 at this rate if the divide between GOP and objective reality becomes this big. Just ignore all warning signs as FUD and let Americans die.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#163021: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:27:25 AM

Amidst all the crazy, Trump is proposing a trillion dollar public works stimulus package, but it's perfectly okay with the party because it's Trump's idea and not Obama's.

LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#163022: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:28:21 AM

Which of course means he'll contract it out to one of his friends who will pocket the money and never do the work.

Oh really when?
Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#163023: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:28:37 AM

You know that conspiracy theory about Bush causing 9/11? It's absurd, but the current crop of GOP leaders seem increasingly like the type that might actually try and do that if they think their control is slipping.

And even if that doesn't happen, New York City is screwed from the now inevitable flooding.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#163024: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:29:19 AM

And it's a massive giveaway to the private sector: privatize a shitton of roads and bridges to let them rebuild and let localities and states foot the real bill later.

Swanpride Since: Jun, 2013
#163025: Dec 17th 2016 at 7:38:18 AM

Trump will do nothing but funnel money from the state into his own company and the companies of his "friends". It is a scheme he has done with the Trump charity for ages, most of the donation money is used to pay for services provided by Trump subsidiaries.


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