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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Mobilizing the Guard to back up the enforcement agencies manning the border is one thing (especially given that the cartels are a thing...and according to the Bloomberg article they were only employed as extra eyes). Mobilizing them to raid homes and businesses is quite another.
edited 17th Feb '17 8:57:38 AM by Elle
I'm guessing this is a trial balloon (assuming it's actually true; when you're as far into the Tyson Zone as Trump is, it's difficult even for credible journalists to determine the truthfulness of a particular claim), and given how Trump's team is vehemently denying it rather than giving a standard political non-answer, it seems like the response has put this particular plan on hold. Hopefully.
edited 17th Feb '17 9:08:19 AM by CaptainCapsase
That should be true of basically any Trump spokesperson. Spicer's just the one with the shittiest poker face. Treat Conway and new guy Steve Miller with the same level of suspicion.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.[Bloomberg]:Republicans' Gerrymandering Could End Up Helping Democrats
In short: Gerrymandering requires certain assumptions of how the electorate will behave to make safe-ish districts, essentially: they work with politics as usual, and with PresiDonT Nothing Is the Same Anymore, so working on those assumptions (say, high withe middle class baby boomer and low millenial minority turnout) could end up giving many "safe" Republican districts to Democrats.
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVThat poll looks like an example from my Research Methods class. Of what not to do.
EDIT: Trump's EPA pick has been confirmed, most on party lines but...
Democratic senators Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who both the represent energy producing states, voted for Pruitt. Moderate Republican Susan Collins of Maine voted against him.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/17/politics/senate-epa-scott-pruitt/index.html
edited 17th Feb '17 10:31:36 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.I'd say it needs to drop another 15 points before we'll start seeing real pushback against him from the current congress, which will probably requier cutting into his core support basenote .

Yeah, I think he did that.
Also, Trump has posted
a survey about people and the GOP's relationship with the media. Basically it's asking "Do you feel the same way about the press as I do."
I swear if Trump tries to do something to limit the media I would not be surprised.