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No one's ever explained to him that badmouthing specific news stories, outlets, and/or individuals encourages people to look them up and see what all the fuss is about. So probably not, no.
Quoth Stephen Colbert, "I knew there was a lot you didn't know about when you took this job but I didn't expect one of those things to be show business. Oh please, Mr. President, don't make me trend on Twitter again!"
Edited by TobiasDrake on Nov 28th 2018 at 11:50:58 AM
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Pelosi has been voted in as Speaker, 203-32.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Well, here’s a criticism of Trump surprising enough that I felt I had to post about it during lunch: Ammon Bundy, from the same Bundy family that had a standoff with government agents and later occupied government lands with his militia buddies, called out Trump for depicting all migrants and refugees as criminals, pleaded for a more humane approach in a 17 minute video.
On Tuesday night, an unlikely critic took President Trump to task for his comments portraying members of the migrant caravan now massed in Tijuana as “criminals” and “gang members.” In a video posted on Facebook, Ammon Bundy, the anti-government militia leader, pushed back against Trump’s heated rhetoric.
“He has basically called them all criminals and said they’re not coming in here. It seems that there’s been this group stereotype,” Bundy said in a 17-minute clip. “But what about those who have come here for reasons of need? . . . What about the fathers, the mothers, the children, who have come here and are willing to go through the process to apply for asylum so they can come into this country and benefit from not having to be oppressed continually by criminals?"
Along with his father, Cliven, and brother, Ryan, Bundy became an ascendant figure on the right after a long-standing land dispute with federal authorities sparked an armed standoff at the family ranch in Nevada in 2014. Since then, the Bundys have regularly clashed with the government both inside and outside the courtroom, making them figureheads of the anti-Washington energy that also propelled Trump to the White House.
Along with his father, Cliven, and brother, Ryan, Bundy became an ascendant figure on the right after a long-standing land dispute with federal authorities sparked an armed standoff at the family ranch in Nevada in 2014. Since then, the Bundys have regularly clashed with the government both inside and outside the courtroom, making them figureheads of the anti-Washington energy that also propelled Trump to the White House.
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In his video Tuesday night, Ammon Bundy said he attempted to do his own research on the border to separate fact from fiction.
“I tried to go outside of the media, both in this case the media from the conservative side and the media from the liberal side because I do not believe either one of them are telling the truth,” he said. “On the liberal side, you have, ‘Oh, we’ve got to let them in.’ . . . Then, you have the conservative side of it that has it they’re here because they’ve been sent by the U.N. or they’re being paid by George Soros, they’re a bunch of terrorists. I have found that is a bunch of garbage, too.”
Bundy acknowledged that among the “thousands” of migrants in the caravan, there are some that will “act like criminals.” But he argued the majority of the people are fleeing violence in countries like Honduras. “Then, they come to the border, and they have a right — a legal right — to apply to come into this country,” he argued. “Each one of them should be considered individually.”
... so, uh, did anyone see where that group of flying pigs came from?
Regarding Pelosi: good, but this was just getting the nomination on behalf of Democrats. She has to win a majority of the House in order to officially become Speaker, and if that many Democrats either vote against her or abstain, she won’t make it. Hopefully the blue dogs feel they’ve made their point and won’t throw the party into disarray by voting her down with nobody ready to replace her.
Finally, something strange in a North Carolina House race: the board of elections unanimously refused to certify the results of a race that saw the Republican incumbent re-elected by a very narrow margin. (For the record, said board is 5 Democrats and 4 Republicans.) Definitely something to keep an eye on.
Edited by TheWanderer on Nov 28th 2018 at 3:36:41 PM
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I guess even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Or he's just being nonconformist.
Either way, this rather unexpected denunciation from a guy who was expected to be unabashedly pro-Trump holds very little weight in the larger scheme of things.
Pot, meet kettle.
Edited by TechPriest90 on Nov 28th 2018 at 3:32:45 PM
I hold the secrets of the machine.Pelosi hasn't been voted speaker, she's been voted as democrat leader, the speaker election isn't yet and she will be up against the Republican candidate for speaker.
She's won the democrat speakership primary. That doesn't make her speaker yet.
However more dems voted for her then there are Republicans, so as long as the democrats who opposed her don't vote for the Republican come the speaker election she will be fine.
Edited by Silasw on Nov 28th 2018 at 9:15:36 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranHuh?
Speaker elections require a majority of all representatives, not just a majority of all representatives of the majority party. If Pelosi does not get a majority of all representatives in the first vote, there will be additional votes until someone gets a majority. That last happened in 1923 and would probably seriously weaken her authority.
That is, if all of these 32 refuse to vote for her in the actual floor vote, she won't become Speaker. So we'll see some bargaining in the next weeks to convince enough of them to vote for her in the main vote early next year.
By the way, representatives who rebel in this manner usually vote for other people from their party. A representative who votes for someone in the other party is one of the few things that are absolutely unacceptable violations of party loyalty and will result in their committee memberships etc. being stripped most likely. Some discussion
. Vice versa, independent members such as Bernie Sanders usually get their committee memberships and other party perks by agreeing to follow a certain party's directives, in his case the Democrats. And that includes voting for their speaker candidate. That's what we mean when we say that Sanders and Angus King "caucus with" the Democrats.
Edited by SeptimusHeap on Nov 28th 2018 at 10:57:44 AM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanBy the by, here is a little prognostic for the 2020 Senate elections
. To my great annoyance, while the map is more favourable Doug Jones is one of these up for re-election and while he isn't unpopular or anything a red state is a red state.
Btw, one of the last two New York districts have now been officially called for the democrats. So, whatever happens with the last two open races, they have gotten +39.
I wouldn't worry about the Senate elections just yet. In two years, the Democrats might be more motivated to vote than the Republicans. Especially if Trumps keeps destroying jobs in red states.
Edited by Swanpride on Nov 28th 2018 at 2:34:37 AM
Yeah the speaker election requires an absolute majority, but a majority of votes cast, so the democrats who voted against Pelosi can abstain and she will still win.
If they vote for the republican or protest vote she won't win, but I suspect that they can be talked into abstaining and using that as their protest.
As for the senate, it won't be easy, but if the Democrats can will the presidency from Trump that's likely to mean winning the senate as well.
There are a lot of Democratic targets, Colorado, Maine, Arizona, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia (Abrams could possibly run and win if not facing an opponent who controlled the voting process), Texas, Louisiana, Alaska and even long shots like West Virginia.
As we learnt this year it's about rolling a lot of dice, not counting on rolling high on one or two. If the Dems can push a solid 10-11 good candidates they could well get a few of them though.
There's also the idiot factor to consider, Republicans keep nominating bad candidates, Moore could run again, Arpaio could be the Arizona candidate, some incumbent Republicans could retire, maybe Colbert tries to unseat Graham in South Carolina for shits and giggles.
Stretching the enemy thin and waiting for a few cracks to appear has worked well for both sides over the last few years.
Edited by Silasw on Nov 28th 2018 at 11:05:23 AM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe Senate has voted to end their support for the coalition in the Yemen War.
Something long overdue in my opinion, it's not like Saudi Arabia wasn't committing war crimes before the Khashoggi murder, but whatever, Trump hates pointless wars, so he may sign this bill.
Edited by Grafite on Nov 28th 2018 at 11:02:42 AM
Life is unfair...

Has anyone ever explained to Trump that giving your enemies nicknames is supposed to make them look bad and not awesome?
We learn from history that we do not learn from history