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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I found some interesting information about the 2018 midterm.
Beyond having historically high turnout (which I believe has been mentioned before) it also made history in a different way, it was the first time that young generations outnumbered Boombers electorally.
Which is really big news because the younger you get the more you support the Democratic Party and there has been no evidence of people getting more Conservative as they age.
And once a group votes they don't tend to stop.
Which all means that this is a really big deal. Demographics may not be destiny but they are opportunity, and it's not an opportunity that benefits the Republicans.
So that's some encouraging data
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on May 30th 2019 at 1:37:36 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangIt looks to me like they've lifted the idea from tobacco industry propaganda. Back in the early 20th century, they advertised smoking as 'torches of freedom'.
If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
To play Devil's Advocate again, the intent might be in regards to Russia's attempts to grow its sphere of influence. Then again, it's probably just due to the Iran kerfuffle, which is largely self-induced anyway, what with the Trump administration breaking the agreement before Iran did.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"@Ramidel:
I'm talking about what actually goes on, not what people claim to believe.
The point of all this is to control and own women. Religion is just a way of institutionalizing that practice.
Edited by Fighteer on May 30th 2019 at 5:08:37 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Ironically, this is kind of a Signature Scene of Jesus' ministry.
"He who is without sin cast the first stone" and all that.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on May 30th 2019 at 2:33:26 AM
Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.Indeed, and when a Democrat commits adultery it's a sign of their moral weakness but when a Republican commits adultery it's just a thing that happens that no one should talk about.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangThat sounds like just an extension of "control for control's sake".
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangThe DNC has released the criteria for getting into the third and fourth debates, candidates need an even higher number of donors and to get 2% in four specific polls rather than the 1% in three that’s needed for the first debate.
Nate Silver has gone over the criteria and estimates that we’ve got 6 candidates who are almost certain to qualify, 2 probably to qualify, 2 with even odds to qualify and 12 with worse than even odds.[1]
So based on this we should have the field around halved by the time we hit September this year, if the fifth and sixth debates both have an even tighter criteria we should end up with only the handful of candidates with a real chance left by the time voting starts.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyranhttps://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2019/05/30/day-861/
https://apnews.com/2c973fabb59446cf852edda6ffa7174a
📌 Day 819: The Trump campaign "expected it would benefit" from information released by Russia, but "the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities." The report continues: "The investigation established that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome." Putin's "preference was for candidate Trump to win."
2/ Trump attacked Robert Mueller, characterizing him as "totally conflicted" and "true never-Trumper," suggesting that if the former special counsel had any evidence, he would have brought charges. Trump insisted that Mueller's comments yesterday "essentially" said "'You're innocent.' There was no crime, there was no charge because he had no information." Trump also referred to a "business dispute" with Mueller, but didn't elaborate. Bill O'Reilly, however, said Trump called him last night to complain that "Mueller didn't like him because he turned him down to be the head of the FBI after he fired Comey" and that Trump once refused to refund his country club membership deposit. "Mueller wanted $15,000 back and Trump said no," O'Reilly said. Mueller denied the incident. Trump went on to baselessly claim that Mueller "loves Comey," and "whether it's love or a deep like, he was conflicted." (ABC News / NBC News / Mediate)
📌 Day 860: Robert Mueller declined to clear Trump of obstruction of justice and suggested that only Congress can "formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing" in his first public remarks about his two-year-long investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election. The special counsel noted that "charging the president with a crime was […] not an option we could consider," because Justice Department policy prohibits the indictment of a sitting president. Mueller emphasized that if his office "had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so." Mueller concluded his remarks by reiterating his report's conclusion that "There were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. And that allegation deserves the attention of every American." (Washington Post / New York Times / ABC News / Associated Press / CNN / Wall Street Journal / Bloomberg / NPR)
https://apnews.com/94323cfc164c4759ba6bf84ad2a46203
3/ Attorney General William Barr thinks Mueller should have reached a decision on whether Trump obstructed justice, despite Justice Department guidelines saying a sitting president cannot be indicted. Barr suggested that Mueller "could've reached a decision as to whether there was criminal activity." Mueller, however, said that because "It would be unfair to potentially accuse somebody of a crime when there can be no court resolution of the actual charge," it was "not an option we could consider." (The Hill)
Key U.S. intelligence partners, including the United Kingdom and Australia, are concerned with Barr's politically-charged Justice Department review of how the Russia investigation began. Trump gave Barr the authority to declassify and study the pre-election Obama-era intelligence related to the investigation. Partners are concerned that Barr could potentially reveal intelligence shared with the U.S. and, in the process, damage their other relationships with foreign partners. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/politics/barr-intelligence-review-allies-reaction/index.html
4/ At least 49 Democrats and one Republican support starting an impeachment inquiry against Trump. Democratic leaders also say Mueller's remarks yesterday reiterate the importance of having him testify before Congress. Mueller has indicated that he is reluctant to testify and that he wouldn't say anything beyond what his office wrote in report, calling his report "my testimony." (New York Times / NBC News)
5/ The Trump administration deliberately concealed evidence about the decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. The origins of the plan were discovered on hard drives in Thomas Hofeller's home, who died last summer. The files show that Hofeller concluded that adding a citizenship question to the 2020 Census "would clearly be a disadvantage to the Democrats" and "advantageous to Republicans and Non-Hispanic Whites" in redistricting. He pushed the idea to the Trump administration in 2017, which then intentionally obscured Hofeller's role in court proceedings. The government has maintained that adding the question was intended to improve enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court will decide the case by the term's end next month on whether the citizenship question can be added to the 2020 Census. (New York Times / Washington Post / NBC News / Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-census-gerrymandering-idUSKCN1T01WN
Trump said whoever directed the Navy to obscure the warship USS John S. Mc Cain was "well-meaning," adding that he didn't know about and "was not involved" in the effort to the hide the Navy destroyer. "I would not have done that." (Washington Post / New York Times / Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/9c3d51b355854034a87e8f2d6f489b98
Several service members aboard the USS Wasp wore "Make Aircrew Great Again" patches. The Navy is reviewing whether the Trump-themed patches violated Navy rules. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/29/politics/navy-review-trump-patches/index.html
A federal judge rejected the Trump administration's request to begin construction on a border wall with Mexico while it appeals a ruling that found funding for the wall was not authorized by Congress. U.S. District Court Judge Haywood Gilliam said the government was unlikely to prevail on the merits of its appeal, failing to justify a stay of a preliminary injunction issued last week. (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-court-idUSKCN1T020S
Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Mar-a-Lago for records related to Republican Party donor Li "Cindy" Yang and several of her associates and companies. The former owner of a Florida spa is involved in a prostitution investigation and allegedly sold access to Trump and his associates at Mar-a-Lago events. (Miami Herald / Vanity Fair)
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article230946518.html
China accused the U.S. of engaging in "economic terrorism" and said the ongoing trade war has "brought huge damage to the economy of other countries and the US itself." Yesterday, Chinese state media issued a similar warning to Washington: "Don't say we didn't warn you." The statements come as China's top economic planning agency said it would be willing to reduce exports of rare earth minerals to the U.S., which are an important part of high-tech manufacturing. (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/30/asia/china-us-peoples-daily-trade-war-intl/index.html
The U.S. has slipped into third place when it comes to the most competitive economies. While the U.S. is still on top when it comes to economic performance, the boost in confidence from Trump's tax cuts has faded while higher fuel prices and weaker high-tech exports have reduced competitiveness. (CNBC)
Trump might meet with two pro-Brexit politicians when he visits the U.K. next week. Trump said he considers Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage to be "very good guys" and "very interesting people." (Politico / Bloomberg)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/30/trump-uk-boris-johnson-nigel-farage-1347574
The Department of Energy referred to fossil fuel as "molecules of U.S. freedom" in a press release touting exports of natural gas. (ABC News)
Trump has declared he will use (illegal) Tariffs on Mexico to try and force them to tide the flow of Migrants
. It will start at 5% tomorrow, and go up to 25% over the course of months.
Considering the Immigrants are mostly not from Mexico, this will just increase the power of gangs, in Mexico as human trafficking is their new source of income, and even possibly cause violence to increase in Mexico. Considering these Tariffs would violate NAFTA, America will no longer have free trade with its neighbors (unless we sign Trump's terrible NAFTA 2.0). Considering that our Economy is starting to get shaky from the Chinese Tariffs, these new Tariffs might cause an acceleration into Recession.
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Edited by DingoWalley1 on May 30th 2019 at 11:28:51 AM
Honestly, considering the change in voting demographics and the terrible effects of escalating his trade war I think it could greatly increase the chance of the Democrats taking the Presidency and Senate come 2020.
Obligatory: I am in no way celebrating this decision on Trump's part, this is horrible. It's just nice that they may pay the consequences for it.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

Department of Energy Rebrands Fossil Fuels as "Molecules of Freedom"
At this point I think satirists are just out of a job
Mentioned before on this topic, I believe.
Soon they'll be labelling "Pro-life" stances on abortion as "Freedom Fetus Frontiersman" or something.
Edited by RainingMetal on May 30th 2019 at 12:42:38 PM
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