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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
This just dropped
New indictment filed against Manafort names ally with Russian intel ties
The indictment includes two new charges against both Manafort and Kilimnik: a count of obstruction of justice and a count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, meaning the two allegedly worked together to tamper with witnesses.
Knew there would be superseding indictment for Manafort!
edited 8th Jun '18 11:19:05 AM by megaeliz
From a few pages back, The Hill covers the "No Gays Allowed" sign, which was put back up after the cake ruling
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On that note, the news about the DREAMER who was deported and subsequently murdered made me sad, but fucking hell that Asbestos thing had me clasping my hands over my mouth to muffle The Scream of frustration it made me emit.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Congratulations, that's the first site I've seen that has decided EU data laws are too hard and just makes itself unavailable if accessed from Europe.
Romney predicts Trump will win in 2020.
There's a lot to unpack here.
He claims that if the economy continues to do great (and again, "great" is not universal- as others brought up a few pages back, not everyone is doing better under Trump's tax code), he'll be re-elected easily. And he has the advantage of being the incumbent; only a few presidents in the last 100 years were one-term (LBJ, Carter, H.W. Bush). It would be foolish to not heed this warning and get overconfident.
Some have claimed this is Romney's subtle, coded way of encouraging Democrats to get out and vote, considering he was bashing him a year ago, but I think the man sold out and jumped on the Trump train. Choo choo. Him running for Senate certainly has something to do with his change in tone, too.
If we want people to get out and vote in 2018 and 2020, maybe we need a return of the LBJ-style ad: "The stakes are too high for you to stay home."
Silicon Valley libertarians normally have fairly leftist policy agendas, and their lobbying money mainly goes to the Democrats, simply because they're more intelligent and better educated than the Republican masses (and because they've historically been political enemies of Wall Street's finance-driven corporations).
- They want net neutrality and protection for ISPs and content providers because their business models are based on an open Internet.
- They want UBI even if they're libertarian, because they can damn well see the writing on the wall when automation takes away jobs. (Also, because "replace the welfare state with a negative income tax" is actually a classic libertarian position.)
- They know that climate change exists and aren't ideologically committed to denying it. (I am aware that Thiel has flip-flopped on the issue. Thiel is also crazy even by techbro standards - vampire, remember?)
- They oppose the War on Drugs because that opposition has always been a Libertarian position (and Libertarians have always been crazy enough to stick to the no-compromises version of ending the War on Drugs, which means that that position could be safely ignored).
The main area where techbros align with the Republicans is on identity issues; gender, race, and sexuality - and these ideals usually (but not always) don't take priority over their economic interests. Also, unlike true-red Republicans, Silicon Valley voters do not "fall in line" and vote for anyone with an R on their ticket. (That said, they were excellent useful idiots for the Trump campaign. Whites-only socialism and the right to grab women by the pussy?)
Superintendent Dan Wenk last week announced he intended to retire March 30, 2019, after being offered a transfer he didn't want to take.
He said was informed this week by National Park Service Acting Director Paul "Dan" Smith that a new superintendent will be in place in August and that he will be gone by then.
"I feel this is a punitive action but I don't know for sure," Wenk told The Associated Press. He wasn't given a reason and said the only dispute he's had with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was over bison.
Ranchers in neighboring Montana have long sought reductions in Yellowstone's bison numbers because of worries that they could spread the disease brucellosis to cattle and compete with livestock for grazing space outside the park.
Wenk and park biologists have said the current population of more than 4,000 bison is sustainable. But Zinke and his staff have said the number is too high, Wenk said, and raised concerns that areas of the park such as the scenic Lamar Valley are being overgrazed.
Zinke is a former Montana congressman. His close attention to projects back home has stirred speculation he has future political ambitions in the state.
Zinke spokeswoman Heather Swift declined to comment directly on Wenk's assertions or the issue of bison management. She referred a reporter to a previously issued statement that said President Donald Trump had ordered a reorganization of the federal government and that Zinke "has been absolutely out front on that issue."
"We're not a livestock operation. We're managing a national park with natural systems," Wenk said. "We do not believe the bison population level is too high or that any scientific studies would substantiate that."
Wenk spent more than four decades with the National Park Service and seven years in Yellowstone.
Last year, members of the park's maintenance department were disciplined after an investigation found female employees were subjected to sexual harassment and other problems.
The scandal echoed problems that surfaced in recent years in other national parks and in some instances prompted personnel changes, but Wenk said that was never brought up in the discussions about transferring him to a new post.
I disagree, Trump barely won against Clinton who was a flawed candidate so I think unless we get someone terrible come 2020 his defeat would be more likely then not. Regardless calling his victory is not a rational predication.
That's clearly just Romney fellating Trump and behaving like a good Republican stooge, whether Trump actually has a chance or not has zero relevance to whether or not we should take his proclamation seriously (spoiler: we shouldn't).
edited 8th Jun '18 4:21:30 PM by Fourthspartan56
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang

So about the California primary, the LA Times
has some good-news-bad-news for us: Good news, lots of Republicans are fleeing the party, changing their status to "no party affiliation." Bad news, the Republicans who are left are out-voting everyone else.
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw