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Misty » 05 Dec 2016 4:12 pm » wrote: I refuse to have this ridiculous argument with you.

It has been proven that Trump lies more than any other politician.
That's just a fact.
If you choose to live in a fact free world, that's on you.

http://trumplies.com/

roadkill » 06 Dec 2016 7:56 am » wrote:Breitbart is expanding...their audience has exploded.
Bad news for the democrats...

Trump transition official is active on white nationalist social media platform.

Michael Flynn Jr. hopes to get his father, Trump’s pick for national security adviser, to switch to Gab.

Michael Flynn Jr. — the son of Trump’s pick for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn — has used his social media platform to amplify unfounded conspiracy theories ranging from President Obama’s purported hatred of Christians to Sen. Marco Rubio’s alleged cocaine habit.

He made headlines Sunday for tweeting that PizzaGate — an unfounded conspiracy theory that Clinton aides are operating a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor — “remains a story” until it’s “proven to be false.”

Flynn Jr.’s unabashed conspiracy mongering — something his dad has also engaged in recently — hasn’t prevented him from forging close ties with President-elect Trump.

On Monday, CNN reported that Flynn Jr. “has an official government transition email address,” which indicates he has a role on Trump’s transition team.

Foreign Policy reports that Flynn Jr. “has assisted in personnel vetting, managing his father’s schedule, and fielding transition-related emails for the general, according to a person close to the Trump transition team.”

The unnamed source told Foreign Policy that Flynn Jr. also “accompanies his dad to a ton of meetings.”

On Twitter, Flynn Jr. has posted images of himself with his dad at Trump Tower and walking with Trump. His bio links to the Trump transition team’s official webpage.

As Twitter has cracked down on white nationalist accounts in recent weeks, many adherents of the movement have instead started using the social platform Gab, which bans users from engaging in illegal activity but nothing else.

As the New York Times recently detailed, the platform — which uses a frog for its logo — “has emerged as a digital safe space for the far right, where white nationalists, conspiracy-theorist YouTubers, and minivan majority moms can gather without liberal interference.”

Several white nationalists who have been banned from Twitter — including Milo Yiannopoulos, Richard B. Spencer, and Ricky Vaughn — have resurfaced there.

Flynn Jr.’s Twitter bio actually includes a link to his Gab page.

On Gab, Flynn Jr. follows white nationalists and posted that he hopes to convince his dad to switch to the new platform.

Just a day after The Wall Street Journal reported former Sen. Bob Dole helped set up Donald Trump's controversial call with Taiwan, a new report reveals Dole's law firm was paid $20,000 a month to advance Taiwan's interests in Washington D.C.

According to an investigation by BuzzFeed News, public documents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act show the Taiwanese government paid Alston & Bird LLP, a law firm that lists Dole as special counsel, thousands of dollars to lobby for the government's interests.

The firm also helped Taiwanese officials meet with Republican lawmakers in Washington.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, Taiwan's de facto embassy was the group Dole's law firm represented.

It agreed to pay Alston & Bird LLP a $20,000 per month retainer in 2016.

In total, the group has paid Dole's law firm approximately $200,000 since November of last year.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... -by-taiwan

roadkill » 02 Dec 2016 12:41 pm » wrote:No...he knew the idiots that have the power to grant him a permit would be stupid enough to give it to him based on AGW.
There have been sea walls built for centuries dumb dumb.

Misty » 06 Dec 2016 8:30 pm » wrote:House Speaker Paul Ryan has stripped a provision out of a waterways bill which would require American iron and steel products be used in projects to fix the water infrastructure in this country.

Democrats have been pressing Trump to support the 'buy America' provision, but so far their pleas have fallen on deaf ears.

So much for saving American jobs.

Misty » 11 Mar 2011 5:20 pm » wrote:Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald speaks the truth:If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what youre going to find is President Obama is going to have a much more difficult time getting elected and winning the state of Wisconsin.And there it is in a nutshell. It has nothing to do with budget issues. It's all about politics. Karl Rove recently admitted the same thing.They tell us that it's the teachers, and other state workers that are the cause of all our fiscal problems, and you right wing flying monkeys buy that crap hook line and sinker.

Meanwhile the fat cats on Wall Street are laughing at you. They tanked our economy, and got off scott free, and now are making more money than ever.Talk about shared sacrifice. What did these Wall Street bastards have to sacrifice? They sold what they knew was worthless paper, drove our economy off a cliff, and not one of them has gone to jail for that.Instead we demonize **** teachers and nurses.

crimsongulf » 06 Dec 2016 8:35 pm » wrote:Y'all sure as **** forgot about W in a damned hurry.
I must say this is some damn fine fun seeing the tables turned on the prog agenda. The hypocrisy and whining is gonna make a sonic boom any day now.

Misty » 06 Dec 2016 9:26 pm » wrote:Please somebody tell me that Termin8tor is not who I think it is!?!?

Misty » 06 Dec 2016 9:26 pm » wrote:Please somebody tell me that Termin8tor is not who I think it is!?!?

roadkill » 07 Dec 2016 10:28 am » wrote:OK...he's not.
Hey Misty...will the dems be obstructionists...that would be naughty ya know.

roadkill » 07 Dec 2016 10:28 am » wrote:"House GOP Adds Mattis Waiver to Must-Pass Spending Bill

Republicans in the House of Representatives added language to a must-pass spending bill Tuesday that would speed up the confirmation of retired Gen. James Mattis for secretary of defense, Politico reported.

The action forces Democrats to either go along or risk a government shutdown. The deadline to pass the short-term spending bill is Friday.

By including language to aid Mattis in the government funding bill, Republicans could use the specter of a government shutdown to attract Democratic votes to help Mattis get confirmed.

But it could also backfire if Democrats oppose any effort to fast-track Mattis’ confirmation, turning a sleepy fight over government funding past Dec. 9 into a different battle altogether.

Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-Texas), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, said he favors tackling the waiver in January.

“It is a significant issue. It needs appropriate attention, so … I am not in favor of trying to tack it onto a CR and ram it through,” Thornberry said. “It needs to have due deliberation.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/j ... ans-232207

Misty » 07 Dec 2016 12:33 pm » wrote: Did you say it was naughty when the Republicans blocked everything for the last 8 years hypocrite?
Democrats are actually likely to go along with granting a waiver for Mattis, but as usual Republicans have to act like a bunch of bullies.

Not all Republicans are in favor of doing it that way.

Misty » 06 Dec 2016 11:54 am » wrote:
But great news for white supremacists, anti-Semites, Islamophobes and misogynists.

New York Times subscription growth soars tenfold, adding 132,000, after Trump's win.

After Trump’s win, news organizations see a bump in subscriptions and donations.

Misty » 07 Dec 2016 12:33 pm » wrote:Did you say it was naughty when the Republicans blocked everything for the last 8 years hypocrite?