Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo — Page 260

Lol Trey Gowdy.

TV’s Frink said:

Lol Trey Gowdy.

So this is the second time you’ve done this when I showed my support for Trey Gowdy. Do you have particular issues with Trey Gowdy that you’d like to share? I’d be interested to hear your take on him.

Tyrphanax said:

The good news about this whole Mensch/Taylor thing is that either they found something huge or we’ll never hear any more predictions from them again. Their entire credibility is riding on this call.

What/who?

U.S. House committee chairman asks Justice Department to prosecute Platte River Network’s CEO.
Texas congressman says Treve Suazo failed to produce documents, made false statements in Hillary Clinton server inquiry.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/27/platte-river-network-ceo-justice-department/

I would like to see this happen. If accountability means anything in politics or this country they will do what needs doing.

Oh Donald…we what?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tweets-we_us_5917b8cee4b00f308cf5ba4f

Oh hey look, something that hasn’t changed in the Trump era - Republicans looking for ways to be cruel to poor people.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/republicans-cuts-programs-food-stamps-welfare-veterans-238314

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/333428-trumps-promised-veterans-hotline-not-set-up-nearly-4-months-later

The Trump administration has not yet set up a promised White House hotline for veterans’ complaints nearly four months after President Trump took office, the Military Times reported.

Trump promised that the private hotline would be “devoted to answering veterans’ complaints of wrongdoing at the [Department of Veterans Affairs] and ensure no complaints fall through the cracks.”

The hotline was to be “active 24 hours a day answered by a real person."

“This could keep me very busy at night, folks,” Trump said during a July 26 rally. “This will take the place of Twitter.”

White House officials told the Military Times they have no updates on when or whether the hotline will be established, while VA officials did not respond to requests for comment.

The hotline was included in Trump’s 10-point plan to help veterans, which was recently removed from Trump’s campaign website.

Ryan McAvoy said:

I assume Trump meant to type “wee”. Because he’s into that apparently.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/republicans-cuts-programs-food-stamps-welfare-veterans-238314

Words, partial sentences, and tidbits in this article that tell the story.

Republicans are considering

The proposal, which would be part of the House Budget Committee’s fiscal 2018

won’t specify which programs would get the ax; instead it will instruct committees to figure out what to cut to reach the savings.

most likely on the chopping block, the sources say,

and perhaps even veterans benefits.

If enacted,

will also likely include

that proposal is more symbolic and won’t become law under this budget,

reductions could become “very tough issues”

New spending, however, makes already tough math even trickier

“There are ways that we cannot only allow the president to keep his promise, but to help him keep his promise by fixing some of these mandatory programs.”

Final details of the GOP’s budget plan aren’t expected until June,

specific language mandating the mandatory cuts still hasn’t been written

tax reform, which “is complex enough on its own,”

Asked about mandatory programs that might be cut,

When so many of the entitlement programs are taken off the table for discussion … that limits our ability to fund the nondefense discretionary programs and other mandatory programs that affect a lot of people.”

moderates have voted for GOP budgets that included similar cuts in the past — so they should be able to support them again.

But if House GOP leadership has learned anything from the Obamacare repeal debacle, it should be that voting for something that has no chance of becoming law and makes for great campaign fodder is much easier than backing a bill that could be enacted.

Jetrell Fo said:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/republicans-cuts-programs-food-stamps-welfare-veterans-238314

Words, partial sentences, and tidbits in this article that tell the story.

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Republicans are considering

The proposal, which would be part of the House Budget Committee’s fiscal 2018

won’t specify which programs would get the ax; instead it will instruct committees to figure out what to cut to reach the savings.

most likely on the chopping block, the sources say,

and perhaps even veterans benefits.

If enacted,

will also likely include

that proposal is more symbolic and won’t become law under this budget,

reductions could become “very tough issues”

New spending, however, makes already tough math even trickier

“There are ways that we cannot only allow the president to keep his promise, but to help him keep his promise by fixing some of these mandatory programs.”

Final details of the GOP’s budget plan aren’t expected until June,

specific language mandating the mandatory cuts still hasn’t been written

tax reform, which “is complex enough on its own,”

Asked about mandatory programs that might be cut,

When so many of the entitlement programs are taken off the table for discussion … that limits our ability to fund the nondefense discretionary programs and other mandatory programs that affect a lot of people.”

moderates have voted for GOP budgets that included similar cuts in the past — so they should be able to support them again.

But if House GOP leadership has learned anything from the Obamacare repeal debacle, it should be that voting for something that has no chance of becoming law and makes for great campaign fodder is much easier than backing a bill that could be enacted.

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WYSHS

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/14/upshot/if-americans-can-find-north-korea-on-a-map-theyre-more-likely-to-prefer-diplomacy.html

I’m no longer a Republican, but still identify as conservative. While there is no doubt that Republicans are generally less educated than Democrats, there seems to be an overly-simplistic assumption on the part of many liberals that Republicans are, by and large, a bunch of dumb hicks. More generally, there is a consensus that, by virtue of having more education, liberals are automatically right about all policies where the two sides of the spectrum differ. I even saw an inspiring comment from a liberal here saying that liberals should not be so condescending to conservatives, yet still acknowledging that liberalism is always right.

The above article actually demonstrates that Republicans are more likely to know where North Korea is and favor less militaristic solutions to the complex situation there. Also associated with these items was higher education. My point to this is that there are intelligent, level-headed people on the Right. Yes, we’ve got a large basket of Trump-voting nutjobs who refuse to see anything he says or does as bad, but we also have people who are well educated and favor diplomacy. Don’t overgeneralize.

I should clarify that 90% of the time when I refer to “Republicans” I’m referring to politicians, rather than ordinary citizens that belong to the party or adhere to most of their beliefs.

What.

http://www.salon.com/2017/05/15/why-did-donald-trumps-attorney-tweet-a-picture-of-his-daughter-in-a-bra/

Victory for democracy.

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/05/supreme_court_refuses_to_reins.html

The Supreme Court will not consider reinstating North Carolina’s 2013 voting law that a lower court ruled discriminated against African American voters, the justices said Monday.

A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit had found in 2016 that North Carolina legislators had acted “with almost surgical precision” to blunt the influence of African American voters.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. took pains to note that the court’s decision did not reach the merits of the case, but Democrats, civil rights groups and minority groups celebrated the demise of the law. It was one of numerous voting rights changes passed by Republican-led legislatures in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision striking down a key section of the Voting Rights Act that effectively removed federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination.

darth_ender said:

refuse to see anything he sure as bad

but we also have people who are well educated

😉