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#1071 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 477 weeks ago
So for months, the left has said Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia. Comey says that's not true. No credible source has provided a single shred of evidence to the contrary. Will you guys finally admit Clinton was just a shit candidate who lost because she catered to everyone in identity politics besides the group that actually built this country and keeps it moving?
Comey confirmed that there is was no wire tap and that Trump's claim was a bald faced lie. A lie that Trump still will not apologize for.
Comey also confirmed that Trump and associates are part of an investigation of Russia's election fuckery. In fact he said he would not give details at this time other than that.
#1072 Re: The Garden » Chuck Berry has died » 478 weeks ago
90...a great run. RIP.
#1073 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 478 weeks ago
Remarkably however, in such a non-news week, Rachel Maddow managed to fuck her career up. That was bad to release those tax returns, she underestimated her audience. There wasn't a story in that, she should have pulled the plug on that and not tweeted or mentioned it. Maybe just acknowledge what it was, call it a 'rumored version' of Trumps 2005 return floating out there that confirms Trump did pay an estimated $38 million in taxes. (and I say 'rumored' because while I know its it, there's no reason for her to say for sure it's the real one )
I can't believe she fell for that.
Maddow is brilliant, but she does the same thing all the other political shows do (builds bullshit on totally disingenuous claims etc), which is why I don't watch them. In reality she could probably do one great show a week, but since she's 5 days a week, she (and all the other shows) needs material, so they spin.
But what she did this week was simply embarrassing. Some people speculate that Trump played her on this (leaking this little tidbit himself), and I'd tend to believe that. The WH also had a statement ready to go pretty quickly on it. It would work great for the Trump narrative, show a tax rate at 25%, and make her look stupid. I still can't believe she looked at that doc and decided it was a big scoop.
#1074 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 478 weeks ago
So much going on...almost too much to keep up with.
GOP speaks out against Trump's wire tap claim. Trump cabinet claims he didn't mean it literally, but then doubles down on it again. Then says the British actually worked with Obama to spy on him, which they promptly deny.
Healthcare overhaul proposal looks like a no-go. Court again shuts down Trump's new travel ban. Budget proposal is DOA, but the programs he wants to gut and the agencies he wants to eliminate altogether are terrifying.
#1075 Re: The Garden » Donald Trump running for President » 478 weeks ago
AtariLegend wrote:TheMole wrote:Europe already has it's Trump, and he's called Geert Wilders (The Netherlands).
I'm sure certain posters are devastated by tonight's results then.
You are so fucking petty, it's comical.
Irony alert...
#1076 Re: The Garden » My dad died » 479 weeks ago
My condolences, sorry for your loss ID.
#1077 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 479 weeks ago
Shep Smith at Fox isn't having it...tired of all the lies ( straight from my echo chamber)
Shep Smith calls 'em out on their bullshit (pushing this through without the CBO running the numbers). Remember when the ACA was debated over the course of a year? And the GOP said it was "forced down their throat"? That lie is repeated to this day, but never mind the hypocrisy of their proposed replacement, they are even keeping other Republicans (Rand Paul) in the dark about the contents.
Michael Flynn acting as a foreign agent-on a 500k retainer-for Turkey while working for Trump. Just more conspiracy theories!!!
#1078 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 479 weeks ago
Fake news... Stopped reading.
Speaking of which. Trump sad the job reports were "fake" while Obama was president...guess what he's saying now?
He was bragging about this on his twitter rant last week.
#1079 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 479 weeks ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/busi … .html?_r=0
Looking forward to this. Knew it was just a matter of time.
Game Change was a fantastic book. I'd buy this in a heartbeat.
#1080 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 479 weeks ago
Yea sure, 45k jobs created by Trump in 6 weeks. Just as I said...read an intro to economics book. Doesn't work that way.
Reminds me of Romney's promise to get UE to 6%. Politically it was a brilliant move. The work done by the Obama administration already had us on that trajectory. So if Romney got elected he could then claim credit for this. See? With Obama it was 8-9%, but today it's less than 6! This would have practically guaranteed him a second term IMO.
