***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Sharpshoeter13]

Another potential legal battle heading towards Trump
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/22/trump-native-americans-historical-standing-492794
Trump challenges Native Americans’ historical standing
Tribes say they should be exempt from Medicaid work requirements.

"Historical standing"

But the Trump administration contends the tribes are a race rather than separate governments, and exempting them from Medicaid work rules — which have been approved in three states and are being sought by at least 10 others — would be illegal preferential treatment. “HHS believes that such an exemption would raise constitutional and federal civil rights law concerns,” according to a review by administration lawyers.

Really, Drumpf? You want to go there, huh.

 

[Nike Jordan]

AL has a Confederate Memorial Day?

They should rename it White Supremacist day

Alabama has gotta be the worst state.

 

[RustyShackleford]

AL has a Confederate Memorial Day?

They should rename it White Supremacist day

Everyday is White Supremacists Day in Alabama though

 

[wavycrocket]

Those voter suppression Russian trolls are all over the Kamala Harris breakfast club interviews

 

[Mark Antony]

Those voter suppression Russian trolls are all over the Kamala Harris breakfast club interviews

Crazy thing is dudes so soft brained and will buy it. Some cats just scout youtube for any contrary/dissenting opinion then run with it to bolster their own fake intelligence and false sense of knowing more because they "think differently". Whole time you just a soft brained sucker.

 

[Based Jesus]

Da hemi better be fuel efficient from now on

 

[wavycrocket]

Crazy thing is dudes so soft brained and will buy it. Some cats just scout youtube for any contrary/dissenting opinion then run with it to bolster their own fake intelligence and false sense of knowing more because they "think differently". Whole time you just a soft brained sucker.

Yup. You nailed that profile right on the head. Can’t stand people like that.

Kamala had an interview on Ellen a few weeks ago. They smartly disabled the comments on their. Them bots been ramping up the disinformation campaign on Kamala. They must fear her for real.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Da hemi better be fuel efficient from now on

Well damn, I sure hope no one voted for Trump specifically for this reason. Cause they would sure look like a sucka right now.

 

[gry60]

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...ollapse-impeachment?__twitter_impression=true

So where does this leave us? Absent a revolutionary shock to create a radically new political order, the best we can do is just muddle along.

What does that look like? An unsatisfying litany of heavy political lifts, most of which will fail, and each of which on its own would only mildly improve matters if adopted. We should abolish the filibuster and Electoral College and eliminate midterm elections by having the House, Senate, and president serve concurrent four-year terms. We should adopt the Fair Representation Act to end gerrymandering and move toward proportional representation. We need a robust right to vote in the Constitution, public financing for elections, and more transparency for corporate and nonprofit political spending.

These seem like ambitious reforms, and in all likelihood most of them will fail, leaving us in a perhaps mildly better version of the morass we’re in now. Even in the extraordinarily unlikely event we make them all happen, a number of core problems in our politics will remain. You can’t legislate negative partisanship away, and you can’t entirely prevent corporations and the wealthy from exerting some degree of oligarchic power without trampling on freedom of speech.

And if those changes are not enough, then getting Trump frogmarched out of the White House certainly won’t be. Ejecting him cannot and will not suddenly cure our political dysfunction. The problems in our democracy don’t suddenly disappear when he’s no longer in the White House, any more than they would’ve disappeared had he narrowly lost in 2016 rather than narrowly won.

 

[aepps20]

LIBS don't understand that OUR PRESIDENT ELECT is like Thanos only more handsome.

In time LIBBIES will know what it’s like to lose. To feel so desperately that THEY'RE NOT ALT right, that to fail all the same. Dread it. Run from it. Destiny still arrives. ALL HAIL DONALD JOHN TRUMP .

 

[Based Jesus]

Well damn, I sure hope no one voted for Trump specifically for this reason. Cause they would sure look like a sucka right now.

Surely no one would be so foolish as to vote for a President based on how cheap they might make a car?

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

[Belgium]

The president doesn't understand North Korea hasn't agreed to denuclearization at all.
North Korea and Kim said it would suspend nuclear and ballistic missile tests and closed a nuclear testing facility that was already damaged from the minor earthquake (6.3 or something) one of their tests caused a while back. Kim Jong Un hasn't pledged or agreed to denuclearization whatsoever. North Korean state media even reported that they are suspending tests and closing the site because they have now learned how to make nuclear weapons and mount warheads on ballistic missiles. Thus no more testing is required in their view. I don't believe that to be true but it's what they said.
There is absolutely zero in there that says he has agreed to denuclearization.

Then shortly after he tweeted this:

If they agreed to denuclearization, what is there left to solve exactly? Denuclearization is the end goal.
The president either doesn't understand the negotiations or doesn't understand what denuclearization is. Or both.

@InTheHallway would you like to weigh in?

 

[AEA18]

Surely no one would be so foolish as to vote for a President based on how cheap they might make a car?

 

[jape]

shirley

 

[elpablo21]

 

[Belgium]

Oleg Deripaska, the Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin and direct ties to Manafort and Rick Gates.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/23/us-sanctions-russia-rusal-oleg-deripaska-545660
U.S. eases sanctions on aluminum firm tied to Russian oligarch
The Treasury Department Monday eased sanctions on Russian aluminum producer Rusal and said it would consider lifting them altogether if the company severs ties with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.

Rusal was sanctioned earlier this month by Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control because of Deripaska's stake in the company. The Russian billionaire is alleged to have conducted a range of illegal activities, including money laundering, extortion and ordering the murder of a businessman, according to Treasury.

He is also reportedly part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

OFAC's action extends by six months a "wind-down" period during which U.S. and foreign entities won't be penalized for doing business with Rusal. The agency said it is also considering a petition to lift sanctions on the company entirely.

"RUSAL has felt the impact of U.S. sanctions because of its entanglement with Oleg Deripaska, but the U.S. government is not targeting the hardworking people who depend on RUSAL and its subsidiaries," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

"Given the impact on our partners and allies, we are issuing a general license extending the maintenance and wind-down period while we consider RUSAL's petition," he added.

In a document released today, OFAC said "the path for the United States to provide sanctions relief is through divestment and relinquishment of control of RUSAL by Oleg Deripaska."

Deripaska made headlines last year after it was reported that former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort offered him "private briefings" on the 2016 election less than two weeks after Trump became the Republican nominee.

The Russian oligarch filed suit in January against Manafort and business partner Rick Gates over a failed business deal.

 

[Belgium]

AL has a Confederate Memorial Day?

They should rename it White Supremacist day

I think they got the Confederate flag all wrong, they should read up on some history.
I believe this is the correct flag.

 

[IATT]

 

[Belgium]

I just can't believe Trump would lie about that/deny it. Shocked I tell you. Completely baffled.

 

[Belgium]

Maybe his son should just stop tweeting.

 

[HIM]

Another DEVASTATING WEEK FOR LIBS and it's only Sunday night.

Fam if someone you know ever finds your online history...gonna be tough to explain hundreds of these posts

 

[aepps20]

Fam if someone you know ever finds your online history...gonna be tough to explain hundreds of these posts

The only thing tough to explain is my online history pre 2016. Embarassing LIB CONJECTURE AND INNUENDO that I'm not proud of. My new circle of friends know that I'm ALL IN FOR OUR PRESIDENT ELECT.

 

[IATT]

 

[Belgium]

Fam if someone you know ever finds your online history...gonna be tough to explain hundreds of these posts

He even stays in character in other threads at times. I was howling when I saw him in the Game of Thrones thread using some similar language in discussions about Cersei