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Quantumblue · 14/10/2018 22:04

Don't understand why Florida isn't a bigger deal?

cozietoesie · 14/10/2018 22:16

Beats me - but party assessment of outcome is the only real reason I can see.....

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AcrossthePond55 · 14/10/2018 22:23

I am gobsmacked at the DesMoines Register!!! Albeit I think they're doing it to shock the GOP rather than because they believe in the Democratic Party platform. But that's OK. I'll take it where I can get it.

Whether or not it will actually affect the voters in Iowa, I wouldn't even hazard a guess.

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cozietoesie · 14/10/2018 22:28

I doubt it will affect them - but it's a reasonable bell wether as to how they intend to vote, I reckon.

TheClaws · 15/10/2018 00:03

AFP news agency
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This could bring the snakes out, or not. Will Trump defend journalistic freedom or will he choose oil? This, I think, is a turning point for Trump’s presidency.

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UPDATE: Saudi Arabia warns it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed on the oil-rich kingdom over the disappearance of journalist Jamal #Khashoggi, as the Riyadh stock market suffers its worst plunge in years

TheClaws · 15/10/2018 00:08

However, given he is taken to re-tweeting fake Twitter accounts, I doubt he’s up to the challenge.

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Donald J. Trump Retweeted Snake Plissken
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Replying to @realDonaldTrump
You're the greatest President of my lifetime, Sir.

TheClaws · 15/10/2018 04:30

Er.

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.@POTUS: 'I think I know more about' NATO than Mattis does

TheClaws · 15/10/2018 04:32

But, putting the dark mark on Mattis ...

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Trump says Defense Secretary Mattis could leave administration: 'He's sort of a Democrat'

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lionheart · 15/10/2018 05:44

Thanks Asking.

I think he'll follow the money as usual and to be brutally honest, it won't lose him any votes, will it? A journalist? In Turkey? Not a US citizen, white or Christian?

The other consequences of this path are more significant.

I guess Mattis is getting in Trump's way.

lionheart · 15/10/2018 05:46

www.npr.org/2018/10/12/656879294/gop-rep-duncan-hunter-under-indictment-launches-false-attacks-on-opponent

'As the race grows tighter, Hunter is attacking his Democratic challenger for his Palestinian heritage. A controversial television ad accuses Ammar Campa-Najjar of trying to "infiltrate" Congress. It says that Campa-Najjar changed his name to hide his family's connection to terrorism. It points out that his grandfather was part of the deadly attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.'

Gumpendorf · 15/10/2018 07:53

I guess Mattis is getting in Trump's way.

Ominous ...

borntobequiet · 15/10/2018 07:55

Thanks for the thread, Across!
Just curious - is the word gobsmacked in wide use in the US? For some reason I wouldn’t have thought so.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 07:58

The Dale thread on '60 Minutes', fact-checking the Stinker more thoroughly than Stahl:
mobile.twitter.com/ddale8/status/1051627139424903168

Gumpendorf · 15/10/2018 08:08

Thanks to Asking for the Des Moines Register link. It's the most clear eyed piece on the GOP I've seen in nearly 2 years.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 08:16

'Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its 'charm campaign''
www.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/khashoggi-friend-says-journalist-angered-saudi-government-column-charm-campaign-130024214.html?__twitter_impression=true
[Skullduggery] What happened to Jamal Khashoggi?
media.acast.com/skullduggery/whathappenedtojamalkhashoggi-/media.mp3 via @PodcastAddict

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 08:21

'Members Of A Far-Right Men’s Group Violently Beat Up Protesters And Weren’t Arrested. New York Police Won’t Say Why.
The NYPD ignored multiple emails from BuzzFeed News asking why the "Proud Boys" members were not arrested for the violent assault.'
Although New York Police Department officers were present at the time of the attack, none of the Proud Boys were arrested for the beatdown.
However, separately, three other protesters were arrested for attacking a person leaving the event.
www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/juliareinstein/proud-boys-gavin-mcinnes-protest?__twitter_impression=true

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 08:31

YDSA Georgia Tech
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Today @sendavidperdue visited Tech to campaign for Kemp. A student tried asking a simple question about @BrianKempGA 's racist scheme to threaten voter registrations from black people, but before he could even finish the question, Perdue stole his phone.
mobile.twitter.com/YDSAGT/status/1051207911236603906/video/1
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ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 08:34

'An Explainer: Senate’s Letter on Khashoggi and the Global Magnitsky Act'
www.justsecurity.org/61030/explainer-senates-letter-khashoggi-global-magnitsky-act/

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 08:41

John Oliver, on form:

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 11:43

Melania Trump is willing to play petty schoolyard games with the media, but she is only hurting herself.
Her desire to attack the media through her fashion choices just shows how her priorities, like Donald Trump’s, are wrongheaded,'
www.independent.co.uk/voices/melania-trump-i-really-dont-care-do-you-jacket-children-africa-helmet-media-interview-a8582801.html

cozietoesie · 15/10/2018 11:55

She married him, she stays with him, she had a child by him. That all pretty well says it to me.

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 12:06

Will Tell Could Tell - it ain't over till the fat baby stings:
'This Is The Race That Will Tell Democrats If They're Headed For A House Majority.
A win for fighter pilot Amy McGrath in Kentucky's 6th District could herald a Democratic wave on election night.'
Kentucky’s polls close at 6 p.m. EST, meaning McGrath vs. Barr will be one of the first races to end and one of the earliest swing districts to record an outright winner. A victory for McGrath could portend a big night for Democrats. Even a narrow loss in a district like this one may suggest they have enough momentum to regain the majority.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/amy-mcgrath-andy-barr-kentucky_us_5bc0c259e4b0bd9ed559b77c

JuliaJaynes9 · 15/10/2018 12:15

'it still seems awfully self-involved to have chosen that moment to express her displeasure at the media and liberals. In such a bitterly divided country, Melania’s decision to wear that jacket was baffling as well as offensive, no matter what the reasoning'

Is she channeling Marie Antoinette yet?

ohmymimi · 15/10/2018 12:19

'Minority Rule Does Not Have to Be Here Forever.
Arguing that the Framers intended it is specious and ignorant of history.'
amp.slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/10/minority-rule-not-in-the-constitution.html?__twitter_impression=true

Roussette · 15/10/2018 12:29

Is she channeling Marie Antoinette yet?

Yep. Let them eat cake

How misguided, petty and crass to wear that coat at that exact moment when visiting seperated children.