The Trump Presidency Ocho :: It Can't Go On. A.K.A. We All Gotta Duck / When The Shit Hits the Fan

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  1. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #7451 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Mar 22, 2019
    She just didn't use the Trump-approved term - "shithole district"
     
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  2. xtomx

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    #7452 xtomx, Mar 22, 2019
    That would have been approximately 250 times less offensive.
    Still offensive, but not nearly as offensive.
     
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  3. usscouse

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    #7453 usscouse, Mar 22, 2019
    The casual usage of the word belies his "It's not in my vocabulary" excuse.

    My wife's Texan relatives, wealthy business people who move in the Bush circles, stun us at times when that word comes out in casual conversation.
     
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  4. Auriaprottu

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    #7454 Auriaprottu, Mar 22, 2019
    How many times can you be stunned by the same revelation?
     
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  5. Dr. Wankler

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    #7455 Dr. Wankler, Mar 22, 2019
    I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't use words when they "are not in my vocabulary."
     
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  6. Dr. Wankler

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    #7456 Dr. Wankler, Mar 22, 2019
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  7. ceezmad

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    #7457 ceezmad, Mar 22, 2019
    Is he related to David Nunes?
     
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  8. Dr. Wankler

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    #7458 Dr. Wankler, Mar 22, 2019
    The state doesn't comment on immigration status and/or possible genetic deficiencies.
     
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  9. xtomx

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    #7459 xtomx, Mar 22, 2019
    Belies "her" excuse.
     
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  10. Cascarino's Pizzeria

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    #7460 Cascarino's Pizzeria, Mar 22, 2019
    Maybe it's this yoot:

    When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017, he’d never heard of the viral conspiracy theory before. But the post piqued his interest, and he wanted to know more. So he did what your average teenager would do: He followed several accounts related to it on Instagram, searched for information on YouTube, and read up on it on forums.

    A year and a half later, Alex, who asked to use a pseudonym, runs his own Gen Z–focused QAnon Instagram account, through which he educates his generation about the secret plot by the “deep state” to take down Donald Trump. “I was just noticing a lack in younger people being interested in QAnon, so I figured I would put it out there that there was at least one young person in the movement,” he told me via Instagram direct message. He hopes to “expose the truth about everything corrupt governments and organizations have lied about.” Among those truths: that certain cosmetics and foods contain aborted fetal cells, that the recent Ethiopian Airlines crash was a hoax, and that the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings were staged.

    https://www.theatlantic.com/technol...am-is-the-internets-new-home-for-hate/585382/
     
  11. Dr. Wankler

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    #7461 Dr. Wankler, Mar 22, 2019
    I don't use it, but my impression is that InstaGram is even more hostile to things like context or nuance.

    Am I wrong, anybody?
     
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  12. usscouse

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    #7462 usscouse, Mar 23, 2019
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  13. dapip

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    #7463 dapip, Mar 24, 2019
  14. The Jitty Slitter

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    #7464 The Jitty Slitter, Mar 25, 2019
    So a bad day for democracy

    The House will need to get hold of this report quick so we can actually see what it is in after Barr's snow job
     
  15. Matt in the Hat

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    #7465 Matt in the Hat, Mar 25, 2019
    Make FOIA request on it if you are so compelled
     
  16. The Jitty Slitter

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    #7466 The Jitty Slitter, Mar 25, 2019
    The House will have to subpoena it

    Why do you think they won't release it?
     
  17. Matt in the Hat

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    #7467 Matt in the Hat, Mar 25, 2019
    My honest reason. Because in its current state it is a perfect fundraising tool for both sides. Team Blue can claim shenanigans and Team Red can claim dead-horse beating. Then watch the cash roll in.
     
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  18. JohnR

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    #7468 JohnR, Mar 25, 2019
    You libertarians ain't never gonna win. The Republicans sell "we will punish people who aren't like you," the Democrats sell "everybody is welcome here," and the libertarians sell ... "if you join us, you will learn how the Mueller report is merely a disguised fund raiser." No chance, pal.
     
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  19. Matt in the Hat

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    #7469 Matt in the Hat, Mar 25, 2019
    I'm not a libertarian. Just someone looking at the big picture.
     
  20. JohnR

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    #7470 JohnR, Mar 25, 2019
    Either way, it's an odd take. Surely both Teams, as you call them, care most about spin -- how this will affect their poll numbers and election prospects. Fund raising follows from having a story that sells, not vice versa.
     
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  21. xtomx

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    #7471 xtomx, Mar 25, 2019
    It may not be subject to FOIA.

    The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has submitted FOIA requests since November, requesting information on the Mueller Report. They have all been denied.

    As a result, EPIC filed suit on Friday.

    Here is link to the Complaint, if you are interested in reading something
    https://epic.org/foia/doj/mueller-report/EPIC-v-DOJ-19-810-Complaint-032219.pdf
     
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  22. Matt in the Hat

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    #7472 Matt in the Hat, Mar 25, 2019
    This is a story that sells for both of them.

    As for poll numbers, this is WWI trench warfare. A lot of carnage for minimal gain/loss.
     
  23. Matt in the Hat

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    #7473 Matt in the Hat, Mar 25, 2019
    It would make sense to deny while it was in progress
     
  24. xtomx

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    #7474 xtomx, Mar 25, 2019
    That is the tiniest picture, by the way.

    The "Big picture" is that the investigation and the resulting report was intended to help restore integrity to the political system and help to ensure that elections are completed without foreign intervention.
     
  25. xtomx

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    #7475 xtomx, Mar 25, 2019
    Of course, if that was the basis of the government's denial of the FOIA request, but it was not.

    We will see what happens now that the Mueller Report has been issued and the lawsuit has been filed.

    Not everything is subject to FOIA and most things are not subject to expedited FOIA requests, which EPIC requested and was denied.
     
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