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Post by soonerbounce13 on Aug 13, 2018 9:41:31 GMT -6
Sure would be a lot more compelling if the mom was the one making the assertion and had the text and video to back it up. I don't think a lot of trump but I sure wouldn't believe or assert he was ranting using the n word without proof. Lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 14, 2018 10:05:49 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34476/democrats-generic-ballot-lead-shrinks-again-emily-zanottiOver the past week, the Democrats' lead on the generic November midterm ballot has sunk an additional point, leaving the two parties in a "dead heat" among likely voters. After opening a huge lead in early 2018, just before the Republican tax cuts took full effect, Democrats are now leading Republicans by a mere 3.9 points, well within any poll's margin of error. That's down from an average lead of 6 points earlier in the summer. The issue for Democrats, as Hot Air points out, could be that Congress has been mighty quiet for weeks, as Members return to their home districts to campaign for November. The economy has been chugging along nicely, and aside from some entertainment news-style blips, President Donald Trump has largely avoided any major negative news cycles -- a welcome break from the last year and a half of his presidency. Trump even reached a peak job approval rating this week -- 50% -- albei through Rassmussen, which is frequently an overly optimistic poll for Republicans. The honeymoon isn't likely to last. As Congress returns in September from its holiday, it will enter into one of the most contentious events of this presidency: confirmation hearings for Trump's second Supreme Court Justice. Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face a tough Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, even if Republicans already possess the requisite 51 votes to confirm him to the bench.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 14, 2018 19:52:49 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34507/missouri-democrats-remove-amendment-proclaimed-kassy-dillonPro-lifers are not welcome in Missouri’s Democratic Party. After voting in June for an amendment to the Missouri Democratic Party platform that proclaimed their acceptance of pro-life members, the party voted the amendment out on Saturday. According to The Washington Free Beacon, the platform proclaims support for “a women’s right to chose” and would “oppose any efforts to limit access to reproductive health,” but the original amendment expressed its support of welcoming Missourians who may hold different views on the matter of abortion. freebeacon.com/politics/missouri-democrats-slam-door-pro-life-voters/"We respect the conscience of each Missourian and recognize that members of our party have deeply held and sometimes differing positions on issues of personal conscience, such as abortion," the now-removed amendment read. "We recognize the diversity of views as a source of strength, and welcome into our ranks all Missourians who may hold differing positions on this issue." Some Democrats are condemning the move, claiming it could hurt the party. “It was a very innocuous amendment that didn't attack the pro-abortion crowd, so you'd think it would be fine," Kristen Day, the executive director for Democrats for Life of America told the Beacon. "I don't know what the abortion lobby did to the chairman, but this is a mistake." "There has been a sore in the party for a long time, that language put a scab on it," she added. "Now they pulled off the scab and it's going to bleed." This latest move conflicts with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) who commented on the amendment when it was first added, claiming she didn’t think the party should “shut its doors to those who feel differently.” Even the Kansas City Star editorial board penned an op-ed titled, “Why are Missouri Democrats imposing a pro-choice purity test ahead of midterms?” www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article216622910.html
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 15, 2018 8:53:10 GMT -6
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/08/15/winners-losers-tuesdays-primaries-once-again-trump-is-big-winner/?utm_term=.93cd81c750a9Winners and losers from Tuesday’s primaries: Once again, Trump is a big winner By Amber Phillips August 15 at 7:59 AM Email the auth Winners: Trump: At least in Republican primary politics, Tuesday once again proved he’s the king. Republican politicians on the ballot Tuesday who dissed him in 2016 raced to undo that, and those who didn’t do it convincingly enough lost their primaries. In Minnesota’s competitive governor’s race, Republican voters nominated a relative outsider, Jeff Johnson, over a former governor, Tim Pawlenty, as Pawlenty struggled to get out from under the fact he called Trump “unhinged and unfit” during the campaign. (Johnson has his own past problems with Trump, which we’ll get to in the loser section.) “The Republican Party has shifted,” Pawlenty said as he lost. “It is the era of Trump, and I’m just not a Trump-like politician.” Trump’s riskiest endorsement yet, in last week’s GOP Kansas governor’s primary, paid off Tuesday, too. Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer conceded an ultra-close race to Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped lead Trump’s voter fraud commission.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 15, 2018 10:14:01 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34533/trump-touts-republican-election-victories-we-have-joseph-curlPresident Trump on Wednesday went on a Twitter tear lauding Republicans who won elections on Tuesday, saying "we have the team we want" and predicting a big GOP win in the mid-term elections. "Great Republican election results last night. So far we have the team we want. 8 for 9 in Special Elections. Red Wave!" Trump tweeted. Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Great Republican election results last night. So far we have the team we want. 8 for 9 in Special Elections. Red Wave! 8:30 AM - Aug 15, 2018 46.3K 16.8K people are talking about this Then he singled out a slew of Republicans, praising them for their wins and delivering his "complete and total endorsement." Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Congratulations to Leah Vukmir of Wisconsin on your great win last night. You beat a very tough and good competitor and will make a fantastic Senator after winning in November against someone who has done very little. You have my complete and total Endorsement! 8:54 AM - Aug 15, 2018 26.2K 8,004 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Scott Walker is very special and will have another great win in November. He has done a fantastic job as Governor of Wisconsin and will always have my full support and Endorsement! 9:07 AM - Aug 15, 2018 25.3K 8,326 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Jeff Johnson of Minnesota had a big night in winning the Republican nomination for Governor against a very strong and well known opponent! Thanks for all of the support you showed me. You have my complete and total Endorsement. You will win in November! 9:12 AM - Aug 15, 2018 24.2K 7,150 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump Congratulations to Bryan Steil on a wonderful win last night. You will be replacing a great guy in Paul Ryan, and your win in November will make the entire State of Wisconsin very proud. You have my complete and total Endorsement! 9:14 AM - Aug 15, 2018 22.5K 7,229 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump .@petestauber won big last night in Minnesota. A big star in Hockey, he will be an even bigger star in politics. It all begins with a win in November. Pete has my complete and total Endorsement! 9:31 AM - Aug 15, 2018 21.2K 6,684 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump It is about time that Connecticut had a real and talented Governor. Bob Stefanowski is the person needed to do the job. Tough on crime, Bob is also a big cutter of Taxes. He will win in November and make a Great Governor, a major difference maker. Bob has my total Endorsement! 9:39 AM - Aug 15, 2018 25.5K 9,476 people are talking about this Donald J. Trump ✔ @realdonaldtrump My friend and very early supporter Kris Kobach won the Republican Nomination for Governor of Kansas last night in a tough race against a very fine opponent. Kris will win in November and be a great Governor. He has my complete and total Endorsement! 9:51 AM - Aug 15, 2018 23.7K 8,293 people are talking about this Trump's tweetfest came amid a loss by one of his critics, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty — who called Trump "unfit and unhinged." He came up short in his bid to win the GOP nomination for a return gig as governor of Minnesota. He follows in the footsteps of Rep. Mark Sanford, and Sens. Jeff Flake and Bob Corker, all of whom are heading out of politics after crossing Trump.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 15, 2018 13:33:14 GMT -6
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Post by redstripe on Aug 15, 2018 15:49:41 GMT -6
I love that they ran out of time... as the check is coming to the table.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 7:42:12 GMT -6
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 7:43:16 GMT -6
Republican Gubernatorial candidate on Cuomo’s comments:
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 7:45:12 GMT -6
His office attempts to walk it back, I mean “clarify” the comments: www.nystateofpolitics.com/2018/08/cuomos-office-clarifies-america-is-great/Extras » Cuomo’s Office Clarifies: ‘America is Great’ Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office on Wednesday clarified his statement about America being great, walking back his remarks earlier in the day. Cuomo speaking this afternoon in New York City criticized President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan, saying, “It was never that great. We have not reached greatness. We will reach greatness when every American is fully engaged.” Less than three hours later, Cuomo’s office walked it back. In a statement, the Cuomo administration said the governor believes America can still reach “maximum greatness” when progressive changes are made. “Governor Cuomo disagrees with the President. The Governor believes America is great and that her full greatness will be fully realized when every man, woman, and child has full equality,” said spokeswoman Dani Lever. “America has not yet reached its maximum potential. “When the President speaks about making America great again – going back in time – he ignores the pain so many endured and that we suffered from slavery, discrimination, segregation, sexism and marginalized women’s contributions. The Governor believes that when everyone is fully included and everyone is contributing to their maximum potential, that is when America will achieve maximum greatness.” The comment drew immediate rebukes from Republicans, including the state committee in New York as well as presumptive nominee for governor Marc Molinaro, who called on Cuomo to apologize. Cuomo has increasingly criticized Trump’s policies over the last several months ahead of his primary on Sept. 13, facing Cynthia Nixon.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 7:54:19 GMT -6
thefederalist.com/2018/08/16/sen-bill-nelson-admits-no-evidence-2018-election-hacking/Sen. Bill Nelson Admits He Has No Evidence Of 2018 Election Hacking Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson claimed the Florida voting system had been compromised by Russians, but now he's backpedaling that claim. AUGUST 16, 2018 By Bre Payton Last week, Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson claimed that the Florida voting system had been compromised by Russians leading up to the 2018 elections. But on Tuesday, the Florida senator distanced himself from his earlier claim, blaming the political climate for his inconsistent statements. Last month, Nelson and Republican Sen. Marco Rubio co-authored a letter they sent to 67 county election supervisors within the state, urging them to be vigilant and warning them of potential threats in November. This letter did not state that voting systems had been “penetrated” by the Russians, as Nelson claimed last week. “They have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about,” he said in reference to Russian hackers, according to the Tampa Bay Times. “We were requested by the chairman and vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee to let the supervisors of election in Florida know that the Russians are in their records.” The Florida Department of State has refuted Nelson’s claims, saying they have received no such information from federal intelligence officials about a specific threat to the state’s voting system. “If Senator Nelson has specific information about threats to our elections, he should share it with election officials in Florida,” Florida Department of State spokeswoman Sarah Revell said in a statement. Now Nelson is trying to backtrack from last week’s claim by saying that what he said then was the same as what was in the letter he and Rubio sent to county officials in July. “What I said last week was exactly what the letter states,” Nelson said in video footage obtained earlier this week. “What that letter says is, in essence, is that it would be foolish to think if the Russians were in our election apparatus in 2016 … that they are not continuing.” The letter does not state that any voting system has already been “penetrated” by the Russians. Nelson then blamed the political climate, saying political opponents were to blame for his insistence that voting systems in Florida had been compromised by a foreign entity — a claim that has yet to be backed up by any federal intelligence officials or state election officials. “What has happened is, this has gotten political,” he said. “So certain political figures have taken that and tried to use it for partisan political purposes.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 8:18:41 GMT -6
www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/elizabeth-warren-plan-nationalize-everything-woos-hard-left/Elizabeth Warren’s Batty Plan to Nationalize . . . Everything By KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON August 16, 2018 6:30 AM Wholesale seizure and control of private property? With 2020 in her sights, Warren woos the hard Left. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts has one-upped socialists Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: She proposes to nationalize every major business in the United States of America. If successful, it would constitute the largest seizure of private property in human history. Warren’s proposal is dishonestly called the “Accountable Capitalism Act.” Accountable to whom? you might ask. That’s a reasonable question. The answer is — as it always is — accountable to politicians, who desire to put the assets and productivity of private businesses under political discipline for their own selfish ends. It is remarkable that people who are most keenly attuned to the self-interest of CEOs and shareholders and the ways in which that self-interest influences their decisions apparently believe that members of the House, senators, presidents, regulators, Cabinet secretaries, and agency chiefs somehow are liberated from self-interest when they take office through some kind of miracle of transcendence. Under Senator Warren’s proposal, no business with more than $1 billion in revenue would be permitted to legally operate without permission from the federal government. The federal government would then dictate to these businesses the composition of their boards, the details of internal corporate governance, compensation practices, personnel policies, and much more. Naturally, their political activities would be restricted, too. Senator Warren’s proposal entails the wholesale expropriation of private enterprise in the United States, and nothing less. It is unconstitutional, unethical, immoral, irresponsible, and — not to put too fine a point on it — utterly bonkers. It is also cynical. Senator Warren is many things: a crass opportunist, intellectually bankrupt, personally vapid, a peddler of witless self-help books, etc. But she is not stupid. She knows that this is a go-nowhere proposition, that she will be spared by the Republican legislative majority from the ignominy that would ensue from the wholehearted pursuit of this daft program. It is in reality only a means of staking out for purely strategic reasons the most radical corner for her 2020 run at the Democratic presidential nomination. The Democratic party in 2018, like the Republican primary electorate in 2016, is out for blood and desirous of confrontation. So Senator Warren is running this red flag up the flagpole to see who salutes. To propose such a thing for sincere reasons would be ghastly stupidity. To propose this program for narrowly self-serving political reasons is the sort of thing that would end a political career in a sane and self-respecting state, which Massachusetts plainly is not and has not been for some time. When the owners of Apple wish to hold on to their own after-tax earnings, they are denounced as greedy. When Elizabeth Warren wants to seize those earnings for her own use, what is that? It is covetousness, which is what you get when you have greed compounded with envy. To those on the left who look at Senator Warren’s proposal and think that giving the government a stronger whip hand over American businesses is just the ticket, I would like to present four questions: Who is the president of these United States? Who is the majority leader in the Senate? Who is the speaker of the House? How would you evaluate the composition of the Supreme Court, either as it stands or after President Donald Trump has the opportunity to nominate another justice or two? The power you give the federal government will be there during Republican administrations, too. Any future populist demagogue who finds his way into the White House will have access to the same power. No one should be trusted with that kind of power. And nobody who seeks that kind of power should be trusted with any power at all. It is worth keeping in mind that the fabulous goose was slaughtered not in spite of the golden eggs but because of them. Politicians are covetous. When the owners of Apple wish to hold on to their own after-tax earnings, they are denounced as greedy. (Apple’s shareholders are corporately the largest taxpayer in the world.) When Elizabeth Warren wants to seize those earnings for her own use, what is that? It is covetousness, which is what you get when you have greed compounded with envy. Senator Warren, a former Sunday-school teacher, apparently has a keen appreciation for the vices that lurk in the human heart, and she intends to leverage them to her benefit.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 16, 2018 16:04:41 GMT -6
www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2018/08/16/detroit-rep-bettie-cook-scott-on-asian-opponent-dont-vote-for-the-ching-chongMore than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series of racial slurs sources say she used to describe her primary election opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit). Scott is alleged to have referred to Chang as “ching-chang” and “the ching-chong” to multiple voters outside polling precincts during last Tuesday’s election. She’s also said to have called one of Chang’s campaign volunteers an “immigrant,” saying “you don’t belong here” and “I want you out of my country.” Chang and Scott were running in the Democratic primary for state Sen. District 1. Chang won the election with 49 percent of the vote; Scott came in third with 11 percent of the vote.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 18, 2018 14:13:48 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34695/cbs-pollster-doesnt-see-blue-wave-ashe-schowThe head pollster for CBS News, Anthony Salvanto, doesn’t think we’ll see a Blue Wave this November – and certainly not one close to the Red Wave of 2010. Salvanto learned from the failure of polls to predict the 2016 election. He saw that the two polls that ended up being right – the LA Times/USC and IBD/TIPP – were tracking polls, so he designed one himself to use in 2018. Tracking polls differ from regular “horse race” polls in that they poll the same sample of people over and over to see if and how their views have changed over the campaign. Salvano’s team is polling 5,700 voters in the 50 or 60 districts that could flip the House of Representatives and Senate into Democrat hands. So far, he doesn’t see much flipping. “Salvanto’s polling currently indicates that few House seats will change hands in November — and that the GOP could very well hold its majority in the House,” the New York Post said in an article interviewing Salvanto. “Right now I think this election looks like a toss-up,” Salvanto told the Post. “We see a Democrat pickup in the House of Representatives in the 20-odd seat range, but Republicans could certainly hold on to the House.” Republicans currently hold a 43-seat majority. Salvanto also said he doesn’t “see a large number of Republicans saying they will flip and vote for a Democrat,” despite several op-eds from “conservatives” telling the Right to switch parties. Democrat hatred of President Donald Trump could be the thing that puts them over the edge, since Republicans typically vote at higher rates during the midterms. But opposing Trump can’t be all the Left offers. “[V]oters say the Democrats need to do more than just oppose Trump,” Salvanto told the post. “They’re asking, ‘What are they arguing we’ll get if they take the majority?’”
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 19, 2018 18:38:43 GMT -6
Twitter CEO recently admitted Twitter’s employees leaned left, now apparently two Republicans have been shadow banned: What happens when the quality ban applies to political candidates? Can we declare this election meddling? pic.twitter.com/V8giaKw6KM — Ron Bassilian (R) ❌ (@ron4california) July 27, 2018 🔴BUSTED: Forget About Russia; Twitter Has Been Caught Meddling in the 2018 Elections Twitter is #Shadowbanning (R) candidates running against (D) incumbents eg: Ron Brassilian (R) is running against Karen Bass (D) (R) Brassilian Shadow Banned (D) Karen Bass Not Shadow Banned pic.twitter.com/Eg5kLiy0B1 — ❌Saving America 🔴 (@savingamerica4u) July 28, 2018 Saving America 🔴 Saving America @savingamerica4u · Jul 28 Replying to @savingamerica4u Here is another example of Twitter currently meddling in the 2018 Elections. (R) Dr. Kenneth W. Wright ( @drwright4congr1 ) who is #shadowbanned Vs. (D) Ted Lieu ( @tedlieu ) who is NOT shadow banned Vs Saving America @savingamerica4u · Jul 28 Here's another one. I can do this all day folks... (R) John James ( @johnjamesmi ) who is #shadowbanned Vs. (D) Sen. Debbie Stabenow ( @senstabenow ) who is NOT shadow banned
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 19, 2018 18:43:08 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/08/18/twitter-jack-dorsey-left-leaning/We need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which I fully admit is left, is more left-leaning, and I think it’s important to articulate our bias and to share it with people so that people understand us, but we need to remove all bias from how we act and our policies and our enforcement,” said the Twitter CEO.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 19, 2018 18:49:35 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34713/watch-democrat-jokes-its-catastrophe-if-someone-ryan-saavedra?ampFlorida Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings "joked" at a rally on Sunday that it would be a "crisis" if President Donald Trump were to drown in the Potomac River — and a "catastrophe" if anyone tried to save him. Hastings' remarks were made at Broward Democrats' "Stronger Together" rally in Sunrise, Florida, according to local reporter Anthony Man. "Do you know the difference between a crisis and a catastrophe?" Hastings said as he supposedly recalled someone else's joke. Hastings said that "a crisis is if Donald Trump falls into the Potomac River and can't swim," adding that a catastrophe is "if anybody saves his a*s."
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 21, 2018 7:09:10 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34774/hogg-old-pelosi-move-fck-offand-let-us-take-ryan-saavedraLeftist activist David Hogg attacked "old" Nancy Pelosi in an interview published on Monday in NYMag where he was described as being "a spokesperson for radicalized young America." Hogg claimed that Republicans are effective in politics because "they’re empowering young people," specifically pointing to Paul Ryan's age when he became Speaker of the House — 45 — as being what makes Republicans successful. "Nancy Pelosi is old," Hogg said in the interview. "Older Democrats just won’t move the f*** off the plate and let us take control." nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/david-hogg-is-taking-his-gap-year-at-the-barricades.htmlIn a profanity-laced interview earlier this year, Hogg said that his parent's generation was not competent enough to solve problem's in today's world, saying, "our parents don’t know how to use a f***ing democracy, so we have to." "It’s like when your old-ass parent is like, 'I don’t know how to send an iMessage,' and you’re just like, 'Give me the f***ing phone,'" Hogg later added. Hogg went on to attack Bernie Sanders in the interview for being "terrible on guns," and slammed former President Barack Obama for increasing "drone warfare" and killing "a lot of civilians." www.dailywire.com/news/28571/watch-profanity-laced-interview-parkland-student-ryan-saavedra
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Post by soonerbounce13 on Aug 21, 2018 8:39:27 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34774/hogg-old-pelosi-move-fck-offand-let-us-take-ryan-saavedraLeftist activist David Hogg attacked "old" Nancy Pelosi in an interview published on Monday in NYMag where he was described as being "a spokesperson for radicalized young America." Hogg claimed that Republicans are effective in politics because "they’re empowering young people," specifically pointing to Paul Ryan's age when he became Speaker of the House — 45 — as being what makes Republicans successful. "Nancy Pelosi is old," Hogg said in the interview. "Older Democrats just won’t move the f*** off the plate and let us take control." nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/david-hogg-is-taking-his-gap-year-at-the-barricades.htmlIn a profanity-laced interview earlier this year, Hogg said that his parent's generation was not competent enough to solve problem's in today's world, saying, "our parents don’t know how to use a f***ing democracy, so we have to." "It’s like when your old-ass parent is like, 'I don’t know how to send an iMessage,' and you’re just like, 'Give me the f***ing phone,'" Hogg later added. Hogg went on to attack Bernie Sanders in the interview for being "terrible on guns," and slammed former President Barack Obama for increasing "drone warfare" and killing "a lot of civilians." www.dailywire.com/news/28571/watch-profanity-laced-interview-parkland-student-ryan-saavedra I feel like someone should tell him we aren't a democracy
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 21, 2018 9:25:19 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34774/hogg-old-pelosi-move-fck-offand-let-us-take-ryan-saavedraLeftist activist David Hogg attacked "old" Nancy Pelosi in an interview published on Monday in NYMag where he was described as being "a spokesperson for radicalized young America." Hogg claimed that Republicans are effective in politics because "they’re empowering young people," specifically pointing to Paul Ryan's age when he became Speaker of the House — 45 — as being what makes Republicans successful. "Nancy Pelosi is old," Hogg said in the interview. "Older Democrats just won’t move the f*** off the plate and let us take control." nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/08/david-hogg-is-taking-his-gap-year-at-the-barricades.htmlIn a profanity-laced interview earlier this year, Hogg said that his parent's generation was not competent enough to solve problem's in today's world, saying, "our parents don’t know how to use a f***ing democracy, so we have to." "It’s like when your old-ass parent is like, 'I don’t know how to send an iMessage,' and you’re just like, 'Give me the f***ing phone,'" Hogg later added. Hogg went on to attack Bernie Sanders in the interview for being "terrible on guns," and slammed former President Barack Obama for increasing "drone warfare" and killing "a lot of civilians." www.dailywire.com/news/28571/watch-profanity-laced-interview-parkland-student-ryan-saavedra I feel like someone should tell him we aren't a democracy Another takeaway from the interview linked in the article is that young Mr. Hogg is thinking of running for Congress once he turns 25 & he is endorsing everyone’s new favorite Socialist Cortez to run for President in 2020.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 21, 2018 13:53:28 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/08/21/warren-dnc-fossil-fuels/Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren gave a long and evasive answer when she was asked about the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) position on fossil fuel donations. While delivering a speech at the National Press Club, Warren on Tuesday unveiled legislation that would ban members from the White House and Congress from owning individual stock — a move she claims will reduce conflict between investment and lawmakers. However, during the question-and-answer session, the progressive senator did not appear prepared to directly address a controversy that has been plaguing the DNC in recent days. When asked whether she agreed with DNC Chairman Tom Perez’s decision to once again allow fossil fuel-related PAC donations, Warren did not directly address the question, and instead offered a long-winded response about how everyone needs to abide by the law. “I want to see everybody abide by the same set of rules. I want to see everyone who’s running for federal office disclose their taxes. I want to see everyone who’s in federal office make those same disclosures and get rid of any individual stock so they can’t trade in them,” Warren said. “For me, this is about changing all the rules.” The hubbub centers around the DNC’s flip-flop on campaign donations originating from fossil fuel companies. National Democrats, as part of their climate change agenda, have become increasingly antagonist toward businesses that produce greenhouse gas emissions. In a sweeping move to quantify their stance, executive members of the DNC unanimously voted in June to ban any contributions from corporate political action committees related to the oil, coal and gas industries. The vote attracted wide adulation from environmental activists and appeared to reflect a popular position among progressives. However, in a surprising move, Perez opted to reverse this decision just two months later. The DNC chairman said the reversal was meant to keep the DNC a “big tent” party that doesn’t make energy workers feel left out — despite the original resolution never barring small donations from individual donors. (RELATED: Enviros Bemoan Cash-Strapped DNC’s Acceptance Of Fossil Fuel Cash) The DNC has since taken major flak for their reversal.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 22, 2018 11:54:19 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/34860/watch-asked-about-mollie-tibbetts-warren-laments-ryan-saavedraMassachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren was asked to comment about the illegal alien who allegedly murdered 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts during a CNN segment on Wednesday and responded by bemoaning the way that illegal aliens are treated by law enforcement officials. "I want to get one last question in here because it is a story, a very important story in the news, it has to do with Mollie Tibbetts, the young woman in Iowa who was murdered," CNN host John Berman said. "Her body believed to be found yesterday. A person has been charged with it. This person the person is an undocumented immigrant." "Mike Pence and the President have suggested the immigration laws need to be stronger so that people like this man who is accused of this murder were not in the country," Berman continued. "Your reaction?" Warren responded by giving a quick one-sentence response expressing her sympathies for Tibbett's family before she launched into a rant attacking the Trump administration for separating illegal aliens from their children at the U.S. border — a law enforcement action that has taken place for years. "One of the things we have to remember is we need an immigration system that is effective, that focuses on where real problems are," Warren said. "Last month, I went down to the border and I saw where children had been taken away from their mothers, I met with their mothers who had been lied to, who didn't know where their children were, who hadn’t have a chance to talk to their children, and there was no plan for how they would be reunified with their children." "I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat and I don't think mamas and babies are the place we should be spending our resources," Warren continued. "Separating a mama from a baby does not make this country safer."
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 23, 2018 12:05:35 GMT -6
dailycaller.com/2018/08/23/graham-trump-sessions/Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina predicted that President Donald Trump will fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions after the 2018 midterm elections. “The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in, somebody that’s qualified for the job, and I think there will come a time, sooner rather than later, where it will be time to have a new face and a fresh voice at the Department of Justice,” Graham told Bloomberg News adding “clearly, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the confidence of the president.” Graham’s prediction comes after Trump attacked Sessions in a recent interview with Fox News. “I put in an attorney general that never took control of the Justice Department, Jeff Sessions,” the president said, adding “he took the job and then he said, ‘I’m going to recuse myself,'” the president said. “I said, ‘What kind of man is this?’ And by the way, he was on the campaign. The only reason I gave him the job, I felt loyalty. He was an original supporter.”
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 24, 2018 13:59:20 GMT -6
www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article217118220.htmlWhile Democratic donors have eagerly opened their wallets ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, helping Democratic candidates and groups largely outraise their Republican counterparts, one notable exception has stood out: The Democratic National Committee — the party’s signature organization — has posted its worst midterm fund raising totals in more than a decade. The DNC has so far taken in $116 million before the November midterm elections — $9 million less than it had taken in at this point in 2014 and more than $30 million less than it had taken in at this point in 2010, the last two midterm cycles. By contrast, the Republican National Committee has nearly doubled the DNC’s haul this cycle, bringing in a total of $227 million. And of the six major federal committees of both parties, the DNC has by far the most debt ($6.7 million) and the least amount in its bank account ($7.8 million). After 2016’s defeat of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by Donald Trump, many of the group’s most consistent donors are putting their money elsewhere. A McClatchy analysis found that more than 200 donors who had given more than $1,000 to the DNC in each of the past two midterm elections have failed to pony up any cash to the DNC this time around, despite continuing to support other Democratic groups and candidates. The poor showing could limit the DNC’s ability to provide support, such as direct financial contributions or get-out-the-vote assistance, to candidates and state parties in November. And it puts them at a disadvantage heading into the 2020 presidential cycle where the committee will play an even larger role. Helen Schafer, a retired teacher in Fresno, Calif., who had given $7,000 to the DNC over the past five election cycles, said she lost faith in the committee after 2016. So this time around, she contributed more than $4,000 to liberal groups such as End Citizens United and Progressive Turnout Project through the Democratic fundraising group ActBlue, as well as more than $1,500 to House Majority PAC, a Democratic group aimed at returning the U.S. House to Democratic control. “I kind of blame them for the defeat in 2016,” Schafer said of the DNC. “I know that’s unreasonable and there were a lot of factors, but I’m not sure their leadership is as strong as it used to be.” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida who served as party chairman in 2016, was roundly criticized for seeming to favor Clinton over Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, a Vermont senator, and was held partly responsible for the publication of private emails by Wikileaks. Deborah Carey, the founder of the New Glarus Brewing Company in Wisconsin, was also upset with the way the DNC and the Clinton campaign handled the last election. So far in 2018, she’s donated to congressional candidates in her home state, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. But after giving at least $2,000 to the DNC the last four election cycles, she said the committee can’t rely on her dollars like it used to. “I might give to them if they get their act together,” Carey said, adding that she wants to see a “thoughtful and organized Democratic platform” heading into the 2020 elections. The DNC’s fundraising woes come in a cycle where Democratic candidates have outraised Republican candidates overall, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, and Democratic political action committees have outraised Republican PACs, according to McClatchy’s analysis of fundraising totals of the top 100 non-party PACs. Read more here: www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article217118220.html#storylink=cpy
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 24, 2018 16:32:22 GMT -6
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevincollier/tech-companies-are-gathering-for-a-secret-meeting-toRepresentatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday to share their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections. Last week, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, invited employees from a dozen companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Snapchat, to gather at Twitter’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. “As I’ve mentioned to several of you over the last few weeks, we have been looking to schedule a follow-on discussion to our industry conversation about information operations, election protection, and the work we are all doing to tackle these challenges,” Gleicher wrote. The meeting, the Facebook official wrote, will have a three-part agenda: each company will present the work they’ve been doing to counter information operations; there will be a discussion period for problems each company faces; and a talk about whether such a meeting should become a regular occurrence. In May, nine of those companies met at Facebook to discuss similar problems, alongside two US government representatives, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs and Mike Burham from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, created in November. Attendees left the meeting discouraged that they received little information from the government. Tech companies, Facebook and Twitter in particular, have faced intense scrutiny for how slowly they initially reacted to reports that foreign intelligence and affiliated operations used their platforms to manipulate users ahead of the 2016 election, leading to drops in user confidence and a threat of regulation from lawmakers.
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Post by politicalmexininja on Aug 24, 2018 17:30:10 GMT -6
www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevincollier/tech-companies-are-gathering-for-a-secret-meeting-toRepresentatives from a host of the biggest US tech companies, including Facebook and Twitter, have scheduled a private meeting for Friday to share their tactics in preparation for the 2018 midterm elections. Last week, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, invited employees from a dozen companies, including Google, Microsoft, and Snapchat, to gather at Twitter’s headquarters in downtown San Francisco, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News. “As I’ve mentioned to several of you over the last few weeks, we have been looking to schedule a follow-on discussion to our industry conversation about information operations, election protection, and the work we are all doing to tackle these challenges,” Gleicher wrote. The meeting, the Facebook official wrote, will have a three-part agenda: each company will present the work they’ve been doing to counter information operations; there will be a discussion period for problems each company faces; and a talk about whether such a meeting should become a regular occurrence. In May, nine of those companies met at Facebook to discuss similar problems, alongside two US government representatives, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary Chris Krebs and Mike Burham from the FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force, created in November. Attendees left the meeting discouraged that they received little information from the government. Tech companies, Facebook and Twitter in particular, have faced intense scrutiny for how slowly they initially reacted to reports that foreign intelligence and affiliated operations used their platforms to manipulate users ahead of the 2016 election, leading to drops in user confidence and a threat of regulation from lawmakers. 'Election protection', also known as 'censoring all conservative postings so our 'progressive' Overlords continue to virtue signal us with 'feelings'....collusion at its finest...
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 26, 2018 11:23:28 GMT -6
Interesting coincidence: House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) went on with Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures. www.foxnews.com/shows/sunday-morning-futures.htmlKevin McCarthy: Two weeks ago the generic ballot was at the exact same place it was the day before the election in 2016… Remember what happened in 2016? We kept the majority and President Trump won. So the battle is going to go forward but the intensity level is in our side. If Republicans get out and vote we will keep the majority.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 26, 2018 12:09:32 GMT -6
www.dailywire.com/news/35039/dnc-votes-strip-power-superdelegates-limit-their-emily-zanottiThe Democratic National Committee voted Saturday to curb the power of so-called "superdelegates," limiting how influential major members of the Democratic Party — and major donors — are in selecting the party's presidential candidate. Superdelegates make up around 15% of all voting DNC delegates and "include governors, members of Congress, mayors and others." Fox News reports that the reforms, which were authored earlier this year, force the superdelegates to wait until the second ballot at the Democratic National Convention before weighing in on which presidential candidate they prefer. This, the more progressive wing of the DNC claims, will help limit superdelegate influence, both on the process and in selecting the final candidate. www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/25/dnc-votes-to-limit-influence-superdelegates-in-presidential-nominating-process.htmlSupporters of former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have been pushing superdelegate reforms on the theory that Sanders would have secured the presidential nomination in 2016 had it not been for the 15% of delegates who operate outside the primary and caucus system — all of whom were firmly in Hillary Clinton's camp. Sanders' complaints are speculative, but DNC emails, revealed through a hack late in the presidential campaign cycle in 2016, show the foundations of a concerted effort to direct the nomination to Hillary Clinton, despite Sanders' early successes in states like Iowa. There's no guarantee the reforms will mean much of a change in how the Democrats' candidate is chosen. The superdelegates could choose to exercise their influence earlier in the process, or Sanders' influence over party politics could turn out to be outsized (a likely scenario), and progressive candidates will still fail at the presidential level.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 26, 2018 20:27:15 GMT -6
www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/26/document-nancy-pelosi-democrats-will-destroy-trump-presidency-with-over-100-investigations-if-dems-win-house/amp/A spreadsheet reportedly circulating among House Republicans details over 100 potential investigations into President Donald Trump that Democrats will launch if they win the November elections. They intend to impeach him — or, at best, cripple his presidency. The document, reported by Axios on Sunday and hinted at by HuffPost on Friday (which put the number at a mere 52 investigations), is said to have Republicans “getting ready for hell,” as Democrats will use oversight to create gridlock, or worse. www.axios.com/2018-midterm-elections-republicans-preparation-investigations-180abf7b-0de8-4670-ae8a-2e6da123c584.htmlAxios reports that some of the investigations, based on requests for inquiries made by Democrats while in the minority, include: President Trump’s tax returns Trump family businesses — and whether they comply with the Constitution’s emoluments clause, including the Chinese trademark grant to the Trump Organization Trump’s dealings with Russia, including the president’s preparation for his meeting with Vladimir Putin The payment to Stephanie Clifford — a.k.a. Stormy Daniels James Comey’s firing HuffPost composed a similar list, based on subpoena requests by Democrats that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives had ignored thus far. They cited a statement by Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee: If Democrats win the majority in November, we would finally do what Republicans have refused to do, and that is conduct independent, fact-based, and credible investigations of the Trump Administration to address issues like the security clearance process, conflicts of interest, the numerous attempts by Republicans to strip away healthcare from millions of Americans, postal service reforms, prescription drug pricing, and voting rights. Before 2016, Democrats notably attempted to stifle Republican investigations into the Obama administration, most notably the IRS scandal and the Benghazi terror attack. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who would likely become Speaker if Democrats were to win a majority in the House, led Democrats to midterm victory in 2006 on similar promises of oversight and rooting out corruption.
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Post by soonernvolved on Aug 28, 2018 10:58:19 GMT -6
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