***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[sfc415]

It's been a couple weeks of strange threats. Being tagged in pictures of gold chains by Ninjahood and being put on an internet forum list by Rico are supposed to scare people now

 

[AZwildcats]

Rico running an NT registry

 

[whywesteppin]

He's going to use it as leverage when Trump tries to deport him.

 

[dathbgboy]

He just threw that in the Rolodex for whenever the social inequality discussion come up again.

Thing is, he had to know what was meant by that but he lookin for things that aint there

Duly noted. Thank you.

Reachin Rico's "lis" continues

Randall though

 

[IATT]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/n...security-costs.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/u...an-lobby-trump.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/u...ne-boeing.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

 

[RIP sleazyy]

the latte drinkers are coding the next generation of robots that can do complex tasks.

just curious -- are you a computer scientist or not?

if not i take it you're in for a huge surprise.

Dude is clueless my daughter is 8 years old learning how to code and how to use computer programs for robotics. Future gonna be lit if we make it.

@WSJPolitics: Trump praises Obama: "I really like him. We have a really good chemistry together... Loves the country." https://t.co/cCvzlAWjIg

80% of his voters right now:

Dude is even alienating his fanbase now [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[harlemtothebronx]

I think a large portion of them either stopped paying close attention or, like ninja, can't find it in themselves to be honest and critical of Trump.

We're in the Twilight Zone. Don't expect logic to make a comeback anytime soon.

 

[Belgium]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...homa-attorney-general/?utm_term=.ca695733af9c

The nomination of Pruitt, confirmed by a transition official, signals Trump's intention to dismantle President Obama’s chief climate change policy. Pruitt, who has written that the debate on climate change is “far from settled,” is part of a coalition of state attorneys general suing the agency over the administration’s Clean Power Plan.

 

[Belgium]

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/a...mexico-border-vanishing-as-gop-lawmakers-bolt

The Mexican border wall that Donald Trump promised in the campaign doesn’t really have to be a wall, says Representative Dennis Ross, a member of the president-elect’s transition team.
“The ‘wall’ is a term to help understand it, to describe it,” says Ross, a Florida Republican, adding that it “really means ‘security.’ It could be a fence. It could be open surveillance to prevent people from crossing. It does not mean an actual wall.”

Even the president-elect’s closest allies in Congress are working to redefine Trump’s top campaign promise, which many view as too costly and impractical for securing the 1,933-mile border with Mexico. Most illegal immigration can be halted with fencing, more Border Patrol agents and drones, they contend. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Sunday suggested using approaches that simply make the most sense.
“Conditions on the ground determine what you need in a particular area,” Ryan said in an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul said Wednesday, “We are going to build the wall. Period.” But he also described his plan, which he plans to propose next year, as a “historic, multi-layered defense system so that drug cartels and terrorists don’t skip through the cracks.”
“That means more Border Patrol agents, new authorities, aerial surveillance, sensors and other technology to protect our territory,” said McCaul of Texas at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

Trump himself briefly backed away from the idea of a fortified wall days after the election by telling CBS he’d accept fencing in some areas -- but revived his promise last week to a roaring crowd in Cincinnati.
“We will construct a great wall at the border, dismantle the criminal cartel and liberate our communities from the epidemic of gang violence and drugs pouring into our nation,” Trump said.

The president-elect faces perhaps more political pressure to produce results on this issue than on any other. An Oct. 25-Nov. 8 Pew Research Center poll found that 79 percent of registered voters backing him saw illegal immigration as a “very big problem.” Smaller percentages named other issues such as terrorism or jobs for working-class Americans.
A Pew poll in August found that 79 percent of Trump voters want a wall along the entire border with Mexico, compared with just 38 percent of all registered voters.
Republicans in Congress say their plan for border security is more flexible.
“I think a wall is anything that will stop people from coming into the country illegally,” said Representative Lou Barletta, a Pennsylvania Republican who has made curbing illegal immigration a signature issue. “It could be a variety of what can be used to be successful.”

 

[rillo561]

 

[MVP]

[emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji] a big, beautiful, tall wall. The con continues.

 

[AZwildcats]

"Build the wall" is an easier chant than "build that camera surveillance system" 

 

[gry60]

Trump's administration bout employ all these tactics, so da United States can act like da Golden Triangle on a global scale.

If he supports guys like Higgins more, I will be all for that

What Higgins is doing is exactly what the left has been clamoring for: retrain the masses so that they can do the jobs of the future. Goes to show that it isn't about what is said; it's about who says it.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

"Build the wall" is an easier chant than "build that camera surveillance system" 

 

[Nike Jordan]

@WSJPolitics: Trump praises Obama: "I really like him. We have a really good chemistry together... Loves the country." https://t.co/cCvzlAWjIg

80% of his voters right now:

 

[rolaholic]

@WajahatAli: Keith Ellison isn't an anti-Semite. He's the victim of a vicious smear.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/post...mear/?tid=ss_tw-bottom&utm_term=.1547c8641020

On point article breaking down the ongoing hit-job against Ellison ever since he announced his candidacy for chairman of the DNC. The first high-profile member of congress to endorse the most successful Jewish presidential candidate ever is being accused of anti-semitism over tame criticism of US-Israel policy.

Even J-Street, one of the biggest Jewish NGO's in the country, is calling BS on the accusations

http://jstreet.org/press-releases/c...son-seek-silence-legitimate-positions-israel/

 

[rolaholic]

@ReutersUS: JUST IN: Trump chooses pro wrestling magnate Linda McMahon to head Small Business Administration - transition team.

 

[AZwildcats]

Trump just trolling society at this point

 

[deleted]

That's payback for Trump's WWE Hall of Fame induction

 

[EddieDoyers]

Trump just trolling society at this point

Follow the money
The McMahons were one of the biggest donors to the Trump campaign
Makes sense why she got a position in the administration

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wa...million-to-pro-trump-super-pac/?client=safari

 

[MVP]

Pay to play was bad I thought?

 

[rolaholic]

Pay to play was bad I thought?

Only if it's done through private emails,seems to be fine when it's out in the open...

 

[whywesteppin]

"Build the wall" is an easier chant than "build that camera surveillance system" 

It's also a more catchy chant than, "Keep doing what Obama was doing."

 

[deleted]

Pay to play was bad I thought?

I guess this is different somehow

Can't wait to hear the rationale

 

[rillo561]

Pay to play was bad I thought?

It is, but only if the other side does it.