***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[storm2006]

Trump met today with Kanye, Ray Lewis, and Jim Brown.

How long till his supporters start complaining that Trump is spending time with all these thugs?

Trump met today with Kanye, Ray Lewis, and Jim Brown.


How long till his supporters start complaining that Trump is spending time with all these thugs?

Still disappointed with Ray Lewis smh

Ray Lewis? Really?

Ray Lewis? Really?

He likes the criminal types.

I am so confused as to why Trump is meeting with Ray Lewis

 

[Master Zik]

Hilary Clinton for all her flaws still beat the breaks off of Bernie, so what that say about Bernie?

Actual suicides might've went down had Donald demolished Bernie heads up.

Son would've got lower turnout among certain minorities going off how much Hillary actually beat him by.

he pays coyotes 6G's every trip.... what u think?

real good.

It'd be cheaper to just get cjaught by INS and 9not pay to get back inn the countrym

 

[shatterkneesinc]

Not everyone is a registered democrat

 

[legalsole]

Isn't this tillerson guy going to have to take a leave from his CEO job?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Not everyone is a registered democrat

Um, I don't know why you posted this, but ok.

 

[EddieDoyers]

Isn't this tillerson guy going to have to take a leave from his CEO job?

Yes he would have to

Ironically he's the most socially progressive of Trump's cabinet members
There are rumblings from the GOP social conservatives about this nomination

 

[gry60]

Isn't this tillerson guy going to have to take a leave from his CEO job?

He is, but the guy has 30 mil in shares from Exxon, and the company is sitting on oil fields worth 500 billion that they can't exploit because they're in Russia, and Russia has been sanctioned by the US and the UN for their actions in Crimea...

 

[EddieDoyers]

Isn't this tillerson guy going to have to take a leave from his CEO job?

He is, but the guy has 30 mil in shares from Exxon, and the company is sitting on oil fields worth 500 billion that they can't exploit because they're in Russia, and Russia has been sanctioned by the US and the UN for their actions in Crimea...

Putin and Exxon about to eat
Wonder how Trump benefits from this partnership though [emoji]129300[/emoji]

 

[ninjahood]

I live 45 minutes away from the Mex border, while it's def possible to cross that thing illegally, that thing is not porous. You can ask all the folks that die or get caught trying to cross.

He talking out his A!!! like usual.

sure i am.... im da one that speaks Spanish on a latino hood.

only Coyotes ya know bout runs after da Roadrunner

 

[ninjahood]

Hilary Clinton for all her flaws still beat the breaks off of Bernie, so what that say about Bernie?

Actual suicides might've went down had Donald demolished Bernie heads up.

Son would've got lower turnout among certain minorities going off how much Hillary actually beat him by.

he pays coyotes 6G's every trip.... what u think?

real good.

It'd be cheaper to just get cjaught by INS and 9not pay to get back inn the countrym

and risk detention center purgatory? no way José

 

[ninjahood]

Isn't this tillerson guy going to have to take a leave from his CEO job?

he retiring from Exxon...they mandate it once u hit 65.

 

[rolaholic]

Trump met major tech CEO's earlier...

"Blind trust"

 

[RustyShackleford]

GOP gonna GOP

https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/809132174461009920

They know the new Dem governor might roll back their voter suppression efforts, so not only do they want to stop that, they want to double down on them.

 

[AZwildcats]

@ blind trust.

 

[moe fab]

June 2018 kant get here soon enough

 

[gry60]

Turns out that Putin was personally calling the shots

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...personally-involved-u-s-election-hack-n696146

U.S. intelligence officials now believe with "a high level of confidence" that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian campaign to interfere in the U.S. presidential election, senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

Two senior officials with direct access to the information say new intelligence shows that Putin personally directed how hacked material from Democrats was leaked and otherwise used. The intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies, the officials said.

Putin's objectives were multifaceted, a high-level intelligence source told NBC News. What began as a "vendetta" against Hillary Clinton morphed into an effort to show corruption in American politics and to "split off key American allies by creating the image that [other countries] couldn't depend on the U.S. to be a credible global leader anymore," the official said.

Ultimately, the CIA has assessed, the Russian government wanted to elect Donald Trump. The FBI and other agencies don't fully endorse that view, but few officials would dispute that the Russian operation was intended to harm Clinton's candidacy by leaking embarrassing emails about Democrats.

The latest intelligence said to show Putin's involvement goes much further than the information the U.S. was relying on in October, when all 17 intelligence agencies signed onto a statement attributing the Democratic National Committee hack to Russia.

The statement said officials believed that "only Russia's senior-most officials could have authorized these activities." That was an intelligence judgment based on an understanding of the Russian system of government, which Putin controls with absolute authority.

Now the U.S has solid information tying Putin to the operation, the intelligence officials say. Their use of the term "high confidence" implies that the intelligence is nearly incontrovertible.

"It is most certainly consistent with the Putin that I have watched and used to work with when I was an ambassador and in the government," said Michael McFaul, who was ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014.

"He has had a vendetta against Hillary Clinton, that has been known for a long time because of what she said about his elections back in the parliamentary elections of 2011. He wants to discredit American democracy and make us weaker in terms of leading the liberal democratic order. And most certainly he likes President-elect Trump's views on Russia," McFaul added. Clinton cast doubt on the integrity of Russia's elections.

As part of contingency planning for potential retaliation against Russia, according to officials, U.S. intelligence agencies have stepped up their probing into his personal financial empire.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Papi Vlady's mobile bout to get a blessing from the 10033

 

[IATT]

 

[deleted]

I'll wait until this information comes from a reliable source thank you very much

Preferably some place like RT

 

[shoefreakbaby]

I dont know what I fear more, a trump presidency

Or Trump not becoming president through some factor and the KKK and rednecks starting a civil war.

Either way I think its time I learn how to use a gun.

 

[wavycrocket]

Angela Rye......

Cam have it all. ALLLLLLLLL!

 

[handullz]

Turns out that Putin was personally calling the shots

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...personally-involved-u-s-election-hack-n696146

Is **** about to get real?

 

[MVP]

Angela Rye......

Cam have it all. ALLLLLLLLL!

She's mine

 

[RustyShackleford]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/u...er-republicans.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

RALEIGH, N.C. — Republicans in the North Carolina legislature on Wednesday took the highly unusual step of moving to strip power from the incoming Democratic governor after a bitter election that extended years of fierce ideological battles in the state.

After calling a surprise special session, Republican lawmakers who control the General Assembly introduced measures to end the governor’s control over election boards, to require State Senate approval of the new governor’s cabinet members and to strip his power to appoint University of North Carolina trustees.

Republicans also proposed to substantially cut the number of state employees who serve at the governor’s pleasure, giving Civil Service protections to hundreds of managers in state agencies who have executed the priorities of Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican.

If the measures pass the legislature, where Republicans hold large majorities in both chambers, and Mr. McCrory signs off, they would significantly hamstring the new governor, Roy Cooper, who takes office in January. Mr. McCrory conceded the race last week after a nearly monthlong challenge of the vote, a hard-fought race that followed four years in which unified Republican control of state government brought a wave of restrictions on voting access, abortion and gay rights.

Democratic leaders accused Republicans of trying to undo the election results. “This is an unprecedented, shameful and cowardly power grab from the Republicans,’’ said Jamal Little, a spokesman for the state’s Democratic Party. “After losing the governor’s officer, the G.O.P.-controlled General Assembly is attempting to hold on to power that voters took away from them.”

Mr. Cooper rebuked Republicans in milder terms. Lawmakers “should focus on higher teacher pay, better wages for working North Carolinians and repealing H.B. 2,” he said in a Twitter message. House Bill 2 is North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” that nullified protections for gay and transgender residents.

A Republican leader in the House, David Lewis, defended the moves, telling reporters that Republicans would “work to establish that we are going to continue to be a relevant party in governing the state.”

Some believe the H.B. 2 law, which brought national disapproval, contributed significantly to Mr. McCrory’s loss. His was only governor’s seat in the country that Republicans failed to hold on Election Day, even as Donald J. Trump won here.

Under one of the most sweeping Republican bills, which lawmakers will vote on beginning Thursday, county election boards would have two members from each party, rather than the current three-member boards with a majority from the governor’s party.

The state Board of Elections would also become a bipartisan body, with equal numbers from each party, instead of being controlled by the governor. The governor’s election, which was decided by only about 10,300 votes, or 0.2 percent, put a spotlight on North Carolina’s election boards as they examined voting challenges in dozens of counties brought by McCrory supporters, who claimed dead people and felons had voted.

The challenges stretched on for nearly a month, and it was not until last week that Mr. McCrory conceded.

Under current state law, the governor names five members to the state Elections Board, who in turn appoint the 100 county boards. Thus the governor is able to stack the boards with partisan supporters.

Still, the state board rulings in the canvas procedure did not necessarily favor Mr. McCrory. Most of the votes his supporters challenged proved inconsequential.

County boards in parts of the state were also on the hot seat before Election Day. Many had passed voting rules that critics called an attempted end-run around a federal-court decision striking down a state voting law. The court ruled that the 2013 law discriminated against African-American voters.

Some state boards responded by setting limited voting hours and limited polling locations, as well as cutting Sunday voting. The measures were criticized as meant to suppress black turnout.

Rumors bubbled after the election of Mr. Cooper, the attorney general, that Republicans in Raleigh would add seats to the State Supreme Court. The court gained a 4-to-3 Democratic majority after the election last month of Judge Mike Morgan. Republicans denied a “court-packing” plan, and no such bill was introduced. But a bill was filed to add party labels in State Supreme Court elections. It was seen as a response to the election of Mr. Morgan, who some observers thought won because voters mistakenly thought he was a Republican.

The special legislative session was announced only at midday on Wednesday, and it came as a surprise to Democrats. Lawmakers had just ended a two-day special session, the third of the year, called to enact relief for victims of natural disasters.

As the fourth extraordinary session was called to order, Democrats complained that they had been given no inkling of any bills Republicans planned to file. In the House, one Democratic representative after another rose to protest that the session was unconstitutional.

What the **** is wrong with the GOP

 

[RustyShackleford]

NC GOP is straight up out the Jim Crow Era

https://twitter.com/PoliticsWolf?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author

No wonder Blco loves living there.