***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Mark Antony]

He's doing another O'reilly interview? Doesn't he have a job to do?

 

[IATT]

Esther Webber ‏@estwebber 3h3 hours ago

The speaker of the House of Commons says he would not invite President Trump to Parliamentpic.twitter.com/AkKYaO7o9I

 

[RIP sleazyy]

I call my own shots, largely based on an accumulation of data, and everyone knows it. Some FAKE NEWS media, in order to marginalize, lies!

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

Call his own shots? What a joke. Village idiot probably can't even tie his own shoe laces.

Bannon probably running his Twitter tbh

Our president is a joke.

Cannot put enough emphasis on this.

 

[IATT]

Bradd Jaffy ‏@BraddJaffy 1h1 hour ago

Trump just named 9/11, Boston, Orlando and San Bernardino to justify his travel ban. None of those attackers were from countries in the ban.pic.twitter.com/jeUoUSLfGe

Bradd Jaffy ‏@BraddJaffy 52m52 minutes ago
9/11: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Lebanon, Egypt

Boston: Kyrgyzstan (1 a US citizen)

Orlando: Born in US

San Bernardino: 1 US-born, 1 Pakistanhttps://twitter.com/braddjaffy/status/828680965463670784  …

Bradd Jaffy ‏@BraddJaffy 43m43 minutes ago

Trump tells troops: the “very dishonest press doesn't want to report” terror attacks...“they have their reasons” (This is ABSOLUTELY FALSE.)pic.twitter.com/WmIOKwGTaQ

Reuters Top NewsVerified account ‏@Reuters 10h10 hours ago

Kremlin wants apology from Fox News' O'Reilly over Putin comments http://reut.rs/2leIpDl  pic.twitter.com/rT3b44Ej7z

 

[osh kosh bosh]

It's almost like these guys have no idea what they've gotten themselves into.


It's almost like everyone who goes into business with Donald Trump leaves a broken, shell of their former selves.

 

[niketalker23]

But will da hemi be affordable?

 

[IATT]

 

[osh kosh bosh]

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/02/06/pitt-f06.html

Pittsburg water declared unsafe to drink.

Looks like we have many impending crises coming straight at us.

Hey but who needs the EPA right???


bone apple teeth

 

[Nike Jordan]

 

The states in dark blue are the ones that do the most business with Mexico and will the ones hurt by the stupid tariffs.

 

[lightweight champion]

Hey but who needs the EPA right???


bone apple teeth

 

[IATT]

 

 

The states in dark blue are the ones that do the most business with Mexico and will the ones hurt by the stupid tariffs.

 

[Belgium]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...isit-speaker-address-parliament-a7565651.html

 
Donald Trump will not be welcome to address Parliament on his state visit to the UK because of his racist and sexist attitudes, the Speaker of the House of Commons has  said in a major snub to the American president.

In a dramatic intervention, John Bercow, the Speaker, said he was “strongly opposed” to Mr Trump speaking in the Commons as he stressed that being invited to address Parliament was “not an automatic right” but “an earned honour”.

“Before the imposition of the migrant ban I would myself have been strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall," Mr Bercow told MPs.

“After the imposition of the migrant ban by President Trump I am even more strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall.”

Parts of the Commons erupted into rare spontaneous applause in support of Mr Bercow’s  statement. 

The intervention will cause headaches in Downing Street, where Theresa May has bent over backwards to rekindle the so-called special relationship with the US.

Veteran Labour MP Dennis Skinner, speaking after Mr Bercow’s statement said: “Further to that point of order: two words: well done.”

The Speaker said: “We value our relationship with the United States. If a state visit takes place, that is way beyond and above the pay grade of the Speaker. 

“However, as far as this place is concerned I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons.”

Theresa May invited Mr Trump to make a state visit to the UK on her recent trip to the United States. She said he would fly to Britain before the end of the year.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and others have said that the visit should be cancelled until Mr Trump rescinds his “Muslim ban” on travellers from some countries.

Whether the controversial president would address Parliament has been a particular source of contention. Foreign leaders on state visits sometimes address Westminster Hall, which lies in the House of Commons, or Royal Gallery in the House of Lords.

Mr Trump’s visit is fast emerging as a political minefield. His team are reportedly hoping avoid any meeting with Prince Charles, whose environmental campaigning might put him at odds with the president.

Mr Bercow said he was one of the three “keyholders” to Westminster Hall and also said he would not permit an invitation to the Royal Gallery in the House of Commons to be made in his name.

He admitted that he would “perhaps have a strong a say in that matter” but said that “customarily an invitation to a visiting leader to deliver an address there would be issued in the names of the two speakers”.

“I would not wish to issue an invitation to President Trump to speak in the Royal Gallery,” he concluded.

The Speaker’s intervention is a particularly stunning development because the post is politically neutral. Mr Bercow was previously a Conservative MP before he was elected to the role; following convention he then gave up any party affiliation.

Nearly two million people signed a petition calling for Mr Trump's state visit to be cancelled in just days after it was announced. MPs are to debate the issue in Westminster Hall.

 

[superblytrife]

Our president is a joke.

That about sums it up.  I'm not even some rah-rah, go America, patriot type of cat, but I'm legit embarrassed for our country.  Dude is a disgraceful human, let alone president.  

 

[sundoobie]

Gotta be a larger than life douche to not be welcomed in any part of the world especially as US President (except for Russia.)

What a stark difference to when Obama went on his 1st foreign trip;

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/19/photos-and-video-from-bar_n_113843.html

 

[iamdef]

I think they should let him speak but expose him while he's up there. Have a tv rollin' with all the BS he's spewed out and have him defend it.

I'm sure his current supporters will look at as him being attacked and bellyache still but I'd love to see him go "I didn't say that" and watch him as they roll the beautiful bean footage

 

[sfc415]

Trump's supporters won't care, because as far as they're concerned, "the rest of the world can kick rocks". Meanwhile Trump will cry all over Twitter like a 12 year old

 

[trueprada]

 Patriots TE Martellus Bennett said he will not go to the White House to honor Super Bowl win. Not worried about what his owner thinks.

 

[jape]

 

thats my dude...we played AAU together

he's always been a real one

 

[Belgium]

So da Donald is coming to Brussels somewhere in May for the NATO meeting.

Wonder how that's gonna go 

 

[sonoftony]

 Patriots TE Martellus Bennett said he will not go to the White House to honor Super Bowl win. Not worried about what his owner thinks.

#FDT

 

[iamdef]

Trump's supporters won't care, because as far as they're concerned, "the rest of the world can kick rocks". Meanwhile Trump will cry all over Twitter like a 12 year old

It's kinda like a catch 22, invite him and try to hold him accountable and he'll make himself the victim or don't invite him and he'll make himself the victim

That blind and illogical support system he has is practically fool proof

 

[sundoobie]

Trump's supporters won't care, because as far as they're concerned, "the rest of the world can kick rocks". Meanwhile Trump will cry all over Twitter like a 12 year old

Exactly.

Here's an easy to read, grade school level, breakdown of the false statements made by Trump AFTER being sworn in from a Canadian website however his supporters will just dismiss it without even reading it.

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/02/03/daniel-dales-donald-trump-fact-check-updates.html

 

[Nike Jordan]

Trump's supporters won't care, because as far as they're concerned, "the rest of the world can kick rocks". Meanwhile Trump will cry all over Twitter like a 12 year old

It's the old "the media's out to get me" strategy that Republicans have been using for years when they face any remote criticism. 

 

[handullz]

Them Bennet boys been real ones for a minute, now

 

[sundoobie]

It's the old "the media's out to get me" strategy that Republicans have been using for years when they face any remote criticism. 

Basically and the uneducated are just scooping it up like Gospel.

Just today his attack on our news media goes to a new low;

“You’ve seen what happened in Paris, and Nice. All over Europe, it’s happening,” he said to the assembled military leaders. “It’s gotten to a point where it’s not even being reported. And in many cases the very, very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ks/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.b4078ba643d3#comments