***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Mark Antony]

McMaster and his credibility are getting skewered on all fronts

@tomricks1:
McMaster’s former deputy commander in Iraq: An officer must not just stand by while a lie is being promulgated

https://t.co/jhpy6xYhPs

Also came across this...

@AFP:
#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House

Can't wait to here this

This might not end well

someone in the WH is an agent of chaos to suggest this.

 

[RustyShackleford]

America is addicted to idiot leaders, like a junkie addicted to Oxy. The Obama years was just a time where we went to rehab and had our act together for a while.

Now we are back injecting dat orange heroin straight into our veins.

I'm always told how "I'm one of the good ones" when I talk to my foreign friends and relatives about Americans these days Now I kind of know what being black in the US feels like

But real talk, as a black man few things grinds my gears more that being told this.

 

[sfc415]

I don't know whether to laugh or feel humiliated by this Saudi Arabia news I know most Saudi royalty don't actually give a @#$@ about religion (you should see what they do in European clubs when they go on trips) but still

 

[rolaholic]

McMaster and his credibility are getting skewered on all fronts

@tomricks1:
McMaster’s former deputy commander in Iraq: An officer must not just stand by while a lie is being promulgated

https://t.co/jhpy6xYhPs

Also came across this...

@AFP:
#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House

Can't wait to here this

This might not end well

someone in the WH is an agent of chaos to suggest this.

 

[paulwest1985]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/15/polit...ssor-predicts-trump-impeachment-erin-burnett/

 [h1]Professor predicted Trump win, says he will be impeached[/h1]
By Leinz Vales, CNN

Updated 11:50 AM ET, Wed November 16, 2016

 
The man dubbed "Prediction Professor" for accurately calling almost every presidential election since 1984, including the 2016 election, now forecasts the impeachment of President-elect Donald Trump.

"There's a very good chance that Donald Trump could face impeachment," Allan Lichtman told Erin Burnett on "Erin Burnett OutFront."

Poll expert eats bug after being wrong about Trump

Lichtman, a political historian who teaches at the American University in Washington, says he uses his own system of 13 true or false statements to judge whether the incumbent party will retain the White House. However, when it came to his bold prediction of a Trump impeachment, he told Burnett it's based on his instinct.

"First of all, throughout his life he has played fast and loose with the law," Lichtman said. "He has run an illegal charity in New York state. He has made an illegal campaign contribution through that charity. He has used the charity to settle personal business debts. He faces a RICO lawsuit."

Burnett pushed back at Lichtman's claim, noting his allegations have not been proven in a court of law and went on to ask why he thought Trump could be impeached when Republicans hold both the House and Senate.

"The Republicans are nervous about Donald Trump," Lichtman said. "He is a loose cannon. Nobody knows what he really believes or really where he stands. He can't be controlled. The Republicans would vastly prefer to have Mike Pence, an absolutely predictable down-the-pipe conservative Republican."

The end is nigh.

 

[RustyShackleford]

McMaster and his credibility are getting skewered on all fronts

@tomricks1:
McMaster’s former deputy commander in Iraq: An officer must not just stand by while a lie is being promulgated

https://t.co/jhpy6xYhPs

Also came across this...

@AFP:
#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House

Can't wait to here this

This might not end well

someone in the WH is an agent of chaos to suggest this.

It Trump fires Ole Third Reich Steve, then things gonna get really lit.

 

[rolaholic]

The Breitbart 180 turn on Cheetolini would be glorious

 

[Rootin4EverybodyBlack]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

 

[sonoftony]

slowly but surely....

 

[sfc415]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

He's the healthiest president of all time though.

Straight goon and dapper physique

 

[Mr.Guy]

Trump out here making rookie mistakes [emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji][emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[whywesteppin]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

It's a race to the finish!

Which will get to trump first:

a) Health fail (heart attack, stroke, or dementia)
b) Impeachment
c) Suicide (gun, rope, knife, jump, or poison)
d) Assassination (foreign player, crazed American, fellow Republican, or a trump family member)

The possibilities are endless.

 

[Chopper]

 

I agree with everything except the feminist part. I don't know one feminist that voted for Drumpf. They are all very vocal progressives around my way.

I can imagine the white, corporate, "lean in" sort of feminists supporting Trump because he's "good on business." Genuine, bonafide, intersectional feminists though, they were all against Trump.

Trump won da entire white women vote vs Clinton.

We're aware. The majority of white women are not feminists... 

 

[rolaholic]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

He's the healthiest president of all time though.

Straight goon and dapper physique

John Daly Trumputin looking #NTthick

 

[whywesteppin]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

He's the healthiest president of all time though.

Straight goon and dapper physique

John Daly Trumputin looking #NTthick

dapper don

 

[sonoftony]

I honestly think there's a better chance Trump's health will fail before Republicans actually move to impeach him.

It's a race to the finish!

Which will get to trump first:

a) Health fail (heart attack, stroke, or dementia)
b) Impeachment
c) Suicide (gun, rope, knife, jump, or poison)
d) Assassination (foreign player, crazed American, fellow Republican, or a trump family member)

The possibilities are endless.

dude has dementia already.

but I'll support either choice to end 45

 

[sfc415]

Is he going to get a translator for his Saudi Arabia speech, or is he himself going to be speaking in "straight habibi"?

 

[frink85]

All of Donald Trump's health things came back positive, he is the healthiest president ever to exist and is very handsome.

-My Doctor


(from Donald Trump)

 

[RustyShackleford]

All of Donald Trump's health things came back positive, he is the healthiest president ever to exist and is very handsome.

-My Doctor


(from Donald Trump)

Trump probably got dat Mr. Burns Three Stooges Syndrome

 

[frink85]

 

[deleted]

Trump's doctor

 

[rolaholic]

Welp

@maggieNYT:
Spicer is hedging on question of whether it's ever ok for a public official to lie to the American public. "No," Spicer says finally.

RIP

 

[EddieDoyers]

That's the end of Spice man right there

 

[sfc415]

Welp
RIP

Did this clown just ignore the past 4 months of his own life when he said this?

 

[Belgium]

https://gop.com/platform/we-the-people/

Accordingly, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to children before birth.

Meanwhile...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/seth-rich-family-right-wing-media-report-wikileaks-2017-5?r=US&IR=T

Sure sounds like they're respecting the sanctity of life here 

 Guess that only applies when they're still in the womb

 
The family of Seth Rich, a slain Democratic National Committee staffer, criticized media outlets and people who they suggested used a new report about Rich's contacts before his death as validation of their political ideology.

Late Monday, a private investigator affiliated with the Rich family told Fox 5, a Washington, DC, outlet, that before being fatally shot in July, Rich had contacts with WikiLeaks, which released internal DNC emails last year.

Rod Wheeler, the investigator, who reports have said is paid by a third party, suggested the Metropolitan Police Department attempted to cover up the nature of Rich's death on behalf of the DNC, which the police department denied  on Tuesday.

The Fox 5 report was featured prominently by top right-leaning outlets, including Breitbart News, the Drudge Report, Fox News, and the "Fox & Friends" morning show.

Asked about the attention the new report received from right-leaning outlets, Brad Bauman, a representative for the Rich family, said the family condemned the attempt to politicize Rich's death.

"It's sad but unsurprising that a group of media outlets who have repeatedly lied to the American people would try and manipulate the legacy of a murder victim in order to forward their own political agenda," Bauman told Business Insider. "I think there is a special place in hell for people like that."

Many top right-leaning outlets have dismissed intelligence and law-enforcement findings that Russia hacked and leaked private DNC emails in which top staffers were hostile to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 Democratic primary.

The insinuation that Rich leaked the emails has reignited the claim online that Rich's dissatisfaction with the DNC, not Russian interference, influenced the election. On Monday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange retweeted the Fox 5 story.

Rich's family said Wheeler's assertions were "unsubstantiated claims" and that they saw "no facts, we have seen no evidence, we have been approached with no emails and only learned about this when contacted by the press."

"Even if tomorrow an email was found, it is not a high enough bar of evidence to prove any interactions as emails can be altered, and we've seen that those interested in pushing conspiracies will stop at nothing to do so," the family said in a statement.

The family's statement continued:

"We are a family who is committed to facts, not fake evidence that surfaces every few months to fill the void and distract law enforcement and the general public from finding Seth's murderers. The services of the private investigator who spoke to press was offered to the Rich family and paid for by a third party, and contractually was barred from speaking to press or anyone outside of law enforcement or the family unless explicitly authorized by the family."

Rich's family has repeatedly attempted to quash online theories that there was a conspiratorial motive behind Rich's death. Police said Rich was shot during an attempted robbery while he was walking home from a bar in Washington, DC.

In August, WikiLeaks promised a $20,000 reward to whoever identified Rich's killer.

In a statement to Business Insider after WikiLeaks announced the reward, the family thanked investigators but said attempts to politicize Rich's death by floating unfounded theories about the shooting were "actually causing more harm than good and impeding on the ability for law enforcement to properly do their job."