***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[Belgium]

I wonder how much saliva the GOP is generating salivating over the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Kennedy was also one of the majority votes in the 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

 

[gry60]

"“The anti‐Semite has chosen hate because hate is a faith; at the outset he has chosen to devaluate words and reasons. How entirely at ease he feels as a result. How futile and frivolous discussions about the rights of the Jew appear to him. He has placed himself on other ground from the beginning. If out of courtesy he consents for a moment to defend his point of view, he lends himself but does not give himself. He tries simply to project his intuitive certainty onto the plane of discourse ... Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.”

(Anti-Semite and Jew, 1945)

 

[rexanglorum]

Ya’ll coalgangers May be logical, open minded and brave enough to pierce the walls of the echo chamber but I gotta call you guys out. You aren’t BBQing because you’re celebrating, you need a BBQ to eat because you guys arent allowed in any restaurant in America aside from chik fil a and they’re closed on sundays.

 

[aepps20]

alright, man, enough is enough. this is getting embarrassing. I'm tired of Niketalkers humiliating themselves to try to make a political point.





Niketalkers like Rusty and Rex. The libs on here are pathetic. Debating who is worse between Comet and Crooked H is like trying to figure out if MJ could beat LeBron. Who cares. Both need to be locked up.

Their tears are super-salty and will do a good job seasoning the ferret I just ran over in my Ford F350. Tonight the coal gang will feast. Fire up the coal chute, elpablo21 .

Well said comrade. Libs too busy in fighting without working off the jab in the early rounds to see the coal infused right hook we have waiting for them. NT libs are an embarrassment to the Dims. They think Coal Gang agrees on everything which isn't the case. We limit our disagreements to Coalition events where we can discuss who loves our President Elect more. Great B ball analogy. Watching libs argue about Comet Vs Crooked William's wife is like watching Bulls fans hype up Detrik Rose and the bench mob only to see them get washed by the real Champ Donald John Trump.

 

[Belgium]

 

[IATT]

I wonder how much saliva the GOP is generating salivating over the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade.
Kennedy was also one of the majority votes in the 5-4 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

 

[whywesteppin]

Reading aepps20 's post after seeing rexanglorum 's dribble is like eating a well done coal-grilled steak after having suffered through some sushi (gross).

aepps20 is correct. We disagree vehicley on many things, but ESPECIALLY about who has the hottest bae. Betsy, Candy, or Tomi? We have gone late into the night many times on this topic and many ERs have been visited as a result.

Lately, Mr. Rex, it's not just the Chick-fil-A that's closed on Sunday. The Honkerburger has gone out of business due to Obummer's policies. But thanks be to D-nald for reopening the coal mines because now we can get all the charcoal we need. THAT is why we celebrate.

 

[Belgium]

The Government Accountability Office had to close its probe into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke because the agency refused to cooperate with the probe. Zinke allegedly threatened senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in a phonecall. The GAO could not obtain any information from the agency due to the stonewalling and thus couldn't issue a legal opinion.

I recall that The Atlantic reported sometime late 2017 or early 2018 that the Ethics Office ran into a similar problem with its probe of Devin Nunes after his WH controversy.
Edit:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/devin-nunes-controversy/551792/

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/watchdog-closes-zinke-threat-probe-679488?cid=apn
Watchdog closes Zinke threat probe, citing lack of cooperation from Interior

The GAO said today it couldn't issue an opinion on whether Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke violated the law by reportedly threatening an Alaskan senator in a phone call because the agency didn't cooperate in its probe.

Interior acknowledged Zinke phoned Senate Energy Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) one day after Murkowski voted against the GOP's legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. But it didn't speak to allegations that Zinke warned of negative consequences to energy and public lands policy in the state due to that vote.


Federal law generally allows "agency officials to voice their position on matters of public policy by direct appeals to Congress," but Interior's lack of cooperation prevented investigators from determining whether any lines were crossed, according to a letter from Thomas Armstrong, GAO's general counsel, to the two senior House Democrats who requested the probe last July.

"Interior did not provide us with any information on the substance of the telephone calls. In light of this, we lack the requisite facts on which to base a legal opinion," Armstrong wrote.

New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone, top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva, top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, said the lack of cooperation underscored the need for congressional oversight.

"Secretary Zinke seems to think he can threaten anyone he wants as long as Republicans cover for him," Grijalva said in a statement.

 

[IATT]

 

[EddieDoyers]

Going to prison to own the libs

 

[elpablo21]

Goal Gang's OFFICIAL BBQ GRILL MASTER elpablo21 can make those ingredients work. The Lib fears make the dish comrade. Libs are in shambles tonight.

alright, man, enough is enough. this is getting embarrassing. I'm tired of Niketalkers humiliating themselves to try to make a political point.





Niketalkers like Rusty and Rex. The libs on here are pathetic. Debating who is worse between Comet and Crooked H is like trying to figure out if MJ could beat LeBron. Who cares. Both need to be locked up.

Their tears are super-salty and will do a good job seasoning the ferret I just ran over in my Ford F350. Tonight the coal gang will feast. Fire up the coal chute, elpablo21 .

Well done road kill w/ a side of ketchup, coal dusted charred RINOs and 100 proof lib tears coming right up

 

[Belgium]

Trump's IRS nominee failed to properly disclose his properties in Trump-branded hotels. He may also have failed to report interest income according to a memo drafted by Senate Finance Committee staff.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/27/irs-nominee-chuck-rettig-trump-hotel-659313
Trump's IRS nominee didn't disclose properties in Trump-branded hotel
The revelation about the hotel seems certain to come up when Chuck Rettig testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.

President Donald Trump’s pick to run the IRS, tax lawyer Chuck Rettig, owns properties at the Trump International Hotel Waikiki and Tower.

He’d previously disclosed his 50 percent stake in a pair of Honolulu rental units, but not their specific location. That detail was discussed later, at a June 21 meeting with congressional staff, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.


Trump typically gets fees on sales for licensing his name.

The document was circulated Wednesday to Senate Finance Committee members ahead of their hearing on Rettig’s nomination, scheduled for Thursday.

“The nominee did disclose these properties, but not their location,” the memo said of Rettig’s original answers to financial disclosure questions that ask nominees to list assets and sources of income that exceed $1,000.

The revelation about the Trump-branded hotel seems certain to come up when Rettig testifies.

“Committee staff raised this at the nominee’s June 21st due diligence meeting,” the memo said. “The nominee plans to provide more detail on his Committee Questionnaire to include the full name of the property.”

Rettig bought the properties in 2006 and they were finished in 2009, the memo said.

Rettig also agreed to revisit the need to provide details on the properties with respect to his ethics agreement, or make any appropriate amendments regarding the properties, the memo said.

It also indicated Rettig failed to report interest income or interest expenses related to a personal loan he made to an unnamed family member.

Rettig, who specializes in handling tax controversies for clients of his firm in Beverly Hills, Calif., made three $200,000 loans to the family member in 2014, and the loans were fully repaid this year, according to the memo.

But Rettig failed to record interest income related to the loans on his 2014, 2015 and 2016 tax returns. In addition, no interest expense related to the loans was deducted in 2014 or 2016, but he deducted $17,856 of interest expense in 2015.

Rettig called the loans an informal family matter, according to the memo, and he was unclear whether the funds would be an equity investment in a business that they were meant to finance or repaid as a loan. But in 2015, his family member began repayments.

The funds should have been treated as a loan at that time, with interest income reported and any interest expense deducted, the memo said, and Rettig has agreed to amend his returns.

A phone message left for Rettig and an email to him weren’t immediately returned.

“Mr. Rettig has moved through the Finance Committee’s bipartisan vetting process in good faith, providing accurate information regarding his personal finances and other matters," said Julia Lawless, a spokeswoman for Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). "The properties that he purchased more than ten years ago were disclosed and vetted in the customary way. Members will have ample opportunity to ask questions and get further clarity on this fact and any questions they may have during tomorrow’s hearing."

Trump nominated Rettig in February to the IRS commissioner post, which was vacated in November, when former Commissioner John Koskinen’s term ended.

Finance Committee staffers reviewed Rettig's questionnaire, tax returns for 2014, 2015 and 2016, and his financial disclosure statements. The Trump-related hotel and unreported family loan interest were the only two issues staffers raised in their memo to committee members going into Rettig’s nomination hearing.

In addition, he’s likely to get quizzed on clients he’s represented and aggressive positions they’ve taken against the IRS and state tax authorities, and how he’ll make the transition from his management of a relatively small law firm to running the IRS and its massive bureaucracy.

Rettig is also likely to field questions on challenges facing the IRS, from implementing new tax cuts this year to more long-standing problems related to customer service complaints, outdated and outmoded information technology and an aging, shrinking workforce.

 

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[whywesteppin]

"(I'm not there, not sure if he was a black or Hispanic man.)"

Neither. He's Dominican.

 

[Mark Antony]

A small loan of 10 million dollars:

This would keep you from getting a clearance.

 

[IATT]

 

[IATT]

Someone come get their man

 

[Belgium]

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/article213846794.html#cardLink=row6_card2
The winding money trail from Kazakhstan to Trump SoHo
A collaborative investigation has found the specific offshore companies used to route into a Trump-branded property more than $3 million linked to a massive fraud case in Kazakhstan.
The discovery provides one of the most detailed views yet of a money-laundering allegation involving a Trump property.

 

[northoaklandfc]

**** Melinda and Seth. I'm sure they feel great playing captain save-a-minority but fundamentally, there's little difference between them and the type of devil who stole and abducted black children from their mothers during slavery.

**** this country's entirely history, present and current relationship with racial minorities.

 

[aepps20]

Someone come get their man

I dislike Libs and Dims pretty much the same but my disdain for Bernard Neon Deion Sanders is second to none. Gifs to follow.

 

[InTheHallway]

I had no idea Harry Reid opened the door on simple majority back in 2013 ... I could have sworn this was a Republican tactic prior, when realizing that the General was going to be so difficult to win going forward ...

There's a video floating around of McConnell warning Reid ... It's riveting ... Almost eerie given he seems to suggest that there time is coming in short order ...

 

[rillo561]

A lot of learin' today, eh

 

[EddieDoyers]

I had no idea Harry Reid opened the door on simple majority back in 2013 ... I could have sworn this was a Republican tactic prior, when realizing that the General was going to be so difficult to win going forward ...

There's a video floating around of McConnell warning Reid ... It's riveting ... Almost eerie given he seems to suggest that there time is coming in short order ...

Congrats, you just started following politics in 2016

 

[nomnom]

Someone come get their man

He didnt win the primary but the 2020 election will go through him and the Bernie wing of the party

 

[nomnom]

I dislike Libs and Dims pretty much the same but my disdain for Bernard Neon Deion Sanders is second to none. Gifs to follow.

LMAO THESE GIFS ARE GOLDEN