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And now the jobs are going to Mexico
Chicago-area manufacturer to lay off 150 people as it moves operations to Mexico, in part to avoid tariffs on Chinese metal


https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...owg?li=BBnb7Kz
""The operation is really not profitable," Fletcher said. He said the decision to relocate operations to Juarez, Mexico, was made about two months ago when President Donald Trump announced tariffs on numerous goods and materials from China as well as other countries, to reduce what the president has called an unfair trade deficit."Mr. Trump is part of this," Fletcher said. So far, the United States has imposed tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese technology goods and $3 billion of Chinese steel and aluminum, and has proposed another $16 billion.Stack-On, which has operated in the Chicago area for 40 years, makes storage products ranging from tool boxes to gun vaults that are sold at Menards, Walmart and other mass retailers."
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Oh no! Not 150 jobs!!!!!

Are you really complaining over 150 jobs? Do some research and see how many jobs Obama's EPA war cost, or how many jobs your beloved socialized healthcare cost the average comrade, how about his war against the corporations by taxation. How many jobs were cut because of that?

But let me guess: "That wasn't Obama's fault, those evil corporate king pins should've taken it up the a$$ and kept all those workers and taken huge losses because big brother said it was 'fair'". If you want 'fair' go to the local state fair; they have rides, food, entertainment.

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I don't trust anything that says "U.S. DemSoc" wrote on it.... just screams propaganda... What is U.S. DemSoc anyway? Democratic Socialist... which in itself is an oxymoron.... interesting...

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Howie, that has got to be the stupidest thing you've posted yet. 'House Prices are UP' is in fact a win. Just as you do in the stock market, you buy low and sell high in real estate. We just sold my parents home and I can assure you I am very happy that home prices are going up.

Car prices go up an average of $100 every year, and have done so decade after decade after decade. The 1965 Ford Mustang convertible debuted with a retail price of $2,663. The 2019 convertible model starts at $31,620. The amount of technology in today's cars is more complex then what was on the space shuttles, and that tech ain't free. So I ask you, how are increasing car prices Trump's fault? Was President Obama responsible for the increase in car prices that happened during his two terms?

Can the president control gas prices? Retail gasoline prices were actually lower during most of the Bush administration than they were under President Obama. The worst gas prices in U.S. history came only a few years ago, topping out at $3.64 per gallon in 2012 (under President Obama), while the national average price today is $2.91. The truth is that no president -- whether Democrat or Republican, "big oil" buddy or alternative fuel friend -- can do much of anything to affect the short-term price of oil, and therefore gasoline. The overriding factor that determines the price of oil from day to day is the market principle of supply and demand [source: U.S. Energy Information Administration]. It comes down to simple economics: When demand is greater than supply, prices rise.

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I'm just curious if anyone has changed their mind on Trump since he's taken office. Either now supporting or now opposed.

I know I haven't. Although I find his rallies a bit self centered at times and he seems to digress when the crowd cheers a little extra.

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‘WRONG ANSWER’: Lawyers for Alleged Russian Trolls Cite Tweety Bird in Blistering Attack on Mueller
To summarize:

WRONG ANSWER. Concord has consistently argued that the Indictment charges no crime at all (interference with an election), but to the extent it purports to charge a crime the essential element of willfulness is fatally absent. The Special Counsel’s retort has been that he was not required to charge willfulness because he did not charge violations of FECA or FARA. Now, in mind-bending, intergalactic, whiplash fashion, he says for the first time, I did, I did, I charged violations of FECA and FARA. Reminiscent of the old adage, “Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself,” the Special Counsel just did so.
The defense filing continues with another sarcastic rejoinder to Mueller’s latest supplemental brief:

The fact that the Court found it necessary, after hundreds of pages of briefing and extensive oral argument, to ask the Special Counsel what the Indictment actually charged, alone supports dismissal. The Special Counsel’s revisionist explanations of what he now says the Indictment provides cannot be considered by the Court to determine if the Indictment charges a crime.

The motion also trashes Mueller’s attempts as a “make-believe…conspiracy” and concludes:

[The indictment] must be dismissed because the grand jury was not properly instructed as to the essential element of intent and further because [it] does not actually charge the crime that the Special Counsel claims he indicted.

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The only wall Trump is going to see is the one that is slowly closing in around him and his children.

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Trump is not sleeping well, watching a lot of TV and getting nervous while the wall around him is closing in.

A timeline of the Mueller probe’s biggest developments
https://thehill.com/policy/national-sec ... rid=252279

"Robert Mueller’s investigative team saw a flurry of activity in the final weeks of 2018, as the special counsel’s probe passed the 18-month mark in what has become a sprawling investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.More than two dozen Russian nationals and entities have been charged for their alleged efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, and Mueller has indicted individuals with ties to the Trump campaign and administration.

Those swept up in the high-profile investigation range from President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lesser-known figures like Alex van der Zwaan, who pleaded guilty to making false statements to investigators.Trump has repeatedly attacked the probe as a “witch hunt,” while Mueller has remained tight-lipped throughout, largely choosing to speak by way of court filings and criminal charges. As the investigation heads into 2019, here is a timeline of the biggest developments.

May 17, 2017: Mueller appointed special counselDeputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein
announces Mueller’s appointment to oversee the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, a move that comes almost immediately after Trump fires James Comey as FBI director.June 14, 2017: Possible obstruction of justice The Washington Post reports that Mueller is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice. The article follows Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in which he said the president asked him in February to end the FBI's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.The FBI’s probe into the retired three star general centered on whether he misled Vice President Pence about his contacts with Russian diplomats before Trump’s inauguration.July 19, 2017: Trump warns Mueller against investigating his finances

The president sends a warning shot to Mueller in a New York Times interview, stating that the special counsel would be crossing a red line if he probes the Trump family’s financial history.

“I think that’s a violation,” Trump tells the Times. “Look, this is about Russia.”

July 26, 2017: Feds raid Manafort’s house

Federal investigators raid Paul Manafort’s home in Alexandria, Va., marking an escalation against the former Trump campaign chairman. The agents reportedly had a search warrant to seize materials from Manafort's residence.

"FBI agents executed a search warrant at one of Mr. Manafort's residences," Manafort’s spokesman confirms in a statement.

Oct. 30, 2017: Manafort and Gates indicted, Papadopoulos’s guilty plea revealed Mueller’s first indictment results in 12 counts against Manafort, including conspiracy against the United States, tax fraud and money laundering. Manafort’s former business partner, Rick Gates, is hit with five counts.The charges relate to work done by Manafort and Gates on behalf of a pro-Kremlin political party in Ukraine. Mueller alleges that Manafort and Gates received tens of millions of dollars for their work on behalf of a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine, money which they then laundered “in order to hide Ukraine payments from United States authorities.” The indictment makes no mention of Manafort’s work for Trump’s campaign, and both Manafort and Gates plead not guilty to the charges.Separately, prosecutors reveal that former Trump campaign aide George Papadopolous pleaded guilty to lying to investigators a month earlier about conversations he had with a Russian-linked professor who told him Moscow had thousands of emails containing "dirt" on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton -- a statement that was made before WikiLeaks published a tranche of Democratic emails.The charges hit close to home for Trump, particularly because all three men served on his campaign. Still, the White House maintains the charges have nothing to do with the president.Dec. 1, 2017: Flynn pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate

Flynn pleads guilty to lying to FBI agents, making him the first Trump administration official swept up in the Mueller probe. He left the administration in February 2017.

As part of his plea deal, Flynn agrees to fully cooperate with the special counsel’s investigation.

Feb. 16, 2018: Mueller indicts 13 Russians, three Russian entities Mueller charges 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups with interfering in the 2016 U.S. elections, marking a turning point in the investigation.The explosive allegations say the indicted Russians began their efforts in 2014 by creating false personas and stealing the identities of U.S. residents in order to interfere with the election, aligning Mueller’s charges with an assessment previously reached by U.S. intelligence agencies.The Russians’ efforts are allegedly tied to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian operation based in St. Petersburg that leveraged Facebook and other U.S. social media platforms to spread divisive messages leading up to the election.Feb. 20, 2018: Alex van der Zwaan pleads guilty Alex van der Zwaan, an attorney who communicated with Gates, pleads guilty to making “materially false, fictitious, and fraudulent statements and representations” to the special counsel’s office and FBI agents, according to court filings.Van der Zwaan allegedly lied about his last communications with Gates and then deleted emails requested by the special counsel’s office, according to the indictment.Feb. 22, 2018: Mueller files new charges against Manafort and Gates Mueller returns a whopping 32-count superseding indictment against Manafort and Gates, charging the two former campaign aides with committing tax fraud, failing to file reports on foreign bank and financial accounts, and bank fraud conspiracy."Manafort and Gates generated tens of millions of dollars in income as a result of their Ukraine work,” the indictment says. “From approximately 2006 through the present, Manafort and Gates engaged in a scheme to hide income from United States authorities, while enjoying the use of the money." Twenty-three of the counts in the new indictment apply to Gates, while 13 pertain to Manafort.

Feb. 23, 2018: Gates pleads guilty One day after Mueller filed the superseding indictment, Gates pleads guilty to two charges brought against him by Mueller’s team: one count of conspiracy against the U.S. and one count of making a false statement to the FBI agents investigating Russian interference. As part of the plea deal, Gates agrees to cooperate “fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly” with the special counsel’s office as well as other law enforcement officials, according to court documents filed at the time.Gates lied to federal investigators about a March 2013 meeting during which Manafort, an unnamed member of Congress believed to be Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), and an unnamed lobbyist discussed Ukraine, the documents say. Legal experts tell The Hill at the time that Mueller appears to be stepping up the pressure in order to get Gates to flip on Manafort and cooperate with his investigation.

April 3, 2018: Van der Zwaan sentenced to prison

Van der Zwaan is sentenced to 30 days in prison for lying to federal investigators, marking the first criminal sentence to result from Mueller’s probe.

The London-based lawyer is also ordered to pay $20,000 in fines. He was later deported from the U.S.

April 9, 2018: Investigators raid Cohen’s residence, office Federal investigators raid the apartment, hotel room and office of Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer, reportedly to obtain records related to the 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape released shortly before the 2016 election as well as other evidence that may have been concealed because it was considered damaging to Trump during the election.June 8, 2018: Mueller files new charges against Manafort and longtime aideMueller files a superseding indictment in a Washington, D.C., federal court, bringing two new counts against Manafort and his longtime aide Konstantin Kilimnik, adding to five previously issued charges.The special counsel alleges that Manafort and Kilimnik, who ran the Kiev office of Manafort’s political consulting company Davis Manafort Partners, obstructed justice and conspired to obstruct justice by trying to coach — or even “prevent” — the testimonies of two witnesses involved in the case.July 13, 2018: Mueller indicts 12 Russians in 2016 DNC hack Mueller indicts 12 Russian intelligence officers in the 2016 hack of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), accusing them of conspiring to interfere in the heated presidential race.All 12 of the defendants are members of the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, according to the indictment. Eleven are charged with conspiring to hack into networks used by the DNC as well as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), while the 12th individual is charged with conspiring to hack into systems used to administer elections, including hacking into a website of a state elections board and sending spear-phishing emails to state elections officials.The charges mark the first time that one-time Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone appears to be mentioned in a court document. While not named, a person fitting Stone’s description is described in the filing as having sent messages that matched the correspondence previously released by the president’s longtime ally. Stone denies that he was the person in the document, but later acknowledges he was likely the person referenced. He also says he believes he will be indicted in the Mueller investigation.Aug. 21, 2018: Manafort found guilty, Cohen pleads guilty A federal jury in a Virginia courtroom finds Manafort guilty of eight charges of bank and tax fraud — five charges of filing false income tax returns, one count of failing to report foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud.

The judge declares a mistrial on the remaining 10 counts — three counts of failing to report foreign bank accounts, five counts of bank fraud conspiracy and two counts of bank fraud.Separately, Cohen pleads guilty to eight counts total, including five counts of tax evasion and one count of making a false statement to a financial institution, delivering what is viewed as a significant legal blow to Trump. He also pleads guilty to one count of making an excessive campaign contribution on Oct. 27, 2016, the same date Cohen finalized a payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels as part of a nondisclosure agreement over an alleged affair with Trump more than a decade ago. While he does not mention Trump by name, Cohen says he made the payment at the direction of “a candidate for federal office.”

Sept. 7, 2018: Papadopoulos is sentenced to serve 14 days in prison

Papadopoulos is sentenced to 14 days in federal prison and one year of supervised release for lying to FBI investigators about his Russia contacts.

The former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser is also sentenced to 200 hours of community service.“I made a terrible mistake for which I paid dearly,” Papadopoulos says in court before his sentence is handed down. “I was not honest, and I may have hindered the investigation.”Sept. 14, 2018: Manafort pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate Manafort pleads guilty to two federal charges in a deal that includes cooperating “fully, truthfully, completely, and forthrightly” with the Justice Department in any and all matters that the government finds his cooperation to be relevant.The former campaign chairman agrees to submit to interviews with Mueller, testify in any future cases and provide related documents.Manafort also agrees to forfeit several properties and the current funds held in several bank accounts.

Oct. 26, 2018: Mueller reportedly questions Steve Bannon

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon reportedly meets with the special counsel’s team, who questions him about comments made by Stone suggesting he had prior knowledge of the WikiLeaks release of Democratic emails. The interview comes amid increasing scrutiny of Stone, who claims he did not have knowledge of WikiLeaks’ inner workings, but rather had a source who let him know the organization had information that would “roil” the 2016 presidential election.Nov. 8, 2018: Matthew Whitaker plans to take oversight role in Mueller’s probe Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general draws condemnation from Democrats and other critics, who point to his public criticism of the Mueller probe before he joined the Justice Department as chief of staff to now-former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.The move means Rosenstein will no longer oversee the Russia investigation after about 18 months doing so.

Nov. 12, 2018: Stone associate reveals possible charges

Jerome Corsi, a right wing conspiracy theory and author, reveals that the special counsel’s office had contacted him about a potential plea deal.Corsi, an associate of Stone, says he had been cooperating with the special counsel’s office for two months and had testified before its grand jury. Still, he says prosecutors were alleging that he had made false statements, and had offered him a deal that would allow him to avoid a prison sentence in exchange for a guilty plea.Nov. 20, 2018: Trump submits written answers to Mueller

Trump submits a series of written answers to Mueller, which cover "issues regarding the Russia-related topics of the inquiry,” Trump's personal lawyer Jay Sekulow says.The submission comes after months of wrangling between special counsel and the president's legal team about what answers Trump would provide for investigators, particularly because the president’s attorneys have maintained they would answer questions only pertaining to Russia, not inquiries about whether Trump obstructed the federal investigation into the interference. Nov. 29, 2018: Cohen pleads guilty Cohen pleads guilty to making a false statement to Congress about the negotiations surrounding building a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign.Cohen says he made the misstatements while testifying before two congressional intelligence committees in 2017 about the timing of the project.

Dec. 4, 2018: Mueller recommends no jail time for Flynn

Mueller recommends no prison time for Flynn, citing his “substantial assistance” in the Russia investigation and other ongoing probes.In a court filing, Mueller says it would be “appropriate” for the judge to impose a sentence for Flynn that does not include prison time. Federal sentencing guidelines called for Flynn to be sentenced to as many as six months in prison and face up to a $9,500 fine.Dec. 7, 2018: New York prosecutors recommend “substantial term of imprisonment” for CohenFederal prosecutors in New York recommend Cohen receive “substantial” prison time for several federal crimes, despite his cooperation with ongoing law enforcement investigations, and Mueller’s probe. In a filing, prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York say Cohen has cooperated with law enforcement in “ongoing matters,” but they emphasize the seriousness of his crimes warrant a “substantial term of imprisonment.”Mueller files a separate memo, stating he is not taking a position on what Cohen’s sentence should be, but adds that "any sentence of incarceration" that the N.Y. court recommends would be "appropriate." Separately, prosecutors file a report stating Manafort lied to them about his contacts with the White House and with an associate with suspected ties to Russian intelligence. The heavily redacted document comes a week after prosecutors had indicated they were weighing new charges against Manafort for breaching their plea deal.On the same day, Trump announces he will nominate former Attorney General William Barr to lead the Justice Department, a move that would presumably give Barr oversight of the Mueller investigation.Dec. 12, 2018: Cohen sentenced to three years in federal prison The sentencing stems from eight federal charges that he pleaded guilty to in August, including campaign finance violations tied to a scheme to pay off women alleging affairs with Trump and charges of lying to Congress about plans to build a Trump property in Moscow that he pleaded guilty to in November.Cohen, who will be allowed to voluntarily surrender to federal authorities on March 6, is also ordered to pay $1.4 million in restitution, forfeiture of $500,000 and a fine of $50,000.December 18, 2018: Flynn sentencing trial postponed after scathing remarks by judge

Flynn requests a postponement of his sentencing for lying to FBI agents until his cooperation with federal prosecutors is complete. The surprise decision by Flynn’s defense attorneys follows U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan’s admonishment of Flynn for committing a “serious offense” by lying to investigators about his discussions with then-Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about sanctions on Moscow while serving in a high-level role at the White House. Sullivan asks Flynn and his counsel whether they want to delay the sentencing, seemingly hinting that Flynn would face a tough sentence if the decision were to go through that day. Flynn and his team then request a postponement, and it is granted.Dec. 20, 2018: House Intel votes to hand over Stone transcript to Mueller The House Intelligence Committee, which had interviewed Stone last year as part of its own investigation into Russian election interference, votes during a closed-door meeting to release the official transcript of Stone’s testimony to the special counsel’s team.Stone hits back, demanding that the entirety of his official transcript be made public immediately. The committee has previously voted to release the transcripts, and the documents are currently under review by the Office of Director of National Intelligence."

What is in Trumps tax returns that he did not want the American people to know?

We may ultimately find out in 2019
Happy New Year while we continue to follow the money

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The People vs. Donald J. Trump

He is demonstrably unfit for office. What are we waiting for?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/opin ... e=Homepage

" The unrelenting chaos that Trump creates can sometimes obscure the big picture. But the big picture is simple: The United States has never had a president as demonstrably unfit for the office as Trump. And it’s becoming clear that 2019 is likely to be dominated by a single question: What are we going to do about it? "

"The easy answer is to wait — to allow the various investigations of Trump to run their course and ask voters to deliver a verdict in 2020. That answer has one great advantage. It would avoid the national trauma of overturning an election result. Ultimately, however, waiting is too dangerous. The cost of removing a president from office is smaller than the cost of allowing this president to remain.

He has already shown, repeatedly, that he will hurt the country in order to help himself. He will damage American interests around the world and damage vital parts of our constitutional system at home. The risks that he will cause much more harm are growing."

"Some of the biggest moderating influences have recently left the administration. The defense secretary who defended our alliances with NATO and South Korea is gone. So is the attorney general who refused to let Trump subvert a federal investigation into himself. The administration is increasingly filled with lackeys and enablers. Trump has become freer to turn his whims into policy — like, say, shutting down the government on the advice of Fox News hosts or pulling troops from Syria on the advice of a Turkish autocrat.

The biggest risk may be that an external emergency — a war, a terrorlst attack, a financial crisis, an immense natural disaster — will arise. By then, it will be too late to pretend that he is anything other than manifestly unfit to lead.

For the country’s sake, there is only one acceptable outcome, just as there was after Americans realized in 1974 that a criminal was occupying the Oval Office. The president must go."

"Achieving this outcome won’t be easy. It will require honorable people who have served in the Trump administration to share, publicly, what they have seen and what they believe. (At this point, anonymous leaks are not sufficient.) It will require congressional Republicans to acknowledge that they let a con man take over their party and then defended that con man. It will require Democrats and progressive activists to understand that a rushed impeachment may actually help Trump remain in office.

But if removing him will not be easy, it’s not as unlikely as it may sometimes seem. From the beginning, Trump has been an unusually weak president, as political scientists have pointed out. Although members of Congress have not done nearly enough to constrain him, no other recent president has faced nearly so much public criticism or private disdain from his own party.

Since the midterm election showed the political costs that Trump inflicts on Republicans, this criticism seems to be growing. They have broken with him on foreign policy (in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria) and are anxious about the government shutdown. Trump is vulnerable to any erosion in his already weak approval rating, be it from an economic downturn, more Russia revelations or simply the defection of a few key allies. When support for an unpopular leader starts to crack, it can crumble."

" A Watergate grand jury famously described Richard Nixon as “an unindicted co-conspirator.” Trump now has his own indictment tag: “Individual-1.”

Federal prosecutors in New York filed papers last month alleging that Trump — identified as Individual-1 — directed a criminal plan to evade campaign finance laws. It happened during the final weeks of the 2016 campaign, when he instructed his lawyer, Michael Cohen, to pay a combined $280,000 in hush money to two women with whom Trump evidently had affairs. Trump and his campaign did not disclose these payments, as required by law. In the two years since, Trump has lied publicly about them — initially saying he did not know about the payments, only to change his story later."

"Finally, there is the hope — naïve though it may seem — that some Republicans will choose to act on principle. There now exists a small club of former Trump administration officials who were widely respected before joining the administration and whom Trump has sullied, to greater or lesser degrees. It includes Rex Tillerson, Gary Cohn, H.R. McMaster and Jim Mattis. Imagine if one of them gave a television interview and told the truth about Trump. Doing so would be a service to their country at a time of national need. It would be an illustration of duty.

Throughout his career, Trump has worked hard to invent his own reality, and largely succeeded. It has made him very rich and, against all odds, elected him president. But whatever happens in 2019, his false version of reality will not survive history, just as Nixon’s did not. Which side of that history do today’s Republicans want to be on?"

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You have a copy of that issue? :lolling: :chuckle:

it is fake, I hope you all know! :chuckle:

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Trolled! :)

It's funny watching the left eat itself... Even the hags at The View are hacking on DiBlasio, that communist moron.

Pelosi can't handle people climbing over her palace walls... The doofus barista is getting scolded by her own party... No one cares about a government shutdown except the sycophants who suckle at the teat... And all of the panicked "Russian collusion" or "doomsday" nuclear NK scenarios have fizzled out like Howie's libido.

Meanwhile, no one has come up with ONE valid complaint about being directly harmed as a result of POTUS's policies. Not one. Zero.

Sure, he's a doofus. Ergo, the left is facing a hypocritical challenge: Shouldn't everyone, even those unfit, be given a chance to achieve their dream? Or do you admit that you judge people based on their speech and appearance? :)

It's hilarious watching the progressives fumble about, impotent and pathetic, while life goes on for normal Americans.

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More on the "Russia" connection: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderi ... -lobbyists

Hmmmm. Have fun with the big words, Mr. Copypasta. :)

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More on the "Russia" connection: https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulroderi ... -lobbyists

Hmmmm. Have fun with the big words, Mr. Copypasta. :)
Perhaps you've been under a rock since that Forbes article was written almost a year ago.
Much has been uncovered since.

136 House Republicans Join Democrats in Vote Against Russia Sanctions Relief

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/p ... e=Homepage

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telcoman wrote:
Fri Jan 18, 2019 5:48 am
Perhaps you've been under a rock since that Forbes article was written almost a year ago.
Much has been uncovered since.

136 House Republicans Join Democrats in Vote Against Russia Sanctions Relief

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/p ... e=Homepage

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Oh Howeird, one can assume you've been living under a rock as well. And what pray tell, does repubs voting against lifting those sanctions have to do with the dims colluding with the ruskies?

For Real 'Russian Collusion,' Look To The Democrats
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If anything was "uncovered," why is everything business as usual?

Because there's nothing, except hand-wringing old lefty bags bleating about their incessant failures.

Still waiting, a YEAR later, for you to point out ONE verifiable DJT policy change that has negatively impacted you. Just one.

Back under your rock. ;)

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That's what I thought.

How about that Russian collusion?

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what Russian collusion ? - the cliche' "two ships passing in the night" isn't even a close analogy to the
intermingling and meetings all over the map in the political world and by such broad myriads of "playas".

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Trump came to campus Monday Feburary 18 (presidents day). I talked with some campus police and Miami-Dade Police, and they said that they dislike trump. I was glad I boycotted the event since I was at another campus in North Miami beach (Biscayne Bay).

From the looks of it, one person was arrested due to climbing a construction equipment with a banner that was directed to trump. The night before, half the parking lot near the NCAA football stadium and actual football stadium (soccer for my Murican NICOfam) was blocked off.

The man was there from 4pm to 5pm, and arrived/left in one of those U.S. Air Force 1 helicopters. Traffic wasn't bad by the time I got there, which was roughly 5:30pm due to the usual rush-hour traffic in Miami for those that live in Homestead (basically close to everglades and is in middle of nowhere).

I still saw some university police around the housing and the basketball/graduation stadium when I came back to campus.

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wa-chiss wrote:
Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:39 pm
I'm just curious if anyone has changed their mind on Trump since he's taken office. Either now supporting or now opposed.

I know I haven't. Although I find his rallies a bit self centered at times and he seems to digress when the crowd cheers a little extra.
"A bit self centered"? He's an extreme narcissist. More like "hold my beer" level self centered. :) fwiw, he's been that way all his life.

To answer your question? No. Hair Trump has a devoted base, At the same time he demonizes anyone and everyone that disagrees with him or his agenda. So I don't see many people changing their opinions about him until it impacts their wallets. For example, the 150 employees that Howie mentioned earlier plus the ones from Carrier that recently lost their jobs due an ops shift to Mexico are not likely to vote for him again in 2020. But the 100 employees of a small midwestern specialty steel company that got a new lease on life due to his steel tariffs? They probably will vote for him again as they faced layoffs otherwise.


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