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mat-ty
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| swchandler wrote: | Looking at Donald Trump's untoward antics in France with our allies, how do we appear to the international community?
Given the theme of the event, Trump is running on awkward and empty. Frankly, I'm embarrassed with his performance. |
Do you by the little french frog who has an approval rating of 26% and ten percent unemployment...Trying to score points by dissing Trump????
YAWN!!!!!!!! |
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vientomas
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Votes are still being counted in several House races. But the AP has called another race in California, projecting Democrat Josh Harder the winner in the Modesto-area 10th Congressional District over incumbent Republican Jeff Denham.
That means, more than a week after Election Day, Democrats have increased their House gains to a net of 33 seats – and, when all the vote is counted, they may get to 39.
Make no mistake: That is a very big wave.
How big? It's the most House seats gained by Democrats since the wave election following Watergate. Nixon resigned in August of 1974, leading to Democrats' pick up of 48 seats that fall.
So what's left to be counted? In addition to the recounts for statewide offices in Florida and outstanding vote in the Georgia governor's race, there are still nine House races to be called. Of those, Democrats very well may win six:
CA-39 Republican Young Kim leads in this open-seat race, but the margin is shrinking and down to about 700 votes, with Democrat Gil Cisneros gaining. There are many votes left to be counted in this district, which includes parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties. As of Tuesday afternoon, there were more than 261,000 votes left to be counted in Orange and 688,000 left in Los Angeles County.
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
POLITICS
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
CA-45 Democrat Katie Porter has now pulled ahead in this Orange County district after a week of trailing incumbent Republican Mimi Walters.
ME-2 GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin is ahead, but Maine's ranked-choice voting system could give the race to Democrat Jared Golden. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall, Poliquin has sued to challenging ranked choice voting.
NJ-3 Democrat Andy Kim is ahead by about 3,500 votes after incumbent Tom MacArthur led on election night.
NY-22 Democrat Anthony Brindisi is holding onto a 1,200-vote lead over incumbent Republican Claudia Tenney in this Upstate District that stretches from Binghamton past Utica.
UT-4 Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, leads incumbent Republican Mia Love by about 1,200 votes.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667818539/it-was-a-big-blue-wave-democrats-pick-up-most-house-seats-in-a-generation
Matty: "Eh, no biggie" |
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mat-ty
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| vientomas wrote: | Votes are still being counted in several House races. But the AP has called another race in California, projecting Democrat Josh Harder the winner in the Modesto-area 10th Congressional District over incumbent Republican Jeff Denham.
That means, more than a week after Election Day, Democrats have increased their House gains to a net of 33 seats – and, when all the vote is counted, they may get to 39.
Make no mistake: That is a very big wave.
How big? It's the most House seats gained by Democrats since the wave election following Watergate. Nixon resigned in August of 1974, leading to Democrats' pick up of 48 seats that fall.
So what's left to be counted? In addition to the recounts for statewide offices in Florida and outstanding vote in the Georgia governor's race, there are still nine House races to be called. Of those, Democrats very well may win six:
CA-39 Republican Young Kim leads in this open-seat race, but the margin is shrinking and down to about 700 votes, with Democrat Gil Cisneros gaining. There are many votes left to be counted in this district, which includes parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties. As of Tuesday afternoon, there were more than 261,000 votes left to be counted in Orange and 688,000 left in Los Angeles County.
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
POLITICS
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
CA-45 Democrat Katie Porter has now pulled ahead in this Orange County district after a week of trailing incumbent Republican Mimi Walters.
ME-2 GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin is ahead, but Maine's ranked-choice voting system could give the race to Democrat Jared Golden. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall, Poliquin has sued to challenging ranked choice voting.
NJ-3 Democrat Andy Kim is ahead by about 3,500 votes after incumbent Tom MacArthur led on election night.
NY-22 Democrat Anthony Brindisi is holding onto a 1,200-vote lead over incumbent Republican Claudia Tenney in this Upstate District that stretches from Binghamton past Utica.
UT-4 Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, leads incumbent Republican Mia Love by about 1,200 votes.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667818539/it-was-a-big-blue-wave-democrats-pick-up-most-house-seats-in-a-generation
Matty: "Eh, no biggie" |
Not really, more like average........OBAMA..LOST 6 SEATS IN THE SENATE,
61 IN THE HOR. And he was the most amazing man in history  |
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mac
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| Utter nonsense from Mztty. Over 8 million votes turned around between 2014 and 2018--because that many more people now realize that Trump is an incompetent criminal. More indictments are on the way--winter is coming, perhaps for Jr and Kushner. |
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Wait, there's more:
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A frightful portrait of a president out of control
President Trump at the White House on Tuesday. (Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg)
By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
November 14 at 10:15 AM
The Post reports:
During his 43-hour stay in Paris, [President] Trump brooded over the Florida recount and sulked over other key races being called for Democrats in the midterm elections that he had claimed as a “big victory.” He erupted at his staff over media coverage of his decision to skip a ceremony honoring the military sacrifice of World War I.
The president also was angry and resentful over French President Emmanuel Macron’s public rebuke of rising nationalism, which Trump considered a personal attack. And that was after his difficult meeting with Macron, where officials said little progress was made as Trump again brought up his frustrations over trade and Iran.
Trump hollered at British Prime Minister Theresa May in a phone call, berated aides and insisted on personnel changes likely to worsen morale in an already besieged White House. It is this ongoing funk that may explain his baseless attacks on the voting recount in Florida and his lashing out at CNN reporter Abby Phillip. (“Trump sent political aides in Washington scrambling to prepare detailed briefings for him on the still-to-be-called races. He aired baseless allegations of voter irregularities on Twitter. . . . Still, the president told aides he felt disconnected from the action in his suite at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Paris — even as he consumed countless hours of television news on the trip.”)
In other words, as bad a Trump’s public outbursts may be, he is even less composed, rational and stable behind closed doors. Once more — as we saw with Bob Woodward’s book, the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, Michael Wolff’s book, Omarosa Manigault Newman’s tell-all, and countless news reports — the people who work most closely with Trump know best how emotionally, intellectually and temperamentally unfit he is for the job. And yet, they continue to mislead the public, and remain silent after leaving, as to the president’s ability to carry out his duties.
Trump apologists, as they habitually do, will deny and disbelieve reporting. But foreign leaders, outside friends, members of Congress and others who observe him on a daily basis now spill their guts to the media, perhaps to distance themselves from the White House’s downward spiral.
Opinion | Trump owns the Republican Party, and there's no going back
President Trump has irreversibly changed the Republican Party. The upheaval might seem unusual, but political transformations crop up throughout U.S. history. (Adriana Usero, Danielle Kunitz, Robert Gebelhoff/The Washington Post)
There are several takeaways from all of this.
First, Trump will get worse under pressure. If he is this bad now, imagine what he’ll be like if more associates are indicted, the economy goes to seed or the subpoenas start flying. At some point, unless Trump has him fired, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will issue his report. Unless it miraculously exonerates him, the president may have a meltdown that will make his trip to France look like a picnic.
Second, self-described saviors of the country, such as the anonymous op-ed writer, are deluding themselves if they believe they are preventing the president from harming the country. Daily, he threatens democratic norms, blemishes the United States’ reputation around the world and makes worse and worse personnel decisions in an effort to surround himself with more compliant aides. If Trump fires Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, it is not clear how many more erratic decisions will be made or how serious the ramifications may be.
Third, all of this points to the gross irresponsibility of Republicans who, for two years, refused to exercise any oversight and continue to spin on his behalf. They would rather excuse the conduct of an unbalanced and hysterical commander in chief then move to limit his powers (e.g., reassert that a first strike is an act of war requiring congressional authorization, claw back power to enact tariffs). They likely will continue to rubber-stamp his executive branch picks, no matter how unprepared and temperamentally unfit they may be. Even more reprehensible, they will heartily endorse him for reelection while maligning his challengers. Maybe if they see control of the Senate slipping away, they will finally cut him loose.
All of this reminds us that Democratic control of the House is only a halfway measure. Unless and until Trump is out of office, the country, our democracy and our security remain at risk. |
Buried under the lead is that Trump's lawyers have prepared responses to Mueller's questions. Of particular interest is there position that Trump cannot be questioned on the termination of Comey, that he has an absolute right to determine his staffing. This argument is a thinly veiled admission that there is ample evidence of corrupt intent, that Trump fired Comey to try to stop the investigation. That is, except in the crzed world of Trumpocracy, an admission to obstruction of justice.
Winter is very near, and the House will out the evidence of obsruction of justice. Ttump and Matty will pretend it was a good election--but they both know better. |
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mat-ty
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| mac wrote: | | Utter nonsense from Mztty. Over 8 million votes turned around between 2014 and 2018--because that many more people now realize that Trump is an incompetent criminal. More indictments are on the way--winter is coming, perhaps for Jr and Kushner. |
You are going to be so disappointed you stupid old shit...You must be as dumb as SW...….If he had anything he would have produced it before the midterms and wiped out Trump, and taken the Senate...
What part of that confuses you??? fucking liberal moron..
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mat-ty
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| mac wrote: | Wait, there's more:
| Quote: | Opinions
A frightful portrait of a president out of control
President Trump at the White House on Tuesday. (Joshua Roberts/Bloomberg)
By Jennifer Rubin
Opinion writer
November 14 at 10:15 AM
The Post reports:
During his 43-hour stay in Paris, [President] Trump brooded over the Florida recount and sulked over other key races being called for Democrats in the midterm elections that he had claimed as a “big victory.” He erupted at his staff over media coverage of his decision to skip a ceremony honoring the military sacrifice of World War I.
The president also was angry and resentful over French President Emmanuel Macron’s public rebuke of rising nationalism, which Trump considered a personal attack. And that was after his difficult meeting with Macron, where officials said little progress was made as Trump again brought up his frustrations over trade and Iran.
Trump hollered at British Prime Minister Theresa May in a phone call, berated aides and insisted on personnel changes likely to worsen morale in an already besieged White House. It is this ongoing funk that may explain his baseless attacks on the voting recount in Florida and his lashing out at CNN reporter Abby Phillip. (“Trump sent political aides in Washington scrambling to prepare detailed briefings for him on the still-to-be-called races. He aired baseless allegations of voter irregularities on Twitter. . . . Still, the president told aides he felt disconnected from the action in his suite at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Paris — even as he consumed countless hours of television news on the trip.”)
In other words, as bad a Trump’s public outbursts may be, he is even less composed, rational and stable behind closed doors. Once more — as we saw with Bob Woodward’s book, the anonymous op-ed in the New York Times, Michael Wolff’s book, Omarosa Manigault Newman’s tell-all, and countless news reports — the people who work most closely with Trump know best how emotionally, intellectually and temperamentally unfit he is for the job. And yet, they continue to mislead the public, and remain silent after leaving, as to the president’s ability to carry out his duties.
Trump apologists, as they habitually do, will deny and disbelieve reporting. But foreign leaders, outside friends, members of Congress and others who observe him on a daily basis now spill their guts to the media, perhaps to distance themselves from the White House’s downward spiral.
Opinion | Trump owns the Republican Party, and there's no going back
President Trump has irreversibly changed the Republican Party. The upheaval might seem unusual, but political transformations crop up throughout U.S. history. (Adriana Usero, Danielle Kunitz, Robert Gebelhoff/The Washington Post)
There are several takeaways from all of this.
First, Trump will get worse under pressure. If he is this bad now, imagine what he’ll be like if more associates are indicted, the economy goes to seed or the subpoenas start flying. At some point, unless Trump has him fired, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III will issue his report. Unless it miraculously exonerates him, the president may have a meltdown that will make his trip to France look like a picnic.
Second, self-described saviors of the country, such as the anonymous op-ed writer, are deluding themselves if they believe they are preventing the president from harming the country. Daily, he threatens democratic norms, blemishes the United States’ reputation around the world and makes worse and worse personnel decisions in an effort to surround himself with more compliant aides. If Trump fires Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly, it is not clear how many more erratic decisions will be made or how serious the ramifications may be.
Third, all of this points to the gross irresponsibility of Republicans who, for two years, refused to exercise any oversight and continue to spin on his behalf. They would rather excuse the conduct of an unbalanced and hysterical commander in chief then move to limit his powers (e.g., reassert that a first strike is an act of war requiring congressional authorization, claw back power to enact tariffs). They likely will continue to rubber-stamp his executive branch picks, no matter how unprepared and temperamentally unfit they may be. Even more reprehensible, they will heartily endorse him for reelection while maligning his challengers. Maybe if they see control of the Senate slipping away, they will finally cut him loose.
All of this reminds us that Democratic control of the House is only a halfway measure. Unless and until Trump is out of office, the country, our democracy and our security remain at risk. |
Buried under the lead is that Trump's lawyers have prepared responses to Mueller's questions. Of particular interest is there position that Trump cannot be questioned on the termination of Comey, that he has an absolute right to determine his staffing. This argument is a thinly veiled admission that there is ample evidence of corrupt intent, that Trump fired Comey to try to stop the investigation. That is, except in the crzed world of Trumpocracy, an admission to obstruction of justice.
Winter is very near, and the House will out the evidence of obsruction of justice. Ttump and Matty will pretend it was a good election--but they both know better. |
You get dumber by the minute....Trump had every right in the world to fire Comey, not to mention you moron liberal were screaming for his firing weeks earlier..
The HOR and their committees are a joke, no teeth , nothing but showboating for the masses. On the other hand the AG has lots of teeth, and can prosecute. Dems better tread lightly or they will be very sorry. Lindsy Graham has already made it clear that he will start dragging Mueller, the FBI, and Clinton in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
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| mat-ty wrote: |
You get dumber by the minute....Trump had every right in the world to fire Comey, not to mention you moron liberal were screaming for his firing weeks earlier..
The HOR and their committees are a joke, no teeth , nothing but showboating for the masses. On the other hand the AG has lots of teeth, and can prosecute. Dems better tread lightly or they will be very sorry. Lindsy Graham has already made it clear that he will start dragging Mueller, the FBI, and Clinton in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. |
madd-dy
Mueller is a lifelong republican drag him wherever you want so was Commey.... The FBI is a right wing organization, as noted most FBI offices have Fox news streaming...
Hillary has ben dragged in front of committees of rabbit partisan right wingers for 30 years you little low-level non-thinker
Hillary has testified and been investigated by right-wingers more than any human in the history of mankind, and not one grand jury indictment.
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| mat-ty wrote: | | vientomas wrote: | Votes are still being counted in several House races. But the AP has called another race in California, projecting Democrat Josh Harder the winner in the Modesto-area 10th Congressional District over incumbent Republican Jeff Denham.
That means, more than a week after Election Day, Democrats have increased their House gains to a net of 33 seats – and, when all the vote is counted, they may get to 39.
Make no mistake: That is a very big wave.
How big? It's the most House seats gained by Democrats since the wave election following Watergate. Nixon resigned in August of 1974, leading to Democrats' pick up of 48 seats that fall.
So what's left to be counted? In addition to the recounts for statewide offices in Florida and outstanding vote in the Georgia governor's race, there are still nine House races to be called. Of those, Democrats very well may win six:
CA-39 Republican Young Kim leads in this open-seat race, but the margin is shrinking and down to about 700 votes, with Democrat Gil Cisneros gaining. There are many votes left to be counted in this district, which includes parts of Orange and Los Angeles counties. As of Tuesday afternoon, there were more than 261,000 votes left to be counted in Orange and 688,000 left in Los Angeles County.
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
POLITICS
CHART: Election Recounts Are Rare, Reversals Almost Unheard Of
CA-45 Democrat Katie Porter has now pulled ahead in this Orange County district after a week of trailing incumbent Republican Mimi Walters.
ME-2 GOP Rep. Bruce Poliquin is ahead, but Maine's ranked-choice voting system could give the race to Democrat Jared Golden. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall, Poliquin has sued to challenging ranked choice voting.
NJ-3 Democrat Andy Kim is ahead by about 3,500 votes after incumbent Tom MacArthur led on election night.
NY-22 Democrat Anthony Brindisi is holding onto a 1,200-vote lead over incumbent Republican Claudia Tenney in this Upstate District that stretches from Binghamton past Utica.
UT-4 Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams, a Democrat, leads incumbent Republican Mia Love by about 1,200 votes.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667818539/it-was-a-big-blue-wave-democrats-pick-up-most-house-seats-in-a-generation
Matty: "Eh, no biggie" |
Not really, more like average........OBAMA..LOST 6 SEATS IN THE SENATE,
61 IN THE HOR. And he was the most amazing man in history |
2 years vs. 8 years. Not quite "apples to apples" Talk to me after Dump has had 8 years. You are starting to bore me with your knuckle dragging stooge nonsense. Yawn. Pick up your game southy...if you can. |
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Hillary has testified and been investigated by right-wingers more than any human in the history of mankind, and not one grand jury indictment. |
Clintons = #metoo
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