Everything posted by ReddFoxx
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The Politics Thread
McCarthy's district is the safest Republican seat in California, but his next door neighbor Republican David Valadao could take a big hit from tariffs because he is in a seat that voted for Clinton. The Central Valley is full of almonds and those would be hit hard by tariffs.
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The Politics Thread
Antonio Sabato Jr. will not advance to the top two for the 26th district he was running in because he managed to be edged out by someone crazier than him. Kimberlin Brown will advance to November in the 36th district. A mixed bag for soap actors running for office tonight. On update, Sabato did make the top two but has little chance of winning in November against Julia Brownley.
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The Politics Thread
Let me say right up front that I don't approve of anyone being assaulted but he's going to insult the wrong person one day and get punched in the face. There was a woman who kept calling a black man the N-Word on a bus and he punched her.
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The Politics Thread
For the past few city council meetings where I'm at these MAGA people have flooded the chamber trying to get the council to "opt out" of SB-54 (the Sanctuary State law). I spoke in public comment last night and made it clear that I wasn't there to call them all racists (even if some were), but some guy after the meeting accused me of the race card and tried to argue with me. I shut him down by saying "Sweetheart, have several seats I'm not doing this with you". He didn't like the sweetheart and he walked away from me as I knew he would.
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The Politics Thread
Roger Stone knew plenty and he practically let that be known in his tweets. That aside the collusion is still happening on social media. Right after that whole mess with Kanye West a lot of black Twitter users reported being followed by hair weave accounts. Of course not all black people are interested in hair weave but Russia will create algorithms for these robot to attempt to find people to follow based on things like consumerism.
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The Politics Thread
One thing that people shouldn't worry about is him not leaving office. His authority ends at noon on inauguration day 2021 (should he lose then) and the most he could would be to refuse to leave the White House grounds. Even then the Secret Service would just physically remove him like Omarosa.
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The Politics Thread
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-21/youtube-bans-firearm-sales-and-how-to-videos-prompting-backlash This is a win and exactly the sort of action that is needed from the private sector to help gun control efforts.
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The Politics Thread
This is really interesting data https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/19/upshot/race-class-white-and-black-men.html
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Dynasty: Discussion Thread
After viewing the clip, I can see what you mean.
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Dynasty: Discussion Thread
Nothing against Nicollette Sheridan at all, but she just doesn't seem like the right fit for Alexis. Honestly she just looks like Paige Matheson from emulating Abby Fairgate.
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The Politics Thread
Kimberlin Brown's fundraising for her congressional campaign was pretty lackluster for the last filing quarter. She only took in $138k. From a quick glance over the contributions made I saw that only one soap actor (or actor period) donated and that was Robert S. Woods. Antonio Sabato Jr. did worse raising only $40k and he has $14k in unpaid bills. Scott Baio donated $1000 dollars to his campaign.
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The Politics Thread
Trump told this porn star that he slept with that she reminded him of Ivanka. https://nypost.com/2018/01/17/porn-star-detailed-alleged-affair-with-trump-in-2011-interview/
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The Politics Thread
Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway | AL.com
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The Politics Thread
And we still have Omarosa's book presumably in the works. From the excerpts released it seems like Bannon is not lying if one goes by Trump's behavior. Ivanka's speech at the convention was essentially a laundry list of things that she would want to accomplish as a politician, not her father's plans.
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The Politics Thread
If 2018 is bad enough, there might not be enough establishment Republicans left standing to trigger a split and that would leave the Republican Party further to the right than it already is.
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The Politics Thread
There was a surge in younger voters in Shelby County (suburban Birmingham), so that definitely helped. Indeed. Black voters vote based on economics and civil rights, which is a far more strategic way of voting.
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The Politics Thread
Jones' strategy was better and smarter than that of any Democrat running in a southern state in a long time. He engaged the black electorate heavily and he targeted white educated suburban voters. The path to victory for Democrats just about everywhere now is through minorities and educated whites.
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The Politics Thread
Kayla was 24 when she married 38 year old Roy Moore and it just so happens that she was a classmate of one of his accusers. That 14 year age difference fits with the age of the other accusers and he stated that he saw her some years before they were married in a recital. She is absolutely wrong for defending him, but she is the victim of an incredibly sick man and I feel it's important to remember that aspect. Not all victims escape their abuser and some become totally beholden to them. Let me reiterate that I am not excusing her defense of him, but only pointing out that she is not a well person.
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The Politics Thread
Tax reform is not going to happen, at least not before the year's end and that is when Republicans would have preferred it to pass. With next year being an election year, it's going to be a lot harder to implement.
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The Politics Thread
In kind donations aren't funds, they are any sort of assistance that benefits a campaign that needs to be reported to the FEC. That is not allowed, no matter how much you bring up Hillary Clinton.
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The Politics Thread
It's illegal to receive campaign funds from a foreign country, which includes in kind donations.
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The Politics Thread
Manafort was Trump's campaign manager which means he was very close to Trump. It is treason to help another country tamper with our elections. Of course, Ted Bundy was a Republican, so I suppose murder is not a crime, right? Get out of here with your nonsense.
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The Politics Thread
Perjury is always the charge that sticks. Any other indictments will probably be based on perjury, because there have been many lies told to cover up collusion.
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The Politics Thread
That has never been alleged, but with the way things are going it wouldn't be surprising if evidence of that came up. The investigation is about collusion with a foreign nation to influence the election, which is just as bad as tampering with votes. If you keep talking, the truth isn't really true, right? You are clearly trying to console yourself here.
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The Politics Thread
The investigation has only been going on for a few months.