The Politics Thread

[JaneAusten]

I'm not sure why this has not gotten more attention until now. It was reported before the GOP Convention that while Trump's campaign had very little involvement in scripting the GOP platform, the one area they did insist on having changed was softening the stance on Russia's involvement in the Ukraine. That's pretty dicey stuff. Where has the media been on this? Glad this is finally coming out. "Follow the money" was Deep Throat's mantra to Woodward and Bernstein and is ultimately what led to Nixon's resignation and almost impeachment. I hope this gets picked up everywhere.

[JaneAusten]

And he claimed he did it to show the media bias lol.

Seriously if this guy wasn't already an embarrassment to CNN. Zucker is a slime and must be so so proud.

Edited August 15, 2016 by JaneAusten

[DRW50]

It's hard to believe he's real. He is, if nothing example, a great example of how craven, blatantly abusive people often get rewarded for it, especially if they're white men.

[JaneAusten]

GOP urges Trump to extend outreach to Black Voters

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/us/politics/donald-trump-black-voters.html

 

Seriously aren't these the same people who have been behind every attempt to restrict voting rights to exclude minority voters? I just can't with this lack of self awareness.

[Roman]

well the RP seems to always want our vote at the last minute....after spending years demonizing us. they need to be purged from the inside out. 

[dragonflies]

Someone get out the tiny violin for Chump, his whining is at epic proportion's.

[Vee]

The New Yorker investigates the really dangerous people on Team Trump who, fortunately, can never really control the man who allegedly trusts them most: Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner. The Kushners are a NY story if ever there was one.

[Juliajms]

I read most of that and skimmed the rest. I try not to waste my empathy on poor little rich girls, but I feel sorry for the little girl Ivanka once was. Beyond that she is like most of the elite. It's a small circle of people who's main goal is to protect their own interests. It's really disturbing how much influence they have over our government, that is when they aren't directly running it. That's one of the problems I have with our country drifting towards oligarchy. In a county of 300 million people we don't need to keep electing the same families into power. I really hope that trend ends for awhile after HRC.

Edited August 16, 2016 by Juliajms

[DramatistDreamer]

Unfortunately, throughout American history, at the very top of the government has usually been run by people who closely resemble oligarchs. The founding fathers were wealthy landowners who owned slaves and had very patrician and paternalistic mindsets. They believed in the equality of man who were of their ilk, of course. They did not believe in the equality of all.

There are exceptions, of course, in terms of men who were not from the moneyed class who became President but those look more like exceptions rather than the rule.  Money in politics has always been there, it is just that now, it is not just the political elites with money who have entrée but any idiot with his own company or access to media empire/conglomerate and millions of $$$ to spare that can wield influence in shaping political opinion.

 

 

Very interesting side effect of the Brexit vote: British Jews applying to restore their family's German citizenship, so that they can have dual citizenship and maintain access to the EU:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/16/world/europe/once-unthinkable-more-british-jews-seek-german-citizenship.html?_r=0

 

 

[Juliajms]

Trump hiring Roger Ailes to advise him is just pathetic.

[marceline]

This is one of those things that really bring home how the 1% live in a completely different world. Two elderly white rich psychopaths working to make one of them POTUS. It's like some kind of weird horror movie.

[ReddFoxx]

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[Juliajms]

Lord. I wonder who's idea it was to have Mr. Khan speak at the DNC? I would love to shake their hand and thank them. Ever since then my Trump worries are behind me. Maybe he never really stood a chance, but that felt like a true turning point to me.

[DRW50]

I saw that dumbass Rick Perry saying just because your child is lost in the "war on terror," that doesn't mean you have to speak. Funny how no one said that to the Benghazi relatives...

 

Anyway, another example of just what a false media construction "tough prosecutor" Chris Christie was. 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/17/us/politics/trump-chris-christie-casinos.html?_r=0

[Vee]

I just

 

 

Edited August 17, 2016 by Vee