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Whoa! The girl put those those hands on her real good and quick. Stay in your lane and you won’t get an ass whupping….
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She claim she’s 3 months preggers and starts lane-swerving?
UH HUH
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A place in hell is awaiting him…
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Kay,
Did you see this?
Uncounted Kansas ballots fuel fears about Kobach’s proposals
BY ROXANA HEGEMAN
Associated Press
AUGUST 23, 2017 7:22 AM
WICHITA, KANSAS
A conservative firebrand promoting President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud oversees a Kansas election system that threw out at least three times as many ballots as any similarly sized state did, fueling concerns about massive voter suppression should its practices become the national standard.
Only six states — all among the top 10 in population — discarded more votes during the 2016 election than the 33rd-largest state of Kansas, according to data collected by the bipartisan U.S. Election Assistance Commission, a federal agency that certifies voting systems. Kansas’ 13,717 rejected ballots even topped the 13,461 from Florida, which has about seven times as many residents.
Critics of Kansas’ election system argue its unusually high number of discarded ballots reflects policies shaped over several elections that have resulted in many legitimate voters being kept off voter rolls in an effort to crack down on a few illegitimate ones.
There is particular attention on Kansas now because its secretary of state, Kris Kobach, is co-chairman of Trump’s Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. The architect of strict election policies requiring voter ID and proof of citizenship, Kobach has suggested Kansas’ rules could become a national panacea for voter fraud, which Trump — without providing proof — blames for Hillary Clinton’s popular vote victory.
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If you haven’t seen these seven minutes with James Clapper, you MUST… and if you already have, see them again. https://t.co/sR4mLJYxGQ
— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) August 23, 2017
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Dr. Frankenstein didn’t like his creation, either
08/23/17 10:20 AM—UPDATED 08/23/17 10:41 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump has spent a chunk of August publicly feuding with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), with the two Republican leaders trading thinly veiled rebukes. It’s all part of one of the year’s less expected political food fights.
But privately, it’s reportedly much worse. We talked earlier about this New York Times piece, which raises the prospect of Trump obstructing justice by expecting McConnell to intervene in the investigation into the Russia scandal, but at a more basic level, we’re also learning that the Senate Majority Leader doesn’t appear to have confidence in his party’s president.
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The Times’ article added that McConnell has privately marveled at Trump’s unwillingness “to learn the basics of governing.” The Senate GOP leader has also “expressed a sense of bewilderment about where Mr. Trump’s presidency may be headed.”
McConnell’s concerns are obviously grounded in fact, and on the surface, it’s tempting to feel some sympathy for him. But it’s important not to lose sight of the senator’s role in making the mess he finds himself in the middle of.
Like Dr. Frankenstein, McConnell created a monster he thought he could control, only to discover he doesn’t care for the results.
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Andy Slavitt lays it out:
The current plan to hurt Obamacare by taking away money from blue states:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ASlavitt/status/900324370060632064
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ICYMI about Russia:
1. Steele revealed his sources
2. The guy putting the dossier together
a) gave all kinds of paperwork
b) did 9 hours of testimony
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Just to make you smile
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JUST IN: Trump attacks Flake for being “weak on crime and border” one day after rally in Arizona https://t.co/9JzAGCufUL pic.twitter.com/cfDqg12G3A
— The Hill (@thehill) August 23, 2017
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uh huh
uh huh
The Secret Service has agreed to stop erasing White House visitor log data while a lawsuit goes forward. https://t.co/MnooUT965p
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 23, 2017
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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/22/17
Trump special adviser Carl Icahn mired in self-dealing scandal
Rachel Maddow explains how Donald Trump’s Special Adviser on Regulator Reform oversaw a part of the market that ultimately benefited him to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/22/17
Trump risks obstruction charge pressuring McConnell on Russia…
Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether Donald Trump’s reported pressuring of Mitch McConnell on the Trump Russia investigation constitutes an obstruction of justice.
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“Trump’s science envoy quits in scathing letter with an embedded message: I-M-P-E-A-C-H”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/08/23/trumps-science-envoy-quits-with-scathing-letter-with-an-embedded-message-i-m-p-e-a-c-h/?utm_term=.9215e7a9d1dd
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INCITEMENT….
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Yeah, “they” are trying to take away the revisionist history of white America.
Just remember, truth is that great river that runs under everything, and it will always burst to the surface, given time.
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See my open thread tomorrow.
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THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 8/22/17
Trump attacked McConnell on Russia investigation: NYT
Rachel Maddow shares a new report from the New York Times about the strained relationship between Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell and notes that the intensifying Trump Russia investigation may be wearing on Trump as he risks another obstruction accusation.
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Trump’s Secretary of State suggests US may not win in Afghanistan
08/23/17 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen
When Donald Trump presented his new vision for U.S. policy in Afghanistan, the president frequently used the word “win.” For example, Trump declared when we dispatch American servicemen and women abroad, “we will always win.” He added, “I’m a problem solver and, in the end, we will win…. Our troops will fight to win. We will fight to win.”
Subtle, this wasn’t.
As the Washington Post reported, however, it didn’t take long before a leading voice from the president’s cabinet stepped all over that message.
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On immigration, Trump has an offer Dems can easily refuse
08/23/17 08:40 AM
By Steve Benen
At a rally in Phoenix that served no real purpose last night, Donald Trump mentioned his idea for a border wall 17 times. In fact, the president appears convinced that this will happen. “We are building a wall on the southern border,” the Republican said, adding, “Believe me, if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall…. We’re going to have our wall. We’re going to get our wall…. Believe me, one way or the other, we’re going to get that wall.”
The unpopular president’s confidence, however, cannot create political will where none exists. But the White House apparently has a plan, which McClatchy reported on yesterday:
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Except, it’s not really a trade-off in any meaningful sense, since Democrats have what they want: the DACA policy for young Dreamers already exists. Instead, it’s more of a hostage strategy: Trump is saying he’ll destroy DACA unless Congress approves all of the other goodies on his immigration wish list.
Trump’s promises about Mexico paying for the wall are out. Trump looking for ways to force Congress to give him taxpayer dollars is in, even if he has to use hundreds of thousands of kids as leverage.
Is there any chance Democrats would go along with such a scheme?
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Trump wanted McConnell to ‘protect him’ from Russia scandal probe
08/23/17 08:00 AM—UPDATED 08/23/17 08:28 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump has clashed with Attorney General Jeff Sessions because the president expected the nation’s chief law-enforcement official to shield the White House from the investigation into the Russia scandal. Trump also clashed with former FBI Director James Comey – whom Trump ultimately fired – because the president wanted Comey to protect him from the same probe.
And as Rachel noted on last night’s show, the New York Times reports that Trump has also clashed with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for – you guessed it – not doing more to shield him from the investigation that threatens to derail his presidency.
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Ryan balks at censuring Trump over racially inflammatory rhetoric
08/22/17 12:51 PM
By Steve Benen
At a town-hall forum on CNN last night, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was willing to say Donald Trump was “wrong” when the president failed to fully condemn racist activists in Charlottesville. But a voter at the event pressed the Republican leader on going a step further.
“Speaker Ryan, as the leader of the congressional Republicans, I’d like to ask you what concrete steps that you will take to hold the president accountable when his words and executive actions either implicitly or explicitly condone, if not champion, racism and xenophobia,” the Wisconsin voter said. “For example, will you support the resolution for censure?”
This generated quick applause, though Ryan wouldn’t budge.
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The US deportation system is verging on lawlessness
Denise Gilman
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* Greg Sargent says that Trump’s White House has developed an ugly new strategy.
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Quick Takes: Republican Cold War Heats Up as Trump Travels to Arizona
A roundup of news that caught my eye today.
by Nancy LeTourneau
August 22, 2017
* We already knew that the prospect for Trump and Republicans to pass any of their legislative agenda was slim to none. But then this happened…
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The Only Thing Less Credible Than Trump is Everything Else
by Martin Longman
August 22, 2017
I think Steve Kornacki is on the right track. He’s looking at the polling numbers for Trump and acknowledging that they look bad, but he’s noting that they also looked bad as election day drew near last year. In fact, the numbers then and now don’t really look much different. We all still want to know how Trump managed to win when most people thought he was unfit for the office. But we also need to ask whether he’s as strong today as he was last November when he was elected the president of the United States of America.
Kornacki speculates that one explanation for Trump’s success and the surprise associated with it is that Hillary Clinton was almost equally unpopular. Kornacki also wonders whether the media is so hated that their relentless moral condemnations of Trump only served to make him more popular. And, likewise, maybe the near unanimity with which our celebrity culture condemned Trump and the contemptuous way they talked about him and his supporters made him look good by comparison. Kornacki doesn’t mention it, but it’s also true that Congress is almost unimaginably unpopular, which makes anyone who picks a fight with them the likely winner.
I suspect all of this played a part and can help us understand our political culture a little better. People are simply underestimating how much the American people dislike our politicians, our media, and the Democrats’ message and messengers, which makes us wrongly conclude that these groups have more credibility and appeal than they do.
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Will Barack Obama Step in to Lead the Resistance?
by Nancy LeTourneau
August 23, 2017
Not many people have been more articulate than Adam Gopnik in describing the particular threat posed by the presidency of Donald Trump. That’s why I feel the need to at least take him seriously when he proscribes something that he thinks would mitigate the damage, as he did in his most recent column.
I thought of that when I read what Martin wrote recently about how the only thing less credible than Trump is everything else. It’s true that there are no elected Democratic leaders that the majority of the country is willing to embrace as the alternative to Trump. But Gopnik is right, Obama fills that bill. Even as Republicans chose to fight him every step of the way, he managed to show what competence in the White House and federal bureaucracy could look like. Few of us have forgotten all that and the temptation to compare the current administration unfavorably to that record is only growing by the day.
I spent almost the last decade studying Barack Obama. My efforts were not so much about defending him as they were an attempt to try to understand him—something I thought that most pundits failed to do. So when I read what Gopnik wrote, I once again tried to approach it from the standpoint of “what would Obama say in response to that suggestion.” I can’t claim to know, but I wanted to share some of my thoughts.
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A FALSE PROPHET!
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Didn’t she cheat with Benny Hinn? Doesn’t she need to sit down somewhere?
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The President of Blank Sucking Nullity
David Roth, August 22
From a-hole to b-hole, Trump explained
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Good Morning, Everyone 😐😐😐
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Good Morning, Rikyrah & 3Chic Family.
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