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I fucking love this President. My 2 faves during my lifetime are Trump and Nixon. They share a lot of similarities and were besieged by the same groups of assholes. No I’m not trolling. Y’all, the lef

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This.....is magnificent. The "younger generation" is going to have to work double-time to fund YOUR Social Security, which YOUR generation of elected officials raided the fuck out of.  And which,

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honestly, how does he get away with this shit?

He gets away with it because Puerto Rican natives in Florida mostly don't vote, and the ones who do actually favor Republicans.   If Puerto Ricans had swung Florida hard for Dems in 2018, Trump would have been forced to give a shit about Puerto Rico.   But because it didn't cost him, he didn't need to change a thing:

In last year’s midterm elections, even as Trump railed on Puerto Rico’s government as corrupt and undeserving of any more federal disaster assistance for Hurricane Maria, only 47 percent of the state’s 206,000 registered voters who identified as having been born on the island actually turned out to cast ballots, according to an analysis by University of Florida political scientist Daniel Smith. Of those who registered for the first time in 2018 ― a cohort of 8,300 that included those who left the island in Maria’s aftermath ― that turnout rate was only 34 percent. In the Kissimmee precinct with the largest number of Puerto Rican natives who registered for the first time that year, only 20 of the 125 turned out: 16 percent.

In contrast, the overall turnout rate in Florida was 59 percent, and for non-Hispanic whites, it was 63 percent.

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Fernand Amandi, with the polling firm Bendixen & Amandi, recalls the backlash he took after releasing a survey showing that then-governor, now-senator Rick Scott, the Republican, was actually receiving more support from Puerto Ricans than Nelson was.

 

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3 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

He gets away with it because Puerto Rican natives in Florida mostly don't vote, and the ones who do actually favor Republicans.   If Puerto Ricans had swung Florida hard for Dems in 2018, Trump would have been forced to give a shit about Puerto Rico.   But because it didn't cost him, he didn't need to change a thing:

 

 

I know the Cubans there are Rs.  Anything that says the Puerto Ricans are too?

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3 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

He gets away with it because Puerto Rican natives in Florida mostly don't vote, and the ones who do actually favor Republicans.   If Puerto Ricans had swung Florida hard for Dems in 2018, Trump would have been forced to give a shit about Puerto Rico.   But because it didn't cost him, he didn't need to change a thing:

 

 

I recall reading that Scott and their governor concentrated a great deal on the plight of Peurto Ricans in their campaigns. While that sets the foundation for future loyalty to the Republican Party, it doesn't necessarily translate to support for Trump, specifically, as he continues to wash away the dirt from underneath that platform.

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I know the Cubans there are Rs.  Anything that says the Puerto Ricans are too?

The end part of my quote cited a poll that showed PRs were for Scott over Nelson.   There were also stories after the election that the data showed they swung the election R, like:

https://www.latinorebels.com/2018/11/23/scottpuertorico/

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/417918-puerto-ricans-may-have-elected-rick-scott-and-other-midterm-surprises

 

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20 minutes ago, seven said:

Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if trump starts talking about cutting Puerto Rico loose, maybe part of the greenland deal. 

I would imagine campaigning on dropping 3M+ browns is a winning platform. Especially if he can find a way to deport the ones living on the continent.

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11 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I recall reading that Scott and their governor concentrated a great deal on the plight of Peurto Ricans in their campaigns. While that sets the foundation for future loyalty to the Republican Party, it doesn't necessarily translate to support for Trump, specifically, as he continues to wash away the dirt from underneath that platform.

No doubt, but Rick Scott can't (and hasn't been able to) make Trump send Puerto Rico the aid that Congress actually approved for them.  Either they got fooled or they support Rs for other reasons, which is entirely fine and their choice, like the farmers and rust belt industrial workers who are getting the fucking that they voted for (but with lib tears!). 

The reality is that every election right now is about Trump.   If Puerto Rican natives in Florida had massive turnout in 2018 for Dems, the story would have been "Trump is so toxic that even Scott's significant outreach efforts were for naught," and Trump would have been under real pressure to help Puerto Rico or forfeit Florida in 2020.   They may or may not surprise everyone in 2020, but that doesn't help right now, while Trump takes them completely for granted based on 2018.

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1 minute ago, Mojo Hand said:

No doubt, but Rick Scott can't (and hasn't been able to) make Trump send Puerto Rico that Congress actually approved for them.  Either they got fooled or they support Rs for other reasons, which is entirely fine and their choice. 

The reality is that every election right now is about Trump.   If Puerto Rican natives in Florida had massive turnout in 2018 for Dems, the story would have been "Trump is so toxic that even Scott's significant outreach efforts were for naught," and Trump would have been under real pressure to help Puerto Rico or forfeit Florida in 2020.   They may or may not surprise everyone in 2020, but that doesn't help right now, while Trump takes them completely for granted based on 2018.

Given the recent mass protests over corruption and the overall shitty response to Maria, I hold some hope for the Puerto Rican vote but remain skeptical about winning the state in 2020 though, because Florida.

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14 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

The same President who claims that we have the greatest economy in history also claims that the Fed has been calling it wrong for too long.

. . . and he's the same President who appointed Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Fed.

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Given the recent mass protests over corruption and the overall shitty response to Maria, I hold some hope for the Puerto Rican vote but remain skeptical about winning the state in 2020 though, because Florida.

Yeah, and because DeSantis barely won by 0.4%, he and the Secretary of State he appointed will do everything possible to swing the state for Trump.  If Puerto Rican natives in Florida oppose Trump's treatment of the island — and maybe they don't, it's entirely up to each person what he or she cares about — they squandered the only opportunity to do something about it. 

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2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

If you think that's what grits look like then no wonder you have a low opinion of them.  Grits done properly are a great breakfast staple, but they do need butter, salt and pepper.

Grits and chorizo, the only way to eat it. At least it's the only way I will eat grits.

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3 hours ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Our allies are our enemies. Our former enemies are our closest friends.

Let them eat cake grits.

 

3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

In the spirit of the thread.

I'm sorry, we were looking for "Kiss my grits".

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Hurricane heading towards the US. Great timing.... 

 

Trump admin pulling millions from FEMA disaster relief to send to southern border. 

 

 

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    • The Trump administration is pulling $271 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security, according to department officials and a letter sent to the agency by a California congresswoman.
    • ICE would gain $155 million, all from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, according to the letter from Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.
    • The DHS will lose $116 million previously allocated for Coast Guard operations, aviation security and other components in order to fund nearly 6,800 more beds for immigrant detainees, officials said.

     

     

To fund temporary locations for court hearings for asylum-seekers along the southern border, ICE would gain $155 million, all from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, according to the letter from Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., which was seen by NBC News.

Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security will lose $116 million previously allocated for Coast Guard operations, aviation security and other components in order to fund nearly 6,800 more beds for immigrant detainees, the officials said.

Combined with existing space, the funding would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/27/trump-admin-pulling-millions-from-fema-relief-to-send-to-border.html

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37 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Hurricane heading towards the US. Great timing.... 

 

Trump admin pulling millions from FEMA disaster relief to send to southern border. 

 

 

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To fund temporary locations for court hearings for asylum-seekers along the southern border, ICE would gain $155 million, all from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund, according to the letter from Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., which was seen by NBC News.

Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security will lose $116 million previously allocated for Coast Guard operations, aviation security and other components in order to fund nearly 6,800 more beds for immigrant detainees, the officials said.

Combined with existing space, the funding would allow ICE to detain nearly 50,000 immigrants at one time.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/27/trump-admin-pulling-millions-from-fema-relief-to-send-to-border.html

This still going to be in concrete rooms? Just buy up old grocery stores and walmarts and shove them all in even though the contractors are getting $700 per person to house them? But let's not pay for anyone's education or get clean water in Detriot. That's a waste of money.

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7 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

So what's to stop them from, I don't know, lying?  Like everyone else with any connection to this corrupt-as-fuck admin?  Aside from Cohen, it seems.

oh hey, today Deutsche Bank puts some gauze on a compound fracture - they apparently avoid lying and acknowledge having Trump's tax returns. 

Not sure how this revelation influences the Circuit judge deciding on the Congressional subpoena for the DB records, and if that also includes their drafts of Trump taz returns.  There are a few implications to ponder here.

 

 

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Does the sitting President of the United States have a billion dollars worth of unpaid loans?  Because it kind of seems there might be a chance that the sitting President of the United States has a billion dollars worth of unpaid loans.  Maybe it's just close to a billion.  Maybe it's only half a billion.  

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3 minutes ago, Chooky said:

Does the sitting President of the United States have a billion dollars worth of unpaid loans?  Because it kind of seems there might be a chance that the sitting President of the United States has a billion dollars worth of unpaid loans.  Maybe it's just close to a billion.  Maybe it's only half a billion.  

 

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