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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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3 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

He can't without Congress and he doesn't have the House.  If Dems take over the Senate and presidency, court packing needs to be the first order of business IMO. 

Lol.  By the time I croak the Supreme Court will have more judges than the House has reps...

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Fuck this administration and anyone who still tolerates it.



The Trump administration's opposition to abortion has led to the watering-down of a UN resolution on ending sexual violence in war.

The US removed all references to sexual and reproductive health.

The Security Council resolution, submitted by Germany, dropped all such references. The US, along with China and Russia, had threatened to veto it.

The Trump administration opposed a phrase on the grounds that it implies support for abortion.

The amended resolution passed 13-0, with Russia and China abstaining.

French UN ambassador Francois Delattre was scathing of the decision to exclude the reference to sexual health, saying it undermined the dignity of women.

"It is intolerable and incomprehensible that the Security Council is incapable of acknowledging that women and girls who suffered from sexual violence in conflict, and who obviously didn't choose to become pregnant, should have the right to terminate their pregnancy," he said.

The removed phrase read: "Recognizing the importance of providing timely assistance to survivors of sexual violence, urges United Nations entities and donors to provide non-discriminatory and comprehensive health services, in line with Resolution 2106."

This line was thought to be a compromise from an earlier version, which included a more detailed description of the health services, "including sexual and reproductive health, psychosocial, legal, and livelihood support".

This language had been used before in previous resolutions related to sexual violence, US media report.

The new resolution condemns the use of rape as a weapon of war and expresses the Security Council's concern at the slow progress in addressing sexual violence in conflict.

But while it urges improved justice for victims, the final version also removed a reference to a UN monitoring body that would report acts of sexual violence.

The initial resolution had garnered widespread support. Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney attended Tuesday's Security Council meeting and urged members to vote in favor.

"This is your Nuremberg moment," Mrs Clooney said. "Your chance to stand on the right side of history."

Ms Clooney was joined by two 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winners, both anti-rape activists: Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, an Iraqi Yazidi who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants.

German foreign minister Heiko Maas also joined actress and activist Angelina Jolie in writing an article in the Washington Post on 22 April advocating the resolution.

International figures have denounced the US for weakening the resolution.

UK Labour MP Emily Thornberry cited the resolution as cause for concern in light of President Donald Trump's recently announced visit to the UK.

"It beggars belief that on the very same day Donald Trump is threatening to veto a United Nations resolution against the use of rape as a weapon of war, Theresa May is pressing ahead with her plans to honour him with a state visit to the UK," Ms Thornberry, the opposition's spokesperson on foreign affairs said.

The US was represented by acting ambassador to the US, Jonathan Cohen. The ambassador post has remained vacant since the resignation of Nikki Haley last year.

Mr Trump nominated Kelly Knight Craft, current US ambassador to Canada, for the job in February.
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4 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

"Court packing" does not mean nominating a judge who leans POTUS' direction.  It means expanding the size of SCOTUS so as to regain a majority.

Honestly, if Trump had a brain he'd try to expand the court right now.

I'm afraid if Trump wins another term, he'll do exactly that and call it a concession to Dems since it was Buttigieg's idea to expand the Court.  

Edit: and I know he can't do this without Congress, but he also can't allocate tax dollars to pet projects like a wall, and he's already tried that.  I don't think there are any limits anymore.  I wouldn't be surprised if he tried to expand the Court via executive order.  I wouldn't be surprised by much of anything.

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7 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

He has to do better than that.

I wish I were as optimistic. It's part of the puzzle (the buzz words and the 40%). Because we are not confronting the Russians wrt their election meddling, they're going to continue to get better at election hacking (registration), social media manipulation, and other cyber crimes. That will be another piece of the puzzle. You also have to think there will be a third party candidate. That could affect the election result too.

It's like the Russians are getting better at managing our elections than we are.

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17 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

That insipid little prick should hang. 

The first sentence in the Mueller Report after the legalese paragraph on page 1:

“The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion.”

 

Jared Kushner: “Nothingburger”

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23 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

The goal appears to be run out the clock in the courts until the election. I think there is too much time. Let's see what the courts say.

i think the real goal is to push back the election until 2024.

i'm assuming trump controls the gears of the election, right?  shouldn't be any harder than the other shit he's already doing.

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There is no strategy.  Just abuse your power, obstruct, and bully the democrats as much as possible until someone stops you.  

There is no way out for the democrats prior to 2020 except for the impeachment process. 

Pelosi is a smart politician but she’s outmatched against someone that doesn’t acknowledge the laws or norms.  She’s letting Trump back her into a corner and define the battle.  The only hope is she’s pulling a rope-a-dope and waiting to land the haymakers.  The current path isn’t sustainable until the 2020 election. 

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4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

There is no strategy.  Just abuse your power, obstruct, and bully the democrats as much as possible until someone stops you.  

There is no way out for the democrats prior to 2020 except for the impeachment process. 

Pelosi is a smart politician but she’s outmatched against someone that doesn’t acknowledge the laws or norms.  She’s letting Trump back her into a corner and define the battle.  The only hope is she’s pulling a rope-a-dope and waiting to land the haymakers.  The current path isn’t sustainable until the 2020 election. 

I think that is premature to assume about Pelosi.  She's owned him head to head so far.   The smartest move IMO is to go hard at Trump with hearings and ultimately move to impeach once the case has been successfully made to the public, but not to broadcast or publicly commit to that plan in advance.   She may be doing just that. 

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10 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

I think that is premature to assume about Pelosi.  She's owned him head to head so far.   The smartest move IMO is to go hard at Trump with hearings and ultimately move to impeach once the case has been successfully made to the public, but not to broadcast or publicly commit to that plan in advance.   She may be doing just that. 

agreed, but at this point, it looks like they may not get anybody to show up.  they're contesting subpoenas, which i didn't even think was a thing.  even if the senate was ready to oust him, what's to keep trump from delaying and pushing back the proceedings for months or years?

i'm starting to think whomever said trump won't agree to a peaceful transfer of powers when he loses the election might've been onto something.

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I'm in favor of subpoenaing Mueller and holding hearings on each of the obstruction instances. Just run Dotard through the wringer and let all his crap get pushed to the surface. The American people are gullible, but I still have faith that when shown the proof of Dotard's blatant disregard of the law they will do the right thing and dump Trump. 

But then again, it's what FOX News reports that matters.

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Dorsey even went so far as to assure Trump that he himself had lost followers as a result of Twitter’s efforts to delete fake accounts

Trump has repeatedly griped to associates about how Obama has more Twitter followers than him, even though—by Trump’s own assessment—he is so much better at Twitter

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1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Trump has repeatedly griped to associates about how Obama has more Twitter followers than him, even though—by Trump’s own assessment—he is so much better at Twitter

DO SOMETHING!

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Kirstjen Nielsen tried to focus White House on need to defend against new Russian attack in 2020.

Mulvaney didn't want her to bring it up with Trump, because it would detract from his victory

 The WH staff's appeasement of Ignatius Trump continues.

 

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Full article:

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In Push for 2020 Election Security, Top Official Was Warned: Don’t Tell Trump

WASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the 2020 election.

President Trump’s chief of staff told her not to bring it up in front of the president.

Ms. Nielsen left the Department of Homeland Security early this month after a tumultuous 16-month tenure and tensions with the White House. Officials said she had become increasingly concerned about Russia’s continued activity in the United States during and after the 2018 midterm elections — ranging from its search for new techniques to divide Americans using social media, to experiments by hackers, to rerouting internet traffic and infiltrating power grids.

But in a meeting this year, Mick Mulvaney, the White House chief of staff, made it clear that Mr. Trump still equated any public discussion of malign Russian election activity with questions about the legitimacy of his victory. According to one senior administration official, Mr. Mulvaney said it “wasn’t a great subject and should be kept below his level.”

Even though the Department of Homeland Security has primary responsibility for civilian cyberdefense, Ms. Nielsen eventually gave up on her effort to organize a White House meeting of cabinet secretaries to coordinate a strategy to protect next year’s elections.

As a result, the issue did not gain the urgency or widespread attention that a president can command. And it meant that many Americans remain unaware of the latest versions of Russian interference.

This account of Ms. Nielsen’s frustrations was described to The New York Times by three senior Trump administration officials and one former senior administration official, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity. The White House did not provide comment after multiple requests on Tuesday.

While American intelligence agencies have warned of the dangers of new influence campaigns penetrating the 2020 elections, Mr. Trump and those closest to him have maintained that the effects of Russia’s interference in 2016 was overblown.

“You look at what Russia did — you know, buying some Facebook ads to try to sow dissent and do it — and it’s a terrible thing,” Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, said on Tuesday during an interview at the Time 100 Summit in New York.

“But I think the investigations, and all of the speculation that’s happened for the last two years, has had a much harsher impact on our democracy than a couple of Facebook ads,” he said.

Before she resigned under pressure on April 7, Ms. Nielsen and other officials looked for other ways to raise the alarm.

The opening page of the Worldwide Threat Assessment, a public document compiled by government intelligence agencies that was delivered to Congress in late January, warned that “the threat landscape could look very different in 2020 and future elections.”

“Russia’s social media efforts will continue to focus on aggravating social and racial tensions, undermining trust in authorities and criticizing perceived anti-Russia politicians,” the report noted. It also predicted that “Moscow may employ additional influence tool kits — such as spreading disinformation, conducting hack-and-leak operations or manipulating data — in a more targeted fashion to influence U.S. policy, actions and elections.”

By comparison, cyberthreats have taken a back seat among security priorities at the White House.

Mr. Trump’s national security adviser, John R. Bolton, eliminated the position of cybersecurity coordinator at the White House last year, leaving junior aides to deal with the issue. In January, Ms. Nielsen fumed when 45 percent of her cyberdefense work force was furloughed during the government shutdown.

Ms. Nielsen grew so frustrated with White House reluctance to convene top-level officials to come up with a governmentwide strategy that she twice pulled together her own meetings of cabinet secretaries and agency heads. They included top Justice Department, F.B.I. and intelligence officials to chart a path forward, many of whom later periodically issued public warnings about indicators that Russia was both looking for new ways to interfere and experimenting with techniques in Ukraine and Europe.

One senior official described homeland security officials as adamant that the United States government needed to significantly step up its efforts to urge the American public and companies to block foreign influence campaigns. But the department was stymied by the White House’s refusal to discuss it, the official said.

As a result, the official said, the government was failing to adequately inform Americans about continuing influence efforts.

A second senior administration official said Ms. Nielsen began pushing after the November midterms for the governmentwide efforts to protect the 2020 elections, but only after it became increasingly clear that she had fallen out of Mr. Trump’s favor for not taking a harder line against immigration.

That official said Ms. Nielsen wanted to make election security a top priority at meetings of Mr. Trump’s principal national security aides, who resisted making it a focus of the discussions given that the 2020 vote was, at the time, nearly two years away.

Since last week’s publication of the report by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, on Russian interference in the election that Mr. Trump won, the president has accused the Obama administration of doing nothing in 2016 to push back at Moscow’s intrusion.

The reality is more complex: President Barack Obama gave a private warning to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia at a meeting in China in September 2016, and issued sanctions against Russians and expelled 35 suspected spies after the vote. The Trump administration has added to those sanctions.

On Friday, the day after Mr. Mueller’s conclusions were made public, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration would continue to confront Moscow on its attempts to meddle in the 2020 elections.

“Russia interferes in a number of places,” Mr. Pompeo said. “I don’t think there’s been a discussion between a senior U.S. official and Russians in this administration where we have not raised this issue about our concern about Russia’s interference in our elections.”

“We will make very clear to them this is unacceptable behavior,” he said.

But former Obama administration officials said Mr. Trump’s aversion to even discussing the looming threat remains a concern.

“I do believe the Department of Homeland Security and the White House should be prioritizing this threat and should be doing so consistent with the intelligence community’s own assessment,” said Lisa Monaco, who ran the efforts to counter Russian cyberinterference in 2016 as the White House homeland security adviser to Mr. Obama.

She said parts of Mr. Mueller’s report showed how the threat from Russia had grown.

More recently, officials at the Department of Homeland Security credited unprecedented help from Facebook, Google and Microsoft to block malicious influence campaigns in the 2018 elections, including by taking down inauthentic posts or other suspect activity quickly. Microsoft also warned of attacks on the offices of two senators.

Before the midterms, the United States Cyber Command created a so-called Russia Small Group of American officials to disrupt election influence campaigns by two groups whose members were indicted as part of Mr. Mueller’s investigation: the G.R.U., which is Moscow’s military intelligence agency, and the Internet Research Agency, a troll farm with ties to Mr. Putin.

The United States disrupted the Internet Research Agency’s servers around the midterm elections in November, according to officials briefed on the actions. A declassified after-action report on the 2018 countermeasures by the United States government was expected to be released early this year but has never been published.

Matthew Masterson, a senior adviser at the Department of Homeland Security who coordinates its election cybersecurity, said Russian interference remained a threat as the 2020 presidential campaign approached.

“We continue to expect a pervasive messaging campaign by the Russians to undermine our democratic institutions,” Mr. Masterson said in an interview. “We saw it in 2018, continue to see it and don’t expect it to subside."

“For us, we recognize that the goal is to undermine confidence in the elections and sow doubt,” Mr. Masterson said.

He said the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working with American states to fortify election systems to prevent Russians and other hackers from penetrating voter registration records. The department is also working with other federal agencies to provide state officials with more information about election interference efforts.

“Russian intelligence’s 2016 covert actions to divide Americans by interfering in our election were so successful,” said Kevin T. Carroll, a former C.I.A. officer who was a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security during the first two years of the Trump administration.

“Putin will amplify them in 2020,” he said.

 

 

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1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

 

Is that last one even remotely true?  We sent the National Guard into Mexico, and Mexican soldiers threatened our soldiers?  Or he's just inventing an entire armed conflict with a foreign power.  

But the biggest outrage facing our nation is the term "Easter Worshipers."

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17 minutes ago, lemonlime said:

Is that last one even remotely true?  We sent the National Guard into Mexico, and Mexican soldiers threatened our soldiers?  Or he's just inventing an entire armed conflict with a foreign power.  

But the biggest outrage facing our nation is the term "Easter Worshipers."

I believe it is true. Some National Guard guys were south of the wall, but technically north of the border (river is non existent there) and there was confusion by the Mexicans. Both sides ended up working it out peacefully and it wasn't a big deal. 

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19 minutes ago, lemonlime said:

Is that last one even remotely true?  We sent the National Guard into Mexico, and Mexican soldiers threatened our soldiers?  Or he's just inventing an entire armed conflict with a foreign power.  

But the biggest outrage facing our nation is the term "Easter Worshipers."

National Guard and Mexican Army found each other south of the border barrier but actually north of the US border and the Mexican military believed they were on Mexican land.  No hostility really happened.  The Mexican soldiers asked the U.S. servicemen to disarm by putting their weapon into their vehicle.  Supposedly all protocols were followed by both sides.  Nothingburger.  But of course he's got to throw in the "they were covering for drug smugglers"

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