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Great story in The Atlantic:
How to Discuss the Far Right Without Empowering It - A lesson from Germany
What happens when you do a prime-time interview with a far-right leader—but don’t ask them anything about refugees?
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Hillary was right!
Let me jump into this fray. There are only three choices currently
1. Republicans retain control over Congress, which means that Trump will be President at least until 2024, longer of the Republicans change things so that a President can have a lifetime in Office [don't think they wouldn't consider it].
2. Democrats take control over Congress and actually run Congress the way it was meant to be run, as a check on Trump's power. Which includes letting Mueller complete his investigation, which might lead to impeachment.
3. Trump does something so insane that even his Base turns against him, and as his Base goes so goes Republicans in Congress. Considering what they have tolerated so far, that red line would have to be pretty extreme.
Each of those three options put the power in the hands of the people, the voters.
You can vote for whomever you want, but in the end it boils down to these three possibilities.
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Sure if you use made up numbers like that. It's more like one candidate who would have had a 50% chance to win who had 90% of policies I believed in so that someone else could have that same 50% to win who supports maybe 50% of policies I believe in but like the Republican supports another 50% of policies I despise. Oh and the 50% chance to win is entirely contingent on people like me ignoring all of that so they can win, otherwise the party is set up so they have no shot if people don't fall in line
Manafort Trial update:
Jury ended deliberations today.
They asked for the legal definitions on filing requirements for overseas accounts (FBAR).
They asked for clarification on "reasonable doubt."
Jury asked for definition of “shelf companies.”
The jury also asked for the exhibit list to be annotated to match the indictments.
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Not great sign for Team Mueller but also not a great sign for the defense.
I predicted a mixed decision. Sounds like that might be right.
We'll find out tomorrow.
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I think 4/5 for failure to report, 3/5 for the foreign stuff, I'm not certain on the conspiracy stuff. There's 9 of them and they cascade. It's either 1-2 or 8-9 IMHO.
There's 1 failure to report that enough could be construed to be the accountant not doing her job.
There's 1 foreign record that CLEARLY looks like it was 100% Gates. Another is a toss up.
The conspiracy is where I suspect the jury will spend most of their time. That's either little to nothing or a slam dunk for most people watching the case. They're asking for shelf company definitions and reasonable doubt. That screams conspiracy charge debates to me.
I'm think the worst outcome for Manafort will be ~200 years, not the full 305.
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I doubt even that would work. All Trump would have to do is bleat that Democrats were responsible for the increased poverty and the lemmings would believe him without question. Dolt45 wasn’t kidding when he said he could shoot someone in Times Square and not lose any votes.
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