All Purpose News and Politics Thread Part IV: The Center Cannot Hold

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Then there's this f**king guy.

Absolutely freaking abominable!

[PwrdOn]

I already said. I'll say it one more time.

Its the same complaining over and over and over again. Its getting old. We get it. They made their point. Now focus on fixing the problem.

If white people can't even stand getting called out for being racist, how are they going to react when actual policies to correct inequalities start to affect them?

[Gray Lensman]

If white people can't even stand getting called out for being racist, how are they going to react when actual policies to correct inequalities start to affect them?

Very poorly.

[PaulBullion]

So, there is tape of not just Trump partying hard (and dancing badly) with Jeffrey Epstein and a few dozen cheer leaders, one scene also clearly shows Trump groping one of the women repeatedly.
Or, as the more seasoned news people call days like this, Wednesday.

[kidfresh512]

If white people can't even stand getting called out for being racist, how are they going to react when actual policies to correct inequalities start to affect them?

I have to tell the guys at work all the time. Look talking about racism is hard, and uncomfortable. But, when you are complaining about NFL players making you think for a second about that stuff. Remember you get to turn the tv off after that and go on about your business.

People with their skin color everyday have to worry about am I going to get profiled going to this store. There's that extra bit of concern if we get pulled over even though we know we havent done anything wrong except maybe hit a speed trap.

We have to be EXTRA nice, EXTRA respectful and even then sometimes its not enough.

Is someone going to call the cops on me for doing random innocuous everyday thing?

And heaven forbid you say anything or point out this shouldn't happen. Then you are playing the race card, or should be grateful you are allowed to live here.

If more people would put themselves in the shoes of minorities, just have basic empathy for things you don't have to deal with daily and adjust your life around. You would see its not wrong to say things should be better. Society should be better. More people should want to be decent and say hey stop that. Rather than some of what we are seeing now with the "oh well"

[worstblogever]

So, there is tape of not just Trump partying hard (and dancing badly) with Jeffrey Epstein and a few dozen cheer leaders, one scene also clearly shows Trump groping one of the women repeatedly.
Or, as the more seasoned news people call days like this, Wednesday.

Tape's from circa 1992. He was dating Marla Maples at the time. He was palling it up groping women and likely girls with Epstein while dating Maples. Probably while married to her, too.

[aja_christopher]

So, there is tape of not just Trump partying hard (and dancing badly) with Jeffrey Epstein and a few dozen cheer leaders, one scene also clearly shows Trump groping one of the women repeatedly.
Or, as the more seasoned news people call days like this, Wednesday.

You have to wonder what Epstein might have on those labeled pics and videos of his that were removed from his safe.

Trump probably has to wonder as well since Epstein recorded a lot of what went on in his home.

That said, so long as Barr is in the picture it's questionable whether any "kompromat" it would ever become public knowledge even if it does exist.

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"A raid on Epstein's Upper East Side residence, which is said to be worth $77 million, yielded “an extraordinary volume of photographs of nude and partially-nude young women or girls,” a court filing states.

It said Epstein, a registered sex offender had “hundreds—and perhaps thousands—of sexually suggestive photographs of fully- or partially-nude females,” and some of them appear to be of underage girls.

Some were in a locked safe that contained CDs labeled “Misc nudes 1,” and “Girl pics nude,” or even individual names, prosecutors said.

Photos of nude girls were also found during a 2005 raid on Epstein’s Palm Beach, Florida, mansion—but he never went to trial then. Instead, federal prosecutors in Miami allowed him to plead guilty to a state prostitution charge—a deal that is now under investigation."

https://news.yahoo.com/feds-found-je...165552981.html

[Kirby101]

My two cents:

I'm a registered Democrat (although I don't give a damn about party. With politics, its choosing the lesser of two evils.) .

That being said, I'm seriously getting tired of these Democrat ladies whining about being a woman, demanding equal rights, but screaming 'racism' left and right expecting special treatment, "I hate Trump," etc. That's all they talk about. Where are their actual accomplishments? At least Trump has them. They're practically giving Trump (who I can't stand even more) the next win on a silver platter Many Americans don't care about the PC Police.

Trump complains about the media? They're doing him a favor by putting the spotlight on the wrong crowd. Where's the group that is working on genuinely trying to fix things?

I wish there was a party that was in the middle. Tired of extreme left vs extreme right.

First, what are these marvelous accomplishments Trumps has?
Second, maybe you should read their policy proposals like the Green New deal and Universal Healthcare, cause they actually have ideas to fix things.

[Kirby101]

I already said. I'll say it one more time.

Its the same complaining over and over and over again. Its getting old. We get it. They made their point. Now focus on fixing the problem.

You mean like calling for his impeachment? Something the Democratic leadership is still refusing to do.

With a buffoonish ogre as President and an evil monster as head of the Senate, what is it you expect these freshman Congresswomen to do?

[aja_christopher]

First, what are these marvelous accomplishments Trumps has? .

Tax cuts for the rich and a Supreme Court justice denied to Obama and given to Trump by McConnell -- it's not like he reversed a Republican recession (the second worst in American history) or gave millions more people access to affordable health care.

Everyone knows that most of what Trump has, he got from his father, including his racist, xenophobic views.

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"[T]he New York Times asked Donald Trump about the possibility that his father had been arrested at a Klan event. The younger Trump denied it all, telling interviewer Jason Horowitz that "it never happened" four times. When Horowitz asked if his father had lived at 175-24 Devonshire Road—the address listed for the Fred Trump arrested at the 1927 Klan rally—Donald dismissed the claim as "totally false."

"We lived on Wareham," he told Horowitz. "The Devonshire—I know there is a road 'Devonshire,' but I don't think my father ever lived on Devonshire." Trump went on to deny everything else in the Times' account of the 1927 rally: "It shouldn't be written because it never happened, number one. And number two, there was nobody charged.

Biographical records confirm that the Trump family did live on Wareham Place in Queens in the 1940s, when Donald was a kid. But according to at least one archived newspaper clip, Fred Trump also lived at 175-24 Devonshire Road: A wedding announcement in the January 22, 1936 issue of the Long Island Daily Press, places Fred Trump at that address, and refers to his wife as "Mary MacLeod," which is Donald Trump's mother's maiden name.

Moreover, three additional newspaper clips unearthed by VICE contain separate accounts of Fred Trump's arrest at the May 1927 KKK rally in Queens, each of which seems to confirm the Times account of the events that day. While the clips don't confirm whether Fred Trump was actually a member of the Klan, they do suggest that the rally—and the subsequent arrests—did happen, and did involve Donald Trump's father, contrary to the candidate's denials.

A fifth article mentions the seven arrestees without giving names, and claims that all of the individuals arrested—presumably including Trump—were wearing Klan attire...

Another article about the rally, published by the Long Island Daily Press on June 2, 1927, mentions that there were seven arrestees without listing names, and claims that all of the individuals arrested were wearing Klan attire. The story, titled "Meeting on Parade Is Called Off," focuses on the police actions at the rally, noting criticism of the cops for brutally lashing out at the Klan supporters, who had assembled during a Memorial Day parade."

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m...t-with-the-kkk

[master of read]

I have to tell the guys at work all the time. Look talking about racism is hard, and uncomfortable. But, when you are complaining about NFL players making you think for a second about that stuff. Remember you get to turn the tv off after that and go on about your business.

People with their skin color everyday have to worry about am I going to get profiled going to this store. There's that extra bit of concern if we get pulled over even though we know we havent done anything wrong except maybe hit a speed trap.

We have to be EXTRA nice, EXTRA respectful and even then sometimes its not enough.

Is someone going to call the cops on me for doing random innocuous everyday thing?

And heaven forbid you say anything or point out this shouldn't happen. Then you are playing the race card, or should be grateful you are allowed to live here.

If more people would put themselves in the shoes of minorities, just have basic empathy for things you don't have to deal with daily and adjust your life around. You would see its not wrong to say things should be better. Society should be better. More people should want to be decent and say hey stop that. Rather than some of what we are seeing now with the "oh well"

and to puncuate your point....

[Wakeneuron]

First, what are these marvelous accomplishments Trumps has?
Second, maybe you should read their policy proposals like the Green New deal and Universal Healthcare, cause they actually have ideas to fix things.

He is currently helping African American communities with his Opportunity Zones. This is something that Nipsey Hussle took advantage of.

https://eig.org/opportunityzones

'The Opportunity Zones incentive is a new community investment tool established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to encourage long term investments in low income urban and rural communities nationwide.'

[Kirby101]

He is currently helping African American communities with his Opportunity Zones. This is something that Nipsey Hussle to advantage of.

Seen that Republican song before, more Tax Breaks for the Rich.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/u...s-tax-cut.html

The zones have come under criticism from consumer advocates, who warn that they may not drive investment to truly distressed areas. The official communities designated as zones include some census tracts that are rapidly gentrifying — which could end up delivering large benefits to wealthy developers who would have invested in those areas without the Trump administration’s tax advantage.

Among the designated tracts that have stirred controversy is the section of Long Island City that Amazon has picked for one of its two new headquarters. While the tract sits near a fairly low-income section of Queens, it includes a fast-developing area with wine bars and a view of Manhattan.

Helping Black Communitees? Is this the hook you want to hang your hat on.


Trump’s 2020 Budget Is A Recipe of Disaster for Black Businesses, Says the U.S. Black Chambers

[aja_christopher]

He is currently helping African American communities with his Opportunity Zones. This is something that Nipsey Hussle to advantage of.

You claim this as an "accomplishment" -- do you have any solid evidence of what it has accomplished so far in terms of helping said communities? The articles I read were short on details, and good intentions don't count as "accomplishments" unless they are successful.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/econo...les/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackoma.../#413eed9b6364

Tax cuts have always been touted as a "solution" to economic problems by Republicans but rarely do they work as planned -- with that in mind I wouldn't call it an "accomplishment" until we see what it actually accomplishes in the long-term.

[Kirby101]

You claim this as an "accomplishment" -- do you have any solid evidence of what it has accomplished so far in terms of helping said communities? The articles I read were short on details, and good intentions don't count as "accomplishments" unless they are successful.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/14/econo...les/index.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackoma.../#413eed9b6364

Tax cuts have always been touted as a "solution" to economic problems by Republicans but rarely do they work as planned -- with that in mind I wouldn't call it an "accomplishment" until we see what it actually accomplishes in the long-term.

From what I have read, the top firms who have taken advantage of this are "minority" companies like Goldman Sachs.