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

[numberthirty]

This almost sounds like an episode of Sons of Anarchy.

Read through a short article this afternoon that added that the bar is apparently a private bar.

[numberthirty]

While Puerto Rico hasn't been front page news lately...

- https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...s-debt-crisis/

Finally, Puerto Rico has a way out of its debt crisis

- https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-b...e-medicaid-fix

Congress needs to enact a permanent, comprehensive Medicaid fix for Puerto Rico

[Malvolio]

Read through a short article this afternoon that added that the bar is apparently a private bar.

That makes it sound even more like a SAMCRO vs. Mayans gang war.

[4saken1]

It would actually be in their interests to solve the case as a rebuttal to their conspiracy-minded critics.

4 times the national average of spousal abuse among members of the police force looks bad, too. So do abuse of power and taking bribes. It's almost as if an individual officer might not have the mental capacity to think or even care about all of the possible larger scale repercussions of their actions.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

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In other words, party over country, party over morals, party over the Constitution, party over every goddamn thing. In that case, the GOP deserves to go down the sewer.

[numberthirty]

That makes it sound even more like a SAMCRO vs. Mayans gang war.

Caught a quick news spot on the radio just after eight. If the reporting was solid, it sounds like the person who shot the folks was bounced from the bar earlier on in the evening.

[InformationGeek]

Of course. Just of course.

BREAKING: Giuliani associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman planned to steer lucrative contracts from a Ukrainian gas deal to Trump allies. https://t.co/Vuymt4FoRh

������Lev Parnas told associates that "Trump planned to remove U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and replace her with someone more open to aiding their business interests."

[BeastieRunner]

Three Trump Org people suspect Trump resign when the House votes to impeach.

And there's a third and fourth whistle blower coming on top of the second today.

[Tendrin]

Uhm, oh #@#@.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=spartanntp

"Turkey will soon be moving forward with its long-planned operation into Northern Syria. The United States Armed Forces will not support or be involved in the operation, and United States forces, having defeated the ISIS territorial 'Caliphate,' will no longer be in the immediate area," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.

The announcement comes hours after President Trump held a phone call with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in which the two reportedly discussed the conflict and agreed to a meeting in Washington in November.

Turkey's crossing the border to go after the Kurds, of course.

Also:

The U.S., in an effort to reduce tensions in the region, has been working on establishing a safe zone along the border. But the plans have faltered, and the Turkish president in recent days has warned that Ankara will soon be launching a military operation across the border, as soon as within the next couple of days.
Grisham in her Sunday statement added the U.S. will not be holding any more ISIS fighters, and that "Turkey will now be responsible for all ISIS fighters in the area captured over the past two years in the wake of the defeat of the territorial 'Caliphate' by the United States."

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Three Trump Org people suspect Trump resign when the House votes to impeach.

And there's a third and fourth whistle blower coming on top of the second today.

I'd really like to believe that, but I maintain Trump will LITERALLY have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of the White House by the Secret Service should he lose because that trial for his dirty dealings from the Mueller Report, and a probable prison term if convicted will be waiting for him after he leaves office.

[Kusanagi]

I'd really like to believe that, but I maintain Trump will LITERALLY have to be dragged kicking and screaming out of the White House by the Secret Service should he lose because that trial for his dirty dealings from the Mueller Report, and a probable prison term if convicted will be waiting for him after he leaves office.

I don't believe Trump will leave the White House peacefully even if he lost in a landslide in 2020. He'd scream voter fraud, deep state, and civil war before showing an ounce of dignity. There's no way I see him having the grace to resign.

[Tami]

Uhm, oh #@#@.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...cid=spartanntp



Turkey's crossing the border to go after the Kurds, of course.

Also:

Turkey may be holding Trump hostage ..... well, one fo his Towers anyway (sheesh)

Turkey's İYİ Party suggests gov't to 'seize Trump Towers' in Istanbul as retaliation for US sanctions August 02 2018

Point being made is that, if a country has a Trump Tower in it, Trump plays nice with them no matter how aggressive and dangerous they are.

[Tami]

What Trump isn't telling you about his children

CNN's Sara Murray reports how President Trump's children are profiting off their father's presidency, while Trump and other Republicans are accusing Joe Biden and his son Hunter of being "corrupt" for doing the same.

Was wondering when the news organizations would start going after the Trump kids. It's only fair, after all.

[Tami]

US to let Turkish forces move into Syria, dumping Kurdish allies

White House reveals policy shift, which follows conversation between Trump and Erdoğan

Someone needs to get on the phone with Trump, pretend to be the head of a country (make on up, he won't know the difference) and talk him out of this. Say that your country has a large reserve of oil, and that it's looking to build Two Trump towers in the capital. Big, grand, golden Trump Towers, and maybe even a Golf Course.

Tell him that your country will buy out rooms in the Trump Hotels, even if they can't use them.

This is the kind of diplomacy Trump understands.

[Tami]

Sacklers reaped up to $13 billion from OxyContin maker, U.S. states say

(Reuters) - OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP steered up to $13 billion in profits to the company’s controlling Sackler family, according to U.S. states opposing efforts to halt lawsuits alleging the company and its owners helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic.

The wealthy Sacklers received the money from Purdue during an unspecified time frame, according to court documents and portions of a deposition filed in the drugmaker’s bankruptcy proceedings this week.

Purdue ultimately transferred $12 billion or $13 billion to the family, a company adviser testified in the deposition. The deposition, taken last week, was revealed in court filings on Thursday and Friday.

The financial figure is significantly larger than the roughly $4 billion previous lawsuits have alleged the Sacklers took out of Purdue, and was cited as part of coordinated legal broadsides this week against the company’s attempts to shield itself and the family from sprawling opioid litigation.

Many states want the Sacklers to contribute more than an initial $3 billion they have pledged toward resolving the lawsuits as part of a settlement Purdue has proposed.