All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[PaulBullion]

Meawhile, have either the President or Blue Lives Matter commented on this? Or is the guy too much one of theirs?

Aryan Nations gang member shot Tennessee officer, is on the loose, police say

[Tendrin]

But hey we should totally trust that the media had no bias against Clinton.

[PaulBullion]

This. When a feminist tells young women that "You can be anything you want," but with the unspoken understanding that "anything you want," should not include porn actress or Playboy Playmate, I find that feminist to be somewhat hypocritical.

Not this.

Would you expect a male journalist not to lead with the fact that Stormy is a porn actress?

[Iron Maiden]

You using the hosts of CNN to support the bill is hilarious. these are also the same people in support of EVERY War. There's a reason Independent media has more eyeballs than CNN. Screw those people. Edward Snowden warned us about this. Yet Americans are so happy to give up their freedoms, for their Freedumbs.

In an effort to feel secure, we lose privacy and freedoms.
The context of the quote is in regards to a tax dispute, but it fits the current climate of Big Brother all the same.

If we can't use different kinds of surveillance we'd never have any kind of evidence to use against the "bad guys". They're not going to hand you a signed confession or tell you that they plan to blow up the World Trade center. Various forms of surveillance has been one of the tools used even back to the horse and buggy days. Espionage has always been a dirty business and it's true we have to watch for abuses. Part of this is addressed in the bill just passed and again, this is why there was bipartisan support, which I consider more important then my passing mention of even the cable news hosts not objecting.

No one complains that commerce is also spying on you through the SS7 network protocols used by the worldwide mobile phone system. Heck, your phone company even tells you they can track you where ever you are. You've already signed over privacy to them when you started using their phone.

[PaulBullion]

If we can't use different kinds of surveillance we'd never have any kind of evidence to use against the "bad guys". They're not going to hand you a signed confession or tell you that they plan to blow up the World Trade center. Various forms of surveillance has been one of the tools used even back to the horse and buggy days. Espionage has always been a dirty business and it's true we have to watch for abuses. Part of this is addressed in the bill just passed and again, this is why there was bipartisan support, which I consider more important then my passing mention of even the cable news hosts not objecting.

No one complains that commerce is also spying on you through the SS7 network protocols used by the worldwide mobile phone system. Heck, your phone company even tells you they can track you where ever you are. You've already signed over privacy to them when you started using their phone.

Well, some people do actually complain about that.

But I agree that it's misguided to call for the heads of the democrats who voted for this bill. It was the best deal for a necessary bill, no matter what FoxNews may say about it.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Neither Trump nor the GOP are truly still conservative in a sensible reading of the word. They are destructive more than anything. What are they conserving?

Why, the rich, white, straight, gun loving, poor bashing, gay hating way of life of course!

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Rep. John Lewis Says Being Racist Must Be In Trump’s DNA

The civil rights legend criticizes the president’s “shithole” remark and says he won’t attend his State of the Union address. Good for Mr. Lewis. Every last damn Democrat should follow his example and not attend the address and show the Bigot-in-Chief that his vile comments won't be tolerated.

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Media Euphemisms For ‘Racist’ Are Stupidly Tinged

Donald Trump is a racist. Just say it. DONALD TRUMP IS A RACIST. Time for the media to call Dolt45 for exactly what he is and stop tiptoeing around the obvious. Meanwhile....

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Don Lemon: Watching Trump Honor Dr. King ‘Kind Of Makes Your Skin Crawl’

Trump’s presidency is a “step backwards for race relations,” he says. Not to mention a step backwards for decency, decorum and democracy.

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Former Mexican President To Trump: ‘Your Mouth Is The Foulest Shithole In the World’

Vicente Fox was responding to the U.S. president’s reported “shithole” comments that were made during a recent White House meeting. Well said, sir. Well said!

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Fox News Defends Trump’s ‘Shithole’ Comments As Just The Way Normal People Talk

“If you’re at a bar, and you’re from Wisconsin, and you’re thinking, ‘They’re bringing in a bunch of Haiti people’ ... This is how some people talk.” No, that's how fuckwads like YOU talk.

[Iron Maiden]

Mets is trying to make this about profanity when this is about blatantly racist comments made by his Republican commander-in-chief.

The waters aren't "muddy" here -- they are crystal clear.

I think if they could somehow force the producers of the Apprentice to release the outtakes where Trump uses the N word and other examples of his racism some people would still need more proof.

[Iron Maiden]

So, who thought Chris Matthews' rape joke about Hillary Clinton was funny?

Yeah, I don't get that. It was weird.....if he has a secret crush on her that was the worst way to express it.

[PaulBullion]

Yeah, I don't get that. It was weird.....if he has a secret crush on her that was the worst way to express it.

Rape is always about power, not attraction.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I think if they could somehow force the producers of the Apprentice to release the outtakes where Trump uses the N word and other examples of his racism some people would still need more proof.

And other people would blithely dismiss such evidence as fake news, continuing to treat Trump as godlike, infallible and pure as the driven snow. While those people are a lost cause, they are to be feared because they'll readily line up to vote for him a second time come 2019 without a second's hesitation if he's on the Republican ballot.

[Iron Maiden]

Maxine Waters should meet Trump in a cage match....and my money's on her

Maxine Waters goes off on Trump in Epic Rant

I watched this last night on the show hosted by Joy Reid (she's filling in for Chris Hayes) and I had to play it again it was so memorable. She make a lot of good points too.

She's not going to Trump's State of the Union address either and I'd like to see more join in on the boycott. He should be talking to an empty room but I know that won't happen.

I have called him what I know him to be for a long time. Remember when I called him a scumbag. I’ve called him a racist, deplorable, despicable, adding to what others are calling him––a moron, ignorant, on and on and on. The United States of America is being represented by the most despicable human being that could possibly ever walk the earth. I don’t know when Americans are going to tire of this lying man. It has been documented that he has told over 2,001 lies since he has been in office. He name-calls. He basically disparaged a United States congresswoman and basically said that she would do anything for a contribution. Talked about, as you know, during the campaign grabbing women by their private parts. What more do we need see or hear from this racist man. Not only is he racist, he is an embarrassment for this country.

[numberthirty]

Would you expect a male journalist not to lead with the fact that Stormy is a porn actress?

In a world where we were getting anywhere, "Actress" would be just fine.

In addition, I'd expect him not to have to throw out the clarification "By the way... Not a prostitute. Don't know why that word would even come up, but not a prostitute."

Which is the exact opposite of what Reid did.

[numberthirty]

Because Franklin Graham and others still are marketing Trump as the most conservative Christian president ever.

Who everyone knows cheated on his first wife with his second wife.

[PaulBullion]

In a world where we were getting anywhere, "Actress" would be just fine.

Is that really the hill you want to die on?

The story is not that the Christian right's candidate had an affair with an actress. The story is that it's a porn actress. Her name would not have jumped to the top of Twitter trends globally if she'd been known for "As the World Turns."

[numberthirty]

Because Trump is one of the least accessible president in decades, yet for some reasons they media don't have "... days since his last press conference" tickers for him like they had for Hillary.

Incorrect.

Everyone and their brother was busy yelling a certain word like they just picked it up in the second grad.

Anyone of them could have yelled a different question.