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

[Tami]

From xkcd, and yes my email inbox almost looks like this at times

[Tami]

He was the biggest celebrity at the GOP convention, no?

I really don't think that qualifies as relevant.

[JBatmanFan05]

Hilarious, sadly my email box looks like that.

[Iron Maiden]

Yes. He told Stormy Daniels that he would never donate to a charity that protects sharks and that he wishes all sharks would die.

Did you let your In Touch subscription expire again?

Discovery Channel defends sharks after reports that Trump wants them all to die

The thing that struck me about Trump bringing up charitable contributions is did that guy for the Washington Post ever find an organization that he donated to?

Last year he shut down his charitable foundation because it violated rules on self-dealing. I remember he bought a portrait of himself using the Trump foundation funds and it hangs in one of his golf clubs.

[JBatmanFan05]

Full list of Trump invitees to the State of the Union address (The guests will be seated in the box of first lady Melania Trump):

— Corey Adams, a welder in Dayton, Ohio, who plans to invest his extra savings from the tax overhaul plan into his daughters' education fund.

— Elizabeth Alvarado and Robert Mickens, the parents of Nisa Mickens, and Evelyn Rodriguez and Freddy Cuevas, the parents of Kayla Cuevas. Nisa and Kayla's 2016 slayings were attributed to the MS-13 gang.

— Retired Cpl. Matthew Bradford, who stepped on a roadside bomb in 2007 while deployed in Iraq. He was blinded and lost his legs. After surgery, he re-enlisted in the Marine Corps, becoming the first blind, double amputee to do so.

— Jon Bridgers, founder of the Cajun Navy, a nonprofit rescue and recovery group that provided aid to people in Texas affected by Hurricane Harvey.

— David Dahlberg, a Southern California firefighter who saved 62 children and staff members from a wildfire that had encircled their camp.

— Officer Ryan Holets, a policeman in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who with his wife adopted a baby from parents who suffered from opioid addiction.

— Ashlee Leppert, a Coast Guard technician who rescued dozens of people during last year's storms.

— Celestino "CJ" Martinez, a supervisory special agent for Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations unit whose investigations have led to more than 100 arrests of MS-13 gang members.

— Staff Sgt. Justin Peck, a soldier credited with saving the life of Chief Petty Officer Kenton Stacy after a roadside bomb exploded in Syria in November.

— Preston Sharp, who launched the Flag and Flower Challenge to decorate the graves of fallen soldiers.

— Steve Staub and Sandy Keplinger, the owners of a Dayton, Ohio, manufacturing company that gave their employees a larger-than-expected Christmas bonus after the GOP tax law was enacted.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-so...-politics.html

[TheInvisibleMan]

Russian police arrested Alexei Navalny, Putins primary opponent in the upcoming Presidential race

behavior that the Idiot wishes he could get away with

[Dalak]

Russian police arrested Alexei Navalny, Putins primary opponent in the upcoming Presidential race

behavior that the Idiot wishes he could get away with

I bet he also wishes he could force whoever he wants to come to the SotU and heap praise upon him, but we'll see who actually shows up and if they get angry Tweets at them afterwards.

[JBatmanFan05]

I think Navalny is free now though. It seems like he gets arrested, there is outcry, and then he's released (only to get arrested again at the next wave of protests).

[Jack Dracula]

Full list of Trump invitees to the State of the Union address (The guests will be seated in the box of first lady Melania Trump):



https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-so...-politics.html

Let's hope that Trump learns something from the courage and generosity of spirit these people have displayed.
I doubt it though.

[TheInvisibleMan]

I think Navalny is free now though. It seems like he gets arrested, there is outcry, and then he's released (only to get arrested again at the next wave of protests).

it doesn't matter

he shouldn't be getting arrested in the first place

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Let's hope that Trump learns something from the courage and generosity of spirit these people have displayed.
I doubt it though.

I stand a better chance of stealing Beyoncé from Jay-Z than Trump learning the meaning of courage and generosity from his guests at the State of the Uniom.

[JCAll]

it doesn't matter

he shouldn't be getting arrested in the first place

I think Putin likes the outcry it causes. He likes showing people that he can do whatever he wants and they can't stop him.
If he really considered the man a threat he'd just have him killed. It's all theatrics. I shouldn't be surprised Putin is a Troll.

[TheInvisibleMan]

I think Putin likes the outcry it causes. He likes showing people that he can do whatever he wants and they can't stop him.
If he really considered the man a threat he'd just have him killed. It's all theatrics. I shouldn't be surprised Putin is a Troll.

like I said, Im sure Orange Foolius is mad he can't do the same

im sure his supporters would get erect if someone like Cory Booker was dragged into a police van

[Dalak]

like I said, Im sure Orange Foolius is mad he can't do the same

im sure his supporters would get erect if someone like Cory Booker was dragged into a police van

Yeah, "Lock Her Up!" is proof of both Trump and his supporters wanting to do the same.

[BeastieRunner]

The State of the Uniom is tomorrow? When is the State of the Union?