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

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I''m wearing this to family functions!

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

[Tami]

As He Heads Back To Prison, A Nashville Man Says 'Goodbye' To The New Life He Hoped To Build

When a Nashville man named Matthew Charles was released from prison early in 2016 after a sentence reduction, he’d spent almost half his life behind bars. But in a rare move, a federal court ruled his term was reduced in error and ordered him back behind bars to finish his sentence.

He’s going to prison. To finish out a 35-year term for selling crack to an informant in the 90’s.

Charles had already served 21 years before his sentence was cut short as a result of crack guideline changes passed by the Obama administration. But the U.S. Attorney’s office appealed his release on the grounds that Charles was legally considered a “career offender” due to a prior stint in state prison. They said the retroactive change in the law did not apply to him — and a Court of Appeals agreed.

“He’s rebuilt his life and now they’re coming to snatch it,” says "Wolfe", who met Charles at a halfway house in 2016. They’ve volunteered together almost every Saturday since, long after fulfilling their community service requirements.

[Duskman]

I'm not even sure how kneeling for something is a sign of disrespect in the first place. Like, you kneel before a King. Kneeling during a patriotic song is surely symbolic of fealty or something. Surely, a much more disrespectful move would be to, I dunno, bend over and spank your ass at the flag, or giving the middle finger, or spitting on the grass or something.

[Malvolio]

I'm not even sure how kneeling for something is a sign of disrespect in the first place. Like, you kneel before a King. Kneeling during a patriotic song is surely symbolic of fealty or something. Surely, a much more disrespectful move would be to, I dunno, bend over and spank your ass at the flag, or giving the middle finger, or spitting on the grass or something.

You mean like this?

[Duskman]

You mean like this?

Especially like that!

[Tazirai]

Bee is pathetic and I'd be tempted to not accept her apology.

She doesn't control immigration policy and she never will. She's a sick hypocrite.

Roseanne and Ted Nugent both called Hillary a C**t, but Samantha Bee is the evil one?

[kmeyers]

Roseanne and Ted Nugent both called Hillary a C**t, but Samantha Bee is the evil one?

Nugent got invited to the White House for a photo shoot by these hypocrites. Not to mention all the Trump campaign rally t-shirts calling Hillary a **** nobody seemed to mind.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

I would agree, except Trump, Sessions and Stephen Miller are still in their positions along with everyone associated with them.

Unfortunately the American people were the ones who were supposed to hold Trump/Sessions/Miller accountable and they didn't

[Tazirai]

Nugent got invited to the White House for a photo shoot by these hypocrites. Not to mention all the Trump campaign rally t-shirts calling Hillary a **** nobody seemed to mind.

Sadly, the "Liberal" Media always jump on the left when someone questions a Right Wingers Decorum, But Trump and the Right Wing can get away with anything.

Notice how nobody got upset about equating Valerie to a Muslim, but monkeys, and the Media goes crazy.

[Tazirai]

[Tazirai]

Not a fan, but props to Kim K for trying to get this woman freed for some ole bullshit.
But what does Trump do? Frees D'Souza. What does "Liberal" Jim Acosta do, attack Kim K. YET, he posed and took John Legend Serious for the EXACT Same thing.

Kardashian West Visits White House Seeking Freedom For A Grandmother Serving Life

[numberthirty]

Roseanne and Ted Nugent both called Hillary a C**t, but Samantha Bee is the evil one?

If you are doing what known evil people do, the math about if you could be evil starts to get pretty simple.

[The Overlord]

Looks like Trump want a trade war with the US' allies:

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.thes...t-tonight.html

[kmeyers]

If you are doing what known evil people do, the math about if you could be evil starts to get pretty simple.

Or you start fighting fire with fire and attacking the evil people's hypocrisy. Gloves are off, snowflake. Using your own words against you is apparently lost on these conservative hypocrites.

[Tendrin]

The study, conducted by researchers at two California universities and published Wednesday in the journal Social Forces, finds that opposition to welfare programs has grown among white Americans since 2008, even when controlling for political views and socioeconomic status.

White Americans are more likely to favor welfare cuts when they believe that their status is threatened and that minorities are the main beneficiaries of safety net programs, the study says.
The findings suggest that political efforts to cut welfare programs are driven less by conservative principles than by racial anxiety, the authors conclude. T hat also hurts white Americans who make up the largest share of Medicaid and food-stamp recipients. President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have proposed deep cuts to both programs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c8786a2d751f

Gasp! It's almost like it's exactly what a lot of us have been saying all along. It's the racism.