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

[PyroTwilight]

maybe because you ARE racists and sexists

oh and homphobes too

just that no one has ever called you on it

In fairness they do say "...racist and sexist we really are" as opposesed to how racist and sexist they think we are. So I think they know what they are. Or it reads like it at least.

[Shawn Hopkins]

Oh look, Cheeto's planning some sort of African-American meeting.

And he's bringing in two quality pieces of **** in Ray Lewis and Jim Brown along with that coonin' huckster Darrell Scott. Kinda shocked he didn't try to get Charles Barkley or Sage Steele just to get a 5-pack of sellouts.

I'm surprised he didn't invite convicted murderer Don King.

[Shawn Hopkins]

I like Tulsi, but she's a Hawk when it comes to the Military.
Her statement that Generals are more patriotic than civilians is disturbing.
Gabbard: These people, arguably, have put far more on the line and are far more deeply personally committed to upholding and protecting our democracy than their critics.



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/...-tulsi-gabbard

Tulsi's an opportunist. She latched onto Bernie when she thought it would raise her profile. Then she latched on to Trump and defended his warmongering choices even though he's as far from Bernie as you get.

[Kirby101]

Obama on the ‘Daily Show’: Voters should have cared more about Russia’s meddling in the election



It was a very good interview.

The media should have also cared, instead of "HILLARY EMAILS!"

[Tami]

Russia Is Happy With Donald Trump’s Choice of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State

Remember a time when Presidents sought to make Americans Happy?

Many Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, have a good relationship with Exxon Mobil Corp’s Rex Tillerson, the Kremlin told reporters on Tuesday.

[Tami]

The media should have also cared, instead of "HILLARY EMAILS!"

Definitely, and they continued to shove it down our throats even when we were sick of it. The one thing Sanders said that the Media should have listened to was his comment about her 'Damn emails'.

[Gray Lensman]

Russia Is Happy With Donald Trump’s Choice of Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State

Remember a time when Presidents sought to make Americans Happy?

Well, the Secretary of State is the country's top diplomat. The opinions of people he will be dealing with are pretty important.

That said, in light of everything else Russia connected we know about this mess - I'm still pretty disturbed. I see someone who might manage to be the worst President of all time and he hasn't even taken office yet.

[Jabare]

Soviet Union is looking stronger these days



not anymore

[Iron Maiden]

The left overdid it with pc and therefore the backlash was extreme. Unfortunately both sides are unable to find a middle ground.

I'm a white female and I am curious. What exactly do you mean by "overdid the PC" What parts do you find "overdone"? And are you forgetting that this country is a cultural and ethnic "melting pot"

[jeanvaljean]

well when you vote for a candidate that campaigned on "build that wall" "lock her up" "ban Muslims"

and his VP supports conversion therapy for gay teenagers

Ill go with soulless hateful shitbirds

Soulless, hateful, short-sighted, self-sabotaging shitbirds.

[jeanvaljean]

It's not just Trump. There's been a rightward march the world over. Brexit being another famous example of this.

Well, not Canada.

[jeanvaljean]

Set "Illegal" aside for a second.

How far away from a free market are you when you are telling restaurants to pay for something like that out of their own pockets?

Democrats should have fought this as a form of taxation. Might have gotten enough Republicans and Stalinists to blink.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

It's a damn shame that something like this is happening in America, the world's melting pot:

Concerned Muslim women rethinking the hijab

Melissa Grajek was subjected to all kinds of taunts for wearing the hijab, but an incident at Discovery Lake in San Marcos, Calif., sealed the deal.

Her 1-year-old son was playing with another boy when an irate father saw her and whisked his son away, telling Grajek: “I can’t wait until Trump is president because he’ll send you back to where you came from.”

The man then scooped up a handful of wood chips and threw them at Grajek’s son.

At that moment, Grajek thought, enough was enough. She decided to take off her head covering.

“I had been on the fence regarding hijab, but that incident made it clear my religious choices could be putting my son at risk,” she said.

[JBatmanFan05]

It's a damn shame that something like this is happening in America, the world's melting pot:

Concerned Muslim women rethinking the hijab

Much of the left decries their hijabs as symbols of oppressive theocracy and patriarchy. Accept "the truth" and be an atheist "feminist."

[ImprobableQuestion]

The left overdid it with pc and therefore the backlash was extreme. Unfortunately both sides are unable to find a middle ground.

A compromise? So like, "Right, you need to stop lynching those black people, but Left, you need to stop telling women they can work for equal pay." That's fair. All those minorities get back in line beneath Whitey and everyone will be happy.