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

[Starter Set]

he's not strong, he's an idiot who is making everyone hate us

Ah, it would quite the task to make people hate on the US more than when Georgie "pretzel" Bush was president.

And well, he hasn't started a nuclear war yet soooo....so far so good as far as we are concerned. ("we", people of the world)

[aja_christopher]

He has europe threatening to put tarrifs on our cranberries and Orange juice now! Love how its an awesome idea to attack our allies but heaven forbid he implement sanctions against Russia sitting on his desk

Putin loves this shit

"Putin Praises Trump, Says US Political System Eating Itself"

"Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on President Donald Trump on Wednesday, but added that he was sorely disappointed with the U.S. political system, saying that it has been "eating itself up."

Speaking in an interview with the Russian state television, Putin described Trump as a great communicator.

"I have no disappointment at all," Putin said when asked about the U.S. president."

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/ar...-eating-itself

[Tami]

California's candidates for governor react to Trump administration lawsuit over immigration policy

The candidates running for governor reacted in familiar ways to news Tuesday that the Trump administration is suing California over its immigration policies, with Democrats calling for insurgency and Republicans rejoicing.

Businessman John Cox, a GOP candidate, released a minute-long radio ad seeking to tie California and San Francisco sanctuary policies with the tragic death of a young woman who was killed in that city in July 2015.

“The senseless, random killing of 32-year-old Kate Steinle by an illegal alien convict, is chilling testimony to how Gavin Newsom’s sanctuary city values differ from the rest of us,” Cox says in the ad, which his campaign says is airing statewide for two weeks in an $80,000 buy.

Cox notes that a San Francisco jury declined to convict the man accused in her death. He then pledged to overturn the state’s so-called “sanctuary state” law, which he attributes to Newsom and Gov. Jerry Brown.

Democrats, meanwhile, pledged to fight the Trump administration over the lawsuit, filed in federal court late Tuesday. It seeks to invalidate three state laws that the administration argues violate the federal government’s authority over immigration policy.

The laws make it a crime for business owners to voluntarily help federal agents find and detain undocumented workers, prohibit local law enforcement from alerting immigration agents when detainees are released from custody and create a state inspection program for federal immigration detention centers.

“California thrives because of its diversity, not in spite of it,” Newsom said. “California won’t be bullied by Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, and we won’t back down from defending law-abiding residents.”

[Iron Maiden]

Mueller time!

Mueller has secured sworn testimony from a little-known but pivotal witness in the Russia investigation.

I was watching the discussion on this on MSNBC last night. I notice that this meeting in the Seychelles is being looked at by Mueller. And I am sure that it's going to be time for the younger brother of Betsy DeVos and Blackwater Founder Erik Prince to get one of those "special invitations" from Mueller if he hasn't already. He was there representing Trump's people while Nader was there as the link to Putin's people.

[TheInvisibleMan]

speaking of idiots

Betsy "walking sack of money" DeVos held a short press conference after her closed to the press meeting with Marjory Stoneman Douglas students...she seemed a little uneasy/out of sorts

rambled on about helper dogs for a bit

[Tami]

VA knew for years about problems at Washington, D.C., hospital that left patients in danger

WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs officials at nearly every level knew for years about sterilization lapses and equipment shortfalls at the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center, but they were either unwilling or unable to fix the problems, an inspector general investigation found. The failures put patients at risk and squandered taxpayer dollars.

Clinicians put patients under anesthesia before realizing they didn’t have equipment to perform scheduled procedures. In some cases, they canceled and redid surgeries later. In others, they ran across the street to a private-sector hospital to borrow supplies midprocedure.

Investigators found more than 1,000 boxes of unsecured documents that contained veterans’ personal information — including medical records — in storage facilities, the basement and a dumpster.

The hospital paid exorbitant amounts for supplies and equipment, including $300 per speculum it could have bought for $122 each, and $900 each for a special needle that was available for $250.

[Iron Maiden]

speaking of idiots

Betsy "walking sack of money" DeVos held a short press conference after her closed to the press meeting with Marjory Stoneman Douglas students...she seemed a little uneasy/out of sorts

rambled on about helper dogs for a bit

Might be getting queasy about what baby brother Eric has been up to in Trump's name.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

speaking of idiots

Betsy "walking sack of money" DeVos held a short press conference after her closed to the press meeting with Marjory Stoneman Douglas students...she seemed a little uneasy/out of sorts

rambled on about helper dogs for a bit

Maybe those students told Daffy Devos some horror stories about what happened on the day of the shooting and she couldn’t handle what she heard.

[Kal-El Summers]

speaking of idiots

Betsy "walking sack of money" DeVos held a short press conference after her closed to the press meeting with Marjory Stoneman Douglas students...she seemed a little uneasy/out of sorts

rambled on about helper dogs for a bit

One of the students there tweeted that she talked to like three people and petted one of the dogs, lol.

[Iron Maiden]

Maybe those students told Daffy Devos some horror stories about what happened on the day of the shooting and she couldn’t handle what she heard.

That's a very good point. A lot of these politicians and NRA advocates who say any bozo should be able to buy assault rifles should look at the autopsy pictures of the victims. I don't think they will ever release those to the public though. Look up the statements by trauma surgeons who've treated the survivors and find out about the severe internal damage caused by high velocity bullets from AR 15s and other similar firearms. They rarely cause a through and through wound and ricochet inside your body.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

That's a very good point. A lot of these politicians and NRA advocates who say any bozo should be able to buy assault rifles should look at the autopsy pictures of the victims. I don't think they will ever release those to the public though. Look up the statements by trauma surgeons who've treated the survivors and find out about the severe internal damage caused by high velocity bullets from AR 15s and other similar firearms. They rarely cause a through and through wound and ricochet inside your body.

I suspect that’s one reason why the NRA and the gun lobby leaned hard on Republicans to keep the CDC from doing research on gun violence, because if stories from trauma surgeons about the aftermath of mass shootings were to become common knowledge, the public would be horrified at what assault weapons could do, fanning the flames to have them banned.

[BeastieRunner]

I was watching the discussion on this on MSNBC last night. I notice that this meeting in the Seychelles is being looked at by Mueller. And I am sure that it's going to be time for the younger brother of Betsy DeVos and Blackwater Founder Erik Prince to get one of those "special invitations" from Mueller if he hasn't already. He was there representing Trump's people while Nader was there as the link to Putin's people.

Nader was also at the Trump Tower meeting and several other places the "conspiracy" started and continued. He's got nothing to lose from cooperating and telling the truth.

Maybe those students told Daffy Devos some horror stories about what happened on the day of the shooting and she couldn’t handle what she heard.

The kids also told her all about the "hero teacher" that told them, "FUCK YOU! Save yourselves!" locked kids out and ended up getting shot.

[Jack Dracula]

Stormy is dishing the dirt now.

Trump forgot to sign the NDA.

Classic.

I smell a book deal...

[PaulBullion]

Jeez...

Let's say we can agree on the "State" level politician we are discussing. That means you have one, ONE, "State" level Democrat who was willing to run on it that far into the century he was running in.

That would have to get better just to be pathetic.

If that's as close as you get to "Democrats Were For It!", it is laughable.

That was ONE politician off the top of my head, turnip breath. It is called an "example." Google that word.

It's quite a stretch to claim that there were no others. Your hatred for Democrats is what is laughable.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Dwayne Wade also visited MSD after DeVos left, and the kids had a good time visiting with someone who actually gives A F