I want to know the name of these officials and their political affiliation.
US PoliERA 2018 |OT6| An Unmitigated Disaster
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In Russian conspiracy land, this guy is supposed to be like a double agent for Semion Mogilevich -- not sure if I believe that but it makes a great twist in the Russian conspiracy narrative
https://twitter.com/CharlesMBlow/status/1016014086721634309
A hot take for sure, but a pretty astute hot take IMO.
Gotta end sometime.Fox News Research said:
This is why we can't have nice things. Someone like Trump will screw it up in the end.
Reading up more on this Benczkowski fellow, and it looks like his selection might be a reach on Trump's part.
It's true that he did work at Alfa on their defamation case regarding the Steele dossier, but he was a low level guy working on legal standing issues. He has no actual knowledge of what is verifiable in the document and what was allegedly false. He has left the option of recusal open for anything that comes across his desk on a case by case basis, he's seen the unredacted intelligence report stating that Russia interfered with the election and agrees with it, and he has no informed opinion on the legal basis of the Mueller investigation because he is not privy to their methods and collected intelligence.
Lest we forget, Trump also nominated Wray, Sessions, and Rosenstein under the presumption that they'd be covering his ass and attacking Hillary, and that hasn't exactly worked out well for him. I still think this fellow is grossly underqualified and Trump is only nominating him because of what he thinks he'll get in return, but it might be he's just a bank lawyer trying to do his job.
It's true that he did work at Alfa on their defamation case regarding the Steele dossier, but he was a low level guy working on legal standing issues. He has no actual knowledge of what is verifiable in the document and what was allegedly false. He has left the option of recusal open for anything that comes across his desk on a case by case basis, he's seen the unredacted intelligence report stating that Russia interfered with the election and agrees with it, and he has no informed opinion on the legal basis of the Mueller investigation because he is not privy to their methods and collected intelligence.
Lest we forget, Trump also nominated Wray, Sessions, and Rosenstein under the presumption that they'd be covering his ass and attacking Hillary, and that hasn't exactly worked out well for him. I still think this fellow is grossly underqualified and Trump is only nominating him because of what he thinks he'll get in return, but it might be he's just a bank lawyer trying to do his job.
It’s almost as if they forget most of this happened under another president. Who they said was awful and destroyed the economy. :thinking emoji:
Even better, I'm 90% sure all of them ended in recessions except, of course, the latest and maaaybe Aug 1940-Apr 1943, but that last one is a special case because WW2 and ramping up production included putting women to work when they generally hadn't been nearly as much.
Sessions' has shown at the very least that "falling on his sword for the president" is fairly low on his list of priorities. He's keeping his office scandal free so he can execute his gameplan with precision. Trump prefers loyal crooks like Pruitt, who never break rank and flaunt their indecent behavior.
Pretty much
I really think it’s going to be difficult to poll because we’re going to see sorts of turnouts we didn’t think were possible or votes that weren’t there in certain areas just like in 2016 but in reverse
I chose to open Facebook and learned that the absurd turnover rate this administration has is a good thing! I mean, isn't replacing the employees that need to be replaced what good businesses do?
Most midterm polling usually does an LV screen by asking if you voted in the last two midterms. That... might not work this time!
It already ended last year.
U.S. economy loses 33,000 jobs after hurricanes, first decline in seven years.
I guess Fox News doesn't count that month's decline because of the hurricanes.
Or a toxic work environment. Or both!
lmao correction incoming in.... jk there will never be a correction.
no pupp... ah fuck it. Just go full puppet and get this over with
All of those idiots going “you can’t trust the polls” might end up being right for the wrong reason if the traditional methodology can’t account for the abnormal surge of first time voters we might be seeing.
No. You are referencing the unrevised numbers. It was revised up the next month to be positive.
WSJ said:
QP literally the only pollster to figure that out in Virginia.
It was revised to +18K the next month.
The revisions can be important because the error bar is often +/- 50K which is the difference between a weak or strong month at average job growth.
QP hasn’t been as positive for Dems as other pollsters have been lately so eh.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...03a221946a7_story.html?utm_term=.0514a5a744be
So Cohen is 100% getting a pardon then.
So Cohen is 100% getting a pardon then.
There’s no way in hell the growth streak will last past 2020 - especially with Trump doing all he can to stymie it.
Why does it seem like there's an abundance of cute male Democrats in red states/districts?
I include myself in that category, obviously.
Because they're the ones who win, which is why they get recruited?
Beto is still GOAT tho, dreamboat.
Sometimes I wish I were American so I could participate in your crazy, beautiful elections
The highs are so high and the lows so low but hoo boy it’s a rollercoaster either way
Belgian elections are a snoozefest by comparison.
Speaking of whom, he trails Cruz by 5 in a recent University of Texas poll.
Not sure, I buy it, though. 23% undecided? Cruz only at 41%?
Beto thrashing Cruz would be the highlight of the night.
Either way I’m staying up the entire night.
http://www.newsweek.com/maine-governor-lepage-vetoes-gay-conversion-therapy-ban-1012981
Vetoing a bill to ban conversion therapy to own the libs and Easy-D.
Vetoing a bill to ban conversion therapy to own the libs and Easy-D.
Maine brought in AV just to rid themselves of that racist prick this year.
Good riddance.
Ah, I see. I just remembered hearing about the streak ending.
OK-05 and AR-02 (although the latter has been rated Lean R by Cook and maybe one other forecaster). Also, everyone seems pessimistic about GA-06 now, but I think Handel could still see a shock on election night.
I also find it funny that McMorris Rodgers is more vulnerable than Herrera-Beutler despite the latter's district being a few points less Republican. It shows how candidate quality makes a difference: Lisa Brown is a great one to challenge McMorris Rodgers, while Herrera-Beutler has yet to draw a credible opponent as far as I can see.
Also, I detest McMorris Rodgers for the same reason I detest Paul Ryan: they both play the smug "aw shucks, I'm just a mom/dad tryin' [always the elision; sounds folksy and relatable!] to do my best and make this country better. Goshers!" routine even though they have repugnant beliefs. He's chosen to retire, but I really want to see her lose.
Who could've guessed they'd close ranks and scream, "Fake news"?
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