Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[Professor Tiger]

Oops. Looks like crash simultaneously agreed with me.

[Toemeesleather]

Surely someone will link keystone and haliburton, then the sh!t will fit the han.

[Professor Tiger]

Haliburton is secretly controlled by Putin and the Russians. Dick Cheney is just a front man.

Moreover, Halliburton is a racistsexistbigotedhomophobictransphobic company.

At least the Keystone pipeline got approved somewhere in the middle of all that mess. At this point, I give an F on what he says. But I give him an A on what he has done.

Getting out of TPP: Good.
Federal hiring freeze (with the proviso that retirement checks keep going out on time and in their full amount): Good.
Use of the words "Islamic" and "terrorist" in the same sentence: Good.
Two attempts to ban travel from Islamic terrorist-infested countries: Good.
Intervention to keep businesses from moving US jobs overseas: Good.
Started rolling back federal regulations that destroy jobs: Good.
A budget that increases defense spending and prunes back wasteful bureaucracies like the EPA: Good.
Started the process of building the wall: Good.
Enforcing federal immigration law and punishing illegal immigrants who commit violent crimes: Good.
Laying the groundwork for punishing sanctuary cities: Good.
Not laying the groundwork for deporting Dreamers and other non-felonious illegal immigrants already here: Good.
Directly punching the MSM in the face for their steady fake news and overall ultra-liberal bias: Good.
Informing the Chinese and the obese teenager running North Korea that the era of US patience with the NORKS is over: Good.
Vigorously attempted to repeal and replace Obamacare: Good.

And, perhaps the most important, the nomination of Gorsuch for SCOTUS (with the proviso that he is eventually sworn in):

AWESOME.

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Surely someone will link keystone and haliburton, then the sh!t will fit the han.

Clearly this administration has linked keystone with a certain segment of law enforcement...

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Clearly this administration has linked keystone with a certain segment of law enforcement...

:::whooooosh:::

Vigorously attempted to repeal and replace Obamacare: good.

lmao Disenganged from the process, ignorant of the process, ignorant of the main provisions of the bill, waited until two days before the vote to get his hands dirty. Vigorously lackadaisical, for sure.

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Trump Administration Attempted to Block Sally Yates from Testifying at Russian Hearings - Wash Post 2 hrs ago

holy shit

[Professor Tiger]

Ford cancelling previous plan to build new plant in Mexico. Instead, they are investing $1.2 billion in 3 plants in Detroit, creating 700 new jobs. The president of Ford credits Trump:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStor ... s-46419207

This is why blue collars in the Midwest voted for Trump, not gossip in the MSM about who said what to who in NY or DC.

[hedge]

"they are investing $1.2 billion in 3 plants in Detroit, creating 700 new jobs"

That's almost $2 million per job. Sounds like a savvy investment...

[Professor Tiger]

Trump Administration Attempted to Block Sally Yates from Testifying at Russian Hearings - Wash Post 2 hrs ago

holy shit

More fake news from WaPo. The White House didn't try to stop her from testifying. Her lawyer wrote a letter to the DOJ asking them whether she could testify. The DOJ referred that question to the White House - the actual place where Trump works. The White House is letting her testify, even though they could have prevented it under the communications privilege. This according to those notorious suck up's to Trump, CNN:

"The White House has taken no action to prevent Sally Yates from testifying and the Department of Justice, specifically told her that it would not stop her and to suggest otherwise is completely irresponsible," deputy press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement to CNN.

The statement came after The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration sought to block Yates' testimony before Congress, citing a Justice Department letter to Yates' attorney that said Yates' communications with the White House counsel "are likely covered by the presidential communications privilege."

"There is no letter from the White House because Yates attorney's letter clearly states a non-response will be seen as the White House not asserting executive privilege," the official said. "So our non-response clearly allows her to freely move forward with testifying."

Yates' attorney David O'Neil said in a letter Friday to White House Counsel Don McGahn that Yates would go forward with her testimony and "conclude that the White House does not assert executive privilege" if he did not receive a response by Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/28/politics/ ... ite-house/

This WaPo story is just another example of a MSM that makes fake news that facilitates loony liberal conspiracy theories.

[Professor Tiger]

"they are investing $1.2 billion in 3 plants in Detroit, creating 700 new jobs"

That's almost $2 million per job. Sounds like a savvy investment...

That post is a perfect example why the Dem's lost the Midwest and the last election. I still miss the good old days when Democrats thought US companies investing $1.2b in the US and creating 700 new jobs in Detroit was a good thing instead of something to be ridiculed.

[Cletus]

Ford cancelling previous plan to build new plant in Mexico. Instead, they are investing $1.2 billion in 3 plants in Detroit, creating 700 new jobs. The president of Ford credits Trump:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStor ... s-46419207

This is why blue collars in the Midwest voted for Trump, not gossip in the MSM about who said what to who in NY or DC.

Did you read the article? Trump had nothing to do with this.

"The investments were in the works well before Trump took office, however. Ford announced plans to upgrade some of its Michigan plants in November 2015 as part of a new contract with the United Auto Workers union.

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This WaPo story is just another example of a MSM that makes fake news that facilitates loony liberal conspiracy theories.

Not fake news. The WaPo said exactly what occurred: Trump's DOJ sent a letter to Yate's lawyer saying that Yates conversations with the WH counsel were covered under presidential communications privilege. More from CNN:

The DOJ letter was sent on the same day that Chairman Nunes canceled a previously scheduled hearing where Yates was scheduled to testify about ties between Trump advisers and Russian officials. Yates briefed Trump's WH counsel on former national security adviser Michael Flynn's meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak.

Not fake, real. And Nunes has said nyet to open hearings...why, professor? Who is Nunes working for?

Another question: what are these 'looney liberal conspiracy theories' of which you speak? Be specific, if you can. They may be worth a closer look..

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Senate to Question Kushner Over Undisclosed Meeting with Russian Banker - ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, BBC, WSJ, CNN, NYT, WP, WNBA, WWE, MLB, NBA, NFL, USGA, AT&T, DDT, KKK

Prof: "Looney lefties, fake news, maybe Putin will show instead, no more Stoli and OJ, Hillary did worse, Trump is going down eventually BUT THIS RUSSIA STUFF IS A FARCE!"

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KKK??

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KKK??

eclectic mix...didn't wanna leave out the far right

[sardis]

tick, keep your fingers crossed. Obama, any day, could ride on his horse from Kalomara and put Hillary in the White House. It will be glorious.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... rats-trump

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I believe the next man up is actually a man, sardis. And while I don't agree with many (or any) of Pence's politics, I suspect he's relatively sane, somewhat honest, and not a self-promoting insatiably-greedy mofo. I bet you do too.

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Paul Manafort Paid Millions by Russian Olligarch to Advance Putin's Status in U.S. - Asssociated Press

U.S. Treasury Investigating Possible Manafort Money-Laundering in Cypress- Reuters

You kinda get an idea where a yuge thread is starting to unravel.

[Toemeesleather]

The more folks hear from Hillary/Koppel, the better.

[Toemeesleather]

Theresa May vowed to restore Britain's 'self-determination' as our historic EU divorce letter was finally delivered to Brussels today - including a stark warning that trying to punish the UK would be a 'costly mistake'.

The Prime Minister delivered an upbeat vision of a country whose 'best days lie ahead' as she confirmed her envoy Sir Tim Barrow had handed the formal notification to European Council president Donald Tusk in Brussels.