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Bernie still has an army of dedicated supporters who are bound to him. None of the other Dem candidates has a base of loyalty remotely close to what he does, and the more that party seeks to destroy him the more it will galvanize his base. He’s swimming upstream but isn’t out of this by a longshot, and if he doesn’t win could still be the guy who decides it as kingmaker.
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@Tim said in US Politics:
China backtracked on nearly all aspects of U.S. trade deal - sources
Absolutely expected.
Spend tonnes of time finalizing details, then pull out.So many of the Communist Party members are also the owners or large shareholders in the state-run enterprises are completely dependent on the illegal govt subsidies, forced technology transfer and blatant IP rip-off.
Their business model is heavily dependent on cheating.Xi is caught between a rock and a hard place.
A country like China being taken a peg or three is good for the world.
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Interesting, I never knew it was that low.
Could it be that the effect of tariffs have been exaggerated by the media because -
1)they hate Trump
2)the American multinationals (based in China) are closely linked with the media and politicians (through the Chamber of Commerce) and they are being forced to partially absorb the costs of the tariffs -
Asked specifically about South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Trump was dismissive.
“Alfred E. Neuman cannot become president of the United States,” he said, comparing Buttigieg to the iconic boyish Mad Magazine cartoon character.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/10/trump-joe-biden-interview-1317599 -
Putting aside the obvious absurdity of this idea, the left in the States is approaching the abortion debate completely wrong. Making it purely a women's rights issue and pitching women against men ignores all of the conservative women that are very anti abortion. They're not going to win people over like this, they need to base their argument in science - when can a baby feel pain, scenarios where the mother is in danger etc etc
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@No-Quarter Be a shit time to match with her on Tinder then.
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@Rembrandt said in US Politics:
@Frank I wonder if Trump comes up with these on his own or does he have a team of writers employed for giving folk nicknames that stick.
Cruel. Simply cruel. But damned effective!!
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It’s about time...
Attorney General William Barr Assigns U.S. Attorney in Connecticut to Review Origins of Russia Inquiry
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr has assigned the top federal prosecutor in Connecticut to examine the origins of the Russia investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter, a move that President Trump has long called for but that could anger law enforcement officials who insist that scrutiny of the Trump campaign was lawful.
John H. Durham, the United States attorney in Connecticut, has a history of serving as a special prosecutor investigating potential wrongdoing among national security officials, including the F.B.I.’s ties to a crime boss in Boston and accusations of C.I.A. abuses of detainees.
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The assignment of this guy means there is a definitely a preliminary case here.
Good stuff.He's a serious motherf^^^^^^^er (f***** you Google algorithm)
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@Frank A bit weak on economics however. Seems to want to control house prices and increase minimum wage but not at all convincing in her answers to Joe's probing on these issues...still better than the other Dem candidates (maybe Yang excepted).
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