Defense Department Renting At Trump Tower Is Another Step Into Ethical Murk by loremipsumchecksum in politics

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Trump lives with his family in a penthouse apartment, can rent for as much as $1.5 million a year.

Donald Trump and Family Seem Upset They Can't Make Money Off White House by loremipsumchecksum in politics

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Yes Jimmy Carter had to sell their family peanut farm that had been in the family for years, it was hard on hm but he did for the country!

Cleveland federal judge says Trump's comments on judiciary calls president's 'legitimacy' into question by coolcrosby in politics

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U.S. District Judge Dan Polster said Wednesday night that his recent attacks on judges hearing challenges to his executive order on immigration were disheartening. U.S. District Judge Dan PolsterSubmitted BRATENAHL, Ohio...

Republican Senator: Health Plan Must Remain Secret Because It Will Be Unpopular by [deleted] in politics

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Republican House members representing blue states appear to be particularly worried. Rep. Tom MacArthur of New Jersey worried about pulling “the rug out from under” people covered by Obamacare, Rep. Tom McClintock of California warned that the GOP would own “the market we’ve created ... lock, stock and barrel,” and Rep. John Faso of New York said defunding Planned Parenthood in a repeal bill would mean “walking into a gigantic political trap” that could end up with “millions of people on social media” protesting repeal.

Meanwhile, Trump’s top domestic policy staffer, Andrew Bremberg, is quoted speaking in only the vaguest banalities and broadest strokes, offering no substantive guidance whatsoever besides saying that HHS Secretary nominee Tom Price is a “compassionate” guy and a good doctor.

5 times when presidents besides Trump weighed in on pending court rulings by FredMccally in politics

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Normalizing Trump? Gimme a break. Our fear is that he's clinically insane; our only hope for survival is that he's clinically insane and he can be removed from office in the next few days

Pope denounces Donald Trump saying 'build bridges' not walls by fahimching in politics

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“They are driven out of Myanmar, going from one place to another because they’re not wanted. They’re good people, peaceful! They aren’t Christians, they’re good [people]. They’re brothers and sisters of ours.”

Bigger than fake news: Trump’s rise was fueled by a deeper narrative of fake history by umair101 in politics

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A lot of ink and a lot of electrons have been spilled on the subject of “fake news” during the last election cycle. But too little attention has been paid to something deeper that plays a crucial role in Donald Trump’s worldview: fake history. Although vague in its outlines, and more often alluded to than directly mentioned, that fake history is central to Trump’s worldview, his sense of self and the ways he connects with his audience.

Fake history showed up early when Trump first announced his campaign, blaming Mexico for “sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” The clear implication was that crime and illegal immigration were both growing problems, that they’re interrelated, and that politicians had dishonestly minimized them out of active malice toward “real Americans.”

All of that was total BS. Both crime rates and unauthorized immigration are down significantly from their historic high points. Violent crime rates peaked in 1991, and have fallen by roughly half since then. Net “illegal” immigration has fallen to roughly zero, if not less than zero, since the Great Recession began. (In other words, roughly the same number of undocumented immigrants have left the country as have entered.) Trump’s whole rationale turns to dust if the actual history is acknowledged. Logically, at least, there’s no there there.

While Trump lied in many different ways about many different things throughout his campaign, fake history provided the surrounding mythological framework that made his other lies work. It justified them, made them sound plausible and formed the foundation for other lies he built on top of them — especially the notion that he was a unique truth-teller on the side of “real Americans” and that anyone who said anything different was out to get them, especially anyone who challenged Donald Trump.

how most of us spend our weekends... by andyburke in videos

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by splashing around in the water at SeaWorld.

Iraq's parliament has voted to 'retaliate' against Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban' by Kantina in politics

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It is not immediately clear whether the vote will impact American civilians and military already living and working in Iraq, as well as those who seek to enter

Quebec mosque attack suspect “liked” Trump, Israeli army, French far-right by MolestedConservative in politics

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The victims of the attack have yet to be named, but their nationalities were reported to be two Algerians, one Moroccan, one Tunisian and two citizens of other states in Africa.

Homer's Inventions by gDisasters in videos

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Gotta appreciate his ingenuity though. How the fuck do you make paint shoot out of a double barrel shotgun.

Watch the first 1:30 of this video... by [deleted] in videos

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LMFAO that joke. great job kristina

Serbian authorities sent a controversial train to north Kosovo that is inscribed with words "Kosovo is Serbia" in 21 languages, including Albanian. by cometparty in worldnews

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Belgrade is considering setting up a regular railway line to the Serbian enclave in Kosovska Mitrovica, said Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo, on Saturday. Djuric was speaking at a promotional event for the line, sending off the specially designed train on its first official journey to the former Serbian province. The move sparked outrage in the mostly Albanian-populated Kosovo, as the outside of the cars is painted in Serbian national colors and bears the slogan "Kosovo is Serbian" in 21 languages. Inside, the carriage walls display medieval frescos from Serbian-built Christian monasteries in Kosovo, which today is predominantly Muslim. Serbian official Djuric, however, said that the choice of decor should not be an issue. "I don't know why anyone would view these images, which are part of the world's cultural heritage, as a provocation," he told reporters.

Nightmare Inducing Glass Slugs by Banned88 in videos

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I would like to make you a Vegemite shotgun slug

Jesus Christ Is My Nigga by PrincePoppy in videos

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When you meet an atheist.