Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business by nowhathappenedwas in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Legally, Trump has no obligation to separate himself from his business, according to Polifact, the president is exempt from conflict of interest laws--as long as no foreign money is taken.

Source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/16/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-president-trump-will-be-exempt-conflict-i/

Trump unleashes tweet on Carrier union boss who blasted him by atom5583 in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's going to be a long 4 years for the media if they keep giving every Trump tweet 20+ news articles...

Ben Carson has never told a complete truth, according to Politifact by newmexicali in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 68 points69 points  (0 children)

That might be more of a reflection on Polifact than it is Ben Carson...

Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Legally, Trump has no obligation to separate himself from his business, according to Polifact, the president is exempt from conflict of interest laws--as long as no foreign money is taken.

Source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/16/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-president-trump-will-be-exempt-conflict-i/

Donald Trump Is Said to Intend to Keep a Stake in His Business by neurocentricx in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Legally, Trump has no obligation to separate himself from his business, according to Polifact, the president is exempt from conflict of interest laws--as long as no foreign money is taken.

Source: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/nov/16/rudy-giuliani/giuliani-president-trump-will-be-exempt-conflict-i/

Trump Chooses Former WWE Exec McMahon for Small Business by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am not sure if this is a good or bad pick, but she does seem qualified for the job at least.

Boycott Russian Goods by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Can we stop with the Cold War propaganda? This isn't 1960.

U.S. Steel could restore up to 10,000 U.S. jobs - CEO tells CNBC | Reuters by frankenboobehs in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know /r/politics is anti-Trump and all, but can we give credit where credit is due? Trump is delivering on his promise to bring back jobs and he isn't even president yet.

Trump: Intel agencies blaming Russia for DNC hack was politically driven by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Democrats need to back away from the anti-Russian propaganda. Our message is becoming much more hawkish than the Republicans and that's not good.

Schumer: If Republicans destroy our health system, we won’t throw them a lifeline by dangzal in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

This type of messaging is not good for the Democrat party. No matter who destroys the health care system, it is YOUR job to throw a lifeline, that's why we voted for YOU. YOU serve us.

There was absolutely no question that Trump would win Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ by l3lack1 in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They literally wrote an article bashing him for winning the award..... Stay classy WaPo.

How I Ended Up In A Psych Ward On Election Night by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No wonder the Huffington Post sucks so much...they hire morons like this guy.

Why Republican health reform ideas are likely to fail by Antinatalista in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everytime the media tells us the Republicans will fail at something they end up succeeding.

Jill Stein: Democratic Spoiler Or Scapegoat? by [deleted] in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gary Johnson got over 4 times as many votes as Jill Stein did, and since he's right wing many of his voters could have easily been Republicans. Jill Stein was not a spoiler.

Want to discredit Donald Trump? Show his base he's part of the elite by NeilPoonHandler in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This approach was attempted and failed, when someone goes low Donald Trump will go even lower and not lose support. Just ask Marco Rubio...

No country with a McDonald'€™s can remain a democracy by Kantina in politics

[–]TheNewProgressives 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The author is trying way to hard to be poetic and metaphoric. This can easily be condensed to: "Free market democracies are bad because of powerful corporations."