[BartSimpson]

More bad news for the Democrats and this time from their own New York Times...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/upsh ... -2020.html

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They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump.

Two-thirds of battleground state voters who chose Trump in 2016 but selected Democrats in the midterms say they will return to the president next year.

Midterm victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin gave Democrats hope of retaking the Rust Belt battleground states that handed the presidency to Donald J. Trump in 2016.

Yet success in the midterms might not mean as much for Democratic presidential candidates as the party might think. Nearly two-thirds of voters in six battleground states who voted for President Trump in 2016 — but for Democratic congressional candidates in 2018 — say they intend to back the president against each of his top rivals, according to recent polling by The New York Times Upshot/Siena College.

The results suggest that the party’s winning formula in last year’s midterms may not be so easy to replicate in a presidential election. The Democrats’ relatively moderate House candidates succeeded in large part by flipping a crucial segment of voters who backed the president in 2016. If these voters remain open-minded again in 2020, Democrats will have a ready-made blueprint for winning back the crucial Rust Belt battlegrounds.

This group is only a sliver of the electorate — 2 percent of registered voters — and is not representative of all voters. They are overwhelmingly white, 60 percent are male, and two-thirds have no college degree. But the president’s strength among them helps explain why he is highly competitive in states that Democrats carried just one year ago.

Excerpt with more at the link but this pretty much sums it up is that the Democrats are losing the people who supported them in 2018.

[BeaverFever]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Google is your friend.

https://www.google.com/search?q=democra ... e&ie=UTF-8

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About 591,000 results

Yeah you should check your results. ONE Democrat mase sime offhand comment about censure and has ha since clarified she arill supports impeachment.

[Thanos]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/upsh ... -2020.html

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They Voted Democratic. Now They Support Trump.

Not surprising given that there's been zero-indication that any of the Dems are taking middle and working class issues seriously. Trump isn't either but that's beside the point. The entire cycle of debates thus far has been nothing but a SJW gong show of watching the candidates try to out-virtue signal each other. Biden, Buttigieg, and Gabbard have talked about it some but the rest of the field comes across like they're trying to win over left-wing Twitter only and to hell with everyone else.

Dems are best at losing things they should easily win if they ever get their shit together. Too bad they won't. An enemy of the entire world like Trump just sitting there as the fattest target imaginable and instead they yammer about gun grabs, like that moron O'Rourke wanted to do, and rights for trannies? If this is what they're going into next year with then they bloody well deserve to lose.

[BeaverFever]

Trump wants to use the convicted war criminals he pardoned as political props on the campaign trail:

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEE ... id=CA%3Aen

These aren’t people who were wrongfully convicted, these are criminals - mostly murderers - convicted by their fellow soldiers in military trials. Trump believes they should be above the law simply because they are members of the military and their victims were non-Americans.

[BeaverFever]

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In a huge blow to Trump, the DOJ watchdog found no evidence to support the claim that the FBI spied on his 2016 campaign

The Justice Department's inspector general found no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that the FBI inserted spies in his 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with a draft of the report.

Trump has repeatedly and baselessly alleged that the FBI inserted covert operators in his campaign.
He also alleged, without evidence, that former President Barack Obama had intelligence officials tap his phones, a claim the report is also expected to undercut.

Sources told The Times and The Washington Post that while the report undermines Trump's most extreme claims, it also faults the FBI for making bureaucratic mistakes when applying for a warrant to surveil Carter Page, a former Trump campaign aide.
Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
The Justice Department's inspector general found no evidence to support President Donald Trump's claim that the FBI spied on his 2016 presidential campaign while investigating whether the campaign was conspiring with the Russian government to interfere in the election, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with a draft of the report.

The Times article builds on reporting from The Washington Post, which broke the story last week.

Trump has repeatedly and baselessly alleged that the FBI inserted covert agents in his campaign. Trump and his allies dubbed this purported scandal "Spygate."

He has also alleged, without evidence, that President Barack Obama ordered US intelligence officials to tap his phones, a claim the report is also expected to undercut.

After taking office, Trump ordered the DOJ to investigate his claims. The inspector general, Michael Horowitz, is set to release his full report on the matter on December 9....

https://www.businessinsider.com/justice ... 16-2019-11

[xerxes]

The US is losing its crown to China as the world's biggest diplomatic power, think tank says

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China has overtaken the US as the biggest diplomatic power in the world, a new report from the Lowy Institute think tank says.

As of this year, China has 276 diplomatic posts around the world, compared with the US's 273. These posts consist of embassies, high commissions, consulates and consulates general, permanent missions, and other representations in countries where there is no diplomatic relationship.

The Lowy Institute's ranking is based on the number of diplomatic networks of 61 countries belonging to the G20 and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and in Asia. It also "indicates strengths and weaknesses in geographic coverage and geopolitical reach."

The 2019 ranking shows the rapid rise of China over the past decade. In 2017 it had 271 diplomatic posts around the world — three fewer than the US — and in 2016 it had 263 posts, according to the think tank.

The US had 274 diplomatic postings in 2017 and 271 in 2016.US foreign-policy influence globally has weakened in recent years under President Donald Trump's administration. Trump has slashed funding for the State Department and struggled to fill key diplomatic roles.

Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, told House impeachment investigators earlier this month that the State Department was facing a "crisis."

The US risks being overtaken by China in terms of military and economic power as well. The Center for a New American Security warned in June that China was developing advanced weapons at a rapid and secretive pace and figuring out ways to disrupt US battlefield systems.

China could also overtake the US as the world's biggest economy as soon as next year, Standard Chartered said in January. The American economy could also become smaller than India's by 2030, the bank said.

MAGA!MAGA!MAGA!MAGA!MAGA!MAGA!

[CharlesAnthony]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Google is your friend.

Where the hell have you been???

GoOgle is not your friend.

[DrCaleb]

[DrCaleb]

tl;dw on ^^^

Kasparov who for many years had a KGB/FSB escort sees that the way they dealt with him is the same way that Putin deals with Trump. As an 'asset', not an equal.

[BartSimpson]

Gross prosecutorial and criminal misconduct has been revealed in the Navy's case against Eddie Gallagher...

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gen-ant ... -gallagher

And let me skip the parts that Beaver won't read and just cut right to the chase of why this case was rigged and why it warranted Presidential intervention:

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Navy prosecutor Cmdr. Christopher Czaplak secretly embedded a tracking virus in an image of the scales of justice and the American flag on emails he exchanged with Gallagher’s defense attorneys, affording him an illegal window into the defense strategy.

Czaplak’s prosecution team, which included Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials, tampered with witnesses in efforts to prevent testimony, tainted the jury pool by leaking reports to the media favorable to the prosecution, and then conspired to shield those crimes as the defense brought them to light.

When Gallagher refused to sign a confession, reports indicate the brig commander moved him to solitary confinement, something we in the military recognize as an “enhanced interrogation” technique. Gallagher’s only “misbehavior” was not doing what the prosecution was badgering him to do. Sensory deprivation is solely intended to influence the target. It didn’t work on Gallagher, but they tried.

I'm looking forward to hearing of the courts martial against these shameful and criminal officers!

[Tricks]

FoxNews FoxNews:

Navy prosecutor Cmdr. Christopher Czaplak secretly embedded a tracking virus in an image of the scales of justice and the American flag on emails he exchanged with Gallagher’s defense attorneys, affording him an illegal window into the defense strategy.

That's not at all what a tracking beacon is nor what it does. I should know, I use them almost every week. That's pure sensationalist garbage from an opinion columnist who doesn't understand remotely what he's talking about.

However, dick move and 100% is right he was removed from the case.

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Czaplak’s prosecution team, which included Naval Criminal Investigative Service officials, tampered with witnesses in efforts to prevent testimony, tainted the jury pool by leaking reports to the media favorable to the prosecution, and then conspired to shield those crimes as the defense brought them to light.

His source says nothing about tampering with witnesses. They didn't follow discovery rules, and as far as I can tell said they have witness statements that they actually didn't? Witness statements have to be signed by the witness. A "report" from the investigator (should) never stand up in court. So unless it's different for military trials, I don't even understand why this matters, it's not evidence that can be admissible.

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When Gallagher refused to sign a confession, reports indicate the brig commander moved him to solitary confinement, something we in the military recognize as an “enhanced interrogation” technique. Gallagher’s only “misbehavior” was not doing what the prosecution was badgering him to do. Sensory deprivation is solely intended to influence the target. It didn’t work on Gallagher, but they tried.

There is no source for this, but considering the blatant misrepresentation of the other two sources, I question it's validity.


Definitely problems with the investigator, but Fox does itself a disservice every time by misrepresenting facts and making themselves look like the shitty news they are.

[BeaverFever]

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He wanted to ban feeding homeless people. Now he’s about to lead a federal homeless agency

A consultant known for urging cities to stop “enabling” homeless people, in part by blocking charities from handing out food, has been tapped to lead the agency that coordinates the federal government’s response to homelessness.

Robert Marbut, who has worked with several cities, including Fresno and several other California cities and counties, would succeed Matthew Doherty as executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Doherty, an Obama administration appointee, was ousted by the Trump administration last month.

The shift in leadership comes as President Trump has repeatedly vowed to crack down on street encampments in Los Angeles, San Francisco and elsewhere in California.

.,, Marbut, a Texas-based consultant sought after by communities looking for ways to address homelessness, has long encouraged elected officials to stop coddling people on the streets.

In 2012, he pushed the Florida city of Clearwater to stop “renegade food” donations from churches and other charitable organizations. At the time, he characterized Clearwater as the second-most enabling city in America.

“No one has got out of homelessness just because they got fed,” he told the Tampa Bay Times. “That has never happened.”

Marbut went undercover that year to observe the homeless population. His plan called for the city to stop people from sleeping in public and from panhandling, and expand the authority of police to crack down on minor offenses, among other steps — all of which squared with the “seven guiding principles” listed on his now-deleted website.

https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... ctor-trump

The guy Trump puts in charge of homeless people hates the homeless and thinks those people have it too easy . Shocker

[CharlesAnthony]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

tl;dw on ^^^
Kasparov who for many years had a KGB/FSB escort sees that the way they dealt with him is the same way that Putin deals with Trump. As an 'asset', not an equal.

Kasparov is an asset but he reads the teleprompter well for CBC consumption.

[DrCaleb]

Pelosi to instruct U.S. House to draft articles of impeachment against Trump

[stratos]

Strange that before Trump took the oath of office there were Dems screaming to Impeach him. Mid term election Dems ran on the platform of that they will impeach him. Now a call in July is what they want to Impeach him on. No matter what you want to call this their retroact for the past 3 years has myself and many others thinking this is just a witch hunt. Their hate for him and their constant sound bites are a part of what has made the political landscape so toxic.