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@Lash,

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Chaco Trap House, the vibrant, alt left ragers against Clintonist neoliberalism.

While there are definitely reasons to jettison the remnants of neoliberalism in the Democratic Party, taking the Breibart path and further coarsening the political climate seems an odd way of accomplishing the goal of creating a new majority party which champions social democracy.

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@hightor,

Id love to see a primary fight "that could take" in the GOP 2020 ticket. I really don't see the Dems being organized enough to have developed a "message" that would resound in the mid terms.

They should be panicking.

Maybe what Lash sys has some merit in a Nostradamus kind of longer term look forward

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@hightor,

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social democracy

From today's report "Leftwing Breitbart? Chapo Trap House is strong new voice in resistance to Trump" in The Observer

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One DSA member familiar with the thinking of the podcast producers offered the Frankfurt School of neo-Marxism as an ideological reference and said the spat with the New Republic illustrated the resistance of neo-liberals to warnings that a hard left turn is necessary to counter the rise of the so-called alt-right and avoid continued electoral defeat.

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@hightor,

I hear what you're saying about coarseness, but there is a growing number of people-and I'm one-who believes our current reality is horrifically coarse, and ignoring that with delicate language is insanity.

I think what you refer to as a Breitbart path is an overflow of frustration from people who see the crazed disparity of selective outrage--and are desperate for others to see it.

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@Lash,

Lash wrote:

I've heard you make this hopeful prediction before. I think we all have a tendency to enmesh our hopes into our predictions.

Hope has nothing to do with my prediction. I do admit that I am content with the reality that we are soon to have a 7 to 2 majority on the Supreme Court that favors enforcing the Constitution. And seeing those hateful liberals get what is coming to them (political armageddon) will be quite satisfying. But this prediction was born entirely of logic backed by knowledge.

Lash wrote:

I think you're wrong.

Time will tell.

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@snood,

snood wrote:

Well, this is interesting. This majority Republican House is sending 45 a bill that has new sanctions on Russia, PLUS allows Congress to block the White House from easing the sanctions. Let's see how he reacts to a veto-proof bill that forces him to sanction his beloved Putin.

That bill that is going to cause a trade war between the US and Germany?

Interesting indeed.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

"If" seems to be the key word eh?

If his words align with mine, that is evidence that he is telling the truth.

farmerman wrote:

One doesn't need much to rebut your political beliefs.

One needs facts at a minimum.

farmerman wrote:

Admit it, your mind has been soaped up and washed out by Trumpian doctrine.

It is not in my nature to admit to untrue things.

farmerman wrote:

So, it appears that, you are now required to turn on a GOP elder statesman because he often publically disagrees with your "Fuhrer".

Required? I choose to attack McCain because I find him revolting.

McCain does not merely disagree with Trump. He knowingly gives support to untrue accusations against his fellow Republicans because he is addicted to praise from the people who are making those untrue accusations.

No person with even a smidgen of ethics would behave so treacherously. Since I have very strong ethical values, McCain's total and complete lack of ethics quite definitely rubs me the wrong way.

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@hightor,

hightor wrote:

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When the Democrats fight tooth and nail to undermine any attempt to get a handle on how much voter fraud there is, they undermine their claims that there is no evidence of such fraud.

No they don't. Actually it's the other way around — when the Republicans continually attempt to undermine people's trust in election results they reveal themselves as fearful, suspicious people who don't like the demographic makeup of the electorate and seek to disenfranchise those who may be likely to vote against them.

You may not yet perceive that the Democrats have undermined their position, but you likely will come to see it once they are again defeated and outmaneuvered by the Republicans.

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@farmerman,

farmerman wrote:

Id love to see a primary fight "that could take" in the GOP 2020 ticket.

Trump will be our president until the end of 2024. It will be interesting to see though which Republican will be our president from 2025 through 2032. Perhaps Pat Buchanan if he can learn to start supporting Israel.

farmerman wrote:

Maybe what Lash sys has some merit in a Nostradamus kind of longer term look forward

I can't give you predictions based on prophecy. But if you'd like a prediction based on logic and knowledge I can be of assistance.

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Leaders of both parties in the US Congress have agreed on legislation that allows fresh sanctions to punish Russia for alleged election meddling.
The new legislation would also sharply limit President Donald Trump's ability to lift any sanctions against Russia.
He has previously said he needs diplomatic leeway with the Kremlin.
Mr Trump's time in office has been dogged by claims that Russia tried to influence last year's US election.
Moscow denies any wrongdoing but several US investigations are looking into whether anyone in the Trump campaign colluded with Russian officials.
Correspondents say the bipartisan agreement indicates determination in Congress to maintain a firm line against Russia, whatever Mr Trump's view.
The president could veto the bill, but in doing so would fuel suspicion that he is too supportive of the Kremlin, correspondents say.
On the other hand, if he signs it he would be imposing legislation that his administration is opposed to.
Senator Ben Cardin, the most senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said agreement was reached after "intense negotiations".
"A nearly united Congress is poised to send President Putin a clear message on behalf of the American people and our allies, and we need President Trump to help us deliver that message," he said.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40696682<br /> [/quote]

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@izzythepush,

I mentioned this a few posts ago. Thanks for providing more background. I'm really interested to know how Dumbass reacts to such a bill.

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@snood,

I think he still is only concerned about his base, and they wouldn't care if he had given America's launch codes to Putin.

I can see him vetoing the bill and blustering his way out of it.

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@snood,

snood wrote:

I'm really interested to know how Dumbass reacts to such a bill.

Any concerns over how Germany and the rest of the EU will react? Or are you focused solely on your bitterness towards Trump for destroying your bankrupt ideology?

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@oralloy,

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Or are you focused solely on your bitterness towards Trump

It's the conservatives' partisanship that is so unbelievable. It doesn't matter to you guys how stupid Trump is, what a misogynist he is, what a liar he is, ... he's still your man.

All qualities you share in common.

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@snood,

You are as bad a partisan as oralloy, snood. Brainwashing sure works well on most Americans.

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@izzythepush,

By my reading, they have the republican numbers in Congress to override his veto.

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President Donald Trump’s newly appointed communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday threatened to get rid of White House staff if the rampant leaks coming out of Trump’s administration don’t stop.

“If the leaks don’t stop, I’m going to pare down the staff,” Scaramucci said on “Fox News Sunday.”

TPM
An admission that the constant stream of leaks to media re the WH have nothing to do with any "deep state" or "Obama holdovers" but rather with the team this administration itself has put together.

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@izzythepush,

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and they wouldn't care if he had given America's launch codes to Putin.

Izzy has some commies hiding in his knickers, he's sure of it.

Pretty stupid, Izzy, considering it's your war criminal UK governments that have helped the US with it massive baby killer plans.

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@hightor,

Most countries achieve control of their corrupt, unresponsive governments with violence. I'm hoping aggressive rhetoric will suffice.

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@Lash,

Lash wrote:

Most countries achieve control of their corrupt, unresponsive governments with violence. I'm hoping aggressive rhetoric will suffice.

Although this seems to have worked well. I notice our press didn't have much to say...

http://guardianlv.com/2013/12/icelanders-overthrow-government-and-rewrite-constitution-after-banking-fraud-no-word-from-us-media/

Those Icelanders don't take a lot of ****, unlike our chloroformed lemmings.

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