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maporsche wrote:

. The assumptive and condescending thing is people thinking that because I may have supported HRC or democratic policies...that I must NOT have spoken to people around me.

I'm not at all sure where that came into play.

The discussion from what I understand is about how the democratic polices of the old (Clinton) need to be replaced with the policies of the new (Sanders). When asked 'how that happens' the response was "listen to Sanders' message and listen to the people around you.

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An academic study from November comparing top court prospects to Scalia -- based on judicial philosophy and other factors -- put Gorsuch second among Trump's "List of 21" for his "Scalia-ness."

I was curious about that study and did a search. Got this article:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/26/donald-trump-picks-for-supreme-court-rated-on-scal/

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By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 26, 2017

If President Trump and conservative activists want to make good on their goal of replacing the late Justice Antonin Scalia with a jurist of the same bent and caliber, a group of lawyers and academics have crunched the numbers and have come up with the answer: Judge William Pryor.

Of the three names reported to be at the top of Mr. Trump's list, Judge Pryor scored the highest on a test of likely "Scalia-ness," followed closely by Judge Neil Gorsuch, with Judge Thomas Hardiman trailing behind.

Jeremy Kidd, a law professor at Mercer University who led the study, said they looked at the judges' fealty to the Constitution's original meaning, their devotion to Justice Scalia's writings and their willingness to strike out in writing their own opinions rather than sign on to colleagues' rulings -- a hallmark of Scalia's tenure on the high court.

Mr. Kidd's analysis found that Judge Pryor was the most devoted to Justice Scalia's writings, while Judge Gorsuch scored higher on fealty to originalism and on willingness to break from colleagues in cases and write his own opinion.

"We hope that the study helps people realize that there actually are ways to measure the qualities they say they want in a jurist," Mr. Kidd said.

I'm a little surprised the A10 is being considered as competition for the F35. I know the F35 has its opponents, but I didn't think some people think a plane frm 1976 is better.

The Democrats signaled that they still aren't ready for getting a fresher look when they reinstalled Nancy 'look at my necklace' Pelosi.

President Trump Threatens to Send U.S. Troops to Mexico to Take Care of 'Bad Hombres

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump threatened in a phone call with his Mexican counterpart to send U.S. troops to stop "bad hombres down there" unless the Mexican military does more to control them itself, according to an excerpt of a transcript of the conversation obtained by The Associated Press.

The excerpt of the call did not make clear who exactly Trump considered "bad hombres," — drug cartels, immigrants, or both — or the tone and context of the remark, made in a Friday morning phone call between the leaders. It also did not contain Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's response.

Still, the excerpt offers a rare and striking look at how the new president is conducting diplomacy behind closed doors. Trump's remark suggest he is using the same tough and blunt talk with world leaders that he used to rally crowds on the campaign trail.

"You have a bunch of bad hombres down there," Trump told Pena Nieto, according to the excerpt seen by the AP. "You aren't doing enough to stop them. I think your military is scared. Our military isn't, so I just might send them down to take care of it."

U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America was to assume the region was the sphere of influence of the U.S., initially articulated in the Monroe Doctrine. In the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, President Theodore Roosevelt asserted the United States' right to intervene militarily in the region to restore order if in the U.S. view a nation could not or would not do it itself.

Tension between the Trump administration and Iran continued to rise Wednesday when National Security Adviser Michael Flynn said the White House was putting Tehran "on notice," an apparent threat of retaliation for a recent ballistic missile test.

Flynn, a retired Army general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, [noted] Iran's "destabilizing behavior across the Middle East," including reported attacks on U.S. allies by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea.

He pointed out President Trump's disapproval of the Obama administration's agreements with Iran as "weak and ineffective. Instead of being thankful to the United States for these agreements, Iran is now feeling emboldened," Flynn said. "As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice."

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EVACUATE YOUR CITIES.

We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs is actually the equivalent in explosive power to what 2000 of our giant B-29s can carry on a single mission. This awful fact is one for you to ponder and we solemnly assure you it is grimly accurate.

Before we use this bomb again and again to destroy every resource of the military by which they are prolonging this useless war, petition the emperor now to end the war. Act at once or we shall resolutely employ this bomb and all our other superior weapons to promptly and forcefully end the war.

EVACUATE YOUR CITIES.

(Leaflets warning Japanese of Atomic Bomb, 1945)

A pattern seems to be emerging...

What voices do you personally trust to accurately describe such matters?

As a senator more than two decades ago, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. argued that President George Bush should delay filling a Supreme Court vacancy, should one arise, until the presidential election was over, and that it was “essential” that the Senate refuse to confirm a nominee to the court until then.

You haven't opened your eyes during all these days. And now that the Trump is in the WH, you want "resistance"?