monitoring Trump and relevant contemporary events

My political theory is that the political spectrum isn't linear; ie, left-right. Instead it is circular with centrist/moderates at 6 o'clock, progressives at 3/9 and radicals at 12. Lash is not a progressive, she is a radical.

I don't believe Sanders is by any means a "radical". He would probably be at 2. tRump is flat out 11:59 and Lash can easily fluctuate from 11:58 to 12:02 as her heart desires.

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AOC is handling it just fine.

Handling what just fine? The honesty and integrity parts?
The calling out of Pelosi for waging war against progressive candidates and lawmakers.

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Low information Blatham at the keyboard again!

Anybody on the site want to weigh in on "low information" as a descriptor that best fits Lash or myself? Feel free.
You're ridiculously over-read in the tiny universe of your myopic universe bubble. Illiterate in everything else.

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And that energy is for one candidate.

I gather you didn't read what you pasted.
I read it. The bulk of the money comes from what they glean off of Bernie's outsized donations. The rest is from corporate donors trying to get anyone elected but Bernie.

And, they .... shall.. not.. pass.

Jay Rosen
@jayrosen_nyu
The briefing died because it became unlivable. It became unlivable because of who Trump is and what he demands. Try to game it out. Imagine the briefing room as it was. Now add Trump's claims that four embassies were under threat. There's nowhere for her to go with that.

Samuel Moyn
@samuelmoyn
My next book is imminent, and I am planning to finish it at some point.

I know people UP her who also don't know which way is up.

If you were left wing, you’d be pissed as hell at most everybody here for supporting Republican Lite candidates who underwrite so many trump objectives.

I'll wait until someone's got an idea of who's going to be running before I give a ****.

Make no mistake about it; out theRump's absolute insolent stupidity, he now has the blood of 176 innocent international passengers aboard a Ukrainian airline on his hands!

This is an international crime, period.

Pompeo, the generals, Esper, the CIA head are becoming more and more complicit due to their actions also.

Anybody on the site want to weigh in on "low information" as a descriptor that best fits Lash or myself? Feel free.

There are fine reasons people here don't trust you, Lash.

Sooooo, has the Pelosi Schiffty ship run out of steam?
No sign of impeachment guff yet?

Right-to-work laws hampered organizing in the South.

If they do go forward with impeachment, the Republicans should do their best to hold the trial right in the run up to the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary so that Sanders and Warren are not able to campaign in person.

During President Donald Trump’s interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Friday, the president spoke about his positive relationship with Saudi Arabia, including how the country is paying to use American troops. Conservative Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), who until recently was a Republican, responded to Trump’s remarks in a tweet, saying, “He sells troops.”

“Saudi Arabia is paying us for [our troops]. We have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia,” Trump said. “I said, listen, you’re a very rich country. You want more troops? I’m going to send them to you, but you’ve got to pay us. They’re paying us. They’ve already deposited $1 billion in the bank.”



He sells troops.

“We have a very good relationship with Saudi Arabia—I said, listen, you’re a very rich country. You want more troops? I’m going to send them to you, but you’ve got to pay us. They’re paying us. They’ve already deposited $1B in the bank.” pic.twitter.com/rc1f7heyCP

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) January 11, 2020

Trump continued, talking about U.S. troops as, essentially, mercenaries. “We are going to help them, but these rich countries have to pay for it. South Korea gave us $500 million… I said, ‘You gotta help us along. We have 32,000 soldiers in South Korea protecting you from North Korea. You’ve gotta pay.'”

Amash has been a vocal critic of the president and voted in favor of impeachment. He has made this criticism of Trump before. On Meet the Press in October, Amash said Trump’s use of the troops has broken his campaign promise to bring them home. “There are people who support the president, who believe things he says, but it’s pretty clear he’s not bringing home the troops. He’s just moving them to other parts of the Middle East,” Amash said.

He added, “He’s moving troops back into Iraq, he’s moving other troops into Saudi Arabia and using our forces almost as mercenaries, paid mercenaries who are going to come in, as long as Saudi Arabia pays us some money, it’s good to go.”

Britain has condemned the arrest of the UK ambassador to Iran as a "flagrant violation of international law".

Rob Macaire was detained after attending a vigil for those who died when Iranian military shot down a passenger plane on Wednesday.

He left when it turned into a protest before being arrested and accused of helping to organise the demonstrations.

In a tweet, Mr Macaire denied taking part in protests and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned his arrest.

Mr Macaire said he was attending the vigil because it was "normal to want to pay respects", adding that some of the victims were British.

The ambassador added: "Arresting diplomats is of course illegal, in all countries."

Protesters had taken to the streets in Iran's capital, Tehran, to vent anger at officials, calling them liars for having denied shooting down a Ukrainian passenger plane.