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Not a fan of Friedman but
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/opinion/stephen-paddock-las-vegas-terrorism.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
No, no, no. Then we know what we’d be doing. We’d be scheduling immediate hearings in Congress about the worst domestic terrorism event since 9/11. Then Donald Trump would be tweeting every hour “I told you so,” as he does minutes after every terror attack in Europe, precisely to immediately politicize them. Then there would be immediate calls for a commission of inquiry to see what new laws we need to put in place to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Then we’d be “weighing all options” against the country of origin.
But what happens when the country of origin is us?
What happens when the killer was only a disturbed American armed to the teeth with military-style weapons that he bought legally or acquired easily because of us and our crazy lax gun laws? -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6DIcgx02Xs
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/nyc-council-speaker-trump-lobbed-paper-towels-at-puerto-ricans-like-they-were-animals/NYC Council Speaker: Trump Lobbed Paper Towels At Puerto Ricans Like They Were ‘Animals’
One part of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday trip to Puerto Rico that got a lot of attention was video footage of the president handing out supplies to hurricane victims. During the photo-op, Trump was seen tossing rolls of paper towels into the crowd, an action that struck many as out-of-touch considering the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
One person who was absolutely appalled by the image of Trump launching the paper towel rolls was New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Appearing on MSNBC’s The Last Word, the Puerto Rican-born councilwoman told host Lawrence O’Donnell that the president’s visit “was an utter disgrace” while noting that the Puerto Rican governor had become an apologist for the “administration’s lack of seriousness to this crisis.”
After saying Trump needs to be called out for not taking the situation seriously, Mark-Viverito brought up the paper towel moment.
“And this visit today was an utter disgrace and an insult to the Puerto Rican people to be throwing and lobbing paper towels at us as if we were animals, you know, is really making light of a situation that is very severe,” she exclaimed.
She and O’Donnell would go on to talk about what was needed to improve the situation in Puerto Rico and what areas Trump really should have visited during his short trip to Puerto Rico. -
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stringer bell wrote: »https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6DIcgx02Xs
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/nyc-council-speaker-trump-lobbed-paper-towels-at-puerto-ricans-like-they-were-animals/NYC Council Speaker: Trump Lobbed Paper Towels At Puerto Ricans Like They Were ‘Animals’
One part of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday trip to Puerto Rico that got a lot of attention was video footage of the president handing out supplies to hurricane victims. During the photo-op, Trump was seen tossing rolls of paper towels into the crowd, an action that struck many as out-of-touch considering the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
One person who was absolutely appalled by the image of Trump launching the paper towel rolls was New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. Appearing on MSNBC’s The Last Word, the Puerto Rican-born councilwoman told host Lawrence O’Donnell that the president’s visit “was an utter disgrace” while noting that the Puerto Rican governor had become an apologist for the “administration’s lack of seriousness to this crisis.”
After saying Trump needs to be called out for not taking the situation seriously, Mark-Viverito brought up the paper towel moment.
“And this visit today was an utter disgrace and an insult to the Puerto Rican people to be throwing and lobbing paper towels at us as if we were animals, you know, is really making light of a situation that is very severe,” she exclaimed.
She and O’Donnell would go on to talk about what was needed to improve the situation in Puerto Rico and what areas Trump really should have visited during his short trip to Puerto Rico.
trump hittem w the "Ballllin"
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2stepz_ahead wrote: »how them ricans who voted for him feel now?
Word to my coworker. -
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Trump is definitely a once in a lifetime President.
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Tillerson called Trump a ? back in July.
He might as well quit because Trump will fire him.
Tillerson isnt afraid to disagree with Trump and try to use diplomacy, but that ? Nicki Haly will get us one step closer to war if she replaces Tillerson. -
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naledgestate wrote: »Tillerson called Trump a ? back in July.
He might as well quit because Trump will fire him.
Tillerson isnt afraid to disagree with Trump and try to use diplomacy, but that ? Nicki Haly will get us one step closer to war if she replaces Tillerson.
CNN was sayin Trump called him a ? -
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLap9wTmegI
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/hallie-jackson-rejects-trump-nbc-news-will-not-be-issuing-an-apology-to-america-for-tillerson-report/Hallie Jackson Rejects Trump: ‘NBC News Will Not be Issuing an Apology to America’ for Tillerson Report
Rex Tillerson has denied the report that he considered resigning as Secretary of State, but if Hallie Jackson is any indication, NBC News is prepared to stand by its reporting.
In a surprise press conference on Wednesday, Tillerson promoted the Trump Administration’s agenda while denying there was any intervention to get him to stay on his post. Trump went on a Twitter rampage against NBC before the presser, and by the time it concluded, the president demanded “an apology to AMERICA!” for the “fake news” report.Jackson followed up by acknowledging Trump’s tweet and saying “NBC News will not be issuing an apology to America” as the president demanded. Carol Lee also chimed in to defend the report’s veracity, and she noted that it would be “problematic” for Trump if he lost another cabinet member so soon after the resignation of Tom Price. -
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Tillerson got next it seems, but this is an unpredictable game...
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Tillerson got next it seems, but this is an unpredictable game...
Jeff sessions could be next -
trump should be next
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