The Trump Presidency VII

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Captain_Swoop said:
Fox News using pictures of Eagles players kneeling for prayers before a game and claiming it shows them kneeling for the anthem!
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They cater to a Republican audience which doesn't really care if their "facts" are true or not.
 
logger said:
And she actually signed that?
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You know she did.

I wonder if her daughter talked her out of wanting all the money and giving up on these ridiculous claims?
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She got money in exchange for signing the NDA.

And then recanted it....that is fascinating. I’m sure you believe it though. :rolleyes:
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The sad thing is, I'm sure you do, too. You just don't care.

And I'll just note that you avoided commenting on the fact that you'd called Trump a liar.
 
Fox News apologized for using photos of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling to pray before and claiming that they were protesting the national anthem.
 
Steve said:
Without doubt it was the largest ever at a Trump inauguration. :D
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phiwum said:
You're not taking his word for it, are you?
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Ok. I guess one of us is lousy at humor. I assume it is me so I'll spell it out. I thought the bolded Trump would clarify. There has only ever been one Trump inauguration in all of history. The attending crowd could be nothing other than the largest. Also, the smallest, the first, and hopefully the last.
 
Trump has recently become intensely focused on his ability to grant pardons, asking his lawyers to compile a list of candidates. A White House official this week said Trump is “obsessed” with pardons, describing them as the president’s new “favorite thing” to talk about. He may sign a dozen or more in the next two months, this person added.

For Trump, the presidential pardon holds a special resonance, representing one area where he has almost unchecked power as other aspects of his presidency — especially special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — remain outside his control.

Trump entered the White House expecting to have few limits on his power — envisioning the presidency as more like his private business than a plodding bureaucracy. He has grown frustrated over what he views as Republican impotence on Capitol Hill, Mueller’s sprawling investigation and a coterie of aides at times riven by infighting.

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The White House is also now weighing whether to grant a presidential pardon to two ranchers from eastern Oregon, Dwight and Steven Hammond, whose 2016 imprisonment on arson charges inspired the 41 day-armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ranching and farming groups, as well as some militia adherents, have pushed for clemency to send a signal that federal officials won’t engage in overreach out West.

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Trump has begun asking friends who else he should pardon, according to an adviser who frequently speaks to the president, and some have offered suggestions. The president has asked McGahn to prepare a list of other pardons for him to consider for signature, administration officials said.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...c6cb6-683d-11e8-bbc5-dc9f3634fa0a_story.html?

Disgusting.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Fox News apologized for using photos of Philadelphia Eagles players kneeling to pray before and claiming that they were protesting the national anthem.
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Some of the players are really not happy.

Defensive player Chris Long:
Fox News used the faith of Christian men dishonestly to push an agenda. That wasn’t an “error,” but intentional and strategic. They’ve deleted the segment + apologized on twitter, but many viewers don’t have twitter. An on air apology to all Christians would be the classy move.

Safety Malcom Jenkins:
...The decision was made to lie, and to paint the picture that these players are anti-America...

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/new...-not-kneeling-video/l7u45kmqhx0b18m0ej0bxtkdq
 
I am a die hard Niners fan, but I will probably buy a Eagles jersey just to piss off some people....
 
Fast Eddie B said:
Listing Trump’s lies is a fool’s errand. With him putting out an average of nine a day it’s almost impossible to keep up.
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Every President lies a little.but Donnie is taking it to new heights. He lies when there is nothing he could gain from it...
 
Fast Eddie B said:
Listing Trump’s lies is a fool’s errand. With him putting out an average of nine a day it’s almost impossible to keep up.
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Instead of listing his lies, it would save a lot of time just to list when he's telling the truth...which is not often.
 
BobTheCoward said:
What is your objection?
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Not sure about the previous poster, but some people may be concerned about an abuse of power.

Many people see pardons as a sort of emergency "check", to handle the rare case when unforeseen circumstances make a prisoner's punishment unfair. (For example, Chelsea Manning's sentence was more difficult than it would normally have been because of her gender issues.) Trump appears to want to abuse that power, to give pardons not because something unfair has happened, but as either a reward for loyalty, or as a favor to friends/allies.

It opens up a lot of avenues for abuse.
 
Segnosaur said:
Not sure about the previous poster, but some people may be concerned about an abuse of power.

Many people see pardons as a sort of emergency "check", to handle the rare case when unforeseen circumstances make a prisoner's punishment unfair. (For example, Chelsea Manning's sentence was more difficult than it would normally have been because of her gender issues.) Trump appears to want to abuse that power, to give pardons not because something unfair has happened, but as either a reward for loyalty, or as a favor to friends/allies.

It opens up a lot of avenues for abuse.
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Trump abusing power. Say it isn't so.
 
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