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Jill Stein crazy conspiracy theory http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/30/jill-stein-recount-promise-filing-recount-michigan.html

Michigan ballot and instruction http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633_8716_45458-202640--,00.html

 

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http://people.howstuffworks.com/electoral-college.htm

 

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@C130 @500

 

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lol, this guy isn't going anywhere for 8 years

next he'll come good on Syria, end that mess and do the whole planet a big favour.

 

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Anti-Muslim Activist Katharine Gorka Named to Homeland Security Transition Team
Alex EmmonsLee Fang
November 30 2016, 10:32 p.m

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/30/katie-gorka-trump/

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KATHARINE GORKA, A CONTROVERSIAL national security analyst who specializes in discussing the threat posed by Muslims to the United States, has complained bitterly that the Department of Homeland Security trains its agents — falsely, in her opinion — that Islam is a “religion of peace.”

Now, Gorka will have a chance to help Donald Trump remake the department. On Tuesday, she was selected by Trump to be part of the DHS “landing team” that will meet with Obama’s DHS officials to manage the handoff to new leadership.

Gorka, the president of a think tank called the Council on Global Security and the president of Threat Knowledge Group, a consulting firm, is a well-known figure among anti-Muslim campaigners.

Gorka argues that defeating terrorism depends “upon our being able to call the enemy by its proper name: Global Jihadism.” She has pushed legislation to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group and impose sanctions on its “affiliates, associated groups, or agents.”

The affiliated groups mentioned in the legislation include mainstream civil rights organizations such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the Islamic Society of North America.

Gorka also writes about Islam for Breitbart News, a website described by its former executive chairman Steve Bannon as a “platform” for the white supremacist “alt-right” movement. Bannon is one of Trump’s top advisers. In one 2014 column, Gorka wrote that when “Presidents Bush and Obama both publicly declared Islam to be a religion of peace,” it “struck a sour chord for many,” and that “American and Western leaders have preemptively shut down any debate within Islam by declaring that Islam is the religion of peace.”

In another column, she defended five members of Congress, including then-presidential candidate Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., who were widely denounced by their own party leaders for spreading conspiracy theories in 2012 after they accused a top Clinton aide of ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and called on President Obama to investigate.

Gorka claimed that the New York Times had “provided proof of Muslim Brotherhood influence” after it published an exposé on how Gulf-state monarchies were funding U.S. think tanks.

Katharine Gorka is married to Sebastian Gorka, another Breitbart contributor and former policy consultant to the Trump campaign. Sebastian Gorka has accused mainstream Muslim civil rights organizations like the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Council on American-Islamic Relations of using “subversive tactics” and having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas.

Speaking to the Family Research Council in June, Sebastian Gorka called the religious profiling of Muslims “a synonym for common sense.” When asked by The Intercept about Trump, Sebastian said Trump “is no fan of political correctness, he knows we are at war, and he wants to win. And my golly gosh isn’t that a refreshing attitude!”

Top photo: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seal stands at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.

 

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Just looked her up, she's Dr Sebastian Gorka's wife. He's a frequent guest on Fox, Hannity was pushing hard to try and get him a spot in the Trump administration.

 

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Bernie Sanders: Carrier just showed corporations how to beat Donald Trump

We need a president who can stand up to big corporations, not fold to their demands.

By Bernie Sanders December 1

Today, about 1,000 Carrier workers and their families should be rejoicing. But the rest of our nation’s workers should be very nervous.

President-elect Donald Trump will reportedly announce a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, that keeps less than 1,000 of the 2,100 jobs in America that were previously scheduled to be transferred to Mexico. Let’s be clear: It is not good enough to save some of these jobs. Trump made a promise that he would save all of these jobs, and we cannot rest until an ironclad contract is signed to ensure that all of these workers are able to continue working in Indiana without having their pay or benefits slashed.

In exchange for allowing United Technologies to continue to offshore more than 1,000 jobs, Trump will reportedly give the company tax and regulatory favors that the corporation has sought. Just a short few months ago, Trump was pledging to force United Technologies to “pay a damn tax.” He was insisting on very steep tariffs for companies like Carrier that left the United States and wanted to sell their foreign-made products back in the United States. Instead of a damn tax, the company will be rewarded with a damn tax cut. Wow! How’s that for standing up to corporate greed? How’s that for punishing corporations that shut down in the United States and move abroad?

In essence, United Technologies took Trump hostage and won. And that should send a shock wave of fear through all workers across the country.

Trump has endangered the jobs of workers who were previously safe in the United States. Why? Because he has signaled to every corporation in America that they can threaten to offshore jobs in exchange for business-friendly tax benefits and incentives. Even corporations that weren’t thinking of offshoring jobs will most probably be reevaluating their stance this morning. And who would pay for the high cost for tax cuts that go to the richest businessmen in America? The working class of America.

Let’s be clear. United Technologies is not going broke. Last year, it made a profit of $7.6 billion and received more than $6 billion in defense contracts. It has also received more than $50 million from the Export-Import Bank and very generous tax breaks. In 2014, United Technologies gave its former chief executive Louis Chenevert a golden parachute worth more than $172 million. Last year, the company’s five highest-paid executives made more than $50 million. The firm also spent $12 billion to inflate its stock price instead of using that money to invest in new plants and workers.

Does that sound like a company that deserves more corporate welfare from our government? Trump’s Band-Aid solution is only making the problem of wealth inequality in America even worse.

I said I would work with Trump if he was serious about the promises he made to members of the working class. But after running a campaign pledging to be tough on corporate America, Trump has hypocritically decided to do the exact opposite. He wants to treat corporate irresponsibility with kid gloves. The problem with our rigged economy is not that our policies have been too tough on corporations; it’s that we haven’t been tough enough.

We need to re-instill an ethic of corporate patriotism. We need to send a very loud and clear message to corporate America: The era of outsourcing is over. Instead of offshoring jobs, the time has come for you to start bringing good-paying jobs back to America.

If United Technologies or any other company wants to keep outsourcing decent-paying American jobs, those companies must pay an outsourcing tax equal to the amount of money they expect to save by moving factories to Mexico or other low-wage countries. They should not receive federal contracts or other forms of corporate welfare. They must pay back all of the tax breaks and other corporate welfare they have received from the federal government. And they must not be allowed to reward their executives with stock options, bonuses or golden parachutes for outsourcing jobs to low-wage countries. I will soon be introducing the Outsourcing Prevention Act, which will address exactly that.

If Donald Trump won’t stand up for America’s working class, we must. Link

 

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We need to re-instill an ethic of corporate patriotism. We need to send a very loud and clear message to corporate America: The era of outsourcing is over. Instead of offshoring jobs, the time has come for you to start bringing good-paying jobs back to America.

Corporate patriotism? Sounds something Hitler would say. Poor choice of words, Bernie.

If United Technologies or any other company wants to keep outsourcing decent-paying American jobs, those companies must pay an outsourcing tax equal to the amount of money they expect to save by moving factories to Mexico or other low-wage countries. They should not receive federal contracts or other forms of corporate welfare. They must pay back all of the tax breaks and other corporate welfare they have received from the federal government. And they must not be allowed to reward their executives with stock options, bonuses or golden parachutes for outsourcing jobs to low-wage countries. I will soon be introducing the Outsourcing Prevention Act, which will address exactly that.

Sometimes people need reminding that Bernie Sanders is a socialist. And socialism doesn't work. You just need to re-read Bernie's election platform to be reminded that -- humble and straightforward as he is -- the man has some pretty nutty ideas that borders on the insane.

If the US becomes a hostile place to do business -- be it under Bernie or Trump -- they will just take their business elsewhere. If Bernie wants to see capital flight from the US, just keep coming up with these crazy ideas.

 

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Is this going to be converted to a standby Air Force One?

 

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He should have remained in Hollywood. That's was better for him. An actor doesn't make a good politician.

President Ronald Reagan. Now granted, he's probably more the exception than the rule. But he's one hell of an exception.

And to a smaller extent, former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger made a pretty decent politician.

 

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Presidential Jet Smackdown: Is Trump’s Private Plane Better Than Air Force One?

Of course, there are a few things that Air Force One has that Trump doesn’t. First, there are technically two Air Force One planes. As mentioned, Obama’s jets seat 76 passengers (to Trump’s 43), can travel 600 miles per hour (to Trump’s 500 mph), and it can refuel mid-air. There’s also a cache of weapons along with a small hospital on board. Plus, the outside of Air Force One is hand polished before each flight. Disappointingly, despite its depiction in the movie Air Force One with Harrison Ford, there are no escape pods onboard. We think Trump should definitely get one of those.

 

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yay, one last round of rallies. President Trump's victory tour begins.

Full Event: President-Elect Donald Trump Rally in Cincinnati, OH 12/1/16

 

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He's the type of liberal that is well known: the urban hipster. In his case, it's Brooklyn, which is ground zero for rich liberal elite.

Brooklyn is indeed ground zero for hipsters. But not for the "rich liberal elite"---whatever that means. Why the focus on liberals? Rich people are more likely to be conservative. Republicans do support policies that benefit the rich, after all.

This delusion led to their defeat. The liberal MSM let them down be predicting a Clinton victory. The polls said it would be a Clinton victory. No one on the left saw a Trump victory coming.

It wasn't delusion. It was poor polling data. If the polls had shown a clear victory for Trump, the "MSM" would not have predicted a victory for Clinton. Polls let the nation down.

It was something I touched on in this very thread. Turnout was not as high as had been predicted among Democrats/young people/liberals, and she lost as a result (though she still received 2 million more votes in total than Trump).

Sometimes people need reminding that Bernie Sanders is a socialist. And socialism doesn't work.

He doesn't support true socialism. I think that Democratic-socialism (what Bernie believes in) is working pretty well in countries like Norway, Austria, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, and Canada (among others). They're doing better than America in a lot of different economic categories. These countries tend to rank among the happiest on earth too.

Democratic-socialism (what Bernie believes in) is very common across Europe. It's not pure socialism and is rooted in the free market:

"Ever since Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy, much attention has been focused on the fact he calls himself a democratic socialist. Socialist, in the American lexicon, has a negative connotation, mainly because of common misunderstandings.

Sanders himself has tried many times to explain the difference between “socialism” and “democratic socialism,” but the right still seems hung up on misrepresenting his views and exploiting people’s fears. America has a rich socialist history many people are unaware of, but still fear the “S” word and picture evil dictators and red flags."


"3. It Is Not A Replacement For Capitalism

True socialism would replace the capitalist economy we live in now and replace it fully with a socialist one. While this is the dream of Marxists and socialists everywhere, this is not the plan under democratic socialism. Democratic socialism would instead put more restrictions on corporations and owners. This would include limitations on how much more money a CEO can make compared to their employees, and granting employees more rights and higher minimum wage.

4. It Is Not The Same As Regular Socialism

Democratic socialists have historically rejected the belief that the economy should be centrally planned (a centrally-planned economy is a socialist keystone belief). Instead, democratic socialism believes that some parts of society may be better if they are democratically planned: mass transit, medical care, minimum wage, etc. Democratic socialism still believes the capitalist market is best for consumer goods and services."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-arel/5-ways-democratic-sociali_b_8876476.html

Corporate patriotism? Sounds something Hitler would say. Poor choice of words, Bernie.

Good grief. Talk about hyperbole.

President Obama in 2014:


"But I am interested in economic patriotism. Instead of doubling down on top-down economics, I want an economic patriotism that says we rise or fall together, as one nation, and as one people. (Applause.)

Economic patriotism says it's a good thing when we close wasteful tax loopholes and invest in education, and invest in job training that helps the economy for everybody. Instead of tax breaks for millionaires, let’s give tax breaks to families to help on child care or college. (Applause.) Let’s stop rewarding companies that ship jobs overseas; give tax breaks to companies that are bringing jobs back to the United States. (Applause.) Let’s put America back to work rebuilding roads and bridges and airports. Let’s make sure the next generation of good manufacturing is happening right here in Los Angeles, and in Wisconsin, and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Economic patriotism says it’s a good thing when our fellow citizens have access to preschool, and college, and, yes, health care that is affordable. (Applause.) It’s a good thing when women earn the same as men for doing the same work. It’s a good thing when nobody who’s working full-time has to raise a family in poverty. (Applause.) That's not un-American. It’s how we built America -- together. That’s what economic patriotism is."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/24/remarks-president-economy-los-angeles-ca

 

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