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Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct

moonshaz wrote in ontd_political Feb 08, 2017 00:58

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one ( Read more... )

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The March To Impeachment

moonshaz wrote in ontd_political Feb 05, 2017 21:08

By Robert Kuttner (who also wrote the "The Inevitability of Impeachment," which I posted last week ( Read more... )

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U.S. Senate confirms Tillerson as secretary of state

calinewarkwc69 wrote in ontd_political Feb 01, 2017 13:55

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Rex Tillerson as President Donald Trump's secretary of state on Wednesday, filling a key spot on the Republican's national security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil Corp chief executive officer's ties to Russia.

( I personally apologize to all the countries we'll [continue] bombing for oil )

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Trump Targets Muslims, Refugees In New Executive Order Issued On Holocaust Remembrance Day

moonshaz wrote in ontd_political Jan 28, 2017 01:40

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that bans Syrians from taking refuge in the United States, halts the U.S. refugee resettlement program for four months and temporarily blocks people from a handful of unnamed countries from entering the U.S. at all ( Read more... )

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Fake News Network: Orangeman Did It! (IF, MAYBE, NOT SURE, YOU DECIDE)

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Jan 12, 2017 16:18

Democrats Welcome CIA as Liberators! Unelected Praetorian Guard Government Saviors Slays Orange Emperor, Safeguarding The Empire Republic! Media's Hair on Fire as Orange Emperor Claims Slander. 4Chan Did it for the LOLZ. 2017 is Making 2016 Look Sane...

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The real Clinton email scandal is that a bullshit story has dominated the campaign

moonshaz wrote in ontd_political Nov 04, 2016 17:53

Some time ago, Hillary Clinton and her advisers decided that the best course of action was to apologize for having used a personal email address to conduct government business while serving as secretary of state. Clinton herself was, clearly, not really all that remorseful about this, and it showed in her early efforts to address it. Eventually ( Read more... )

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Clintons Receive Subpoena from State Department

mister_pepsi wrote in ontd_political Feb 12, 2016 12:46

Investigators with the State Department issued a subpoena to the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation last fall seeking documents about the charity’s projects that may have required approval from the federal government during Hillary Clinton’s term as secretary of state, according to people familiar with the subpoena and written ( Read more... )

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Hillary Clinton: first major interview since leaving the State Dept.

moonshaz wrote in ontd_political Sep 22, 2013 23:01

Hillary in Midair ( Read more... )

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GOP's Quest to Shame Obama Reveals Secret Information to Our Enemies.

evildevil wrote in ontd_political Oct 11, 2012 05:48

GOP's Next Quest: Pin the Blame on the Dems.

Letting us in on a secret

When House Republicans called a hearing in the middle of their long recess, you knew it would be something big, and indeed it was: They accidentally blew the CIA’s cover.

The purpose of Wednesday’s hearing of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee was to examine security ( Read more... )

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Diplomatic Security In Light of Bhengazi

belleweather wrote in ontd_political Sep 27, 2012 16:00

It has been more than two weeks since the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, that resulted in the death of U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, yet the attack remains front-page news. One reason is that it has become unusual for a U.S. ambassador to be killed. After the 1968 assassination ( Read more... )

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