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Unhappy438 said:
The problem is that Trump initially said "i didn't say that" in his first response to the reporter when asked about the bet when he clearly did say he would bet her. I suspect that most of the "liberals" (you're so liberal with that word) are rather jumping in on that than supporting her. In fact, i haven't seen one person support Warren in this thread.
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It's being discussed in this thread, someone actually felt it worthy to bring it in here...
 
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Donald J. Trump
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“Federal Judge throws out Stormy Danials lawsuit versus Trump. Trump is entitled to full legal fees.”
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Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas. She will confirm the letter she signed! She knows nothing about me, a total con!


So yeah... Anyone who thinks they'll shame Trump into conceding anything is barking up the wrong tree. This guy is beyond shame.
 
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I now fully support Senator Warren as the main Democratic presidential candidate :unsure:.
 
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Unhappy438 said:
dont care much for Warrens claim on watever she thinks she is, Croatian, Persian or Cockatiel
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Smart money is on that one :unsure:

In other news:
On Tuesday, Graham "2.0" told Fox & Friends that he plans to take a DNA test to see if he has more Native American DNA than Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Warren has claimed to be Native American for decades - and was identified by Harvard Law as a "woman of color" - which promoted her as a diversity hire with a "minority background," prompting Trump to refer to her as "Pocahontas."

"I’m going to take a DNA test," said Graham, adding: "I’ve been told my grandmother was part Cherokee Indian. It may all just be talk."

He says that he'll announce the results of his test on the show when they come in, joking "This is my Trump moment. This is reality TV."

"I think I can beat her," Graham said, in reference to Warren's fumbled announcement which revealed that she's a mere 1/1024th Native American - around half of the average white person.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018...am-taking-dna-test-challenge-elizabeth-warren

:ROFL: Graham's been taking trolling lessons it seems
 
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https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/15/economy/us-budget-deficit/index.html
US deficit rises 17% to the highest level since 2012
The deficit rose to $779 billion in fiscal year 2018, up 17% from last year, according to final figures released Monday by the Treasury Department. That's the largest number since 2012, when the country was still spending massively to stimulate an economy struggling to recover.
Government receipts were flat this year from last year. Corporate tax collections fell $76 billion, or 22%, due to the Republican-backed tax cut. But that drop was more than offset by increased revenues from individual and self-employment taxes. The fiscal year ended September 30.
Spending rose 3% over the previous year, fueled in part by increases to the defense budget agreed upon in September 2017 as part of a deal between Republicans and Democrats to head off a government shutdown. Social Security and interest on the federal debt also contributed to the increase.
 
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/...between-a-russian-bank-and-the-trump-campaign

Was There a Connection Between a Russian Bank and the Trump Campaign?

Alfa Bank’s computers were looking up the address of the Trump server nearly every day. There were dozens of lookups on some days and far fewer on others, but the total number was notable: between May and September, Alfa Bank looked up the Trump Organization’s domain more than two thousand times. “We were watching this happen in real time—it was like watching an airplane fly by,” Max said. “And we thought, Why the hell is a Russian bank communicating with a server that belongs to the Trump Organization, and at such a rate?”
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Interesting and in my view probably the strongest direct connection so far established between Trump's campaign and Russia.
 
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cerebus said:
Interesting and in my view probably the strongest direct connection so far established between Trump's campaign and Russia.
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It would honestly help A LOT if people didn't try a shark jump with such little information. An 8,000 word article, and all it is based on is DNS lookups, OMFG?!?

There could be many reasons for this:
why were computers at Alfa Bank and Spectrum Health trying to reach a server that didn’t seem to be doing anything? After analyzing the data, Max said, “We decided this was a covert communication channel.”
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But no, we "decided" it was a covert comms channel, because that fits our narrative. No proof that Trump's campaign even knew about it and let's not forget this is simply a bank from Russia. No proof of political / criminal connections of any kind whatsoever.

If this is, as you reckon, "the strongest direct connection so far established", then Russiagate truly is a farce, they have f-all.
 
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NarrowBandFtw said:
It would honestly help A LOT if people didn't try a shark jump with such little information.
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That's not what shark jumping means.

An 8,000 word article, and all it is based on is DNS lookups, OMFG?!?

There could be many reasons for this:

But no, we "decided" it was a covert comms channel, because that fits our narrative. No proof that Trump's campaign even knew about it and let's not forget this is simply a bank from Russia. No proof of political / criminal connections of any kind whatsoever.

If this is, as you reckon, "the strongest direct connection so far established", then Russiagate truly is a farce, they have f-all.
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I'm so glad you read the whole 8000 word article in under 5 minutes and you can make a totally not at all kneejerk and predictable response to it.
 
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cerebus said:
That's not what shark jumping means.
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That's exactly what it means, they've run out of faux outrage "evidence" to publish, so time for something new however irrelevant and desperate. Your link agrees fyi ;)

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I'm so glad you read the whole 8000 word article in under 5 minutes and you can make a totally not at all kneejerk and predictable response to it.
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Speed reading, not that difficult, especially when entire paragraphs are dedicated to rehashing known talking points and adding unnecessary fluff. I read entire novels that way if they happen to be boring.

Do feel free to quote me any bits that you reckon I have clearly missed, I think my summary is pretty spot on.
 
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NarrowBandFtw said:
That's exactly what it means, they've run out of faux outrage "evidence" to publish, so time for something new however irrelevant and desperate. Your link agrees fyi ;)


Speed reading, not that difficult, especially when entire paragraphs are dedicated to rehashing known talking points and adding unnecessary fluff. I read entire novels that way if they happen to be boring.

Do feel free to quote me any bits that you reckon I have clearly missed, I think my summary is pretty spot on.
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Also doubt anywhere near 8k... I'd say 3k maybe, so not exactly breaking any records on the 'speed reading' track /shrug

Edit - oh wait, theres more:giggle:
 
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Temujin said:
Also doubt anywhere near 8k... I'd say 3k maybe, so not exactly breaking any records on the 'speed reading' track /shrug
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Nah, it's around 7600 something, copy & paste into MS Word or some such.

If we count the words that actually say something "new" it's probably less than 500.
 
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