The Republicans proposed Fair Tax Act isn’t just a tax boon for the ultra rich, it’s also a way to get rid of other things they hate, like the IRS & Social Security
(Haberman: Trump facing 'two very real threats' amid ongoing investigations)
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CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman joins "CNN This Morning" to discuss former President Trump's handling of current legal investigations amid his 2024 reelection campaign.
(Ari Melber: Sometimes it's not how big the allegation but how tight the evidence is)
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The Manhattan district attorney’s office on Monday began presenting evidence to a grand jury about Donald Trump’s role in paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. Ari Melber and Dave Aronberg discuss.
(Santos says he will recuse himself from sitting on committees)
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has told House Republicans that he will be recusing himself from committee assignments amid ongoing ethics issues. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reports from Capitol Hill.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:21 am Post subject:
FernieBee wrote:
MSNBC
(Santos says he will recuse himself from sitting on committees)
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has told House Republicans that he will be recusing himself from committee assignments amid ongoing ethics issues. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reports from Capitol Hill.
Does anyone believe he's doing this of his own accord?
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:59 pm Post subject:
numero-ocho wrote:
FernieBee wrote:
MSNBC
(Santos says he will recuse himself from sitting on committees)
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has told House Republicans that he will be recusing himself from committee assignments amid ongoing ethics issues. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reports from Capitol Hill.
Does anyone believe he's doing this of his own accord?
I don't think Santos will last his full term. He's not only a blight on the Repuklican party he's a blight on politics. If he's allowed to stay in office it will set a dangerous precedent. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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(Santos says he will recuse himself from sitting on committees)
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has told House Republicans that he will be recusing himself from committee assignments amid ongoing ethics issues. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reports from Capitol Hill.
So since he's a pathological liar.....this means he ISN'T recusing himself?
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:32 pm Post subject:
LarryCoon wrote:
FernieBee wrote:
MSNBC
(Santos says he will recuse himself from sitting on committees)
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Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has told House Republicans that he will be recusing himself from committee assignments amid ongoing ethics issues. Punchbowl News' Jake Sherman reports from Capitol Hill.
So since he's a pathological liar.....this means he ISN'T recusing himself?
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(Ransom or govern? Biden holds line with McCarthy ‘shakedown’)
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President Biden stares down Speaker McCarthy at their first White House meeting. After his bruising and embarrassing race, McCarthy faces his first test as speaker on the debt ceiling. The MAGA caucus that now holds power over the speaker is calling for brutal spending cuts as the left tells Biden not to give an inch to GOP hijacking. Political strategist Chai Komanduri and Brendan Buck, who worked for Speakers Ryan and Boehner, joins MSNBC’s Ari Melber.
(How the Republican Party Went Crazy - PG:CC with David Corn)
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Today we are joined by American political journalist and author, David Corn. David is the Washington DC bureau chief for Mother Jones Magazine, a major cable news commentator, analyst for MSNBC, and best-selling author of a slew of books about American politics including the one we’ll be discussing today “American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy”. According to David’s research, the insanity currently going on with the GOP is not so much a departure from the norms, as a logical conclusion of an established pattern. Since the 1950’s, the Republicans have knowingly encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to retain or gain power. As one review put it, “American Psychosis is a sobering look at the ideological destruction, born of cynicism and opportunism, of a once principled party.”
(Hear why state lawmaker wants 'Latinx' banned for use in state agencies)
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CNN speaks to Geraldo Reyes, Jr., one of six Hispanic lawmakers in Connecticut who have proposed a ban of the term "Latinx" from official government documents, calling it offensive to Spanish speakers.
(Why the military hasn't shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over the U.S.)
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The Biden administration has cancelled Secretary of State Blinken's trip to China after the Pentagon revealed it had detected a Chinese surveillance balloon over Montana. NBC's Kourtney Kube reports on why the military hasn't shot the balloon down yet and where it could potentially be headed.
(Why Trump's 2024 campaign is anything but normal)
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Vanity Fair's Molly Jong-Fast joins Morning Joe to discuss the current state of Trump's campaign and why it's the polar opposite of the one that first won him the White House.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:51 pm Post subject:
The invasion of air space is a serious violation. If the ballon has guidance capabilities Biden should demand China maneuver the ballon out of US airspace. IMO if they don't comply the ballon should be shot down.
What makes the Presidency such a difficult undertaking is such decisions encompass complications, political and otherwise the public is not privy to.
Without that information we the public offer opinions based on what the media gives us. IMO that's making uninformed decisions that could be dangerous.
Chinese balloon now over central US as Blinken cancels visit By MATTHEW LEE
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President Joe Biden declined to comment on the matter when questioned at an economic event. Two 2024 reelection challengers, former President Donald Trump, and Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and U.N. ambassador, said the U.S. should immediately shoot down the balloon.
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A senior defense official said the U.S. prepared fighter jets, including F-22s, to shoot it down if ordered. The Pentagon ultimately recommended against that, noting that even as the balloon was over a sparsely populated area of Montana, its size would create a debris field large enough to put people at risk.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:20 pm Post subject:
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Panic response . . . unnecessary deployment of weapons and planes.
Only the government really knows.
That's what I mean. We don't have the valid information necessary to form the opinions you voiced. The information we have is speculative at most. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Then why hasn't the US government done what you suggested?
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The invasion of air space is a serious violation. If the ballon has guidance capabilities Biden should demand China maneuver the ballon out of US airspace. IMO if they don't comply the ballon should be shot down.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:32 pm Post subject:
FernieBee wrote:
Then why hasn't the US government done what you suggested?
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The invasion of air space is a serious violation. If the ballon has guidance capabilities Biden should demand China maneuver the ballon out of US airspace. IMO if they don't comply the ballon should be shot down.
My take is as valid as yours.
Your opinion is as valid as mine. I qualified my position. I also said we don't have all the information.
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What makes the Presidency such a difficult undertaking is such decisions encompass complications, political and otherwise the public is not privy to.
Without that information we the public offer opinions based on what the media gives us. IMO that's making uninformed decisions that could be dangerous.
_________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
(Pentagon monitoring Chinese surveillance balloon)
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Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder on Feb. 3 said that the balloon represented a “violation of international law,” but does not pose a “military or physical threat.”
(Rep. Mike Gallagher: I don't think China would hesitate to shoot down a U.S. asset in their airspace)
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Secretary of State Blinken has abruptly postponed his planned trip to Beijing because of the Chinese spy balloon hovering over the U.S., which the U.S. considers a violation of American sovereignty. Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI), Chairman of the Select Committee on China and member of the Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, joins Andrea Mitchell to weigh in. “I don't think the Chinese Communist Party would hesitate to shoot down an American asset that was in their airspace,” says Gallagher.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 2:00 pm Post subject:
jodeke wrote:
The invasion of air space is a serious violation. If the ballon has guidance capabilities Biden should demand China maneuver the ballon out of US airspace. IMO if they don't comply the ballon should be shot down.
The military advised Biden the potential risk to civilian lives was not worth the taking down a balloon that was not likely providing any further intelligence gathering that China already has. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
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