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riversedge's JournalMika telling Joe twice he has talked about Obama failure in Syria first hour over
and over and now she wants to know what will happen. What is Trumps policy? I had listened to about 10 minutes in 1st hour and the panel was ragging on and on about the failure of Obama policy in Syria. No one on the panel had anything good to say about what the policy should have been.
Poll: Majority Oppose Trump/Ryan Plan To Privatize Medicare
Source: oliverwillis.com/MorningConsult
Poll: Majority Oppose Trump/Ryan Plan To Privatize Medicare
December 13, 2016 Oliver Willis Politics 0
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A majority of the people responding to a new poll say they oppose the Donald Trump/Paul Ryan plan to privatize the Medicare system.
According to Morning Consult, 55 percent of voters say that Medicare should continue on its current successful path, while only 29 percent support transforming it into a private system. Ryan and other Republicans have used the euphemism “premium support” to describe the process of turning over the Medicare system to private, for-profit companies that would prioritize their own profits over patient health and safety.
Morning Consult notes that the option to transform Medicare has remained at the same level of unpopularity, with a November 2014 Kaiser Family Foundaiton report showing only 26 percent supporting privatization.......................
Read more: http://oliverwillis.com/poll-majority-oppose-trumpryan-plan-privatize-medicare/
.........................Democrats seized on potential Medicare changes as a regular attack point in the weeks following the election. While President-elect Donald Trump sought to differentiate himself from other Republicans throughout the campaign by saying he would not touch Medicare or Social Security, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Rep. Tom Price (Ga.), Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, have supported moving the program to a premium support system.
The older the voter, the more likely they are to want to maintain Medicare as it is now. Among those surveyed, only 18- to 29-year-olds had more favor reform (41 percent) than those who favored keeping the system as is (39 percent). Among seniors age 65 and older, 67 percent said they thought the system should remain as is, while 19 percent favored the premium support model.
Of the entire survey group, 15 percent said they “strongly supported” a shift to the government helping seniors purchase a private insurance policy and another 22 percent said they “somewhat supported” it. Another 14 percent said they “somewhat oppose” a shift, while 30 percent said they strongly opposed changes. Twenty percent said they didn’t know or had no opinion.
The poll also indicates more people think the proposed changes would do more harm than good. Forty-eight percent of respondents said the proposal was a bad idea, while 34 percent called it a good idea. Nineteen percent said they didn’t know or had no opinion........................
Sheriff Pitchfork Clarke is opening act for Trump Ego tour now in WI...
I did not know dumpy trump was coming to WI for a ego tour. He has no time to work out his business arrangements nor turn out his tax returns but can go on another ego tour!!
LIVE stream:
Daniel Bice ?@DanielBice 20m20 minutes ago
Big sign near front of @realDonaldTrump rally in West Allis says: "Pardon Snowden."
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Mary Spicuzza ?@MSpicuzzaMJS 38m38 minutes ago
Next up - @RepSeanDuffy.
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. @SheriffClarke on helping @realDonaldTrump win the 2016 election: "It's one of my most proudest achievements!"
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🚔LIVE Steam: @SheriffClarke Opening Speech, Calling Corporate Media #FakeNews & Investigate Soros, Elector Death Threats & Intimidation 🇺🇸
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.@SheriffClarke slams the "so-called bi-partisan" congressional effort to investigate Russia's influence in election.
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Theo Keith ?@TheoKeith 42m42 minutes ago
.@SheriffClarke says Congress ought to investigate liberal George Soros, not allegations of Russian hacking.
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Jessie Opoien ?@jessieopie 43m43 minutes ago
.@SheriffClarke says if Congress wants to investigate something it should investigate George Soros, not Russia
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. @SheriffClarke takes stage in West Allis for @realDonaldTrump rally. "Blue lives matter in America!"
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If you want to see a bunch of little people in funny hats await the big man (hint: not Santa's workshop), go here:
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Colleen Boland ?@colleenboland2 1h1 hour ago
President-elect Trump merchandise selling well ahead of Thank You rally
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Jessica Arp ?@news3jessica 11m11 minutes ago
How cold is it you say? Well, at 3:44pm I had 94% battery in my phone. By 4:08 my phone was dead. #reporterproblems
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Lining up in frigid temps in West Allis for @realDonaldTrump #news3
Alex Jones Scrubs Pizzagate Content; Complaint Reveals New Tie Connecting Shooter To Jones
Source: mediamatters.org
2 hours 10 sec ago ››› ERIC HANANOKI
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is scrubbing online content pushing the false and dangerous conspiracy theory that Hillary Clinton’s campaign trafficked children through a D.C. pizzeria. A man who recently entered the pizzeria with a rifle and fired shots reportedly shared a piece of Jones’ content before the shooting; the video he shared is still on the website.
Jones is a radio host who has claimed that the government perpetrated the 9/11 attacks and the tragedies at Columbine, Oklahoma City, Sandy Hook, and the Boston Marathon. Jones has also repeatedly accused the Clintons of murder. He has been elevated from the fringes to the mainstream by President-elect Donald Trump, who appeared on his show and praised his “amazing” reputation. Trump adviser Roger Stone is also a regular Jones guest and contributor.
Jones and his Infowars website have promoted the false conspiracy theory dubbed "pizzagate," which alleges that top Clinton associates such as campaign manager John Podesta are trafficking children through the Comet Ping Pong restaurant.
The false claims took a dangerous turn when Edgar Maddison Welch fired an assault rifle inside the pizzeria because he was trying to “self-investigate” the conspiracy theory. FBI special agent Justin Holgate stated in a criminal complaint that Welch said he sent a video on the night of December 1 with the message “Watch PIZZAGATE: The Bigger Picture on YouTube” to a friend before the shooting:
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Read more: https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/12/13/alex-jones-scrubs-pizzagate-content-complaint-reveals-new-tie-connecting-shooter-jones/214809
There really should be some serious repercussions for jerks like Alex Jones@
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Alex Jones is now deleting "Pizzagate" content as a criminal complaint shows more ties from the shooter to Jones: http://mm4a.org/2gxJSlv
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Media Matters ?@mmfa 1h1 hour ago
While Jones attempts to scrub his "Pizzagate" content it has already been spread around on other conspiracy sites: http://mm4a.org/2gxJSlv
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A more moderate Donald Trump? His taste in men shows otherwise
Actions speak louder than words is the old saying that fits this article perfectly.
A more moderate Donald Trump? His taste in men shows otherwise
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/13/donald-trump-moderate-extreme-cabinet-picks?CMP=twt_gu
Angelina Chapin
No matter what the president-elect says about pursuing less extreme policies, the men he is choosing to surround him tell a starker story
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‘Trump’s inner circle and cabinet appointees prove the president-elect loves bullies who prize total power over inclusion.’ Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP
Tuesday 13 December 2016 10.01 EST
Since Donald Trump became president-elect, he’s made some attempts to soften his blowhard, tough-guy image. The former reality star decided against trying to imprison Hillary Clinton. He’s said his wall might be a fence and that he might keep parts of Obamacare. Trump even told perpetrators of hate crimes to “stop it” post-election, after consistently encouraging violence at his rallies just months earlier.
Of course, Trump has a tendency to contradict himself ad infinitum, so no matter what he says, it’s hard to gauge his actual positions on anything. The best representation of his true values, rather, are the people – primarily men – he chooses to surround him.
Tell us: how are you preparing for the Trump presidency?
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Trump’s inner circle and cabinet appointees prove the president-elect loves bullies who prize total power over inclusion. His cabinet is shaping up to be full of people who believe Making America Great Again is code for white, wealthy men maintaining privilege and control over people of color, women and anybody else who can’t afford a penthouse.
Eighty-five percent of Trump’s picks for cabinet are men, and yes, most of them are rich and white to boot. Sure, there are women nominees, and it’s still early days. But there’s no doubt who Trump favors, and if we’re known by the company we keep, his taste in white, megalomaniac men is incredibly disturbing. ................................
Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump
Source: washington post
By Brady Dennis December 13 at 11:07 AM
Alarmed that decades of crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration, ......................
.......................... One Trump adviser suggested that NASA no longer should conduct climate research and instead should focus on space exploration.
Those moves have stoked fears among the scientific community that Trump,.............
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“They have been salivating at the possibility of dismantling federal climate research programs for years. It’s not unreasonable to think they would want to take down the very data that they dispute,” Halpern said in an email. “There is a fine line between being paranoid and being prepared, and scientists are doing their best to be prepared .?.?. Scientists are right to preserve data and archive websites before those who want to dismantle federal climate change research programs storm the castle.”
To be clear, neither Trump nor his transition team has said that the new administration plans to manipulate or curtail publicly available data. The transition team did not respond to a request for comment. But some scientists aren’t taking any chances.
“What are the most important .gov climate assets?” Eric Holthaus, a meteorologist and self-proclaimed “climate hawk,” tweeted from his Arizona home Saturday evening. “Scientists: Do you have a US .gov climate database that you don’t want to see disappear?”...................................
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/?utm_term=.a60dd55159e9&tid=sm_tw
OMG! what horror has trump unleashed--This is nothing by harassment and must be stopped!
Best to read the whole article. Hard to cut down!
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Trump team working to remove top NATO official
Source: washington post
By Josh Rogin December 13 at 7:01 AM
The incoming Trump administration is looking to get rid of the No. 2 official at NATO, an American nominated by President Obama whom most Republicans don’t trust. But NATO’s Brussels leadership may not play along, setting up an early confrontation with President Trump.
Two Trump transition sources told me that a representative of the transition team met late last month with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels and delivered a private but deliberate message: The incoming administration would like Stoltenberg to replace Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller. Gottemoeller, who was nominated for the post by Obama this past March, started her job in Brussels only in October and has a multi-year contract. She works for NATO, not the U.S. government.
If NATO leadership agreed to remove Gottemoeller, it would set a new precedent for U.S. government control over American officials in top NATO positions. If the NATO leadership doesn’t agree, the incoming Trump administration could work to marginalize Gottemoeller and render her ineffective. Either way, her role is set to change when the new U.S. president comes into office.
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Gottemoeller’s allies see the Trump transition team’s quiet move to replace her in NATO as a brazen, brute-force tactic to pressure the alliance to bend to Trump’s will.
“This is a whispering campaign by schoolyard bullies......................
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2016/12/13/trump-team-working-to-remove-top-nato-official/?utm_term=.a57e9fd455b9
I see nothing but conflict for the next 4years.
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NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller speaks at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax on Nov. 19. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via Associated Press)
Podesta also wants Obama Adm to declassify and make public intel information...
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John Podesta says Obama administration "owes it to the American people" to tell what it knows about Russian hacking. http://abcn.ws/2gG047I
Clinton Campaign Presses for Intelligence on Russian Hacking
By andrew taylor, associated press
WASHINGTON — Dec 12, 2016, 1:59 PM ET
...............Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, whose emails were stolen and posted on the internet, said "never before in the history of our Republic have we seen such an effort to undermine the bedrock of our democracy."
Podesta said the campaign supports an effort by a handful of members of the Electoral College, including a Republican who says he won't vote for President-elect Donald Trump, to be briefed on U.S. intelligence on potential links between Trump's campaign and Russia.
Ten electors on Monday released an "open letter" to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper requesting information about ongoing investigations on ties between Trump and "Russian government interference in the election."
Podesta agrees with Senate Intelligence Democrats who last week called for President Barack Obama to declassify and make public intelligence information on Russia's attempts to interfere in the election.
"The administration owes it to the American people to explain what it knows regarding the extent and manner of Russia's interference and this be done as soon as possible," Podesta said in a statement....................
Minority Leader Pelosi, D-Calif., who receives super-secret intelligence as one of the top leaders of Congress, followed hours later with a call for an investigation by an independent commission.
"The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Russia interfered in U.S. elections," Pelosi said. "There must be no equivocation or ignoring the seriousness of the intelligence community's conclusion about Russia's actions.".......................
Donald Trumps Theory On Catching Hackers Gives Cybersecurity Pros The Giggles
Source: Huff post
Along those lines: Is it impossible to track down an embezzler unless you see him taking the money?
12/12/2016 02:44 pm ET
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump claimed Monday that tracking computer hackers is virtually impossible unless they are caught “in the act” – a theory that comes as news to cybersecurity experts.
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“That’s just silly,” laughed John Schindler, who worked for 10 years as an analyst at the National Security Agency. “That is just simply false.”
A review of forensic evidence pointed to the Russians, said James Lewis, a cybersecurity expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “No one expects Putin to burst into tears on national TV and confess. Ambiguity is normal in espionage, but there shouldn’t be any doubt,” he said.
Trump’s Monday morning tweet ― one of two that countered fresh reports that Russia had actively tried to boost his candidacy by hacking Democratic emails ― also asked, “Why wasn’t this brought up before election?” ..............
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-russia-hacking-cybersecurity_us_584eeee4e4b0e05aded4ed32
Donald gets better each day with showing his absolute STUPIDITY to the world!!
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Unless you catch "hackers" in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking. Why wasn't this brought up before election?
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President-elect Donald Trump asked why the issue of Russian hacking wasn’t raised prior to the election. But it was, at the third presidential debate with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
Christine Pelosi-the elector who, along with other electiors, was just on msnbc. They had asked
to see the intell before she and others are asked to vote one week from tonight. She did well, making herself clear. She said there is an urgency--as the vote is only one week away.
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