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9 votes
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Worried NATO partners wonder if Atlantic alliance can survive Trump. Europeans hope the president who disparages allies and praises autocrats is an aberration but fear problems may run deeper
7 votes -
Northrop Grumman employee who allegedly attended violent white-supremacist rally is no longer employed at the company
10 votes -
A spymaster steps out of the shadows
7 votes -
It Is Happening Here, Trump Is Already Early-Stage Mussolini
23 votes -
A better reason to delay Kennedy’s replacement (People under the cloud of investigation do not get to pick the judges who may preside over their cases.)
14 votes -
Inside the White House’s quiet campaign to create a Supreme Court opening
9 votes -
In Louisiana, Trump's trade war spooks America's biggest port
5 votes -
Whistleblower leaks video from detention facility where children were threatened against speaking to press
17 votes -
US Supreme Court upholds Donald Trump travel ban
26 votes -
U.S. government reunites 522 children removed under 'zero tolerance'
9 votes -
DOJ: Trump's immigration crackdown 'diverting' resources from drug cases
6 votes -
First lady’s ‘I don’t care’ jacket causes a stir
14 votes -
US President Donald Trump's new executive order on immigration is not a "reversal": The mass detention and deportation of asylum-seekers has been his plan all along
5 votes -
Violence keeps Central Americans coming to US despite Trump
3 votes -
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin plan to meet in mid-July
5 votes -
US President Donald Trump proposes ending the crisis he created by creating another crisis -- The proposed executive order ending family separation is just here to create more hostages
11 votes -
In reversal, Trump signs order stopping family separation
34 votes -
I know why poor Whites chant Trump, Trump, Trump: From the era of slavery to the rise of Donald Trump, wealthy elites have relied on the loyalty of poor whites. All Americans deserve better
6 votes -
Jeff Sessions: "We don't want to separate parents from kids"
6 votes -
‘Modern Family, ‘Family Guy’ producers say they’re ‘disgusted’ and ‘embarrassed’ to work for Fox
11 votes -
This is not America? Oh, yes, it is: Neil Macdonald
6 votes -
US President Donald Trump says 'getting there' in NAFTA talks with Canada, Mexico
3 votes -
What the stock market's most crucial week of the year tells us about the road ahead
5 votes -
Data Propria, run by Cambridge Analytica alumni, working on Trump 2020 campaign
19 votes -
US judge orders former Donald Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort to be jailed on witness tampering charges
27 votes -
Huckabee-Sanders Defends Ripping Children From Parents, Because It's "Very Biblical to Enforce the Law"
16 votes -
Inside Casa Padre, the converted Walmart where the US is holding nearly 1,500 immigrant children
14 votes -
US Inspector General report: James Comey 'deviated' from procedure in Hillary Clinton probe, but was not politically biased
6 votes -
Here is the actual petition filed by the NY AG against Trump, his children, and his organization
12 votes -
N.Y. Attorney General Sues Trump Foundation Over Self-Dealing
21 votes -
US net neutrality rollback: FCC chairman Ajit Pai responds to critics
15 votes -
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un have begun their historical summit in Singapore
22 votes -
I'm so excited about the Singapore summit. I am really hoping for a productive deal to come out of it.
Just the fact that it's even happening is amazing to me. There are cute Trump/Kim impersonators out and about, performances, Dennis Rodman is present, it feels really really exciting... i just...
Just the fact that it's even happening is amazing to me. There are cute Trump/Kim impersonators out and about, performances, Dennis Rodman is present, it feels really really exciting... i just don't even have words for how wonderful this will be if it ends up how I am imagining - not just for the USA, but for North Korea, South Korea, and the whole world.
It's better to be friends.
Also, I really hope the USA establishes an embassy in Singapore. That would be such an easy win.
edit: i found some relevant links:
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-kim-handshake-summit-history
- live feed: https://www.c-span.org/video/?446916-1/us-north-korea-summit-underway-singapore
edit: for those curious about the significance of Dennis Rodman, here's a CNN interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS494th_Js4
11 votes -
Inside Palmer Luckey's bid to build a US border wall
10 votes -
How do we tackle this epidemic of misinformation
I was on Facebook today and saw a video being sent around with the background and caption on the image I captured: https://i.imgur.com/uUvN7JS.png I took a look at the comments on the post, and as...
I was on Facebook today and saw a video being sent around with the background and caption on the image I captured: https://i.imgur.com/uUvN7JS.png
I took a look at the comments on the post, and as expected found this sort of stuff: "She must hoping trump will come and give her a pickle tickle or a medal. These are the people who should be thrown out of the country."
So, I look it up and it turns out that this video is from 2014 (source of news report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0UUmTARaOc) which was during the Obama administration and has nothing to do with "Trump's america'". And watching a news report and the original video never shows anything about the black individual having a white mother, that's just further perpetuating race baiting to get people angry and heated over this as they're also trying to make it seem like it just happened. They even captioned the Facebook post "Think racism is dead in America? Watch this."!
What do we do about things like this where this is so clearly being used to further an agenda, but the actual content isn't indicative of that agenda at all? This is apart of an epidemic of misinformation used to drive opinions that sickens me to see so many people falling for, it really does.
23 votes -
My problem with the site at the moment
For the last couple of days I've been visiting the site several times a day and leaving after 10 minutes or so. It's not that the site is bad or the discussion isn't good, but there's been a big...
For the last couple of days I've been visiting the site several times a day and leaving after 10 minutes or so.
It's not that the site is bad or the discussion isn't good, but there's been a big lack of discussion I'm interested in. I don't like to take place in discussion of politics, or religion, or LGBT, or whatever. For me, the forums always were a place to meet new people to talk to, without it being a date or making friends or anything, just a friendly talk. Not that there shouldn't be a place for talking about world problems, but I get much more enjoyment from small issues or just getting to know other people.
Which is why I haven't been very active here for the last couple of days. There is all this LGBT talk and Trump and catastrophes. Even in the ~talk, there are 'Homosexual marriage legal or illegal?', 'Do you think school uniforms should be in all American/Canadian schools?', 'It's a Piece of Cake to Bake a Pretty Cake: LGBT+ Discrimination'. There is a fair share of smaller conversations, but they are mostly things I'm not interested in: 'What's your favorite documentary?, 'Advice- Best Tablets for Interactive Training' ― or things I don't know enough about to discuss, like 'How to gauge the degree of someone's self-awareness?'. This leaves very few posts I'm interested in, and I can hardly engage there because everything I could've said has already been said before I saw it.
Everything above is why I was mostly active in my own posts when I first joined as well. And I wanted to create this post to express this frustration(?) with lack of content, and I'm sure a lot of other lurkers will agree with me on that (whether or not they have different interests) ― I'm writing this post for them, too. I have no idea how you'd fix this problem or if it's even fixable, but I think it's important to state it so more active people can notice and so I have someplace to be active on ~.
24 votes -
Billions in US solar projects shelved after Trump panel tariff
8 votes -
G7 allies likely to ‘gang up’ on US President Donald Trump as aluminium tariffs threaten all-out trade war
6 votes -
Stormy Daniels Sues, Saying Michael Cohen Colluded With Her Former Lawyer
7 votes -
Jazz In The Age Of Trump: A Roundtable Discussion
8 votes -
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz retiring, possible 2020 presidential contender
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down, and there are rumors he intends to run for office and possibly the presidency. A frequent Trump critic, he would presumably be running as a Democrat...
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is stepping down, and there are rumors he intends to run for office and possibly the presidency. A frequent Trump critic, he would presumably be running as a Democrat if he entered the 2020 race. He seems to be staking out a position in the center of the party, criticizing the idea of a government jobs program or single-payer healthcare.
Would you vote for him in a primary or general election? Does America need another businessman (albeit a successful one) president? How economically progressive should the Democrat's candidate be? Discuss.
7 votes -
Special Investigation and Russian Electioneering
One of the more looming stories over the American political climate these days that takes over pretty much everything else is the special investigation into the Trump campaign and potential...
One of the more looming stories over the American political climate these days that takes over pretty much everything else is the special investigation into the Trump campaign and potential collusion with Russian attempts to influence the US presidential election of 2016. There is a lot of information in the public domain about this story, including most recently Mueller seeking a revision of Paul Manafort's home confinement release after alleging that Manafort attempted to contact potential witnesses to conceal evidence relating to the various charges he faces.
You can find a decent overview of most of the publicly available information on the related wikipedia page.
So let's try to wrangle with all that public information. Please list, vet, and weigh the evidence you think is most important when it comes to the Special Investigation of the Trump campaign. Does it look like collusion with Russian electioneering happened or is this story mostly about finding incidental crimes of sloppy political first timers? What role do you think Russia played or tried to play in the 2016 election based on this publicly available evidence? What evidence would you like to see before making a judgment?
25 votes -
Trump: I Have 'Absolute' Power To Pardon Myself, But Have Done Nothing Wrong
33 votes -
US President Donald Trump has second highest “own party” approval rating of any president at the 500 day mark
11 votes -
The Californization of America
5 votes -
Rudy Giuliani says US President probably can pardon himself
43 votes -
Are trade wars good (and for whom)?
Recent news has made it plain that President Trump intends on going through with his much discussed plan of implementing tariffs on many sources of steel and aluminum imports to the US. This seem...
Recent news has made it plain that President Trump intends on going through with his much discussed plan of implementing tariffs on many sources of steel and aluminum imports to the US. This seem as good a time as any to ask a question that begs for evidence: Are trade wars good, and who benefits?
There is good reporting out there that analyzes the likely impact of this particular steel tariff, so feel free to find it and use it in your own argument (there are figures the administration has produced and figures that other studies have produced using the same source material). There are also plenty of other tariffs out there throughout history that have been studied and discussed. Because these sources can sometimes conflict, please be aware that your choice of what sources to use may need to be justified.
16 votes -
US President Donald Trump says June 12th summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un is back on
17 votes -
Trade tariffs: Chorus of condemnation intensifies. Massive US tariffs have come into force as condemnation of the Trump administration's move intensifies.
8 votes