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Originally posted by parabellum:
The White House is under no obligation whatsoever to provide these briefings, and anyone who doubts this, go find the law that says these briefings must take place. You won't find it. It's not in the Constitution, either.

It’s not anywhere, but don’t be fooled. It is as much in the Administration’s interest to keep these going as it is for the so-called press. These briefings are live TV on cable, video is often seen on newscasts, the press secretary is a public figure more than ever. It took some tweaking to get it this far, but it now is a net positive for Trump. Those idiotic questions every now and then portray the media as fake news purveyors, mean spirited, few are fooled. That April Ryan in her mean spirited questioning is good for Trump, and gives Sanders a chance to show how good, decent and generous her upbringing was. No harm there!

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Originally posted by JALLEN:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
The White House is under no obligation whatsoever to provide these briefings, and anyone who doubts this, go find the law that says these briefings must take place. You won't find it. It's not in the Constitution, either.

It’s not anywhere, but don’t be fooled.

Implications aside, I am saying that the White House doesn't have to tell these commie whiners jack shit and there's nothing that they can do to compel the White House to invite them in and let them ask their idiotic, completely biased, pointless questions.

Issue a Goddamned written press release once a week and let these children see how much they like it.

Rush pointing out today that these GDC's in the media now have shifted to praising that North Korean kook with the bad haircut; Kim Jong Un AS IF this were HIS idea all along and trying to ignore Trump's role in this.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by JALLEN:

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Originally posted by parabellum:
The White House is under no obligation whatsoever to provide these briefings, and anyone who doubts this, go find the law that says these briefings must take place. You won't find it. It's not in the Constitution, either.

It’s not anywhere, but don’t be fooled.

Implications aside, I am saying that the White House doesn't have to tell these commie whiners jack shit and there's nothing that they can do to compel the White House to invite them in and let them ask their idiotic, completely biased, pointless questions.

Issue a Goddamned written press release once a week and let these children see how much they like it.

Given the President’s demonstrated seeming genius for management of public perception, which got him where he is, maybe he should just keep it up.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/d...y-thought-1525975203

Damage to North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Worse Than Previously Thought

The damage to the nuclear test site that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to shut down is more extensive than earlier assessments showed, according to a new study by a team of international scientists.

Space-based radar showed that after the initial impact of North Korea’s latest nuclear test in September last year, a much larger part of the Punggye-ri test site caved in over the following hours and days, according to a study published in Science magazine on Thursday. The study was conducted by researchers from Singapore, Germany, China and the U.S.

“This means that a very large domain has collapsed around the test site, not merely a tunnel or two,” said Sylvain Barbot, one of the authors who is an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Some U.S. officials and experts see the closure as a significant concession while others argue that the site is unusable and its dismantling is therefore an empty gesture designed to gain leverage in negotiations with Seoul and Washington.

Chinese seismologists involved in a study published last month concluded that a large part of the site was unusable due to the collapse of a cavity inside a mountain there, Mount Mantap, a few minutes after the last test.

U.S. researchers studying satellite imagery have since argued that, while tunnels may be severely damaged under Mount Mantap—where five of North Korea’s six nuclear tests took place—other parts of the Punggye-ri site are still usable.

The new study, which created three-dimensional images of the site, backs the Chinese researchers’ conclusion that a large part of the site can’t be used—while showing that the initial damage is “dwarfed” by the gradual collapse detected from space over the next few hours and days. That damage covers an area with a radius of 800 meters and a height of 400 meters, according to Mr. Barbot, who is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California.

“These findings make us infer that a large part of the Punggye-ri test site is inoperable and that further test may require a substantial investment in the construction of another facility elsewhere,” he said.

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hopefully part of the new agreement will include a U.S. inspection of the site

This are perfect...

Trump rally getting ready to begin!

Look at that crowd!

Senate Republicans confirm Trump judicial nominee, overruling home-state Democrat.

For years, senators have been able to effectively block judicial nominees from their home states through what’s known as the “blue slip” process.

But on Thursday -- amid Republican frustration over many of President Trump’s nominees being blocked -- Senate Republicans decided to override one such objection from a Democratic senator and confirm the nominee anyway.

Milwaukee attorney Michael Brennan was confirmed to fill an opening on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin had stalled Brennan’s nomination.


The seat has been open for more than eight years, the longest for the nation's appellate courts.

Until this year, it had been nearly three decades since the Senate confirmed a judge without two positive blue slips. Brennan's confirmation marked the second time it has happened this year.

The maneuver comes as Senate Republicans are racing to confirm as many federal judges as they can before November's midterm elections when control of the Senate could flip to Democrats.

The Senate gives lawmakers a chance to weigh in on a judicial nominee from their home state by submitting a blue-colored form called the "blue slip." A positive blue slip signals the Senate to move forward with the nomination process. A negative blue slip, or withholding it altogether, signals a senator's objection and almost always stalls the nomination.

The move to go ahead with a hearing for Brennan and a vote on the floor had Democrats complaining that Republicans were eroding one of the few remaining customs in the Senate that forced consultation on judicial nominations. They also noted that Republicans used the blue slip to block one of President Barack Obama's nominees for the very same judgeship.

"I'd admonish my friends on the other side of the aisle, this is a very dangerous road you're treading," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "As everyone knows, the winds of political change blow swiftly in America. The minority one day is the majority the next."

But Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Democrats' complaints were based on an incorrect understanding of the blue slip's history.

"The blue slip courtesy is just that -- a courtesy," Grassley said.

He said past chairmen of the committee had rarely used negative or unreturned blue slips as unilateral vetoes. The most recent exception was Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, who was chairman during the first six years of Obama's presidency.

"That was his prerogative," Grassley said.

Still, the blue slip has been in use for more than a century and only a handful of judges have won confirmation during that time without two blue slips.

Grassley said that under his tenure, the blue slip will be used to ensure the president consults with home-state senators, but not as a veto for appellate court nominees. He said he was satisfied in Brennan's case that the White House consulted with both of Wisconsin's senators before the president nominated him.

Republicans have made it a priority to confirm the president's nominees, particularly those who will serve on federal appeals courts. It's a top issue with social conservatives leading into this year's midterm elections. With Democrats slow-walking many of Trump's nominees, McConnell said last October that the blue slip process should not be used to "blackball" nominees.

"We're going to confirm these judges. I don't care what tactics they employ," McConnell recently told Fox News's Martha MacCallum.


http://www.foxnews.com/politic...-state-democrat.html

How cute. "Senator Tammy". Wasn't she in some of the Gidget films?

Too bad, so sad, Tam! Them's the breaks, ya obstructionist.

Gosh, CNN and MSNBC aren't covering the rally. How odd.

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"I'd admonish my friends on the other side of the aisle, this is a very dangerous road you're treading," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "As everyone knows, the winds of political change blow swiftly in America. The minority one day is the majority the next."

hey Chuckie,we're simply using your own trick on yourself...you don't recognize it?

gee thats too bad, really, a shame

here's a hint - you're in the MINORITY for a reason - YOU LOST

so a big FUCK YOU to you and your kind

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Gosh, CNN and MSNBC aren't covering the rally. How odd.

Was watching it for a bit on OAN. Wife wanted to watch Jeopardy, so I ceded control of the TV. Remarked "Bet none of the networks or other dominant 'news' media will even mention it, much less cover it." "Probably not," she replied.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Trump rally getting ready to begin!

Look at that crowd!

Love the new motto: Let’s KAGR! Keap America GReat!

I love it when President Trump gets the crowd fired up and then he goes all il Duce and walks away from the podium.

Watching the rally in Indiana. The overwhelmingly white crowd cheers for:
1. Lowest African-American unemployment
2. Lowest Hispanic unemployment
3. Moving US embassy to Jerusalem

Some Deplorables, huh? Take that, Hillary!

I wonder if the GOP manages to maintain control of the House and Senate after the midterms, will they acknowledge the fact that it's because of Trump and start backing his agenda.

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Originally posted by sdy:
Damage to North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Worse Than Previously Thought

Rods from God perhaps?

Breaking news from CNN!

more pics of H Clinton w very straight posture and a large scarf

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...ggestions-brace.html