Denouement of U.S. Empire

[Fortybox]

Obama was great at getting himself elected... not so much for any other Democrats though.

If Obama's policies were so great, the people would have elected Hillary to continue them. They did not.

[Parkbandit]

Please.

Hillary wasn't Obama and didn't have the same policies.

Specifically, what policies did Hillary have that were going to be drastically different from the policies that President Obama had?

You do realize she was running as "Obama's 3rd term" President.. right?

[Fortybox]

Please.

Hillary wasn't Obama and didn't have the same policies.

[cwolff]

Watch @MariaBartiromo at 6:00 P.M. on @FoxBusiness. Russian Hoax the big topic! Mainstream Media, often referred to as the Fake News Media, hates to discuss the real facts!

This is Donald Trump shilling for a TV show. He gives them free advertising from the White House on a regular basis. He tweeted about it earlier with a stronger endorsement telling the American people that it's mandatory viewing and must see TV. He deleted that one.

[Fortybox]

This is Donald Trump shilling for a TV show. He gives them free advertising from the White House on a regular basis. He tweeted about it earlier with a stronger endorsement telling the American people that it's mandatory viewing and must see TV. He deleted that one.

[cwolff]

Chief Justice John Roberts stepped in Saturday to halt a federal judge’s order last month that a conservative political group said threatened to discourage independent expenditures by raising the prospect that anonymous donors could be exposed.
Roberts acted Saturday after a three-judge D.C. Circuit panel turned down the same arguments for a stay earlier in the day.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell in August issued a ruling invalidating a Federal Election Commission regulation that has allowed donors to so-called dark-money groups to remain anonymous.

I don't get why Roberts wants to protect anonymous donors. It doesn't infringe on their free speech rights.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ssroads-825761

[Fortybox]

I don't get why Roberts wants to protect anonymous donors. It doesn't infringe on their free speech rights.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ssroads-825761

[time4fun]

I don't get why Roberts wants to protect anonymous donors. It doesn't infringe on their free speech rights.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/...ssroads-825761

So in fairness on this one, we don't exactly know what's going on. Generally these sort of situations are motivated by boring (for most folks) procedural issues. It may very well be that SCOTUS isn't quite sure how they want to handle the situation just yet.

Having said that, Roberts has a storied career when it comes to gutting campaign finance laws and enshrining corporate personhood. So he certainly can't be surprised at a fair bit of suspicion over his actions.

[time4fun]

If Obama's policies were so great, the people would have elected Hillary to continue them. They did not.

Yeah...they did.

She won the popular vote.

[Tgo01]

Yeah...they did.

She won the popular vote.

Trump won 30 states, 30 states is greater than 20 states.