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发帖数: 10469 | 1 Democrats must do everything they can to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination
—like supporting the one man with a chance to beat him.
Marco Rubio would be a terrible president. His tax proposals make George W.
Bush look fiscally prudent. He acts as if America can use sanctions, war, or
the threat of war to bludgeon its adversaries into submission despite the
devastating failure of that approach since 9/11. He has been dishonest and
gutless on immigration. He has flirted with climate-change denial e... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 2 If the Oscars were all about diversity, why the crude Asian joke?
It seemed we were talking about diversity about every five minutes at the
Oscars.
Chris Rock opened his monologue by saying he’d never be the host if he had
to be nominated for the job. We all got the joke — Chris Rock is black, and
for the second year in the row, not a single actor nominated for an Oscar
was black.
But they also weren’t Asian or Latino. Representation is a problem in
Hollywood for all minorities, but all night lo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 3 Anti-Trump forces strike back after Super Tuesday drubbing
A growing legion of Trump antagonists are unleashing new ads and upping
their rhetoric against the GOP front-runner.
By Nolan D. McCaskill
The Republican Party’s battered anti-Trump forces licked their wounds on
Wednesday as they set about an increasingly improbable task: Stopping Donald
Trump from wrapping up the GOP nomination.
Trump, whose haul so far of 316 delegates gives him nearly as many as the
rest of the Republican field combin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 4 While the Republican presidential frontrunner’s support appears as solid
and stable as any celebrity’s, it would be a mistake for political
observers to claim that Donald Trump is infallible merely because his floor
in the polls won’t budge. If it weren’t clear at the time that the reality
television star’s refusal to clearly and unequivocally decline the support
of the KKK, David Duke, and other white nationalist organizations was an
error, it should be today. Save for the famous immigration ha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 5 EVEN AS Donald Trump attempted to tone himself down Tuesday night, he could
not help underlining why he is such a menace. “I’m going to get along with
[House Speaker Paul D. Ryan],” Mr. Trump said. “And if I don’t, he’s
going to have to pay a big price.”
Mr. Ryan (Wis.) should make a down payment right now. He and other
Republican leaders ought to make clear that they will not “get along” with
a man who, from the beginning of his campaign, has profited from voter
prejudice and hatred. They shoul... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 6 GOP superlawyer on contested convention rule: 'In fact, that's not a rule'
By Nolan D. McCaskill
03/09/16 12:29 PM EST
A Republican presidential candidate doesn’t have to accrue a majority of
delegates in eight states to be considered for the nomination during a
contested convention in July, former Republican National Committee lawyer
Ben Ginsberg — the party's preeminent election law expert — said Wednesday.
“In fact, that's not a rule,” Ginsberg told MSNBC early Wednesday morning.
“That's part... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 7 CHICAGO — Leaders of more than 20 leading liberal groups supporting both
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are set to release a scathing letter on
Tuesday that serves as a progressive call to arms against Donald Trump,
imploring Americans to undertake a unified set of concrete steps to oppose
the Republican front-runner — from protesting to organizing large-scale
voter turnout efforts.
“This is a five-alarm fire for our democracy. A hate-peddling bigot who
openly incites violence is the likely ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 8 Three influential leaders in the conservative movement have summoned other
top conservatives for a closed-door meeting this Thursday in Washington D.C.
to talk about how to stop Donald Trump and, should he become the Republican
nominee, how to run a third-party “true conservative” challenger in the
fall.
The organizers of the meeting include Bill Wichterman, who was President
George W. Bush’s liaison to the conservative movement, Bob Fischer, a South
Dakota businessman and longtime conservative ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 8291 | 9 GOP will receive tremendous hatred if Trump cannot be nominated.
而且以后不管民主党怎么胡作非为，GOP都会背上历史黑锅，因为是他们剥夺了
美国最关键的最后一个自我解救的机会。
nomination
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发帖数: 157 | 10 Bad news for those few who imagined Donald Trump would quietly accept the
GOP handing the party's nomination to someone else and support a non-Trump
candidate.
The Republican front-runner told CNN's Anderson Cooper he no longer promises
to support whoever ends up being the Republican nominee during a town hall
in Milwaukee Tuesday.
"Do you continue to pledge to support whoever the Republican nominee is?"
Cooper asked.
"No, I don't anymore," Trump replied.
Back in September the mercurial mogul si... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1814 | 11 12年的时候，新制定的条款要求共和党候选人至少要在八个州赢得一半以上delegates
才有资格成为共和党候选人。大家都知道这个规则是为Romney定制的，帮助他除掉潜在
的竞争对手
作为谎不离口的lying大师，Ted对这些把戏当然也很清楚。他也知道establishment和
他是互相利用关系。establishment也不想要他，于是想施压把这变成 two men race
That’s the argument of Sen. Ted Cruz, who says the party’s own convention
protocols essentially mean that only he and Republican front-runner Donald
Trump can even be considered for the nomination, with third-place candidate
John Kasich and dark horse choices like House Speaker Paul D. Ryan already
disquali... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10469 | 12 Exit polls: Wisconsin GOP voters want nominee with most delegates, not
majority
By Nick Gass
04/05/16 05:46 PM EDT
WARNING: Early exit polls are incomplete, and they should be interpreted
with caution. They only include interviews with voters who cast ballots
earlier in the day, which could underrepresent certain groups. And the
networks don’t release full results before polls have closed statewide;
they only tease out certain numbers, some of which will shift significantly
in the final survey.
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发帖数: 7021 | 13 Trump FB放了这段statement
CAMPAIGN STATEMENT:
Donald J. Trump withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again. Lyin
' Ted Cruz had the Governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show
hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him. Not only was he propelled
by the anti-Trump Super PAC's spending countless millions of dollars on
false advertising against Mr. Trump, but he was coordinating `with his own
Super PAC's (which is illegal) who totally control him. Ted Cruz is worse
than a p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 10729 | 14 CAMPAIGN STATEMENT: (1 Hr ago)
Donald J. Trump withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again. Lyin
' Ted Cruz had the Governor of Wisconsin, many conservative talk radio show
hosts, and the entire party apparatus behind him. Not only was he propelled
by the anti-Trump Super PAC's spending countless millions of dollars on
false advertising against Mr. Trump, but he was coordinating `with his own
Super PAC's (which is illegal) who totally control him. Ted Cruz is worse
than a puppet--- he... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4964 | 15 trump也complain说kasich should not be allowed to run, because he is taking
my vote 之类的话，这样的话听起来很幼稚，人家退出不退出，完全不犯法，凭什么要
求人家退出然后确保自己容易胜利。没啥为什么，还有其他类似不相关的逻辑：“朋友
帮你是善事，是道义；朋友不帮你也无可厚非”
你为什么要求人家退出？不就怕拿不够足够票吗？trump要是现在已经有九百一千
delegate的话，剩下的delegate会很容易凑够不需要brokered convention，我保证
trump就不会说这么说话，就会大度点任凭别人怎样不退出。
简单点，很多人就是冲着在convention上把trump选下去，现在convention的概率已经
很高了，人家当然不会轻易退出给你free pass。
今年的共和党注定不会那么团结，首先相当一部分不认同trump，不认同他是真正的共
和党，其次trump当初各种insult别的候选人，Jeb退出后连电话都不接，说明裂痕很深
，很多人对着和trump干，事实就是这样，nevertrump mo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 351 | 16 坚定不移的反对现有的system。恰到好处的揭露Lyin` Ted的虚伪。把这次CO的选举作
弊狠狠敲打一下。
http://www.wsj.com/articles/let-me-ask-america-a-question-14606
On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates
were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado
were not able to cast their ballots to say which nominee they preferred.
A planned vote had been canceled. And one million Republicans in Colorado
were sidelined.
In recent days, something all too predictable has happened: Politi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2053 | 17 https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-wall-street-shorting-ted-140
Ted Cruz is making a strong play for Wall Street support and Wall Street
money, appearing for an hour on CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Friday and holding a
high-dollar fundraiser at the Harvard Club in midtown on Monday.
The Texas U.S. senator needs the cash in the final sprint for the GOP
nomination as he hopes to keep down Donald Trump 's delegate hauls in the
Northeast and the final primary in California on June 7. Cruz is counting on
k... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1112 | 19 Larry Wayne Lindsey
1 hr ·
Do not trust anything the GOP or the media tells you! We have not won yet!
If you have not voted, you MUST GO VOTE in order for Trump to actually win
the nomination. The GOP is hoping and praying that we get complacent and
that Trump doesn't get the 1,237 need to secure the nomination...even then
there is a chance some of the delegates will defect and cast their vote for
Cruz or Kasich, causing a brokered convention, so they can replace Trump
with their own candidate..... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1112 | 20 Do not trust anything the GOP or the media tells you! We have not won yet!
If you have not voted, you MUST GO VOTE in order for Trump to actually win
the nomination. The GOP is hoping and praying that we get complacent and
that Trump doesn't get the 1,237 need to secure the nomination...even then
there is a chance some of the delegates will defect and cast their vote for
Cruz or Kasich, causing a brokered convention, so they can replace Trump
with their own candidate...one who can be controlled! |
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发帖数: 61690 | 21 Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton is fundraising on news
that Donald Trump has clinched the Republican presidential nomination.
Clinton similarly solicited funds early this month when Trump become the GOP
's presumptive nominee following decisions by his last rivals to drop out of
the race.
Trump officially clinched the nomination earlier Thursday when multiple news
outlets reported that he had reached the necessary 1,237 delegates. He was
expected to reach the number as late ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 492 | 22 Trickle up vs trickle down. A legitimate and gentle increase of cost across
board is a way to "shock" the dying economy, introduce mild inflation and
encourage investment activity (which may or may not eventually lead to great
innovation and lead to real growth). Also, keep in mind: this increase of
cost is really flat as a whole. The nominal increase of cost is really
offset by the nominal gain for income. But the goal here is NOT to create
wealth directly. The goal is to shock and trickle up.
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发帖数: 61690 | 23 Hillary Clinton took aim at presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump on Monday
— just one day before California’s critical primary — as she hopes to
wrap up the Democratic nomination.
At a campaign rally in Lynwood, Calif., the Democratic front-runner chided
Trump for not supporting a higher minimum wage or pay equity — two major
issues that are pinnacles of Clinton’s campaign. She blasted Trump for what
she said is his name-calling and bullying of Americans, an attack that is
likely a preview of he... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9493 | 24 居然靠波多黎各拿到了提名。
(CNN)Hillary Clinton clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Monday,
according to CNN's delegate and superdelegate count, and will become the
first woman in the 240-year history of the United States to lead the
presidential ticket of a major political party.
A strong showing in Puerto Rico's Democratic primary on Sunday and
additional support from superdelegates put Clinton, 68, over the top. She
has secured 1,812 pledged delegates and 572 superdelegates for a total of 2,
3... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 26 Clinton interviewed by the FBI about private email server
The interview was expected and it does not suggest that she or anyone else
is likely to face prosecution. Some legal experts view criminal prosecution
as exceedingly unlikely. The interview may indicate that the Justice
Department's yearlong probe is drawing to a close.
But the ongoing investigation represents a major risk for Democrats as
Clinton is merely four weeks away from being formally nominated as the party
's presidential candida... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 563 | 27 Really??
【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: zing20 (五湖四海), 信区: Military
标 题: 川普2008年说希拉里会是个好总统
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jul 12 11:14:14 2016, 美东)
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have no shortage of criticism for each
other on the 2016 trail, but at one point the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee said his likely general election rival would "make a
good president."
The comments come from "Trumped!" a syndicated radio feature that aired from
2004 to 2008, which was recently rediscovered by ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 28 California Calls Fraud: Demands DNC Investigation
A month after the California primary, Hillary Clinton’s initial lead of 12
points has diminished to seven—still a substantial win, but not convincing
enough to halt state-wide investigations into voter fraud.
The controversy stems from California’s semi-open policy allowing voters
who aren’t registered Democrats to participate in the primary. Thousands of
provisional ballots were cast, but these voters were not allowed to use the
same ballot as D... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4211 | 29 DC真悲惨。
自己有这个规矩也算求打脸了吧：
The D.C. Republican Party's official rules note that regardless of all other
rules regarding binding, "if only one candidate's name is placed in
nomination at the Republican National Convention, all delegates shall be
bound to vote for such candidate on the first ballot provided that the
candidate received votes in the D.C. presidential preference poll."
So, because Trump was the only candidate placed in nomination at the
convention and because he received some votes in DC... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4797 | 31 Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your
nomination for the presidency of the United States.
Together, we will lead our party back to the White House, and we will lead
our country back to safety, prosperity, and peace. We will be a country of
generosity and warmth. But we will also be a country of law and order.
Our Convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation. The attacks on
our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 32 Jane Sanders had a hot mic moment during Bernie Sanders’ DNC speech, which
prompted massive speculation among pundits and supporters after hearing what
she said.
During a rally on Monday afternoon in which the Vermont senator was
encouraging his supporters to vote for Hillary Clinton to stop Donald Trump
(and getting booed by supporters), Jane, was heard whispering to Bernie on a
live microphone, “They don’t know your name is being put in nomination.
That’s the concern.”
。。。
http://usuncut.com/p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 33 在Clinton眼里，Sanders就是一条狗。Sanders也用自己证明了自己是条狗。叫他
endorse他就endorse，叫他nominate，他就nominate。Clinton有必要分一杯羹给她根
本看不起的Sanders吗？Clinton要Sanders的命都可以，还分VP给他？ |
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发帖数: 1 | 34 Thank you! Thank you for that amazing welcome.
And Chelsea, thank you. I'm so proud to be your mother and so proud of the
woman you've become. Thanks for bringing Marc into our family, and Charlotte
and Aidan into the world.
And Bill, that conversation we started in the law library 45 years ago is
still going strong. It's lasted through good times that filled us with joy,
and hard times that tested us.
And I've even gotten a few words in along the way.
On Tuesday night, I was so happy to see tha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1528 | 36 【 以下文字转载自 USelection 俱乐部 】
发信人: CalCat (北加猫), 信区: USelection
标 题: Clinton leads Trump by 6 points: Reuters poll
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Jul 31 12:33:15 2016, 美东)
Clinton leads Trump by 6 points after Democratic confab: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK | BY GRANT SMITH
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a 6- percentage-point
lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll
with new wording that was released on Friday, the day after she formally
accepted her p... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 37 August 9, 2016
Trump Is Dangerous?
By G. Murphy Donovan
All we know about Donald Trump’s policy is what he says, not what he has
done or will do. Trump has no policy track record. He has never held office.
Intimations of what he might do are often vague, too. Yet, beneath the
rhetorical bluster, a few broad, if not salutary, strokes are evident.
Domestically, he says that he would end the fiasco that is open borders,
especially the reckless importation of unvetted Mexicans and Muslims. He
also c... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 38 Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice
Wayne Grudem
Some of my Christian friends tell me they can’t in good conscience vote for
Donald Trump because, when faced with a choice between “the lesser of two
evils,” the morally right thing is to choose neither one. They recommend
voting for a third-party or write-in candidate.
As a professor who has taught Christian ethics for 39 years, I think their
analysis is incorrect. Now that Trump has won the GOP nomination, I think
voting for Tru... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2053 | 39 http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-election-2016/index.html
(CNN)Donald Trump is aiming to pull off one of the greatest political
comebacks in history.
The Republican nominee is rebounding from a summer of repeated stumbles that
threatened to undermine his candidacy, underscoring his ability to claw his
way back and stay competitive despite controversies that would sink any
other politician.
Poll: Nine weeks out, a near even race
Trump and Hillary Clinton enter t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 40 September 9, 2016
The Battleground Poll and Trump's Path to Victory
By Bruce Walker
The GWU Battleground Poll published on September 9 shows Donald Trump a
clear path to victory: win the conservative vote. The data in this poll has
been consistent over the last two decades, and the data in the latest poll
is no different. The overwhelming majority of Americans are self-identified
conservatives.
The September 2016 Battleground Poll shows that 54% of all Americans are
self-identified conservativ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18158 | 41 无情的打脸，噼里啪啦
As early as June 2015, FiveThirtyEight argued that Donald Trump "isn't a
real candidate"[86] and maintained that Trump could not win the nomination
until late in the election season.[87] When Donald Trump became the
presumptive Republican nominee in May 2016, New York Times media columnist
Jim Rutenberg wrote that "predictions can have consequences" and criticized
FiveThirtyEight for underestimating Trump's chances. He argued that by
giving "Mr. Trump a 2 percent chance at the nominat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18158 | 42 无情的打脸，噼里啪啦
As early as June 2015, FiveThirtyEight argued that Donald Trump "isn't a
real candidate"[86] and maintained that Trump could not win the nomination
until late in the election season.[87] When Donald Trump became the
presumptive Republican nominee in May 2016, New York Times media columnist
Jim Rutenberg wrote that "predictions can have consequences" and criticized
FiveThirtyEight for underestimating Trump's chances. He argued that by
giving "Mr. Trump a 2 percent chance at the nominat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 18158 | 43 无情的打脸，噼里啪啦
As early as June 2015, FiveThirtyEight argued that Donald Trump "isn't a
real candidate"[86] and maintained that Trump could not win the nomination
until late in the election season.[87] When Donald Trump became the
presumptive Republican nominee in May 2016, New York Times media columnist
Jim Rutenberg wrote that "predictions can have consequences" and criticized
FiveThirtyEight for underestimating Trump's chances. He argued that by
giving "Mr. Trump a 2 percent chance at the nominat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 44 The rule of law is supposed to supersede our petty political differences.
The facts are indisputable that Clinton committed obstruction of justice (
they were on the front page of the NY Times on September 3), she received a
subpoena on March 3 and destroyed emails on March 19. In addition, it's a
clear violation of FOIA. Those emails belong to us.
We knew these problems existed before the primaries. Someone should have
entered to represent the Democratic Party after she lost in New Hampshire by... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 90 | 45 Donald Trump's comments come from "Trumped!" a syndicated radio feature that
aired from 2004 to 2008:
"Hillary Clinton said she'd consider naming Barack Obama as her vice
president when she gets the nomination, but she's nowhere near a shoo-in,"
Trump said in 2008. "For his part, Obama said he's just focused on winning
the nomination although at least one member on his team said Clinton would
make a good vice president. Well, I know her and she'd make a good president
or good vice president." |
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发帖数: 11530 | 47 Trump picks Elaine Chao for transportation secretary
By Phil Mattingly and David Wright, CNN
Updated 12:57 PM ET, Tue November 29, 2016
(CNN) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Elaine Chao, the former
labor secretary and wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, to be
his choice for transportation secretary, an official briefed on the matter
told CNN on Tuesday.
The announcement is expected to come this afternoon.
Chao served as secretary of labor under President George W. Bush from... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 12 | 48 http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/opinions/democrats-the-party-who-cried-racist-talley/index.html
...
Sessions, a senator for 20 years, former Alabama attorney general, and
United States attorney for the Southern District of Alabama during the
Reagan administration, would seem to be the perfect nominee. But Sessions is
also a vocal opponent of amnesty for illegal immigrants, a position that is
anathema to the progressive movement.
Sessions' opponents immediately raised the specter of racism to oppos... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 49 Recipients of the medal are nominated by the Department of Defense and
approved by the Secretary of Defense.
This is the highest honorary award presented by the Secretary of Defense to
non-career Federal employees, private citizens, and foreign nationals. The
Secretary of Defense is the approval authority.
Although the Department of Defense (DoD) is part of the executive branch,
the President himself does not play a part in the nomination or approval
process for recipients of the DoD's Medal for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 50 Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Tuesday she will support Ben Carson's
nomination for secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), changing
her tune after a harsh confirmation hearing.
Warren lamented Carson’s “inexperience in the field,” but said she would
not stand in the way of his confirmation. The former Republican presidential
candidate was advanced by the Senate Banking Committee earlier in the day,
and is expected to be confirmed by the upper chamber in the near future.
Carson’s... 阅读全帖 |
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