traderdave wrote:Somehow I managed to get through that entire interview. It wasn't easy. I love it when Trump contradicts himself like two minutes after his original statement (i.e. ACA/healthcare).

JFLNYC wrote:He just constantly plays victim. I wish somebody would just say to him: "Look, you've lived a great, successful life. You were born into money, a white male in the US and have had all the advantages that entails. Will you please stop playing the victim card. It's just so beneath you and the office you now hold. Just man up and stop whining."

JFLNYC wrote:He just constantly plays victim. I wish somebody would just say to him: "Look, you've lived a great, successful life. You were born into money, a white male in the US and have had all the advantages that entails. Will you please stop playing the victim card. It's just so beneath you and the office you now hold. Just man up and stop whining."

The B1G Piece wrote:

Luzinski's Gut wrote:I spent some time on the Mexican border working with the Border Patrol and ICE about 15 years ago.

BLUF: Native American reservations are treated like independent nations. Federal entities have to be invited onto the land by the tribal leadership. This caused a great deal of angst in Arizona because there is a large reservation that spans across the US-Mexican border and there was substantial human and narcotics smuggling through the reservation.

I am very, very surprised about this - I don't think it's true if they are talking about reservations, but if they are just using the "sacred land" argument it has no legal backing (but a great deal of political clout and never forget what happened in Poltergeist).

thephan wrote:Hear a story on NPR that "the wall" is being plowed across Native America sacred lands. The Native America's protested and were arrested. There is a law that says the government has to have discussions about access to lands. The CBP guy interviewed said they had discussions, but at the end of the day it is going to be what it is.

This has been happening all summer with the Tohono O'odham at the AZ-Mexico border for most of the summer. LG is right, the members of the tribe are pissed because they're taking water from a scared above ground water source (the Sonoran Desert is very hot, by the way, and lacks the water resources of other places in the country) and CBP has been plowing through parts of the Organ Pipe National Monument. I fucking despise the wall for obvious reasons.

thephan wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:He just constantly plays victim. I wish somebody would just say to him: "Look, you've lived a great, successful life. You were born into money, a white male in the US and have had all the advantages that entails. Will you please stop playing the victim card. It's just so beneath you and the office you now hold. Just man up and stop whining."

The only people he listens to would never, ever say that or anything remotely like it.

JFLNYC wrote:

thephan wrote:

JFLNYC wrote:He just constantly plays victim. I wish somebody would just say to him: "Look, you've lived a great, successful life. You were born into money, a white male in the US and have had all the advantages that entails. Will you please stop playing the victim card. It's just so beneath you and the office you now hold. Just man up and stop whining."

The only people he listens to would never, ever say that or anything remotely like it.

I don’t care whether it’s somebody he listens to or anyone else. I just want someone (e.g., an interviewer) to say it to him in public. It would also be nice if whoever said it gave him a diaper and a crying towel.

A Dutch security researcher says he accessed President Trump’s @realDonaldTrump Twitter account last week by guessing his password: “maga2020!”.

Victor Gevers, a security researcher at the GDI Foundation and chair of the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure, which finds and reports security vulnerabilities, told TechCrunch he guessed the president’s account password and was successful on the fifth attempt.

The account was not protected by two-factor authentication, granting Gevers access to the president’s account.

thephan wrote:I had a fleeting thought about Tangier Island. Trump promised to invest billions to save them because they love him. Although nothing has been done and things are as bad as ever, that seems to mean little to the people that live there. Of course a big part of the problem is that people live there.

CalvinBall wrote:A new lawsuit in PA was filed challenging the 3 days of extra time to count mail in ballots postmarked by election day. Barrett likely will be on SCOTUS by the time the case gets there. Surreal.

momadance wrote:Here we go ... Alyssa Farah won't tell the press pool if Trump tested negative for COVID before tonight's debate.