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  • Trump to skip Republican debate, interview with ex-Fox host Carlson -NYT

    08/18/2023 12:42:00 PM PDT · by CFW · 78 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 8/18/23 | staff
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump plans to skip the first Republican primary debate next week and instead sit for an online interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter. Trump has for months suggested that he would likely pass on Wednesday night's debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, arguing that it did not make sense to give others a change to attack him given his sizeable lead among Republicans in national polls. Trump has also criticized Fox, which is hosting the debate, over its recent coverage of him. Trump's...
  • Editorial: Don't mind Facebook's empty threats: Pass the JCPA

    12/07/2022 8:57:58 AM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 28 replies
    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | December 6, 2022 | The Editorial Board
    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R.-Ky., have struck a deal to include the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), according to Axios. If the deal holds, it will move this essential piece of legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk. The NDAA must pass by year’s end to fund America’s military. The JCPA would allow news organizations to band together to negotiate fair fees from online platforms, such as Facebook and Google, who derive ad revenue from the hard work of newsrooms — mostly small, local, community-rooted...
  • Maher: Abbott ‘Called’ the ‘Not in My Backyard’ ‘Bluff’ and ‘Hypocrisy’ of Dem Cities Who Want ‘Open Borders or Close to It’

    09/10/2022 8:35:51 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 17 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 09/09/2022 | Ian hatchett
    During the Overtime segment of Friday’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) program busing migrants to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago has called the bluff of liberals in those cities and exposed the “hypocrisy” of people on the left saying, “let’s have open borders or close to it,” “but not in my backyard.” Maher said, “It is an interesting question for liberals to be like, hey, let’s have open borders or close to it, and then when they come, but it’s not in our states. And the Texas Governor kind of called their...
  • Merrick Garland just called Donald Trump's bluff (Barf Alert)

    08/14/2022 6:19:01 AM PDT · by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas · 31 replies
    CNN ^ | 08/12/2022 | Chris Cillizza
    (CNN) — For the last 72 hours, since the FBI conducted a search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home, the former President has spouted any number of claims about what happened and why. He's said that Democrats led the search (they didn't) and raised the possibility that FBI agents might have planted evidence, without providing any proof of the allegation. On Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland struck back -- albeit in the limited way available to him as the head of the Justice Department still actively investigating the possibility that Trump took classified documents out of the White House and had...
  • Zelensky calls Putin nuclear threat a 'bluff'

    03/09/2022 5:36:31 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 32 replies
    The hill ^ | 03/09/2022 | Caroline Vakil
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear force should the West get involved in the war a “bluff.” The Ukrainian leader has ramped up his calls for the West to impose a no-fly zone over the country as Russian aerial attacks have intensified and amid warnings that Moscow may be prepared to use weapons of mass destruction on its neighbor.
  • Woman Dead, 2 Critically Injured After Beachside Bluff Collapses in Encinitas [CA]

    08/02/2019 6:42:13 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 29 replies
    ktla ^ | 08/02/2019
    A woman was dead after a bluff collapsed at Grandview Surf Beach in Encinitas Friday afternoon, authorities said. Discarded beach chairs and sun hats could be seen near the portion of cliff that officials say sloughed off around 3 p.m. beneath a staircase giving access from the 1700 block of Neptune Avenue. In addition to the fatality, four others were hurt. Two people were in critical condition, one of whom had to be airlifted for treatment, according to Encinitas Fire Chief Mike Stein. Another two people suffered minor injuries. One of them was treated and released at the scene, while...
  • Trump still not ready to release ‘devastating’ docs about Democrats (Trump is Awesome!)

    03/06/2019 8:35:22 PM PST · by DeathBeforeDishonor1 · 74 replies
    NYPOST ^ | 3/6/19 | Nikki Schwab
    WASHINGTON — President Trump still isn’t ready to release the “devastating” documents he said a few months ago he would drop on Democrats if they continued hounding his administration. “If they play tough, I will do it. And they will see how devastating those pages are,” Trump said during a late November sit-down with The Post. He said he could declassify FISA warrant applications and other documents from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — and predicted they would expose the FBI, the Justice Department and the Clinton campaign as being in cahoots to set him up. The president had been...
  • Trump says he'll be 'formally terminating NAFTA (Immediately)

    12/01/2018 11:40:14 PM PST · by tcrlaf · 29 replies
    CTV ^ | 12-1-2018 | AP
    <p>BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- U.S. President Donald Trump says he will shortly be providing formal notice to Congress that he will terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, giving lawmakers six months to approve the replacement he recently signed. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while returning to Washington from Argentina, Trump says: “I will be formally terminating NAFTA shortly.” Seeking to gain leverage with skeptical lawmakers to approve the revised trade pact, Trump says Congress “will have a choice” as it considers the agreement he signed with the leaders of Mexico and Canada on Friday during the Group of 20 summit. He says they can choose between the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement or “pre-NAFTA, which works very well.” Trump has made renegotiating NAFTA a centerpiece of his presidency.</p>
  • Roger Stone: Deep State tried to 'bluff' Trump to keep some JFK files secret

    10/27/2017 3:19:42 PM PDT · by ForYourChildren · 57 replies
    Washinton Examiner ^ | 10/27/2017 | Daniel Chaitin
    Political operative Roger Stone said Friday that he believes Trump wasn't allowed to release all of the secret John F. Kennedy assassination records because of an effort by "Deep State" policies to cover their "asses." Stone was reacting to Trump's decision to allow only 2,800 of the remaining 3,100 JFK documents to be released on Thursday, and give agencies six months to review their contents for possible redactions related to national security, law enforcement, and foreign affairs concerns. "I was told that they went to [Trump] and said, 'These 200 documents can never be released, but we just don't have...
  • Russia Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons: Pentagon’s Top Russia Expert to “bring a speedy peace.”

    11/06/2015 9:57:17 AM PST · by Trumpinator · 74 replies
    valuewalk.com ^ | November 6, 2015 5:21 am | Polina Tikhonova
    Russia Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons: Pentagon’s Top Russia Expert By Polina Tikhonova on November 6, 2015 5:21 am With Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering his security council to develop defensive nuclear equipment, the Pentagon says Moscow is poised to use nuclear weapons to “bring a speedy peace.”
  • Trump: The Art of the Bluff

    09/11/2015 6:24:09 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 105 replies
    National Review ^ | September 11, 2015 | John Fund
    “I don’t like to analyze myself because I might not like what I see.” — Donald Trump, in an interview for Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success, by business journalist Michael D’Antonio. “Trump was willing to say and do almost anything to satisfy his craving for attention. But he also possessed a sixth sense that kept him from going too far.” — D’Antonio’s conclusion to the book. One often-underappreciated virtue of U.S. presidential campaigns is that their extreme length makes it very difficult to conceal what makes a candidate tick. (Barack Obama in 2008 was an exception,...
  • LA:Gun Bluffs do not Always Work

    10/15/2014 12:40:07 PM PDT · by marktwain · 20 replies
    Gun Watch ^ | 15 October, 2014 | Dean Weingarten
    No Ammo is Available for the .442 Rimfire Tranter shown Bluffing with a gun often works.   Most criminals do not wish to be shot; they run away.   But sometimes, the criminal is drugged, crazy, or  determined, and they "call" the bluff, often with direct, aggressive action.  It is then that you need a few skills to keep from being hurt or killed.   First, do not allow the criminal to get close (within five feet) of you.   Inside that distance, it is very hard to stop a determined person who has the advantage of action over reaction....
  • Welcome to Public Relations 101

    08/22/2014 2:40:53 AM PDT · by servo1969 · 7 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 8-22-2014 | Mike Adams
    It takes a lot to make me angry. But one thing that will do it every time is the occasional college administrator who hides behind a university spokesperson or public relations firm. Last week, Bryan College made the serious mistake of attempting to contact me through a hired public relations firm. They made the additional error of having their public relations specialist ask me questions about the “substance” (that means accuracy) of my reporting about Bryan. To be as clear as possible, I am the reporter in this situation. That means I am the one asking the questions. After Bryan’s...
  • “I Don’t Bluff” Suppose the president never intended to roll back Iran’s nuclear program.

    02/06/2014 10:53:19 AM PST · by Nachum · 8 replies
    President Obama has repeatedly promised to do whatever it takes to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. If there is no other choice, he says, he will resort to force. In a March 2012 interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, the president famously rejected the alternative policy, namely, allowing Iran to go nuclear and then trying to contain it. He emphasized the point dramatically: “[A]s president of the United States,” he said, “I don’t bluff.” Really? Suppose this statement was just a show of toughness, timed to keep supporters of Israel on his side during the 2012 campaign season. Suppose that,...
  • American bluff

    01/03/2014 12:01:55 AM PST · by Nachum
    Israel Matzav ^ | 1/2/14 | Carl in Jerusalem
    The 'secular branch' of the Jewish Home party produced this video preview (which has some parts that are Hebrew only but includes a lot of English). It's a parody about the American 'security plan' for the 'two-state solution.' Let's go to the videotape.
  • Netanyahu Denies Danon's Hint He's Bluffing on 2 States

    06/08/2013 2:55:57 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 8 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 8/6/13
    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu denied Saturday that he is only pretending to seek a two-state solution, as Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon hinted broadly in a weekend interview. Danon’s comments “do not represent the position of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the government of Israel,” sources in the Prime Minister's Office told the Times of Israel in response to Danon’s interview, which the same news outlet published Thursday. The sources said that the prime minister “is interested in a resumption of negotiations without preconditions,” and that his positions regarding support for a two-state solution remain in force. .....
  • WH: "No," Syria WMD warnings were not a bluff

    04/26/2013 11:33:58 AM PDT · by Nachum · 40 replies
    cbs ^ | 4/26/13 | staff
    "No," said White House press secretary Jay Carney, Syrian President Bashar Assad should not doubt how serious the United States is about responding to evidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons against its own people - but Carney added that we need to "build on" that evidence to be certain and would not provide a timetable for that investigation.
  • North Korea 'finishes missile launch preparations' and warns foreigners to evacuate South

    04/09/2013 5:00:00 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 60 replies
    Express ^ | April 9, 2013
    North Korea 'finishes missile launch preparations' and warns foreigners to evacuate South NORTH Korea has completed preparations for a mid-range missile launch from its east coast, officials in Seoul have revealed just hours after foreigners living in South Korea were warned to quit the country. North Korea's Asia-Pacific Peace Committee said in a statement monitored in Seoul that foreign nationals should find out in advance where they can take shelter as well as examine evacuation plans to leave the country. "We do not wish harm on foreigners in South Korea should there be a war," said the KCNA news agency,...
  • A Lawyer’s Tips on Negotiating for Dummies and Congressional Republicans

    12/06/2012 5:26:53 AM PST · by Kaslin · 62 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | December 6, 2012 | Kurt Schlichter
    Somewhere, there’s a whiplash lawyer who runs his law office out of a van down by the river who watches the congressional Republicans attempt to negotiate the fiscal cliff crisis and has to turn his head away. John Boehner and his inept coterie of GOP establishment cronies have made every mistake in the book. It’s professionally embarrassing. Frankly, if these hacks were my associates, they’d be on a street corner with signs reading “Will litigate for food.” Congress is famously full of lawyers, but what people don’t understand is that it is really full of bad lawyers. Good lawyers tend...
  • Should Romney SEAL his Federal and State Tax Records?

    08/08/2012 8:19:03 AM PDT · by Graewoulf · 51 replies
    Graewoulf | August 8, 2012 | Graewoulf
    Romney is stuck at dead center in the Opinion Polls. In order to move the Romney poll needle in a positive direction, why not encourage timid Mitty Romney to SEAL his Federal and State Tax Records when he announces who his Veep will be? In this way Romney would be calling Obama's Bluff, something that Obama has warned others not to do. The Veep announcement and the Sealing of Romney's tax records would give The Media a double surprise at a time of maximum Media audience. Sunday talk shows would then be forced to talk about Obama's sealed School and...