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OT: American Politics

Ossoff gets 48.3% in his GA district held for decades by the GOP. Not quite enough to win outright, but enough to go to a runoff. Should be interesting.

meanwhile, Ted Cruz is behind in polling to two different democrats in his 2018 senate re-election bid. Dems haven't won a texas senate seat in 30yrs.
 
Sounds like Fox is going to dump O'Reilly. ha.


and wow- Jason RatFace Chavetz isn't running for re-election. weird.
 
looks like Chaffetz is gunning for Utah Governor in 2020. Which means he thinks his congressional seat is becoming toxic to that run.
 
Robbie Gramer
@RobbieGramer
Countries whose leaders congratulated Erdogan on his referendum win:
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Saudi Arabia
Iran
USA
Pakistan
Qatar
Sudan
Hungary
 
zeke said:
South Korea now pissed that Trump bullshat that whole "aircraft carrier to SK" story.
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The tough part about bluffing is what you're willing to do after everyone knows that you'll bluff in certain situations. NK put a nuclear test on the shelf when it was believed that the "armada" was in SK waters. As the old saying goes: “There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
 
MindzEye said:
The tough part about bluffing is what you're willing to do after everyone knows that you'll bluff in certain situations. NK put a nuclear test on the shelf when it was believed that the "armada" was in SK waters. As the old saying goes: “There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again.”
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Spicer's Spin: "Trump didn't lie about the aircraft carrier because one will be there eventually"
 
http://www.newsweek.com/how-erdogan-rigged-election-makes-him-dictator-586108

In the wake of Turkey’s April 16 referendum that purported to approve constitutional amendments that changed Turkey’s system of government and eviscerated the independent judiciary, independent observers have concluded that the vote was neither free nor fair.

Beyond simply arresting tens of thousands of opponents, it seems that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gamed the system in order to guarantee himself victory. An observer from inside Turkey explains (edited slightly for clarity and grammar):

Apparently, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) arranged illegally with the Supreme Election Board and with several voting districts around the country to give ballots out to AKP people the day before the voting. These were given to poor people and others wishing to earn money for a vote.

The ballots were marked “yes” in front, but they lacked the official stamp issued at the polling location on the back. This was done deliberately because those people were to use the pre-prepared ballot in the ballot box and then return the ballot with the official seal which they received at the polling station. They then received between 350-400 Turkish liras, about 100 dollars.
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If it seemed that the “no” vote was ahead in initial tallying, then the Supreme Election Board would rule the referendum invalid due to a large number of unstamped ballots. But if it looked like “yes” could win, then those votes would be declared valid.

The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) says that there were more than 2.5 million of these irregular ballots; other estimates range between 1 million and 4 million. Even the low end of this range would be enough to change the results of the referendum.

The CHP has called on the Supreme Election Board to nullify the referendum results. After all, its official guidelines mandate the stamping of both ballot and sealed envelope.

As Turkish journalist and analyst Ilhan Tanir points out, the precedent of accepting such ballots is not with the government. Four years ago, in Bitlis, the government invalidated election results because of the inclusion of ballots lacking official seals.

For the first time in recent memory, Turkish opposition leaders neither conceded defeat nor congratulated the victor on his win. Nor did the leaders of any democratic nation with one exception: President Donald Trump did call to congratulate the Turkish leader, putting the United States in the illustrious company of Azerbaijan, Guinea, Bahrain, Djibouti and Qatar, not to mention Hamas.

Erdogan may want to claim victory and put the referendum behind him. He has declared that the result ends all debate. It may not be so easy, however. Especially when the real results suggest the Turkish people did not support the system of government over which Erdogan now presides.
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McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
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Chaffetz decision shocked Utah GOP: “The political class..is reeling right now. Nobody has any idea what’s going on" theatlantic.com/politics/archi…





there was a weird indy report a couple days ago that the russians had "Kompromat" on Chaffetz.
 
Rob Flaherty
@Rob_Flaherty
Trump appoints Putin's best American friend, the CEO of Exxon, to run the State Department.

Three months later:

twitter.com/BraddJaffy/sta…

Bradd Jaffy @BraddJaffy
WSJ: Exxon is seeking a U.S. Waiver to work in Russia, despite sanctions on.wsj.com/2oLQnsd
1:22pm · 19 Apr 2017 · Twitter Web Client
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