What climate deal could Obama have presented to people who deny climate change exists? Any accord that pleased the Senate would have been beyond useless, assuming the Senate would have ever swallowed their pride long enough to pass anything he presented. It could’ve been filled with new coal jobs and the GOP would…

Republicans had nothing to do with the deal and that’s the problem.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

What consensus was Obama going to find with the Senate? Inhofe demanded the Paris Accords be submitted to the Senate, knowing full well it would never pass. He refuses to acknowledge the human impact on global warming for christ’s sake. That’s the problem, not Republicans having nothing to do with the deal.

Like Republicans would want anything to do with climate change.

I think the point of this reporting isn’t that some potential bloodbath was averted by the assertion that mercenary contractors were largely unarmed, but rather that state and big business colluding to contract out surveillance, infiltration and espionage on minority citizens to a private corporation is morally and…

The Republicans were not going to agree to anything Obama proposed, because they were dead set on denying him any accomplishments.

Yeah well, what does any of that have to do with this here news post?

But its not. its all about money, just like everything else has been. Trump is far from rich- hes a failure. thats why he shovels money to as many of his businesses as he can.

I’m glad to see you bring up the cost of real estate when talking about high speed rail. Many people think high speed passenger trains can use existing tracks, but those rails are dedicated to freight and can’t handle the speeds of “Bullet” trains.

Seriously, if it’s true Kislyak was “taken aback” by the suggestion, the decision not to set up this arrangement might not have been the Trumpoids’. (The Russians probably thought they were dealing with rank amateurs, adolescents — as who shall blame them?)

A “channel” of which the US end will be located in the Russian embassy and not — say — the White House, where this President-yet-to-be will presumably live and work? And this “representative” then fails to report the meeting when applying for a security clearance? The more open the case gets, the worse it’ll stink, I…

An unmonitored line to Russia from the highest offices in our government, with NO OVERSIGHT?! Yeah, that’s a treason. At least, that’s how the CIA and FBI take it.

How about we all just stop flying and take trains so there can be a domestic investment in bullett trains? The last few weeks or month or whatever have shown us that the airlines are actually shiitty for multiple reasons:

Actually, it is against the law for an elected official (or a representative of an elected official) to negotiate with a foreign entity outside of official channels.

The crossing guard was white, so it will take some effort to make this disappear for the DA.

I’ll take the word of the former CIA Acting Director, with 32 years of experience working in intelligence and several of those at the upper echelons, who says this was espionage if any other individual working in the government had done it.

She’s white. I notice Texas is a lot more merciful to white people.

You’d be surprised. Given the current climate, it might be the smartest political move the DA could make.

One of the issues with the American justice system is that judges and prosecutors are politicians first. One of the reasons I have hope for the justice system is that politicians will either evolve with society or…

Yep, this.