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Politics : The Donald Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (18868)	12/17/2016 8:52:57 PM
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Looks like Crooked Hillary not wearing makeup is sweeping the nation and the newest protest against Trump. Madonna woahworld.com All the Photoshopping in the world will not take back the years on the 58-year-old singer. While her legacy is timeless, her iconic look did not stand the test of time quite as well. After 300 million records sold worldwide and the most no.1 hits of any artist ever, it’s tough to be too hard on Madge for her looks when her career is as incredible as it is!

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (18868)	12/17/2016 9:58:53 PM
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Danish Government Fights Back Against Muslim Migrants. Published on Dec 6, 2016 Queen Margarethe II said it was “not a law of nature” that asylum seekers automatically integrated into society and called on Muslim groups to do more to help new arrivals understand Danish society. The Queen, who is one of Europe’s most respected and long-serving royals, said politicians needed to “put their foot down” and strictly uphold the country’s principles of democracy and gender equality in her unprecedented rallying cry. Queen Margarethe II said it was “not a law of nature” that asylum seekers automatically integrated into society and called on Muslim groups to do more to help new arrivals understand Danish society. The Queen, who is one of Europe’s most respected and long-serving royals, said politicians needed to “put their foot down” and strictly uphold the country’s principles of democracy and gender equality in her unprecedented rallying cry. Some right-wing politicians have linked asylum seekers to the growing threat of Islamic State (ISIS) with one, the deputy leader of the anti-immigration Danish People’s Party, Soeren Espersen, issuing a Donald Trump-style call for a six-year ban on Muslim migrants entering the country. And now the Nordic country’s Queen has intervened in the national debate with an outspoken rallying call to Muslim migrants to integrate into the country’s free, tolerant society. She said: “It’s not a law of nature that one becomes Danish by living in Denmark. It doesn’t necessarily happen. “We thought that these things would take care of themselves. That if you walked through the streets of Copenhagen and drank the municipal water and rode the municipal bus, you’d soon become a Dane. “It was so obvious to us, and therefore we thought that it must also be obvious for those who settled and lived here. It wasn’t.” It’s not a law of nature that one becomes Danish by living in Denmark Queen Margarethe II of Denmark express.co.uk Category People & BlogsLicenseStandard YouTube License

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (18868)	12/17/2016 10:15:12 PM
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Very Educational

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (18868)	12/17/2016 11:03:06 PM
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Without California, Trump Would've Won 1.4 Million More Popular Votes Than Clinton Matt Vespa \| Posted: Dec 17, 2016 8:30 PM Share (180) Tweet Okay—we’ve all heard Democrats saying how Hillary Clinton got almost 3 million more popular votes than President-elect Donald J. Trump—and how that shows how he doesn’t have a mandate or something, despite him winning 306 Electoral College votes by winning the majority of the states, which is how we decide who will become the next president. I know most of you know that; it’s our progressive brethren who need a civics lesson. And you also know that if it weren’t for California, Clinton wouldn’t have won the plurality of the popular vote. Hence, this is why we don’t elect our next leader based on the popular vote since the liberal Northeast and California don’t represent the country. Liberals may convince of themselves that it is, but it’s not true. Never has been. John Merline wrote in Investors Business Daily that if you remove deep blue California, Trump would have won 1.4 million more popular votes that Clinton: There were two Democrats — and zero Republicans — running to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer. There were no Republicans on the ballot for House seats in nine of California's congressional districts. At the state level, six districts had no Republicans running for the state senate, and 16 districts had no Republicans running for state assembly seats. Plus, since Republicans knew Clinton was going to win the state — and its entire 55 electoral votes — casting a ballot for Trump was virtually meaningless, since no matter what her margin of victory, Clinton was getting all 55 votes. […] If you take California out of the popular vote equation, then Trump wins the rest of the country by 1.4 million votes. And if California voted like every other Democratic state — where Clinton averaged 53.5% wins — Clinton and Trump end up in a virtual popular vote tie. (This was not the case in 2012. Obama beat Romney by 2 million votes that year, not counting California.) Again, these math games don’t matter because Trump won. Period. But it also should give more weight to why an election system based on winning states, instead of popular votes is a better system to elect the president of the United States. So, if you really want to mess with liberals, just mention this statistic and see how they react, or you can just let them vent since they can’t do anything to stop the incoming Trump administration. It’s coming on January 20—and Hillary Clinton is never going to be president. That’s probably the best Christmas news this year. In all, the Left’s obsession with the popular shows how they’re side simply, cannot take responsibility for nominating a terrible candidate. Trump has his flaws, yes—but at least the GOP didn’t nominate someone under an FBI criminal investigation. Clinton lost this election—and leaning on the popular vote as a crutch to say that she won is just an exercise in frivolousness.