Anonymous ID: c937f5 Aug. 19, 2018, 6:18 p.m. No.2672365   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Avenatti/Ocasia-Cortez 2020?

 

Donald Trump redefined what's possible in presidential politics. Enter Michael Avenatti

 

The hamburgers and hot dogs were all consumed by the time Michael Avenatti arrived and delivered what the Donald Trump-loathing crowd was hungering to hear.

 

“When you are the party of Davids, you cannot afford to show up without a slingshot,” he told several hundred picnickers on a pleasantly breezy Sunday in rural southwestern New Hampshire.

 

“I believe we cannot be the party of turning the other cheek,” Avenatti went on, pointedly differing with those — including, most prominently, former First Lady Michelle Obama — who counsel grace in the face of enmity. “I say when they go low, we hit harder.”

 

Avenatti, who soared to fame as legal counsel for porn star Stormy Daniels and, not incidentally, a ubiquitous tormentor of President Trump, brought his possible White House campaign to this early primary state in a tableau that seemed to perfectly capture these surreal political times.

 

He was greeted with curiosity, enthusiasm and no small degree of skepticism.

 

“I think I want him for my attorney,” said Denise Clark, 64, a semi-retired teacher from nearby Milford, who took in the politicking and picnic beneath a safari hat and dark sunglasses. “I’m not sure I want him as president of the United States.”

More:

https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-avenatti-president-20180819-story.html

Anonymous ID: c937f5 Aug. 19, 2018, 6:20 p.m. No.2672401   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Female Marines train for battle alongside men for first time in history of Camp Pendleton

 

CAMP PENDLETON – Sgt. Margarita Palli, an instructor at the Marine Combat Training Battalion, knew early on who her platoon standout would be.

 

Palli was hiking mid-pack when she looked around to see how her Marines – new students in the 28-day course – were doing on the day’s 10K hike.

 

There was exhaustion in their faces, heavy breathing and groans of pain as they lugged 60-plus-pound backpacks up a steep and dusty hill.

 

“I saw this female and she was very stoic,” said Palli. “She just walked, no complaining, no nothing. I was like, ‘OK, I’m going to keep an eye on her.’”

 

And she did.

 

Pfc. Sara Durst continued to excel and Palli kept hearing other Marines in the platoon praise her.

 

“I kept hearing her name during field week and during range week,” Palli said. “The other Marines kept telling me she should be a squad leader.”

 

Palli promoted Durst to that position. It was Durst’s job to make sure the Marines had all their gear and water. She did so well that first week in training that Palli made her the guide of the entire platoon.

 

“She became my right hand,” Palli said. “She was absolutely natural. It stood out how well she could handle the platoon.”

More Here:

https://www.dailynews.com/2018/08/19/female-marines-train-for-battle-alongside-men-for-first-time-in-history-of-camp-pendleton/

Anonymous ID: c937f5 Aug. 19, 2018, 6:24 p.m. No.2672443   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2452 >>2585

Still going after Nunes

 

Has Devin Nunes forgotten who sent him to Congress?

 

 

It’s arguable whether Devin Nunes is really representing California’s 22nd Congressional District.

 

True, he has been reelected seven times since 2002, when he first won in what was then the 21st District. But these days Nunes appears focused on parlaying his role as President Trump’s most ardent lapdog into national media stardom, even when doing so conflicts with the 22nd’s interests. And the district is noticing.

 

As chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes is often interviewed by right-wing Fox News broadcasters such as Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. But local political observers including Fresno Bee columnist Marek Warszawski say he hasn’t held a local town hall for years. The district, which encompasses parts of Fresno and Tulare counties, is predominantly agricultural, but Nunes hasn’t taken a position on two of ag’s most pressing issues, trade and immigration, apparently because district sentiment — pro-free trade and pro-immigration — runs counter to Trump’s policies.

 

And even though Fresno, the biggest city in the district, last month experienced a record 22 consecutive days with highs of more than 100 degrees, Nunes invokes the Trumpian hallucination that climate change isn’t real.

 

When he arrived in Washington as a freshman congressman in 2003, Nunes was what Warszawski called “a salt-of-the-earth dairy farmer from Pixley who would represent our interests without sinking into the Washington cesspool.” That was before Nunes learned how to swim in it — at about the same time the Trump era began.

 

Nunes follows the Trump playbook: Lie. If caught, double down. Throw accusations back at the source. Proclaim “fake news.”

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It’s arguable whether Devin Nunes is really representing California’s 22nd Congressional District.

 

True, he has been reelected seven times since 2002, when he first won in what was then the 21st District. But these days Nunes appears focused on parlaying his role as President Trump’s most ardent lapdog into national media stardom, even when doing so conflicts with the 22nd’s interests. And the district is noticing.

 

As chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Nunes is often interviewed by right-wing Fox News broadcasters such as Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson. But local political observers including Fresno Bee columnist Marek Warszawski say he hasn’t held a local town hall for years. The district, which encompasses parts of Fresno and Tulare counties, is predominantly agricultural, but Nunes hasn’t taken a position on two of ag’s most pressing issues, trade and immigration, apparently because district sentiment — pro-free trade and pro-immigration — runs counter to Trump’s policies.

 

And even though Fresno, the biggest city in the district, last month experienced a record 22 consecutive days with highs of more than 100 degrees, Nunes invokes the Trumpian hallucination that climate change isn’t real.

 

When he arrived in Washington as a freshman congressman in 2003, Nunes was what Warszawski called “a salt-of-the-earth dairy farmer from Pixley who would represent our interests without sinking into the Washington cesspool.” That was before Nunes learned how to swim in it — at about the same time the Trump era began.

 

Nunes follows the Trump playbook: Lie. If caught, double down. Throw accusations back at the source. Proclaim “fake news.”