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posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 15 2018, @01:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the representative-of-the-people dept.

Chelsea Manning eyes U.S. Senate seat for Maryland

Chelsea Manning, the transgender U.S. Army soldier who served seven years in military prison for leaking classified data, is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate seat from Maryland, according to Federal election filings seen on Saturday.

[...] Democratic Senator Ben Cardin was elected in 2006 to that seat and is expected to run for re-election this year. He is the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Cardin was easily re-elected in 2012, beating his Republican challenger by 30 points in the heavily-Democratic state.

Previously: Chelsea Manning Released from Prison, Remains on Active Duty Pending Appeal
Harvard Dean Rescinds Chelsea Manning's Visiting Fellow Invitation, Calling It a 'Mistake'


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @03:59AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @03:59AM (#622417)

    Trump actually has a history of getting shit done. What other president had that?

    Looking back, I suppose Teddy Roosevelt might qualify. Eisenhower might. Mostly, we have along history of electing people whose primary skill is bullshitting.

    Trump of course has the bullshitting skill, since you can't get elected without it. Unlike the others though, he has a clue about operating a business. That is a step up.

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  • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday January 15 2018, @04:15AM (2 children)

    by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Monday January 15 2018, @04:15AM (#622423)

    He's also a warmonger and an awful authoritarian who is continuing many unconstitutional policies of previous presidents, such as the NSA's mass surveillance. I don't want to hear about how the vast majority of politicians are corrupt authoritarians, since that just means they are evil along with Trump. There are no excuses here.

    Trump actually has a history of getting shit done.

    Only valuable if he tries to do things that are actually good. Tell me when he ends all the wars, when he abolishes the TSA, when he stops the drug war, when he stops police asset forfeiture (theft), when he pardons Snowden, when he ends the NSA's unconstitutional mass surveillance, etc. As the president, he could at least speak vehemently against those things even if he can't unilaterally stop all of them, and since you said he has a history of "getting shit done", he should be able to accomplish this. All of those things are part of the swamp, and he said he would drain it, so where is he? Oh, wait, he's actually said he's in favor of many of those policies, and is silently continuing the rest.

    Really, it seems to me that the only people who could possibly praise Trump at this point are people who are stupid, ignorant, authoritarian, or some combination of those.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @11:46AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @11:46AM (#622533)

      He's also a warmonger

      Remind me, what wars has Trump started so far?

      Syria is at the calmest it's been for years, after the proxy war with Russia was stopped.
      North Korea is now talking directly with the South, after years of international antagonism and effective inaction (through successive US presidencies) over the North's nuclear development.

      Trump's a sabre-rattler, for sure, but the only fights he's started have been political.

      • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday January 16 2018, @01:46AM

        by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Tuesday January 16 2018, @01:46AM (#622928)

        Remind me, what wars has Trump started so far?

        He's continued the 7+ different interventions from previous presidents. That is bad enough, and there are no excuses. He doesn't need to start any new wars to be a warmonger; continuing previous wars is bad enough.

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @06:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @06:07AM (#622450)

    Trump actually has a history of getting shit done. What other president had that?

    Are you really this stupid? There is no history. No legislation, except for a disastrous tax bill that Republican Greedy Bastards have been pushing forever. And in the private sector? Trump went bankrupt on a Casino, veritably a license to print money, and he couldn't get it done. Trump Steaks, Trump University? All failures. And Trump Billionaire? Highly suspect. I infer that Trump has never gotten anything done, except promoting the Donald. Housing for Seniors? Civic improvement? Economic Development? No, more like banging pron actresses and getting hair plug implants, and beating his first lady. Total loser! And, New Yorker, the object of derision and scorn of every decent rural American everywhere, until now. Oh, and a pious "pussy-grabbing" Christian as well. Let's "Git 'er done!" Amerika!

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @07:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @07:57PM (#622694)

      I see you left out the ice rink. President Trump wrote about it in one of his books. You should buy all his books.

      That tax bill is a disaster... for rich people in high-tax states. Can't we tax Madonna a bit more? I think so. I think it's a fine idea. Middle class people are struggling, and they need the tax cut.

      The golf courses and hotels are pretty sweet. Not every business will be a success. People like Obama and Hillary, who never even tried running a business, are failures by default.

  • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 15 2018, @06:38AM (2 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 15 2018, @06:38AM (#622469) Journal

    Does it hurt to be this completely, utterly, fractally wrong? Because if not, that's a good argument for atheism or maltheism right there...

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    I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
    • (Score: 0, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @07:46PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 15 2018, @07:46PM (#622686)

      I could do without the prayer, but Trump has to give it lip service. Even Obama pretended to be Christian.

      I voted for Trump. I figured he wouldn't try to keep his promises, but Hillary would, and her promises were pure evil.

      Much to my delight, Trump has been getting promises fulfilled.

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday January 15 2018, @08:39PM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday January 15 2018, @08:39PM (#622711) Journal

        Are you sure you're an atheist? Remember, you can worship something and not be religious in the traditional sense, but still have a God. Even if it's money, power, or "haha take that, everyone who doesn't think like me."

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        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...