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2016 Presidential election I had nothing to do with Russia helping me get elected. Donald Trump, 7:57 AM – May 30, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
2016 Presidential election I will close by reiterating the central allegation of our indictments – that there were multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election. And that allegation deserves the attention of every American. Robert Mueller © 2019 Kwiple.com
Change Change is no more likely when a 55 percent majority wants it than when only a 25 percent minority does – in either case, a policy change occurs about one quarter of the time. Even more strikingly, when large majorities of Americans favor policy changes – when 70 or 80 percent want change – the get it less than half the time. … This finding means … that we [Americans] are subject to dangerous policy “drift.” Government policies do not adapt to new relaities. Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, Democracy in America? © 2019 Kwiple.com
Change “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises © 2019 Kwiple.com
Cocks of the walk say My whole life is about winning. I don't lose. Donald Trump © 2019 Kwiple.com
Decision making Collective preferences tend to be solid. They tend to reflect the underlying needs and values of the whole body of citizens, in light of the best available information from experts and commentators. … [An] important caveat is that collective opinion sometimes does not reflect the best available information because individuals' errors do not always “cancel out.” This is particularly true if systemic misinformation is fed to many Americans at once and is not effectively contradicted. Examples include “fake news” transmitted by social media or … presidents or … executive branch officials who have a near monopoly on intelligence sources. Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, © 2019 Kwiple.com
Democracy We define democracy  as policy responsiveness to ordinary citizens  – that is, popular control of government. Or simply “majority rule.” Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, Democracy in America? © 2019 Kwiple.com
Food “Food doesn't grow here anymore,” [Ana] Jorge Jorge said. “That's why I would send my son north.” Guatemalan woman whose two sons died of malnutrition-related diseases, commenting on her third son. Quoted by Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, June 5, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Globalization Perhaps the only Americans who are truly safe from the negative effects of global labor markets, capital flight abroad, immigration, and labor-saving technology are the affluent owners of stock in multinational corporations. They unambiguously profit from all these forces. Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, Democracy in America? © 2019 Kwiple.com
Impeachment I can't imagine the courts allowing it. Donald Trump © 2019 Kwiple.com
Judges Trump has already appointed more than one out of every five appellate court judges in the country, and many of their opinions share a cramped view of people's rights and a willingness to distort or overturn precedent. Elliot Mincberg, The Washington Spectator, May 3, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Count votes in Congress by: 1. Calculating a Member's Proportional Vote (MPV) for each member, as follows: MPV = SPNP / NLRS where: SPNP = State's Percentage of the National Population NLRS = Number of Legislators Representing the State (in that legislature) 2. Totaling “yes” MPVs and “no” MPVs 3. Passing if total MPV is more than 50 OTHERWISE Abolish the Senate © 2019 Kwiple.com
Kwiplers say Enhance America's infrastructure (1) without privatizing it (2) without giving tax breaks and windfall profits to private investors (3) without issuing government bonds, which increases government debt and income inequality resulting from paying interest to bondholders by (1) contracting to build or improve assets of long-lasting public value, like roads, schools, parks, housing (2) printing money and paying for work as it's done © 2017 Kwiple.com
Obstruction of justice If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so. Robert Mueller, reiterating in a press conference what's in his written report, which few will never read  © 2019 Kwiple.com
Planning Plans are useless, planning is essential. Dwight Eisenhower, after planning teh D-Day invasion © 2019 Kwiple.com
Post-2018 Senate shituation 15 states (Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) 2018 population: 40,056,961 Senators: 30 Republicans 1 Senator per 1,335,232 people — 1 state (California) 2018 population: 39,776,830 Senators: 2 Democrats 1 Senator per 19,888,415 people 19,888,415 / 1,335,232 = 16, therefore: average 15er's vote is worth 16 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 6% of an average 15er's — 1 state (Wyoming) 2018 population = 573,720, therefore: 1 Senator per 286,860 Wyomians, a Wyomian's vote is worth 69 times a Californian's, a Californian's vote is worth 1.4% of a Wyomian's © 2016 Kwiple.com
Public discourse Bob Mueller brought a book to a Twitter fight. Ari Melber, May 30, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Selfie  I've done some dumb things. And I'll do dumb things again. Joe Biden © 2019 Kwiple.com
Snapshot She can walk as fast as I can. 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II portrayed by 72-year-old Donald Trump © 2019 Kwiple.com
Snapshot I don't want to see him impeached. I want to see him in prison. Donald Trump portrayed by Nancy Pelosi, June 4, 2019 © 2017 Kwiple.com
Snapshot I'm the mother of five, grandmother of nine. I know a temper tantrum when I see one. Donald Trump portrayed by Nancy Pelosi after he walked out of a meeting with her © 2019 Kwiple.com
Space exploration For all of the money we are spending, NASA should NOT be talking about going to the Moon – We did that 50 years ago. They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defense and Science! Donald Trump, 10:38 AM – 7 Jun 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com
Stealth politics The practice of “stealth politics” [remaining silent about public issues] raises questions that go beyond the general issue of unequal, money-based political influence. Stealth politics also weakens political accountability. Stealthy billionaires can quietly use their money to promote ideas that are narrowly self-interested and in conflict with the views of most ordinary citizens. By remaining largely silent about their views and obscuring their financial contributions, billionaires can fly under the radar – promoting policies that most citizens reject but drawing little attention. Benjamin Page and Martin Gilens, Democracy in America? © 2019 Kwiple.com
Surely you jest Lawyers for Noah's Ark theme park are suing its insurance company for rain damage Headline, Washington Post, May 25, 2019 --> © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpism Nine days in spring offered a case study in Mr. Trump's approach to some of the most daunting issues confronting him and the nation: When the goal seems frustratingly out of reach through traditional means, threaten drastic action, set a deadline, demand concessions, cut a deal – real or imagined – avert the dire outcome and declare victory. If nothing else, he forces attention on the issue at hand. Whether the approach yields sustainable results seems less certain. Peter Baker, New York Times, June 9, 2019, after calling off threatened tariffs on Mexico © 2019 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say I was surprised to hear there was anything negative in the Mueller report at all about president Trump. I hadn't heard that before. I mainly listen to conservative news and I hadn't heard anything negative about that report and that president Trump had been exonerated. Attendee at May 28, 2019, town hall meeting held by Representative Justin Amash, the first Republican member of Congress to declare Trump should be impeached for obstructing justice © 2019 Kwiple.com
Water There is not enough rain, so their only option is to migrate. Principal of a rural middle school in the Guatemalan highlands, where drought and winds destroyed successive corn crops, speaking about his students. Quoted by Nicholas Kristof, New York Times, June 5, 2019 © 2019 Kwiple.com