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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 7, 2019 22:49:59 GMT
And we found out there is a “emoluments clause” in the Constitution and what it means. With dt in office, it means nothing.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 8, 2019 22:18:07 GMT
Ivanka: Today we launched the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs. I was honored to meet the 1st participants – a dynamic group of 40 women entrepreneurs! These formidable women embody the spirit of the future & I look forward to seeing their successes influence our world for the better Ivanka Trump, with a new haircut, departs DC with deputy secretary of State John Sullivan for Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay. She will focus on women’s empowerment work. Look who thinks she grew up at OUR expense!! Too bad she has forgotten about the women in our country!
ETA: might be a wig!
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 8, 2019 22:21:30 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 8, 2019 22:31:14 GMT
We need to really think about all this... Long and hard!! INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign manager predicted Saturday that the president and his family will become “a dynasty that will last for decades,” transforming the Republican Party while hewing to conservative values.Speaking to a convention of Republican Party delegates in Indian Wells, California, Brad Parscale also said the campaign’s goal is to build a national army of 2 million trained volunteers, far beyond the president’s 2016 organization, that in California could help the GOP retake a string of U.S. House seats captured by Democrats last year. “The Trumps will be a dynasty that will last for decades, propelling the Republican Party into a new party,” he said. “One that will adapt to changing cultures. One must continue to adapt while keeping the conservative values that we believe in.” Parscale later declined to elaborate on his prediction of a coming Trump “dynasty,” or whether the president’s children could become candidates for public office. He told reporters after the speech, “I just think they are a dynasty. I think they are all amazing people with ... amazing capabilities.” ** Lots more at link: apnews.com/bb8c30ee6b0b4d579f1a915871b1fa80
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 8, 2019 22:39:57 GMT
Seriously, please explain why the 25th amendment doesn’t apply to this man? Clearly something is wrong with him. Here ya go.................
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Post by lucyg on Sept 9, 2019 0:54:56 GMT
Well, there ya have it. That’s the founder of our ruling dynasty.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 1:59:44 GMT
Natasha Bertrand..
”BREAKING: The US Air Force has ordered a sweeping review of its use of Trump resorts for overnight crew accommodations. It comes as POLITICO uncovers yet another overnight stay at Turnberry by at least a dozen USAF crew members in September 2018.”
“US Service members "lodging at higher-end accommodations, even if within government rates, might be allowable but not advisable," Air Force Brig. Gen. Ed Thomas, the chief spokesman, told POLITICO today. "Therefore, we are reviewing all associated guidance."
“In a separate interview, the deputy commander of the Air Mobility Command, which oversees all Air Force transportation worldwide, said the review is intended to make sure that personnel are following all the rules—but also whether staying at Trump's property is appropriate.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 2:25:13 GMT
Chris Lu...
”Overlooked stories this past week:
Iran speeding up nuclear research
FBI monitoring border protest groups
DOJ using antitrust power to punish automakers
Trump using Ukraine aid to get dirt on Biden
NC legislative districts struck down
Jobs growth and manufacturing weakening”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 4:59:21 GMT
The latest from your president...
”When all of the people pushing so hard for Criminal Justice Reform were unable to come even close to getting it done, they came to me as a group and asked for my help. I got it done with a group of Senators & others who would never have gone for it. Obama couldn’t come close....”
”A man named @vanjones68, and many others, were profusely grateful (at that time!). I SIGNED IT INTO LAW, no one else did, & Republicans deserve much credit. But now that it is passed, people that had virtually nothing to do with it are taking the praise. Guys like boring.....”
”musician @johnlegend, and his filthy mouthed wife, are talking now about how great it is - but I didn’t see them around when we needed help getting it passed. “Anchor”@lesterholtnbc doesn’t even bring up the subject of President Trump or the Republicans when talking about....”
”the importance or passage of Criminal Justice Reform. They only talk about the minor players, or people that had nothing to do with it...And the people that so desperately sought my help when everyone else had failed, all they talk about now is Impeaching President Trump!”
Somebody’s nose is pushed out of joint tonight..
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Post by lucyg on Sept 9, 2019 5:56:28 GMT
Good lord, he really is circling the drain.
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 9, 2019 12:59:40 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 13:58:47 GMT
From The Commander Of Whine..
”The Trump Administrations has achieved more in the first 2 1/2 years of its existence than perhaps any administration in the history of our Country. We get ZERO media credit for what we have done, and are doing, but the people know, and that’s all that is important!”
He’s right in that the people know and are giving him credit for what he is doing and what he is trying to do. Trash the country.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 14:00:51 GMT
Richard Stengel ..
”Here is a perfect description of the First Family: "They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that held them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." -- The Great Gatsby”
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Post by scrapsotime on Sept 9, 2019 14:39:19 GMT
From The Commander Of Whine.. ”The Trump Administrations has achieved more in the first 2 1/2 years of its existence than perhaps any administration in the history of our Country. We get ZERO media credit for what we have done, and are doing, but the people know, and that’s all that is important!”He’s right in that the people know and are giving him credit for what he is doing and what he is trying to do. Trash the country. He's getting credit just not the kind of credit he wants.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 15:57:51 GMT
Kyle Griffin..
”Inbox: Today, the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs, and Oversight Committees launched a wide-ranging investigation into reported efforts by Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and possibly others to pressure the government of Ukraine to assist the President's reelection campaign.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2019 18:19:13 GMT
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 9, 2019 21:25:38 GMT
yeah, right- DT himself announced a partnership between the Trump organization and that airport, back in 2014. Nothing to do with him, at all... puh-leeeaaaasssse! (and by that, I also mean: please get going on the impeachment ASAP!!)
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2019 21:29:26 GMT
Here we go again! keep them out.... Keep them all out. All those bad brown people! Only they are not all brown... Trump dismisses idea of allowing Bahamians into U.S. after Hurricane Dorian"I don't want to allow people that weren't supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people." Sept. 9, 2019, 4:03 PM EDT / Updated Sept. 9, 2019, 4:14 PM EDT By Elizabeth Chuck and Julia Ainsley President Donald Trump on Monday downplayed the idea of allowing Bahamians fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Dorian into the United States on humanitarian grounds, hours after his acting Customs and Border Protection chief said it was worth considering. "We have to be very careful. Everybody needs totally proper documentation because the Bahamas had some tremendous problems with people going to the Bahamas that weren't supposed to be there," Trump said on the White House South Lawn before departing for a campaign rally in North Carolina, where he also planned to survey Dorian damage. "I don't want to allow people that weren't supposed to be in the Bahamas to come into the United States, including some very bad people and some very bad gang members and some very, very bad drug dealers." Download the NBC News app for breaking news and politics Earlier Monday, acting Customs and Border Protection chief Mark Morgan said during a press briefing that while there has not been any formal grant of temporary protected status, or TPS, for Bahamians affected by Dorian, it was not something he had ruled out. TPS provides legal status to migrants from countries affected by war or natural disaster and allows them to live and work in the U.S. for a set period of time. ** www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-dismisses-idea-allowing-bahamians-u-s-after-hurricane-dorian-n1051576
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2019 21:47:05 GMT
NOAA falls under Commerce Dept. Ross threaten to fire directer of NOAA.. This really and truly will never end!! Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross reportedly threatened to fire top employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after officials contradicted President Trump’s claim that Alabama could be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. Trump faced pushback from meteorologists last week after stating that Alabama would potentially feel the effects of Dorian. The warning, which came via tweet, prompted the National Weather Service's Birmingham branch to emphasize on Twitter that the state would not be affected by the storm. Trump adamantly defended his position throughout the week and at one point displayed a map in the Oval Office that appeared to show a marker-drawn addition to indicate Dorian would hit Alabama. Ross contacted acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs two days later and asked him to fix issues related to the perception that the agency had contradicted Trump, The New York Times reported Monday, citing three people familiar with the discussion. The newspaper said that Jacobs initially objected. He was then told that political staff at NOAA would be dismissed if the situation wasn't resolved. The threat was followed by an unsigned NOAA statement affirming Trump's claims and disavowing the tweet from the National Weather Service in Birmingham about the hurricane. ** "Ross’ actions undermine scientific integrity within the Commerce Department for political purposes, and could erode trust in essential public health agencies. His actions, on behalf of Donald Trump, threatened to instill panic simply to give cover for Trump," the group said in a statement. NOAA's statement backing Trump's assessment faced pushback from within the National Weather Service (NWS). Dan Sobien, who heads the NWS Employees Organization, which represents thousands working under NOAA, told The Daily Beast that workers were "shocked, stunned and irate" about the move. “These are the people risking their lives flying into hurricanes and putting out forecasts that save lives. Never before has their management undercut their scientifically sound reasoning and forecasts,” Sobien said. ** thehill.com/homenews/administration/460574-ross-threatened-to-fire-top-noaa-staff-after-office-contradicted
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2019 23:34:45 GMT
Ross/Commerce... NOAA update maybe........... We know the administration is not normally honest! The Department of Commerce is denying a media report that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross threatened to fire top staffers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) after officials contradicted President Trump's claim that Alabama could be impacted by Hurricane Dorian. "The New York Times story is false. Secretary Ross did not threaten to fire any NOAA staff over forecasting and public statements about Hurricane Dorian," a spokesperson told The Hill. The denial came just hours after the Times published a report about Ross's efforts to fight off any perception that the National Weather Service's (NWS) Birmingham branch contradicted the president as Dorian headed toward the East Coast. The Times, citing three people familiar with the discussion, reported that Ross had warned acting NOAA Administrator Neil Jacobs that political staff would be fired if the situation wasn't resolved. ** thehill.com/homenews/administration/460606-commerce-dept-denies-report-ross-threatened-to-fire-top-noaa-staff
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 10, 2019 2:17:43 GMT
Where do these people come from?! He is a college graduate..... A Tennessee state GOP lawmaker has called for getting rid of the entire higher education system, asserting that such a move would “save America.”State Sen. Kerry Roberts made the remarks while speaking on his conservative talk radio show. He addressed his problems with the higher education system while discussing a recent legislative hearing focused on abortion legislation.Roberts argued that an activist's public testimony in favor of abortion rights was a "product of higher education," adding that abolishing the system would "save America." The Associated Press first reported on the lawmaker's remarks. He also claimed that the removal of higher education would cut off a “liberal breeding ground" and questioned why public colleges were funded by tax dollars. Roberts did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill. Roberts approved a Tennessee budget earlier this year that included money for colleges and universities, the AP noted. He is a 1983 graduate of Lipscomb University, according to his Tennessee Senate profile. **
OH WAIT barefoot and pregnant!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 3:45:30 GMT
The Hill..
”#BREAKING: Trump vows to release report on his finances before 2020 election hill.cm/IU21YrH”
”President Trump on Monday pledged to release a report detailing his financial holdings before November 2020 amid increased scrutiny of government spending at his family's properties.
"At some point prior to the election, I'm going to be giving out a financial report of me, and it will be extremely complete," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for North Carolina.
"I'm going to give out my financial condition and you'll be extremely shocked that the numbers are many, many times what you think," he added.
Trump did not respond to reporters asking whether that meant he will release his tax returns.”
Unless it’s his tax returns he can just make up whatever he wants. Which he will do.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 11:00:29 GMT
The Hill.. ”#BREAKING: Trump vows to release report on his finances before 2020 election hill.cm/IU21YrH” ”President Trump on Monday pledged to release a report detailing his financial holdings before November 2020 amid increased scrutiny of government spending at his family's properties. " At some point prior to the election, I'm going to be giving out a financial report of me, and it will be extremely complete," Trump told reporters as he left the White House for North Carolina."I'm going to give out my financial condition and you'll be extremely shocked that the numbers are many, many times what you think," he added. Trump did not respond to reporters asking whether that meant he will release his tax returns.” Unless it’s his tax returns he can just make up whatever he wants. Which he will do. Nah. He will backtrack and claim he never said that. Fake news!
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Post by pjaye on Sept 10, 2019 11:52:31 GMT
As if we needed any more proof of Trump's misogyny and the fact that thinks women should be seen and not heard (or just sit around waiting to be grabbed by the pussy whenever he feels like it). Now he's in a twitter spat with Chrissy Teigen:
That he wastes time being so petty is mindblowing, but it's also the words he constantly choses about women, Teigan is John Legend's "filthy mouthed wife" Ilhan Omar is "Foul Mouthed Omar." Elizabeth Warren "has a nasty mouth." The Congresswomen who criticised him should apologise for the "foul language they have used, and the terrible things they have said. So many people are angry at them & their horrible & disgusting actions!"
Teigan had the perfect reply though:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 13:01:32 GMT
"Peter Wehner, a former senior advisor to George W. Bush, also worried about Trump’s mental health. Wehner authored a new piece in The Atlantic titled, “Trump Is Not Well.” “Donald Trump’s disordered personality—his unhealthy patterns of thinking, functioning, and behaving—has become the defining characteristic of his presidency,” Wehner wrote. “It manifests itself in multiple ways: his extreme narcissism; his addiction to lying about things large and small, including his finances and bullying and silencing those who could expose them; his detachment from reality, including denying things he said even when there is video evidence to the contrary; his affinity for conspiracy theories; his demand for total loyalty from others while showing none to others; and his self-aggrandizement and petty cheating.” Wehner explained the danger Trump poses to America. “Yeah, it is more of the same. But what I would say is that his condition is getting worse, and the guardrails are getting less,” he explained. “And so, you know, I said to a friend a long time ago, when there’s no bottom, there’s no bottom. With Donald Trump, there’s no bottom. This is like a car on a steep hill without brakes. It’s just going to accelerate and there’s not going to be a way to stop it.” “It’s just an avalanche of disordered personality traits, the lying, the pathological lying, the self-aggrandizement, the detachment from reality, the extreme narcissism, the misogyny, the ruthlessness, lack of remorse. All of those things are absolutely on public display, and the idea that as citizens, we’re not supposed to make judgments, reasoned judgments about those things as they’re unfolding before our eyes, I think is silly and irresponsible,” he explained. “I’ve worked in three administrations. I worked in the White House as a senior adviser for seven years, and one of the things I came away from is the belief that even more than policy — and I care a lot about policy, I spent my life in policy — even more than that, what matters most is the president’s temperament, his disposition, his judgment, his prudence, his wisdom,” he continued. “And Donald Trump is not only worse than any president that we’ve had, he’s light years worse than anybody we’ve ever seen in political life. And that’s just a big, big danger.”" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/donald-trump-not-well/597640/
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 13:03:22 GMT
Murika!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 13:36:38 GMT
From CNN...
“Trump skeptical of using foreign spies to collect intel on hostile countries, sources say”
“CNN) President Donald Trump has privately and repeatedly expressed opposition to the use of foreign intelligence from covert sources, including overseas spies who provide the US government with crucial information about hostile countries, according to multiple senior officials who served under Trump.
Trump has privately said that foreign spies can damage relations with their host countries and undermine his personal relationships with their leaders, the sources said. The President "believes we shouldn't be doing that to each other," one former Trump administration official told CNN.
In addition to his fear such foreign intelligence sources will damage his relationship with foreign leaders, Trump has expressed doubts about the credibility of the information they provide. Another former senior intelligence official told CNN that Trump "believes they're people who are selling out their country."
Even in public, Trump has looked down on these foreign assets, as they are known in the intelligence community. Responding to reports that the CIA recruited Kim Jong Un's brother as a spy, Trump said he "wouldn't let that happen under my auspices."
These new details about Trump's approach to foreign intelligence follow CNN's exclusive report that the United States in 2017 removed one of its highest-level covert sources inside the Russian government. CNN reported on Monday that the asset provided the US with insight and information on Russian President Vladimir Putin and that the extraction was driven, in part, by concerns that Trump and his administration repeatedly mishandled classified intelligence and could contribute to exposing the spy.
The decision to carry out the extraction occurred soon after a May 2017 meeting in the Oval Office in which Trump discussed highly classified intelligence with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-Russian Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak. The disclosure to the Russians by the President was about ISIS and not the Russian spy specifically, but the incident prompted US intelligence officials to renew earlier discussions about the potential risk that the spy would be exposed, CNN reported.
Just last month, Trump again demonstrated his unorthodox approach to classified material when he tweeted a photo of a failed Iranian rocket launch and taunted Tehran about its military setback. The photo was of a much higher resolution than previous photos released by the US government, prompting concerns that Trump perhaps shared a photo of a classified image that wasn't meant for the public.
Trump's skeptical view on foreign informants undermines one of the most essential ways that American intelligence agencies gather information about US adversaries, including analysis of their capabilities and intentions. In the intelligence community, this information is referred to as "HUMINT," which is short for "human intelligence." This is distinguished from so-called "SIGINT," or "signals intelligence," which includes intercepted emails, telephone calls, and text messages.
Intelligence assessments of national security threats all typically depend on a combination of HUMINT, SIGINT, and other sources. This includes assessments about North Korea's expanding nuclear program to terror threats from al-Qaeda and ISIS, and the military capabilities of Russia and China.
In June, after The Wall Street Journal reported that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother had been a CIA source, Trump said publicly that he would not allow the use of CIA informants against Kim. Throughout his presidency, Trump has pursued personal diplomacy with the North Korean despot.
"I saw the information about the CIA, with respect to his brother, or half-brother," Trump said when the news reports came out in June about Kim Jong Un's half-brother. "And I would tell (Kim Jong Un) that would not happen under my auspices, that's for sure. I wouldn't let that happen under my auspices."
These views are one part of a deeper divide between Trump and the US intelligence agencies that he oversees, which began before he took office, when he compared US intelligence agents to the Nazis. He has also publicly and privately derided senior intelligence officials, many of whom served in the Obama administration, but also a handful of people that he appointed to lead US intelligence agencies.
While in office, Trump has repeatedly and publicly rejected, questioned, or undermined US intelligence assessments on a range of key national security topics. This includes Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, Iran's compliance with the nuclear deal, and the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the gruesome 2018 assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Most notably, Trump sided with Putin regarding Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The US intelligence community concluded that Putin ordered a sweeping program to influence the election and help Trump's campaign. Putin denied this, and at the 2018 Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki, Finland, Trump accepted the denial, saying, "I don't see any reason why" Russia would have been involved.
A businessman with no formal experience in government or the military, Trump was likely never exposed to highly classified information before he became the Republican nominee in summer 2016 and started receiving intelligence briefings. His briefers reportedly adopted new techniques to get his attention, like giving presentations instead of providing large binders filled with dense reading materials.
The CIA declined to comment and the White House did not respond to a request for comment.
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link“ Six in 10 Call a Recession Likely; Trump Approval Drops by 6 Points”
“Six in 10 Americans say a recession is likely in the next year and as many are concerned about higher prices because of the trade war with China, helping to knock 6 points off Donald Trump’s job approval rating in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. Trump fell from a career-high 44 percent approval in July to 38 percent now, a point off his career average, with 56 percent disapproving. His average rating since taking office remains the lowest on record for any modern president at a comparable point in his term, and he is the first never to have achieved majority approval. Another well deserved first for trump.
Trump has slipped by a slight 5 percentage points specifically on his handling of the economy, from 51 percent approval in midsummer to 46 percent now. Fewer – 35 percent – approve of his handling of trade negotiations with China, and 60 percent are concerned that the trade dispute will raise the price of things they buy.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 14:58:25 GMT
It would see. don the con saw the poll I posted above..
”ABC/Washington Post Poll was the worst and most inaccurate poll of any taken prior to the 2016 Election. When my lawyers protested, they took a 12 point down and brought it to almost even by Election Day. It was a Fake Poll by two very bad and dangerous media outlets. Sad!”
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