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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 15:00:51 GMT
So this is trump’s answer to any poll he doesn’t like.
”One of the greatest and most powerful weapons used by the Fake and Corrupt News Media is the phony Polling Information they put out. Many of these polls are fixed, or worked in such a way that a certain candidate will look good or bad. Internal polling looks great, the best ever!”
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Post by artgirl1 on Sept 10, 2019 16:06:12 GMT
CNN is reporting that John Bolton has been fired.
Only the best.
Now where is my bingo card?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 16:15:00 GMT
trump..
”I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore....”
”I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 16:32:38 GMT
trump and the GOP #MAGA..
WSJ..
”Number of Americans Without Insurance Shows First Increase Since 2008”
“The number of uninsured Americans rose for the first time since the passage of Obamacare, amid Trump administration efforts to curtail the Obama-era health law”
Now keep in mind trump has said he is coming out with a better healthcare plan after the 2020 election.
But then he said the same thing in the run up to the 2016 election. And look where we are today.
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Post by lucyg on Sept 10, 2019 16:33:51 GMT
trump.. ”I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore....” ”I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.” Is there anyone left who is both qualified and willing to serve?
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Post by DEX on Sept 10, 2019 16:35:10 GMT
”I asked John for his resignation, which was given to me this morning. I thank John very much for his service. I will be naming a new National Security Advisor next week.”
I heard Bozo the clown is available.
Wonder if he will appoint Jared? I also bet that John Bolton tried to counsel rump about not having ISIS here near the anniversary of 9/11. Well, at least I would hope so. Never mind, it would be too much to hope for.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 10, 2019 16:47:00 GMT
The federal deficit surpassed $1 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal 2019, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said Monday.The deficit presently stands at $1.068 trillion, though it is likely to be reduced in September as quarterly tax payments are paid. "In its most recent baseline projections, CBO estimated that the 2019 budget deficit would be $960 billion," the CBO noted. That amount would be $181 billion higher than last year's deficit. The deficit as of Monday was running $168 billion ahead of the deficit in the last fiscal year at this time. ** thehill.com/policy/finance/460603-deficit-surpasses-1-trillion-cbo*** And then Mnuchin speaks!! Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday that the Trump administration will consider proposing a new tax-cut package next year, while arguing that the economy is strong.“We’ll be looking at tax cuts 2.0, something that will be something we’ll consider next year,” Mnuchin told reporters, according to Politico. “But right now, the economy is in very, very good shape.” Mnuchin's comments are in line with comments that President Trump and others in his administration have also said in recent weeks. ** thehill.com/policy/finance/460533-mnuchin-says-white-house-will-consider-another-tax-cut-package-next-year
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Post by lucyg on Sept 10, 2019 16:51:56 GMT
NBC is reporting that Bolton claims he resigned on his own, not that Trump demanded it.
I have NO love for John Bolton, but I’ll take his word over the serial liar’s any day.
Trump just cannot bear to let anyone think someone chose to leave, rather than that he did the deciding himself.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 10, 2019 17:04:02 GMT
trump.. ”I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore....” after all, DT is the best, most experienced, expert in everything, right? He can do it ALL HIMSELF- he doesn't need ANY advisers!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 17:07:24 GMT
trump.. ”I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed at the White House. I disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions, as did others in the Administration, and therefore....” after all, DT is the best, most experienced, expert in everything, right? He can do it ALL HIMSELF- he doesn't need ANY advisers! Also too (as Sarah Palin liked to say), Mideast Peace? Easy. Healthcare? Easy. Troop drawdown in Afghanistan? Easy. Asses all who think this way and those who support them.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 10, 2019 17:09:33 GMT
apparently all you need to be President is a black Sharpie marker, so...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 18:04:01 GMT
The Hill...
”Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: "We’ll be looking at tax cuts 2.0, something that will be something we’ll consider next year."
Well I guess the last tax cut didn’t increase the deficit enough.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 18:08:17 GMT
The Hill..
”Sec. Pompeo on departure of national security adviser John Bolton: "I don't think any leader around the world should make any assumption that because [one] of us departs, that Pres. Trump's foreign policy will change." abcn.ws/2URHGLG”
trump’s foreign policy is dictated by the way the wind blows.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 10, 2019 18:16:15 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. Just release your tax returns. I’m zero % interested in a report of lies & exaggerations this asshat dreams up about himself.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 18:50:21 GMT
Reuters...
“Mexico to press U.S. on halting illegal flow of weapons: Ebrard”
“(Reuters) - Mexico will press the United States to halt the illegal flow of weapons from the United States to Mexico at a White House meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a Twitter post on Tuesday.
U.S. and Mexican officials are due to hold talks to take stock of Mexico's progress in curbing migration from Central America following threats by President Trump to impose tariffs on Mexican goods if Mexico did not contain the flow of people.”
A lot of people, especially those on the right, got all excited about “Fast & Furious “ while ignoring the real story. While that story raged on I went looking to see what all the fuss was about. In the process I found a story, which I posted on this board twice, that gives one the BIG picture of which F&F was just a small part. The real story was the guns flowing across the border and how it was done and how few laws, if any, there are to stop it on the US side of the border.
As a country we should be ashamed on how easy we make it to send guns to the Drug Cartels in Mexico and chose to do nothing about. And leading the charge to stop coming up with legal ways to stop this? The NRA.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 19:03:23 GMT
I found the article from Fortune. “The truth about the Fast & Furious Scandal” Like I said, as a country we should be embarrassed by this, especially since we continue to do nothing about it. link
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Post by hop2 on Sept 10, 2019 19:12:15 GMT
apparently all you need to be President is a black Sharpie marker, so... so then the minimum age limit is the only thing from actually having an elementary school president rather than one that just acts that way?
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Post by hop2 on Sept 10, 2019 19:15:32 GMT
Reuters... “ Mexico to press U.S. on halting illegal flow of weapons: Ebrard”“(Reuters) - Mexico will press the United States to halt the illegal flow of weapons from the United States to Mexico at a White House meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said in a Twitter post on Tuesday. U.S. and Mexican officials are due to hold talks to take stock of Mexico's progress in curbing migration from Central America following threats by President Trump to impose tariffs on Mexican goods if Mexico did not contain the flow of people.” A lot of people, especially those on the right, got all excited about “Fast & Furious “ while ignoring the real story. While that story raged on I went looking to see what all the fuss was about. In the process I found a story, which I posted on this board twice, that gives one the BIG picture of which F&F was just a small part. The real story was the guns flowing across the border and how it was done and how few laws, if any, there are to stop it on the US side of the border. As a country we should be ashamed on how easy we make it to send guns to the Drug Cartels in Mexico and chose to do nothing about. And leading the charge to stop coming up with legal ways to stop this? The NRA. it’s a ploy? Maybe Mexico wants to build that wall after all?
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Post by hop2 on Sept 10, 2019 19:16:12 GMT
I found the article from Fortune. “The truth about the Fast & Furious Scandal” Like I said, as a country we should be embarrassed by this, especially since we continue to do nothing about it. linkyes, we should be.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 19:38:12 GMT
ABC...
”Swedish authorities say that a man has been denied a vanity plate with the letters TRUMP because it violated motor vehicle department rules, calling the letter combination "offensive."
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Post by Merge on Sept 10, 2019 20:55:40 GMT
apparently all you need to be President is a black Sharpie marker, so... so then the minimum age limit is the only thing from actually having an elementary school president rather than one that just acts that way? Don’t insult my students like that. I’ve got 4th graders with a bigger vocabulary and more good sense than the fool in the Oval Office. I can even trust them with sharpies.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 10, 2019 21:11:01 GMT
so then the minimum age limit is the only thing from actually having an elementary school president rather than one that just acts that way? Don’t insult my students like that. I’ve got 4th graders with a bigger vocabulary and more good sense than the fool in the Oval Office. I can even trust them with sharpies. i didn’t say an actual elementary student wouldn’t be an improvement
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2019 21:31:22 GMT
Bloomberg...
”John Bolton's departure clears the way for Trump to renegotiate Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, says @elilake bloom.bg/34ACXlV via @bopinion”
Now that is funny. I mean really funny. How successful has he been in his past efforts? Has he actually successfully negotiated anything?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 10, 2019 23:36:26 GMT
Falwell Jr, trump, amd all th others.... Liberty University charitable, not so much.... and more and more....... many many pages, too many to post! Jerry Falwell Jr’s denials backfire — as photographer posts more shots of him partying at Miami Beach nightclubPublished 8 hours ago on September 10, 2019By Travis Gettys Over the past year, Falwell, a prominent evangelical leader and supporter of President Donald Trump, has come under increasing scrutiny. News outlets have reported on business deals by Liberty University benefiting Falwell’s friends. Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen claimed that he had helped Falwell clean up racy “personal” photographs. Based on scores of new interviews and documents obtained for this article, concerns about Falwell’s behavior go well beyond that—and it’s causing longtime, loyal Liberty University officials to rapidly lose faith in him. More than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials and close associates of Falwell spoke to me or provided documents for this article, opening up—for the first time at an institution so intimately associated with the Falwell family—about what they’ve experienced and why they don’t think he’s the right man to lead Liberty University or serve as a figurehead in the Christian conservative movement. In interviews over the past eight months, they depicted how Falwell and his wife, Becki, consolidated power at Liberty University and how Falwell presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains. Among the previously unreported revelations are Falwell’s decision to hire his son Trey’s company to manage a shopping center owned by the university, Falwell’s advocacy for loans given by the university to his friends, and Falwell’s awarding university contracts to businesses owned by his friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” said a senior university official with inside knowledge of Liberty’s finances. “We’re not educating; we’re buying real estate every year and taking students’ money to do it.”** www.rawstory.com/2019/09/jerry-falwell-jrs-denials-backfire-as-photographer-posts-more-shots-of-him-partying-at-miami-beach-nightclub/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1427** I think I got the 2 articles mixed up.... too tired....... www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/09/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-loans-227914If you are truly bored here's more............ thehill.com/hilltv/rising/460699-jerry-fallwell-jr-calls-fbi-to-investigate-criminal-conspiracy-at-liberty
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 10, 2019 23:38:38 GMT
ABC... ”Swedish authorities say that a man has been denied a vanity plate with the letters TRUMP because it violated motor vehicle department rules, calling the letter combination "offensive." 😀 Really good one!!
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Post by lucyg on Sept 11, 2019 5:17:56 GMT
Falwell Jr, trump, amd all th others.... Liberty University charitable, not so much.... and more and more....... many many pages, too many to post! Jerry Falwell Jr’s denials backfire — as photographer posts more shots of him partying at Miami Beach nightclubPublished 8 hours ago on September 10, 2019By Travis Gettys Over the past year, Falwell, a prominent evangelical leader and supporter of President Donald Trump, has come under increasing scrutiny. News outlets have reported on business deals by Liberty University benefiting Falwell’s friends. Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen claimed that he had helped Falwell clean up racy “personal” photographs. Based on scores of new interviews and documents obtained for this article, concerns about Falwell’s behavior go well beyond that—and it’s causing longtime, loyal Liberty University officials to rapidly lose faith in him. More than two dozen current and former high-ranking Liberty University officials and close associates of Falwell spoke to me or provided documents for this article, opening up—for the first time at an institution so intimately associated with the Falwell family—about what they’ve experienced and why they don’t think he’s the right man to lead Liberty University or serve as a figurehead in the Christian conservative movement. In interviews over the past eight months, they depicted how Falwell and his wife, Becki, consolidated power at Liberty University and how Falwell presides over a culture of self-dealing, directing university resources into projects and real estate deals in which his friends and family have stood to make personal financial gains. Among the previously unreported revelations are Falwell’s decision to hire his son Trey’s company to manage a shopping center owned by the university, Falwell’s advocacy for loans given by the university to his friends, and Falwell’s awarding university contracts to businesses owned by his friends. “We’re not a school; we’re a real estate hedge fund,” said a senior university official with inside knowledge of Liberty’s finances. “We’re not educating; we’re buying real estate every year and taking students’ money to do it.”** www.rawstory.com/2019/09/jerry-falwell-jrs-denials-backfire-as-photographer-posts-more-shots-of-him-partying-at-miami-beach-nightclub/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1427** I think I got the 2 articles mixed up.... too tired....... www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/09/jerry-falwell-liberty-university-loans-227914If you are truly bored here's more............ thehill.com/hilltv/rising/460699-jerry-fallwell-jr-calls-fbi-to-investigate-criminal-conspiracy-at-libertyI read that whole darn Politico article today. It is LONG but really interesting. Who knew? (The guy who wrote it is a Liberty grad.) And now I’ve read the FBI complaint story (follow up) you linked above. ha hahaha haha
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 5:41:29 GMT
This Bolton news makes me giddy.
Why?
Because it gives me hope that the establishment (greedy) GOP is finally giving up on corralling the Trump clan (the god, gays, guns enablers) GOP.
And if the establishment (read big money) GOP is finally done trying to corral Trump, maybe they will finally start yanking the strings on their puppets in the Senate.
We'll see. I hope so.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 13:24:39 GMT
MSNBC..
“Trump is far happier than he should be about North Carolina results”
“There were two congressional special elections in North Carolina yesterday, and on the surface, the results were exactly in line with Republicans' wishes: the GOP candidates won both, including the competitive contest election watchers were keeping a close eye on.
Republican Dan Bishop narrowly defeated Democrat Dan McCready in a special election on Tuesday in North Carolina's 9th Congressional District. [...]
Democrats said Trump's unpopularity is the only reason the GOP-leaning district was competitive in the first place and that Republicans needed to pull out all the stops to win it. And, looking ahead to next year, Democrats say there are 34 Republican-held congressional districts that are more competitive than this one.
With just about all the votes counted, it looks like Bishop won by about 2 percent. (In the 3rd congressional district, Greg Murphy cruised to an even easier 24-point win, but no one seriously expected that race to be close, and Democrats made little effort to compete in the contest.)
Donald Trump, desperate for some good news, spent much of last night and this morning on a Twitter victory lap, crediting his greatness, making up polls, and whining about news organizations.
Whether the president understands this or not, his joy is badly out of step with the results.
North Carolina's 9th congressional district isn't exactly a swing district. In 2012, Mitt Romney won it by 12 points. Four years later, Trump also won it by 12 points. Local voters haven't elected Democrat to Congress in several decades.
It's against this backdrop that Republicans scrambled to compete in North Carolina's 9th, with the National Republican Congressional Committee and other outside groups investing nearly $7 million in just this one special-election contest, hoping to push an elected state lawmaker over the top in a race against a Democrat who's never won an election. Bishop also benefited from personal visits to the district from his party's president and vice president.
Or put another way, this should've been an easy one for the GOP. The fact that it wasn't should put the party in an anxious mood, not a celebratory one.
As we've discussed before, elections tend to be zero-sum affairs. Candidates vie for a seat, the winner earns the opportunity to serve, and the loser gets nothing. No one gets a "nice job keeping it close" trophy.
That said, as we were reminded last night, context is everything. There were several races along these lines in 2017 and 2018 -- "red" districts featuring first-time Democratic candidates who narrowly lost -- right up until the midterm elections in which voters handed Democrats the U.S. House majority and Republicans lost the most number of seats since the Watergate era.
Trump's online reactions suggest he's confused about how best to interpret the results. In the president's mind, when his party struggles to eke out a narrow victory in a district that should've been a layup, it's proof that he's on the right track and there's no need for him to change direction. After all, the theory goes, a win is a win.
It doesn't appear to occur to Trump that there's a reason Democrats are smiling this morning, despite having lost.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 13:35:35 GMT
The Washington Post Editorial Board.. “Is Trump afraid to face primary competition?”“REPUBLICAN PARTY officials in four states have decided not to hold presidential primaries or caucuses next year but instead simply to assign their delegates at the 2020 Republican National Convention directly to President Trump. Mr. Trump claimed the states made the decision themselves, but he explained how “having a primary election is very expensive” and they “don’t want to waste their money.” No doubt democracy does require time, attention and some money. But unlike the president and the loyalists who do his bidding, we do not consider investments in democracy to be a “waste.” Arizona, Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina decided in recent days to scrap their presidential nominating contests in favor of supporting the president. Other states, though not Iowa or New Hampshire, are said to be considering whether to follow suit. “As a general rule, when either party has an incumbent president in the White House, there’s no rationale to hold a primary,” said South Carolina GOP Chairman Drew McKissick. Both parties have canceled primaries in some past years, but only when there were no declared primary challengers to the incumbent. That is not the case this year. Three candidates — former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld, former South Carolina governor and congressman Mark Sanford and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh — are competing against Mr. Trump for the nomination. None of the three is seen at this moment as having much of a chance against Mr. Trump, who remains popular with the Republican base. But they have credible qualifications and alternative policies and worldviews. Why not let their voices be heard and give voters a chance to decide? Does Mr. Trump fear the challenge? “Mr. Trump has not been bashful about his desire to avoid primaries or even elections,” said Mr. Weld. “He spoke admiringly of Xi Jinping getting rid of elections and talks about a third term for himself, which he has to know is not lawful. This is something that would be appropriate in a monarchy.” Arizona, Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina should revisit their decisions. And if Mr. Trump is as confident as he professes about his ability to win it all, he should welcome the competition.”trump the wimp welcome the competition??? Now that is funny.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2019 13:41:25 GMT
linkYahoo Finance.. ”Trump's reckless trade war has already cost American workers 300,000 jobs. If it continues, Trump will have killed 900,000 jobs by the end of 2020. Working families are paying the price for Trump's broken promises.” And yet another example of trump #MAGA
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