AmeliaBloomer
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on May 26, 2017 16:14:39 GMT
OMFG.. We will be lucky if the Constitution is still standing four years from now. I know a few people who voted for Trump because he supposedly respects the Constitution (read that as "second amendment") more than Obama ever did. A guy who taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School versus a guy who the speaker of the house claimed he regularly tutored in the constitution during the transition of power. A guy who said we should strip flag burners of their citizenship. Yeah, I agree it all comes down to "saving the Second Amendment from Hillary Clinton," as this president claimed last week. We can mess with the rest of the constitution, but the Second Amendment is sacrosanct.
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Post by coffeetalk on May 26, 2017 16:16:22 GMT
So now son in law is under investigation. What I don't understand is why the people surrounding him don't jump ship and swim fast and far away from trump. I came to the board to see what the peas have to say about this. I hate the nepotism thing but I thought JK was smart (ish). Not smart enough to fulfill all the roles dumped on him, but not totally under T's thumb, at least not in an overt way. With Ivanka, a possible "brake" on some of the nonsense. I was surprised to read that JK was the outlier amongst DT's inner circle in wanting Comey fired, then wanting a bit of a fiery response to the appointment of Mueller (sp?) as opposed to the neutral/presidential one they put out. The news here (your channels) emphasized that he is not being accused of anything criminal at this stage but still. How on earth can this family still hope to walk away from all of this unscathed, still in office and still in denial? Richer than ever, their brand strengthened and with a second dynastic business in the WH? What parallel universe do we live in? There was discussion about Kushner on MSNBC last night. I'm paraphrasing Michelle Goldberg's remarks calling JK a ''slumlord'' and saying both he and Ivanka seem to get a pass from the general public due to their poised and elegant appearances. Also, that there is no proof any of them have divested from their businesses. I was surprised at how vehement she was in her remarks. She is opinionated to be sure but usually much more measured in her commentary. SaveSave
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 0:57:50 GMT
New York Times... "NYT FLAG: Russian oligarch once tied to Paul Manafort is seeking immunity to testify before Congress" Now this is interesting. link
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on May 27, 2017 7:20:41 GMT
I came to the board to see what the peas have to say about this. I hate the nepotism thing but I thought JK was smart (ish). Not smart enough to fulfill all the roles dumped on him, but not totally under T's thumb, at least not in an overt way. With Ivanka, a possible "brake" on some of the nonsense. I was surprised to read that JK was the outlier amongst DT's inner circle in wanting Comey fired, then wanting a bit of a fiery response to the appointment of Mueller (sp?) as opposed to the neutral/presidential one they put out. The news here (your channels) emphasized that he is not being accused of anything criminal at this stage but still. How on earth can this family still hope to walk away from all of this unscathed, still in office and still in denial? Richer than ever, their brand strengthened and with a second dynastic business in the WH? What parallel universe do we live in? Jared Kushner has a different view of 'white collar' crime than the law does. If you read articles about his fathers conviction, you'll find he felt his father was victimized. By newspapers, by his ( thevfathers ) siblings etc All Jared has is a string of excuses for his fathers conviction- it is apparently the fault of the people turning him in and and the people investigating Charles Kushner rather than Charles Kushner for committing the actual crimes. Sound familiar? Here's one article - there are more www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-the-sordid-case-behind-jared-kushners-grudge-against-chris-christie/article/2620427 Thank you for the input and the link. OMG this family! Apologies for using our board name in this context but DT and JK are really 2 peas in a pod, aren't they. I shall watch the unfolding investigation with a little more insight now. How about that private line to the Kremlin, hey.. thank you, too coffeetalk for your thoughts. Appearance is all, Sad.
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on May 27, 2017 13:32:22 GMT
New York Times... "NYT FLAG: Russian oligarch once tied to Paul Manafort is seeking immunity to testify before Congress" Now this is interesting. linkWhoa...interesting is right. It's all going to come to a head soon. Hopefully sooner than later.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 15:00:07 GMT
Charlie White - Skater
"Trump at the G7 summit, without headphones on to hear English translation, showing the world he does not care."
And yes there is a video of trump just sitting there without the headphones like the dope that he is. I just don't know how to bring the video here.
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Post by lovetodigi on May 27, 2017 15:39:33 GMT
When they all do finally crash and burn, there will be non stop dancing in the streets, that is, once everyone (with the exception of die hard trumpies) can finally catch their breath. What a wild ride this 100+ days have been.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 17:48:08 GMT
Well this should give Hillary a chuckle. From the Times..
"The distance between Donald Trump and his G7 partners was spelled out dramatically today when Theresa May and the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada strolled the streets of Taormina, Sicily — while he followed in a golf cart.
The six are planning to put pressure on Mr Trump over his opposition to free trade and efforts to combat climate change. They walked the 700 yards from the traditional G7 group photo, taken at a Greek amphitheatre, to a piazza in the hilltop town, but Mr Trump stayed behind until he could take a seat in the electric vehicle."
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 17:58:01 GMT
Well someone "gets it". I wonder how long he will continue to be an adviser after this makes it way to trump.
From AP
"White House adviser differs with coal-loving president
By MATTHEW DALY Today WASHINGTON (AP) — The president’s chief economic adviser is casting doubt on the future of U.S. coal, saying it “doesn’t really make that much sense anymore as a feedstock,” directly contradicting President Donald Trump’s repeated promises to revive the struggling coal industry.
Briefing reporters Thursday night on Air Force One, Gary Cohn singled out natural gas as “such a cleaner fuel.” By exporting more natural gas and investing in wind and solar energy, the U.S. “can be a manufacturing powerhouse and still be environmentally friendly,” Cohn said.
Cohn’s comments were at odds with his boss, who campaigned as coal’s champion and decried what he and other Republicans called a “war on coal” by former President Barack Obama.
As president, Trump has unraveled a number of Obama-era energy restrictions, including a landmark plan to restrict climate-changing emissions from coal-fired power plants. Trump also has reversed an Obama plan to prevent coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams and lifted a moratorium on coal-mining leases on federal lands.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a longtime coal advocate, said he was taken aback by Cohn’s remarks, which sounded more in line with the Obama administration than Trump.
“I completely disagree with his statement,” Manchin said, adding that he plans to meet with Cohn “to explain the role that coal has and will continue to play in making this country great.”
Melinda Pierce, legislative director for the Sierra Club, the nation’s largest environmental group, said Cohn’s comments were accurate.
“Coal is increasingly not competitive as the market, the international community and public opinion reject this dirty fossil fuel that makes our families sick, pollutes our air and water and threatens our climate,” Pierce said.
“The Trump administration’s policies are completely at odds with these facts and need to catch up to reality instead of putting polluter profits ahead of the health of our communities,” she said.
That’s unlikely to happen.
Throughout the presidential campaign, Trump railed against the Obama administration policies as he campaigned in economically depressed swaths of states like West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Trump won all three states and swept eight of the top nine coal-producing states.
The New York billionaire has frequently celebrated his popularity in coal country.
At a ceremony in March, Trump was flanked on stage by more than a dozen coal miners as he signed an executive order that eliminated a host of Obama-era restrictions on fossil fuels, breaking with leaders across the globe who have embraced cleaner energy sources.
“That is what this is all about: bringing back our jobs, bringing back our dreams and making America wealthy again,” Trump said.
The miners “told me about the efforts to shut down their mines, their communities and their very way of life. I made them this promise: We will put our miners back to work,” Trump said. “My administration is putting an end to the war on coal.”
Trump’s promise runs counter to market forces, including U.S. utilities that have converted coal-fired power plants to cheaper, cleaner-burning natural gas. Democrats, environmental groups and scientists said Trump’ executive order ignores the realities of climate change.
While Republicans have blamed Obama-era environmental regulations for the loss of coal jobs, federal data shows that U.S. mines have been shedding jobs for decades amid increasing automation and steep competition from natural gas.
Another factor is the plummeting cost of solar panels and wind turbines, which now can produce emissions-free electricity cheaper than burning coal.
According to an Energy Department analysis released in January, coal mining now accounts for fewer than 75,000 U.S. jobs. By contrast, renewable energy — including wind, solar and biofuels — accounts for more than 650,000 U.S. jobs."
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 18:18:17 GMT
This tweet NYT.... "Corey Lewandowski could join the White House “as early as next week” in Trump war room to combat Russia scandal. nytimes.com/reuters/2017/0…" generated this response from Dan Pfeiffer... "So Trump is bringing in the guy that Kushner fired to run a War Room to respond to an investigation into Kushner. Quite a plan"
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2017 18:26:09 GMT
trump tweet...
"Bringing hundreds of billions of dollars back to the U.S.A. from the Middle East - which will mean JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!"
What jobs? You certainly don't mean jobs from the arms sale to The Saudis do you? That would have happened regardless who was president. We are the terrorists known as the Saudi's biggest arms supplier.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:30:12 GMT
He's back! (Unfortunately for us)
"Big win in Montana for Republicans!"
Yea they elected a man who doesn't have any self control and then lied about what happened. That really is something to be proud about. It seems the voters, in this case, instead of draining the swamp have chosen to add to it. Well done!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:36:28 GMT
And...
"Just returned from Europe. Trip was a great success for America. Hard work but big results!"
Sure did get results. Angela Merkel is saying Europe needs to go it alone without the United States. What president tiny hands doesn't understand our security and economic growth is better when we work with our allies and not go it alone.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:43:28 GMT
And...
"It is my opinion that many of the leaks coming out of the White House are fabricated lies made up by the #FakeNews media."
Well I guess it's good he actually has an opinion and not parroting someone else's.
Problem is he is the king of fake news so how can we believe anything he says? So I think he just wasted his opinion, if it really was his opinion.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:45:16 GMT
And... "Whenever you see the words 'sources say' in the fake news media, and they don't mention names...." ."...it is very possible that those sources don't exist but are made up by fake news writers. #FakeNews is the enemy!" He should know.
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Post by lucyg on May 28, 2017 16:45:43 GMT
I can't believe he's congratulating himself on the "success" of this disastrous trip. Delusional much?
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:49:35 GMT
And back to the Montana election...
"Does anyone notice how the Montana Congressional race was such a big deal to Dems & Fake News until the Republican won? V was poorly covered"
Even Fox News doesn't want to give a guy who has so little self control he body slams a guy for asking him a question he didn't want to answer.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 16:55:23 GMT
The last one for today I hope...
"British Prime Minister May was very angry that the info the U.K. gave to U.S. about Manchester was leaked. Gave me full details!"
I'm surprised she gave him "full details" because we know he blabs.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 17:00:19 GMT
Random tweet...
"Trump's tweets today...
4 About Fake News 1 Congratulating a man who assaulted a reporter 1 About Europe trip
0 Denouncing Portland attack"
This guy is right. Not a peep about that terrible tragedy in Portland from the White House.
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imsirius
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Post by imsirius on May 28, 2017 17:43:58 GMT
The last one for today I hope... "British Prime Minister May was very angry that the info the U.K. gave to U.S. about Manchester was leaked. Gave me full details!" I'm surprised she gave him "full details" because we know he blabs. Why does he brag about this and other meetings with other heads of states? I know he is sociopathic and a full on narcissistic idiot, but it just sounds so freaking childish. Like a "nanny nanny boo boo she told me and not you!" Just nuts.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 17:58:25 GMT
The last one for today I hope... "British Prime Minister May was very angry that the info the U.K. gave to U.S. about Manchester was leaked. Gave me full details!" I'm surprised she gave him "full details" because we know he blabs. Why does he brag about this and other meetings with other heads of states? I know he is sociopathic and a full on narcissistic idiot, but it just sounds so freaking childish. Like a "nanny nanny boo boo she told me and not you!" Just nuts. Because he is trying to make him sound important. trump is and always has been about feeding his ego.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 18:21:06 GMT
linkCongratulations Oklahoma, your stupidity knows no bounds... From the Washington Post. Tax cuts have put the state budget in such a state that some schools can only afford to hold classes 4 days a week. There are not enough school books for all the kids never mind new ones. Classrooms sizes have ballooned. None of these moves are conducive to give kids the education they need to function in today's world.
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Post by LeaP on May 28, 2017 18:34:15 GMT
linkCongratulations Oklahoma, your stupidity knows no bounds... From the Washington Post. Tax cuts have put the state budget in such a state that some schools can only afford to hold classes 4 days a week. There are not enough school books for all the kids never mind new ones. Classrooms sizes have ballooned. None of these moves are conducive to give kids the education they need to function in today's world. I don't understand why people continue to vote against their own self-interest, especially women. SaveSave
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Post by lucyg on May 28, 2017 18:39:48 GMT
linkCongratulations Oklahoma, your stupidity knows no bounds... From the Washington Post. Tax cuts have put the state budget in such a state that some schools can only afford to hold classes 4 days a week. There are not enough school books for all the kids never mind new ones. Classrooms sizes have ballooned. None of these moves are conducive to give kids the education they need to function in today's world. I don't understand why people continue to vote against their own self-interest, especially women. SaveSaveMy dad used to always say you shouldn't just vote for your own special interest, but for the good of society as a whole. Of course, he was talking about rich people. That rich people shouldn't vote for tax cuts just because it would benefit them, when it would hurt people who had so much less. He was a (moderately) rich man and a lifelong Republican. If more people were like my dad, this world would be a better place.
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Post by pyccku on May 28, 2017 18:51:36 GMT
Charlie White - Skater "Trump at the G7 summit, without headphones on to hear English translation, showing the world he does not care." And yes there is a video of trump just sitting there without the headphones like the dope that he is. I just don't know how to bring the video here. Fake news! Fake news! Trump secretly speaks ALL of the languages of G7, he just doesn't want anyone to feel bad about being a monolingual LOSER, so he keeps it under wraps. He totally knew exactly what the other guy was saying, whatever language it was in. Save
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 19:23:52 GMT
Face the action...
"Defeating ISIS is about "more than just an army - it's also a fight about ideas," Def. Sec. James Mattis tells @jdickerson"
Yea most people know and understand that but the real question is does the commander-in-chief know and understand that? My guess is no.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 19:37:20 GMT
linkFrom AFP News... "Merkel warns U.S. & Britain no longer reliable partners." From the article " The times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out. I've experienced that in the last few days." Merkel told a crowd at an election rally in Munich."
I know someone who is grinning with this bit of news. Putin.
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Post by used2scrap on May 28, 2017 19:40:02 GMT
Random tweet... "Trump's tweets today... 4 About Fake News 1 Congratulating a man who assaulted a reporter 1 About Europe trip 0 Denouncing Portland attack" This guy is right. Not a peep about that terrible tragedy in Portland from the White House. Because I don't believe the terrorist spewing hate speech and murder was an immigrant.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 19:47:43 GMT
Know how the right and others gave Obama a hard time about his "apology" tour? I have a feeling the next president is going to spend the majority of his or her first 100 days groveling at the feet of our soon to be former allies.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2017 20:32:33 GMT
Hillary's tweet from yesterday about what happened in Portland.
"Heartbreaking. No one should have to endure this racist abuse. No one should have to give their life to stop it."
As far as I know still nothing from trump.
A random tweet in response to Hillary's
"Isn't it amazing...she's not even the president and yet she's so much more presidential than Trump could ever be."
Can't argue with that.
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