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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 20:02:06 GMT
From the NYT.....
"NYT: Comey says he's only willing to testify if it is public nyti.ms/2r4cJY3"
I'm sure this is because Comey know cherry picked parts of his closed hearing testimony will be leaked. That was one of the reason Hillary wouldn't testify unless the hearing was public.
Both sides do and it just shows one how politicized everything has become.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 22:16:16 GMT
From ABC News.... Another intense exchange took place this week over the American Health Care Act (AHCA) -- this time between a GOP House member and an angry voter in North Dakota who shoved cash down the congressman’s shift. Representative Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is just the latest in a string of GOP House members on the receiving end of anger over the passage of the AHCA. At a town hall Thursday night in Mandan, North Dakota a man – later identified as Mike Quinn of Hazen, North Dakota – confronted Cramer about the AHCA. “Yes or no: will the rich – benefit from – if the health care is destroyed, do the rich get a tax cut? Yes or no?” Cramer response to Quinn’s question: “Of course not!” This led Quinn to attempt to stuff what appeared to be dollar bills down the Congressman’s shirt. Congressman faces angry constituents after health care vote Cramer later responded to the incident in a statement, saying in part: “I will always listen (wholeheartedly) to your beliefs. And I will always give you the straight up, nonpolitical answer, because you deserve to know how I truly feel about policies that impact your life.” Quinn and Cramer later made amends on a local radio show, with Quinn saying: “I would also like to apologize to [Rep. Cramer]. It was inappropriate.” Another satisfied voter . "I'll always give you the straight up"
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on May 13, 2017 22:31:37 GMT
ABC News.... "Trump lawyers say his tax returns for the past decade show "immaterial" earnings from Russian sources. abcn.ws/2rd15rg" Ok then release the tax returns so we can all see it for ourselves. Oh but you know--those tax returns won't show us anything that his financial statements don't show...
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 3:13:03 GMT
I forget he has 2 twitter accounts. This is from the Potus account.
"Relish the opp to be an outsider. Embrace that label- b/c it’s the outsiders who change the world, and who make a real & lasting difference!"
So he relishes being an outsider. He thinks he can change the world. Unbelievable.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 14, 2017 3:25:41 GMT
He thinks he can change the world. Unbelievable. he didn't say whether the change was for good or bad.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on May 14, 2017 4:00:36 GMT
He thinks he can change the world. Unbelievable. he didn't say whether the change was for good or bad. Unfortunately, that's a good point.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 17:04:43 GMT
From interview given by James Clapper....
"I think, in many ways, our institutions are under assault, both externally -- and that's the big news here, is the Russian interference in our election system," Clapper said. "I think as well our institutions are under assault internally."
When he was asked, "Internally, from the president?" Clapper said, "Exactly."
I get people want change in DC, but to achieve it you need to send the right outsider to D.C. to do it. It's becoming clearer everyday that trump is not that outsider.
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Post by amom23 on May 14, 2017 17:24:18 GMT
From ABC News.... Another intense exchange took place this week over the American Health Care Act (AHCA) -- this time between a GOP House member and an angry voter in North Dakota who shoved cash down the congressman’s shift. Representative Kevin Cramer (R-ND) is just the latest in a string of GOP House members on the receiving end of anger over the passage of the AHCA. At a town hall Thursday night in Mandan, North Dakota a man – later identified as Mike Quinn of Hazen, North Dakota – confronted Cramer about the AHCA. “Yes or no: will the rich – benefit from – if the health care is destroyed, do the rich get a tax cut? Yes or no?” Cramer response to Quinn’s question: “Of course not!” This led Quinn to attempt to stuff what appeared to be dollar bills down the Congressman’s shirt. Congressman faces angry constituents after health care vote Cramer later responded to the incident in a statement, saying in part: “I will always listen (wholeheartedly) to your beliefs. And I will always give you the straight up, nonpolitical answer, because you deserve to know how I truly feel about policies that impact your life.” Quinn and Cramer later made amends on a local radio show, with Quinn saying: “I would also like to apologize to [Rep. Cramer]. It was inappropriate.” Another satisfied voter . "I'll always give you the straight up" This wasn't the 1st tense town hall Kevin Cramer has had lately. ND bleeds red, but Cramer is really getting a lot of bad press and I personally don't feel a bit sorry for the fool! I guess you could say it's a classic case of sounds all good and well until you wanna take away MY health insurance vs that other guys.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 5:32:38 GMT
From Politico.....
"Trump calls for more women's health care, paid family leave options politi.co/2pzZ7Uu"
At the same time, in order to meet trump's wish list of the wall and big tax cuts, the Republicans in Congress are busily cutting social programs that help the poor. Jerk.
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Post by suzastampin on May 15, 2017 14:19:13 GMT
I'm surprised Trump didn't have anything to say about Alec Baldwin's skit on SNL. Priming the pump before Melana. Unless, of course, he doesn't want to bring any more attention to it.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 16:13:01 GMT
Well this guy hit a new low.
I don't think he should have done it as it's an abuse of his power.
From CNN
Frelinghuysen Targets Activist in Letter to Her Employer
May 15, 2017 · by Nancy Solomon The most powerful congressman in New Jersey, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, wrote a fundraising letter in March to a board member of a local bank, warning him that a member of an activist group opposing the Republican worked at his bank.
The employee was questioned and criticized for her involvement in NJ 11th for Change, a group that formed after the election of Donald Trump and has been pressuring Frelinghuysen to meet with constituents in his district and oppose the Trump agenda.
“Needless to say, that did cause some issues at work that were difficult to overcome,” said Saily Avelenda of West Caldwell, New Jersey, who was a senior vice president and assistant general counsel at the bank before she resigned. She says the pressure she received over her political involvement was one of several reasons she decided to leave.
The form letter, on campaign stationery, asks Frelinghuysen’s supporters to donate two years ahead of his next election because he is under attack. “But let’s be clear that there are organized forces — both national and local — who are already hard at work to put a stop to an agenda of limited government, economic growth, stronger national security,” the letter says.
Above the word local, there’s a hand-written asterisk in the same blue ink as Frelinghuysen’s signature. At the bottom of the letter, scrawled with a pen, is the corresponding footnote: “P.S. One of the ringleaders works in your bank!”
Attached to the letter was a news article that quoted Avelenda. She says her boss presented her with both the letter and the news article. She was not fired, but she says she had a lot of explaining to do.
“I had to write a statement to my CEO, and at my level as an assistant general counsel and a senior vice president, at this employer it was not something that I expected,” Avelenda said. “I thought my Congressman put them in a situation, and put me in a really bad situation as the constituent, and used his name, used his position and used his stationery to try to punish me.”
NJ 11th for Change began with one Facebook post after the Trump election and quickly grew into an organization of more than 7,000 members who live in Frelinghuysen’s moderate Republican-leaning district. They began by requesting a town hall — he hasn’t held one in four years — and when that request was denied, they organized empty-chair town halls without him. The group has also held weekly protests at his office and visits to his Washington offices. Frelinghuysen has held two telephone town halls, which offer more control than an in-person event. Last week, he complained about the number of phone calls he is receiving.
“For people who have jammed our lines and made it difficult for us to meet our constituent needs, it would be nice for you to back off,” Frelinghuysen said. “I’m not suggesting people don’t have a right to speak and let their views be known, but some of this is highly orchestrated and it’s unfortunate.”
Frelinghuysen is the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, widely considered one of the most powerful positions in Congress because all funding decisions for the entire federal government now run through him. And for the first time in many years, his moderate district is no longer considered a safe Republican seat by the national Democratic Party. Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for the non-partisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), says the letter is unusual and noteworthy because members of Congress don’t usually turn to businesses in their district to do damage to their political opponents.
“It’s certainly troubling," Libowitz said. "Whether or not it breaks a criminal statute is one issue, but the very clear issue is that it appears that a member of Congress might be using his power to threaten someone’s employment because of their political activities.”
The fundraising letter went to Joseph O'Dowd, a Lakeland Bank board member who has given $700 to Frelinghuysen during previous election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission records. O’Dowd and several managers at the bank also donate to the New Jersey Bankers Association, which in turn gives most of its money to the American Bankers Association. That group has about 20 paid lobbyists in Washington, according to disclosure statements filed with Congress.
The letter from Frelinghuysen may be more of a political problem than a legal one, according to a lawyer and former staffer for the Office of Congressional Ethics who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the letter may look heavy-handed, but to be illegal it would need to threaten action or be written on Congressional stationery, not campaign letterhead, or the bank would have to have business pending before a Frelinghuysen committee.
But the chair of appropriations has business and influence with everyone, including lobbyists, federal agency heads and other members of Congress, says Libowitz. And the fact that Frelinghuysen apparently put the job of a constituent in jeopardy undermines the fundamental relationship between a representative and his or her district.
“They could always argue that it was just a friendly heads up, and not asking for anything in particular, but the fact that it is even there, again, is somewhat troubling,” Libowitz said.
Frelinghuysen’s spokesman referred all questions to the campaign office, which responded with a written statement.
“The Congressman wrote a brief and innocuous note at the bottom of a personal letter in regard to information that had been reported in the media. He was in no way involved in any of the bank's business and is unaware of any of the particulars about this employee's status with the bank.”
Lakeland Bank has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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Post by Merge on May 15, 2017 16:26:05 GMT
Well this guy hit a new low. I don't think he should have done it as it's an abuse of his power. From CNN Frelinghuysen Targets Activist in Letter to Her Employer May 15, 2017 · by Nancy Solomon The most powerful congressman in New Jersey, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, wrote a fundraising letter in March to a board member of a local bank, warning him that a member of an activist group opposing the Republican worked at his bank. The employee was questioned and criticized for her involvement in NJ 11th for Change, a group that formed after the election of Donald Trump and has been pressuring Frelinghuysen to meet with constituents in his district and oppose the Trump agenda. “Needless to say, that did cause some issues at work that were difficult to overcome,” said Saily Avelenda of West Caldwell, New Jersey, who was a senior vice president and assistant general counsel at the bank before she resigned. She says the pressure she received over her political involvement was one of several reasons she decided to leave. The form letter, on campaign stationery, asks Frelinghuysen’s supporters to donate two years ahead of his next election because he is under attack. “But let’s be clear that there are organized forces — both national and local — who are already hard at work to put a stop to an agenda of limited government, economic growth, stronger national security,” the letter says. Above the word local, there’s a hand-written asterisk in the same blue ink as Frelinghuysen’s signature. At the bottom of the letter, scrawled with a pen, is the corresponding footnote: “P.S. One of the ringleaders works in your bank!” Attached to the letter was a news article that quoted Avelenda. She says her boss presented her with both the letter and the news article. She was not fired, but she says she had a lot of explaining to do. “I had to write a statement to my CEO, and at my level as an assistant general counsel and a senior vice president, at this employer it was not something that I expected,” Avelenda said. “I thought my Congressman put them in a situation, and put me in a really bad situation as the constituent, and used his name, used his position and used his stationery to try to punish me.” NJ 11th for Change began with one Facebook post after the Trump election and quickly grew into an organization of more than 7,000 members who live in Frelinghuysen’s moderate Republican-leaning district. They began by requesting a town hall — he hasn’t held one in four years — and when that request was denied, they organized empty-chair town halls without him. The group has also held weekly protests at his office and visits to his Washington offices. Frelinghuysen has held two telephone town halls, which offer more control than an in-person event. Last week, he complained about the number of phone calls he is receiving. “For people who have jammed our lines and made it difficult for us to meet our constituent needs, it would be nice for you to back off,” Frelinghuysen said. “I’m not suggesting people don’t have a right to speak and let their views be known, but some of this is highly orchestrated and it’s unfortunate.” Frelinghuysen is the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, widely considered one of the most powerful positions in Congress because all funding decisions for the entire federal government now run through him. And for the first time in many years, his moderate district is no longer considered a safe Republican seat by the national Democratic Party. Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for the non-partisan Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), says the letter is unusual and noteworthy because members of Congress don’t usually turn to businesses in their district to do damage to their political opponents. “It’s certainly troubling," Libowitz said. "Whether or not it breaks a criminal statute is one issue, but the very clear issue is that it appears that a member of Congress might be using his power to threaten someone’s employment because of their political activities.” The fundraising letter went to Joseph O'Dowd, a Lakeland Bank board member who has given $700 to Frelinghuysen during previous election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission records. O’Dowd and several managers at the bank also donate to the New Jersey Bankers Association, which in turn gives most of its money to the American Bankers Association. That group has about 20 paid lobbyists in Washington, according to disclosure statements filed with Congress. The letter from Frelinghuysen may be more of a political problem than a legal one, according to a lawyer and former staffer for the Office of Congressional Ethics who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said the letter may look heavy-handed, but to be illegal it would need to threaten action or be written on Congressional stationery, not campaign letterhead, or the bank would have to have business pending before a Frelinghuysen committee. But the chair of appropriations has business and influence with everyone, including lobbyists, federal agency heads and other members of Congress, says Libowitz. And the fact that Frelinghuysen apparently put the job of a constituent in jeopardy undermines the fundamental relationship between a representative and his or her district. “They could always argue that it was just a friendly heads up, and not asking for anything in particular, but the fact that it is even there, again, is somewhat troubling,” Libowitz said. Frelinghuysen’s spokesman referred all questions to the campaign office, which responded with a written statement. “The Congressman wrote a brief and innocuous note at the bottom of a personal letter in regard to information that had been reported in the media. He was in no way involved in any of the bank's business and is unaware of any of the particulars about this employee's status with the bank.” Lakeland Bank has not yet responded to a request for comment. Wow. How did they even know where she worked? I mean, it's easy enough to Google someone or look them up on LinkedIn, but the fact that someone went to the trouble to do that and then send a targeted letter to a board member at her place of employment ... that crosses a huge line to me. Talk about 'silencing.' The message there is that liberals who work in any industry with conservative executives or board members had better just keep their mouths shut, even outside of work and on their own time.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 17:18:14 GMT
From Politico Playbook....
"The latest: -COMEY spotted golfing -NATO tries to ‘Trump-proof’ upcoming meeting -WHERE BARRON will go to school politi.co/2ripQ4k"
The first item is a good for him. The third item is who cares.
But the middle item is another embarrassment for the country. And we are just hitting 4 months of his term.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 17:30:10 GMT
From Ari at MSNBC....
"Trump allies "worry" he doesn't get that Comey issue larger than "PR crisis" & has made his "legal exposure" worse:
wapo.st/2qf8Xde?tid="
He doesn't get it. And this the leader of our country.
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Post by imsirius on May 15, 2017 18:45:54 GMT
So the Congressman is complaining there is a group that doesn't agree with Trump?
First off, when will these idiots realize THEY WORK FOR THE PEOPLE and not the other way.
Secondly, how incredibly bullshit! He knew exactly what would happen.
Thirdly, What an asshole.
Lastly, he had better run from half of the entire country.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 19:31:04 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 21:13:51 GMT
Washington Post.....
"Wow — BREAKING at WaPo: Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador"
Sigh....
Someone dug up this trump tweet from 7/2016...
"Crooked Hillary Clinton and her team "were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information." Not fit!"
And someone dug up a Paul Ryan tweet from 7/2016
"It's simple: Individuals who are ‘extremely careless’ w/ classified info should be denied further access to it."
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Post by crimsoncat05 on May 15, 2017 21:17:25 GMT
will that make any difference at this point, though? they've found info on SO MUCH crap that he's done...
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Post by casii on May 16, 2017 11:33:02 GMT
Today Trump is meeting with Turkey's Erdogan. Erdogan got rid of people investigating him & got away with it. Plus, with the current strained issues over arming Kurds (I think), Trump does not have the finesse to pull off a meeting without another gaffe.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 13:05:53 GMT
Tuesday morning tweets...
"As President I wanted to share with Russia (at an openly scheduled W.H. meeting) which I have the absolute right to do, facts pertaining...."
."..to terrorism and airline flight safety. Humanitarian reasons, plus I want Russia to greatly step up their fight against ISIS & terrorism."
"I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community....."
The interesting thing is there is an hour time difference between the first and second tweet. It took him an hour to complete a thought?
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 13:38:12 GMT
Today Trump is meeting with Turkey's Erdogan. Erdogan got rid of people investigating him & got away with it. Plus, with the current strained issues over arming Kurds (I think), Trump does not have the finesse to pull off a meeting without another gaffe. They should get on fine. Trump will probably approve of Erdogan's way of running a country........answerable to no one but himself!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 13:40:59 GMT
"I have been asking Director Comey & others, from the beginning of my administration, to find the LEAKERS in the intelligence community....." Does he have a mirror?
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 14:49:20 GMT
From the latest PPP poll... "If direct ties btwn Russia and Trump team are eventually proven, 54% say he needs to resign, 34% say stay in office: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/05/h…" 34% says he should stay in office if direct ties are proven between trump and Russia.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 14:52:32 GMT
More from the PPP poll..
"For first time in our national polling we find support for impeaching President Trump- 48% in favor, 41% opposed: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/05/h…"
Promising. It only took 4 months to get to this point.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 14:57:35 GMT
PPP poll..
"By 8 point margin, 49/41, voters wish Hillary Clinton was President instead of Trump. Including 10% of Trump voters: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/05/h…"
While I'm not surprised that the majority would rather Hillary as president I'm surprised trump voters would admit this just 4 months into trump's term.
But more still want President Obama as our president...
"By 16 point margin, 55/39, voters wish Barack Obama was still POTUS instead of Trump, including 13% of Trump voters: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/05/h…"
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Post by used2scrap on May 16, 2017 15:43:55 GMT
From the latest PPP poll... "If direct ties btwn Russia and Trump team are eventually proven, 54% say he needs to resign, 34% say stay in office: publicpolicypolling.com/main/2017/05/h…" 34% says he should stay in office if direct ties are proven between trump and Russia. Remember he could stand on 5th Avenue and shoot someone and still be POTUS. Party over country!
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 16:42:15 GMT
ABC News....
"McMaster: Pres. Trump "wasn't even aware of where this information came from" before discussing information with Russian foreign minister."
And how does this make it better?
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Post by cycworker on May 16, 2017 16:55:46 GMT
ABC News.... "McMaster: Pres. Trump "wasn't even aware of where this information came from" before discussing information with Russian foreign minister." And how does this make it better? In that he likely doesn't actually have the info needed to reveal the identity of key sources. Seems to imply they aren't telling Trump things that are too dangerous to risk having him share in public. I am no Trump fan AT ALL. But we all already knew that there are big concerns about ISIS using laptops on planes to trigger explosives.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2017 17:10:55 GMT
AFP News Agency...
"#BREAKING Trump to give speech on Islam in Saudi Arabia: White House"
I believe "throwing gasoline on a fire" would apply here.
We really are doomed.
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