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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 5:50:12 GMT
Politico...
"White House communications director Hope Hicks retains lawyer in Russia probe politi.co/2gU1qe2"
Well trump was right he was going to create jobs jobs jobs for D.C. Lawyers anyway.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 10, 2017 15:42:43 GMT
since he's passed himself off as such a great deal-maker for so long, he needed to make a deal somewhere! plus, he's not really a Republican, anyway-- he's all about the 'party of Trump' so whatever gives him good press, in my opinion, is what he'll do. It's part of his propaganda train. If he keeps repeating the same (untruths) over and over, his bases and supporters continue to believe it. It seems those who do have better critical thinking skills see through the bullshit.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 17:47:27 GMT
Sec. Sonny Perdue - USDA posted a picture with this comment about president tiny hands cabinet meeting at Camp David...
"Serious @cabinet meeting today, called by @potus at Camp David. Reports on #Irma's track, potential impact, fed & state preparedness."
What is it with trump & company that they always feel the need to tell us they are working hard or in this case the cabinet meeting was serious? It makes me think after the "serious" picture was taken they went back yucking it up and looking at porn.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2017 22:24:07 GMT
TPM...
"President Donald Trump on Sunday cited Hurricane Irma, which made landfall in Florida in the morning, as his rationale to ask Congress “for a speed-up” on his tax policy.
“We will discussing our plan for dramatic tax cuts and tax reform. And I think now with what’s happened with the hurricane, I’m going to ask for a speed-up,” Trump said at the opening of a cabinet meeting at Camp David. “I wanted a speed-up anyway but now we need it even more so.”
He called Irma a “storm of enormous destructive power” and urged those in its path “to heed all instructions.”
“Get out of its way,” Trump said. “Don’t worry about it, just get out of its way.”
Of course they have to rush the tax cuts because when the costs come in from Harvey & Irma there is no way they can justify this tax cut.
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Post by jayfab on Sept 11, 2017 1:56:34 GMT
I agree with almost everything you say, except that I do think she and Bernie bear some responsibility and I, on a purely personal level, have had it up to here with them both. However, I am extremely grouchy tonight and apparently my latent fury over 11/9/16 is also rising within me and spilling over onto them as well. I am just so angry all the time and while I agree that the younger Dems need to step up to the plate, it might be easier to do that without Hillary's and Bernie's massive egos in the way. Just MHO, of course. I hope you understand my anger is not at you, I always like reading what you have to say. I have always had extremely mixed feelings about Hillary and her coming out with this book right now has stirred up my less positive ones. No I didn't think you were angry with me. Not at all. Sorry my frustration got the better of me. I'm unhappy with the voters who didn't vote. 61M sat on the sidelines. I've been grumpy ever since I read that. I understand Hillary is hard to like. But at this point she is the only Democrat that is saying what needs to be said IMO. So instead of dismissing her folks should listen to what she is going to say while she is on the book tour. So on this I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Mystie & @fred - good points from both SaveSave
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 14:52:20 GMT
Debby Downer here with another example of how trump is not making America Great Again. If anything he is making America a has been.
From Politico....
"Is China leaping past us?
With little notice in Washington, Beijing has quietly become an innovation superpower. How should the U.S. respond?
By DANIEL KLIMAN and HARRY KREJSA 09/11/2017 09:37 AM EDT
Sixty years ago this fall, the Soviet Union shocked the world by launching into orbit Earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. The beach ball-sized spacecraft was an astounding scientific achievement, one previously thought beyond the reach of Moscow. As Sputnik circled the globe and emitted radio signals detectable by anyone with a short-wave receiver, the American public experienced a crisis of confidence over their country’s standing in the world and its Cold War competitiveness.
We know the rest of the story. American scientists and policymakers were shaken out of the complacent assumption that their technological edge was insurmountable. American government, universities, and industry mobilized for a competition of scientific innovation – and won.
In recent months, China has quietly given the United States a series of new “Sputnik Moments”—not as dramatic as a radio beacon from overhead, but just as significant as a challenge to American technological leadership. And as U.S. debates have focused on trade deficits and recovering manufacturing jobs, Beijing has achieved the scientific and technological feats that herald its arrival as an innovation superpower. These “Sputnik Moments” extend across multiple industries, from communications technology to renewable energy. Collectively, they pose a risk to America’s future economic dynamism, as well as its military superiority.
This August, China successfully tested the world’s first quantum satellite communication – relying on the physics of quantum entanglement to send and receive provably secure messages. While the United States faces a regulatory morass around the world-shaking potential of CRISPR gene editing technologies, China last year announced seven human trials to treat cancer and other ailments. As coal finds itself again at the center of the American energy policy debate, China’s photovoltaic capacity has surged. In just the first six months of 2017, China added new solar energy generation capacity equal to half of the United States’ entire installed solar base at the end of 2016.
These largely overlooked “Sputnik Moments” have thus far failed to galvanize a U.S. response.
In fact, they underscore the need for action to sustain America’s innovation edge. Improving the quality of the U.S. education system and ensuring sufficient government funding for long-term research and development is essential, but will only succeed if the United States simultaneously addresses China’s sweeping and ambitious effort to acquire U.S. technology.
Unlike during the Cold War, today cutting-edge technology development in the United States occurs largely in the commercial sector, and often through cross-border collaboration. This means that technology breakthroughs in the United States can benefit economic competitors – for example, China has built on CRISPR gene editing, which was invented in the United States.
Indeed, Beijing has in recent years benefitted from acquiring U.S. intellectual property to leapfrog traditional research and development costs and timelines. Although the threat of illegal Chinese cyber theft is well known, China is also employing a variety of tools designed to extract U.S. achievements in innovation without having to break any laws or firewalls. These tools range from coercive trade practices to structured corporate finance. For example, in exchange for access to China’s massive and fast-growing market, Beijing has required some U.S. companies to trade away their intellectual property or engage in forced joint ventures with local Chinese firms. These shotgun corporate marriages can be little more than involuntary technology transfers imposed on U.S. companies seeking new sources of growth.
In the United States, China has adopted less heavy-handed tactics. Its companies are attempting to acquire U.S. firms in key advanced technology sectors like semiconductor development and manufacturing. Chinese corporations have also opened research centers in the United States to tap American talent, and made early-stage investments in American startups focused on cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and robotics. A small Silicon Valley venture might find access to their intellectual property a minor price to pay for a game-changing capital infusion.
Failing to address China’s efforts to acquire U.S. technology will have far-reaching consequences. The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property estimates that piracy, theft, and counterfeiting by China costs the U.S. economy between $225 billion and $600 billion a year, or up to 3 percent of the entire U.S. GDP. In the long term, the costs only grow more daunting. If scientific advances in quantum communications, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, energy, and battery technology increasingly move to China, so will the future industries – and jobs – that will accompany them. Moreover, future U.S. military advantage depends on America’s continued technological leadership. If China outpaces the United States in innovation, loss of America’s military edge in the Asia-Pacific, if not globally, could follow.
Much has been made of U.S. efforts to combat cyber-enabled Chinese economic espionage, including the 2015 agreement concluded by the Obama Administration. But leaving aside illegal cyber theft, China can exploit many legal vehicles to acquire U.S. technology. As a result, the United States must treat this problem differently than traditional industrial espionage.
This starts with changing how the U.S. government organizes for economic competition. As currently structured, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), a body set up to review foreign investments for national security consequences, is not equipped for the task. CFIUS lacks the resources for its current caseload, and overly focuses on individual transactions rather than larger trends. Smaller transactions – like those early investments in cutting-edge startups – fall below the radar.
In many ways, the U.S. government’s current organization for economic competition replicates many of the failures that plagued counterterrorism efforts prior to the September 11th attacks. Expertise, authorities, and information are diffused across the government. This precludes a strategic approach, creates dangerous bureaucratic seams, and hinders swift action to counter a fluid and evolving challenge.
For these reasons, the United States should consider establishing a National Economic Competition Center (NECC) modeled after the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Established in the years following the September 11thattacks, the NCTC was built on the premise that terror threats require swift cooperation across the U.S. government and with a level of information sharing that could not occur absent a centralized, dedicated effort. Like combatting terrorism, safeguarding technological security requires cutting across bureaucratic lines and will depend on both domestically- and internationally-oriented agencies.
An effective National Economic Competition Center, like the NCTC, would convene key players from relevant agencies such as the Departments of Defense, Commerce, and Treasury, along with the U.S. Trade Representative, the Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the rest of the intelligence community. It would pool information from across the government, and leverage big data to track Chinese efforts to acquire U.S. technology.
The National Economic Competition Center would also play a decisive role in CFIUS. Possessing the best sight picture on China’s economic activities, it would review CFIUS recommendations involving Chinese firms and wield a veto over decisions by the current membership. The NECC would also recommend technologies requiring additional scrutiny by CFIUS, and in cases involving Chinese companies, monitor compliance with CFIUS mitigation agreements, which commit parties in a transaction to taking special actions to address national security concerns.
A National Economic Competition Center could also serve as a repository for pooling information from firms targeted by China’s efforts to acquire their intellectual property. It could function as a one-stop resource for companies under pressure by China to trade away their intellectual property, and recommend policy actions to give U.S. companies the backing they need. In addition, the director of the NECC would regularly meet with technology industry CEOs and Silicon Valley venture capitalists to ensure the U.S. government strikes the right balance between protecting America’s technology edge and maintaining the level of openness required for the U.S. innovation ecosystem to thrive.
Recalling that U.S.-Soviet technological rivalry contributed to the modern age through space exploration, materials science, and advanced computing, the United States should boldly embrace economic competition with China. Now is the time to organize to win.
The alternative is to continue on the present course - one in which China leverages America's technology to ultimately become the world leader in innovation"
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 15:36:46 GMT
#MAMA
Make America Misogynistic Again!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 15:38:43 GMT
From Paul Walkman "Fighting won't kill the Democrats. It will only make them stronger".
"You can hear the cries of horror from within the Democratic Party about the upcoming release of Hillary Clinton's book about the 2016 campaign, What Happened. Why open these wounds over her primary campaign with Bernie Sanders? Can't we move on? Meanwhile, Bernie backers are out picking fights to the chagrin of party stalwarts.
But Democrats should relax. This kind of internal squabbling is completely normal. Not only won't it do them much harm, it will probably help them in the long run. And with three years before the next presidential election, this is the time to do it.
There's no way you can avoid a little recrimination after a presidential loss, particularly one as wrenching as 2016. And even if the party doesn't need some kind of major overhaul, it can always use a debate about what its priorities should be and how to present them to the voting public. Some of that's happening now — just look at how single-payer health care is rapidly becoming consensus within the Democratic Party. As that happens, Democrats are having a (hopefully) enlightening discussion about exactly what it would involve and what the tradeoffs are, both in terms of policy and politics, which will put them in a much better position to actually enact some form of universal coverage the next time they get the chance.
At the same time, some people are using it as a litmus test, saying they can't support a candidate who won't agree to their particular version of single payer. But as Democrats have these debates, they should acknowledge that some people — who at this moment in history are largely associated with Bernie Sanders — aren't going to be appeased no matter where the party settles. The folks railing against all the potential 2020 candidates are a slightly exaggerated version of Bernie himself, in that criticizing the party from the outside is where they find their political identity. There is no group of policy concessions or accommodations that will bring them into the fold. They don't want to be in the fold. They want to stand outside the party and criticize Democrats as establishment sellouts, and they always will. It doesn't matter if the party changes in their direction or not, which means that the argument, at least in some quarters, isn't going to end.
Likewise, Bernie Sanders himself is never going to become a Democrat. As Clinton writes in her book, Sanders "isn't a Democrat — that's not a smear, that's what he says. He didn't get into the race to make sure a Democrat won the White House, he got in to disrupt the Democratic Party." To Sanders' credit, once Clinton was the nominee he supported and campaigned for her, but she's right that his primary goal was about his revolution, not about winning the White House for a party he has steadfastly refused to join. Sanders will always be an outsider; that's who he is and how he likes it.
Nevertheless, even more establishment-minded Democrats might believe that these are good arguments to have right now, if they'll produce a party with more clarity about itself (and perhaps one that has moved to the left). The trap to avoid is to write off potential party leaders who have evolved in the ways activists demand for lacking "authenticity." First of all, there's no such thing as an "authentic" politician. They all enact a performance when they're in public; it's just that some performances are more convincing than others.
Second, if you're asking whether they really, truly believe the positions they're taking or are only taking them because they've been pressured into doing so, you're asking the wrong question. Because after all, getting politicians to change is the whole purpose of political pressure. If a candidate who had been wavering on something like universal health care comes around to your position, you should celebrate — your pressure worked!
Sanders may or may not run in 2020, but if he does, his candidacy will likely be nothing like the phenomenon it was in 2016, when he had almost no competition as the one alternative to the seemingly inevitable nominee, and he could be embraced by a portion of the grassroots as the new and exciting thing. In 2020 there will be a dozen Democrats running, almost all of them new to most voters, and they won't offer the natural contrast to Sanders that Clinton did. Democrats are going to have lots of options.
Right now those candidates are watching these debates closely, whether it's about health care or the party's economic message or foreign policy or exactly how it should fight the Trump administration. They want to figure out where they need to move, who they need to appeal to, and how they can craft their own runs to avoid the pitfalls of the past. That's one reason why the policy and political debates Democrats are having right now — even if they get a little heated at times — serve such an important function. The next Democratic nominee, who may wind up shaping the party's identity to the same degree Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did, is him- or herself being profoundly affected by what's happening right now. For that reason alone, Democrats should go ahead and argue."
In other words "Let Hillary Speak!!!!"
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Post by artgirl1 on Sept 11, 2017 15:56:17 GMT
Make America Misogynistic Again! now is it an all white club also?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 15:57:36 GMT
The Daily Beast.... "Melissa McCarthy won an Emmy for her role as Sean Spicer on SNL, but did that performance doom Spicey? thebea.st/2gXRLmx" No. He did that on day one with him repeating trump's lie about the crowd size. Just like every other spokesperson who try and sells his lies. link
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 16:48:03 GMT
David Gura...
"At The Pentagon, President Trump is now talking through a scheduled moment of silence."
One classy guy.
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Post by wellway on Sept 11, 2017 16:57:09 GMT
re China, they are also researching a plan to ban the production and sale of all petrol and diesel cars and vans. The UK and France have already announced plans to ban new diesel and petrol cars by 2040. Not sure where China gets all it's oil but as a huge consumer of oil their plan to reduce their dependence on oil will have an impact. www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41218243
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2017 19:45:51 GMT
Daily Beast...
"Mexico withdraws Harvey aid offer after silent treatment from Trump thebea.st/2jj31i1"
How extremely rude of the trump administration. Having said that I'm not surprised. It is extremely unfortunate that trump, his words, & his actions have become the face of this country.
🚫 #MAGA
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Post by lucyg on Sept 11, 2017 19:51:05 GMT
Daily Beast... "Mexico withdraws Harvey aid offer after silent treatment from Trump thebea.st/2jj31i1" How extremely rude of the trump administration. Having said that I'm not surprised. It is extremely unfortunate that trump, his words, & his actions have become the face of this country. 🚫 #MAGA Holy hell. What an embarrassment.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 11, 2017 21:09:58 GMT
Daily Beast... "Mexico withdraws Harvey aid offer after silent treatment from Trump thebea.st/2jj31i1" How extremely rude of the trump administration. Having said that I'm not surprised. It is extremely unfortunate that trump, his words, & his actions have become the face of this country. 🚫 #MAGA Holy hell. What an embarrassment. Agreed.
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Post by flute4peace on Sept 12, 2017 18:59:16 GMT
Daily Beast... "Mexico withdraws Harvey aid offer after silent treatment from Trump thebea.st/2jj31i1" How extremely rude of the trump administration. Having said that I'm not surprised. It is extremely unfortunate that trump, his words, & his actions have become the face of this country. 🚫 #MAGA Frankly, I applaud Mexico for even offering aid. Trump has made it perfectly clear that he has no respect or use for them. They definitely took the high road on this one, and he once again showed his utter lack of humanity.
Also - I don't believe in in way that he has compassion and concern for the states that were destructed by Harvey & Irma. And until I see actual footage of him mucking out flooded houses, nobody can convince me that he does. He's probably never even heard the word muck.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Sept 12, 2017 19:23:52 GMT
Those two truly deserve each other!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 21:28:49 GMT
From SF KPIX
"NOTICE OF VIOLATION Bay Area air quality officials are going after the now-closed Russian consulate for burning items in the chimney on a Spare the Air day."
Yup the Russians were burning stuff the day before they had to leave on a Spare the Air Day. Think this will cause an international incident?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 21:40:12 GMT
LA Times...
"After an earthquake and a hurricane — and Trump's failure to send condolences — Mexico rescinds aid offer to U.S. lat.ms/2gYZx3u"
Jerk still hasn't said anything about the earthquake in Mexico . And for that matter nothing about the damage Irma did to the non US Islands.
He really is a disgrace & an embarrassment to this country.
🚫 #MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 21:46:21 GMT
Sri Berman...
"Trump witness wants background checks for 31 cases of voter fraud since 2000 but not for 33,000 gun deaths a year"
🚫# MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 21:50:57 GMT
This tweet from Jennifer Granholm...
"Before @realdonaldtrump takes credit, note this is for 2016: US median household income rose 3.2% & poverty declined"
Prompted this response from a trump supporter Resonate537
"PROOF how NASTY & STUPID Granholm is!! She is a TRUMP/MAGA HATER!! Vote her OUT!!!"
Jennifer is a professor at Berkeley and a CNN Contributor. So I'm not sure what he is voting her out of. Survivor?
Another example of the best and the brightest.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 22:21:38 GMT
From Justin Trudeau...
"We'll be there to help our neighbours recover from Irma. On a call with PM Browne, I offered Canada’s help to Antigua & Barbuda."
We would see a comment similar to this from President obama. But sadly for the United States we will never see a similar comment from trump. trump would demand some sort of payment first.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 23:00:42 GMT
linkFrom the Business Insider... A calculated attack: The White House says DOJ should certainly look at prosecuting James Comey. I'm sure Kelly was thrilled when Sarah gave that answer in the briefing today.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 12, 2017 23:04:55 GMT
his actions... "likely could have been illegal"
oh my gosh, can she stop pandering to his base with non-answers like this?! It gets so frustrating!! they 'likely could have been illegal' is not a statement one way or the other! And we all know they said his actions were NOT illegal! Just stop it!!! (is what I'd like to say to Sarah Fu*kabee-Sanders, that is... I can.not.STAND. her condescending answers and tone. She can't answer ANYTHING "straight" at all.)
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Post by PLurker on Sept 12, 2017 23:31:12 GMT
his actions... "likely could have been illegal" oh my gosh, can she stop pandering to his base with non-answers like this?! It gets so frustrating!! they 'likely could have been illegal' is not a statement one way or the other! And we all know they said his actions were NOT illegal! Just stop it!!! (is what I'd like to say to Sarah Fu*kabee-Sanders, that is... I can.not.STAND. her condescending answers and tone. She can't answer ANYTHING "straight" at all.) on my ride home I heard Sarah just her answering question if 45 would be reading HRC's book that came out today. My first thought was no, 'reading is not his thing or strong suit'. Then after saying she didn't know sarah went on the attack saying something to the fact that HRC should have better things to do after she ran the most negative/attack campaign in history. Who was her mud-slinging personal-attacking, false-accusing-any-one-in-his-way opponent? ? I literally flipped off my car radio. HRC may have been negative but paled in comparison to Sarah's boss.
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Post by artgirl1 on Sept 13, 2017 0:27:41 GMT
since when is Sarah F*ckabee part of the Department of Justice? Or an Attorney? The only legal scholars in the White House now subscribe to the Alternative Law Review.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 4:53:11 GMT
My absolute favorite meme.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2017 14:16:54 GMT
From Nate Silver....
"Dems flipped two very pro-Trump districts in special elections last night, There was a 28-point swing to Dems in NH. A 31-point swing in OK."
Not bad.
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