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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 23, 2017 21:53:54 GMT
The more I think about Trump's tweets regarding sports players who he calls SOBs and saying they should be fired for not standing and disrespecting the flag.... Is he a dictator? Do we no longer have a protected freedom of speech and expression? And I don't think a President should be telling the American public which private Companies we should support or boycott. ITA!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 23:01:21 GMT
trump....
“Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have!”
The “deal” only dealt with stopping nuclear weapons. Nothing else including firing missiles. What he is doing is laying the ground work to get out of the Iran and justifying it with “fake” news.
This is definitely not how one makes America great again.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 23:13:14 GMT
David Fahrenthold....
“NBA fans/writers: know of any teams that stay at @realdonaldtrump's hotels, or used to? Lemme know, I'll check if he lost their business.”
David checked how much business Mar a Lago lost because of trump’s actions and found most of the scheduled events cancelled.
You know this whole thing of trump making money of the presidency could actually backfire. If so, it couldn’t happen to a more deserving family. 😀
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2017 23:37:26 GMT
Jeffery Goldberg....
“Today on Twitter, the President has raised tensions with North Korea; the Golden State Warriors; Iran; the NFL; and John McCain.”
Kelly must have taken the day off or trump was hiding from him.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 24, 2017 3:11:19 GMT
The more I think about Trump's tweets regarding sports players who he calls SOBs and saying they should be fired for not standing and disrespecting the flag.... Is he a dictator? Do we no longer have a protected freedom of speech and expression? And I don't think a President should be telling the American public which private Companies we should support or boycott. When he does that he fucks with their stock and causes people to lose money. I bet his family plays with stocks based on Trumps raging on companies..
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 3:41:35 GMT
Kelly is not doing his job...
From trump tonight.
“Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won't be around much longer!”
Oh goody. What a dumbass.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 14:20:55 GMT
I think we've discussed this twitter account before, but man I love them. Imagine if this was our president instead of the emotional toddler currently occupying the office.
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Post by hop2 on Sept 24, 2017 14:23:16 GMT
Has trump mention, send sympathies or send support to Mexico after the quake? I’m a bit out of the loop this week and haven’t heard anything
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 21:54:02 GMT
From Politico....
“Kushner used private email to conduct White House business politi.co/2wMbn8a”
Where is the outrage? Where is the FBI investigation? What’s he hiding?
You would think he would havevlearned something from Hillary’s emails. I guess he thinks he’s special.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2017 22:12:31 GMT
ABC News....
“Sec. Mnuchin to @martharaddatz: "It's not about free speech." NFL players "can do free speech on their own time." abcn.ws/2hsbbAq”
Another example of trump surrounding himself with the best and the brightest.
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Post by used2scrap on Sept 24, 2017 22:32:24 GMT
ABC News.... “Sec. Mnuchin to @martharaddatz: "It's not about free speech." NFL players "can do free speech on their own time." abcn.ws/2hsbbAq” Another example of trump surrounding himself with the best and the brightest. Unless you're the reporter who tweeted from her personal account on her own time that the WH called for to be fired right?
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 24, 2017 23:09:22 GMT
ABC News.... “Sec. Mnuchin to @martharaddatz: "It's not about free speech." NFL players "can do free speech on their own time." abcn.ws/2hsbbAq” Another example of trump surrounding himself with the best and the brightest. Unless you're the reporter who tweeted from her personal account on her own time that the WH called for to be fired right? Or, unless you are the POTUS raging up a tweetstorm on shit he shouldn't be tweeting while at work. Amiright!!?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2017 2:27:02 GMT
He has no class & is an embarrassment. And yet how many people who are conservative and 'family values' voters completely overlook this lack of character? They like him because he's white. They like him because he's on 'their side' - even though he really isn't doing anything at all for them. They like him because he lets them say mean things about immigrants, gays, Muslims, brown people, black people, and anyone who isn't just like them - and they can just claim that they're 'telling it like it is' because if the president feels that way, they must be right. They like him because he's 'one of them' - except for the fact that he's really not anything like them at all when it comes to morals, work ethic and feelings of entitlement. At some point, the people he's suckered into believing that he's one of the common folk will realize that he's not one of them, he's never been one of them, and he doesn't admire or respect them one bit. He's used them, and he'll continue using them until they stop allowing it. Some of them will never stop, because that would mean either a) admitting you were a fool, or you got conned or b) admitting that you really aren't all that patriotic and American as you thought you were - because when it came right down to it, the Constitution and rule of law that you pretended to care about really weren't all that meaningful to you, and you were willing to overlook them when it came down to your guy not having to abide by them. Well said!!! I've admitted before that my very liberal husband (who has been a lifelong Dem) voted for this asshat. About 3 months ago, he did admit that 45 is a "loose cannon". STILL, he'll defend his vote, because he claims, "there was no other choice!" I just am baffled. Maybe the Facebook Russian ads got to him and he believed crap about HRC. This isn't "shaking anything up". It's putting our Country at great risk. One amusing part of this for me is that 45 has the balls to call HRC "entitled", and he refers to Hollywood as "the Hollywood elite". REALLY? Elite is when you're a douchebag and you use a gov't private plane vs. a commercial plane. Elite is when you think you're above paying your taxes, or paying for services that you believe you just don't owe. How any of his "base" buys his $hit, is beyond me. I'm just waiting for the day that everything will be exposed and Nancy Pelosi will be our President. The rest of them are all horribly guilty.
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 25, 2017 2:42:20 GMT
I often miss news. Why is Venezuela bad enough to join N Korea and the others on his travel ban?
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Post by katlady on Sept 25, 2017 2:50:58 GMT
I often miss news. Why is Venezuela bad enough to join N Korea and the others on his travel ban? The Venezuela ban is only for officials and their families. Canada has also imposed sanctions against the top Venezuelan officials. The U.S. feels that the new government is heading towards a dictatorship.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 25, 2017 16:29:15 GMT
And I don't think a President should be telling the American public which private Companies we should support or boycott. actually, isn't it against the ethics rules for the President to do this very thing? but we all know pesky things like *ethics* don't apply to him... The U.S. feels that the new government is heading towards a dictatorship. ^^^ ummm, pot meet kettle? (somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but not totally.)
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Post by anonrefugee on Sept 25, 2017 17:19:55 GMT
I can't believe a President publicly called someone a "son of a bitch"! He continually lowers the bar, doesn't he? Why is even he spending Presidential time and thought on a sports controversy? He really is 11 years old.
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Post by used2scrap on Sept 25, 2017 17:25:21 GMT
I can't believe a President publicly called someone a "son of a bitch"! He continually lowers the bar, doesn't he? Why is even he spending Presidential time and thought on a sports controversy? He really is 11 years old. Considering at a minimum NK stating they consider we've declared war on them and the devastating Hurricanes, escalating conflict in Libya, Syria, Afghanistan to name a few, and the health care mess, he really does have much more important things to be doing!
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Post by artgirl1 on Sept 25, 2017 17:43:53 GMT
He continually lowers the bar, doesn't he? The bar is so low now, it's rolling on the ground.
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Post by thundergal on Sept 25, 2017 17:47:48 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing.
I hate him.
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Post by katiescarlett on Sept 25, 2017 17:52:39 GMT
I don't know about the top photo, but the bottom photo is fake. I saw a snopes link about it earlier. Opps, the photo didn't show up. It's the one above where Trump doesn't have his hand over his heart. The bottom photo was from a CNN debate and it is fake.
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Post by casii on Sept 25, 2017 18:02:06 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing. I hate him. I have good friends in PR. Have not been able to hear anything from them. Nothing. Add the entire population of Puerto Rico to this situation and imagine the stunning distress (which I know YOU can, but Trump hasn't an empathetic bone in his body). Aid should've been on its way the moment it was safe to send it. Editing to add that I just got a message from one of my former students who is now a hotshot firefighter (IHC) that 2000 USDA and DOI First Response are on their way. On a personal note, I am so proud of this young man. When he was a teen, he was a mess, but had a dream to become a hotshot. He'd get in trouble, have a major setback then we'd have to start over from ground zero so many times. Talk about kneeling, he kept me on my knees in prayer a LOT. Happy he is living his dream and helping others. He was just fighting fires in the West and he's always on the go!
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Post by hop2 on Sept 25, 2017 18:07:21 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing. I hate him. I have good friends in PR. Have not been able to hear anything from them. Nothing. Add the entire population of Puerto Rico to this situation and imagine the stunning distress (which I know YOU can, but Trump hasn't an empathetic bone in his body). Aid should've been on its way the moment it was safe to send it. At least local state governments have sent teams. NY & NJ have I’m sure others have as well. I know it’s not enough though.
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Post by used2scrap on Sept 25, 2017 18:09:44 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing. I hate him. I have good friends in PR. Have not been able to hear anything from them. Nothing. Add the entire population of Puerto Rico to this situation and imagine the stunning distress (which I know YOU can, but Trump hasn't an empathetic bone in his body). Aid should've been on its way the moment it was safe to send it. There is aid in PR (and the USVI). The logistics of a disaster on this scale combined with all the others is mind boggling. Unfortunately it takes time. But it would be nice if the complainer in chief spent more time being the comforter in chief. How many in the US even know that Puerto Rico is part of the US?? www.fema.gov/news-release/2017/09/21/hurricane-maria-response-and-relief-operations-underwayNavigationSearch Languages In this Section Main Content Hurricane Maria Response and Relief Operations Underway Release date: September 21, 2017 Release Number: HQ-17-131 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) top priority is to provide life-saving resources to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, while aggressively working to gain greater access to disaster affected areas. Federal coordinating officers and other FEMA personnel are on the ground, coordinating with the governors of the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and their respective emergency management agencies. FEMA Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) operations began today with initial damage assessments and intelligence reports. Four US&R task forces are stationed in the Caribbean with another eight teams awaiting airfield openings. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) is conducting search and rescue operations in St. Croix and in the surrounding waters. Three men stand in front of a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft. Another person in uniform walks toward the plane with suitcases in hand. U.S. Coast Guard aircrews deploy for search and rescue missions around Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Three members of US&R New York Task Force 1 pack equipment and prepare for deployment FEMA US&R New York Task Force 1 deploys to support rescue and recovery efforts in the Caribbean following Hurricane Maria. a large group of men and women in uniform walk around on a dock in front of a ship U.S. Coast Guard personnel and assets bunker down Sept. 20 in Puerto Rico in order to respond and provide relief for Hurricane Maria. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) maintained air traffic control services in San Juan at the Combined Terminal Radar Approach and En Route Center (which provide air traffic services for high altitude flights over that region of the Atlantic) throughout Hurricane Maria’s landfall. This was the result of the extraordinary actions of a small group of FAA controllers and technicians who kept systems and generators operating. Also, a mobile air traffic control tower and instrument landing system is being returned to St. Thomas airport and will be operational today. FEMA-loaded vessels with more than 1.3 million meals, 2 million liters of water, 30 generators and 6,000 cots are en route to St. Thomas, awaiting port opening and clearance. FEMA also pre-positioned commodities at its Distribution Center and Warehouse in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Commodities including meals, water, cots, and blankets are readyfor distribution to the Commonwealth as requested. Yesterday President Trump issued major disaster declarations for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as a result of Hurricane Maria. These declarations make federal funding available to affected individuals in designated areas. Assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster. Federal funding is available to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work. Federal funding is also available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures. Those in designated areas of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands who are able to register for assistance may do so online at www.DisasterAssistance.gov. If able, online registration is the quickest way to register for federal assistance. Survivors who do not have access to the internet may register by calling 1-800-621-FEMA (3362) or 1-800-462-7585 (TTY). If you use 711 relay or Video Relay Service (VRS), call 800-621-3362 directly. Federal Efforts Underway as of September 21, 2017 The American Red Cross Emergency App features an “I’m Safe” button that allows users to post a message to their social accounts, letting friends and family know they are out of harm’s way. The app can be downloaded for free in app stores by searching for “American Red Cross” or by texting ‘GETEMERGENCY’ to 90999. U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is preparing to respond to the impacts of Hurricane Maria and resume its ongoing FEMA-assigned missions in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico as soon as it is safe to do so. USACE had more than 120 responders in the islands for the storm's passage, and all personnel have been accounted for. In response to Hurricane Irma, which affected the same region, USACE received mission assignments to provide Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with temporary power, temporary roofing, debris removal/technical assistance, infrastructure assessment, and a commodities management expert. The U.S. National Guard Bureau (NGB) is conducting security operations, route clearance, traffic control, and food and water distribution. They expect the airfield on St. Croix to be open today. Members of the Puerto Rico National Guard sheltered in place during the hurricane, and they were poised to respond following the storm. U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) is conducting incident awareness and assessment missions in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with six U.S. Navy helicopters and three U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey aircraft launched from the USS Kearsarge Amphibious Readiness Gro. Additionally, a Navy surveillance aircraft launched from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, and is conducting an assessment of the damage in Puerto Rico. Navy and Marine forward ground elements responded today to assist with response and recovery operations. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is inserting a Forward Coordination Element and Air Control Element into St. Croix to help open the airfield and coordinate with the Defense Coordinating Officer and National Guard at the Joint Force Headquarters there. The MEU will also insert an Air Control Element in the airport at St. Thomas in order to help open the airfield. DoD elements are focused on airfield assessments and opening runways to facilitate commodity distribution. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is working with its partners in response and power restoration efforts for Hurricane Maria. DOE emergency responders are deployed to St. Thomas and St. Croix in support of FEMA Incident Management Assistance Teams and a responder will deploy to Puerto Rico as soon as conditions permit. DOE is also working closely with its Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), the American Public Power Association, the Department of Defense, and FEMA to facilitate mutual aid for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. An eight-member advance team from WAPA deployed to Puerto Rico ahead of Maria, sheltered while it passed, and will join the local Virgin Islands utility in the work of damage assessment and power restoration as soon as it is safe to do so. Additional utility crews will head to Puerto Rico as soon as it is safe to do so, where they'll work with the government of Puerto Rico on response, restoration, and rebuilding efforts. DOE is posting Situation Reports here, and the Western Area Power Administration is posting updates here. The General Services Administration (GSA) facilities in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico remain closed except to law enforcement and essential personnel due to Hurricane Maria. Initial damage assessments are underway, and GSA-owned facilities will reopen when they are determined to be safe and operational. As GSA facilities reopen, they will be removed from the list of closed facilities at gsa.gov/facilitystatus. USA.gov and GobiernoUSA.gov continue to support federal agency messaging efforts on their home pages and are compiling federal agency updates and messaging on their Hurricane Maria pages found at www.usa.gov/hurricane-maria, gobierno.usa.gov/huracan-maria. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has more than 200 HHS medical professionals and public health experts poised to travel to Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands to provide medical care and public health support. The HHS Disaster Distress Helpline assisted more than 5,000 callers in coping with the impacts of these storms. The helpline remains available 24 hours a day, 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to collaborate with the DoD and FEMA to provide information via radio and print materials to the impacted residents of U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Office of Law Enforcement sent 50 personnel to Puerto Rico with an additional 40 en route. DOI officers provided medical assistance, and assisted local hotels with shelter and evacuation plans. The US Geological Survey has field crews in Puerto Rico who have deployed and are monitoring storm-tide sensors; more information can be found on the USGS Maria Flood Event Viewer. A National Park Service (NPS) incident management team is in San Juan to provide immediate assistance and communications. Twenty U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel scheduled for response and recovery operations in the Caribbean will work in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) temporarily paused all response operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands due to Hurricane Maria. EPA is prepared to begin response operations again following the storm and as soon as staff can re-deploy. EPA response personnel who remained in the FEMA bunker on St. Croix are resuming assessment activities today. U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) offices will remain closed until September 25, 2017. There were approximately 2,000 benefit payments dated September 20 (Cycle 3) for delivery to the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. There were also about 160 checks dated September 14–19 resulting from daily payment files prior to Hurricane Maria. SSA is working with the United States Postal Service (USPS) to determine where these checks are in the mail stream. U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facilities on Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are closed—there are no retail services, package or mail pick up at any USPS location. As soon as it is safe to do so, USPS will begin to re-open postal facilities on the islands. Depending on the scope and level of damage, this could necessitate the use of temporary quarters on the islands and mainland plant processing and staging of Caribbean District mail, with a focus on transportation and distribution of essential items such as medications, Treasury checks, Social Security benefits, etc. Customers can find the latest service statuses at USPS Service A
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Post by lucyg on Sept 25, 2017 18:43:25 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing. I hate him. I have good friends in PR. Have not been able to hear anything from them. Nothing. Add the entire population of Puerto Rico to this situation and imagine the stunning distress (which I know YOU can, but Trump hasn't an empathetic bone in his body). Aid should've been on its way the moment it was safe to send it. Editing to add that I just got a message from one of my former students who is now a hotshot firefighter (IHC) that 2000 USDA and DOI First Response are on their way. On a personal note, I am so proud of this young man. When he was a teen, he was a mess, but had a dream to become a hotshot. He'd get in trouble, have a major setback then we'd have to start over from ground zero so many times. Talk about kneeling, he kept me on my knees in prayer a LOT. Happy he is living his dream and helping others. He was just fighting fires in the West and he's always on the go!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 25, 2017 22:17:44 GMT
I can't believe a President publicly called someone a "son of a bitch"! He continually lowers the bar, doesn't he? Why is even he spending Presidential time and thought on a sports controversy? He really is 11 years old. Well...he did mock a disable man.
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Post by PLurker on Sept 26, 2017 3:58:49 GMT
Boycotting is a form of protest. Anyone else find it ironic that 45 and those against the NFL players right to protest are reacting by protesting?
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Post by PLurker on Sept 26, 2017 4:02:18 GMT
NOTHING about Puerto Rico. Nothing. I hate him. I have good friends in PR. Have not been able to hear anything from them. Nothing. Add the entire population of Puerto Rico to this situation and imagine the stunning distress (which I know YOU can, but Trump hasn't an empathetic bone in his body). Aid should've been on its way the moment it was safe to send it. Editing to add that I just got a message from one of my former students who is now a hotshot firefighter (IHC) that 2000 USDA and DOI First Response are on their way. On a personal note, I am so proud of this young man. When he was a teen, he was a mess, but had a dream to become a hotshot. He'd get in trouble, have a major setback then we'd have to start over from ground zero so many times. Talk about kneeling, he kept me on my knees in prayer a LOT. Happy he is living his dream and helping others. He was just fighting fires in the West and he's always on the go! So sorry for your friends and everyone in PR. and Yay! for your once troubled student now succeeding at his dream job.
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Post by artgirl1 on Sept 26, 2017 14:43:17 GMT
Trump: "I will be a great unifier for our country." CNN, State of the Nation, October, 2015.
How is that working out?
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 26, 2017 14:58:15 GMT
Trump: "I will be a great unifier for our country." CNN, State of the Nation, October, 2015. How is that working out? Perfectly, if you're deplorable!!!
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