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Post by lucyg on Sept 27, 2017 19:28:47 GMT
Are they on vacation or have they given up flogging a dead horse by the advice they give out which he ignores? Dunno. My guess is the latter. This is what these people do for a living, so I can't imagine they're not making an effort. But as we know all too well now, the president insists on briefing memos with no more than (I think) nine bullet points. Whether they're read is another thing, Total speculation, of course, but I don't see this guy as thirsty for protocol knowledge. Or even tearing his eyes from his big screen TV long enough to focus on a memo about social niceties he's sure he can surmount by turning on the Bombastic Flashy New York Billionaire Charm Offensive.OMG. I'm in pain. My eyes, they hurt. To say nothing of my brain.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2017 20:38:03 GMT
ABC News...
“POTUS: Tax plan will help lower, middle classes, "not the wealthy and well-connected. They can call me all they want. It's not gonna help."
Liar Liar pants on fire....
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 27, 2017 21:25:21 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 0:29:28 GMT
link“Heinrich Questions Inaccuracies In Department Of Interior Monument Report, Confirms Local BLM Managers Were Not Part Of Review Process” I watched a video earlier of this Senator questioning a BLM guy at a hearing about the report. Two monuments in New Mexico have been recommended to allow more grazing, hunting, & fishing. In the course of the questioning the Senator brought several mistakes/misinformation to the BLM guy attention and asked if or anyone was asked to proofread the report for any errors or misinformation. The guy said no. They were only asked questions but never saw the final report. A couple of mistakes were that certain roads were closed at one monument and as such cattlemen weren’t using the area for grazing. Both were not true. The roads were open and the land was being used for grazing. The other example was there should be more hunting allowed at this one monument when in fact it was listed as one of the best 10 places to hunt some bird. So either Zinke and his office are sloppy or they are trying to pull a fast one to try and justify an action based on false information.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 4:54:39 GMT
Fox News.....
.”@speakerryan: "I think @potus is giving us the kind of leadership we need to get this country back on the right track." #Hannityat9”
How far they have fallen.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 5:19:19 GMT
The Daily Beast...
“Republicans are going to have to sell the idea that corporate tax cuts will benefit the average worker”
Good luck with that as they never have before.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 7:57:35 GMT
Rebecca Ballhaus -WSJ “Trump on why he won’t waive the Jones Act: “A lot of people who are in the shipping industry don’t want” it lifted.” Remember this when a crisis hits the states again and trump has to make decisions pitting an industry against people in need. Would a trump supporter like to defend trump’s actions? 🚫 #MAGA I could answer this. I continually ask DH, "Would you still vote for him now???" I'm quite shocked that DH ever thought it was a good idea to vote for this utter and complete horror show!! His answer has been quite clear: NO, he'd never vote for 45, knowing what he knows now (heck, I've warned him ALL about 45 for MONTHS before the election!!!!), BUT he also is sticking to his belief that HRC was NOT the right choice and he would have voted for someone else. I made it clear that that would have been a vote for 45 anyway, but he claims he couldn't vote for HRC in good conscience. Ugh!!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 8:05:40 GMT
NBC News “President Trump on HHS Secretary Tom Price's private jet controversy: "I am not happy about it and I let him know it" But he is ok with spending taxpayer money for his frequent trips to his properties in NJ and FL. Isn’t the season about to start at Mar a Lago soon? Judging by the footage and pics of his FL monstrosity of an "estate", it looked like it would need a LOT of repair work done after Irma hit it! Not sure if it's getting done or when it'll be ready to reopen. As a sidenote: Does anyone recall that Trump had one of his golf courses in Puerto Rico??? I believe he let it fail and he bailed on a 33 mil loan and then declared bankruptcy. He never repaid Puerto Rico. AGAIN, personal/business ties could interfere with his decision-making as President. I don't know why anyone thought it would be a good idea to have this moron as President!!!!!!!!! Why doesn't he take the extra 50+ million dollars left over from his inauguration funds (now slush funds) to help out Puerto Rico? ?
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Sept 28, 2017 12:54:21 GMT
From trump today... ..But the people were Pro-Trump! Virtually no President has accomplished what we have accomplished in the first 9 months-and economy roaring. Do you think he may have a reality problem? Among the dictionary synonyms for "virtually": almost, nearly, approximately, just about...and my favorite...roughly. Who knows what this guy's metric is for "virtually no president has accomplished...." Maybe we should be impressed he actually gave himself some wiggle room. On the other hand, the dictionary now lists a second meaning for virtually: "By means of virtual reality techniques." LOL. I immediately flashed on a mental image of Himself wearing one of those VR helmets, watching a fantasy version of his triumphant presidency.
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Post by MissBianca on Sept 28, 2017 16:02:52 GMT
And those in the shipping industry should not be determining who live and dies. not unless it suits Trump to let them make that determination, anyway... they speak Spanish in Puerto Rico, don't they? are we suuure they're not Mexican? (bad attempt at humor, there-- it's reprehensible, what he's doing / not doing. We have a Puerto Rican parent at our school and a staff member asked her Tuesday if her family needed papers to travel to the US. Millie was like wth, why? The staff person said well you know because they are foreign immigrants. No you moron, they are US citizens!! Millie was so angry she didn't have a response and usually she has pretty good comebacks.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 28, 2017 16:15:12 GMT
Fox News..... .” @speakerryan: "I think @potus is giving us the kind of leadership we need to get this country back on the right track." #Hannityat9” HAHAHAHAHA!!! what was he smoking?!? I am amazed that they can say things like that with a straight face...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 18:58:33 GMT
The Daily Beast....
“NEW: U.S. Army takes over massive mission to save Puerto Rico”
This should have been done the day after the hurricane left the island. People knew before the storm hit Puerto Rico that the island was going to get slammed. Big fail on the part of the occupant of the Oval Office.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 19:01:03 GMT
MIke Levin.....
“Trump shouldn’t be praised for waiving Jones Act to help Puerto Rico — he should be loudly criticized for taking this long to do it.”
No kidding.
🚫 #MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 19:05:06 GMT
ABC News...
“Press Sec.: "Our message to the incredible people of Puerto Rico is this: the president is behind you, we all are, the entire country."
Bullshit! The people of the country are but not trump.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Sept 28, 2017 19:42:50 GMT
There's nothing like causing a crisis so that you can say 'hey, look! I fixed this horrible crisis; aren't I great?!?' afterward... I used to work with someone like that. I didn't like it then, either, but I like it even less now that Trump is doing it to make himself look better.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:33:52 GMT
The Daily Beast....
“NEW: Roy Moore failed to disclose as much as $150,000 in income to senate ethics officials”
Oh well if he wins he will just fit in with the rest of the corrupt folks that have followed trump to DC.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:42:46 GMT
So I’m watching Deadline White House on MSNBC and there is this guy talking about trump and tax cuts.
He’s trying to make the case as a businessman trump is more knowledgeable about taxes than health care and he will be better at making the case for tax cuts.
trump has a tax guy doing the taxes for his businesses etc. Even if the tax guy explained to trump what was happening I doubt very much if trump would waste the brain cells to really understand what he was being told.
#Intelligentlylazy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:45:58 GMT
John Fugelsang..,
“I enjoy hearing about how actors shouldn't express political opinions from people who voted for a TV reality show host.”
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:49:00 GMT
Dan Pfeiffer’s commentbon the news that Price is going to pay the government for all the chartered flights he took...
“It would be remiss to not point out that Price will repay the govt with the money he made buying stock in companies he regulated in Congress”
🐊 🚫MAGA
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:52:22 GMT
Daniel Dale....
“Justice Gorsuch, speaking at Trump hotel today, traveled around Kentucky with Mitch McConnell last week:”
Serious question. Why is a Supreme Court Justice “riding around” with the majority leader of the Senate?
Shoildn’t There be a separation between the White House/Congress and the Supreme Court?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 20:55:33 GMT
From Chef Jose Andres ....
“Quick update from #PuertoRico: We opened a second kitchen today & continue to increase delivery of meals. More to come! #ChefsForPuertoRico”
It’s people like this behind the people of Puerto Rico, not president tiny hands.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 21:00:41 GMT
Washington Post:
trump feels GOP establishment forced him into supporting Alabama incumbent Luther Strange.
If true this is just another example of trump blaming someone else for his actions.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 0:29:54 GMT
NPR...
“Secretary Tom Price to pay about $52,000 for his private jet travel; the flights reportedly totaled over $400,000. n.pr/2k83svS”
He also went to Europe. Why would the Secretary of Human & Health Services have a need to fly to Europe? The cost for that flight was over $100k.
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Post by PLurker on Sept 29, 2017 0:46:23 GMT
NPR... “Secretary Tom Price to pay about $52,000 for his private jet travel; the flights reportedly totaled over $400,000. n.pr/2k83svS” He also went to Europe. Why would the Secretary of Human & Health Services have a need to fly to Europe? The cost for that flight was over $100k. and when ask if Price would be fired we got a 'we'll see.' Which in and of itself would seem fine if I didn't think the decision would be based more on weighing out how 45 thinks it will affect 45 rather than the right thing to do. as with most of his decisions. ETA we shall now call him Secretary Price-y.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 2:20:33 GMT
Tom Price 2012...
“Reckless spending habits employed by Democrats in Washington are driving the debt. We need #spendingcutsnow”
By the way the “reckless spending habits” were related to the Great Recession. Just exactly is the $1M for private jets related to?
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Post by pjaye on Sept 29, 2017 5:20:49 GMT
Well...he did mock a disable man. Oh he's apparently not limiting it to reporters now, there's been reports (from Axios co-founder Mike Allenthat) in private he's been mocking Senator McCain's physical limitations. It seems that McCain can't lift his arms above shoulder level due to the beatings he got while he was a prisoner of war...and trump has been mocking him for that. Hard to believe that he could sink any lower than he already had - but after each and every new incident he proves us wrong. What a piece of shit he is. Story here: link
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Sept 29, 2017 9:56:33 GMT
Washington Post: trump feels GOP establishment forced him into supporting Alabama incumbent Luther Strange. If true this is just another example of trump blaming someone else for his actions. Fuming, blaming, deleting (!) his own tweets supportive of Strange. All because of the humiliation of backing a loser. The guy just can't go punch his pillow. This man's fragile, chronically bruised ego is driving every.single.decision. Ego instead of ideology. Ego instead of the Constitution. Ego instead of self-education. Ego-fueled, petty sabotage of the still-legal ACA, users be damned. Ego-fueled preening and bullying. And millions fall in step in service to this dysfunction. Because the evils of The Liberal Down the Street, and nostalgia for an America that will never be again (and never even WAS for many), surely far outweigh the evils of a walking, talking psychological conflagration. ETA: Clearly, I woke up with a very bad case of "I'VE HAD IT!" this morning. I even dreamed about Our Hot Mess in Chief.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 20:36:20 GMT
From Politico.....
“He’s a fine man,” Trump told reporters when asked about Price’s future. “We’re going to make a decision tonight.” politi.co/2fxi1UH”
This is rude. I’m not a fan of Price and I think he should go, along with the rest of trump’s cabinet, but to tell the press “We’re going to make a decision tonight” Is rude.
Think of it this way. You do something wrong at work and your boss tells everyone of your co-workers that he will make decision that night if you get to keep your job or not. No one should be treated that way.
trump doesn’t answer a lot of questions and this is one he shouldn’t have answered. He only did it to show his power because he is that insecure. An insecure petty little man.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2017 20:52:41 GMT
From Politico....
“Trump: "This is an island surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water. We've never seen a situation like this." politi.co/2fDVqcz”
What water do you think the ships in the Navy sail on? The water in your bathtub?
Note to those who voted for trump to get change in DC. Next time you do please make sure that person you are voting for has an idea of they are suppose to do if they become president. The main job requirements is to take care of the people of this country and that includes the people on the island surrounded by “Big water”.
Those navy ships should have been steaming toward Puerto Rico as the hurricane passed with the men and supplies needed to get the country running until permeant work could be done. Followed by cargo planes with more men and supplies.
BIG epic fail by the trump administration.
🚫🚫🚫 #MAGA
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Post by peasquared on Sept 29, 2017 21:05:18 GMT
Trump stated that Puerto Rico was just a territory when asked about the efforts there. I'd bet my bottom dollar that he's going to try to get out of rebuilding P.R. Can you imagine if that tone was taken with Texas or Florida? Why does he think we can drop the ball on Puerto Rico? My blood pressure goes up by the minute. I hope I'm still around by the time he's out of office.
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