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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 20, 2017 21:57:12 GMT
Says who? As citizens of this country we have the right to question anyone including the idiots in the White House. And Sarah was pretty snippy about it too.........
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 20, 2017 22:07:25 GMT
Tapper: 'Un-American' to say you can't question generals' statementsBY JOSH DELK - 10/20/17 04:57 PM EDT CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Thursday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders's statement that it's "highly inappropriate" to question the statements of military generals is "un-American." "I have tremendous respect for the military but the notion that no one can even question the statements of generals is un-American," said Tapper in reference to comments Sanders made at a press briefing earlier Friday, where she defended the since-debunked claims of White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly. Sanders told reporters at the briefing that "if you want to get into a debate with a 4-star Marine general, I think that's something highly inappropriate." "In what country?" Tapper asked in another tweet. The press secretary's comments came in defense of Kelly's false statement that Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) had taken credit for the funding that led to the construction of a Miami FBI field office, calling her an "empty barrel." Kelly was defending President Trump's handling of a phone call with the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier who was killed in Niger, after both the mother and Wilson, who claimed to have overheard the phone call, said that Trump had been disrespectful to the grieving family. Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and author of "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor," which details a deadly encounter between U.S. soldiers and Taliban forces in Afghanistan and the later questioning of the Pentagon over the purpose of the soldiers' operations there. thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/356461-tapper-un-american-to-say-you-cant-question-generals-statements
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Post by PLurker on Oct 21, 2017 0:44:36 GMT
Tapper: 'Un-American' to say you can't question generals' statementsBY JOSH DELK - 10/20/17 04:57 PM EDT CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Thursday that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders's statement that it's "highly inappropriate" to question the statements of military generals is "un-American." "I have tremendous respect for the military but the notion that no one can even question the statements of generals is un-American," said Tapper in reference to comments Sanders made at a press briefing earlier Friday, where she defended the since-debunked claims of White House chief of staff Gen. John Kelly. Sanders told reporters at the briefing that "if you want to get into a debate with a 4-star Marine general, I think that's something highly inappropriate." "In what country?" Tapper asked in another tweet. The press secretary's comments came in defense of Kelly's false statement that Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) had taken credit for the funding that led to the construction of a Miami FBI field office, calling her an "empty barrel." Kelly was defending President Trump's handling of a phone call with the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier who was killed in Niger, after both the mother and Wilson, who claimed to have overheard the phone call, said that Trump had been disrespectful to the grieving family. Tapper is CNN's chief Washington correspondent and author of "The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor," which details a deadly encounter between U.S. soldiers and Taliban forces in Afghanistan and the later questioning of the Pentagon over the purpose of the soldiers' operations there. thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/356461-tapper-un-american-to-say-you-cant-question-generals-statements Exactly. Because god knows there is never corrupt people of power or influence, right? Questioning isn't necessarily disrespectful and quite often it's necessary for a variety of reasons.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 21, 2017 0:50:00 GMT
Exactly. Because god knows there is never corrupt people of power or influence, right? Questioning isn't necessarily disrespectful and quite often it's necessary for a variety of reasons. This Kelly thing has me upset. I really thought with his service to the US he would be a safety net for all of us, but not so sure that is true any more.
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Post by casii on Oct 21, 2017 0:57:12 GMT
Exactly. Because god knows there is never corrupt people of power or influence, right? Questioning isn't necessarily disrespectful and quite often it's necessary for a variety of reasons. This Kelly thing has me upset. I really thought with his service to the US he would be a safety net for all of us, but not so sure that is true any more. Wait, hasn't Trump criticized multiple generals via Twitter?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 21, 2017 1:05:09 GMT
This Kelly thing has me upset. I really thought with his service to the US he would be a safety net for all of us, but not so sure that is true any more. Wait, hasn't Trump criticized multiple generals via Twitter? Of course he has and many other people too.
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Post by lucyg on Oct 21, 2017 2:21:15 GMT
This Kelly thing has me upset. I really thought with his service to the US he would be a safety net for all of us, but not so sure that is true any more. Wait, hasn't Trump criticized multiple generals via Twitter? He certainly claimed to "know more than the generals" about how to deal with ISIS. What a frickin' tool.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 17:59:24 GMT
CNN International.
“All five living former US presidents will take part in a benefit concert today to raise money for hurricane relief cnn.it/2xcSWFB”
It must really bug trump that he knows he would not be welcomed to hang out with the former presidents. And it must have bugged him even more when Presidents Clinton, Bush, & Obama got together at the golf tournament and not knowing what they were saying about him being the insecured little twit that he is.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 21, 2017 18:12:13 GMT
Jonathan Swan..“Scoop: Trump pledges to personally pay some legal bills of WH staff and associates via @axios” The old check is the mail con
Ummmmmmmmm................. Donating to Trump? Campaign is spending $1 of every $10 on legal feesBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 1:26 PM ET, Tue October 17, 2017
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign donors -- big and small -- are increasingly helping to foot the legal expenses the President's campaign and his son, Donald Trump Jr., are facing related to the investigations into allegations of collusion with Russia during the 2016 campaign. Trump's 2020 re-election campaign is driving a steadily rising share of its contributions to the lawyers representing the Trump campaign and the President's son. Legal consulting fees account for $1 of every $10 the campaign has spent this year, according to a review of campaign finance records. And last financial quarter, 24% of the campaign's legal bills bankrolled the legal fees of Trump's eldest son, who has drawn the attention of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller because of his meeting last summer with a Russian attorney he believed would provide him with incriminating information from the Russian government about his father's opponent Hillary Clinton. Some of the campaign's more than $2 million in legal spending this year is due to the campaign's efforts to comply with records requests from the special counsel and the congressional committees that are also investigating Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. It's not clear precisely what share of the campaign's legal costs are tied to the Russia-related investigations beyond the $318,000 disbursed to Trump Jr.'s attorneys. The Trump campaign's executive director Michael Glassner did not respond to CNN requests for comment. Much more on link...... www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/donald-trump-campaign-legal-fees/index.htmlMORE: Trump pledges $430K to help cover legal bills of aides amid Russia probe
BY JOSH DELK - 10/21/17 03:57 PM EDT President Trump has pledged to spend at least $430,000 of his own money to help cover legal fees for White House aides and campaign staff related to the probe into Russia's election meddling. A White House official Axios and The Washington Post on Saturday that Trump's pledge is not meant as a reimbursement for the Republican National Committee (RNC), which has spent a nearly identical amount to lawyers representing the president and his eldest son Donald Trump Jr. The official told Axios that the money would be used to "to defray the costs of legal fees for his associates, including former and current White House aides." The official said Trump's pledge did not preclude him from increasing the amount available for aides in the future, according to the Post. Trump's move comes amid ongoing probes by special counsel Robert Mueller and the House and Senate Intelligence committees into Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2016 election. Investigators have heard testimonies from a number of Trump associates, and the legal fees for staffers under scrutiny is expected to increase. Trump declined to commit to speak with Mueller's team this week, claiming in a Fox Business interview released Friday that "nobody's asked" him to do an interview. thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/356551-trump-says-hell-pay-legal-bills-of-some-wh-staff-reportI hope they don't wait too long for the check in the mail!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 18:49:13 GMT
linkThe New York Times is running this article “Republican Consider Sharp Cut In 401(k) Contribution Limits.” While nothing has been decided it’s their reason it’s even being discussed that should raise an alarm about what they will cut in the budget for tax cuts that only apply to corporations and the wealthy and do very little for the middle class and nothing for the poor. And the lies they are telling to justify the cuts. From the article.. “The proposals under discussion would potentially cap the annual amount workers can set aside to as low as $2,400 for 401(k) accounts, several lobbyists and consultants said on Friday. Workers may currently put up to $18,000 a year in 401(k) accounts without paying taxes upfront on that money; that figure rises to $24,000 for workers over 50. When workers retire and begin to draw income from those accounts, they pay taxes on the benefits. Rumors have circulated for months that negotiators were debating including a cap as a way to help offset the revenue loss from a reduction in business tax rates that Republicans have put at the center of their plan. Reducing contribution limits would be, in effect, an accounting maneuver that would create space for tax cuts by collecting tax revenue now instead of in the future.“
There is a reason why I have said the Republican agenda is mean spirited that benefits a few at the expense of the many. And they keep proving me right.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 18:57:39 GMT
tiny hands...
“Subject to the receipt of further information, I will be allowing, as President, the long blocked and classified JFK FILES to be opened.”
Prompted this from Alyssa Milano....
“Great! But... why now? What’s the motivation? What are trying to distract us from, @realdonaldtrump?”
I thought the exact same thing this morning especially since I read a couple of days ago he probably wouldn’t release the files.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 21, 2017 19:17:49 GMT
Shaking my head......................
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Post by jayfab on Oct 21, 2017 20:21:06 GMT
linkThe New York Times is running this article “Republican Consider Sharp Cut In 401(k) Contribution Limits.” While nothing has been decided it’s their reason it’s even being discussed that should raise an alarm about what they will cut in the budget for tax cuts that only apply to corporations and the wealthy and do very little for the middle class and nothing for the poor. And the lies they are telling to justify the cuts. From the article.. “The proposals under discussion would potentially cap the annual amount workers can set aside to as low as $2,400 for 401(k) accounts, several lobbyists and consultants said on Friday. Workers may currently put up to $18,000 a year in 401(k) accounts without paying taxes upfront on that money; that figure rises to $24,000 for workers over 50. When workers retire and begin to draw income from those accounts, they pay taxes on the benefits. Rumors have circulated for months that negotiators were debating including a cap as a way to help offset the revenue loss from a reduction in business tax rates that Republicans have put at the center of their plan. Reducing contribution limits would be, in effect, an accounting maneuver that would create space for tax cuts by collecting tax revenue now instead of in the future.“
There is a reason why I have said the Republican agenda is mean spirited that benefits a few at the expense of the many. And they keep proving me right. This really pisses me off. SOB'S. SaveSave
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2017 23:52:17 GMT
Slate...
“Steve Bannon: “There has not been a more destructive presidency than George Bush’s” slate.me/2yz96x3”
I use to think that until your ex boss was elected.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 22, 2017 15:37:18 GMT
RNC is paying Don Jr's legal costs ............ Donating to Trump? Campaign is spending $1 of every $10 on legal feesBy Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 1:26 PM ET, Tue October 17, 2017
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's campaign donors -- big and small -- are increasingly helping to foot the legal expenses the President's campaign and his son, Donald Trump Jr., are facing related to the investigations into allegations of collusion with Russia during the 2016 campaign. Trump's 2020 re-election campaign is driving a steadily rising share of its contributions to the lawyers representing the Trump campaign and the President's son. Legal consulting fees account for $1 of every $10 the campaign has spent this year, according to a review of campaign finance records. And last financial quarter, 24% of the campaign's legal bills bankrolled the legal fees of Trump's eldest son, who has drawn the attention of Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller because of his meeting last summer with a Russian attorney he believed would provide him with incriminating information from the Russian government about his father's opponent Hillary Clinton. Some of the campaign's more than $2 million in legal spending this year is due to the campaign's efforts to comply with records requests from the special counsel and the congressional committees that are also investigating Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. It's not clear precisely what share of the campaign's legal costs are tied to the Russia-related investigations beyond the $318,000 disbursed to Trump Jr.'s attorneys. The Trump campaign's executive director Michael Glassner did not respond to CNN requests for comment. Much more on link...... www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/donald-trump-campaign-legal-fees/index.html
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Oct 22, 2017 17:28:07 GMT
“The proposals under discussion would potentially cap the annual amount workers can set aside to as low as $2,400 for 401(k) accounts, OMG!!! This is terrible!!! talk about hurting your base-- and the American people in GENERAL... There are SO MANY bad things he's doing, or trying to do, that it's hard to follow them all-- so people probably have NO CLUE about most of what the Congress is proposing to do and how negatively it WILL affect them. mean spirited that benefits a few at the expense of the many. SO TRUE!!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 17:39:01 GMT
Even McMullin a former Republican candidate for President...
“Under Trump, even the GOP’s most vocal fiscal hawks of yore now support a budget without spending reforms, adding $1.5 trillion to our debt.”
Hypocrisy is thy name.
If I had a nickel every time a conservative or conservative leaning pea complained about President Obama raising the debt and longed for fiscally conservative members of the government calling the shots I would of had enough money to retire on my very own private island.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 18:00:21 GMT
Politico...
“McConnell: Trump 'doesn't get nearly enough credit' politi.co/2z0QYgk”
Again no pithy response from me. I got nothing for this absurdity.
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Post by PLurker on Oct 22, 2017 19:09:34 GMT
Politico... “McConnell: Trump 'doesn't get nearly enough credit' politi.co/2z0QYgk” Again no pithy response from me. I got nothing for this absurdity. He gets all the credit that is due. and then some from his follow-blindly-the-leader base. His thing is he wants all the credit and none of the blame. for everything.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 20:25:42 GMT
Paul Krugman....
“A chicken and egg question: does working for Trump destroy your integrity? Or do only people without integrity work for Trump?”
A good question.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Oct 22, 2017 20:36:05 GMT
So true! Kelly has a past.......... JOHN KELLY: THE FACTS ACLU The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security has wide-ranging authority over the development and implementation of national security policy. Overseeing a wide array of agencies, including: the Coast Guard; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Customs and Border Protection; the Secret Service; and the Transportation Security Agency, the Secretary sits at the center of ongoing debates around border protection, the rights of undocumented immigrants, drug policy, and constitutional limits on the powers of the security services. Gen. John Kelly has pledged to bring to the role of Secretary a “deep respect for our laws and Constitution.” Lawmakers should use his confirmation hearings to question Kelly on his record and challenge him to speak out, in his characteristically forthright manner, should the Trump administration pursue its unconstitutional proposals. Facts • As the General in charge of the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility, Kelly publicly criticized efforts to close Guantanamo (Source www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/642104/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-general-kelly-in-the-pentagon-briefing/) and was accused by Obama Administration officials of working to undermine the President’s efforts to close the facility. (Source www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-gitmo-release-special-report/special-report-pentagon-thwarts-obamas-effort-to-close-guantanamo-idUSKBN0UB1B020151229 ) • Opposed and publicly criticized the integration of women into military ground combat units, arguing it would lead to lower standards. (Source www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/642104/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-general-kelly-in-the-pentagon-briefing/)• Defended the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques”, such as waterboarding and rectal feeding. Kelly went on to dismiss the criticisms of human rights groups as “foolishness”. (Source) • Testified in support of an officer caught urinating on talibani corpses. (Source) • Supports the imprisonment of terror suspects without trial. (Source) • Criticised by Amnesty International for his “unsafe and inhumane” treatment (Source) of Guantanamo detainees on hunger strike to protest their imprisonment. (Source) • Supports the war on drugs and opposes legalization or decriminalization of any drugs, including marijuana. (Source) • A proponent of border security, Kelly believes that “no wall will work by itself” and has warned about the “existential threat” that unchecked migration poses for the nation. (Source) www.aclu.org/other/john-kelly-factsI cannot fins the original date............
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Politico....
“McConnell: Bannon a specialist 'at nominating people who lose' politi.co/2yL0LWI”
I don’t know but the last guy he supported and worked on his campaign won.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 22:55:05 GMT
Now This...
“This weekend, all five former U.S. presidents raised money for hurricane relief.
Trump played golf for the 75th time of his presidency”
This roughly every 4 Days.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2017 23:18:36 GMT
Fox News....
“.@kimguilfoyle: "Does anybody think really that @potus would not show incredible compassion & kindness to someone grieving?" #MediaBuzzl”
Ah yes. Absolutely. No question.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2017 13:43:39 GMT
Sarah Sanders...
“The average American family would get a $4,000 raise under the President’s tax cut plan. So how could any member of Congress be against it?”
Let’s be clear that only applies to wages. I’m retired so while I pay taxes I won’t see any reduction. Low income workers will see little if any of this $4,000 on average raise.
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Post by used2scrap on Oct 23, 2017 14:01:26 GMT
Instead of calling a gold star widow a liar and tweeting about NFL protestors disrespecting the flag and the country, I wish POTUS would remember and honor the anniversary of the US Marine barracks bombing in Lebanon.
On October 23rd, 1983, an explosion ripped through an American barracks in Beirut, killing 220 U. S. Marines, 18 Navy sailors, and 3 Army soldiers. 58 French peacekeepers and 6 civilians were also killed in the blast.
"They Came in Peace"
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