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Post by suzastampin on Jan 31, 2018 21:05:59 GMT
MSNBC... “JUST IN: Train carrying members of Congress to GOP retreat hits a garbage truck, sources confirm. A GOP aide said most people seem to be okay, but "there appears to be some injuries." While I hope and it’s been confirmed that no one was hurt how ironic & fitting GOP members of Congress would have a collision with a garbage truck. Fate moves in mysterious ways. Again I’m glad that no one was hurt. One on the garbage truck was killed, one was seriously hurt and the other with injuries.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 22:11:02 GMT
MSNBC... “JUST IN: Train carrying members of Congress to GOP retreat hits a garbage truck, sources confirm. A GOP aide said most people seem to be okay, but "there appears to be some injuries." While I hope and it’s been confirmed that no one was hurt how ironic & fitting GOP members of Congress would have a collision with a garbage truck. Fate moves in mysterious ways. Again I’m glad that no one was hurt. One on the garbage truck was killed, one was seriously hurt and the other with injuries. I am sorry and sad that the driver was killed. I saw pictures of what was left of the truck so I’m not surprised. But it doesn’t change the irony it was a garbage truck.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 22:15:36 GMT
linkMarshall Cohen.. “BREAKING: Peter Strzok, the FBI agent accused by GOP of having "treasonous" anti-Trump bias, supported re-opening the Clinton email investigation in fall 2016 and helped write the letter (signed by Comey) that was released days before the election. Strzok did, however, harbor reservations about Comey making a public announcement just days before the election and sent a text message to that effect, two sources said.” I wonder how Nunes & Company are going to spin this.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 23:07:31 GMT
This from Manu Raju...
Nunes catches Dems by surprise by saying DOJ and FBI are under “investigation” by House Intel and should not be briefing them on the memo. “And I would urge my colleagues to vote no, we are not going to be briefed by people that are under investigation by this committee."
Prompted this response from Chris Hayes..
“This is really something else. House Intel *does not have oversight jurisdiction* for DOJ and FBI. That's Judiciary.”
It would appear Nunes is running amuck.
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suzastampin
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Post by suzastampin on Feb 1, 2018 0:33:01 GMT
One on the garbage truck was killed, one was seriously hurt and the other with injuries. I am sorry and sad that the driver was killed. I saw pictures of what was left of the truck so I’m not surprised. But it doesn’t change the irony it was a garbage truck. Absolutely found it ironic that it was a garbage truck. 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 1:16:11 GMT
John Aravosis....
“It’s been 3 days since Trump has tweeted. He hasn’t even crowed about the SOTU. Something happened.”
I noticed this as well. Weird.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 1:32:02 GMT
PolitiFact...
“.@realdonaldtrump said @apple plans to invest $350 billion in US. It doesn't. But hats off to the clever wordsmiths at Apple. Get the real numbers here. bit.ly/2nunAYv”
The article...
“Donald Trump inflates Apple investment”
“In his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump led off with the economy, and he drew particular attention to the recently passed tax law.
"Since we passed tax cuts, roughly 3 million workers have already gotten tax cut bonuses," Trump said. "And it’s getting more every month, every week. Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
A number of readers asked us to take a closer look at his claim about Apple, so we did.
Apple’s press release
We can see where Trump got his number. Under the headline "Apple accelerates US investment and job creation," Apple announced on Jan. 17 a series of initiatives to bolster its position in the United States.
"Combining new investments and Apple’s current pace of spending with domestic suppliers and manufacturers — an estimated $55 billion for 2018 — Apple’s direct contribution to the U.S. economy will be more than $350 billion over the next five years," the statement said.
Notice that Apple did not say it plans to invest $350 billion. It described its "direct contribution to the U.S. economy."
Charles Lee, accounting professor at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, told us the distinction is huge.
"Apple certainly did not just announce it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America," Lee said. "This is a statement about its importance to the U.S. economy, not a statement about its new investments due to the tax law change."
So what did Apple’s press release actually say?
It said its purchases from other companies will be large -- about $55 billion in 2018. Lee said if that number didn’t grow, Apple would spend about $275 billion over five years. But that’s "pre-planned," Lee said. It’s the cost of doing business and doesn’t represent new investment.
If it isn’t an investment in expansion, such as building new facilities, buildings and data centers, that brings the investment total down to $75 billion.
But even that figure is too high.
Apple wrote the $75 billion includes expected "repatriation tax payments of approximately $38 billion." The new tax law offers a lower tax rate for companies that move profits off the books of their overseas subsidiaries and put them on their domestic balance sheets.
Not only is paying Uncle Sam not an investment, Lee cautioned that it doesn’t even mean that Apple is doing anything with those overseas profits immediately.
"It simply means they are pre-paying the taxes on that cash right now to take advantage of the lower rates," Lee said. "This ensures Apple will not need to pay any more taxes when, if ever, they decide to bring the cash back."
After subtracting the taxes, Lee said "My best estimate of the change in Apple's U.S. investments attributable to the new laws is at most $37 billion."
It could be a few billion less.
In a section called "Growing Apple's U.S. operations," the company wrote that it "expects to invest over $30 billion in capital expenditures in the U.S. over the next five years and create over 20,000 new jobs through hiring at existing campuses and opening a new one."
In addition, it will add $4 billion to an Advanced Manufacturing Fund, an Apple program that helps finance American and foreign companies to expand in America.
That adds up to $34 billion over five years.
Our ruling Trump said that Apple said it will invest $350 billion in America and hire another 20,000 workers.
Trump got the new hires figure right, but Apple’s own announcement doesn’t back him up on the investment dollars.
After deducting the costs of paying suppliers and paying taxes, an accounting professor estimated the investment at no more than $37 billion. And based on the press release, it could be $34 billion.
That’s still a lot of money, but it’s less than 10 percent of what Trump said.
We rate this claim Half True. “
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 3:17:01 GMT
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Post by dewryce on Feb 1, 2018 3:36:27 GMT
Why are we hearing about this before Mueller? Someone needs to learn to keep their mouth shut. If they haven't noticed the GOP is doing their best to undermine anyone who they see as a threat. Quit giving them the playbook.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 3:48:36 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 1, 2018 5:32:21 GMT
Watchdog requests investigation of Paul Ryan for allowing Trump to use State of the Union feed for fundraisingDavid Edwards DAVID EDWARDS 31 JAN 2018 AT 13:12 ET The watchdog group Public Citizen on Wednesday requested that the U.S. Congress launch an immediate investigation into Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after President Donald Trump was allowed to use live video of the State of the Union address to raise funds for his campaign. Rule V of the Rules of the House of Representatives states that the speaker is responsible for administering official broadcasts and recordings of floor proceedings and that these official audio and visual transmissions shall not be used for partisan campaign activities The State of the Union address was broadcast from the floor of the House, which was then livestreamed on Trump’s reelection campaign Facebook page and Twitter feed. New donors were encouraged to make a campaign contribution in exchange for having their names listed in a crawl at the bottom of the screen. www.rawstory.com/2018/01/watchdog-requests-investigation-paul-ryan-allowing-trump-use-state-union-feed-fundraising/
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 1, 2018 11:07:16 GMT
Watchdog requests investigation of Paul Ryan for allowing Trump to use State of the Union feed for fundraisingDavid Edwards DAVID EDWARDS 31 JAN 2018 AT 13:12 ET The watchdog group Public Citizen on Wednesday requested that the U.S. Congress launch an immediate investigation into Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) after President Donald Trump was allowed to use live video of the State of the Union address to raise funds for his campaign. Rule V of the Rules of the House of Representatives states that the speaker is responsible for administering official broadcasts and recordings of floor proceedings and that these official audio and visual transmissions shall not be used for partisan campaign activities The State of the Union address was broadcast from the floor of the House, which was then livestreamed on Trump’s reelection campaign Facebook page and Twitter feed. New donors were encouraged to make a campaign contribution in exchange for having their names listed in a crawl at the bottom of the screen. www.rawstory.com/2018/01/watchdog-requests-investigation-paul-ryan-allowing-trump-use-state-union-feed-fundraising/ It’s 100% ok if you’re Republican!!!!!
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Post by imsirius on Feb 1, 2018 12:41:29 GMT
Why are we hearing about this before Mueller? Someone needs to learn to keep their mouth shut. If they haven't noticed the GOP is doing their best to undermine anyone who they see as a threat. Quit giving them the playbook. I agree. Keep it quiet and then pounce!! This is giving the GOP and Trump Jr and Sr. ways to cover up. This is like a bad bad episode of Criminal minds lol
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 14:39:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 15:16:46 GMT
Sarah Sanders - November 3, 2016
“When you're attacking FBI agents because you're under criminal investigation, you're losing”
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Post by imsirius on Feb 1, 2018 15:48:34 GMT
Ok, this can be interpreted two ways... 1) brace for impact from North Korea or 2) Mueller is finally ready to draw up an indictment... God, I pray for #2.
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Post by imsirius on Feb 1, 2018 16:00:31 GMT
He lasted longer than I thought on his “ working to unify/compromise” bullshit. A whole 36 hours!!!
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Post by casii on Feb 1, 2018 17:20:55 GMT
He lasted longer than I thought on his “ working to unify/compromise” bullshit. A whole 36 hours!!! Because he was exhausted from the sequestered speech rehearsal and reading from a teleprompter while fighting off the overwhelming urge to go off script.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 20:20:58 GMT
Manu Raju...
“Speaker Ryan, on the FBI raising "grave concerns" over the Nunes memo, defends the memo: "What this memo is: is Congress doing its job .... It's our job to conduct" oversight. "This does affect our civil liberties."
Such a joke. Congress with a Republican majority is doing a lot of things but “doing its job” is not one of them. Not by a long shot.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2018 20:23:44 GMT
Phil Mattingly...
“Pres. Trump says Sen. Orrin Hatch told him he was a better president than Washington and Lincoln”
Such a needy little man with plenty of old white men to feed his ego.
The comment prompted this response from Dan Pfeiffer...
“Not sure what is more embarrassing a) Hatch said this b) Trump believed it c) Trump lack the self-awareness to avoid repeating it publicly”.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Feb 1, 2018 20:26:32 GMT
Phil Mattingly... “Pres. Trump says Sen. Orrin Hatch told him he was a better president than Washington and Lincoln” Such a needy little man with plenty of old white men to feed his ego. The comment prompted this response from Dan Pfeiffer... “Not sure what is more embarrassing a) Hatch said this b) Trump believed it c) Trump lack the self-awareness to avoid repeating it publicly”. ^^^ ... a better President in that he's not dead, and Washington and Lincoln are? Because that's about the only positive to Trump over them that I can see.
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Post by dewryce on Feb 1, 2018 20:55:56 GMT
Manu Raju... “Speaker Ryan, on the FBI raising "grave concerns" over the Nunes memo, defends the memo: "What this memo is: is Congress doing its job .... It's our job to conduct" oversight. "This does affect our civil liberties." Such a joke. Congress with a Republican majority is doing a lot of things but “doing its job” is not one of them. Not by a long shot. I thought I read somewhere that it was actually the judicial branch's job...not Congress?
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Post by suzastampin on Feb 1, 2018 21:35:53 GMT
He lasted longer than I thought on his “ working to unify/compromise” bullshit. A whole 36 hours!!! What I’d like to know is why it was necessary to go on a retreat with family on our dime. What couldn’t they discuss in DC?
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Post by suzastampin on Feb 1, 2018 21:39:19 GMT
Phil Mattingly... “Pres. Trump says Sen. Orrin Hatch told him he was a better president than Washington and Lincoln” Such a needy little man with plenty of old white men to feed his ego. The comment prompted this response from Dan Pfeiffer... “Not sure what is more embarrassing a) Hatch said this b) Trump believed it c) Trump lack the self-awareness to avoid repeating it publicly”. I know Hatch is old, but I didn’t know he was THAT old. 😀😀😀
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Post by imsirius on Feb 2, 2018 2:24:09 GMT
He lasted longer than I thought on his “ working to unify/compromise” bullshit. A whole 36 hours!!! What I’d like to know is why it was necessary to go on a retreat with family on our dime. What couldn’t they discuss in DC? Not only that. Why no Dems invited? Why in secret....well we all KNOW why. Plan B is being hatched.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 2, 2018 4:12:16 GMT
Oh sweet Jesus... pat Robertson is on tv telling Sessions to nan up and fire Mueller!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 2, 2018 4:14:58 GMT
I know Hatch is old, but I didn’t know he was THAT old. 😀😀😀 I am not even that old!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 2, 2018 4:51:49 GMT
Amid low morale, highest-ranked career official at State to step downBy NAHAL TOOSI 02/01/2018 10:16 AM EST Updated 02/01/2018 03:58 PM EST The highest-ranked career official at the State Department will retire in the coming months, a decision that comes as the Trump administration faces several global challenges and amid unusually low morale among U.S. diplomats. Tom Shannon, the undersecretary of state for political affairs, told the department in an email on Thursday that his decision was “personal, and driven by a desire to attend to my family, take stock of my life, and set a new direction for my remaining years.” Shannon has spent nearly 35 years in the Foreign Service, much of it in top positions dealing with Latin America. He has been a key source of advice to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, a former ExxonMobil CEO who came to the State Department with no formal diplomatic experience. ** “As with each of you, my service has been defined by our oath of office and the commitment we make to protect and defend our Constitution, our institutions, and our values,” he added. Shannon also said it was a privilege to have served six presidents and 10 secretaries of state, all of whom, he wrote, “have been extraordinary public servants and great Americans.” Shannon attained the rare status of “career ambassador” during his time in the Foreign Service. He’s done stints on the National Security Council and also served as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs. ** www.politico.com/story/2018/02/01/tom-shannon-state-department-retiring-381269dt wants to fill all positions with political loyalists, no more career federal employees in any Dept. The radical idea buried in Trump's State of the UnionHe declared a new front on his war on government. But it's not clear how he can win it. By DANNY VINIK 02/01/2018 06:24 PM EST The words arrived 26 minutes into President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address, and when they came, they sounded vague: Trump asked Congress “to reward good workers and to remove federal employees who undermine the public trust or fail the American people.” He also mentioned a new law making it easier for the Department of Veteran Affairs to fire employees. ** While political appointees set the direction of individual agencies, these civil servants do the actual nuts-and-bolts tasks of governing, from running statistical surveys to writing regulations. ** Before Trump, presidents rarely, if ever, attacked federal employees by name; his treatment of McCabe was seen by some as another sign that the president wants to clear out federal workers in favor of political loyalists.Lot more at link... www.politico.com/agenda/story/2018/02/01/trump-civil-service-reform-state-of-the-union-000635No government agency can function without career employees who work from year to year.
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Post by pierkiss on Feb 2, 2018 4:58:43 GMT
There’s an awful lot of career government workers, senators, and reps who are retiring, quitting, and/or not seeking re-election this year. I admit I didn’t pay a lot of attention to turnover rate when Obama and Bush took over, but this seems more than normal. It’s interesting. It will also be interesting to see what this mass exodus causes, as well as what these people have to say to the media if and when they are ready to talk.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 2, 2018 5:16:18 GMT
There’s an awful lot of career government workers, senators, and reps who are retiring, quitting, and/or not seeking re-election this year. I admit I didn’t pay a lot of attention to turnover rate when Obama and Bush took over, but this seems more than normal. It’s interesting. It will also be interesting to see what this mass exodus causes, as well as what these people have to say to the media if and when they are ready to talk. It is certainly not even on the table yet, although I do believe there have been firings at the VA, but they have had issues there for a long time. There are roughly 2 million Federal employees. I would think that a great majority are 'career'.. I was ... Not federal but local/county for over 30 years. There is no way that all employees can be replaced every time there is an election with a change of political party in charge. dt hasn't been able to fill all required positions yet let alone if he had to fill even half, 1 million. Oh, I guess the military is including in the 2 million so that would lower the necessary change over in numbers.
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