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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 20:16:02 GMT
I think the better question is why haven’t the sanctions Congress put together and trump agreed to been put into force? Bingo!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 20:58:13 GMT
Black Lives Matter.. “Obama (2012) sits alone in a classroom after meeting for hours with parents of Sandy Hook victims. Trump (2018) sits at a disco party he threw at his private night club after spending 14 minutes with victims at the hospital in Parkland. “ These pictures speak louder than words.”
Yup. As do pictures and video of Obama golfing minutes after addressing the beheading of an American Journalist. "President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it up with pals immediately after speaking about the beheading of James Foley was no ordinary mistake. Nor was it a simple gaffe. The decision continues to cause an uproar because, like an X-ray, there is no escaping the image. It shows there is no there there. With even his media praetorian guard appalled, the golf outing is sparking a wider understanding that Obama is hollow, empty of the routine qualities Americans expect from their president. Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head. Instead, Obama continued with his vacation and was photographed looking as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Suddenly, that megawatt smile that often charmed voters wasn’t so charming. It was vacuous. He looked like an empty-headed frat boy, numb to the world. Maybe that’s not just an appearance. Maybe it’s the truth. Maybe that’s all there is." New York Post
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:25:19 GMT
Black Lives Matter.. “Obama (2012) sits alone in a classroom after meeting for hours with parents of Sandy Hook victims. Trump (2018) sits at a disco party he threw at his private night club after spending 14 minutes with victims at the hospital in Parkland. “ These pictures speak louder than words.”
Yup. As do pictures and video of Obama golfing minutes after addressing the beheading of an American Journalist. "President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it up with pals immediately after speaking about the beheading of James Foley was no ordinary mistake. Nor was it a simple gaffe. The decision continues to cause an uproar because, like an X-ray, there is no escaping the image. It shows there is no there there. With even his media praetorian guard appalled, the golf outing is sparking a wider understanding that Obama is hollow, empty of the routine qualities Americans expect from their president. Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head. Instead, Obama continued with his vacation and was photographed looking as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Suddenly, that megawatt smile that often charmed voters wasn’t so charming. It was vacuous. He looked like an empty-headed frat boy, numb to the world. Maybe that’s not just an appearance. Maybe it’s the truth. Maybe that’s all there is." New York Post Careful Gia your bitterness is showing.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:30:48 GMT
As do pictures and video of Obama golfing minutes after addressing the beheading of an American Journalist. "President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it up with pals immediately after speaking about the beheading of James Foley was no ordinary mistake. Nor was it a simple gaffe. The decision continues to cause an uproar because, like an X-ray, there is no escaping the image. It shows there is no there there. With even his media praetorian guard appalled, the golf outing is sparking a wider understanding that Obama is hollow, empty of the routine qualities Americans expect from their president. Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head. Instead, Obama continued with his vacation and was photographed looking as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Suddenly, that megawatt smile that often charmed voters wasn’t so charming. It was vacuous. He looked like an empty-headed frat boy, numb to the world. Maybe that’s not just an appearance. Maybe it’s the truth. Maybe that’s all there is." New York Post Careful Gia your bitterness is showing. Careful Fred your deflection is showing.
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Post by Merge on Feb 19, 2018 21:45:42 GMT
Black Lives Matter.. “Obama (2012) sits alone in a classroom after meeting for hours with parents of Sandy Hook victims. Trump (2018) sits at a disco party he threw at his private night club after spending 14 minutes with victims at the hospital in Parkland. “ These pictures speak louder than words.”
Yup. As do pictures and video of Obama golfing minutes after addressing the beheading of an American Journalist. "President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it up with pals immediately after speaking about the beheading of James Foley was no ordinary mistake. Nor was it a simple gaffe. The decision continues to cause an uproar because, like an X-ray, there is no escaping the image. It shows there is no there there. With even his media praetorian guard appalled, the golf outing is sparking a wider understanding that Obama is hollow, empty of the routine qualities Americans expect from their president. Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head. Instead, Obama continued with his vacation and was photographed looking as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Suddenly, that megawatt smile that often charmed voters wasn’t so charming. It was vacuous. He looked like an empty-headed frat boy, numb to the world. Maybe that’s not just an appearance. Maybe it’s the truth. Maybe that’s all there is." New York Post So here’s an interesting difference: the Foley beheading happened while Obama was already on vacation. Not just a random weekend where he decided to go out and golf - again. Also, he publicly acknowledged that it looked bad, and that he was sorry for it. Trump was not on vacation. Just one of his usual taxpayer-funded weekend trips to his resort. Do you think Trump will be reflective enough to admit his optics error? My bet is on no. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746850/Political-theater-Obama-explains-went-golfing-addressing-beheading-journalist-Foley-ISIS.html
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 21:53:31 GMT
As do pictures and video of Obama golfing minutes after addressing the beheading of an American Journalist. "President Obama’s decision to hit the links and yuk it up with pals immediately after speaking about the beheading of James Foley was no ordinary mistake. Nor was it a simple gaffe. The decision continues to cause an uproar because, like an X-ray, there is no escaping the image. It shows there is no there there. With even his media praetorian guard appalled, the golf outing is sparking a wider understanding that Obama is hollow, empty of the routine qualities Americans expect from their president. Simple decency and respect for Foley’s horrified parents should have been enough to sober him. If that didn’t do it, the realization that the Islamic State had declared war on America in the most gruesome fashion imaginable should have sounded a call of duty in his head. Instead, Obama continued with his vacation and was photographed looking as if he didn’t have a care in the world. Suddenly, that megawatt smile that often charmed voters wasn’t so charming. It was vacuous. He looked like an empty-headed frat boy, numb to the world. Maybe that’s not just an appearance. Maybe it’s the truth. Maybe that’s all there is." New York Post So here’s an interesting difference: the Foley beheading happened while Obama was already on vacation. Not just a random weekend where he decided to go out and golf - again. Also, he publicly acknowledged that it looked bad, and that he was sorry for it. Trump was not on vacation. Just one of his usual taxpayer-funded weekend trips to his resort. Do you think Trump will be reflective enough to admit his optics error? My bet is on no. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2746850/Political-theater-Obama-explains-went-golfing-addressing-beheading-journalist-Foley-ISIS.htmlThey both look bad. Doesn't matter if Obama was on vacation. Minutes after addressing it is not the time to go laugh and play, be thoughtless and carefree. There are no excuses that make it NOT look bad for Obama.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 19, 2018 22:13:47 GMT
Not sure all the thumbs up while, in the hospital to console shot kids, in the hospital corridors is appropriate either. Or Using the thumbs up first responders photo op on your twitter home page.
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Post by Merge on Feb 19, 2018 22:18:55 GMT
They both look bad. Doesn't matter if Obama was on vacation. Minutes after addressing it is not the time to go laugh and play, be thoughtless and carefree. There are no excuses that make it NOT look bad for Obama. Which is why he admitted as much and expressed regret. Do you think Trump will do as much?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 22:32:05 GMT
They both look bad. Doesn't matter if Obama was on vacation. Minutes after addressing it is not the time to go laugh and play, be thoughtless and carefree. There are no excuses that make it NOT look bad for Obama. Which is why he admitted as much and expressed regret. Do you think Trump will do as much? I'm glad we agree. I don't think so. Has he ever gone back and corrected? I seriously don't know the answer. Maybe we should only allow an answer to that from those who don't hate him.
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Post by imsirius on Feb 19, 2018 22:36:27 GMT
Which is why he admitted as much and expressed regret. Do you think Trump will do as much? I'm glad we agree. I don't think so. Has he ever gone back and corrected? I seriously don't know the answer. Maybe we should only allow an answer to that from those who don't hate him. Hahahahaha...... omg..so rich. Yet it’s perfectly ok to hate on HRC and Obama? Oh I know..don’t bother answering...IOOKIYAR
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 22:38:41 GMT
Careful Gia your bitterness is showing. Careful Fred your deflection is showing. If you are going to do a comparison let’s compare apples to apples and in case you don’t understand what it means, it’s compare one president’s reactions to a mass killing to another president reaction to a mass killing. Both involving kids. Now you may have one of your valid points if President Obama had gone golfing and yucking it up after he made his comments about Sandy Hook. But he didn’t did he. What he did do was give a televised speech shortly after the details of what happened were announced. Twice during that speech he had to “compose himself and wipe away tears”. He also spends hours with the families that lost a love one that day. trump on the other hand does a photo op at the Sheriff’s office and hospital on his way to Mar a Lago. He met with one of the families but was on his way to Mar a Lago after about 90 minutes, maybe a little bit longer. Then he spends Saturday and Sunday grousing on Twitter, essentially saying how everyone is being mean to him. Even managed to make the big oversite by the FBI about him. Cudos to his staff for pushing him to have the “listening” meeting with students and teachers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But I fully expect him to crash and burn because the man has no compassion or empathy for anyone but himself. And that Gia is the major difference between the two men and why you will always fall short in your comparisons. Because President Obama is a compassionate man and it’s reflected in how he responses to situations. Just like trump’s lack compassion is reflected in his responses.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 22:45:52 GMT
I'm glad we agree. I don't think so. Has he ever gone back and corrected? I seriously don't know the answer. Maybe we should only allow an answer to that from those who don't hate him. Hahahahaha...... omg..so rich. Yet it’s perfectly ok to hate on HRC and Obama? Oh I know..don’t bother answering...IOOKIYAR I said nothing about either one being wrong OR okay, but enjoy your outrage/amusement over something that was never said, alluded to or implied. Just pull it out of your ass and be amused. Have fun with that.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 22:48:19 GMT
Careful Fred your deflection is showing. If you are going to do a comparison let’s compare apples to apples and in case you don’t understand what it means, it’s compare one president’s reactions to a mass killing to another president reaction to a mass killing. Both involving kids. Now you may have one of your valid points if President Obama had gone golfing and yucking it up after he made his comments about Sandy Hook. But he didn’t did he. What he did do was give a televised speech shortly after the details of what happened were announced. Twice during that speech he had to “compose himself and wipe away tears”. He also spends hours with the families that lost a love one that day. trump on the other hand does a photo op at the Sheriff’s office and hospital on his way to Mar a Lago. He met with one of the families but was on his way to Mar a Lago after about 90 minutes, maybe a little bit longer. Then he spends Saturday and Sunday grousing on Twitter, essentially saying how everyone is being mean to him. Even managed to make the big oversite by the FBI about him. Cudos to his staff for pushing him to have the “listening” meeting with students and teachers of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But I fully expect him to crash and burn because the man has no compassion or empathy for anyone but himself. And that Gia is the major difference between the two men and why you will always fall short in your comparisons. Because President Obama is a compassionate man and it’s reflected in how he responses to situations. Just like trump’s lack compassion is reflected in his responses. Oops, your deflection is still showing. Find a mirror and tuck it back up in there, Hon.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2018 23:03:27 GMT
Kyle Griffin... "At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." Sad but very true. link
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Post by Merge on Feb 19, 2018 23:40:20 GMT
"Fake news" from CNN and a poll that skewed Democratic, of course, until you consider this:
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Post by used2scrap on Feb 19, 2018 23:48:54 GMT
Kyle Griffin... "At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." Sad but very true. linkMy Trump supporting mother was shocked yesterday when my almost 9 year old was telling her that Wikipedia is not a reliable fact source. Smh
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2018 0:10:06 GMT
Another one bites the dust!! Florida House Republican won’t seek reelectionBY MELANIE ZANONA - 02/19/18 03:56 PM EST Florida House Republican won’t seek reelection Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) will not seek reelection, the lawmaker said in a statement on Monday. The announcement is just the latest in a recent wave of GOP House retirements, which come as Democrats seek to take back control of Congress in the 2018 midterm elections. Rooney’s district representing south-central Florida is considered a safe Republican seat after redistricting in 2010. "After what will be 10 years in the United States Congress representing the good people of Florida's Heartland, it's time to ‘hang em up’ as my old football coach used to say,” Rooney said in his statement. He thanked his staff and colleagues, as well as his family members for sacrificing “so much so I could follow my dreams.” thehill.com/homenews/campaign/374555-florida-house-republican-wont-seek-reelection-in-2019
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2018 1:11:21 GMT
Here we go............. Trump Jr. to deliver foreign policy speech during business trip to India: reportBY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 02/19/18 07:46 PM EST Donald Trump Jr. will deliver a foreign policy speech while on an unofficial trip to India to promote his family’s projects, The Washington Post reported Monday. Trump Jr. will speak about Indo-Pacific relations at an event on Friday, during with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to speak. The Trump Organization has also been offering those interested in buying units in Trump properties the chance to meet Trump Jr. through full-page ads about the trip, the Post reported“Trump is here — Are You Invited?” the headline of one ad reads, before offering home buyers the opportunity to pay about $38,000 to “join Mr. Donald Trump Jr. for a conversation and dinner.” “Trump’s company is literally selling access to the president’s son overseas,” said Jordan Libowitz, the communications director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). CREW has filed several complaints against the Trump administration. “For many people wanting to impact American policy in the region, the cost of a condo is a small price to pay to lobby one of the people closest to the president, far away from watchful eyes,” Libowitz said. thehill.com/homenews/administration/374572-trump-jr-to-deliver-foreign-policy-speech-during-india-business-tripConflict?!?!?!?!? Much more information in this article from CNN.. money.cnn.com/2018/02/19/investing/donald-trump-jr-india-dinner-gurgaon-kolkata/index.html
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2018 2:39:15 GMT
Jones Act rears its ugly head again............... this time for the northeast, hey that's me......... High energy costs put northeastern U.S. economy at riskBY BERNARD L. WEINSTEIN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 02/19/18 01:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL The winter of 2017-2018 has been one of the coldest in recent memory, especially in the Northeast. Not surprisingly, homeowners and businesses are literally screaming about heating and electric bills that have gone through the roof. Making matters worse, New England and New York are using imported liquefied natural gas (LNG), which is much more expensive than domestic gas, to satisfy nearly 20 percent of their heating and electric power needs. Some of this imported gas has come from Russia, despite current international sanctions. The great irony is that America has been the world’s largest producer of natural gas since 2009 and is slated to become a net exporter this year. We’re currently exporting 3.5 billion cubic of LNG per day, mainly from terminals in Louisiana, and this volume is projected to double by the end of 2018. So why does the Northeast import LNG to meet its energy needs when the country’s largest gas play, in the Marcellus shale formation, lies just next door in Pennsylvania and West Virginia? There are two villains in this drama. The first is the Jones Act, a little known piece of legislation that Congress passed in 1920 as part of the Merchant Marine Act. This law requires that any ship carrying goods or commodities in U.S. waters between U.S. ports must be built, registered, owned and crewed by American citizens or permanent residents. Originally intended to improve the nation’s maritime security, today the Jones Act is simply a form of protectionism for America’s shipping industry and seafaring unions. More at link: thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/374290-high-energy-costs-put-northeastern-us-economy-at-riskAnd dt proposes cutting off the Home Heating Assistance totally for low-income people..... Oh wait, was it Pruitt or Pence that went to Morocco to sell them natural gas.......... WE need it!
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Post by femalebusiness on Feb 20, 2018 3:03:25 GMT
Kyle Griffin... "At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." Sad but very true. linkI would go so far as to say large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they see with their own eyes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 3:48:41 GMT
Bill Corben.....
“'@flgovscott Won’t Attend CNN Town Hall on Florida School Shooting': mediaite.com/tv/florida-gov…”
Why am I not surprised?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2018 4:36:45 GMT
Not surprised.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2018 5:00:07 GMT
linkAnd who’s fault is it that the White House is under siege? Talk about shooting one’s self in the foot. And to look at the shooting and 17 deaths as a “reprieve”. Disgusting. Washington Post.. For the weary White House, Florida shooting offered a ‘reprieve’ from scandals
From the article.. The White House was under siege. Among those accompanying the president was Kelly, who earlier in the week appeared in serious jeopardy of losing his job. The chief of staff had lost the support of some senior aides, and last Tuesday evening rumors were rampant that his days — or even hours — were numbered because Trump had been sounding out friends and advisers about possible replacements. Wednesday’s shooting, however, effectively stabilized Kelly’s standing internally, officials said, shifting the media glare away from him and giving the retired four-star Marine general a chance to perform his job in helping to coordinate the federal response. Although Trump remains frustrated and at times angry with his chief of staff, Kelly’s presence on the weekend trip to Mar-a-Lago was interpreted as an indication that he was on firmer ground with his boss. But Friday’s indictments by the Justice Department’s special counsel of 13 Russians for interference in the 2016 presidential election — as well as Trump’s furious and defiant cascade of Twitter responses over the weekend — offered an early glimpse of the mayhem that likely awaits the administration when it returns to work Tuesday. Domestic abuse allegations against a senior aide were ignored, pointing to a potential high-level coverup. Two Cabinet secretaries were caught charging taxpayers for luxury travel. A Playboy centerfold alleged an extramarital affair with the president. And the special counsel’s Russia investigation was intensifying. The tumult was so intense that there was fervent speculation that President Trump might fire his chief of staff. But a gun massacre at a Florida high school last Wednesday, which left 17 dead, seemed to shift the media glare away from the Trump scandals and gave embattled aides an opportunity to refocus on handling a crisis not of their own making. While the White House mourned the loss of life in Parkland, Fla., some aides privately acknowledged that the tragedy offered a breather from the political storm. A tentative plan for White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly to address the news media from the briefing room Wednesday — where he would have faced intense scrutiny over his role in the mishandling of the domestic abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter — was scuttled. One White House official said the shooting forced the White House to focus on critical and serious issues — like consoling the victims and trying to heal the nation — rather than getting bogged down in what they view as more trivial West Wing drama. For everyone, it was a distraction or a reprieve,” said the White House official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to reflect internal conversations. “A lot of people here felt like it was a reprieve from seven or eight days of just getting pummeled.” The official likened the brief political calm to the aftermath of the October shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 dead and hundreds more injured. That tragedy united White House aides and the country in their shared mourning for the victims and their families. “But as we all know, sadly, when the coverage dies down a little bit, we’ll be back through the chaos,” the official said. In the few instances in which officials answered questions, the focus was mostly on the shooting in Florida. In two appearances Friday on Fox News Channel, deputy press secretary Raj Shah was not asked about Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin charging taxpayers for his wife’s lavish travel — a controversy that in a normal media environment might have prompted questions about whether the president would fire Shulkin. From an awful, cynical, purely political point of view, the tragic events in Florida probably helped the White House this week by distracting from the awful wave of scandal and bad news they have faced,” said Michael Steel, a Republican strategist. The three-day Presidents’ Day weekend added to the hiatus, with Trump traveling to his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., with only a few aides and giving others on his beleaguered staff a chance to rest and recuperate. The Russia matter — a tender spot for the president that often prompts him to behave erratically — adds to the growing list of crises the White House expects to be forced to address this week in Washington.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Feb 20, 2018 5:20:14 GMT
I was just reading this: White House left feeling rudderless as Trump hangs back in crisisAfter failing to arrest and even extending the scandal over a senior aide's clearance status amid domestic abuse allegations, the president took a low-key approach on the Florida shootings. By NANCY COOK 02/15/2018 08:36 PM EST President Donald Trump has cast himself as a master brander and dealmaker, but rarely talks much about his crisis management style.The past week has, however, put that style on clear display. The White House was slow to respond to the Parkland school shooting in any expansive way in the first several hours, waiting until overnight to make any formal statements beyond telling reporters the president was “aware” and monitoring the situation. The hesitance followed a week in which the president did nothing to calm the furor surrounding the revelation that a former top aide was allowed to keep working in the West Wing and handling sensitive information without a full security clearance because of allegations of past domestic abuse. The scandal led to criticism about how it was handled by Trump’s chief of staff John Kelly and cast doubt about his tenure. In both cases, the president seemed to hang back behind staff decisions rather than taking decisive action to look engaged and involved. The response underscored the extent to which this White House, which is eternally engulfed by dramas — many of Trump’s own making — remains rudderless in a crisis and curiously flat-footed when true emergencies like the latest Florida shooting arise. “I get the impression here, depending on the crisis that hits, there is a scramble to immediately react in some way, without finding the truth or not liking the truth, and so there is an immediate reaction that only raises more questions,” said Leon Panetta, who served as chief of staff under President Bill Clinton and later as Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama. “It makes the White House look like they just simply don’t have their act together and creates even greater problems for the president.” ** Multiple White House officials have said in recent days that morale has not been this low since the chaotic first 100 days of the Trump administration, when Reince Priebus worked as the chief of staff and warring factions threatened all decision-making. Although a handful of close Trump allies insist that Kelly’s job is safe, White House officials worry that if Trump ousted Kelly, or if he left, it would further destabilize an already fragile White House. There’s also a general sense that, with tax reform over and the midterms on the horizon, little policymaking will get done in 2018, giving some aides less incentive to stay with the administration. Several staffers have privately indicated that they want to find new jobs as quickly as possible, as to not be tainted by the actions of the administration. More at link: www.politico.com/story/2018/02/15/trump-florida-shooting-response-415654
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Post by birdgate on Feb 20, 2018 7:45:59 GMT
Kyle Griffin... "At the heart of the Russian fraud is an essential, embarrassing insight into American life: large numbers of Americans are ill-equipped to assess the credibility of the things they read." Sad but very true. linkMy Trump supporting mother was shocked yesterday when my almost 9 year old was telling her that Wikipedia is not a reliable fact source. Smh I love generation Z. I predict they'll take out the Republican Party. They're all watching this shit show in the White House right now and growing up seeing and learning about activism. They're more global and turned off by extreme religion and politics like the Millennials.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Feb 20, 2018 11:16:12 GMT
Hate him!
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Here we go............. Trump Jr. to deliver foreign policy speech during business trip to India: reportBY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 02/19/18 07:46 PM EST Donald Trump Jr. will deliver a foreign policy speech while on an unofficial trip to India to promote his family’s projects, The Washington Post reported Monday. Trump Jr. will speak about Indo-Pacific relations at an event on Friday, during with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to speak. The Trump Organization has also been offering those interested in buying units in Trump properties the chance to meet Trump Jr. through full-page ads about the trip, the Post reported“Trump is here — Are You Invited?” the headline of one ad reads, before offering home buyers the opportunity to pay about $38,000 to “join Mr. Donald Trump Jr. for a conversation and dinner.” “Trump’s company is literally selling access to the president’s son overseas,” said Jordan Libowitz, the communications director for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). CREW has filed several complaints against the Trump administration. “For many people wanting to impact American policy in the region, the cost of a condo is a small price to pay to lobby one of the people closest to the president, far away from watchful eyes,” Libowitz said. thehill.com/homenews/administration/374572-trump-jr-to-deliver-foreign-policy-speech-during-india-business-tripConflict?!?!?!?!? Much more information in this article from CNN.. money.cnn.com/2018/02/19/investing/donald-trump-jr-india-dinner-gurgaon-kolkata/index.htmlFirstly, what the hell does Jr know about foreign policy? Secondly, what the hell does Jr, who does not work for the WH or the government, have any business talking about foreign policy? Lastly, how the hell is this even allowed?
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A guy on Twitter: "Imagine if Chelsea Clinton was paid to give a foreign policy speech while Hillary Clinton was president."
Chelsea: "My imagination doesn't stretch this far."
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