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Post by Merge on Aug 18, 2018 12:36:20 GMT
Bomb in Yemen School Bus Strike Was US-SuppliedIn other words, in the Trump administration's reckless drive to overturn every single thing the Obama administration ever did, they're now partially responsible for the deaths of dozens of children.
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Post by Merge on Aug 18, 2018 12:40:24 GMT
... and remove the security clearances of former DOJ officials who speak out against him, in an attempt to silence them.
This idiot's hubris has no limit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 13:34:04 GMT
Apparently someone watch Maddow last night..
trump.
“Has anyone looked at the mistakes that John Brennan made while serving as CIA Director? He will go down as easily the WORST in history & since getting out, he has become nothing less than a loudmouth, partisan, political hack who cannot be trusted with the secrets to our country!”
The child president has spoken.
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Re: Omarosa...
She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country.
Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down.
She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty.
She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down.
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Post by Merge on Aug 18, 2018 13:56:57 GMT
Re: Omarosa... She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country. Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down. She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty. She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down. IDK. I struggle with thinking that anyone who gets involved in a reality TV show is all that smart.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 18, 2018 14:03:31 GMT
Re: Omarosa... She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country. Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down. She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty. She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down. I like the Omarosa I see in the book. I did not like the Omarosa depicted on TV. I get not wanting to’see’ who someone really is ( I’ve done exactly that ) but he was never that nice guy and his racism goes way back. She has always been fooling herself. I won’t mind if she takes the whole bunch down. But she should make sure there are copies of her ‘media’ ( tape/video/photo ) in a safe place and she should watch her back. If she doesn’t she is still lying to herself about who he has always been.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 14:13:34 GMT
Bill Kristol....
“Trump on a career DOJ attorney's security clearance: “I suspect I’ll be taking it away very quickly.” But it's not clear Trump can legally do this. The president has broad authority but he's not unfettered by laws, rules and procedures. The rule of law constrains the president.
Trump's claim that he can personally choose to remove individuals' clearances without consulting the agencies at which they work or used to work, without going through any of the normal procedures, with no documented showing of cause, etc., is another blow to the rule of law“
In trump’s mind he has unlimited powers because he is the PRESIDENT! That is not how the framers put together the government since they were all about getting away from unlimited powers by the leader of a country. Unfortunately the GOP in Congress have forgotten that.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Aug 18, 2018 14:49:49 GMT
Re: Omarosa... She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country. Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down. She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty. She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down. IDK. I struggle with thinking that anyone who gets involved in a reality TV show is all that smart. Some people crave fame and name recognition though, and being on a reality show gives them that almost instantly. Within a few episodes of the first Apprentice show, EVERYBODY knew who she was. America may not have *liked* her, but they definitely knew who she was.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 14:56:23 GMT
Newsweek...
“Trump's EPA is trying to block a rule that protects communities from toxic waste But the courts Are fighting back bit.ly/2BnnlHS”
From the article...
“A Federal judge Friday called the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to delay implementation of an Obama-era rule meant to mitigate the risks of toxic waste disasters “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered the agency to immediately enact the policy change.
The chemical disaster rule, created in response to the 2013 explosion at West Fertilizer in Texas that killed 15 people and destroyed the surrounding area, requires an increase in emergency response to chemical incidents, stringent safety rules and audits of chemical facilities and rigorous investigations and follow-up after any incident. President Obama asked for the changes in the aftermath of deadly the explosion, and after three years of study, the EPA created the changes in January of 2017.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 14:58:01 GMT
Omarosa and trump are one in the same in that they are both trash IMO. Having said that if she can hurry trump out of the Oval Office into retirement I’m all for that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 15:11:06 GMT
The Hill...
“Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers have filed a request in federal court to halt a lawsuit surrounding President Trump's hotel in Washington, D.C., while they file an appeal, a move that would stop the release of the property's financial records.
The request was made to U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte, who last month ruled that the lawsuit - alleging that Trump was profiting from foreign governments spending money at his D.C. hotel in violation of the Emoluments Clause - could move forward.
DOJ lawyers argued that conducting discovery, including the release of the financial records on Trump and his properties, on a sitting president could trigger "significant separation-of-powers concerns."
"Moreover, the public interest is decidedly in favor of a stay because any discovery would necessarily be a distraction to the President's performance of his constitutional duties," the document states.“
That’s pretty funny. There are 2 words that trump does not understand. Constitution and duty.
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Post by lizacreates on Aug 18, 2018 15:12:31 GMT
Re: Omarosa... She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country. Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down. She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty. She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down. Not wanting to put you in a spot at all, but I’m just curious why Omarosa says she'd never seen that side of him until Charlottetown. In the book, does she say why it took her THAT long to recognize the racism? Did she mention anything about his repulsive Birther Crusade that went on for five years? Reason I ask is because it doesn’t take an incredible level of intelligence to identify the reason behind it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 15:16:15 GMT
trump 2012..
“Admiral McRaven had full operational control of the Bin Laden mission bit.ly/Kg7vrN @barackobama gave vague directions.”
trump today,,
Karen Tumulty...
"I don't know McRaven," Trump said yesterday. Let's check the wayback machine:”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 15:45:07 GMT
Benjamin Wittes...
“The fundamental problem: People who hate their fellow countrymen more than they love their country have trouble acting like patriots.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 18, 2018 15:46:12 GMT
The request was made to U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte, who last month ruled that the lawsuit - alleging that Trump was profiting from foreign governments spending money at his D.C. hotel in violation of the Emoluments Clause - could move forward.DOJ lawyers argued that conducting discovery, including the release of the financial records on Trump and his properties, on a sitting president could trigger "significant separation-of-powers concerns." DOJ is defending Emoluments?!?!?!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 18, 2018 16:14:27 GMT
A closer look at Omarosa's excerpt on Puerto Rico -- from a reporter who was thereAnalysis by Maria Santana, CNN Updated 10:24 PM ET, Fri August 17, 2018 (CNN)Only a few paragraphs of Omarosa Manigault Newman's book are about Puerto Rico. But their claims are significant: that President Donald Trump lacked empathy in Hurricane Maria's aftermath and that the President and Chief of Staff John Kelly referred to Puerto Ricans in derogatory terms. The result, the new book titled "Unhinged" alleges, was a slow and cavalier response to the devastation wrought, especially when compared to Trump's swift and effective handling of the hurricanes in Texas and Florida weeks earlier. Manigault Newman, a former senior White House adviser, wouldn't specify what offensive terms the Trump administration allegedly used when referring to Puerto Ricans, even when pressed to do so during one of her many interviews to promote her book. CNN has not independently verified her claims, and the White House did not respond to CNN's requests for comment. I was in Puerto Rico when the Category 4 storm tore through the island on September 20. I witnessed much of what the book describes about conditions and response on the ground unfold in real time. The White House has branded Manigault Newman a liar, and many have questioned her tactics, her motives and her accuracy. But based on what I witnessed in Puerto Rico and what I read in her book about the hurricane response, this might be one example where she got it right.More at link: www.cnn.com/2018/08/17/us/omarosa-puerto-rico-trump/index.htmlCovers: 1- 'vendetta' against Yulin Cruz. 2- Response too slow/2 weeks 3- Kelly and Trump lack of empathy, lazy people, fault of infrastructure, throwing paper towels
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:11:21 GMT
The problem is Omarosa's credibility is at zero. She repeatedly went out of her way to fight for him and gave glowing reports... until she was fired for unlawful actions and integrity breaches. A disgruntled employee writes a book. That has been the kiss of death when it was happening against Clintons, but now you're embracing a disgruntled employee's words as gospel? Several people that she has given as proof for her claims have already come out and said it never happened. She has contradicted herself. Even April Ryan has come out and said she has no credibility.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:24:45 GMT
The problem is Omarosa's credibility is at zero. She repeatedly went out of her way to fight for him and gave glowing reports... until she was fired for unlawful actions and integrity breaches. A disgruntled employee writes a book. That has been the kiss of death when it was happening against Clintons, but now you're embracing a disgruntled employee's words as gospel? Several people that she has given as proof for her claims have already come out and said it never happened. She has contradicted herself. Even April Ryan has come out and said she has no credibility. As is trump’s credibility at zero. As I said they are one in the same.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:27:41 GMT
Howard Finemen....
.”@realdonaldtrump is lucky. If the United States were the kind of country he’s trying to turn us into, there already would have been a military coup. The Constitution and rule of law — for which he has nothing but contempt — are protecting HIM!”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:28:28 GMT
Bomb in Yemen School Bus Strike Was US-SuppliedIn other words, in the Trump administration's reckless drive to overturn every single thing the Obama administration ever did, they're now partially responsible for the deaths of dozens of children. Everything the Obama administration did? Obama drew a red line and did nothing when it was crossed. Then it took him 3 days to respond to a British call for response and then further delay after that. How many deaths is Obama responsible for?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:33:44 GMT
Bomb in Yemen School Bus Strike Was US-SuppliedIn other words, in the Trump administration's reckless drive to overturn every single thing the Obama administration ever did, they're now partially responsible for the deaths of dozens of children. Everything the Obama administration did? Obama drew a red line and did nothing when it was crossed. Then it took him 3 days to respond to a British call for response and then further delay after that. How many deaths is Obama responsible for? I suggest you read President Obama’s interview with the Atlantic from maybe 4 years ago. He talks about that decision and what he was hoping for. If you read it with an open mind I suspect you could understand why he did it. Just a suggestion.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:37:49 GMT
... and remove the security clearances of former DOJ officials who speak out against him, in an attempt to silence them. This idiot's hubris has no limit. Removing his security clearance doesn't silence him. He can still speak out anytime he wants. He can't talk about matters of national security, so having access to them has nothing to do with him speaking out or not. To say otherwise is idiotic.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 18, 2018 17:42:56 GMT
As is trump’s credibility at zero. As I said they are one in the same. Yes. Howard Finemen.... .”@realdonaldtrump is lucky. If the United States were the kind of country he’s trying to turn us into, there already would have been a military coup. The Constitution and rule of law — for which he has nothing but contempt — are protecting HIM!” That has crossed my mind frequently of late! And he has no clue of the realities!! As I have also commented about his base being so happy with him and that they would quickly lose their guns, freedoms, and God under his friend Putin. now you're embracing a disgruntled employee's words as gospe Not I. I QUOTED a first person, reporter's çomments about her comparison observations in Puerto Rico to what was written in Omarosa's book.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 17:46:21 GMT
... and remove the security clearances of former DOJ officials who speak out against him, in an attempt to silence them. This idiot's hubris has no limit. Removing his security clearance doesn't silence him. He can still speak out anytime he wants. He can't talk about matters of national security, so having access to them has nothing to do with him speaking out or not. To say otherwise is idiotic. . Your missing the point. Yes he can still speak out against the president. But he shouldn’t lose his security clearance just because he speaks out against the president. trump’s action was in retaliation for someone saying something he does not like. Just think if President Obama had pulled that stunt every time someone said bad things about him. The GOP would litterly have steam coming out of their collective noggins.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Aug 18, 2018 17:52:39 GMT
... and remove the security clearances of former DOJ officials who speak out against him, in an attempt to silence them. This idiot's hubris has no limit. Removing his security clearance doesn't silence him. He can still speak out anytime he wants. He can't talk about matters of national security, so having access to them has nothing to do with him speaking out or not. To say otherwise is idiotic. Great point, but that is not what is being meant. It might not silence HIM, but it sure does affect and silence those who would come after—those who would change their mind as to whether to speak out against trump’s daily lies, putting in fear in them for their jobs and livelihood. I’m surprised you are that dense. Oh and pretty please, post exactly what you stated here the next time our resident Gia whines about being silenced when she goes on her “being silenced” benders.
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Post by imsirius on Aug 18, 2018 18:02:07 GMT
IDK. I struggle with thinking that anyone who gets involved in a reality TV show is all that smart. Some people crave fame and name recognition though, and being on a reality show gives them that almost instantly. Within a few episodes of the first Apprentice show, EVERYBODY knew who she was. America may not have *liked* her, but they definitely knew who she was. Exactly. She explains in the book the reason she went on the show was to see how Donald worked because she wanted to learn from him. She had no intention of playing the villain until Mark Burnett ran with it that way. She wanted to get into the businesses of Trump, but the show gave her different exposure and she went with it.
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Post by imsirius on Aug 18, 2018 18:15:15 GMT
Re: Omarosa... She is VERY intelligent. She graduated from Harvard and also is an ordained minister. In the book, she struggles with her desire to help her “friend” Donald succeed. She sees him as the vibrant, exciting man she met and befriended after the first Apprentice season. He trusted her, sought out her advice, and treated her very well. She had hoped he would be an amazing President and DO GOOD for the country. Then, little by little, she saw the Trump of today. Realized he was ill and declining quickly. She stayed to help him because nobody, not even his family, would admit he was showing mental decline. She thought if she were there, she could at least persuade him to do the right thing. But he always let her down. She said she did not want to believe that he was racist or a woman hater or a total asshole, because she, herself, had never seen that side of him. It wasn't until Charlottetown that she truly saw him for who he was. She wanted out then but Bannon and Ivanka convinced her to stay. They used her fondness for Trump to make her feel guilty. She is smart and savvy and full of balls. She may just take them ALL down. Not wanting to put you in a spot at all, but I’m just curious why Omarosa says she'd never seen that side of him until Charlottetown. In the book, does she say why it took her THAT long to recognize the racism? Did she mention anything about his repulsive Birther Crusade that went on for five years? Reason I ask is because it doesn’t take an incredible level of intelligence to identify the reason behind it. She said that she had never seen that side of him toward herself, a black woman. She mentioned that although he would say impulsive things, she didn't classify it as racist. Who knows, but that is what she wrote and I can only respond on that. “Back in the early campaign days, I went on TV and defended Donald’s rhetoric, saying, “He’s not racist; he’s racial.” I pointed out our history together the last fourteen “years, and how well he’d treated me, what he’d done for me professionally, how he’d invested in my TV show and my career. Given our relationship, I couldn’t believe he was a racist—but the people at this protest obviously were!” Excerpt From Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman This material may be protected by copyright. The birther stuff.. “As I thought at the time, he is racial, though, in that he uses race and racial relations to manipulate people. I believed the birther movement stuff was opposition research, as he claimed, but it also had the purpose of riling up the Republican base of white voters. Trump’s racialization of illegal immigrants and his rhetoric about “building a wall” served the same goal. I believed then that Donald Trump was intentionally pitting races against each other for political gain, just as he’d pitted races against each other on The Apprentice for ratings. In hindsight, I see the flaws in my thinking. And it probably should have bothered me more than it did. But, as I’ve mentioned, I had a blind spot where Trump was concerned. Because of my proximity to him, I couldn’t see him from a certain angle that everyone else did. When I met him, he was the famous billionaire, and I was a hopeful, aspiring businesswoman trying to impress him. The Apprentice experience changed my life from anonymous to famous, from weary to wealthy. As a girl who’d lived in extreme poverty, I equated wealth with security. As I’d come to learn, money does “protect you from pain. I associated the Trump way of life with security and freedom. When people accused him of intolerance, I simply couldn’t see it.” Excerpt From Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman This material may be protected by copyright. Excerpt From Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House Omarosa Manigault Newman This material may be protected by copyright.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2018 18:22:43 GMT
She is smart and savvy and full of balls She is lacking and full of shit. Ask April Ryan from CNN
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Post by lizacreates on Aug 18, 2018 18:33:10 GMT
The request was made to U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte, who last month ruled that the lawsuit - alleging that Trump was profiting from foreign governments spending money at his D.C. hotel in violation of the Emoluments Clause - could move forward.DOJ lawyers argued that conducting discovery, including the release of the financial records on Trump and his properties, on a sitting president could trigger "significant separation-of-powers concerns." DOJ is defending Emoluments?!?!?! They're not defending the Emoluments Clause; they're battling it to defend Trump. First it was the validity of a lawsuit against a sitting president. Then it was arguing that the clause is about a clear quid pro quo (bribery, in other words) and not what’s happening with the Trump hotel. And now it’s fighting discovery. This is just my assumption – they’re trying to prevent the exposure of his income tax returns, which Trump has been successful in keeping secret.
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Post by Merge on Aug 18, 2018 18:41:29 GMT
IDK. I struggle with thinking that anyone who gets involved in a reality TV show is all that smart. Some people crave fame and name recognition though, and being on a reality show gives them that almost instantly. Within a few episodes of the first Apprentice show, EVERYBODY knew who she was. America may not have *liked* her, but they definitely knew who she was. I get that. I just don't personally associate that kind of craving with high intelligence. She and Trump are cut from the same mold, and I don't think either of them is very bright.
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