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Post by Merge on Sept 8, 2018 23:11:09 GMT
In other news, Republican Senator Ben Sasse tweets that he has "regularly considered" dropping his party affiliation.
It rings a bit hollow, though, as long as he's voting for the Trump agenda and/or caucusing with Mitch McConnell and his merry band of goons.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Sept 8, 2018 23:20:34 GMT
Seriously, the guy could cure cancer and you'd complain that he's taking jobs away from cancer researchers and doctors. This must be a popular What If among those criticizing the president’s detractors. Gia posted the exact same claim here. Meanwhile, if we’re trundling down the hyperbolic What If road, I’ll go with the president’s own example - that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose voters - as a more accurate example of his personal ambition than curing cancer. He’ll only want to cure cancer if he gets cancer. (The rest us will just better hope we don’t have to get new health insurance after being diagnosed.)
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Post by lizacreates on Sept 9, 2018 1:08:53 GMT
Seriously, the guy could cure cancer and you'd complain that he's taking jobs away from cancer researchers and doctors. This must be a popular What If among those criticizing the president’s detractors. Gia posted the exact same claim here. Meanwhile, if we’re trundling down the hyperbolic What If road, I’ll go with the president’s own example - that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose voters - as a more accurate example of his personal ambition than curing cancer. He’ll only want to cure cancer if he gets cancer. (The rest us will just better hope we don’t have to get new health insurance after being diagnosed.) Yes’m! (That signature fits you like a glove.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 1:45:07 GMT
linkNewsweek.. “ DONALD TRUMP PREPARED TO USE MILITARY TO BUILD BORDER WALL, WON’T RULE OUT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN”
From the article... “Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, President Donald Trump said if Congress won’t fund Homeland Security to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, he would do so using military funding. The president also would not rule out the possibility of a partial government shutdown, despite acknowledging it could hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. “We have two options: we have military and we have Homeland Security,” Trump said. “I’d rather get it through politically, I’d rather get it through Congress. If we don’t, I’m looking at that option very seriously.” He mentioned the Army Corp of Engineers as a possibility for building the wall, as he’s done in the past. Trump was also asked if he would support a government shutdown to try and force Congress, specifically Democrats, to appropriate more money for the wall. The president said he would likely do it, but the move jeopardizes vulnerable House Republicans at risk of losing in November.”
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Post by pierkiss on Sept 9, 2018 1:52:40 GMT
if this piece of shit threatens Canada, he'd better be prepared for oil and electricity turned off, 36 states' trade cut off and no car parts or NHL players. He can fuck right off with his bullying and ego. It pains me to have to say, I agree with you. The shame of having this parody of a man representing us on the world stage ... Maybe he could just not completely piss Canada off. That would be really great! Then we could have one neighboring country that doesn’t hate us.
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Post by lizacreates on Sept 9, 2018 2:02:40 GMT
linkNewsweek.. “ DONALD TRUMP PREPARED TO USE MILITARY TO BUILD BORDER WALL, WON’T RULE OUT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN”
From the article... “Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, President Donald Trump said if Congress won’t fund Homeland Security to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, he would do so using military funding. The president also would not rule out the possibility of a partial government shutdown, despite acknowledging it could hurt Republicans in the midterm elections. “We have two options: we have military and we have Homeland Security,” Trump said. “I’d rather get it through politically, I’d rather get it through Congress. If we don’t, I’m looking at that option very seriously.” He mentioned the Army Corp of Engineers as a possibility for building the wall, as he’s done in the past. Trump was also asked if he would support a government shutdown to try and force Congress, specifically Democrats, to appropriate more money for the wall. The president said he would likely do it, but the move jeopardizes vulnerable House Republicans at risk of losing in November.” Ah, so that’s why he increased military budget. Someone will have to disabuse him of the notion – maybe one of those anonymoushe, anonnimos, whatever op-ed group. The DOD has no legal authority, and neither does the president, to use funds already appropriated and redirect them to a wall.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 2:17:40 GMT
The Hill... “Obama shreds Trump: How hard can it be to say "Nazis are bad” I’m surprised someone has not popped in to claim trump did say “Nazis are bad’. How hard can it be to say "Radical Islamic Terrorism”? There's a certain former president that had a real issue uttering those words. The present one has real issues with uttering those words when it suits him too. Donald Trump will not use the words "radical Islamic terrorism" during a speech in Saudi Arabia despite criticising Barack Obama for not using the phrase. Mr Trump often used anti-Islamic rhetoric during his presidential campaign and repeatedly stressed the need to say the words. The phrase is missing from a draft of Mr Trump's speech."This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it," the President will say, according to excerpts of the speech released by the White House.The bolded part is the reason that Pres Obama didn't use it either - the battle isn't between the decent people of two different religions. "These are people who've killed children, killed Muslims, take sex slaves, there's no religious rationale that would justify in any way any of the things that they do," he said. "But what I have been careful about when I describe these issues is to make sure that we do not lump these murderers into the billion Muslims that exist around the world, including in this country, who are peaceful, who are responsible, who, in this country, are fellow troops and police officers and fire fighters and teachers and neighbors and friends."
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 2:22:26 GMT
trump..
“So true! “Mr. Trump remains the single most popular figure in the Republican Party, whose fealty has helped buoy candidates in competitive Republican primaries and remains a hot commodity among general election candidates.” Nicholas Fandos, @nytimes”
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“The Dems have tried every trick in the playbook-call me everything under the sun. But if I’m all of those terrible things, how come I beat them so badly, 306-223? Maybe they’re just not very good! The fact is they are going CRAZY only because they know they can’t beat me in 2020!”
He won by under 100,000 votes spread across three states but lost the popular vote by 3M give or take a few votes. That is not what I call “beating them badly”.
It would appear that President Obama campaigning may have him a bit rattled. Because Present Obama is a constant reminder of what trump isn’t and trump knows it. IMO.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2018 2:32:20 GMT
What he does instead is appeal to what is worst in people, like their fear and hatred and bigotry. This is the place where Trump truly has a touch of political genius: He can see into the dark depths of the American soul, find the ugliest things lying there, and wrench them up to the surface. Because dt is looking at himself... He’ll only want to cure cancer if he gets cancer. I might include Ivanka in that.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 9, 2018 3:29:15 GMT
The definition of “window dressing” a : the act or an instance of making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable b : something used to create a deceptively favorable or attractive impression Seriously, the guy could cure cancer and you'd complain that he's taking jobs away from cancer researchers and doctors. It’s cute when conservatives try so hard to paint trumpster as anything other than what he really is...but...but...but.....
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 9, 2018 3:31:52 GMT
With all due respect there is no point in arguing with surf75 or Lauren or Walmartbag guy avatar or Ricky or who ever this is. It is clear they are just posting to poke the puppy and are not interested in an actual discussion, conversation or even facts. Let Trump himself come up with a cure for cancer and let her gloat when we all start complaining about jobs being taken away, insurance premiums going down, overpopulation, etc. And there's no point in even attempting a dialog with you either, it's clear you visit this absurd echo chamber where you just keep screaming that Trump is racist/sexist/misogynist/Nazi/white nationalist/facist/islamophobic/homophobic/etc. so loudly, just to hear yourselves scream! You all love to post quotes from the exact same sources day after day after day, because it's what you want to hear/read. WaPo, HuffPo, TheHill, CNN, NYT, all undeniably left-leaning publications. You all loved John McCain this past year, but he was essentially the antichrist when he ran opposite Obama. I'm amazed that you all spend countless hours each day reading and posting articles that agree with what you think, not really to prove any point, just so you can tell yourselves that you're morally superior to anyone that supports and/or voted for Trump. Well there ya go! Bug-bye and don’t let the door hit you on your way out!
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 9, 2018 3:32:29 GMT
Yes, he was so afraid of hurting feelings. You know there is another super secret board just filled with people who will agree with you. Why don't you slink back over there instead of sliming up this board? You just look stupid and uninformed to most who hang out here. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Sept 9, 2018 3:34:00 GMT
You know there is another super secret board just filled with people who will agree with you. Why don't you slink back over there instead of sliming up this board? You just look stupid and uninformed to most who hang out here. Yes, you're all the epitome of "informed". So glad you agree! It’s sad that some if the conservatives have been so clearly brainwashed by trumpster. Ignoring the current goings on and all the guilty pleas surrounding and closing in.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2018 4:13:03 GMT
Memory issues?? Mulvaney: Trump regularly asks why Roy Moore lostBY JOHN BOWDEN - 09/08/18 05:06 PM EDT White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said Saturday during a closed-door meeting with Republicans that the president asks him "all the time" why Moore was unable to defeat now-Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), according to The New York Times. “The president asks me all the time, ‘Why did Roy Moore lose?’” Mulvaney said, according to audio obtained by the Times. “That’s easy. He was a terrible candidate,” he continued. Jones beat Moore by 1.5 percentage points in December. More at link: thehill.com/homenews/administration/405724-mulvaney-trump-regularly-asks-why-roy-moore-lostHow many times have some caretakers mentioned the repeated questions, over and over again?!?!?!?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 15:09:45 GMT
This from trump...
“Trump has set Economic Growth on fire. During his time in office, the economy has achieved feats most experts thought impossible. GDP is growing at a 3 percent-plus rate. The unemployment rate is near a 50 year low.” CNBC...Also, the Stock Market is up almost 50% since Election!”
Prompted this truthful reminder from David Axelrod....
“95 straight months of job growth. 21 months of @realdonaldtrump. Do the math.”
Yesterday someone on this thread got very upset because we were always harping about how bad trump and would give him credit for anything.
We are giving him credit for what he does.. we give him credit for the lies he tells.
But let’s talk about the economy for a second. He is bragging everyone is better off because of the tax cut and how it’s caused wages to go up. Yes they are but any positive affect is being negated by inflation.
He says the trade war will benefit Americans. Problem is, right now it’s not and it could have a long term negative affect on many Americans. Last year the Wine Country Wildfires wiped out whole neighborhoods. They are starting to rebuilt and trump’s trade war has added to the cost of these homes, that were already expensive, so now the homeowner will have to take out a bigger mortgage, that means they will paying more in their monthly payments long after the trade wars are settled. That is if they are.
So so you are wrong in that we don’t give trump credit for what he does because we do.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Sept 9, 2018 15:15:18 GMT
Right...and when he is guilty of conspiracy and treason..then what? I can't anymore... Right, because in Trump America, free speech is dead, and soon so will any dissenters.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2018 15:45:25 GMT
MORE Russian connections: High up at that Senate Democrats Ask the Justice Department to Investigate Rudy Giuliani’s Foreign LobbyingHis work for a member of a pro-Russian political party is drawing scrutiny. Dan FriedmanSep. 6, 2018 1:41 PM Senate Democrats have asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, is violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by lobbying for foreign interests without registering with the agency. Seven Democrats wrote Thursday to John Demers, assistant attorney general for the department’s national security division, following news that Giuliani sent a letter in August to Romania’s president attacking an anti-corruption campaign there. Giuliani has acknowledged he was paid to send the letter by a firm run by former FBI director Louis Freeh, who represents one or more wealthy Romanians investigated under the campaign. (Freeh is not registered as a foreign agent.) The former New York mayor’s letter, which contradicts official US policy and drew a rebuke from the State Department, drew attention to what the Democratic senators describe as Giuliani’s “numerous foreign clients and ongoing communications with senior U.S. government officials,” including President Trump. Giuliani has not ended his work for foreign governments, nor has he fully disclosed his client list, even as he advises the president. ** “Mr. Giuliani’s financial connection to the organization, the organization’s close ties with the Russian government, and Mr. Giuliani’s ongoing public advocacy against Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election raises further questions that warrant review,” the senators write. Giuliani has said he does not believe he is required to register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent because he does not directly lobby Trump or the US government. But the FARA law generally requires anyone attempting to influence US policy on behalf of a foreign entity to register with the Justice Department regardless of whether they lobby directly. The senators urged Demers to scrutinize Giuliani’s claims that he does not advocate for clients in private communications with Trump and top White House aides. “Without further review, it is impossible to know whether Mr. Giuliani is lobbying U.S. government officials on behalf of his foreign clients,” they write. ** More at link www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/09/senate-democrats-ask-the-justice-department-to-investigate-rudy-giulianis-foreign-lobbying/My my my............ Might explain some of his strange comments. And why Russia, Ukraine, and IRAN too!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 15:48:01 GMT
Phillip Rucker...
“Pence says he never discussed removing Trump from office”
Problem for him and anyone else who works for trump, you can’t believe anything they say.
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Post by imsirius on Sept 9, 2018 15:55:33 GMT
This is KARMA,
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Post by imsirius on Sept 9, 2018 15:57:27 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2018 16:17:53 GMT
K A R M A !
opps missed your KARMA!
ETA: OH...... would Garland have to recuse?!?!?!?!??! Please tell me no.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Sept 9, 2018 16:22:54 GMT
Baby trump balloon news............
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 16:40:22 GMT
They say there is a sucker born every second. Well this one was born 72 years ago.
trump..
“North Korea has just staged their parade, celebrating 70th anniversary of founding, without the customary display of nuclear missiles. Theme was peace and economic development. “Experts believe that North Korea cut out the nuclear missiles to show President Trump......
its commitment to denuclearize.” @foxnews This is a big and very positive statement from North Korea. Thank you To Chairman Kim. We will both prove everyone wrong! There is nothing like good dialogue from two people that like each other! Much better than before I took office.“
#lucythefootballandcharliebrown
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 16:57:30 GMT
And they turn on each other....
Kyle Griffin..
“Sources tell VF that Jared and Ivanka floated a theory to Trump that John Kelly could be behind the op-ed.
Jared and Ivanka said they suspect Kelly because he's "the only one with an ego so large as to have convinced himself that he's saving the country."
One might question if this is true but then you realize it’s about the trump White House and and realize it very well could be true.
Like I have said, there is nothing normal about any of this.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 18:07:58 GMT
Walter Shaub...
“I'm in TEARS laughing at a @danscavino video that Trump retweeted. Scavino's video shows a montage of Trump set to Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King. Could Scavino have written the Op Ed? Here's the refrain from the song:
Madness reigns In the Hall of the Mountain King Oh yeah”
“It’s also featured In the Fritz Lang film “M the Murderer,” in which a child killer whistles the tune as he stalks his prey.”
“Hall of the Mountain King playing in the background!!! Dan Scavino must hate Donald Trump. 😂😂🤣🤣”
And trump did retweet it. 😀
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Post by flute4peace on Sept 9, 2018 18:37:35 GMT
Walter Shaub... “I'm in TEARS laughing at a @danscavino video that Trump retweeted. Scavino's video shows a montage of Trump set to Grieg's Hall of the Mountain King. Could Scavino have written the Op Ed? Here's the refrain from the song: Madness reigns In the Hall of the Mountain King Oh yeah” “It’s also featured In the Fritz Lang film “M the Murderer,” in which a child killer whistles the tune as he stalks his prey.” “Hall of the Mountain King playing in the background!!! Dan Scavino must hate Donald Trump. 😂😂🤣🤣” And trump did retweet it. 😀 Totally unrelated fun fact: I played with a community symphony when i was in HS and we performed this piece. One of my best musical memories ever. OK carry on.....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 23:11:53 GMT
Kyle Griffin...
“Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke held nearly 50 official meetings in May and June that, in sharp contrast to previous months, were so vaguely described on his official calendar that the public is unable tell what he was doing or with whom he was meeting.”
No secret, he’s making deals to trash our National Parks to make a buck.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 23:19:25 GMT
MSNBC..
DeVos eyes loophole to use taxpayer money for guns in schools
During her confirmation hearings to become the secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos signaled her support for bringing more guns into public schools. When pressed on her position, the Michigan Republican specifically raised the prospect of grizzly bears going after children in Wyoming.
Senate Republicans confirmed her to Donald Trump's cabinet anyway, and a year and a half later, DeVos hasn't given up on the issue. The New York Times reported:
The Education Department is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding to purchase guns for educators, according to multiple people with knowledge of the plan.
Such a move appears to be unprecedented, reversing a longstanding position taken by the federal government that it should not pay to outfit schools with weapons. And it would also undermine efforts by Congress to restrict the use of federal funding on guns. As recently as March, Congress passed a school safety bill that allocated $50 million a year to local school districts, but expressly prohibited the use of the money for firearms.
At this point, you're probably thinking that these restrictions will make it legally impossible for DeVos to use federal funds to buy guns for schools. But as it turns out, the Education secretary believes she's found a loophole.
According to the Times' report, there's a fairly obscure grant program for Student Support and Academic Enrichment, and it doesn't explicitly prohibit the use of public funds for firearms. DeVos, evidently, believes she could "use her discretion to approve any state or district plans to use grant funding for firearms and firearm training, unless Congress clarifies the law or bans such funding through legislative action."
The point of Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants is to promote health and wellness initiatives for students. DeVos may not be overly concerned, however, about the original intention of the program.
If the Times' report is correct, and the Education secretary moves forward with such a plan, it would likely make the president happy. After some recent school shootings, Trump spent quite a bit of time and energy pushing the idea that the key to keeping kids safe is putting more guns in schools.
But to put it mildly, the idea is already facing some pretty serious pushback.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called the idea "one of the most egregious, short-sighted and dangerous executive branch abuses of our education system in modern history."
"Secretary DeVos continues to lead an anti-student and anti-teacher campaign on behalf of special interests and the NRA that rejects proven and effective initiatives to ensure a safe, welcoming school climate for children," she added.
Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, which was the site of the Sandy Hook school shooting, swiftly introduced an amendment that would block the Education Department from using the funds to arm schools.
It's hard to say with certainty how committed DeVos is, or was, to this idea, but the cabinet secretary probably knows that it would be harder to get away with the move now.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2018 23:22:39 GMT
Newsweek..
“Mike Pence won't ask his staff if they wrote NYT op-ed because he 'knows their character' bit.ly/2O3f6m4”
How would he even know what “character” means since he has none.
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Post by imsirius on Sept 10, 2018 0:05:10 GMT
K A R M A !opps missed your KARMA!
ETA: OH...... would Garland have to recuse?!?!?!?!??! Please tell me no. I've read no because Gorsuch took his seat not Kavanaugh. Garland is also Kavanaugh,s boss so he can look into his behaviours.
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