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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 21, 2019 16:52:03 GMT
Was Trump’s mouth not functioning yesterday that he could not have asked how many casualties there would be WAY BEFORE planes were “cocked and loaded”? ALL the talking experts today are stating that numbers are provided in all the preliminary briefings, he just doesn't seem to have been listening.
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Post by lizacreates on Jun 21, 2019 16:56:02 GMT
Was Trump’s mouth not functioning yesterday that he could not have asked how many casualties there would be WAY BEFORE planes were “cocked and loaded”? ALL the talking experts today are stating that numbers are provided in all the preliminary briefings, he just doesn't seem to have been listening. If true, I wouldn’t be surprised. That’s why Geo Conway told Trump he should resign and go back to real estate where the worst he could do is kill banks.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 18:55:05 GMT
NPR...
”GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin passed a number of laws during a lame-duck session to restrict Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' power before he took office.
The state Supreme Court upheld that move.”
This along what is happening in Oregon makes one wonder when did Republicans become such petty little losers? No wonder they embrace trump, you know “birds of a feather flock together.”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 18:58:05 GMT
New York Magazine...
”NEW: Writer E. Jean Carroll says two decades ago, Donald Trump shoved her against a wall in a dressing room, pulled down her tights, and, “forcing his fingers around my private area, thrusts his penis halfway — or completely, I’m not certain — inside me.”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 19:08:41 GMT
linkPaul Waldman in The Washington Post... “Trump has another moment right out of ‘1984’ “If you’re president and you’ve done something morally abhorrent and politically unpopular, such as setting up a “zero tolerance” policy at the border that literally tears children from their parents’ arms, there are a few ways you can handle the fallout. You can reverse the policy and admit it was a mistake. You can make a case that it was justified. Or you can claim that despite widespread comments about that policy by you and your aides, and literally thousands of news reports documenting what went on, none of it actually happened.
Want to guess which one President Trump has chosen?
In an absolutely gobsmacking new interview with José Díaz-Balart of Telemundo, Trump attempted this up-is-downism with regard to his administration’s family-separation policy, in which thousands of children were taken from their families at the border.
First, the background. When they implemented the policy, Trump officials were clear that its shocking cruelty was precisely the point: The horror of children being taken from their parents and tossed in cages would provide a powerful deterrent to those considering coming to the United States illegally. When then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions was asked, “Are you trying to deter people from bringing children, minors, across this dangerous journey, is that part of what the separation is about?” he replied, “Yes, hopefully people will get the message.” Within six weeks of implementation, the blowback was so fierce that Trump officially rescinded the policy. But during the time it was enforced, nearly 3,000 children were taken from their families. And there are still large numbers of minors in federal custody, some in shocking conditions with poor food and sanitation, in which small children are being forced to care for toddlers. In my 22 years of doing visits with children in detention, I have never heard of this level of inhumanity,” said one immigration attorney. This is what’s happening in Trump’s government. But he is now claiming that it was all a dream, something you imagined but never actually occurred. Here’s a passage from the Telemundo interview:TRUMP: When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it, he had it. I brought the families together. I’m the one that brought them together. Now I said something when I did that.
DIAZ-BALART: Mr. President —
TRUMP: Watch. Many more people will come up. And that’s what happened. But President Obama is the one that built those prison cells.
DIAZ-BALART: I understand 2,800 —
TRUMP: Do you remember —
DIAZ-BALART: 2,800 children were reunited with their parents in the last year. We don’t even know. The government doesn’t even know how many children are still not with their parents. They don’t even know, which I find incredible.
TRUMP: Ready?
DIAZ-BALART: My question is —
TRUMP: Are you ready? Under the Obama plan —DIAZ-BALART: Sir, we’re talking about your plan.
TRUMP: We — no. No, we’re not. Because I’m the one that put people together.
It goes on like that for a while. Just for the record, while there were some immigrant children separated from their parents during the Obama administration, it happened only in extraordinary circumstances, such as when the parent was deemed to be a threat to the child or was caught carrying drugs into the country. Under Trump, on the other hand, family separation became official policy, applied as widely as possible, and done with the intention of deterring future migrants. Trump is now waving his hand and insisting that the monstrous thing he did was actually someone else’s fault and in fact he stopped that monstrous thing. If that rings a bell, it’s because he followed the same script just weeks before the 2016 election. After spending years as the nation’s foremost advocate of the racist “birther” lie, Trump held a news conference to announce that he no longer believed that — and also, the whole thing was Hillary Clinton’s idea. “Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy,” he said. “I finished it.” This is Trump’s worst kind of lie, worse than the numbers he makes up, or the idiotic hyperbole, or the insistence that any information he doesn’t like is “fake news.” In the Trump presidency’s catalogue of horrors, this kind of attempt to convince all of us not to believe what has been in front of our eyes for months or years will rank high. It brings to mind George Orwell’s “1984,” in which the protagonist, Winston Smith, is forced to say that his torturer, O’Brien, is holding up five fingers when in fact he’s holding up only four. What the regime demands of Smith is not only that he say there are five fingers but also that he believe it, despite what his eyes tell him. And with enough torture, it begins to work: But there had been a moment — he did not know how long, thirty seconds, perhaps — of luminous certainty, when each new suggestion of O’Brien’s had filled up a patch of emptiness and become absolute truth, and when two and two could have been three as easily as five, if that were what was needed.
That moment is what Trump is trying to force us into, when we finally say to him, “Yes, there were five fingers. Yes, Obama separated families and you reunited them. Yes, Hillary Clinton started the birther lie and you ended it. Yes, you are the greatest president in history.” The difference between us and Winston Smith is that we’re not being physically tortured, a shock of pain delivered every time we refuse to assent to Trump’s lies. We can resist.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 19:36:57 GMT
Reuters...
”Since the Republicans’ tax cuts went into effect, the share of corporate profit collected by the U.S. government has fallen to just 10%. The burden could now fall on the working class, as companies pull little weight, writes @richardbeales1. bit.ly/31Mi4ml”
The “little guy” trump supporters should be proud of this.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2019 19:41:09 GMT
Maddow Blog... “Trump's interest in Air Force One goes around the bend””Donald Trump spoke briefly in the Oval Office yesterday, sitting alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, largely to emphasize their support for the revised NAFTA. But just as reporters were preparing to start asking about a possible military confrontation with Iran, a model Air Force One was presented on a nearby table. The American president, who recently bragged about his personal involvement in design elements of the plane, gushed with pride yesterday. "I was going to say this is the new Air Force One, which we ordered, which they've been trying to order for a lot of years. We were able to shave $1.5 billion off the price. When I got here, they were going to spend a lot more money than we spent. And I would say the plane basically is an upgrade over that model. "We actually are getting things that they didn't get. We're saving about $1.5 billion. So it's going to be terrific. It's under construction, right now, by Boeing." This stood out for me for a few reasons. First, Trump's previous claims about the project's costs have failed to stand up to scrutiny. Second, there's the fact that the Republican is still eager to change Air Force One's exterior paint color, which would coincidentally bring it more in line with the colors of his corporate jet. Third, Trump seems to believe his design changes are a done deal, but Congress apparently feels differently. But even if we put aside all of these relevant details, there's still the fact that there's something kind of weird about the president's fascination with the subject matter. As Matt Stieb explained this morning, "The Trump-toddler comparisons regarding temper are pretty worn at this point, but not enough has been said about his shared interests with the preschool set. Big, beautiful walls, pretending to drive trucks, pretending to know about planes -- both toddlers and Trump really like the shiny aspects of transportation and infrastructure. From this area of appreciation comes Trump's brand new toy: a model of Air Force One shown off in the Oval Office on Thursday." It's hard not to wonder what kind of president Trump would be if he took the substantive aspects of his job as seriously as his interest in airplanes.
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 21, 2019 19:45:35 GMT
So we’re playing chicken with Iran now? Well this should be lots of fun. 😡. This guy is such a fucking idiot.
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 21, 2019 19:52:12 GMT
NPR... ”GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin passed a number of laws during a lame-duck session to restrict Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' power before he took office. The state Supreme Court upheld that move.” This along what is happening in Oregon makes one wonder when did Republicans become such petty little losers? No wonder they embrace trump, you know “birds of a feather flock together.” When they realized their party is morphing into something unrecognizable.
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Post by Just T on Jun 21, 2019 19:53:49 GMT
So we’re playing chicken with Iran now? Well this should be lots of fun. 😡. This guy is such a fucking idiot. This scares the shit out of me, and should scare the shit out of everyone. UGH. When I saw his tweet about being "locked and loaded" I thought I was going to throw up.
I don't know why I keep on asking this with regard to Trump, but I'm going to be stupid and ask yet again. Why oh why does anyone still support this moron? I do NOT get it. I honestly wouldn't put it past him to try to provoke Iran into doing something so he CAN start a war with them.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Jun 21, 2019 20:35:08 GMT
So we’re playing chicken with Iran now? Well this should be lots of fun. 😡. This guy is such a fucking idiot. It baffles my mind how he manages to come across as weak and gullible (saying we are locked and loaded but then trying to find an out by saying that someone "made a mistake") at the same time he is trying to be a hard ass. This is another situation where he either didn't listen to people when they told him the consequences of breaking the Iran deal, or he wasn't able to comprehend. And that continues with each movement that he makes.
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Post by Merge on Jun 21, 2019 21:17:27 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 21, 2019 22:04:06 GMT
Sunday, 'Meet the Press', Chuck Todd has trump on for an interview...
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 21, 2019 22:18:58 GMT
(CNN)President Donald Trump said Friday that he called off the attack on Iran just as the US was "cocked & loaded" to strike because he decided there would be too many deaths for a proportionate response to the downing of a US drone earlier this week.
"We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights (sic) when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General," Trump tweeted. "10 minutes before the strike I stopped it." www.cnn.com/2019/06/21/politics/trump-military-strikes-iran/index.html
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 21, 2019 22:58:01 GMT
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 22, 2019 2:28:13 GMT
Republicans threaten violence...
“Republicans left the Capitol on Wednesday, trying to block the passage of a cap on carbon emissions. Sen. Brian Boquist (R-Dallas) implied that he would shoot and kill any Oregon State Police officer sent by the governor to retrieve him.
That outburst seemed to embolden right-wing militia groups, which pledged Thursday to protect the Senate Republicans while they fled the Capitol. Those groups included members of the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia.”
(Willamette Week)
They don’t get their way so they obstruct, threaten violence against their own LEO, and leave the state and go in hiding like big fucking babies.
And repubs accuse democrats for not trying to get along—fuck that shit—all of those assholes should lose their offices.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 22, 2019 3:48:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 3:57:26 GMT
Jake Tapper..
”Defense official tells me: “Collateral damage assessments or battle damage assessments are one of the first things that happen in these planning meetings when coming up with options for the president....”
”Senior leaders here are confused by the president’s tweets because they were there when he was told about casualties — more than 10 minutes out. He didn’t have to ask the general how many people would die. He had already been told.”
Either he got cold feet or he stood down because Putin told him or it was combination of both. What it was not his concern for the “collateral damage “.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 11:52:00 GMT
MSNBC...
“President Trump awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer, co-author of the book 'Trumponomics.'
@steverattner, counselor to Treasury Sec. during Obama admin., says he is 'one of the most destructive forces in economic policy”
So this is how trump is going to reward those who are “nice” to him by giving them the Presidential Medal Of Freedom?
This country is really becoming a Banana Republic isn’t it.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 11:59:45 GMT
Is this woman really that dumb?
Newsweek?
“FOX HOST LAURA INGRAHAM SHUTS DOOR ON REPARATIONS: 'WE WON, YOU LOST, THAT'S THAT”
From the article..
”People would argue that the whole world, and I would, that the whole world has been reshaped by people taking other people's land. It's called conquest. It's called, you know—the Ottoman Empire had to shrink back," Ingraham said on the show. "We had a totally different map throughout Europe and Asia. That's just the way the world is. They want to live in a fake world.
As Trump always says, you don't get do-overs. No do-overs, that's it. There was an argument sometime, I think it was the 1980s, there was a quote: 'You won, we lost, that's that.' Describing world politics. We won, you lost, that's that. That's just the way it is."
Ingraham called the mechanics of arranging reparations, such as identifying who should be entitled, "just preposterous."
I wasn’t aware it was descendants of former slave owners that are looking for reparations.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 12:04:10 GMT
linkWell so much for state rights. I thought was a really big thing on the right. NPR... ”A sharply divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that property owners can go directly to federal court with claims that state and local regulations effectively deprive landowners of the use of their property. The 5-to-4 decision overturned decades of precedent that barred property owners from going to federal court until their claims had been denied in state court. Federal courts are often viewed as friendlier than state courts for such property claims. The decision, with all five of the court's conservatives in the majority, may have particular effects in cities and coastal areas that have strict regulations for development.”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 12:11:03 GMT
MSNBC...
”The Dept. of the Interior says President Trump's 4th of July event will include:
- Marching bands - Fife and drum corps - Floats - Military units - Giant balloons - Drill teams - Remarks from the president - and fireworks”
Ruining a perfectly good event to feel his fragile ego.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 13:26:35 GMT
ABC News From North Carolina
“2-year-old boy accidentally shoots, kills himself with gun he took from grandma's purse: Officials”
“Kayden's grandmother and aunt had been watching him while his parents were at work, Dill said.
"Apparently he went into the grandmother's purse that was sitting on the bed and in some way retrieved, was handling the gun when it discharged," Dill said.
Deputies and EMS rushed to the scene. Kayden was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.
No charges have been filed at this time but the investigation is ongoing, Greenville County Sheriff spokesman Lt. Ryan Flood said on Friday.”
Why was that gun even in her purse? What was she expecting? An attack from “The Hole-In-The-Wall gang”?
And why didn’t she put that purse really out of reach of this little guy? There is no excuse for this happening. None.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 13:32:41 GMT
Yup, another reminder of why there needs to be a wall at one of our 4 borders..
ABC News..
”Six men charged in connection with one of the largest drug seizures in U.S. history this week at the port of Philadelphia, where nearly 17 tons of cocaine with a street value of more than $1 billion was confiscated.”
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 13:42:41 GMT
Reuters...
”U.S. conservative group to launch attacks ads against Biden during Democratic debate”
I think they are wasting their money. I suspect Biden isn’t going to do well in the debates so there is no need for ads against him.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 14:10:37 GMT
Rep Ted Deutch ....
“We can’t get interviews.
We can’t get Mueller’s files or unredacted report. We can’t hold hearings with material witnesses.
Hope Hicks refused to answer our questions 155 times.
This is obstruction of Congress by the White House, plain and simple.”
He’s right. So maybe it is time for the Democrats to start the impeachment process.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 14:23:19 GMT
“🚨ICE Raids are expected to start on Sunday in:
- Miami - Atlanta - Chicago - Baltimore - Denver - Houston - Los Angeles - New Orleans - New York City, - San Francisco
If you are in any of these cities, please share this info 📢”
It occurred to me why trump is pushing this now. It’s a political re-election ploy on his part. You know most of these folks are going to disappear on their own. But you have mayors of some of these cities coming out to say their police force won’t be helping ICE.
Disrupting all these folks just to make a political attack ad.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jun 22, 2019 14:24:55 GMT
”People would argue that the whole world, and I would, that the whole world has been reshaped by people taking other people's land. It's called conquest. It's called, you know—the Ottoman Empire had to shrink back," Ingraham said on the show. "We had a totally different map throughout Europe and Asia. That's just the way the world is. They want to live in a fake world. We didn't take the Black peoples' land.... We took THEM FROM their land!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2019 15:04:45 GMT
Bill Kristol...
”Just saying: For the increased cost of Trump's butting into the already fine July 4th celebration in D.C., we could provide decent and sanitary conditions for children at the border.”
Now This...
”A Trump official tried to argue that detained children don’t need soap, toothbrushes, or beds to be ‘safe and sanitary’ while in Border Patrol custody”
Or maybe money could be saved to use to provide the basic needs to children at the border by cutting down on trump’s trips to his properties.
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Post by PLurker on Jun 22, 2019 16:17:38 GMT
”People would argue that the whole world, and I would, that the whole world has been reshaped by people taking other people's land. It's called conquest. It's called, you know—the Ottoman Empire had to shrink back," Ingraham said on the show. "We had a totally different map throughout Europe and Asia. That's just the way the world is. They want to live in a fake world. We didn't take the Black peoples' land.... We took THEM FROM their land! exactly! We didn't steal their land, we stole THEM! Not comparable!
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