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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 22:57:30 GMT
USA..
“Fox News host Chris Wallace tells Stephen Miller: 'No question' Trump is 'stoking racial divisions'”
“White House adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday pushed back against those who believe President Donald Trump is a racist or is engaging in racist rhetoric, arguing the liberals use that label to censor their opponents.
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace listed several of Trump's statements that have been decried as racist, including his recent suggestion that four congresswomen of color "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came," his unsubstantiated claims that former President Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen, his campaign announcement in which he said Mexicans "are rapists," his call for a "complete shutdown on Muslims entering the United States," and his assertion that there were good people on "both sides" of a clash between white nationalists and counterprotesters at the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"Why shouldn't someone see all of that as racist?" Wallace asked Miller.
"I think the term 'racist,' Chris, has become a label that is too often deployed by the left, Democrats in this country simply to try to silence and punish and suppress people they disagree with, speech that they don't want to hear," Miller said.
"The reality is that this president has been a president for all Americans, whether you look at historically low black unemployment rates, historically low Hispanic unemployment rates or if you look at what he's doing on immigration to protect safety, security, rising wages for all American citizens.
Wallace said the comments from Trump he cited were not about "protecting the American people" but rather "playing the race card."
Miller said Trump "was clear that he disagreed with" the "send her back" refrain that his supporters chanted when the president criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. – a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Somalia – at his rally Wednesday in North Carolina.
Wallace pointed out that Trump let the refrain continue for 13 seconds and said nothing "that indicated any concern about the chant."
"I’ve never called any of his tweets racist, but there's no question that he is stoking racial divisions," Wallace said.
Trump's tweets telling Omar, along with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., to "go back" to their countries of origin and the "send her back" chant have brought long-simmering accusations that the president is a racist back to a boil.
When asked Sunday on ABC's "This Week" if he thought the president is a racist, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said, "I believe he is. Yes, no doubt about it."
Cummings, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said he "tried to give him the benefit of the doubt" but "when I think about what he said to these young ladies who are merely trying to bring excellence to government" it takes him back the scars he earned fighting for integration when he was young.
"When the president does these things, it brings up the same feelings that I had over 50 some years ago and it’s very, very painful," Cummings said.
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., who is one of 25 Democrats running to unseat Trump in 2020, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that Trump is "worse than a racist."
"He is actually using racist tropes and racial language for political gains, trying to use this as a weapon to divide our nation against itself," Booker said Sunday, comparing Trump to Alabama's former segregationist Gov. George Wallace.
"Tragically, the president has decided that racism is good politics," House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."
"I have worked with President Trump for two years and he is not a racist," Mercedes Schlapp, a senior adviser to Trump's 2020 campaign told ABC News on Sunday. "He's a compassionate man whose policies have focused on the minority community."
Like Miller, Schlapp cited the low unemployment rate among blacks and Hispanics to dispute the idea that the president is a racist.
Miller said the "core issue" was that Trump's supporters at the North Carolina rally "and millions of patriotic Americans all across this country are tired of being beat up, condescended to, looked down upon, talked down to by members of Congress on the left in Washington, D.C., and their allies in many corners of the media."
As examples, Miller pointed to an incident where Omar was accused of being dismissive of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as well as comments she made about al-Qaeda, which fact-checkers have said her taken out of context. He also cited Ocasio-Cortez's reference to immigration detention facilities as concentration camps.
Some experts have suggested Trump's attacks on the four liberal congresswomen, often referred to as "the Squad," are part of a political strategy intended to make them and their policies, which are perceived as left of the American mainstream, the face of the Democratic Party. Trump has painted them as women who "hate our country" and chastised them for criticizing the USA.
"I don't believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country," Trump tweeted Sunday morning.
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”I don’t believe the four Congresswomen are capable of loving our Country. They should apologize to America (and Israel) for the horrible (hateful) things they have said. They are destroying the Democrat Party, but are weak & insecure people who can never destroy our great Nation!
But, during his 2016 campaign, and even as president, Mr. Trump has been as critical of this country as anything 'the Squad' has ever said," Wallace told Miller.
As examples, he cited quotes in which Trump said "nobody respects us" and we "don't know what we're doing." He also pointed to an interview in which Trump defended Russian President Vladimir Putin's alleged assassinations of his critics, saying, "We’ve got a lot of killers. What, you think our country is so innocent?"
Miller said the difference was Trump wanted to "strengthen America's core values" and the "principles of Western Civilization" while the four congresswomen were part of "an ideology that runs down America."
Cummings disputed the characterizations of Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib put forth by Trump, Miller and other Republicans.
"They’re on my committee, so I interact with them every day," he said on "This Week."
"These are folks and women who love their country and they work very hard and they want to move us towards that more perfect union that our founding fathers talked about," Cummings said.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2019 23:03:57 GMT
Nicholas Miller..
”If Bolton is so helpful to Trump’s negotiating strategy, then why is North Korea still building nukes, Maduro still in power, and Iran accelerating its nuclear program and seizing tankers?”
Zach Basu..
”Trump thinks that Bolton is a key part of his negotiating strategy," a source tells @jonathanvswan. "He thinks that Bolton's bellicosity and eagerness to kill people is a bargaining chip when he's sitting down with foreign leaders."
From Axios...
“Why Trump keeps Bolton”
“President Trump made small talk with the Irish prime minister as they sat in the Oval Office in mid-March, accompanied by a handful of senior American and Irish officials. Trump, who wore a green tie and filled his jacket pocket with a clump of shamrock to honor the Irish leader's annual St. Patrick's Day visit, turned with a half-smile to his hawkish national security adviser John Bolton, according to two sources who were in the room.
"John," Trump asked, "Is Ireland one of those countries you want to invade?" Behind the scenes: The joke captured how Trump often privately interacts with Bolton, even occasionally in front of foreign heads of state. "John has never seen a war he doesn't like," Trump said in a recent Oval Office meeting, according to a source with direct knowledge.
Trump often privately ribs Bolton about his public persona, according to sources who've been in Situation Room meetings with them. (Trump teases most of his top advisers and officials in different ways. For example, during discussions of trade with China, Trump has needled Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in front of other senior officials: "Steve, you're so weak. You're so weak. You didn't used to be this way in business. You're so weak now.")
In a SitRoom meeting last year, Trump's national security team was going around the table discussing a topic that was nuanced and had no relation to major military action. A source in the room said that as the conversation got to Bolton, Trump joked: "Ok, John, let me guess, you want to nuke them all?" People in the room "died laughing," the source said.
Between the lines: That's not to say that Trump's view of Bolton is rose-colored. People close to Bolton have recently worried about his job security. Yet while Bolton can rub Trump the wrong way — a well-documented dynamic — and while internal and external Bolton critics often complain to Trump that Bolton will drag him into an unwanted war, Trump still defends his national security adviser in private conversations with critics.
"He gets quite touchy when you bring it up," said a person who has criticized the national security adviser to the president. "He doesn't want anyone to believe he's anybody's pawn."
Trump's Bolton Doctrine: Trump has a strongly held theory of Bolton's value, according to senior administration officials and advisers to the president, including people who have privately recommended to Trump that he fire Bolton. Seven sources who have discussed Bolton with Trump told me the president says having Bolton on his team improves his bargaining position and gives him a psychological advantage over foes like Iran and North Korea.
"Trump thinks that Bolton is a key part of his negotiating strategy," said the same person who described Trump as "touchy" about Bolton. "He thinks that Bolton's bellicosity and eagerness to kill people is a bargaining chip when he's sitting down with foreign leaders. Bolton can be the bad cop and Trump can be the good cop. Trump believes this to his core."
A former senior administration official who remains close to Trump said Bolton's presence on the team "makes other people know that there is going to be that type of voice in the room." Trump occasionally flips the good cop, bad cop script with his national security adviser. In the expanded bilateral meeting with the Dutch prime minister on Thursday in the Cabinet Room, Trump was criticizing European nations, including the Dutch, for not spending enough to meet their NATO obligations, according to a source familiar with the meeting. At one point, after Trump gave this criticism, he turned to Bolton, who was sitting to his right and said, "But, John, you love NATO right?"
Bolton gave a very brief defense of NATO. Then Trump started drilling down again on his dissatisfactions, the source said. Inside the room: A former senior administration official who has watched Trump and Bolton interact said that Trump thinks Bolton is "prepared and very smart," even though he often disagrees with him and becomes exasperated by some of his advice.
Another thing Bolton did early on, which earned Trump's respect, was standing up to former Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to sources with direct knowledge. Bolton's predecessor, Gen. H.R. McMaster, had been deferential to Mattis and called him "Sir" or "Secretary Mattis" — conscious of his 3 stars to Mattis' 4. In one of Bolton's early SitRoom meetings with Mattis, he set a new tone, according to a source who was in the room. Mattis was giving a history lecture and Bolton interrupted him, according to the source who witnessed the exchange and recalls it vividly. "Jim," Bolton said tapping the table, "let me just stop you there. In 90 seconds you have already been wrong about three things." (Trump was not in the room for that exchange, the source said, but the president caught on that he now had a national security adviser who would stand up to Mattis.) Why this matters: Several of Bolton's allies outside the administration have been jittery about his standing with the president. One Bolton ally told me he worried that because Bolton doesn't play nice with colleagues or play golf with Trump, he doesn't have the personal chemistry with Trump or the broad goodwill with his administration colleagues to protect him when he's "shaky" with the president.
"Bolton doesn't help himself," said a senior White House official. "He runs as hard as he can and doesn't look to do things nicely or diplomatically." "When he gets serious about something that he really wants, he can push too hard and too fast without involving everybody, and that makes people really mad," said a former senior White House official. Trump tells confidants who are concerned about Bolton that they shouldn't worry about his national security adviser dragging him into a war. Early on in Bolton's tenure, Trump told confidants that "Bolton is OK, he wants to start 3 wars a day, but I have him on a leash," according to a former senior administration official.
"He believes that because he, Donald Trump, doesn't want war, then there won't be war," said another person who has discussed Bolton with Trump. This person, like others in Trump's orbit, said they worry Trump's inexperience in government leads him to underestimate how Bolton's seemingly inconsequential decisions could increase the likelihood of a war with Iran. A source who discussed Venezuela with Trump said that while the president agreed with Bolton on the need for regime change, the president grew irritated at Bolton's aggression. Trump told confidants that Bolton was going too far and that some of the people around him were overly confident that the Venezuelan opposition could remove dictator Nicolás Maduro. Another source, a former senior administration official, recalls Trump saying that people he was listening to were too optimistic about the Venezuelan opposition toppling Maduro. "I distinctly remember [Trump] saying, 'I've seen these type of people, people underestimate him [Maduro]. He's not just going to give up and walk away.'" The bottom line: It's true that Trump has been frustrated with Bolton — sometimes deeply so. But even some who most want Bolton gone grudgingly concede that the hawk who Trump once said would "take on the whole world at one time" may survive for a while yet.
And it doesn't hurt that 3 of the biggest Republican donors in the U.S. — Sheldon Adelson, Paul Singer and Bernie Marcus — are all fans of Trump's pro-Israel hawk. Adelson has advocated strongly for Bolton. "I don't think he's looking to make a change," said a source who has discussed Bolton with Trump. "Not yet."
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 21, 2019 23:37:35 GMT
I read this morning that it was indeed Fox & Friends that brought about these last few days from hell. Apparently, Trump watched his morning show where they were featuring the four congresswomen and decided he would “elevate” their exposure, and did so on the same day. I’m hoping F&F does not get into their heads to advocate invading Iran because this is the show that had on its chyron that there were three Mexicos. So-o-o-o not the source of good foreign policy. I wish we had a president that wasn't influenced by cable television. I just wish we had a president.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 0:02:31 GMT
Newsweek...
”The White House's Stephen Miller claims Trump's criticism of Obama was done "out of love" for U.S., but that the Squad's criticism of Trump is "anti-American"
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 0:42:40 GMT
Washington Examiner...
”.@realdonaldtrump has not installed a single mile of new wall in a previously fenceless part of the US-Mexico border in since Trump took office.
The focus thus far has been on replacing old sections of wall instead.”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 1:29:29 GMT
Discrimination! Censorship maybe a better term?!
My sound is not working tonight.
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Post by lucyg on Jul 22, 2019 1:44:58 GMT
Discrimination!
My sound is not working tonight.
Who is Blair Garner, why doesn’t anyone want to be on his show, and why won’t his people air the Buttigieg interview? Off to google. ETA hmmm, interesting all the way around. Blair Garner - Wikipedia
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 1:51:54 GMT
Hang on..... Popular Nashville radio host Blair Garner said his employer, Cumulus Media, blocked him and other country music stations from airing his recent interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. The mayor of South Bend, Ind., interviewed with Garner on Wednesday when he was in Nashville during a stop on his campaign tour. Garner posted a photo of himself with Buttigieg on Twitter on Friday, writing that Buttigieg "asked to be on my show. My employer decided I couldn't air it.” ** “Just to be clear, I would have also enthusiastically welcomed the opportunity to have any candidate, including President Trump, as a guest. It was simply that Mayor Pete showed up, and made the ask,” Garner wrote in the second email announcing the interview had been spiked. "It’s important to Pete to reach voters everywhere, and we’ve made it a point on this campaign to go outside the traditional political media bubble- that’s why we reached out to Blair about an interview," Buttigieg's spokesman Chris Meagher told The Hill. "He has a big audience, and it’s an audience that doesn’t typically hear directly from Democratic candidates for president. It was a great discussion and we are obviously disappointed that Blair’s listeners won’t have the opportunity to hear it." A spokesperson for Cumulus Media told HuffPost that the decision not to air the interview was made “because of the large number of political candidates currently in this race.” ** thehill.com/homenews/campaign/454077-nashville-radio-host-blocked-by-employer-from-airing-his-interview-with
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Post by trollie on Jul 22, 2019 1:54:37 GMT
Lie, since he is the only candidate they interviewed.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 1:58:11 GMT
Thanks lucyg I went and read the wiki link... I knew his name sounded familiar.... When I am in the car I have WNSH on my radio... I do like country. But cannot get many stations ...... 8" snow storm a few years ago cost me my antenna....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 13:28:11 GMT
A little confusing how he's just NOW getting the racism and xenophobia of Trump, but, better late than never.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 13:44:13 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 13:49:07 GMT
A little confusing how he's just NOW getting the racism and xenophobia of Trump, but, better late than never. Agreed. Although I believe he is a small business owner and doing very well financially right now. Pennsylvania, so not so removed from the NY metro area and should have had some knowledge of dt.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 13:53:57 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 13:54:53 GMT
In the end it will be bad for him and the phony Democrats in Congress who have done nothing but waste time on this ridiculous Witch Hunt. Again, the democrats are allowing him to repeat this over and over again with no push back. The House has in fact passed numerous bills..... McConnell is sitting on them! Where are the Representatives and Senators in pointing this out?!?!?! Also: Why do they, seemingly, not talking about the YEARS the GOP was in charge of Congress and NEVER passed any worthwhile immigration reform?!?!?!?!?
Mueller was approved as a honorable man by many Senators, including the dt a$$kisser Lindsey Graham .......... Who is so outspoken of late...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 13:57:44 GMT
trump..
”The Mainstream Media is out of control. They constantly lie and cheat in order to get their Radical Left Democrat views out their for all to see. It has never been this bad. They have gone bonkers, & no longer care what is right or wrong. This large scale false reporting is sick!”
As usual trump is confused. So I fixed this..
I’m. I’m always lying and cheating ”The Mainstream Media is out of control. They constantly lie and cheat in order My. there to get their Radical Left Democrat views out their for all to see. It has never I’ve been this bad. They have gone bonkers, & no longer care what is right or wrong. This large scale false reporting is sick!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 14:02:15 GMT
Catherine Rampell...
”Because he tends to fall asleep in meetings, they try not to put him in a position where that could happen so they’re very careful and conscious about how they schedule certain meetings,” said former outside adviser to Secretary of Commerce of Ross.”
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 16:12:09 GMT
Jon Cryer...
”Upholding western civilization” was the phrase most often used by white supremacists to defend their actions during the civil rights era.
There is exactly zero chance that Stephen Miller is unaware of that.”
Edward Houghton...
”think of the arrogance of people like Miller who dare say that any one criticizing Trump is some how threatening American values! Trump and Miller are the biggest threats to American ways”
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 16:49:46 GMT
Trump and Miller are the biggest threats to American ways” dt is vindictive and all the other names he could be called, but Miller is true EVIL! His uncle has even spoken out about his behavior!
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Post by dewryce on Jul 22, 2019 17:24:27 GMT
trump.. ”The Mainstream Media is out of control. They constantly lie and cheat in order to get their Radical Left Democrat views out their for all to see. It has never been this bad. They have gone bonkers, & no longer care what is right or wrong. This large scale false reporting is sick!” As usual trump is confused. So I fixed this.. I’m. I’m always lying and cheating ” The Mainstream Media is out of control. They constantly lie and cheat in order My. thereto get their Radical Left Democrat views out their for all to see. It has never I’ve been this bad. They have gone bonkers, & no longer care have never cared what is right or wrong. This large scale false reporting is sick! One more correction for you.
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Post by lizacreates on Jul 22, 2019 17:48:40 GMT
Trump and Miller are the biggest threats to American ways” dt is vindictive and all the other names he could be called, but Miller is true EVIL! His uncle has even spoken out about his behavior! Ohhh, yeah, I read that one. There’s something not quite right in the head of this young man. I’m not sure exactly what it is because I’m no psychiatrist, but something is deeply wrong. He credits Guns & Ammo and Rush Limbaugh’s book as what influenced his thinking as a teen. But there has been no evolution in thought since then. It’s like the teen grew up physically but the brain was left behind. I don’t know…but I’m convinced he’s not quite sane.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 17:48:42 GMT
dt just stated that he is the best thing that ever happened to Puerto Rico! He has many friends that are Puerto Rician. Attacked government, we know he doesn't like San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulen Cruz(sp), she's corrupt, now says that the Governor is really corrupt! All high people are corrupt! He like the Governor not too long ago, said he was doing a great job! Did say we gave them 91 billion dollars, oh no they didn't get all of it yet..... (that's an update from him) Dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb on Afghanistan. Huge hole, destroyed tunnels....
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 17:51:14 GMT
It’s like the teen grew up physically but the brain was left behind. I don’t know…but I’m convinced he’s not quite sane. Ummmmmmm, who in the WH is?
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Post by hop2 on Jul 22, 2019 18:26:16 GMT
It’s simply incredible, isn’t it? Years ago if someone had told me this would happen, I’d laugh out loud at such a ridiculous notion. I almost wish Fox & Friends would air shows with completely fictitious news. Include made up countries and nonexistent president names. Then we could watch him Tweet in real time about things that don't even exist. you mean like riots in other countries that didn’t have riots, we did that already
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 19:39:20 GMT
Not that he isn't right about him, but before it was all praises..... Here's what he said about the Governor of Puerto Rico: 1 hr 14 min ago (July 22, 2019) Trump calls Ricardo Rosselló "a terrible governor"From CNN's Jeremy Diamond President Trump on Monday slammed Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who is facing mass protests and calls to resign, as a "terrible governor" and said the island's "leadership is corrupt and incompetent." Trump also renewed his false claim that Congress allocated $92 billion to Puerto Rico last year for hurricane relief and used the subject of Rosselló's political crisis as an opportunity to also slam the mayor of San Juan, a longtime Trump critic. "He's a terrible governor," Trump said of Rosselló, before adding: "You have an even worse mayor of San Juan." "The governor's done a terrible job and the mayor of San Juan, she's horrible," he added. Trump argued that he is "the best thing to ever happen to Puerto Rico" and slammed Puerto Rico's leadership more broadly as "totally grossly incompetent" and "corrupt and incompetent." He did not explicitly weigh in on whether Rosselló should resign.
No one escapes his wrath. Know he will turn on you at the drop of a hat!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2019 20:36:46 GMT
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 22, 2019 21:24:19 GMT
SICK!
When he loses, I think we will need to look out for OUR safety in some areas!
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Post by jeremysgirl on Jul 22, 2019 23:51:16 GMT
You guys, I literally cannot stop laughing. John Kennedy GOP described the squad as the four horsemen of the apocalypse! That's right. Apparently they are the divine wrath of God....bwahahaha...
Somebody needs to reread their Bible before slinging insults. I'm dead...lol...
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Post by hop2 on Jul 23, 2019 0:07:58 GMT
is this the same Jim Bakker from the PTL club? Of Jim & Tammy Faye fame? He had a few loose screws back then in the 80’s and he began his ‘apocalypse crap’ right around his divorce in the 90’s The world didn’t end then. I doubt it’s going to now. But I guess if you keep saying it eventually you’ll be closer to correct? Didn’t he go to jail? Full disclosure: They were my mothers only other ‘vice’ that she spent money on. And the amount she sent them sometimes rivaled her smoking. I’m very bitter about some of the grocery short cuts she made to ‘save’ money for either cigarettes or PTL club. I feel they literally took food from our mouths because she literally bought less groceries to have $10-$20 to send to PTL after she bought her cigarettes. At the time $10-$20 was a lot of food we could have been eating. I dislike Jim Bakker as much as I dislike cigarettes and I think he’s as crooked as big tobacco conglomerates I found it *ironic* when he divorced Tammy Faye after years of preaching otherwise. Such a ‘virtuous’ Dude 🙄
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 23, 2019 4:01:44 GMT
Now THIS IS scary!! President Trump reportedly met with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, to discuss possible replacements for Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats.Politico, citing three people familiar with the meeting, reported on Monday that Trump met with Nunes and a group of senior White House officials last week about potential figures who could replace Coats. The meeting came as speculation grows about whether Coats will depart from his leadership role in the intelligence community. Axios first reported earlier this month that Trump told confidants he was thinking about replacing him. ** Trump's meeting with Nunes is noteworthy given the Republican lawmaker's views on intelligence issues. Like Trump, he has accused those inside the intelligence community of improperly using their authority for political purposes. One member of Congress told Politico that because of this similarity, he considers Nunes a candidate to replace Coats.** The prospect of Nunes, who served on Trump's presidential transition team, being considered for intelligence chief has sparked anxiety in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a person with direct knowledge told Politico. Nunes faced scrutiny for his conduct as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee during Trump's first two years in the White House. Among other things, he launched an investigation into surveillance abuses by the FBI and Justice Department during the Obama administration. In February 2018, he released a classified memo alleging abuse of government surveillance powers by the Justice Department after receiving authorization from Trump. The Justice Department strongly objected to its release.** thehill.com/homenews/administration/454240-trump-met-with-nunes-to-discuss-potential-replacements-for-coatsOnly the best !!
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