Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Trump Has Told 1,318 Lies In 263 Days
According to analysis performed by The Washington Post, Donald Trump has
made 1,318 false or misleading claims in the last 263 days.
This averages out to a little more than 5 lies per day, or one lie every four and a half hours.
This has to stop.
Conservatives are falling for these lies every single time, and as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains, every one of these lies has a real world consequence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/10/president-trump-has-made-1318-false-or-misleading-claims-over-263-days/
This averages out to a little more than 5 lies per day, or one lie every four and a half hours.
This has to stop.
Conservatives are falling for these lies every single time, and as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains, every one of these lies has a real world consequence.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/10/10/president-trump-has-made-1318-false-or-misleading-claims-over-263-days/
Trump's Visit To UK Officially Downgraded, Won't Be A Guest Of The Queen
Donald Trump’s long-awaited visit to the United Kingdom has officially
been downgraded to a “working visit,” which means that he will no longer
be considered a “guest of the Queen.”
Apparently leaders in the UK have far more integrity than those here in the United States and they understand what a disgusting, embarrassing pig Trump truly is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-state-visit-uk-no-queen-visit-working-downgrade-tour-us-president-latest-a7994356.html
Apparently leaders in the UK have far more integrity than those here in the United States and they understand what a disgusting, embarrassing pig Trump truly is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-state-visit-uk-no-queen-visit-working-downgrade-tour-us-president-latest-a7994356.html
Donald Trump Threatens Private Companies That Don't Please Him
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump's threats directed at the NFL and NBC as well as other news networks.
Time To Out Republicans (Not For What You're Thinking Of)
Posted by Rude One
You've been reading the articles about how Republican Senator Bob Corker said Donald Trump's recklessness and ignorance are setting us "on the path to World War III." Or maybe you've seen the Washington Post story that quotes multiple sources, many anonymous, on how Trump is becoming isolated and rage-filled and unpredictable.
Or perhaps you read Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times saying, "Among people who work in politics, Republicans as well as Democrats, it is conventional wisdom in DC thatresident Trump is
staggeringly ill-informed, erratic, reckless and dishonest."
Or you could have seen the Politico article that "Trump, several advisers and aides said, sometimes comes into the Oval Office worked into a lather from talking to friends or watching TV coverage in the morning," and they have to calm him down by rubbing his chins or something.
Corker, who isn't running for reelection in 2018, also said, "The vast majority of our caucus understands what we’re dealing with here...of course they understand the volatility that we’re dealing with and the tremendous amount of work that it takes by people around him to keep him in the middle of the road."
And that's the thread that runs through these articles. It's taken as true that many, many Republicans know that Trump is unfit for office. What else we can glean is something that Vox's Ezra Klein tweeted today: "Every political reporter know plenty of top Republicans routinely talk like Corker behind closed doors. There is such widespread cowardice here, and the country is paying the price."
I don't know many people who have access to Republicans in Congress, but the few I've spoken to say the same thing, that, with the exception of the nutzoids in the Freedom Caucus, pretty much down the line and around the nation, Republicans in the House and Senate know that Trump is unfit. What's more, they know he's dangerous. What's more, they know that if he does something completely insane, like nuke North Korea, they are responsible.
So it weighs on these cowards. Do we challenge the president and face the wrath of Breitbart and Fox and the doxing, death-threatening legions of insane tweeters and Redditors and 4 and 8chan-nintgtons, bots and true believers alike? Or do we just keep our mouths shut and hope we get reelected and hope beyond hope that he's not that crazy?
Here is where those political reporters and all the connected pundits come in. Yeah, you're not supposed to name your sources. Yeah, it's a big damn journalistic principle. But if I thought my best friend was going to shoot up a school, I'd violate the bro code or whatever and tell someone because that's what you do. (Note: None of my besties own guns.) When it comes to Trump, we're talking far more than that level of danger, and that's coming from Corker, one Republican who did speak out.
You know how you play this game, the one that asks, "If you could go back in time and stop Hitler, would you?" Here, you don't even have to kill a baby. But you might stop a nuclear war. You might get a madman out of the position to inflict his madness on the world.
Media folk just need to reveal the Republicans who believe that Trump can't function as the president. Out them. Let's get it all out in the open. I don't know if the next step would be for them to impeach or remove him in some way. But at least it might force them to support something like the Lieu/Markey bill to compel a president to go through Congress before launching an offensive nuclear strike.
Sure, you're gonna burn sources. But maybe that's a small price to pay to force sunshine into the darkness we find ourselves facing.
You've been reading the articles about how Republican Senator Bob Corker said Donald Trump's recklessness and ignorance are setting us "on the path to World War III." Or maybe you've seen the Washington Post story that quotes multiple sources, many anonymous, on how Trump is becoming isolated and rage-filled and unpredictable.
Or perhaps you read Michelle Goldberg in the New York Times saying, "Among people who work in politics, Republicans as well as Democrats, it is conventional wisdom in DC that
Or you could have seen the Politico article that "Trump, several advisers and aides said, sometimes comes into the Oval Office worked into a lather from talking to friends or watching TV coverage in the morning," and they have to calm him down by rubbing his chins or something.
Corker, who isn't running for reelection in 2018, also said, "The vast majority of our caucus understands what we’re dealing with here...of course they understand the volatility that we’re dealing with and the tremendous amount of work that it takes by people around him to keep him in the middle of the road."
And that's the thread that runs through these articles. It's taken as true that many, many Republicans know that Trump is unfit for office. What else we can glean is something that Vox's Ezra Klein tweeted today: "Every political reporter know plenty of top Republicans routinely talk like Corker behind closed doors. There is such widespread cowardice here, and the country is paying the price."
I don't know many people who have access to Republicans in Congress, but the few I've spoken to say the same thing, that, with the exception of the nutzoids in the Freedom Caucus, pretty much down the line and around the nation, Republicans in the House and Senate know that Trump is unfit. What's more, they know he's dangerous. What's more, they know that if he does something completely insane, like nuke North Korea, they are responsible.
So it weighs on these cowards. Do we challenge the president and face the wrath of Breitbart and Fox and the doxing, death-threatening legions of insane tweeters and Redditors and 4 and 8chan-nintgtons, bots and true believers alike? Or do we just keep our mouths shut and hope we get reelected and hope beyond hope that he's not that crazy?
Here is where those political reporters and all the connected pundits come in. Yeah, you're not supposed to name your sources. Yeah, it's a big damn journalistic principle. But if I thought my best friend was going to shoot up a school, I'd violate the bro code or whatever and tell someone because that's what you do. (Note: None of my besties own guns.) When it comes to Trump, we're talking far more than that level of danger, and that's coming from Corker, one Republican who did speak out.
You know how you play this game, the one that asks, "If you could go back in time and stop Hitler, would you?" Here, you don't even have to kill a baby. But you might stop a nuclear war. You might get a madman out of the position to inflict his madness on the world.
Media folk just need to reveal the Republicans who believe that Trump can't function as the president. Out them. Let's get it all out in the open. I don't know if the next step would be for them to impeach or remove him in some way. But at least it might force them to support something like the Lieu/Markey bill to compel a president to go through Congress before launching an offensive nuclear strike.
Sure, you're gonna burn sources. But maybe that's a small price to pay to force sunshine into the darkness we find ourselves facing.
Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Black Identity Extremists
The FBI is up to its mess and has made up a new term for Blacks who demand an end to government sanctioned tyranny against them.
Trump Offers To Take IQ Test To Prove He Isn't A Moron
Donald Trump is still furious over Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
calling him a moron over the summer, so Donald has decided to challenge
Tillerson to an IQ test to see which of the two men is smarter.
This is an idea that we should all get behind to see just how dysfunctional Donald truly is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks about Trump’s challenge to Tillerson.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/10/trump-rex-tillerson-moron-iq-test-243624
This is an idea that we should all get behind to see just how dysfunctional Donald truly is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins talks about Trump’s challenge to Tillerson.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/10/trump-rex-tillerson-moron-iq-test-243624
Republicans Finally Admit That Trump Is Unfit For Office
Republican Senator Bob Corker unloaded on Trump in a recent interview
with The New York Times, where he said that Republicans in DC regularly
discuss the fact that Donald Trump is not fit to hold office. Could his
admission finally lead to action from the Republican Party to remove
Trump from office, or will they roll over and let this unhinged lunatic
continue to destroy our country? Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses
this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/10/09/bob-corker-just-confirmed-it-republicans-know-trump-is-unfit/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/10/09/bob-corker-just-confirmed-it-republicans-know-trump-is-unfit/
Trump Throws Paper Towels At Puerto Rican Victims
How many died again? Whatever, you hurt my budget with all your lifesaving, dammit!
Have some towels to dry your tears.
What an asshole!
What an asshole!
Trump Tweets About NFL As America Literally Burns To The Ground
Massive wildfires are raging in California’s wine country right now,
with a death toll currently standing at 10 American citizens. But
instead of addressing this issue, Donald Trump is on Twitter attacking
NFL players and calling media outlets “morons.” This man has to be
removed from office – people are now dying from his negligence and
arrogance, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917694644481413120
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/917694644481413120
Trump Loves Genocidal Maniac Christopher Columbus
Trump proclaimed his respect for Columbus on Twitter. Cenk Uygur, Brett
Erlich, and Hannah Cranston, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
"resident Trump does not acknowledge Native Americans in his first
proclamation of Columbus Day, breaking with his predecessor.
Trump’s proclamation — issued Friday — celebrates Christopher Columbus’s role in launching the “age of exploration and discovery” and acknowledges the contributions of Italian Americans to the country.
“The permanent arrival of Europeans to the Americas was a transformative event that undeniably and fundamentally changed the course of human history and set the stage for the development of our great Nation,” Trump’s proclamation reads.
“Therefore, on Columbus Day, we honor the skilled navigator and man of faith, whose courageous feat brought together continents and has inspired countless others to pursue their dreams and convictions — even in the face of extreme doubt and tremendous adversity.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354496-trumps-columbus-day-proclamation-leaves-out-mention-of-native
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Trump’s proclamation — issued Friday — celebrates Christopher Columbus’s role in launching the “age of exploration and discovery” and acknowledges the contributions of Italian Americans to the country.
“The permanent arrival of Europeans to the Americas was a transformative event that undeniably and fundamentally changed the course of human history and set the stage for the development of our great Nation,” Trump’s proclamation reads.
“Therefore, on Columbus Day, we honor the skilled navigator and man of faith, whose courageous feat brought together continents and has inspired countless others to pursue their dreams and convictions — even in the face of extreme doubt and tremendous adversity.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/354496-trumps-columbus-day-proclamation-leaves-out-mention-of-native
Columbus Day For The Conquered: Yeah, Trump Dicks Over Indigenous People, Too
Posted by Rude One
Believe it or not, the policies and proposals ofresident Donald Trump,
for whom the Washington Redskins could rename themselves "Orangeskins"
and offend far fewer people, will have or are having a detrimental
effect on Indian communities throughout the country. No one is immune
from his patented brand of incompetence, cruelty, and fuckery.
Take, for instance, Trump's budget proposal from a few months back. It cuts federal funding to Indian country over 10 percent. That's $300 million less for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, $50 million cut from HUD's budget for housing for Indian communities, and $150 million cut from the Indian Health Service. Oh, and Indian education programs would be cut by $64 million plus an additional $58 million cut from funds to repair worn-out school buildings in Indian country.
On and on the cuts go, to law enforcement, to youth delinquency programs, to assistance programs, to tribal national resource management programs. And because the war on children by this administration is never truly complete, cuts to child welfare programs on reservations are proposed, too.
The budget proposal so thoroughly dicks over Indian country that an Oklahoma Republican member of Congress, Tom Cole, who is a Chickasaw, spoke out, saying, "I can tell you, whoever came up with this budget, I don't hold them in high esteem."
Trump himself actually met with tribal leaders back in June, and he didn't talk about Pocahontas or Tonto or say, "How" and tap his "woo-woo"-ing mouth. Of course, what he did was make unrealistic promises because he had no fucking clue what they were talking about. "We love Indian Country, right?" he said because, yeah, that's what he does. And Trump talked about how he was going to make land use much easier for Indian tribes: "All you want is the freedom to use them, and that’s been the problem. It’s been very difficult, hasn’t it? It will be a lot easier now under the Trump administration."
While some things won't happen (like a weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act so drilling and other shitty activities can get going faster), the Native American groups' representatives there hoped for an answer on getting land-into-trust requests expedited. This is how tribes get more land around their reservations, by restoring traditional lands to the tribes. But the Trump administration just last week announced that Department of the Interior was proposing to make the already years-long process more onerous and to actively discourage tribes from getting land back. So, in other words, deregulation is great except when it might benefit someone other than huge corporations.
Meanwhile, North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, has proposed a bill to help with the "epidemic" of "missing and murdered Native women." In a speech on the floor of the Senate, Heitkamp told the stories of four women whose cases are still open. She said, "Native women and girls face a crisis of exploitation, violence, and murder – we must take action to protect them as I’ve long been working to do."
The bill, named after a young woman who disappeared when she was 8 months pregnant and was later found murdered, would require "federal agencies to discover the extent of the problem by reporting on the numbers of missing and murdered Native women every year. To address potential shortfalls, it creates a standardized protocol for federal, tribal, state and local governments to follow in dealing with these types of cases."
Heitkamp's impassioned plea, followed by equally strong words from Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who is co-sponsoring the legislation, received virtually no media coverage. This despite the fact that, as Heitkamp points out, "In 2016, North Dakota had 125 reported cases of missing Native women according to the National Crime Information Center, but numbers are likely much higher as cases are often under reported and data isn’t officially collected."
Which is a situation that Christopher Columbus would approve of.
Believe it or not, the policies and proposals of
Take, for instance, Trump's budget proposal from a few months back. It cuts federal funding to Indian country over 10 percent. That's $300 million less for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, $50 million cut from HUD's budget for housing for Indian communities, and $150 million cut from the Indian Health Service. Oh, and Indian education programs would be cut by $64 million plus an additional $58 million cut from funds to repair worn-out school buildings in Indian country.
On and on the cuts go, to law enforcement, to youth delinquency programs, to assistance programs, to tribal national resource management programs. And because the war on children by this administration is never truly complete, cuts to child welfare programs on reservations are proposed, too.
The budget proposal so thoroughly dicks over Indian country that an Oklahoma Republican member of Congress, Tom Cole, who is a Chickasaw, spoke out, saying, "I can tell you, whoever came up with this budget, I don't hold them in high esteem."
Trump himself actually met with tribal leaders back in June, and he didn't talk about Pocahontas or Tonto or say, "How" and tap his "woo-woo"-ing mouth. Of course, what he did was make unrealistic promises because he had no fucking clue what they were talking about. "We love Indian Country, right?" he said because, yeah, that's what he does. And Trump talked about how he was going to make land use much easier for Indian tribes: "All you want is the freedom to use them, and that’s been the problem. It’s been very difficult, hasn’t it? It will be a lot easier now under the Trump administration."
While some things won't happen (like a weakening of the National Environmental Policy Act so drilling and other shitty activities can get going faster), the Native American groups' representatives there hoped for an answer on getting land-into-trust requests expedited. This is how tribes get more land around their reservations, by restoring traditional lands to the tribes. But the Trump administration just last week announced that Department of the Interior was proposing to make the already years-long process more onerous and to actively discourage tribes from getting land back. So, in other words, deregulation is great except when it might benefit someone other than huge corporations.
Meanwhile, North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat, has proposed a bill to help with the "epidemic" of "missing and murdered Native women." In a speech on the floor of the Senate, Heitkamp told the stories of four women whose cases are still open. She said, "Native women and girls face a crisis of exploitation, violence, and murder – we must take action to protect them as I’ve long been working to do."
The bill, named after a young woman who disappeared when she was 8 months pregnant and was later found murdered, would require "federal agencies to discover the extent of the problem by reporting on the numbers of missing and murdered Native women every year. To address potential shortfalls, it creates a standardized protocol for federal, tribal, state and local governments to follow in dealing with these types of cases."
Heitkamp's impassioned plea, followed by equally strong words from Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska Republican who is co-sponsoring the legislation, received virtually no media coverage. This despite the fact that, as Heitkamp points out, "In 2016, North Dakota had 125 reported cases of missing Native women according to the National Crime Information Center, but numbers are likely much higher as cases are often under reported and data isn’t officially collected."
Which is a situation that Christopher Columbus would approve of.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Mike Pence Protests A Protest - Costs Taxpayers $100,000's!
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump and Mike Pence's
stunt at the Colt's game on Sunday at which he left the game in protest
of the silent and peaceful protest on the field... All at a massive cost
to taxpayers!
Wealthy Republican Donors Furious That They Backed Incompetent Buffoons To Run The Country
According to reports, wealthy Republican donors are growing angry over
the fact that they spent millions of dollars electing a group of
incompetent simpletons to run the country. But they aren’t mad that
these people are pushing for disgusting policies – quite the opposite,
actually.
They are angry that the morons they paid for aren’t able to pass legislation to screw over American citizens, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins points out.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/353993-report-top-gop-donors-revolting-over-legislative-failures
They are angry that the morons they paid for aren’t able to pass legislation to screw over American citizens, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins points out.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/353993-report-top-gop-donors-revolting-over-legislative-failures
Trump’s Pledge To Hire “The Best People” Might Be His Biggest Lie Ever
Donald Trump promised that he was going to pack his administration with
“the best people.”
Well, after 8 months we’ve seen people like Priebus, Gorka, Bannon, Spicer, Flynn, Scaramucci, and several others vacate the Trump administration, and the few that are left all seem to be under investigation – including Trump’s own children!
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
Well, after 8 months we’ve seen people like Priebus, Gorka, Bannon, Spicer, Flynn, Scaramucci, and several others vacate the Trump administration, and the few that are left all seem to be under investigation – including Trump’s own children!
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is A Celebration Of Slavery
Few people know this, because we only ever sing the first verse. But read
the end of the third verse and you’ll see why “The Star-Spangled
Banner” is not just a musical atrocity, it’s an intellectual and moral
one, too:
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Mike Pence explains how his one minute football visit actually saved America money
Mike Pence directed Air Force Two from Las Vegas to Indianapolis and
took his entourage over to the stadium for the sole purpose of stomping
his foot, walking out, and giving a press briefing on how upset he was
that what he knew was going to happen, happened. It was planned and staged from the outset,
with the knowledge of what was coming so clear that Pence had the press
hang around outside to wait for his pre-generated outrage. Donald Trump
has even tweeted the instructions he gave Pence to set up the gag.
Which makes this bumbling excuse from Pence’s office just … pathetic.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705477/-Mike-Pence-explains-how-his-one-minute-football-visit-actually-saved-America-money
Which makes this bumbling excuse from Pence’s office just … pathetic.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705477/-Mike-Pence-explains-how-his-one-minute-football-visit-actually-saved-America-money
Mike Pence spent a million dollars to watch one minute of a football game—and you paid for it
Just last week, four actual American soldiers died in Niger,
in an attack likely organized by the regional branch of al Qaeda. If
you were unaware of these deaths, or even that there were Americans on
the ground in Niger—where the United States is helping to train
government forces to fight terrorist incursions—that’s understandable.
Because among the things at the top of Donald Trump’s list of important
events, actual soldiers actually dying … doesn’t count.
Instead, Trump has focused on athletes leading a peaceful protest against the ongoing killing of African Americans by police, and the failure of the justice system to hold these police responsible for their actions. By portraying a pose usually reserved for honoring an injured player as a sign of disrespect toward the flag, the nation, and the military, Trump has created a fresh racial injustice to heap on top of the original. In service of this lie, Trump has now tweeted 29 times concerning these uppity protests, including multiple tweets about how this dishonors the military. He’s tweeted zero times about the sacrifice of the Green Berets in Niger.
But apparently just talking about it wasn’t divisive, hateful, and hypocritical enough. Over the weekend, Trump ordered Mike Pence to drop in on Indianapolis for the express purpose of making a show of mock disgust over players daring to express concern that their fellow Americans were being murdered with impunity. Trump didn’t disguise the fact that the whole thing was planned.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705409/-Mike-Pence-spent-a-million-dollars-to-watch-one-minute-of-a-football-game-and-you-paid-for-it
Instead, Trump has focused on athletes leading a peaceful protest against the ongoing killing of African Americans by police, and the failure of the justice system to hold these police responsible for their actions. By portraying a pose usually reserved for honoring an injured player as a sign of disrespect toward the flag, the nation, and the military, Trump has created a fresh racial injustice to heap on top of the original. In service of this lie, Trump has now tweeted 29 times concerning these uppity protests, including multiple tweets about how this dishonors the military. He’s tweeted zero times about the sacrifice of the Green Berets in Niger.
But apparently just talking about it wasn’t divisive, hateful, and hypocritical enough. Over the weekend, Trump ordered Mike Pence to drop in on Indianapolis for the express purpose of making a show of mock disgust over players daring to express concern that their fellow Americans were being murdered with impunity. Trump didn’t disguise the fact that the whole thing was planned.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/9/1705409/-Mike-Pence-spent-a-million-dollars-to-watch-one-minute-of-a-football-game-and-you-paid-for-it
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