Posted by Rude One
It's practically a saying from the old country: If you elect a raging
sociopath with a dead soul, don't be surprised when he acts like a
raging sociopath with a dead soul.
So, frankly, what would have been shocking is if President Donald Trump had expressed
remorse, sorrow, and sympathy to the widow of Sgt. La David T. Johnson,
killed on a mission in Niger along with three of his fellow soldiers.
Did anyone think that he wouldn't screw it up?
Of course, every time you think that Trump has cleared some incompetence
bar, he sets it lower and still manages to flatten his gelatinous body
to squeeze under it.
Talking to Myeshia Johnson while she was in a car with Florida
Congresswoman Frederica Wilson on her way to the airport to greet the
casket holding her husband and the father of her two children and one on
the way, Trump referred to Sgt. Johnson only as "your guy." This is
according to Wilson and Johnson's mother, who heard the call on
speakerphone. And Trump's words of comfort were "He knew what he was
signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway."
The first part of that sentence has gotten the most attention, but,
really, the second part is just as callous and malignantly narcissistic.
"I guess it hurts anyway" makes it seem like Trump thought the death
shouldn't have hurt as badly because Johnson had joined the military.
Even more, it's that he doesn't comprehend what the pain of loss is like
because it's not about him.
Let us pause here to recognize that the deaths of four soldiers in Niger
on October 4th weren't acknowledged by Trump until Tuesday. The "fake
news" had reported on it shortly after
the ambush that also wounded two others. And Johnson's body was found
two days after the assault by Nigerians, not by the U.S. Special Forces
there. American soldiers are in the African nation to train the local
military on dealing with al-Qaeda, although history has shown that the
mission creep from this kind of activity often plunges more troops into
danger (see Vietnam, El Salvador, and on and on).
Let us also recognize that had this attack and these KIA's had occurred
when Barack Obama was President and Hillary Clinton was Secretary of
State, it would have been a scandal that would have stoked impeachment
talk, if not criminal charged. The silence from the administration and
the president would have been an indicator to Republicans of some
massive cover-up, perhaps even the willingness of the administration to
allow soldiers to die.
It would be a shame if, say, not only did the American forces lack
enough medical support in Niger, but that "the military’s Africa Command
asked lawmakers broadly for more help months before the attack in
Niger, a West African nation nearly twice the size of Texas." Oh, right,
they did. On March 9, 2017. To the Senate Armed Services Committee.
General Thomas D. Waldhauser, the head of the U.S. Africa Command, testified,
"[Our] African partners lack the capability and capacity to assist with
personnel recovery missions. Integrating personnel recovery and
surgical stabilization/medical sustainment capabilities are a moral
obligation and essential for the proper care of U.S. service members who
risk their lives to protect our nation."
Committee Chair Sen. John McCain pledged
at that hearing, "We owe our witnesses, and the men and women they
lead, unambiguous national security priorities, clarity in our strategic
thinking, and an unwavering commitment to provide them the resources
required to support the necessary courses of action."
Except just under seven months later, those resources weren't there in a
way that might have been able to help the soldiers killed in Niger.
There are reasonable discussions to be made about distribution of forces
and the use of resources. But had this been Obama and Clinton, we would
be hearing how incompetent they are and how they abandoned our troops.
Certainly, we should now at least be saying that Republicans and Trump
were warned and did nothing about it (just as they did nothing when
Clinton asked for more funding to shore up defenses at embassies and
consulates overseas).
So when Trump told Myeshia Johnson that her husband "knew what he signed
up for," well, that's bullshit. What he signed up for didn't involve
the nation not putting out the resources needed to make any medical
attention quickly available. What he signed up for didn't involve being
left to rot for a couple of days because of inadequate ability to search
for his corpse.
What he didn't sign up for was that his family would be treated like
their grief should be muted because his Commander-in-Chief cannot handle
human feelings and doesn't understand that his incompetence contributed
to their pain.
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Trump Won't Stop Lying About Fallen Soldiers And Past Presidents
Donald Trump believes that the only way to get out of a hole is to keep
digging, and that’s exactly what he’s doing right now while trying to
downplay his lack of concern over the American soldiers who died after
being ambushed during an attack in Niger. Trump claims that he’s done
more than past presidents have, but that’s not even close to being the
truth. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/17/disrespectful-lie-anger-grows-over-trumps-claims-that-past-presidents-didnt-honor-fallen-troops/
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-interview-with-robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-2017-10
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/10/17/disrespectful-lie-anger-grows-over-trumps-claims-that-past-presidents-didnt-honor-fallen-troops/
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-interview-with-robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-2017-10
Trump Drops 92 Spots On Forbes Rich List After Losing $600 Million This Year
Donald Trump, and the few people who still support him, love to tell us
that he is one of the best businessmen the world has ever known. If that
were the case, then how did he manage to lose $600 million in the last
year, causing him to drop 92 spots on Forbes list of 400 richest
Americans?
Trump is about as good as running businesses as he is at running the country, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/news/trump-billionaires-forbes-richest-americans/index.html
Trump is about as good as running businesses as he is at running the country, as Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/17/news/trump-billionaires-forbes-richest-americans/index.html
Sean Spicer Meets With Investigators In Trump Probe
Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer met with investigators
from Robert Mueller’s team on Tuesday to discuss resident Trump’s
firing of former FBI director James Comey. Considering the content of
the meeting, it seems incredibly likely that Mueller is looking into
potential obstruction of justice charges against Donald Trump, as Ring
of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-interview-with-robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-2017-10
http://www.businessinsider.com/sean-spicer-interview-with-robert-mueller-trump-russia-investigation-2017-10
Televangelist: God Will Punish Those Who Mock Me!
Jim Bakker wants you to know that if you make fun of him God will punish
you. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break
it down.
“You remember Jim Bakker? He’s the guy who hosted the televangelist program The PTL Club in the 1980's until it was revealed he paid off Jessica Hahn over rape allegations. Bakker would end up serving five years in prison for mail and wire fraud and has since gone back to his televangelist ways, hosting a show in which he pitches survivalist goods to those prepping for the end of days.
Last week, during his program’s broadcast, Bakker took aim at those who have ridiculed him over the years by telling them that eventually, they will have to answer to God for doing so.
Defending his past prophecies that haven’t come true yet, Bakker and his wife claimed that he had accurately predicted 9/11 while noting that “when God says something to you, you don’t always know the exact time it’s going to happen.”
He added that his critics need to stop “beating up on prophets” because the lord proclaims “woe unto you when you beat up on the prophets.” After labeling those who aren’t speaking to God as “mean people” and “anti-Christ,” he then railed at those who have made fun of him over the years.”
https://www.mediaite.com/weird/televangelist-jim-bakker-warns-critics-god-will-punish-you-for-making-fun-of-me/
“You remember Jim Bakker? He’s the guy who hosted the televangelist program The PTL Club in the 1980's until it was revealed he paid off Jessica Hahn over rape allegations. Bakker would end up serving five years in prison for mail and wire fraud and has since gone back to his televangelist ways, hosting a show in which he pitches survivalist goods to those prepping for the end of days.
Last week, during his program’s broadcast, Bakker took aim at those who have ridiculed him over the years by telling them that eventually, they will have to answer to God for doing so.
Defending his past prophecies that haven’t come true yet, Bakker and his wife claimed that he had accurately predicted 9/11 while noting that “when God says something to you, you don’t always know the exact time it’s going to happen.”
He added that his critics need to stop “beating up on prophets” because the lord proclaims “woe unto you when you beat up on the prophets.” After labeling those who aren’t speaking to God as “mean people” and “anti-Christ,” he then railed at those who have made fun of him over the years.”
https://www.mediaite.com/weird/televangelist-jim-bakker-warns-critics-god-will-punish-you-for-making-fun-of-me/
Donald Trump Callously Tells Widow of Fallen Soldier, "He Knew What He Signed Up For."
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses the comment, reportedly made
to the wife of a fallen army Green Beret, Sgt. La David Johnson, "He
knew what he signed up for."
Senate Intelligence Committee comes for the stupidest man in the Trump–Russia investigation
Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has a son who is also
named Michael Flynn.
Flynn the younger is best known for his outlandish statements in support of every possible conspiracy theory, such as a Russian bribery scandal involving President Obama, a secret group behind the Las Vegas shooting, and a fresh set of accusations against Hillary Clinton.
And all that is just today.
Which makes this a fairly typical day in the life of blowhard racist golf bro, Michael Flynn—whose biggest accomplishment in life is spreading the insane “Pizzagate” story.
But the scruffier, pudgier Flynn—whose only military experience is dodging duck hooks on the golf course—was employed for a bit packing his father’s briefcase, accompanying him on overseas trips, and possibly little things like helping poppa plan to kidnap people and hand them over to foreign dictators.
Which has earned him some time with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and has now brought him to the attention of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/17/1707474/-Senate-Intelligence-Committee-comes-for-the-stupidest-man-in-the-Trump-Russia-investigation
Flynn the younger is best known for his outlandish statements in support of every possible conspiracy theory, such as a Russian bribery scandal involving President Obama, a secret group behind the Las Vegas shooting, and a fresh set of accusations against Hillary Clinton.
And all that is just today.
Which makes this a fairly typical day in the life of blowhard racist golf bro, Michael Flynn—whose biggest accomplishment in life is spreading the insane “Pizzagate” story.
But the scruffier, pudgier Flynn—whose only military experience is dodging duck hooks on the golf course—was employed for a bit packing his father’s briefcase, accompanying him on overseas trips, and possibly little things like helping poppa plan to kidnap people and hand them over to foreign dictators.
Which has earned him some time with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and has now brought him to the attention of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/17/1707474/-Senate-Intelligence-Committee-comes-for-the-stupidest-man-in-the-Trump-Russia-investigation
Trump told soldier's widow 'he knew what he signed up for'
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Miami politician says aliens took her on a spaceship - Now she’s running for Congress
“I went in. There were some round seats that were there, and some quartz rocks that controlled the ship — not like airplanes.”
Source:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org by Paul Seaburn
Read here:
https://helenastales.weebly.com/blogue/miami-politician-says-aliens-took-her-on-a-spaceship-now-shes-running-for-congress
Source:
http://mysteriousuniverse.org by Paul Seaburn
Read here:
https://helenastales.weebly.com/blogue/miami-politician-says-aliens-took-her-on-a-spaceship-now-shes-running-for-congress
DNC Appoints Anti- $15 Minimum Wage Stooge To Finance Committee
Elections have consequences, and the consequence of Tom Perez winning the
DNC chair is that we now get anti-progressive, pro-corporate,
anti-worker millionaires appointed to important positions inside the
DNC.
Donald Trump Ignores Fallen Soldiers In Niger - Lies About Obama As Cover!
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump's remarks in a
press conference at the White House with Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell. Trump obfuscated and made excuses for not mentioning the loss
of four Green Berets in Niger 13 days ago.
Trump has written letters to the families of the fallen. Or he will. They’ll go out tonight. Probably. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
"So given how vocal Trump was about his support for the military, his silence after the Oct. 4 ambush in southwestern Niger in which four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were killed was noticeable. He finally commented on the incident Monday — 12 days after it happened. Asked by a reporter about his delayed response, Trump said he had written letters over the weekend and would “at some point” call the families of the fallen soldiers.
He also said of Obama and other previous presidents that “a lot of them didn't make calls,” an assertion former Obama aides forcefully denied. He did not explain why it had taken so long to publicly acknowledge the incident.
CNN reported over the weekend that Trump was golfing while the remains of La David Johnson, one of the four killed in the attack, were returned to Dover Air Force Base, a juxtaposition critics pounced on.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/16/why-was-trump-so-quiet-after-the-deaths-of-four-u-s-soldiers-in-niger/
During a Monday news conference,resident Trump was asked about the
killing of four Green Berets in an ambush in Niger and why he hadn't
addressed their deaths. The panel criticizes Trump's response.
Trump has written letters to the families of the fallen. Or he will. They’ll go out tonight. Probably. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
"So given how vocal Trump was about his support for the military, his silence after the Oct. 4 ambush in southwestern Niger in which four U.S. Special Forces soldiers were killed was noticeable. He finally commented on the incident Monday — 12 days after it happened. Asked by a reporter about his delayed response, Trump said he had written letters over the weekend and would “at some point” call the families of the fallen soldiers.
He also said of Obama and other previous presidents that “a lot of them didn't make calls,” an assertion former Obama aides forcefully denied. He did not explain why it had taken so long to publicly acknowledge the incident.
CNN reported over the weekend that Trump was golfing while the remains of La David Johnson, one of the four killed in the attack, were returned to Dover Air Force Base, a juxtaposition critics pounced on.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/16/why-was-trump-so-quiet-after-the-deaths-of-four-u-s-soldiers-in-niger/
During a Monday news conference,
Trump can't hold President Obama's jock strap
Trump, Chieftain of Spite
It
must be cold and miserable standing in the shadow of someone greater
and smarter, more loved and more admired. It must be infuriating to have
risen on the wings of your derision of that person’s every decision,
and even his very existence, and yet not be able to measure up — in
either stratagem or efficacy — when you sit where that person once sat.
This
is the existence of Donald Trump in the wake of President Barack Obama.
Trump can’t hold a candle to Obama, so he’s taking a tiki torch to
Obama’s legacy. Trump can’t get his bad ideas through Congress, but he
can use the power of the presidency to sabotage or even sink Obama’s
signature deeds.
In
fact, if there is a defining feature of Trump as “resident,” it is
that he is in all ways the anti-Obama — not only on policy but also on
matters of propriety and polish. While Obama was erudite, Trump is
ignorant. Obama was civil, Trump is churlish. Obama was tactful, Trump
is tacky.
There
is a thing present in Obama and absent from Trump that no amount of
money or power can alter: a sense of elegant intellectualism and taste.
The
example Obama set makes the big man with the big mouth look smaller by
the day. But I believe that this nonadjustable imbalance is part of what
has always fueled Trump’s rage against Obama.
Trump, who sees character
as just another malleable thing that can be marketed and made salable,
chafes at the black man who operated above the coarseness of commercial
interests and whose character appeared unassailable.
America
— even many of the people who were staunch opponents of Obama’s
policies — admired and even adored the sense of honor and decency he
brought to the office. Trump, on the other hand, is historically unpopular, and not just in America.
As The Pew Research Center
pointed out in June: “Trump and many of his key policies are broadly
unpopular around the globe, and ratings for the U.S. have declined
steeply in many nations.” Trump is reviled around the globe and
America’s reputation is going down with its captain.
All
of this feeds Trump’s consuming obsession with undoing everything Obama
did. It is his personal crusade, but he also carries the flag for the
millions of Americans — mostly all Republicans — who were reflexively
repulsed by Obama and the coalition that elected him.
Trump
has done nearly everything in his power to roll back Obama’s policies,
but none are as tempting a target as the one named after him: Obamacare.
Republicans
— including Trump — campaigned for years on a lie. They knew it was a
lie, but it was an enraging one that excited their base: Obama was
destroying America’s health care system, but Republicans could undo the
damage and replace it with their own, better bill.
First,
Obama wasn’t destroying America’s health care system. To the contrary,
he simply sought to make it cover more people. He moved to take American
health care in a more humane, modern and civilized direction, to make
it more universally accessible, even by the sick and poor who often took
its absence as a given.
Second,
the Republicans had no replacement plan that would cost less and cover
as many or more people. That could not be done. So, their
repeal-and-replace efforts failed. But that also meant that Trump’s
promise was proven a lie. Trump has no problem lying, but in the end he
wants his lies to look plausible.
Trump
makes assertions for which there is no evidence — either knowingly
lying, recklessly boasting or wishfully thinking — then seeks support
for those statements, support that is often lacking because the
statements are baseless.
He
violates a basic protocol of human communication: Be sure of it before
you say it. His way is to say something wrong, then bend reality to make
it appear right. This is why the age of Trump is so maddening and
stupefying: He is warping reality.
Last week he took more swipes at undermining the A.C.A.:
Asking his administration to find ways to increase competition among
insurers (a move many worry will move younger, healthier people out of
the marketplace) and stopping the so-called “cost-sharing reduction”
(CSR) payments — federal subsidies paid to insurance companies to help
finance coverage for low-income Americans (a move many believe will send
premiums soaring for those people).
Trump is doing this even though it will likely wreak havoc on countless lives. He is doing this even though a Kaiser Health Tracking Poll
released Friday found that most Americans want Trump and Congress to
stop trying to repeal the law, and instead work on legislation to
stabilize the marketplaces and guarantee health care to Americans.
Furthermore,
six in 10 Americans believe Congress should guarantee cost-sharing
reduction payments, as opposed to only a third who view these payments
as a “bailout of insurance companies,” as Trump has called them. There
is no real reason to cut these payments, other than to save face and
conceal the farce.
Trump
isn’t governing with a vision, he’s governing out of spite. Obama’s
effectiveness highlights Trump’s ineptitude, and this incenses Trump.
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Millions of high-security crypto keys crippled by newly discovered flaw
A crippling flaw in a widely used code library has fatally undermined
the security of millions of encryption keys used in some of the
highest-stakes settings, including national identity cards, software
and application signing, and trusted platform modules protecting
government and corporate computers.
The weakness allows attackers to calculate the private portion of any vulnerable key using nothing more than the corresponding public portion. Hackers can then use the private key to impersonate key owners, decrypt sensitive data, sneak malicious code into digitally signed software, and bypass protections that prevent accessing or tampering with stolen PC's.
The 5 year old flaw is also troubling because it's located in code that complies with two internationally recognized security certification standards that are binding on many governments, contractors, and companies around the world.
The code library was developed by German chipmaker Infineon, and has been generating weak keys since 2012 at the latest.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/crypto-failure-cripples-millions-of-high-security-keys-750k-estonian-ids/
The weakness allows attackers to calculate the private portion of any vulnerable key using nothing more than the corresponding public portion. Hackers can then use the private key to impersonate key owners, decrypt sensitive data, sneak malicious code into digitally signed software, and bypass protections that prevent accessing or tampering with stolen PC's.
The 5 year old flaw is also troubling because it's located in code that complies with two internationally recognized security certification standards that are binding on many governments, contractors, and companies around the world.
The code library was developed by German chipmaker Infineon, and has been generating weak keys since 2012 at the latest.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/crypto-failure-cripples-millions-of-high-security-keys-750k-estonian-ids/
Monday, October 16, 2017
Rebekah Mercer And Kellyanne Conway Need To Compete In A Who Looks More Like A Skeleton Contest
We need to stop talking about Bannon and start talking about the REAL source of all this.
Steve Bannon is a just another tool of the Mercers.
He is. Conway is, and Trump is. They're tools. To make all of this about him or them is to allow the source of their power to remain largely unknown. Between the perpetual campaigning and Citizens United, we need to shine bright spotlights on the money sources that influence - CONTROL - our government.
After the Russians, this reclusive father-daughter team exercised massive control of the last election. THEY need to be outted widely. Can you say Cambridge Analytica? Can you say Breitbart?
Robert Mercer - father/patriarch
Diane Mercer - mother
Rebekah Mercer - daughter/on-the-ground-face-of-the-family
After bankrolling the Trump campaign's dirty tricks squad, the Mercer's started enjoying what they bought. Big Bux Bob, the dad, put his 42 year old little girl, Rebekah-Friend-Of-Czarina-And-Secretary-Of-Everything, on the Presidential Transition team.
Even the god-fearing set get this:
Know Thy Enemy: Ephesians 6:11-12
So yeah, use their names whenever you want to speak of Bannon, their current field general.
He is. Conway is, and Trump is. They're tools. To make all of this about him or them is to allow the source of their power to remain largely unknown. Between the perpetual campaigning and Citizens United, we need to shine bright spotlights on the money sources that influence - CONTROL - our government.
After the Russians, this reclusive father-daughter team exercised massive control of the last election. THEY need to be outted widely. Can you say Cambridge Analytica? Can you say Breitbart?
Robert Mercer - father/patriarch
Diane Mercer - mother
Rebekah Mercer - daughter/on-the-ground-face-of-the-family
After bankrolling the Trump campaign's dirty tricks squad, the Mercer's started enjoying what they bought. Big Bux Bob, the dad, put his 42 year old little girl, Rebekah-Friend-Of-Czarina-And-Secretary-Of-Everything, on the Presidential Transition team.
Even the god-fearing set get this:
Know Thy Enemy: Ephesians 6:11-12
So yeah, use their names whenever you want to speak of Bannon, their current field general.
Trump accuser subpoenas campaign for documents on other allegations
A woman who has accused resident Trump of groping her in
2007 is subpoenaing his campaign for any documents on "any woman
alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately," BuzzFeed News reported Sunday.
The woman, Summer Zervos, is a former contestant on Trump's reality show, "The Apprentice."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accuser-subpoenas-campaign-for-documents-on-other-allegations-report/ar-AAtut5m
The woman, Summer Zervos, is a former contestant on Trump's reality show, "The Apprentice."
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-accuser-subpoenas-campaign-for-documents-on-other-allegations-report/ar-AAtut5m
Sunday, October 15, 2017
Republicans stand by as the nation goes to hell
By Kerry Eleveld
After GOP Sen. Bob Corker raised the prospect last week that Donald Trump could propel us into World War III, House Speaker Paul Ryan responded to the horrific prospect this week with the fierce urgency of whatever.
They should just "talk it out" among themselves, Ryan told reporters Wednesday.
It was a revelation of sorts in the sense that it was hard to imagine Ryan carving out an even more useless space for himself in Washington than he has already been occupying. Conservative columnist Michael Gerson wrote:
resident, appears to have reached a perpetual boiling point.
Angry at Congress's inability to dismantle his predecessor's signature achievement, health care, Trump is taking it upon himself to scrap the government subsidies millions of Americans depend on to pay for their coverage. Trump, who clearly believes this was a master stroke that will force Democrats to the bargaining table, has now placed the squeeze on Republicans to fix the subsidies fast lest millions of Americans see their premiums skyrocket 20 to 25 percent by 2020.
After all, the first spike in coverage will come at the beginning of next year—becoming the GOP's de facto opening bid in a midterm election year that will ultimately be a referendum on their turn at one-party governance.
But hey, for a guy who often can't even remember why he stepped into a room, so goes his negotiating prowess. The White House is less about “strategy” these days than simply scrambling to keep Trump from blowing up the world.
Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly toiled to find a way for Trump to shake his fist at Iran without totally sinking the Iran nuclear deal with which U.N. investigators say the country has complied. When Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had originally advised Trump to stay in the deal, he apparently "threw a fit." So Trump's national security team spent months formulating a compromise between Trump's need for cathartic juvenile expression and our country's imperative to keep another regime from becoming the next unsolvable nuclear problem, Ã la North Korea.
In short, alongside Trump's governing incompetence, his bouts of rage have emerged as the most consistent and predominant feature of hisresidency. He “gets angry” when he realizes what his proposed policies will do; he's mad at Congress about health care, the Iran deal, taxes, ad infinitum; he seethes over his abysmal media coverage and wants “equal time”
in the so-called ‘fake’ news; he's irate that a Puerto Rican mayor dare
question his leadership as the death toll rises around her; he chafes
at being called a “moron”; he's furious with Rex Tillerson and before
him, Bob Corker, and before him, Jeff Sessions, and before him, James
Comey, and... and... and.
And yet, in the face of what has become a crystal clear and present danger to the existence of our country, Ryan and his Senate counterpart Mitch McConnell have emerged as some of the most feckless, immoral, and negligent leaders of our time. More simply put—these guys might well be the biggest couple of tools to ever "lead" Congress.
While Ryan wants Trump and Corker to go to couples therapy (as if that'll solve our WW III dilemma), McConnell was busily covering his right flank this week with an offering of red meat to the GOP's starved base. In a Weekly Standard interview, McConnell tried to ease activists’ calls for his ouster by suggesting that Republicans would no longer honor the Senate's "blue slip" tradition.
The practice allows any senator to effectively block consideration of a judicial nominee from her or his own state, which gives the minority party considerable power to slow down the judicial appointment process (a power that Republicans abused during President Obama's last two years in office). It remains to be seen if Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley will follow McConnell's lead, but McConnell had to dangle something to distract conservative activists from his year of missed opportunities. Why not actively work to give Trump more power since he's been comporting himself so admirably?
McConnell and Ryan are currently duking it out as the most reviled politicians in the land—detested almost equally as much by Trump's rabid supporters as Democratic voters. They lead a Republican Congress that, in the words of the Senate GOP's campaign arm, "has replaced President Obama as the bogeyman for conservative GOP primary voters."
They couldn't be a more deserving pair as they continue to empower the man-child in chief who is now bitterly destroying everything he can get his stubby little paws on.
After GOP Sen. Bob Corker raised the prospect last week that Donald Trump could propel us into World War III, House Speaker Paul Ryan responded to the horrific prospect this week with the fierce urgency of whatever.
They should just "talk it out" among themselves, Ryan told reporters Wednesday.
It was a revelation of sorts in the sense that it was hard to imagine Ryan carving out an even more useless space for himself in Washington than he has already been occupying. Conservative columnist Michael Gerson wrote:
So how does Ryan imagine a Corker/Trump conversation might unfold? Over dinner, Corker accuses theTrump, who has consistently fumed over the nettlesome nature of beingresidentof being a chaotic, directionless, shallow liar who could start a nuclear war. Trump passes the peas and attacks Corker for being short. This is, after all, the way gentlemen resolve their differences.
Angry at Congress's inability to dismantle his predecessor's signature achievement, health care, Trump is taking it upon himself to scrap the government subsidies millions of Americans depend on to pay for their coverage. Trump, who clearly believes this was a master stroke that will force Democrats to the bargaining table, has now placed the squeeze on Republicans to fix the subsidies fast lest millions of Americans see their premiums skyrocket 20 to 25 percent by 2020.
After all, the first spike in coverage will come at the beginning of next year—becoming the GOP's de facto opening bid in a midterm election year that will ultimately be a referendum on their turn at one-party governance.
But hey, for a guy who often can't even remember why he stepped into a room, so goes his negotiating prowess. The White House is less about “strategy” these days than simply scrambling to keep Trump from blowing up the world.
Defense Secretary James Mattis and national security adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly toiled to find a way for Trump to shake his fist at Iran without totally sinking the Iran nuclear deal with which U.N. investigators say the country has complied. When Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had originally advised Trump to stay in the deal, he apparently "threw a fit." So Trump's national security team spent months formulating a compromise between Trump's need for cathartic juvenile expression and our country's imperative to keep another regime from becoming the next unsolvable nuclear problem, Ã la North Korea.
In short, alongside Trump's governing incompetence, his bouts of rage have emerged as the most consistent and predominant feature of his
And yet, in the face of what has become a crystal clear and present danger to the existence of our country, Ryan and his Senate counterpart Mitch McConnell have emerged as some of the most feckless, immoral, and negligent leaders of our time. More simply put—these guys might well be the biggest couple of tools to ever "lead" Congress.
While Ryan wants Trump and Corker to go to couples therapy (as if that'll solve our WW III dilemma), McConnell was busily covering his right flank this week with an offering of red meat to the GOP's starved base. In a Weekly Standard interview, McConnell tried to ease activists’ calls for his ouster by suggesting that Republicans would no longer honor the Senate's "blue slip" tradition.
The practice allows any senator to effectively block consideration of a judicial nominee from her or his own state, which gives the minority party considerable power to slow down the judicial appointment process (a power that Republicans abused during President Obama's last two years in office). It remains to be seen if Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley will follow McConnell's lead, but McConnell had to dangle something to distract conservative activists from his year of missed opportunities. Why not actively work to give Trump more power since he's been comporting himself so admirably?
McConnell and Ryan are currently duking it out as the most reviled politicians in the land—detested almost equally as much by Trump's rabid supporters as Democratic voters. They lead a Republican Congress that, in the words of the Senate GOP's campaign arm, "has replaced President Obama as the bogeyman for conservative GOP primary voters."
They couldn't be a more deserving pair as they continue to empower the man-child in chief who is now bitterly destroying everything he can get his stubby little paws on.
Larry Flynt offers $10 million for info to help impeach Trump
By Brandon Carter
In
the ad, Flynt calls Trump an “illegitimate” resident who “was
installed only by the quirks of our antiquated Electoral College.”
Flynt cites several reasons he believes Trump should be impeached in the ad, including Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate change agreement.
Hustler
Magazine founder Larry Flynt is reportedly offering a $10 million
reward for information that could lead to the impeachment of resident
Trump.
Fox Business anchor Liz Claman tweeted an image
of a full page advertisement from Flynt that offered the reward. Flynt
later retweeted it on his own account.
Flynt cites several reasons he believes Trump should be impeached in the ad, including Trump’s firing of former FBI Director James Comey and his withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate change agreement.
The
adult magazine founder also ripped Trump for his “unconscionable
defense of the KKK and neo-Nazis after the Charlottesville riots,” and
argued that Trump’s “worrisome” ability to “trigger a nuclear world war”
is one of the more “horrifying” reasons Trump should be impeached.
“Impeachment
would be a messy, contentious affair, but the alternative - three more
years of destabilizing dysfunction - is worse,” Flynt writes in the ad.
“Both good Democrats and good Republicans who put country over party did
it before with Watergate.”
Flynt writes that impeachment would require “unimpeachable evidence” and said that’s why he is offering a $10 million reward.
“We need to flush everything out into the open,” Flynt wrote.
Flynt has made similar offers in the past, offering
up to $1 million in October 2016 for audio or video recordings of Trump
“engaging in illegal activity or acting in a sexually demeaning or
derogatory manner.”
Flynt also made a similar offer of $1 million in 1998 during former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and again in 2007, when he offered to pay for “documented evidence of illicit sexual liaisons with a prominent member of public office.”
This is a serious cash reward from a man with a history of paying his debts (unlike Trump). Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Flynt also made a similar offer of $1 million in 1998 during former President Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial and again in 2007, when he offered to pay for “documented evidence of illicit sexual liaisons with a prominent member of public office.”
This is a serious cash reward from a man with a history of paying his debts (unlike Trump). Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Former Wharton Professor: 'Trump Was the Dumbest Goddamn Student I Ever Had'
Surprise, surprise. The resident came to business school thinking he knew it all.
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/former-wharton-professor-trump-was-dumbest-gdamm-student-i-ever-had
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/former-wharton-professor-trump-was-dumbest-gdamm-student-i-ever-had
Trump Doesn't Know What He's President Of
Trump said he met with the President of The Virgin Islands…which would
be…himself.
Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Mark Thompson, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
“Washington (CNN)resident Donald Trump accidentally referred to the
Virgin Islands' governor as their President during a speech Friday - even though he is technically their resident.
"I will tell you I left Texas and I left Florida and I left Louisiana
and I went to Puerto Rico and I met with the President of the Virgin
Islands," he told the audience of the Values Voter Summit in Washington.
"We are one nation and we all hurt together, we hope together and we
heal together," he said, later adding, "The Virgin Islands and the
President of the Virgin Islands, these are people that are incredible
people, they suffered gravely and we're be there, we're going to be
there, we have really, it is not even a question of a choice."
Trump appeared to be referring to Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp, instead of the "resident" who is Trump himself.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/virgin-islands-president-donald-trump/index.html
The Virgin Islands is a US territory. The White House did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. But in the official White House transcript after the speech, his reference to Mapp as President was corrected to "governor." He was referring to how the Virgin Islands was hit first by Hurricane Irma, then Hurricane Maria, which ravaged the island.”
Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola, and Mark Thompson, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down.
“Washington (CNN)
Trump appeared to be referring to Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp, instead of the "
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/virgin-islands-president-donald-trump/index.html
The Virgin Islands is a US territory. The White House did not immediately respond to CNN's request for comment. But in the official White House transcript after the speech, his reference to Mapp as President was corrected to "governor." He was referring to how the Virgin Islands was hit first by Hurricane Irma, then Hurricane Maria, which ravaged the island.”
Democrats Aim To Strip Mentally Unstable Trump Of His Ability To Launch Nuclear Weapons
With Donald Trump’s mental instability becoming a major issue in
American politics, and the threat of an altercation with North Korea or
possibly even Iran looming, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has begun
conversations about passing legislation that would prevent Trump from
being able to unilaterally launch nuclear weapons.
As it stands right now, Trump can launch any weapon at any time that he wants, and Democrats (and even some Republicans) understand how dangerous that is for the planet. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-passing-no-first-use-law-nuclear-weapons-urgent
As it stands right now, Trump can launch any weapon at any time that he wants, and Democrats (and even some Republicans) understand how dangerous that is for the planet. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-passing-no-first-use-law-nuclear-weapons-urgent
Maxine Waters Grills Ben Carson On Trump's Puerto Rico Tweets
Rep. Maxine Waters questions Housing and Urban Development Secretary,
Ben Carson, on Donald Trump's tweets regarding abandoning hurricane
relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Friday, October 13, 2017
Trump 'hypocrite-in-chief' for signing 50 executive orders
CNN anchor Erin Burnett labeled President Trump the "hypocrite-in-chief"
on Thursday after the resident signed his 50th executive order in
office.
"Hypocrite-in-chief –resident Trump doing something today he
harshly criticized President Obama for doing. Trump signed his 50th
executive order today," Burnett said on her show "Out Front."
Burnett noted that on the campaign trail Trump frequently took to criticizing Obama for signing executive orders when he was in office.
"We have a president that can't get anything done so he just keeps signing executive orders all over the place," Trump said in January 2016, according to The Washington Post.
http://thehill.com/media/355253-cnn-anchor-labels-trump-hypocrite-in-chief-for-signing-50-executive-orders
"Hypocrite-in-chief –
Burnett noted that on the campaign trail Trump frequently took to criticizing Obama for signing executive orders when he was in office.
"We have a president that can't get anything done so he just keeps signing executive orders all over the place," Trump said in January 2016, according to The Washington Post.
http://thehill.com/media/355253-cnn-anchor-labels-trump-hypocrite-in-chief-for-signing-50-executive-orders
Thursday, October 12, 2017
“I Hate Everyone In The White House!”: Trump Seethes As Advisers Fear The Resident Is “Unraveling”
In recent days, I’ve spoken with a half dozen
prominent Republicans and Trump advisers, and they all describe a White
House in crisis, as advisers struggle to contain a resident that seems
to be increasingly unfocused, and consumed by dark moods.
At first it sounded like hyperbole, the escalation of a Twitter war. But now it’s clear that Bob Corker’s remarkable New York Times interview—in
which the Republican senator described the White House as “adult day
care” and warned Trump could start World War III—was an inflection point
in the Trump residency. It brought into the open what several people
close to the resident have recently told me in private: that Trump is
“unstable,” “losing a step,” and “unraveling.”
The
conversation among some of the president’s longtime confidantes, along
with the character of some of the leaks emerging from the White House
has shifted. There’s a new level of concern. NBC News published
a report that Trump shocked his national security team when he called
for a nearly tenfold increase in the country’s nuclear arsenal during a
briefing this summer. One Trump adviser confirmed to me it was after
this meeting disbanded that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Trump a “moron.”
In recent days, I spoke with a half dozen prominent Republicans
and Trump advisers, and they all describe a White House in crisis as
advisers struggle to contain a resident who seems to be increasingly
unfocused and consumed by dark moods. Trump’s ire is being fueled by his
stalled legislative agenda and, to a surprising degree, by his decision
last month to back the losing candidate Luther Strange
in the Alabama Republican primary. “Alabama was a huge blow to his
psyche,” a person close to Trump said. “He saw the cult of personality
was broken.”
According to two sources familiar with the conversation, Trump vented to his longtime security chief, Keith Schiller,
“I hate everyone in the White House! There are a few exceptions, but I
hate them!” (A White House official denies this.)
Two senior Republican
officials said Chief of Staff John Kelly is miserable
in his job and is remaining out of a sense of duty to keep Trump from
making some sort of disastrous decision. Today, speculation about
Kelly’s future increased after Politico reported that Kelly’s deputy Kirstjen Nielsen
is likely to be named Homeland Security Secretary—the theory among some
Republicans is that Kelly wanted to give her a soft landing before his
departure.
One former official even speculated that Kelly and Secretary of Defense James Mattis
have discussed what they would do in the event Trump ordered a nuclear
first strike. “Would they tackle him?” the person said. Even Trump’s
most loyal backers are sowing public doubts. This morning, The Washington Post quoted longtime Trump friend Tom Barrack saying he has been “shocked” and “stunned” by Trump’s behavior.
While
Kelly can’t control Trump’s tweets, he is doing his best to physically
sequester the resident—much to Trump’s frustration. One major G.O.P.
donor told me access to Trump has been cut off, and his outside calls to
the White House switchboard aren’t put through to the Oval Office.
Earlier this week, I reported
on Kelly’s plans to prevent Trump from mingling with guests at
Mar-a-Lago later this month. And, according to two sources, Keith
Schiller quit last month after Kelly told Schiller he needed permission
to speak to the resident and wanted written reports of their
conversations.
The White House denies these
accounts. “The resident’s mood is good and his outlook on the agenda is
very positive,” an official said.
West Wing
aides have also worried about Trump’s public appearances, one Trump
adviser told me. The adviser said aides were relieved when Trump
declined to agree to appear on the season premiere of 60 Minutes
last month. “He’s lost a step. They don’t want him doing adversarial TV
interviews,” the adviser explained.
Instead, Trump has sat down for
friendly conversations with Sean Hannity and Mike Huckabee, whose daughter is Trump’s press secretary. (The White House official says the 60 Minutes interview is being rescheduled.)
Even
before Corker’s remarks, some West Wing advisers were worried that
Trump’s behavior could cause the Cabinet to take extraordinary
Constitutional measures to remove him from office. Several months ago,
according to two sources with knowledge of the conversation, former
chief strategist Steve Bannon
told Trump that the risk to his presidency wasn’t impeachment, but the
25th Amendment—the provision by which a majority of the Cabinet can vote
to remove the resident.
When Bannon mentioned the 25th Amendment,
Trump said, “What’s that?” According to a source, Bannon has told people
he thinks Trump has only a 30 percent chance of making it the full
term.
This post has been updated to clarify the details of the negotiation with 60 Minutes.
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
Sunday, October 8, 2017
Eddie Griffin: Trump Experienced Trauma At 15, That's Why He's Stuck At That Age
Comedian Eddie Griffin is no stranger to voicing his opinion, in part 1
of "The Truth" the funnyman goes on a harangue about Donald Trump's residency and how him being an "adolescent adult" will likely lead to
another World War.
"A childish motherfucker - I don't know what happened, but something traumatic happened in Trump's life around 14 or 15 years old because he's stuck at that age," expells Griffin.
He then goes on to explain how Kim Jong-Un also had a traumatic adolescence that has led to the two of them going back and forth.
He also says "This a coup pulled off by the Russians, Trump's motherfuckin' treasonist ass, the alt-right, KKK, neo-nazis all conspired pulled off a coup of the United Statesresidency."
Watch the clip to hear him tell it like it is about what's going on in America and why no one is speaking up. This is the first of three clips that serve as the prequel to his forthcoming comedy special.
"A childish motherfucker - I don't know what happened, but something traumatic happened in Trump's life around 14 or 15 years old because he's stuck at that age," expells Griffin.
He then goes on to explain how Kim Jong-Un also had a traumatic adolescence that has led to the two of them going back and forth.
He also says "This a coup pulled off by the Russians, Trump's motherfuckin' treasonist ass, the alt-right, KKK, neo-nazis all conspired pulled off a coup of the United States
Watch the clip to hear him tell it like it is about what's going on in America and why no one is speaking up. This is the first of three clips that serve as the prequel to his forthcoming comedy special.
Does Donald Trump Even Want To Be President Anymore?
Donald Trump doesn’t appear to even be trying to act like he cares about
being resident, as his responses to both the Las Vegas shooting and
Puerto Rico’s devastation following 2 massive hurricanes have shown us.
So why won’t he resign?
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains Trump’s decision to remain in a position that he clearly hates.
So why won’t he resign?
Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains Trump’s decision to remain in a position that he clearly hates.
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Fuck You, Steve Scalise
Posted by Rude One
Before he was shot and nearly killed in June, Representative Steve Scalise was a motherfucker on cultural issues. How much of a motherfucker was he? His security detail as Majority Whip in the House of Representatives included Capitol Officer Crystal Griner. Griner and another officer, David Bailey, were injured saving Scalise, with Griner being shot in the ankle. Scalise released a statement specifically thanking the two: "I am especially grateful to Crystal and David, who I have been blessed to have by my side day in and day out in my job as Majority Whip. I would not be here today without the bravery of Crystal and David. They saved my life, and are my heroes."
That's right. For three years, since he was elected Majority Whip, the Louisiana Republican has had Crystal Griner by his side. Griner, as you may have heard, is a lesbian who is married to, wait for it, a woman.
Being a nutzoid Christian, Steve Scalise has spent a good chunk of his career blocking the rights of the woman who put her safety on the line for him and, as he said, saved his life. On his official congressional web page, it brags, "Congressman Scalise has worked diligently throughout his career to protect traditional marriage. Scalise has co-sponsored legislation to amend the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. As a member of the Louisiana State Legislature, Congressman Scalise authored a similar amendment to the Louisiana Constitution that protects traditional marriage."
So he was being protected by someone whose happiness he sought to prevent. That's how much of a motherfucker he was. And now, after the shooting, after he was saved by Griner, he's even more of a motherfucker because he's going right back to fucking mothers.
One of his first big public appearances will be at the hategasm known as the Values Voters Summit. That's a gathering of homophobic Jesus-fellaters who rant for a couple of days at a DC hotel about how fucked the nation is, how much they hate libtards, the poors, and the darks, and how Donald Trump's shit tastes like delicious chocolate pie. It's sponsored by the mad Family Research Council (motto: "Proud to be labeled a hate group"), whose "Human Sexuality" page makes you think that LGBTQ Americans are essentially Isis in better clothes and that the Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex marriage is the day God puked.
Yeah, in a royal "Fuck you, my real savior," Scalise is gonna speak to these dipshits.
And before you say, "Oh, wait, he might say something about a change of heart."
After I stopped laughing at how adorable you are, I'd point out that in his first post-hospitalization interviews this week, Scalise has said that his being shot and all those people in Las Vegas being killed has only strengthened his desire to stick his dick into a shotgun barrel and fuck it.
On Fox "news," Scalise was firm about his bullshit, dangerous interpretation of the 2nd Amendment: "I think it's fortified it because first of all, you've got to recognize that when there is a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the people who were injured and doing whatever we can to help them, to help law enforcement. We shouldn't be first thinking of promoting our political agenda." And then, like so many fucking idiots talking about guns, he brought up how law enforcement has guns, which no one is saying should change: "Frankly what I experienced was when there was a shooter, luckily we had Capitol Police there with their own guns. Every single day in America regular citizens that just have a passionate belief in the Second Amendment, who have their own guns, use guns every single day to protect themselves against criminals...that's a different side of the story that I think is important. People use guns way more to defend themselves against criminals than criminals use guns to hurt people."
Oh, go fuck yourself with your own shattered pelvis, you fucking blind shitheel. First of all, Griner and Bailey didn't have "their own guns." They had department-issued guns. And, you dumb motherfucker, guns harm more people than they help, as study after study after study has shown. And you can't just compare crimes committed versus crimes stopped; you better throw in accidents, suicides, and more in there or you're just a lying son of a bitch.
Did anyone really think that Scalise, who comes from a gerrymandered district in deep red Louisiana, David Duke country and the creepy-ass area where the first season of True Detective took place combined, would gain wisdom and perspective from learning what exactly bullets can do to a body? C'mon. He could have taken ten bullets and watched his whole family be shot and all of them saved by a group of gay EMTs and not a goddamn thought of transformation would enter his depraved fucking head. A bought and paid for whore knows that he's gotta keep working for his pimp. He gets no sympathy. He doesn't get a pass for his pain when he wants so many others to suffer.
Welcome back, Steve Scalise, and fuck you endlessly.
Before he was shot and nearly killed in June, Representative Steve Scalise was a motherfucker on cultural issues. How much of a motherfucker was he? His security detail as Majority Whip in the House of Representatives included Capitol Officer Crystal Griner. Griner and another officer, David Bailey, were injured saving Scalise, with Griner being shot in the ankle. Scalise released a statement specifically thanking the two: "I am especially grateful to Crystal and David, who I have been blessed to have by my side day in and day out in my job as Majority Whip. I would not be here today without the bravery of Crystal and David. They saved my life, and are my heroes."
That's right. For three years, since he was elected Majority Whip, the Louisiana Republican has had Crystal Griner by his side. Griner, as you may have heard, is a lesbian who is married to, wait for it, a woman.
Being a nutzoid Christian, Steve Scalise has spent a good chunk of his career blocking the rights of the woman who put her safety on the line for him and, as he said, saved his life. On his official congressional web page, it brags, "Congressman Scalise has worked diligently throughout his career to protect traditional marriage. Scalise has co-sponsored legislation to amend the Constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman. As a member of the Louisiana State Legislature, Congressman Scalise authored a similar amendment to the Louisiana Constitution that protects traditional marriage."
So he was being protected by someone whose happiness he sought to prevent. That's how much of a motherfucker he was. And now, after the shooting, after he was saved by Griner, he's even more of a motherfucker because he's going right back to fucking mothers.
One of his first big public appearances will be at the hategasm known as the Values Voters Summit. That's a gathering of homophobic Jesus-fellaters who rant for a couple of days at a DC hotel about how fucked the nation is, how much they hate libtards, the poors, and the darks, and how Donald Trump's shit tastes like delicious chocolate pie. It's sponsored by the mad Family Research Council (motto: "Proud to be labeled a hate group"), whose "Human Sexuality" page makes you think that LGBTQ Americans are essentially Isis in better clothes and that the Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex marriage is the day God puked.
Yeah, in a royal "Fuck you, my real savior," Scalise is gonna speak to these dipshits.
And before you say, "Oh, wait, he might say something about a change of heart."
After I stopped laughing at how adorable you are, I'd point out that in his first post-hospitalization interviews this week, Scalise has said that his being shot and all those people in Las Vegas being killed has only strengthened his desire to stick his dick into a shotgun barrel and fuck it.
On Fox "news," Scalise was firm about his bullshit, dangerous interpretation of the 2nd Amendment: "I think it's fortified it because first of all, you've got to recognize that when there is a tragedy like this, the first thing we should be thinking about is praying for the people who were injured and doing whatever we can to help them, to help law enforcement. We shouldn't be first thinking of promoting our political agenda." And then, like so many fucking idiots talking about guns, he brought up how law enforcement has guns, which no one is saying should change: "Frankly what I experienced was when there was a shooter, luckily we had Capitol Police there with their own guns. Every single day in America regular citizens that just have a passionate belief in the Second Amendment, who have their own guns, use guns every single day to protect themselves against criminals...that's a different side of the story that I think is important. People use guns way more to defend themselves against criminals than criminals use guns to hurt people."
Oh, go fuck yourself with your own shattered pelvis, you fucking blind shitheel. First of all, Griner and Bailey didn't have "their own guns." They had department-issued guns. And, you dumb motherfucker, guns harm more people than they help, as study after study after study has shown. And you can't just compare crimes committed versus crimes stopped; you better throw in accidents, suicides, and more in there or you're just a lying son of a bitch.
Did anyone really think that Scalise, who comes from a gerrymandered district in deep red Louisiana, David Duke country and the creepy-ass area where the first season of True Detective took place combined, would gain wisdom and perspective from learning what exactly bullets can do to a body? C'mon. He could have taken ten bullets and watched his whole family be shot and all of them saved by a group of gay EMTs and not a goddamn thought of transformation would enter his depraved fucking head. A bought and paid for whore knows that he's gotta keep working for his pimp. He gets no sympathy. He doesn't get a pass for his pain when he wants so many others to suffer.
Welcome back, Steve Scalise, and fuck you endlessly.
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Tell me one thing that Rex Tillerson said that was wrong.
Because Donald Trump IS a fucking moron.
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump's stark lack of ability where it relates to language.
Rex Tillerson's non-denial is hilarious. Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Ron Placone, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson just delivered an unscheduled statement to reporters about “some news reports this morning that I want to address.” But while Tillerson went on to dispute one major contention in those “reports” — that he considered resigning — he directly and pregnantly declined to dispute another one — that he called his boss,resident
Trump, a “fucking moron.”
The juxtaposition of those two things was striking, and it leads to
basically one logical conclusion: He can't deny it . . . because he said
it.”*
Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Ron Placone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/04/rex-tillerson-might-as-well-have-just-admitted-he-called-trump-a-moron/
In this ‘Dollemore Daily’ Jesse addresses Donald Trump's stark lack of ability where it relates to language.
Rex Tillerson's non-denial is hilarious. Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Ron Placone, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss.
"Secretary of State Rex Tillerson just delivered an unscheduled statement to reporters about “some news reports this morning that I want to address.” But while Tillerson went on to dispute one major contention in those “reports” — that he considered resigning — he directly and pregnantly declined to dispute another one — that he called his boss,
Hosts: Ana Kasparian, Jimmy Dore, and Ron Placone
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/10/04/rex-tillerson-might-as-well-have-just-admitted-he-called-trump-a-moron/
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Donald Trump Beclowns Himself In Puerto Rico
Posted by Rude One
Jesus fuckballs, how much more embarrassing can thisresidency get than
soulless tangerine cretin Donald Trump play-acting sympathy while
touring the devastation in Puerto Rico? At this point, Trump could drop
his pants, bend over, and blow his fast food shits all over homeless
children clutching their last teddy bear, and we'd say, "Yeah, we were
pretty much expecting that."
Speaking at a National Guard base on the island, Trump spent a great deal of time on how awesome his administration is. He bragged about Linda McMahon more than he talked about the people of Puerto Rico: "I also want to thank Linda McMahon, Small Business. I always joke - I said, she's in charge of small business, but small business is massive business when you add it all up. And she has done an incredible job - built a great company with her husband, Vince McMahon. And I wanted her so badly for this position because there's nobody that knows how to build a company like those and, let me tell you, like this woman. She has been amazing in business, and now she's doing an incredible job as the Administrator." We get it, man. You like wrestling.
And then he gave a lesson in what Mick Mulvaney does: "Mick Mulvaney is here - right there - and Mick is in charge of a thing called 'budget.'" Trump pretty much did the rhetorical equivalent of blowing shit when he said, "Now, I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico." I'm sure the starving people digging their few surviving possessions out of mud will try to economize to save the "budget."
Fucking moron. Fucking clown.
But it got worse when he compared the deaths in Puerto Rico to the deaths during Katrina, which he really did, for fuck's motherfucking sake: "Every death is a horror. But if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering - nobody has ever seen anything like this."
What kind of savage bitch faced cock mite tells devastated people that they have it better than other devastated people? Comparing the number of reported (so far) deaths in Puerto Rico to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Trump said, "Sixteen people versus in the thousands." No, not "thousands." Less than 2,000 died in Katrina. Horrible, but not thousands. Besides, this is not a game. Except to a clown, everything's a game.
You might be reading this, thinking, "Well, at least he didn't do that thing where he brags about himself." No, fuck you, of course, he did. When an Air Force representative talked about supply and rescue flights, Trump jumped in, "So amazing that we're ordering hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of new airplanes for the Air Force, especially the F-35."
Then the chemicals in his shrunken brain rolling around inside his soft skull clicked over to campaign mode as he said, in the middle of a place that was ripped apart and will take years to put back together, "That's an expensive plane that you can't see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price very substantially - something that other administrations would never have done, that I can tell you."
We are in some kind of psychological experiment in how much stupidity, shame, and savagery we can take before we break or we just say, "Fuck this. I'm watching Netflix and never coming out." And Netflix is calling louder and louder.
When he was getting ready to go on the tour, Trump said that the people who are waiting all day to get water or gas or food, who have no place to store the dead, who are starting to see diseases crop up, who have no power, should be grateful: "I appreciate your support and I know you appreciate our support, because our country has really gone all out to help. And it's not only dangerous, it's expensive." Yeah, they'll get right to decorating a thank you card as soon as they can eat and have more than one operational hospital.
In Texas in August after Hurricane Harvey, Trump didn't mention how expensive the support would be. He didn't talk about the budget. In Florida in September after Hurricane Irma, Trump didn't say a word about the cost. Only in Puerto Rico. Only there.
And, leaving one area, he told the victims of the storm, "Have a good time." The whole visit was his way of saying that he's not responsible for the cluster fuck of ineffectiveness and incompetence that has ruled the rescue and clean-up effort so far. But Trump's the fuckin'resident, man. He can spin, but he can't hide.
Goddamn, this dumb, racist asshole is beclowning our entire country.
Jesus fuckballs, how much more embarrassing can this
Speaking at a National Guard base on the island, Trump spent a great deal of time on how awesome his administration is. He bragged about Linda McMahon more than he talked about the people of Puerto Rico: "I also want to thank Linda McMahon, Small Business. I always joke - I said, she's in charge of small business, but small business is massive business when you add it all up. And she has done an incredible job - built a great company with her husband, Vince McMahon. And I wanted her so badly for this position because there's nobody that knows how to build a company like those and, let me tell you, like this woman. She has been amazing in business, and now she's doing an incredible job as the Administrator." We get it, man. You like wrestling.
And then he gave a lesson in what Mick Mulvaney does: "Mick Mulvaney is here - right there - and Mick is in charge of a thing called 'budget.'" Trump pretty much did the rhetorical equivalent of blowing shit when he said, "Now, I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you've thrown our budget a little out of whack because we've spent a lot of money on Puerto Rico." I'm sure the starving people digging their few surviving possessions out of mud will try to economize to save the "budget."
Fucking moron. Fucking clown.
But it got worse when he compared the deaths in Puerto Rico to the deaths during Katrina, which he really did, for fuck's motherfucking sake: "Every death is a horror. But if you look at a real catastrophe like Katrina, and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here with, really, a storm that was just totally overpowering - nobody has ever seen anything like this."
What kind of savage bitch faced cock mite tells devastated people that they have it better than other devastated people? Comparing the number of reported (so far) deaths in Puerto Rico to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, Trump said, "Sixteen people versus in the thousands." No, not "thousands." Less than 2,000 died in Katrina. Horrible, but not thousands. Besides, this is not a game. Except to a clown, everything's a game.
You might be reading this, thinking, "Well, at least he didn't do that thing where he brags about himself." No, fuck you, of course, he did. When an Air Force representative talked about supply and rescue flights, Trump jumped in, "So amazing that we're ordering hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of new airplanes for the Air Force, especially the F-35."
Then the chemicals in his shrunken brain rolling around inside his soft skull clicked over to campaign mode as he said, in the middle of a place that was ripped apart and will take years to put back together, "That's an expensive plane that you can't see. And as you probably heard, we cut the price very substantially - something that other administrations would never have done, that I can tell you."
We are in some kind of psychological experiment in how much stupidity, shame, and savagery we can take before we break or we just say, "Fuck this. I'm watching Netflix and never coming out." And Netflix is calling louder and louder.
When he was getting ready to go on the tour, Trump said that the people who are waiting all day to get water or gas or food, who have no place to store the dead, who are starting to see diseases crop up, who have no power, should be grateful: "I appreciate your support and I know you appreciate our support, because our country has really gone all out to help. And it's not only dangerous, it's expensive." Yeah, they'll get right to decorating a thank you card as soon as they can eat and have more than one operational hospital.
In Texas in August after Hurricane Harvey, Trump didn't mention how expensive the support would be. He didn't talk about the budget. In Florida in September after Hurricane Irma, Trump didn't say a word about the cost. Only in Puerto Rico. Only there.
And, leaving one area, he told the victims of the storm, "Have a good time." The whole visit was his way of saying that he's not responsible for the cluster fuck of ineffectiveness and incompetence that has ruled the rescue and clean-up effort so far. But Trump's the fuckin'
Goddamn, this dumb, racist asshole is beclowning our entire country.
Trump Gets Closer To Impeachment After Proof That Russia Helped Him Win Wisconsin And Michigan
By Jason Easley on
Russia used Facebook's ad targeting system to help Donald Trump carry both Wisconsin and Michigan.
Trump won Wisconsin and Michigan by a combined 33,400 votes. With the Russians running targeted advertising for Trump in key swing states, a picture is beginning to take shape of how the Russians may have been able to collude with the Trump campaign to swing the election. It is already known that Russia used Facebook to organize rallies for Trump in Florida and Pennsylvania, add the advertising in Wisconsin and Michigan to the mix and Trump’s surprise victory begins to look less surprising.
The Russians interfered in the election. There is only one piece of information missing. Who inside the Trump campaign was working with Russia to exchange data to help with the voter targeting?
Jared Kushner was responsible for the campaign’s data operation, so any questions about who worked with the Russians should begin with President’s son in law and right-hand man.
Trump Called Out: 'You Don't Give A Shit About Puerto Rico'
Trump got called out to his face while dedicating a golf trophy to the
victims of Hurricane Maria. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of
The Young Turks, break it down.
“Donald Trump on Sunday dedicated a golf trophy to hurricane victims in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, and it didn’t go well. As Trump spoke at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City, New Jersey, someone in the crowd called out: “You don’t give a shit about Puerto Rico.”
Online, the reaction was about the same:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-puerto-rico_us_59d1b83ae4b09538b509160b?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
“Donald Trump on Sunday dedicated a golf trophy to hurricane victims in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, and it didn’t go well. As Trump spoke at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City, New Jersey, someone in the crowd called out: “You don’t give a shit about Puerto Rico.”
Online, the reaction was about the same:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-puerto-rico_us_59d1b83ae4b09538b509160b?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
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