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| 09-29-17 10:19am - 2547 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
WHY DOESN'T POTUS ARREST BILL CLINTON, HILARY CLINTON, AND OBAMA? SINCE TRUMP BELIEVES BILL CLINTON AND OBAMA CAUSED MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THE US IS FACING TODAY, WHY DOESN'T HE HAVE THEM ARRESTED? AND SINCE HE WAS CALLING FOR HILARY CLINTON TO BE IN JAIL DURING HIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, WHY DOESN'T HE HAVE HER ARRESTED, AS WELL? IS TRUMP A LIAR, WHO CAN'T BE TRUSTED TO CARRY THROUGH ON HIS PROMISES? WHO CAN'T BE BELIEVED, WHEN HE SAYS HE IS SPEAKING THE TRUTH? IN HIS LATEST TAX CUT PROPOSAL, TRUMP SAID THE PLAN WOULD NOT BENEFIT HIM. HE WAS DOING IT FOR ALL AMERICANS. TRUMP HAS REFUSED TO RELEASE HIS TAX RETURNS. SO THE IMPACT OF THE NEW TAX PLAN IS UNCERTAIN REGARDING TRUMP. BUT IN 2005 TRUMP WAS FORCED TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $31 MILLION IN TAXES BECAUSE OF THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. THE NEW TAX PLAN WOULD ELIMINATE THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX. I RESPECT A MAN WHO SAYS HE WOULD NOT BENEFIT BY NOT PAYING AN ADDITIONAL $31 MILLION IN TAXES. IT SHOWS THAT TRUMP IS A MAN WHO DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MONEY. IT SHOWS THAT TRUMP IS A MAN WHO LOVES HIS FELLOW AMERICANS, AND IS SPEAKING THE PLAIN TRUTH, THAT HE IS THE GREATEST PRESIDENT THAT EVER WAS-THAT EVER WILL BE. PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR HERO, WE DON'T DESERVE YOU. Edited by Staff on Apr 03, 2018, 07:59am | |
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| 09-29-17 10:23am - 2547 days | #2 | |
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luthien (0)
Active User  Posts: 101 Registered: Jan 07, '16 |
No offense, but is there a reason why you always write in capital letters? You do realize that capital letters means you're yelling in the online world right? Just saying. | |
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| 09-29-17 10:35am - 2547 days | #3 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
NO OFFENSE TAKEN. IN MY REVIEWS, I NORMALLY STATE MY REASONS FOR WRITING IN CAP LETTER: IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO READ AND WRITE IN CAP LETTERS, INSTEAD OF LOWER CASE LETTERS. I AM NOT TRYING TO SHOUT OR BE RUDE. IT'S JUST EASIER FOR ME TO SEE CAP LETTERS, WHERE I HAVE TO PUT MORE ENERGY AND EFFORT INTO FIGURING OUT WHAT THE LOWER CASE LETTERS MEAN. JUST A CASE OF GETTING OLDER. EYESIGHT IS NOT AS SHARP AS IT USED TO BE. I APOLOGIZE IF MY WRITING IN CAPS OFFENDS, OR SEEMS RUDE. BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO IGNORE MY POSTS, THAT'S FINE BY ME.   | |
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| 09-29-17 11:48am - 2547 days | #4 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
THE DEPT OF JUSTICE/ATTORNEY GENERAL GOING AFTER TRUMP ENEMIES YOUR TAX PAYER DOLLARS AT WORK: ENEMIES OF TRUMP ARE EVIL. SPEND TAX PAYER DOLLARS TO HARASS THEM, MAYBE PUT THEM IN JAIL. CERTAINLY USE THE LAW TO HARASS THEM WITH THE MIGHT OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO TEACH THEM THE PERILS OF CRITICIZING OUR BELOVED LEADER. The Department of Justice is going after the Facebook accounts of anti-Trump activists Mic.com Alison Durkee Sep 29th 2017 2:01PM The Department of Justice is targeting the Facebook information of three anti-Trump activists — and many more might be exposed in the process. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed a motion on behalf of the targeted activists Thursday, the Department of Justice obtained three separate search warrants in February for the Facebook page of activist organization DisruptJ20 — now calledResist This — which is owned by Emmelia Talarico, as well as the personal Facebook accounts for Lacy MacAuley and Legba Carrefour. DisruptJ20 organized protests against President Donald Trump during his inauguration in Washington, D.C., and the targeted individuals have been described by their attorneys as “anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organized events and who are generally very critical of this administration’s policies,” according to CNN. The government’s warrants are requesting full access for 90 days to the Facebook pages’ activities between Nov. 1 and Feb. 9, when the warrants were first issued. The warrants initially had a gag order that prevented Facebook from notifying the individuals about the government seizing their information, CNN noted. It was then lifted in mid-September, prompting the ACLU’s legal response. “In short, the warrants sought a complete record of anything the three users communicated or received from a third party via Facebook, everyone with whom the users associated via Facebook and everything the users searched for on Facebook, during the specified time period,” the ACLU filing reports. AdChoices The ACLU’s filing to quash the government’s warrants cites the “overbroad” nature of the warrant as violating the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government” and requires warrants to “particularly [describe] the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” “My Facebook page contains the most private aspects of my life — and also a frightening amount of information on the people in my life. There are intimate details of my love life, family and things the federal government just doesn’t need to see,” MacAuley said in a statement. “Jeff Sessions doesn’t need to see my family photos.” While only three people may have been officially targeted, the broad nature of the warrants means that many more could have their information exposed, the ACLU filing noted. In addition to Facebook users who have interacted directly with the targeted accounts, the government’s access to the DisruptJ20 page would include seeing everyone who liked the organization’s Facebook page as of February — approximately 6,000 people, according to the ACLU — revealing their “political predilections” against the current administration. “What is particularly chilling about these warrants is that anti-administration political activists are going to have their political associations and views scrutinized by the very administration they are protesting,” ACLU attorney Scott Michelman said, as quoted by CNN. This isn’t the first time that DisruptJ20’s online supporters have been targeted by the government in the wake of Trump’s inauguration. The Justice Department has also issued search warrants to DreamHost targeting DisruptJ20’s website and those who have interacted with it. Though the government initially wanted access to every IP address that merely clicked on the organization’s website, the warrant has since been modified to simply demand information about membership lists and the email accounts of users who had signed up to the website, CNN noted. | |
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| 09-29-17 02:10pm - 2547 days | #5 | |
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merc77 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 291 Registered: Apr 17, '16 |
The current federal tax bracket is: 10% $0 to $9,325 10% of Taxable Income 15% $9,325 to $37,950 $932.50 plus 15% of the excess over $9325 25% $37,950 to $91,900 $5,226.25 plus 25% of the excess over $37,950 28% $91,900 to $191,650 $18,713.75 plus 28% of the excess over $91,900 33% $191,650 to $416,700 $46,643.75 plus 33% of the excess over $191,650 35% $416,700 to $418,400 $120,910.25 plus 35% of the excess over $416,700 39.60% $418,400+ $121,505.25 plus 39.6% of the excess over $418,400 The proposed tax brackets will be*: 12% 25% 35% *Income levels not revealed The top tax bracket gets a 4.6% tax cut so it does affect Mr Trump. However, Mr Trump noticed the lowest tax bracket was raised so they will increase the tax rates on the poorest of Americans. This tax plan is dead in the water... "Dogs think people are Gods. Cats don't as they know better." - Kedi (2016) Dogs have masters; Cats have staff. | |
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| 09-29-17 03:31pm - 2547 days | #6 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE: 9-28-2017 TRUMP SAYS THE NEW TAX PLAN WOULD NOT BENEFIT HIM. BUT A STUDY BY TAX EXPERTS SAYS TRUMP WOULD SAVE OVER $1 BILLION WITH HIS NEW TAX PLAN. TRUMP ALSO SAYS THE NEW TAX PLAN WOULD NOT BENEFIT THE VERY WEALTHY. I GUESS THAT TRUMP BELIEVES THAT REDUCING THE TAX ON THE VERY WEALTHY BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS NOT A BENEFIT, BECAUSE GREAT WEALTH IS A BURDEN ON THE WEALTHY, WHO SHOULD BE ADMIRED FOR THEIR STAMINA OF HOLDING SUCH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. IN OTHER WORDS: TRUMP HAS THE INTEGRITY OF A GREAT BUSINESSMAN OR POLITICIAN. THE MORE HE CHARGES YOU, THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE. ============ ============ Trump Could Save More Than $1 Billion Under His New Tax Plan By JESSE DRUCKER and NADJA POPOVICH SEPT. 28, 2017 Highlighted areas show what parts of President Trump’s 2005 tax return could have been affected by the new tax plan. President Trump could cut his tax bills by more than $1.1 billion, including saving tens of millions of dollars in a single year, under his proposed tax changes, a New York Times analysis has found. On Wednesday, the White House announced a sweeping plan to cut a variety of taxes that would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy. The estimate of Mr. Trump’s savings is based in part on information from his 2005 federal tax return. The analysis compares what his tax burden would be under current law with what it would be under the proposal. Mr. Trump’s 2005 return is the most recent available publicly and was released in March by David Cay Johnston on the website DCReport.org. The Times’s figure also relies on an estimate of Mr. Trump’s net worth, calculated by the Bloomberg Billionaire’s Index to be $2.86 billion. “I don’t benefit. I don’t benefit,” Mr. Trump said on Wednesday. “In fact, very, very strongly, as you see, I think there’s very little benefit for people of wealth.” In fact, high-income earners like Mr. Trump are likely to benefit disproportionately if the White House proposal becomes law. The estimates, calculated with the help of Robert Willens, an accounting expert, and Stephen Breitstone, a tax lawyer, provide a view into precisely how. Savings of about $1.1 billion from repealing the estate tax Though it would not be reflected on his income tax return, Mr. Trump’s proposal to eliminate the estate tax would generate the largest tax savings. If his assets — reportedly valued at $2.86 billion — were transferred after his death under today’s rules, his estate would be taxed at about 40 percent. Repealing the federal estate tax could save his family about $1.1 billion, though it could still be subject to New York estate taxes. Savings of $31 million from repealing the alternative minimum tax 45.png Line 45 of Mr. Trump’s 2005 tax return shows he paid $31.3 million because of the alternative minimum tax. The decades-old alternative minimum tax is meant to prevent America’s wealthiest from using deductions to pay very low or no federal income tax. In 2005, it accounted for about 80 percent of Mr. Trump’s overall income tax payment. His plan to repeal the tax would save him $31.3 million. Savings of about $16 million from taxing certain types of business income at 25 percent 12_17.png Lines 12 and 17 of Mr. Trump’s tax return show the income he earned from businesses, rental real estate and other kinds of business partnerships, totaling $109.76 million. Mr. Trump’s proposed changes could allow individuals to qualify for a significantly reduced tax rate of 25 percent on certain types of income they receive through business partnerships and similar entities. That is up from the original proposal in April of 15 percent, but far lower than the top tax rates currently faced by high-income earners of 39.6 percent. Mr. Trump could save as much as $6.2 million on business income and $9.8 million on income from real estate and other kinds of partnerships under this plan, compared with his tax burden under current law. (In 2005, much of this taxable income was offset by a $103.2 million write-down in business losses.) The proposal released Wednesday “contemplates” that Congress will adopt measures to prevent the wealthy from recharacterizing their income to take advantage of the new, lower rate and avoid the top personal rate. If that happens, it could have a big effect on Mr. Trump’s tax bill. Savings of about $0.5 million from cutting the highest tax rate 7_8a_9a.png Lines 7, 8a and 9a show $10.79 million in wages, taxable interest and ordinary dividends that Mr. Trump earned in 2005. The proposal to reduce the highest tax rate to 35 percent from 39.6 percent would save high-income earners similar to Mr. Trump a relatively small amount compared with the repeal of the alternative minimum tax. The $500,000 in savings is a rough estimate because Mr. Trump has not specified income levels for his proposed tax brackets. Increase of $3 million to $5 million in taxes from repealing most deductions 40.png Line 40 shows Mr. Trump itemized his deductions instead of using the standard tax deduction, claiming $17 million. Mr. Trump would probably lose most of the deductions he reported in 2005. Depending on his effective tax rate under the proposal, Mr. Trump could pay roughly $3 million to $5 million more in taxes. As a resident of New York City, the largest portion of Mr. Trump’s deductions probably came from his local and state income taxes. Under his proposal, mortgage interest and charitable giving would still be deductible. Additional reporting by Audrey Carlsen.  2017 The New York Times Company | |
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| 09-29-17 03:45pm - 2547 days | #7 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
BUSINESS MORALITY/TRUTH CAN BE STRANGE. MY MOTHER HAD A HEALTH CARE PLAN FROM AN HMO. THEY SENT HER A LETTER: THEY SAID THEY WERE REDUCING HER COVERAGE. BUT RAISING HER MONTHLY RATE. THE CHANGES WERE FOR HER BENEFIT, THEY SAID. THE REASON WAS THAT THE HMO WOULD GAIN INCREASED FINANCIAL STRENGTH, SO MY MOTHER WOULD BENEFIT. REDUCED COVERAGE, HIGHER PREMIUMS. FOR HER BENEFIT? | |
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| 09-29-17 05:58pm - 2547 days | #8 | |
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merc77 (0)
Disabled User Posts: 291 Registered: Apr 17, '16 |
It is interesting to note how much the Republicans screamed about huge deficits during the Obama Administration. These yuge tax cuts will add trillions to the deficit and they say nothing. Can you say hypocrisy? "Dogs think people are Gods. Cats don't as they know better." - Kedi (2016) Dogs have masters; Cats have staff. | |
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| 09-30-17 08:44am - 2546 days | #9 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
TRUMP'S KINDNESS HAS A LIMIT. TRUMP HAS BENT OVER BACKWARD, TRYING TO HELP PUERTO RICO. BUT THE MAYOR OF PUERTO RICO IS BEGGING FOR MORE AID, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND DYING FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE HURRICANE. IN RESPONSE TO THE CRITICISM BY PUERTO RICO'S MAYOR, WHO IS A WOMAN, AFTER ALL, TRUMP, THE MAN, OUR PRESIDENT, TWEETS THAT PUERTO RICANS HAVE POOR LEADERSHIP. WHY DOESN'T TRUMP DROP A NUCLEAR BOMB ON PUERTO RICO, TO END THEIR SUFFERING? TRUMP LOVES PEOPLE. EVEN WHEN THEY DON'T LOVE HIM. TRUMP HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB HELPING PUERTO RICO. HE EVEN SAYS THIS HIMSELF. SO YOU KNOW IT MUST BE TRUE. ============= ============= Puerto Rico crisis: San Juan mayor pleads for federal aid, Trump hits back NBC news PHIL HELSEL and SAPHORA SMITH Sep 30th 2017 8:11AM X The mayor of Puerto Rico's largest city earned a rebuke from President Donald Trump Saturday after pleading more federal assistance in the wake of Hurricane Maria. "We are dying, and you are killing us with the inefficiency, and the bureaucracy," San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said Friday at a news conference. She highlighted donations from companies and others, including 200,000 pounds of food donated by Goya, as a contrast to federal help. "This is what we got last night. Four pallets of water, three pallets of meals, and 12 pallets of infant food — which, I gave them to the people of Comerio, where people are drinking off a creek," she said. "So I am done being polite. I am done being politically correct. I am mad as hell." Criticism has been mounting over the Trump administration’s response to what is being called an unfolding humanitarian crisis, with some likening the situation to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. However, Trump hit back early Saturday, accusing Cruz of "poor leadership ability" and criticizing Puerto Rican officials. "They want everything to be done for them when it should be a community effort," he wrote on Twitter. "10,000 federal workers now on island doing a good job." Hurricane Maria knocked out power to most of Puerto Rico when it struck as a Category 4 storm on Sept. 20. The storm came on the heels of Hurricane Irma, which skirted past the island but still knocked out power to more than 1 million. Some 18 people have been confirmed dead in Puerto Rico in the wake of the storm, while 16 died on the island of Dominica and one on the French territory of Guadeloupe. Initially, the Trump administration named a one-star general to run U.S. military operations, then upgraded the command to three-star Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, who headed to Puerto Rico on Thursday. An Army spokesperson said that as of 4 p.m. ET Friday the Army has more than 4,900 soldiers and Army Corps of Engineers civilian personnel in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which were also hit by the hurricane. Thirty aircraft and more than 500 trucks are committed to relief efforts, the spokesperson said. The National Guard said it projects 1,400 guard forces will be sent to Puerto Rico over the next four days. The Federal Emergency Management Agency said this week that Puerto Rico has received 4.4 million meal kits, 6.5 million liters of water. Yulín Cruz said help has not been reaching residents quickly enough. She said FEMA "has collapsed" in Puerto Rico. "I cannot fathom the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out logistics for a small island of 100 miles by 35 miles," she said. "If we don't get the food and the water into people's hands, we are going to see something close to a genocide," she said later. "I am asking the president of the United States to make sure somebody is in charge that is up to the task of saving lives," Yulín Cruz said. FEMA Administrator Brock Long said on MSNBC Friday that progress is being made. He said airport and port capacity is increasing. "We are making progress, every day capacity is coming open," he said. "We've worked to clear 11 highways, we’re continuing to push forward and open up those arteries to be able to pump more in," Long said. "The bottom line is that the capacity will continue to increase." President Donald Trump has praised the government’s response after the hurricane. “We have done an incredible job, considering there’s absolutely nothing to work with,” Trump said, adding that “the power grid is gone." Vice President Mike Pence tweeted Friday that he had called the Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rossello, "to ensure we're doing all we can to back his recovery efforts." The vice president also announced that he would travel to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands next week. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke said Friday that "clearly, the situation here in Puerto Rico after the devastating hurricane is not satisfactory, but together we are getting there.” Florida Governor Rick Scott said Friday he was offering military support to help with the recovery operation on the island. The governor, whose own state was hit by Hurricane Irma earlier this month, said Florida's National Guard was assisting with coordination of the emergency response. | |
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| 09-30-17 12:31pm - 2546 days | #10 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
WHILE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, TRUMP PROMISED HE WOULD NEVER TAKE A VACATION WHILE SERVING AS PRESIDENT. HOWEVER, THE FACTS TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. TRUMP REPEATEDLY CRITICIZED OBAMA FOR TAKING VACATIONS WHILE OBAMA WAS PRESIDENT. BUT AS OF AUG 4, 2017, TRUMP HAS TAKEN FAR MORE VACATIONS THAN OBAMA DID IN THE SAME TIME PERIOD OF HIS PRESIDENCY. ============================= Donald Trump has taken off three times as much holiday as Barack Obama The US President regularly criticised his predecessor, Barack Obama, for taking time off Gabriel Samuels @gabs_samuels Friday 4 August 2017 09:36 BST Donald Trump, who regularly condemned Barack Obama for taking too much time off, has now enjoyed more than three times as many holiday days as his predecessor had enjoyed at the same stage in his tenure. The US president announced he is to spend the next 17 days at his private golf club in New Jersey. It means that by the end of August, Mr Trump will have taken 53 days of leisure, since his inauguration in January, while Mr Obama had taken 15 days during the same time span, according to The Washington Post. The US leader has spent 13 of his 28 weekends away from the White House - mostly at his Mar-a- Lago resort in Florida’s Palm Beach or in Bedminster, New Jersey. His aides described the latest break as a “working vacation”, saying it will be similar to the time he hosted Shinzo Abe of Japan at his luxury Florida resort. They also pointed out that the holiday is partly driven by necessity, as the White House is to be vacated of staff to allow for heating maintenance works. It comes shortly after it emerged that Mr Trump will have played at least 33 rounds of golf since taking office, nearly double the 17 rounds Mr Obama played over the same period. It has been reported that the current president's aides have declined to report the full extent of his golfing activity. In his 2004 book Think Like a Billionaire, Mr Trump wrote: “Don’t take vacations. What’s the point? If you’re not enjoying your work, you’re doing the wrong job.” He tweeted the quote in 2012 as part of a long string of attacks on Mr Obama’s vacation habits. “Can you believe that, with all of the problems and difficulties facing the US, President Obama spent the day playing golf?”, Mr Trump asked in 2014. In a similar attack two years earlier, he tweeted: “President Obama's vacation is costing taxpayers millions of dollars - unbelievable!”. Mr Trump's trips have already cost the taxpayer $30m (£22.9m) on private travel to his estates, according an estimate from the liberal think tank, Center for American Progress. Donald Trump's international Presidential trips Much of this has gone on round the clock secret service protection, as well as coast guards and other agencies. Travel costs for his entourage have also raised costs. Mr Obama incurred costs of $100m (£76m) during his eight years in power, the group said. Mr Trump is notably guarded about his golf trips. Pool reporters assigned to cover his movements are left outside the club, and often are not told what the President plans to do inside, despite him arriving in slacks and golf shoes. | |
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| 10-02-17 05:40pm - 2544 days | #11 | |
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pat362 (0)
Active User  Posts: 3,575 Registered: Jan 23, '07 Location: canada |
MY GENERAL VIEW ON DONALD TRUMP AS IT PERTAINS TO HIS PRESIDENCY IS THAT IF HE ACCUSED ANYONE OF DOING SOMETHING THEN YOU ARE ALMOST GUARANTEED THAT HE HAS DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR AND MORE THAN LIKELY THAT IT'S WORSE. IN FACT WITH TRUMP YOU SHOULD ALWAYS ASSUME THAT IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THOUGHT BECAUSE YOU WILL BE RIGHT MORE OFTEN THAN YOUR ARE WRONG. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HE WILL DO AND SAY IN THE DAYS TO COME ABOUT THE MASS SHOOTING IN VEGAS. Long live the Brown Coats. | |
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| 10-02-17 07:51pm - 2544 days | #12 | |
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mbaya (0)
Suspended  Posts: 891 Registered: Jul 07, '08 Location: new jersey |
I expect that Trump will be very supportive and a unifier. I doubt his reaction would be the same if this had been a hip hop concert or one that had a crowd that was predominantly Hispanic. | |
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| 10-17-17 04:08pm - 2529 days | #13 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
Business Insider Allan Smith Oct 17th 2017 1:53PM President Donald Trump responded Tuesday to Republican Sen. John McCain's pointed Monday night speech, suggesting that the senator should "be careful" because Trump will "fight back." "I hear everything," Trump told WMAL radio when asked if he heard what McCain said in his speech Monday. "People have to be careful because at some point I fight back." In his Philadelphia speech, where McCain was to accept the National Constitution Center's Liberty Medal in recognition of his service to the US, McCain blasted "half-baked, spurious nationalism." "To refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last, best hope of Earth for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history," McCain said. He added that "we live in a land made of ideals, not blood and soil," referencing a Nazi slogan that white nationalists chanted during a Charlottesville, Virginia, rally in August. "We have a moral obligation to continue in our just cause, and we would bring more than shame on ourselves if we don't," McCain continued. McCain responded to Trump's comments on Tuesday, denying that he was attacking the president specifically but also saying that he's "faced some pretty tough adversaries in the past." "I'm not interested in confronting the president," he said. "I'm interested in working with the president." McCain said that he was referring to "America Firsters" in his Monday speech. "America First" is a slogan Trump has often used to describe his foreign policy agenda. McCain and Trump have often been at odds during Trump's presidency. The senator was the decisive vote that crushed the Republican healthcare effort this summer, and he has often been publicly critical of Trump. In turn, Trump has chastised McCain. Elsewhere on Tuesday, 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who lost to McCain in the 2008 Republican presidential primary, took to Twitter to call the Arizona Republican's speech "Lincolnesque." "Ran against him, sometimes disagree, but proud to be a friend of @SenJohnMcCain: hero, champion of character and last night, Lincolnesque," he tweeted. | |
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| 10-18-17 08:28am - 2528 days | #14 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
WHO YOU GONNA BELIEVE (THE OLD GHOSTBUSTERS CLAIM TO FAME, REPHRASED). POTUS, OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT IN RESIDENCE, SAYS A CONGRESSMAN MADE FAKE NEWS WHEN THE CONGRESSWOMAN TOLD THE STORY ABOUT TRUMP BEING INSENSITIVE TO A WAR WIDOW. TRUMP IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SENSITIVE MEN ALIVE, FAMOUS FOR SINGLING OUT ANY AND EVERY PERSON WHO MIGHT HAVE SLIGHTED HIM. LOOSE LIPS MIGHT SINK SHIPS, BUT BEWARE THE POWER OF THE TWEET! FLORIDA REP. FREDERICA WILSON IS QUAKING IN HER BOOTS, AFTER TRUMP EXPOSED THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S LIES. ========= ========= Trump says congresswoman 'totally fabricated' story that he told a soldier's widow 'he knew what he signed up for' Business Insider Alex Lockie Oct 18th 2017 8:06AM President Donald Trump denied Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson's claim that he told the wife of a soldier slain in an attack on US forces in Niger that the soldier "knew what he signed up for." "Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!" Trump tweeted Wednesday morning. Wilson told local ABC affiliate WPLG that when Trump spoke to Myeshia Johnson — the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the four US Army Special Forces troops killed in action during a mission in the African country of Niger earlier this month — Trump said, "He knew what he signed up for ... but when it happens, it hurts anyway." "It's so insensitive. He should have not have said that. He shouldn't have said it." Wilson told later CNN's Don Lemon. Wilson claimed to have overheard Trump say it as she rode with Johnson on the way to the airport to receive the fallen soldier's body. | |
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| 10-18-17 09:15am - 2528 days | #15 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
TRUMP WANTS INCREASED NUCLEAR MISSILE TO DROP ON OUR ENEMIES. SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON CALLS TRUMP A MORON. ===== ===== Trump wanted tenfold increase in nuclear arsenal, surprising military NBC News COURTNEY KUBE, KRISTEN WELKER, CAROL E. LEE and SAVANNAH GUTHRIE Oct 11th 2017 8:00AM WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he wanted what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase in the U.S. nuclear arsenal during a gathering this past summer of the nation's highest ranking national security leaders, according to three officials who were in the room. Trump's comments, the officials said, came in response to a briefing slide he was shown that charted the steady reduction of U.S. nuclear weapons since the late 1960s. Trump indicated he wanted a bigger stockpile, not the bottom position on that downward-sloping curve. According to the officials present, Trump's advisers, among them the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, were surprised. Officials briefly explained the legal and practical impediments to a nuclear buildup and how the current military posture is stronger than it was at the height of the build-up. In interviews, they told NBC News that no such expansion is planned. The July 20 meeting was described as a lengthy and sometimes tense review of worldwide U.S. forces and operations. It was soon after the meeting broke up that officials who remained behind heard Tillerson say that Trump is a "moron." Revelations of Trump's comments that day come as the U.S. is locked in a high-stakes standoff with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions and is poised to set off a fresh confrontation with Iran by not certifying to Congress that Tehran is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Trump convened a meeting Tuesday with his national security team in which they discussed "a range of options to respond to any form of North Korean aggression or, if necessary, to prevent North Korea from threatening the U.S. and its allies with nuclear weapons," according to the White House. The president's comments during the Pentagon meeting in July came in response to a chart shown during the meeting on the history of the U.S. and Russia's nuclear capabilities that showed America's stockpile at its peak in the late 1960s, the officials said. Some officials present said they did not take Trump's desire for more nuclear weapons to be literally instructing the military to increase the actual numbers. But his comments raised questions about his familiarity with the nuclear posture and other issues, officials said. Two officials present said that at multiple points in the discussion, the president expressed a desire not just for more nuclear weapons, but for additional U.S. troops and military equipment. Any increase in America's nuclear arsenal would not only break with decades of U.S. nuclear doctrine but also violate international disarmament treaties signed by every president since Ronald Reagan. Nonproliferation experts warned that such a move could set off a global arms race. "If he were to increase the numbers, the Russians would match him, and the Chinese" would ramp up their nuclear ambitions, Joe Cirincione, a nuclear expert and MSNBC contributor, said, referring to the president. "There hasn't been a military mission that's required a nuclear weapon in 71 years," Cirincione said. Details of the July 20 meeting, which have not been previously reported, shed additional light on tensions among the commander-in-chief, members of his Cabinet and the uniformed leadership of the Pentagon stemming from vastly different world views, experiences and knowledge bases. Moreover, the president's comments reveal that Trump, who suggested before his inauguration that the U.S. "must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability," voiced that desire as commander-in-chief directly to the military leadership in the heart of the Pentagon this summer. Some officials in the Pentagon meeting were rattled by the president's desire for more nuclear weapons and his understanding of other national security issues from the Korean peninsula to Iraq and Afghanistan, the officials said. That meeting followed one held a day earlier in the White House Situation Room focused on Afghanistan in which the president stunned some of his national security team. At that July 19 meeting, according to senior administration officials, Trump asked military leaders to fire the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and compared their advice to that of a New York restaurant consultant whose poor judgment cost a business valuable time and money. Two people familiar with the discussion said the Situation Room meeting, in which the president's advisers anticipated he would sign off on a new Afghanistan strategy, was so unproductive that the advisers decided to continue the discussion at the Pentagon the next day in a smaller setting where the president could perhaps be more focused. "It wasn't just the number of people. It was the idea of focus," according to one person familiar with the discussion. The thinking was: "Maybe we need to slow down a little and explain the whole world" from a big-picture perspective, this person said. The Pentagon meeting was also attended by Vice President Mike Pence, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford, Vice Chairman Gen. Paul Selva, Undersecretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, Stephen Bannon, who served then as Trump's chief strategist, Jared Kushner who is a senior adviser to the president and Reince Preibus who was then chief of staff. Sean Spicer who was then White House spokesman, and Keith Schiller who was Director of Oval Office Operations at the time, also accompanied Trump to the Pentagon that day. Asked for a response to the president's comments, a White House official speaking only on the condition of anonymity, said that the nuclear arsenal was not a primary topic of the briefing. Dana White, spokesperson for the Pentagon said "the Secretary of Defense has many closed sessions with the president and his cabinet members. Those conversations are privileged." At the time of the meeting, White told reporters the meeting "covered the planet," and that the president's advisers "went around the world," outlining what she described as the challenges and opportunities for the U.S. Two senior administration officials said the president's advisers outlined the reasons an expansion of America's nuclear arsenal is not feasible. They pointed to treaty obligations and budget restraints and noted to him that today's total conventional and nonconventional military arsenal leaves the U.S. in a stronger defense posture than it was when the nuclear arsenal alone was larger. Still, officials said they are working to address the president's concerns within the Nuclear Posture Review, which is expected to be finalized by the end of 2017 or early next year. "He's all in for modernization," one official said. "His concerns are the U.S. stopped investing in this." Officials present said that Trump's comments on a significantly increased arsenal came in response to a briefing slide that outlined America's nuclear stockpile over the past 70 years. The president referenced the highest number on the chart — about 32,000 in the late 1960s — and told his team he wanted the U.S. to have that many now, officials said. The U.S. currently has around 4,000 nuclear warheads in its military stockpile, according to the Federation of American Scientists. The Pentagon is currently undergoing the long-planned posture review. Modernizing the arsenal is a step presidents continuously take that doesn't put the U.S. in violation of treaty obligations, Cirincione said. "You don't get in trouble for modernizing. You do get in trouble if you do one of two things: if you increase the numbers. The strategic weapons are treaty limited. Two, if you build a new type of weapon that is prohibited by a treaty," he said. It's unclear which portion of the Pentagon briefing prompted Tillerson to call the president a "moron" after the meeting broke up and some advisers were gathered around. Officials who attended the two-hour session said it included a number of tense exchanges. At one point, Trump responded to a presentation on the U.S. military presence in South Korea by asking why South Koreans aren't more appreciative and welcoming of American defense aid. The comment prompted intervention from a senior military official in the room to explain the overall relationship and why such help is ultimately beneficial to U.S. national security interests. Trump has been inconsistent with regards to his stance on nuclear weapons. At one of the earliest Republican debates, in December of 2015, then-candidate Trump seemed to stumble through a question about the nuclear triad, the land, air, and sea-based systems present in a traditional nuclear arsenal. Asked three months later about U.S. policy on nonproliferation, Trump said on CNN: "Maybe it's going to have to be time to change, because so many people, you have Pakistan has it, you have China has it." | |
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| 10-18-17 09:32am - 2528 days | #16 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Family of slain sergeant says Trump showed "disrespect" [Associated Press] Jonathan Lemire and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Associated PressOctober 18, 2017 WASHINGTON (AP) -- The mother of an Army sergeant killed in Niger said Wednesday that President Donald Trump, in a call offering condolences, showed "disrespect" to the soldier's loved ones as they drove to the airport to meet his body. Trump, engulfed in controversy over the appropriate way for presidents to show compassion for slain soldiers, strongly disputed that account. Sgt. La David Johnson was one of four American military personnel killed nearly two weeks ago whose families had not heard from Trump until Tuesday. Rep. Frederica Wilson said that Trump told the widow that Johnson "knew what he signed up for." The Florida Democrat said she was in the car with the widow, Myeshia Johnson, on the way to Miami International Airport to meet the body when Trump called. La David Johnson's mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, told The Associated Press Wednesday that the congresswoman's account was correct. "Yes the statement is true," Jones-Johnson said. "I was in the car and I heard the full conversation. That's simply not so, Trump said Wednesday. He declared on Twitter: "Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!" And in a White House meeting on tax reform, Trump said that he "didn't say what that congresswoman said, didn't say it at all. She knows it." Wilson did not back down from her account, suggesting that Trump "never wants to take ownership" of a mistake. "If you are the leader of the free world, if you are president of the United States and you want to convey sympathy to a grieving family, a grieving widow, you choose your words carefully," Wilson told the Associated Press Wednesday. "And everyone knows that Donald Trump does not choose his words carefully." "She was crying for the whole time," Wilson said of the new widow. "And the worst part of it: when he hung up you know what she turned to me and said? She said he didn't even remember his name." Like presidents before him, Trump has made personal contact with some families of the fallen but not all. What's different is that Trump, alone among them, has picked a political fight over who's done better to honor the war dead and their families. He placed himself at the top of the list, saying on Tuesday, "I think I've called every family of someone who's died" while past presidents didn't place such calls. But The Associated Press found relatives of two soldiers who died overseas during Trump's presidency who said they never received a call or a letter from him, as well as relatives of a third who did not get a call. And proof is plentiful that Barack Obama and George W. Bush — saddled with far more combat casualties than the roughly two dozen so far under Trump, took painstaking steps to write, call or meet bereaved military families. After her Army son died in an armored vehicle rollover in Syria in May, Sheila Murphy says, she got no call or letter from Trump, even as she waited months for his condolences and wrote him that "some days I don't want to live." In contrast, Trump called to comfort Eddie and Aldene Lee about 10 days after their Army son was killed in an explosion while on patrol in Iraq in April. "Lovely young man," Trump said, according to Aldene. She thought that was a beautiful word to hear about her boy, "lovely." Trump's delay in publicly discussing the men lost at Niger did not appear to be extraordinary, judging from past examples, but his politicization of the matter is. He went so far Tuesday as to cite the death of chief of staff John Kelly's son in Afghanistan to question whether Obama had properly honored the war dead. Kelly was a Marine general under Obama when his Marine son Robert died in 2010. "You could ask General Kelly, did he get a call from Obama?" Trump said on Fox News radio. A White House official said later that Obama did not call Kelly but not respond to questions whether some other sort of outreach was made. Kelly, who was absent from a pair of public White House events on Tuesday, was sitting near the president in his tax reform meeting on Wednesday but did not address reporters. Democrats and some former government officials were livid, accusing Trump of "inane cruelty" and a "sick game." Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, an Iraq veteran who lost both legs when her helicopter was attacked, said: "I just wish that this commander in chief would stop using Gold Star families as pawns in whatever sick game he's trying to play here." For their part, Gold Star families, which have lost members in wartime, told AP of acts of intimate kindness from Obama and Bush when those commanders in chief consoled them. Trump initially claimed that only he among presidents made sure to call families. Obama may have done so on occasion, he said, but "other presidents did not call." He equivocated Tuesday as the record made plain that his characterization was false. "I don't know," he said of past calls. But he said his own practice was to call all families of the war dead. But that hasn't happened. No White House protocol demands that presidents speak or meet with the families of Americans killed in action — an impossible task in a war's bloodiest stages. But they often do. Altogether some 6,900 Americans have been killed in overseas wars since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the overwhelming majority under Bush and Obama. Despite the much heavier toll on his watch — more than 800 dead each year from 2004 through 2007 — Bush wrote to all bereaved military families and met or spoke with hundreds if not thousands, said his spokesman, Freddy Ford. Veterans groups said they had no quarrel with how presidents have recognized the fallen or their families. "I don't think there is any president I know of who hasn't called families," said Rick Weidman, co-founder and executive director of Vietnam Veterans of America. "President Obama called often and President Bush called often. They also made regular visits to Walter Reed and Bethesda Medical Center, going in the evenings and on Saturdays." Trump feuded with one Gold Star family during last year's campaign, assailing the parents of slain Army Capt. Humayun Khan, who died in Iraq in 2004, after they criticized him from the stage at the Democratic National Convention. ___ Lemire reported from New York. Associated Press writers Jennifer Kay in Miami, Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia. Jonathan Drew in Raleigh, North Carolina, Kristen de Groot in Philadelphia, Jennifer McDermott in Providence, Rhode Island, Michelle Price in Salt Lake City, and Hope Yen and Robert Burns in Washington contributed to this report. | |
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| 10-18-17 09:40am - 2528 days | #17 | |
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To quote Secretary of State Rex Tillerson: Fucking moron! "Dogs think people are Gods. Cats don't as they know better." - Kedi (2016) Dogs have masters; Cats have staff. | |
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| 10-18-17 09:54am - 2528 days | #18 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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ARTICLE BELOW READS MORE LIKE A POORLY WRITTEN SPY NOVEL FROM THE 1960s. THE COLD WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE US IS LONG PAST. BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF DIRTY TRICKS (RUSSIA'S, AND MAYBE THE U.S. AS WELL) IS ALIVE AND WELL. ========= ========= Search Aol.com 'Our task was to set Americans against their own government': Details emerge on Russia's troll farm Business Insider Sonam Sheth Oct 18th 2017 7:34AM Recently-revealed details about how an infamous Russian "troll farm" operated and its role in Russia's disinformation campaign shed new light on Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential race. One former troll, who was interviewed by the independent Russian news outlet Dozhd and went by "Maxim," or Max, spoke of his experience working for the Internet Research Agency, a well-researched Russian "troll farm" located in St. Petersburg, whose function is to spread pro-Russian propaganda and sow political discord in nations perceived as hostile to Russia. The secretive firm is bankrolled by Yevgeny Prigozhin, CNN reported, a Russian oligarch and close ally of President Vladimir Putin. Up to a third of the IRA's staff was tasked with interfering in US political conversation during the 2016 election, according to an investigation conducted by Russian news agency RBC and detailed by Meduza. The IRA, Max told Dozhd, consisted of a "Russian desk" and a "foreign desk." The Russian desk was primarily made up of bots and trolls, which used fake social-media accounts to flood the internet with pro-Trump agitprop and made-up news throughout the campaign, especially in the days leading up to the election. The foreign desk had a more sophisticated purpose, according to Max, who worked in that department. "It’s not just writing ‘Obama is a monkey’ and ‘Putin is great.’ They’ll even fine you for that kind of [primitive] stuff," he told Dozhd. In fact, those who worked for the foreign desk were restricted from spreading pro-Russia propaganda. Rather, Max said, their job was more qualitative and was geared towards understanding the "nuances" of American politics to "rock the boat" on divisive issues like gun control and LGBT rights. "Our goal wasn’t to turn the Americans toward Russia," he added. "Our task was to set Americans against their own government: to provoke unrest and discontent, and to lower Obama’s support ratings." The IRA had an entire department, called the "Department of Provocations," that was dedicated to that goal: its primary objective was to disseminate fake news and sow discord in the West, according to CNN. The troll farm also had its own "Facebook desk," whose function was to relentlessly push back against the platform's administrators who deleted fake accounts as they began gaining traction. When IRA employees argued against having their accounts deleted, Max said, Facebook staffers would write back, "You are trolls." The trolls would in turn invoke the First Amendment right to free speech — occasionally, they won the arguments. Facebook is currently at the center of congressional and FBI Russia probes, which are examining the extent to which Russia utilized social-media platforms to influence American political opinion. Facebook has turned over more than 3,000 Russian-bought ads to Congress. RBC's investigation found that in 2016, Russia's propaganda network on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter could have reached 30 million people per week, and a Columbia University social-media analyst published research which found that Russian propaganda may have been shared billions of times on Facebook alone. In addition to spreading fake news, Russian Facebook accounts went one step further by organizing events, rallies, and protests, some of which galvanized dozens of people. To be sure, RBC found that the IRA hired 100 American activists over the internet to hold 40 rallies across different US cities. Those people did not know they were working for a Russian organization, according to the investigation. | |
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| 10-18-17 10:24am - 2528 days | #19 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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The Washington Post Fallen soldier’s mother: ‘Trump did disrespect my son’ By Anne Gearan and Kristine Phillips October 18 at 1:10 PM The furor around Trump's call to a soldier's widow President Trump's response to the deaths of four soldiers in Niger is causing an uproar after Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla) said he told Sgt. La David Johnson's widow that her husband "knew what he was signing up for." (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) The mother of a soldier killed in an ambush in Africa said Wednesday that President Trump “did disrespect my son” with remarks in a condolence telephone call. Sgt. La David T. Johnson's mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, told The Washington Post that she was present during the call from the White House on Tuesday to Johnson's widow, Myeshia Johnson. Johnson's mother also stood by an account of the call from Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) that Trump told Johnson's widow that her husband “must have known what he signed up for.” “President Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband,” Jones-Johnson said. Trump lashed back. He denied Wilson's account in a Twitter message Wednesday. He said he had “proof” that the exchange did not go as Wilson had described. Trump did not elaborate, but the claim again raised questions about whether the president tapes calls and conversations. Later Wednesday, Trump expanded on his denial. “I didn't say what that congresswoman said; didn't say it all. She knows it,” Trump said when asked about the exchange by a reporter. “I had a very nice conversation with the woman, with the wife who was — sounded like a lovely woman. Did not say what the congresswoman said, and most people aren’t too surprised to hear that.” Trump spoke at a meeting at the White House with members of the Senate Finance Committee. Wilson had said that the Johnson family was “astonished” by Trump's remarks during the phone call, which Wilson said she heard via a speaker phone while riding in a car with the Johnson family. “She was crying the whole time, and when she hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’ That’s the hurting part.” Wilson told MSNBC on Wednesday that Johnson's widow was shaken by the exchange. Wilson went on to say Trump “was almost like joking. He said, ‘Well, I guess you knew’ — something to the effect that ‘he knew what he was getting into when he signed up, but I guess it hurts anyway.’ You know, just matter-of-factly, that this is what happens, anyone who is signing up for military duty is signing up to die. That’s the way we interpreted it. It was horrible. It was insensitive. It was absolutely crazy, unnecessary. I was livid.” “She was in tears. She was in tears. And she said, ‘He didn’t even remember his name.’” On Tuesday, Wilson told The Washington Post that Trump had told Johnson's widow, “He knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.” Wilson said she was riding in a limousine with Johnson when the president called, and said she heard the conversation on speakerphone. “He made her cry,” Wilson said. Jones-Johnson, speaking to The Post via Facebook Messenger, declined to elaborate. But asked whether Wilson's account of the conversation between Trump and the family was accurate, she replied: “Yes.” The White House did not confirm or deny Wilson’s account on Tuesday. “The President’s conversations with the families of American heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice are private,” a White House official said in a statement. The White House had said Tuesday that Trump placed calls Tuesday to the families of all four service members killed in Niger on Oct. 4. The calls followed Trump's claims Monday and Tuesday that his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama, had not often made such calls to families. Former Obama administration officials strongly dispute that claim, saying Obama engaged families of fallen service members in various ways throughout his presidency. Johnson, 25, of Miami Gardens, Fla., was found dead after initially being reported as missing after the attack. He was a driver assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) based in Fort Bragg, N.C. John Wagner and Philip Rucker contributed to this report. | |
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| 10-19-17 11:36am - 2527 days | #20 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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TRUMP AND NORTH KOREA IN WAR OF WORDS: WOULD NORTH KOREA ACTUALLY SEND NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST A U.S. TARGET? BUT TRUMP'S BRAVERY KNOWS NO LIMITS: HE'S NOT AFRAID TO RAG ON THE LITTLE ROCKET MAN, THREATENING NORTH KOREA WITH FIRE AND FURY. AFTER ALL, TRUMP IS A MAN WITH A VAST MILITARY BACKGROUND: TRUMP NEVER SERVED IN THE MILITARY. HE GOT 5 DRAFT DEFERMENTS: 4 FOR COLLEGE, ONE FOR BAD FEET. BUT SINCE HE WAS ALIVE AT THE TIME OF THE VIETNAM WAR, HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SMARTEST MILITARY ADVISORS WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE SERVES AS THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES. ====== ====== North Korea vows to unleash 'unimaginable' nuclear strike on US New York Daily News DENIS SLATTERY Oct 19th 2017 12:42PM North Korea issued another threat of nuclear annihilation against the U.S. on Thursday, vowing to unleash an “unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time.” The warning comes as American military forces conduct ongoing joint naval exercises with South Korea. “The U.S. is running amok by introducing under our nose the targets we have set as primary ones,” North Korean state news agency KCNA said in a statement. “The U.S. should expect that it would face unimaginable strike at an unimaginable time.” North Korea also targeted President Trump directly. “The rabid man in the White House … will first face the immense volley of nuclear fire if he hopes to settle (this) confrontation with nukes,” KCNA said. Trump has engaged in a heated war of words with the rogue nation since taking office. He has dubbed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Little Rocket Man” and threatening “fire and fury” as Pyongyang continues to pursue a nuclear arsenal. North Korea stepped up its missile tests and threatened to bomb the U.S. territory of Guam as Trump repeatedly vowed military actions following intelligence assessments that the country produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead. In recent months, North Korea has tested what it said were a thermonuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles. It has also launched two midrange missiles over Japan while threatening to fire similar weapons at Guam. North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador, Kim In Ryong, said Monday at the United Nations that the situation on the Korean Peninsula had “reached the touch-and-go point and a nuclear war may break out any moment.” Trump is preparing for a 12-day tour of Asia next month and the White House is debating whether or not the President will visit the demilitarized zone separating North and South Korea. Some administration officials fear a visit will stoke tensions, while others fear for the President’s safety, according to a Washington Post report. Officials in Seoul denied reports Thursday that South Korea president Moon Jae-in is opposed to Trump’s visit to the DMZ. | |
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| 11-01-17 02:40am - 2515 days | #21 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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2017-10-31 PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THE RESCUE. TRUMP RESPONDS TO NEW YORK CITY TERROR ATTACK, WHEN A DRIVER DELIBERATELY DROVE ONTO A BIKE LANE, KILLING AT LEAST 8 PEOPLE AND INJURING 12 MORE, ON 2017-10-31. TRUMP TWEETS THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IS FOLLOWING THIS CLOSELY. SO HAVE NO FEARS. THE STRONG ARM OF THE POTUS WILL DEFEND US FROM EVIL DOERS. JUST LIKE IN THE SUPER-HERO COMICS. HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP. EVIL MIGHT EXIST ELSEWHERE, BUT NOT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER TWEETS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HE WILL KEEP US SAFE.   | |
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| 11-01-17 09:10pm - 2514 days | #22 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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TRUMP'S LAWYER SAYS A SITTING PRESIDENT CANNOT BE SUED IN STATE COURT. TRUMP'S LAWYER ALSO SAYS THAT STATEMENTS MADE BY TRUMP DURING HIS PRESIDENTIAL RUN CANNOT BE JUDGED BASED ON FACT, BUT ON THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING BASED ON POLITICAL TRUTH (POLITICAL TRUTH IS WHATEVER LIES/STATEMENTS YOU WANT TO SAY). ====== ====== http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq...famation-law-1053758 November 01, 2017 11:15am PT by Eriq Gardner Trump Argues His Sexual Assault Denial Is "Political Speech" Outside Reach of Defamation Law The president's lawyer asks a judge to take a fairly broad reading of the First Amendment. Donald Trump's lawyer is presenting a theory on when politicians can be sued for defamation. Spoiler: It's fairly limited circumstances. The theory was outlined in court papers on Tuesday in an ongoing lawsuit by season-five Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, who alleges being forcibly kissed twice in 2007 and attacked in a hotel room. Zervos is suing over Trump's denials during the heat of his presidential campaign including a statement of how allegations from many female accusers were "100 percent fabricated and made-up charges, pushed strongly by the media and the Clinton campaign." Trump wants a New York state judge to stop the lawsuit on constitutional grounds by arguing the Supremacy Clause bars state lawsuits against a sitting president. If that argument doesn't work, Trump's lawyer is also asking the judge to take a fairly broad reading of the First Amendment by holding that whatever he said isn't defamatory as a matter of law. "Ms. Zervos cannot hold the President liable for engaging in political speech in the context of a public debate because such speech is clearly protected by the First Amendment," states Trump's memorandum in further support of a motion to dismiss. "Political statements in political contexts are non-actionable political opinion." Trump's denials of committing sexual assault happened after the release of a bombshell video showing him boasting to Access Hollywood's Billy Bush about grabbing women's genitals. The video ignited a firestorm, and as Trump denied any misbehavior, several women, including Zervos, came forward to identify themselves as victims. Trump issued more denials and even threatened to sue his accusers once the election was over. Trump never did sue, but he's now defending himself in court and presenting his statements as part of a "back and forth" public debate, even if the discussion over sexual assault hardly touched on any area of public policy. "This is a politically driven action, brought against a sitting President for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on political and public matters concerning, among other things, his own qualifications for President, the media’s role in the election process, and the tactics of his opponent, Hillary Clinton," writes his attorney, Marc Kasowitz. Kasowitz then puts forward the Trump theory on when politicians can be sued for defamation. "Contrary to Ms. Zervos’ argument, President Trump is not seeking 'blanket immunity' or 'carte blanche' for a candidate 'to say what he likes' 'in the midst of a political campaign[.]' As a matter of First Amendment principles, 'courts shelter strong, even outrageous' political speech, which the audience would reasonably view as part of a free, political discourse, rather than defamatory. However, there are limits to the 'wide latitude' campaign speech is given in defamation cases. For example a candidate’s specific, false allegations of criminal conduct might not be protected, as the cases Ms. Zervos cites demonstrate. But this case does not come anywhere close to that. Here, Mr. Trump was merely defending his character and qualifications for office from the false attacks Ms. Zervos leveled against him just a few weeks before the Presidential election." To restate, Trump says if a candidate falsely accuses someone else of criminal conduct, that's not protected. (Lock her up!) However, Trump essentially says if a candidate denies criminal conduct (because sexual assault is against the law), that's political opinion. Trump is a bit self-referential when it comes to legal support. About a week before Trump assumed the presidency, he beat a libel lawsuit over tweets directed at political strategist Cheryl Jacobus. The judge in the Jacobus case, in weighing Trump tweets how Jacobus "begged" for a job and had "zero credibility," concluded that "a reasonable reader would recognize defendants' statements as opinion, even if some of the statements, viewed in isolation, could be found to convey facts." In coming to that conclusion, the judge also remarked, "Indeed, to some, truth itself has been lost in the cacophony of online and Twitter verbiage to such a degree that it seems to roll of the national consciousness like water off a duck's back." The Jacobus decision is on appeal, but Trump's lawyer writes it is "directly on point," that it is relevant that "Ms. Zervos both directly and through her politically motivated counsel, continuously and readily accessed the media to debate Mr. Trump's fitness for office." For those who heard Trump's pledge to loosen libel laws to make it easier to sue the media, realize that whatever he pledged, it's far outstripped by reality. Here, Trump is not only holding the First Amendment up as his salvation and arguing a judge needs to create a safe space for political discourse, he's also asking the New York judge to import California's anti-SLAPP statute — which is designed to deter impingements of First Amendment activity — for the purposes of weighing Zervos' claims, shifting the burden of proof, and potentially winning attorneys' fees. If successful, Trump will have participated in gifting defamation defendants in the media capital even greater special protection. Eriq Gardner | |
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| 11-04-17 08:09am - 2511 days | #23 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/11...-sanctions/23266485/ North Korea calls for a halt to "brutal" sanctions Thomson Reuters John Revill Nov 3rd 2017 9:06PM GENEVA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - North Korea called on Friday for a halt to what it called "brutal sanctions", saying the measures - imposed after its latest nuclear test - constituted genocide. "Today the U.S.-led racket of brutal sanctions and pressure against the DPRK constitutes contemporary human rights violation and genocide," the North Korean mission to the United Nations in Geneva said in a statement. The sanctions regime "threatens and impedes the enjoyment by the people of DPRK of their human rights in all sectors", it said. The call for an immediate end to the sanctions comes as U.S. President Donald Trump sets off on a trip to Asia - including China, South Korea and Japan - looking for help to pressure North Korea to stand down from the nuclear crisis. The global community has been ramping up the pressure on the isolated country after it conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test so far, on Sept. 3. Last month the United States unilaterally imposed sanctions on seven North Korean individuals and three entities over what it called serious human rights abuses, including forced labour. In September the U.N. Security Council strengthened its sanctions, including export bans as well as asset freezes and travel bans on various officials, North Korea's response follows a U.N. expert last month saying international sanctions may be hurting key economic sectors and hampering the human rights of Pyongyang's citizens. The sanctions meant that "some unprincipled countries have blocked the delivery of medical equipment and medicines", the North Korean mission said on Friday, with the supplies destined for children and mothers in the country. "All types of anti-human rights and inhumane sanctions against the DPRK should be terminated immediately and thoroughly," it said. (Reporting by John Revill; Editing by Alison Williams) | |
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| 11-12-17 06:20pm - 2503 days | #24 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOWS HE IS ABOVE NAME-CALLING IN CONTEST WITH NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG-UN. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews The Washington Post WorldViews Analysis North Korean insults to U.S. leaders are nothing new — but Trump’s deeply personal reactions are By Adam Taylor November 11 at 11:30 PM In a string of tweets fired off Sunday morning from Hanoi, Vietnam, President Trump responded with sarcastic insults to a recent message from the North Korean government that had referred to him as “old.” “Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me 'old,' when I would NEVER call him 'short and fat?' " Trump wrote in his tweet, referring to the leader of North Korea's ruling dynasty. “Oh well, I try so hard to be his friend — and maybe someday that will happen!” The message marks an unusually personal escalation of the tensions between the United States and North Korea over Pyongyang's weapons program. It is also another sign of the change in rhetoric used to address North Korea since Trump took office: Though North Korea has long been known for hurling bellicose insults at world leaders, rarely have those world leaders responded in kind. Of course, Trump is a not your average world leader. The current president is a pugnacious social-media user often willing to respond with his own harsh words when he feels wronged. As a spokeswoman for his wife, Melania Trump, put it earlier this year, when Trump is attacked, “he will punch back 10 times harder.” Whether this instinct to hit back could help his self-described efforts toward becoming Kim's friend in the future — or harm them — is unclear. Trump attacks 'depraved' North Korean regime President Trump harshly criticized North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the United Nations on Sept. 19, calling him “Rocket Man” and threatening to “totally destroy North Korea” if need be. (The Washington Post) The North Korean message that aggrieved Trump was released Saturday by the country's Foreign Ministry and described Trump's 12-day tour of Asia as “a warmonger's trip for confrontation with our country, trying to remove our self-defensive nuclear deterrent.'' The statement also said the “reckless remarks by an old lunatic like Trump will never scare us or stop our advance.” The North Korean government has insulted Trump personally numerous times. Its state-run media has run a number of unflattering descriptions of Trump, including the memorable use of the word “dotard” in September. It has frequently referred to Trump as “old” and accused him of being a “war maniac” and a “lunatic.” These insults come at a time of heightened tension between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea has pushed ahead with its weapons program over the past few months, conducting a number of long-range missile tests, plus a nuclear bomb test, since Trump took office. However, the insults also fit into a long tradition of insulting American leaders. In 2014, the U.S. government criticized a lengthy racist screed published by North Korea's State-run Korean Central News Agency that had referred to President Barack Obama as a “dirty fellow,” among other things. In recent years, North Korea has also insulted former secretaries of state John F. Kerry (“hideous lantern jaw”) and Hillary Clinton (both a “schoolgirl” and a “pensioner"), while the entire administration of President George W. Bush was referred to as “a bunch of tricksters and political imbeciles.” The Americans have not responded with their own public insults, though Bush did privately call Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, a “pygmy” in 2002, according to reports at the time. Trump's descriptions of North Korea's current leader have varied, and he has even been positive at times — describing him as a “pretty smart cookie” in April. But as tensions with North Korea have escalated, so too has the harshness of the American president's rhetoric, with Trump dismissively referring to Kim as “Little Rocket Man” and warning of “fire and fury” if North Korean threats continued — a statement that perhaps inadvertently echoed North Korean propaganda. Some had worried that Trump would use similarly personal and angry language while in South Korea last week and run the risk of inciting the North. However, though his speech to South Korea's National Assembly was deeply critical of North Korea, it was less bombastic and more measured than his previous statements. That speech was drawn up carefully with the input of others in Trump's administration. Trump, however, is a famously impulsive tweeter. Worse still for both sides, the insults may hit sensitive spots. Trump is the oldest first-term president in U.S. history and more than twice the age of the North Korean leader. Meanwhile, Kim's height is estimated to be 5-foot-7, and he is rumored to suffer health problems due to his weight. Adam Taylor writes about foreign affairs for The Washington Post. Originally from London, he studied at the University of Manchester and Columbia University. Follow @mradamtaylor | |
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| 11-13-17 03:50am - 2503 days | #25 | |
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WHY PUT THIS ARTICLE IN THE TRUMP THREAD? BECAUSE THE ARTICLE MENTIONS OUR PRESIDENTIAL LEADER, DONALD TRUMP, AS "p—y-grabber-in-chief in the White House." WHICH SEEMS LIKE A FAIR DESCRIPTION OF OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT. https://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-panic-...ein-louis-ck-spacey/ The Wrap Hollywood Panics as Post-Harvey Housecleaning Continues It’s a new day and the rules that prevailed for decades are out the window. Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct is the order of the day Sharon Waxman | November 12, 2017 @ 7:10 PM why masturbate in front of women hollywood Harvey Weinstein, Louis CK, James Toback, Brett Ratner No one dares leave their email for more than a few minutes. God forbid they miss the latest report of sexual perversion, or the latest project to be canceled because of a new accusation. Moment by moment, hour by hour, bad actors (by which I mean Bad Actors) are being exposed and excised from the Hollywood body politic like cancerous growths. Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Brett Ratner, Louis C.K., the accusations come fast and the consequences faster. Harvey was dumped by every organization in the entertainment industry including the Motion Picture Academy but it took more than a week. ADVERTISING Also Read: Hollywood Hair-Trigger: 11 Films and TV Shows Impacted by Sexual Harassment Accusations (Photos) I Love You Daddy I Love You Daddy Louis CK By the time last Friday rolled around, Louis C.K. — whose skeevy behavior apparently did not include rape — was fired by more Holllywood entertainment companies in 24 hours than he had monologue jokes. HBO, Netflix, FX, Universal Pictures and The Orchard all declared him persona non grata — down to removing his old shows from streaming platforms — even though the guy apologized. It’s a new day and the rules that prevailed for decades are out the window. Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct is the order of the day, with Rose McGowan leading the revolutionary army. (Or, as she calls it, #RoseArmy.) But now, admitting wrongdoing and promising to change is not sufficient anymore. Louis C.K. tried that and it didn’t help him. Prosecution and due process is completely irrelevant. If you’re accused, best to pack your bags. Panic at what seems like a certain hysteria is gripping the industry. Also Read: 'Arrow,' 'The Flash' Executive Producer Suspended Over Sexual Harassment Accusation Those still undiscovered — the other bad actors — inwardly cringe and figure out how to get out of town for that urgent meeting in Shanghai. Everybody else is wondering — what is happening? What just happened? Friends from far-off places and family call to earnestly ask: Why now? Why the avalanche of accusations, why the roaring rejection by companies, why the seeming lack of distinction between obnoxious flirting, a too-insistent proposition and rape? I will tell you why. It’s because — if I may speak for all womankind — women are over this s—. Because for too many decades, there has been a cold disconnect between publicly stated values of gender equality and this seedy behavior toward women. For too long, women were afraid to come forward because they felt they would be disbelieved. Some of them figured they may as well take the money and shut up, since that was the best they could hope for. Then Bill Cosby — beloved Bill Cosby — was revealed to be an abuser of contemptible proportions, for decades, while we publicly adored him. (He’s not been convicted of anything at this time, but raise your hand if you think three dozen women are lying.) Also Read: George Takei 'Shocked and Bewildered' by Sexual Assault Claims Donald Trump Billy Bush Access Hollywood Then Donald Trump’s “Access Hollywood” tape was released, and decent people thought it would disqualify him for the presidency. And it didn’t. Now we have a p—y-grabber-in-chief in the White House. What we are seeing today is the pent-up rage of women disrespected and disbelieved, objectified sexually and expected to take it in stride, honey — not just in Hollywood but across the spectrum of Western society. And the collateral damage includes the movies that were made by the now-pariah people, TV projects now put on hold. Awards-season movies that Weinstein can’t release. Sundance titles they’ll never champion. This means innocent peoples’ jobs and liveihoods, this has implications for shareholders of media and entertainment companies. The ripple effects will continue for months. It’s a different day in Hollywood, that’s for sure. I don’t know where this ends up. I can’t help but feel that contemporary porn culture, contemporary dating culture — all those years of obsessing over male pleasure instead of authentic sexual connection — has something to do with it. What I know is that this isn’t ending anytime soon. The cleaning of Hollywood’s house continues. | |
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| 11-13-17 04:15am - 2503 days | #26 | |
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https://www.thewrap.com/kellyanne-conway...bs-her-by-the-irony/ The Wrap Kellyanne Conway Says Public Officials Who Mistreat Women Should ‘Step Aside,’ Twitter Grabs Her by the Irony “Kellyanne Conway calls for Trump to resign,” reads one response Tim Kenneally | November 12, 2017 @ 2:54 PM Kellyanne Conway Been feeling a little irony-deficient lately? Allow Kellyanne Conway to fix that for you. Donald Trump counselor Conway caught viewers’ attention Sunday while appearing on ABC’s “This Week” to discuss, among other things, the sexual misconduct accusations surrounding Alabama senatorial candidate Roy Moore. While Conway neglected to say whether she felt Moore was guilty of the misconduct, she did condemn the actions that have been attributed to Moore by his accusers, allowing that it should disqualify one from public office. “This conduct should be disqualifying; I look around and I say, ‘Is this the best we can do?'” Conway said during the interview. “The conduct as described is not just offensive and disgusting, it disqualifies anyone who’s done it from holding public office,” Conway continued. “So let me go a little step farther … If there’s anyone currently in public office who has behaved that way to any girl or woman, maybe they should step aside. Because in a country of 330 million people, we ought to be able to do better than this.” Of course, this utterance was coming from someone who works for a man who in 2005 was caught on a hot microphone discussing his approach to women, telling then-“Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush, “I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything … Grab ‘em by the p-ssy.” Twitter didn’t even wait to pounce on Conway’s words. “Kellyanne Conway calls for Trump to resign,” wrote one Twitter wag. “Irony is dead: Kellyanne Conway says anyone in office who committed sexual assault should resign,” weighed in another. “Ok @KellyannePolls just heard you on ABC this am say anyone who sexually assaults children & women should not be in office,” read another Twitter response. “Trump admitted he sexually assaulted women, confirming what ppl have said. Why is he in office?” Maybe that’s a question Conway can answer during her next appearance on “This Week.” | |
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| 11-13-17 06:15am - 2502 days | #27 | |
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I JUST RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MY CABLE COMPANY. ON THE ENVELOPE OF THE LETTER IS PRINTED THE WORDS: "OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE", MAKING ME THINK IT WAS FROM A GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. THE LETTER WAS ADDRESS TO: "MY PERSONAL NAME OR CURRENT RESIDENT". THE LETTER INSIDE WAS AN OFFER TO UPGRADE MY CURRENT CABLE MEMBERSHIP TO A BUNDLE INCLUDING TV, TELEPHONE, AND INTERNET. IF MY CABLE COMPANY CAN IDENTIFY THEIR LETTERS AS "OFFICIAL", I GUESS THAT I CAN DO THAT AS WELL. SO FROM NOW ON, PLEASE REGARD ALL MY POSTS/REVIEWS/COMMENTS/WHATEVER AT PU AS "OFFICIAL", AND READ THEM WITH HONESTY AND REVERENCE.    | |
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| 11-17-17 10:26am - 2498 days | #28 | |
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The Washington Post Politics Analysis What Trump has said about assault allegations against Franken, Moore, Clinton — and himself By Philip Bump November 17 at 9:59 AM Senators call for ethics probe after allegations against Franken Senators from both parties call for an ethics probe into Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) after Leeann Tweeden said he “forcibly kissed” and groped her in 2006. (Video: Bastien Inzaurralde, Alice Li, Rhonda Colvin/Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Hours after Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) acknowledged his inappropriate behavior toward radio host Leeann Tweeden, President Trump added his thoughts. The “Lesley Stahl tape” is a reference to a 1995 New York magazine article in which Franken, then a writer on “Saturday Night Live,” is described as advocating a joke about raping the CBS journalist. The allegations against Franken landed at a particularly fraught moment, one in which claims of sexual harassment and assault are increasingly common — and increasingly acknowledged as legitimate. Tweeden’s story emerged in post-Harvey-Weinstein America, just as the Senate race in Alabama has been roiled by more serious allegations against Republican candidate Roy Moore, including by two women who were under the age of 18 at the time that they say Moore touched them inappropriately. Trump, though, has been quiet about the allegations against Moore. Through his press secretary, the president has said that the allegations against Moore are “troubling” and that, if proven to be true, he should leave the Senate race. Asked on Thursday how the allegations might be proven to be true, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that it “should be determined possibly by a court of law” — which, of course, won’t happen by next month’s election. She left the final judgment to “the people of Alabama . . . not the president, whether they want Roy Moore to support them in the Senate.” Trump offered no tweets about Moore after the allegations emerged. Before The Post revealed the first of the stories involving Moore, Trump tweeted his congratulations to the candidate, saying that he “sounds like a really great guy.” The president has also been the target of allegations about inappropriate behavior that emerged last year during the presidential race. The Weinstein revelations marked a tipping point that led a number of the president’s accusers to wonder how Trump had managed to avoid similar scrutiny. More than a dozen women have come forward with stories describing unwanted touching or kissing by Trump. Trump’s response to those allegations has been consistent: The claims are untrue or have been “disproved” (which is not true). Trump denied the allegations regularly during the campaign. All of those comments were before Election Day last year. As we noted last month, television news coverage moved on from the allegations against Trump to the WikiLeaks documents and the letter from FBI Director James B. Comey. The White House has addressed the allegations since Trump was inaugurated. At a news conference last month, Trump again dismissed the charges out-of-hand. “All I can say is it’s totally fake news,” he said. “It’s just fake. It’s fake. It’s made-up stuff, and it’s disgraceful what happens. But that happens in the world of politics.” A few weeks later, Sanders was asked if “the official White House position” was that all of the women alleging inappropriate behavior were lying. “Yeah, we’ve been clear on that from the beginning,” Sanders said, “and the president’s spoken on it.” There were other allegations that Trump preferred to talk about during 2016: those against Bill Clinton. In the wake of the release of the “Access Hollywood” tape in which Trump described groping women without their consent, Trump and his campaign began to focus on Clinton’s behavior. Before the second presidential debate, Trump invited three women who said they’d been assaulted by Clinton or had a relationship with him to join him for a news conference. He tweeted repeatedly about Clinton, including, at one point, retweeting Juanita Broaddrick who has accused Clinton of raping her (and who participated in the news conference). It’s worth noting that this was a dramatic shift from how Trump spoke about the allegations against Clinton during the late 1990s. How Trump changed his tune about Bill Clinton's sex scandals In 1998, Trump called one of Bill Clinton's accusers a 'loser' (Peter Stevenson/The Washington Post) ABC News reported on a 1998 exchange between Trump and Fox News’s Neil Cavuto. Trump called the accusers against Clinton “a terrible group of people,” and said that he didn’t “necessarily agree with his victims, his victims are terrible.” Clinton, Trump said, “is really a victim himself. But he put himself in that position.” “The whole group, Paula Jones, Lewinsky, it’s just a really unattractive group,” Trump said. “I’m not just talking about physical.” But, asked if it would be better if they were all supermodels, Trump said, “I think at least it would be more pleasant to watch.” That, of course, was before attacking Clinton was politically useful for him. In a speech in Ambridge, Pa. on Oct. 10, 2016, Trump excoriated Bill and Hillary Clinton on the subject. “The hypocrisy of the media and our politicians is hard to believe,” he said. “They condemn my words, but they ignore and defend the — and this is the way it is — the reprehensible actions of Hillary and Bill Clinton that have destroyed and hurt so many lives.” Two days later, the New York Times reported the first allegations against Trump. washingtonpost.com 1996-2017 The Washington Post | |
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| 11-17-17 10:51am - 2498 days | #29 | |
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The Washington Post The Plum Line Opinion This remarkable, angry exchange between senators unmasks the GOP’s tax-cut lies By Greg Sargent November 17 at 10:30 AM THE MORNING PLUM: Late last night, just before the Finance Committee passed the Senate’s version of the tax bill slashing taxes on corporations and the rich, a remarkable moment unfolded that perfectly captured the GOP’s whole handling of the tax debate — in all its dishonesty, misdirection and bottomless bad faith. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) engaged in extended sparring with committee chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) over who would benefit from the Senate bill, with Brown insisting that it fundamentally represents a tax cut for the rich and not the middle class. This drew an enraged response from Hatch, even though Brown’s argument was 100 percent correct: Tense exchange between Hatch and Brown over tax cuts Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) had a tense exchange during a markup of the GOP tax bill on Nov. 16. (Senate Finance Committee) Brown’s reference to an amendment offered by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) at the beginning of the exchange is crucial to what transpired. That amendment would undo the tax cuts on corporations if wages don’t grow. The Senate bill would cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent — permanently — and one of President Trump’s and the GOP’s chief stated rationales is that the move will unleash massive wage growth. The amendment called the GOP’s bluff for messaging purposes. ADVERTISING And it worked. Indeed, Brown’s questioning of this Republican argument is exactly what ticked Hatch off. Brown claimed that “this tax cut really is not for the middle class, it’s for the rich,” and that the GOP argument about tax cuts on corporations leading to higher wages is just a “good selling point.” Brown pointed out: “Companies don’t just give away higher wages just because they have more money. Corporations are sitting on a lot of money now. They’re sitting on a lot of profits now. I don’t see wages going up. Just spare us the bank shots.” All this made Hatch angry. “I come from the poor people,” Hatch said. “And I’ve been here working my whole stinkin’ career for people who don’t have a chance. And I really resent anybody saying that I’m just doing this for the rich. Give me a break. I think you guys overplay that all the time, and it gets old. And frankly, you ought to quit it.” When Brown pushed back by suggesting that previous tax cuts for the rich haven’t produced the results Republicans are once again predicting, Hatch silenced him. Now, Hatch was probably angered by the questioning of his motive — the idea that Republicans are disingenuously packaging a tax cut for the wealthy and corporations as a tax cut for the middle class. But whatever is in Hatch’s heart, this is exactly what the Senate bill does. It front-loads the benefits for non-wealthy people by making its various tax preferences and its cuts to individual income tax rates temporary and subject to expiration while making the corporate rate cuts permanent. It also ties tax brackets to an alternative inflation measure in a way that will result in out-year tax increases for everyone but the top 1 percent. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation has concluded that in 2027, most poor and working-class people will see a tax hike, while upper-income earners (who benefit from corporate tax cuts) continue to pay less. Hatch, as other Republicans, claims to have “no intention” of raising taxes on lower-income people, meaning Congress will renew their tax cuts later. The suggestion otherwise got Hatch angry. But there is zero guarantee that this will happen, and indeed, this claim actually ratifies the objections of Brown and Democrats. It reveals in a backdoor way that the whole reason for making all these provisions temporary is to pay for permanent tax cuts on corporations, which is necessary to comply with the procedural need to avoid raising the deficit later. Indeed, the bill’s repeal of the individual mandate is also designed to cut health spending on less-fortunate people precisely to fund those corporate tax cuts — which shows, as Brian Beutler points out, that this bill partly represents another version of the massively regressive Obamacare repeal efforts that have already been defeated, this one just in a new packaging of grift. As it happens, there is good reason to doubt Hatch’s motives — or, at least, those of the GOP more broadly. Multiple Republicans have admitted on the record that if Republicans don’t pass these tax cuts, their donors will stop giving them money. If Republicans wanted to cut taxes for the middle class, they could cut taxes for the middle class and remain within deficit and procedural constraints by limiting the bill’s massive giveaway to their corporate donors, which would not necessitate hiking middle-class taxes later. Yet Republicans aren’t doing that. Hatch claimed that pointing this out “gets old.” But this week’s Quinnipiac poll finds that Americans say by 59 percent to 33 percent that the GOP plan favors the rich at the expense of the middle class, which means they are on to the GOP game. The bottom line is that Brown engaged with Hatch’s substantive case for the cuts by insisting they aren’t going to produce the wage growth Republicans promise, which happens to be an argument supported by many economists. But Hatch angrily shut him down anyway with an outpouring of high dudgeon about his own background and a mighty swing of his little wooden gavel. * TAX BILL FACES TOUGH ROAD IN SENATE: While the Senate Finance Committee passed the Senate version of the tax-cut bill last night, the legislation still faces a difficult path in the full upper chamber, as The Post reports: The gap between the measure’s treatment of corporations and individuals has given moderates pause. … Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) this week reiterated her stance that it’s “a mistake” to attempt to alter the health-care law as part of the tax effort. Several other GOP senators, including Bob Corker (Tenn.), John McCain (Ariz.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), have yet to declare their support for the bill. The basic problem: If you make moderates happy by doing away with the expiration of the tax cuts for individuals, you blow up the deficit, and deficit hawks Corker and McCain probably won’t go for that. | |
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| 11-20-17 09:37am - 2495 days | #30 | |
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TRUMP IS A GIANT KILLER. HE TEARS INTO FELLOW REPUBLICAN SENATOR JEFF FLAKE, AS FLAKE SEEMS TO CRITICIZE OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT. ================ Trump tears into Jeff Flake on Twitter after senator says GOP is 'toast' HuffPost US Mary Papenfuss Nov 20th 2017 9:44AM Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) after he was heard over a hot mic saying the Republican Party would be “toast” if it stuck with Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Trump tweeted Sunday that the political career of “Jeff Flake(y) is “toast,” and called him “unelectable.” The president claimed that Flake was caught “purposely on mike saying bad things about your favorite president.” Trump also said he expects Flake to against the GOP tax reform package. Flake, who announced last month that he won’t seek reelection, took the hot mic issue in stride, saying no one should be surprised by what he said. Flake was talking to the mayor of a Phoenix suburb offstage Friday after a town hall meeting when he said: “If we become the party of Roy Moore and Donald Trump we are toast.” The comment, caught on the hot mic, was picked up by ABC affiliate KNXN. “No news here,” Flake tweeted Saturday after his comments began to attract media attention. “I’ve been saying this to anyone who will listen.” Flake hasn’t yet responded to the latest attack (of others) by Trump. Nor has he discussed how he plans to vote on the tax package. In an emotional speech on the Senate floor announcing his retirement, Flake said he would not be “complicit” with the Trump administration. “It is time for our complicity and our accommodation of the unacceptable to end,” he said. ================= | |
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| 11-21-17 12:52pm - 2494 days | #31 | |
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THIS IS NOT RIGHT. CONGRESS IS TRYING TO WEAKEN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POWERS. SOME IN CONGRESS ARE PUSHING FOR A BILL THAT WOULD STOP TRUMP FROM BLASTING HIS ENEMIES WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF CONGRESS. WHAT IF TRUMP WANTS TO DESTROY KOREA? (NORTH KOREA, OR MAYBE SOUTH KOREA IF THEY GET IN THE WAY OF HIS FIREPOWER.) TRUMP IS OUR PRESIDENT. IT IS OUR BOUNDEN DUTY TO SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT, WHO WILL LEAD OUR COUNTRY BACK TO GREATNESS. AND IF IT TAKES A FEW NUCLEAR BOMBS OR MISSLES TO GET US THERE, SO BE IT! ============ ============ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017...trike-on-north-korea Thursday 26 October 2017 14.06 EDT Democrats push bill to stop a Trump pre-emptive strike on North Korea Julian Borger in Washington Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation aimed at preventing Donald Trump from launching a pre-emptive attack on North Korea, as concerns grew about the administration’s failure to explore talks with Pyongyang. Military action over North Korea ‘worst possible option’, says UK diplomat Read more The “No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea” bill is the second legislative attempt to curtail’s Trump power to start a war unilaterally. Earlier this year, a bill was introduced to prohibit the president from ordering a nuclear first strike against a foreign adversary without a declaration of war by Congress, amid concerns over Trump’s belligerent language, erratic behaviour and frequent tweeted threats against other countries. The new legislation prohibiting an attack on North Korea without congressional authority was launched by Democrats John Conyers in the House and Ed Markey in the Senate. It has two Republicans among the 61 backers in the House, but at present no formal Republican backing in the Senate. “As a veteran of the Korean war, I am ashamed that our commander-in-chief is conducting himself in a reckless manner that endangers our troops stationed in South Korea and our regional allies,” Conyers said. “President Trump’s provocative and escalatory rhetoric, with threats to unleash ‘fire and fury’ and ‘totally destroy’ North Korea, cannot be allowed to turn into reality,” Senator Markey said. “As long as President Trump has a Twitter account, we must ensure that he cannot start a war or launch a nuclear first strike without the explicit authorization of Congress.” Ex-intelligence chief: Trump's access to nuclear codes is 'pretty damn scary' Read more The bill’s supporters acknowledge that it will not pass without attracting more Republican support, but they argue that it helps focus attention on the unlimited authority of a US president to order the use of nuclear weapons, many of which can be launched within a few minutes. No official has the power to stop or even delay the launch. Senator Dianne Feinstein, speaking at a conference organised by the Ploughshares Fund, an non-proliferation advocacy group said she once asked a former head of US Strategic Command if he would carry out a launch order even if he knew it was a catastrophically bad decision. “He looked me straight in the eye and said: Yes,” Senator Feinstein recalled. Tensions on the Korean peninsula have reached critical levels since Pyongyang carried out a sixth nuclear test in September and a series of long-range missile tests. Trump has tweeted a series of threats against the regime and declared at the UN in September that he could “totally destroy” North Korea. Meanwhile, Trump and his administration have given mixed signals on whether they would consider any kind of dialogue with Pyongyang, and no overtures appear to have been made in that direction. NBC News reported on Thursday that Joseph Yun, the top American diplomat on North Korean issues, has been warning of a breakdown in diplomatic efforts at meetings in Congress and seeking help in persuading the White House to give negotiations a chance. William Perry, a former US defence secretary and a veteran of the Cuban missile crisis, said there was a rising danger of the US stumbling into a war with North Korea by making Pyongyang think a “decapitation strike” is imminent and panicking it into launching its own nuclear weapons. “What we’re doing is making the regime think they are about to go, so they might as well go out in a blaze of glory,” Perry said, adding that the best thing Congress could do to stop the drift to nuclear war was to pass the Conyers-Markey legislation. “It doesn’t seem now it can be passed, but things can change,” he said. Ted Lieu, the Democratic congressman who co-authored the bill in January to limit the president’s power to launch a first strike said the best recruiter for Republican support was Trump’s behaviour. “Every time the president does something erratic, which is every day, we get more co-sponsors,” Lieu said. 2017 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | |
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| 11-21-17 02:01pm - 2494 days | #32 | |
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PRESIDENT TRUMP IS A MAN WITH A BIG HEART. NOT ONLY DID HE PARDON TWO TURKEYS ON TUESDAY (FROM BEING SLAUGHTERED FOR THANKSGIVING), BUT TRUMP IS ALSO WILLING TO OVERLOOK ACCUSATIONS ABOUT ROY MOORE PURSUING TEENS WHILE MOORE WAS IN HIS THIRTIES. TRUMP BELIEVES WE NEED MEN LIKE MOORE IN CONGRESS, TO HELP PASS TRUMP'S BILLS. SO HE'S WILLING TO OVERLOOK FALSE ALLEGATIONS THAT MOORE MIGHT BE A MAN OF LOW MORAL CHARACTER. President Trump defends Roy Moore despite misconduct allegations Thomson Reuters Nov 21st 2017 3:55PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump defended embattled U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Tuesday, saying the Alabama Republican had denied allegations of sexual misconduct and emphasizing that he did not want Moore's Democratic opponent to win. Trump has previously said that Moore should step aside if the allegations were true. Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House before leaving Washington for Florida, left open the possibility of campaigning for Moore, saying he would make an announcement on that next week. Trump's position is a break from other national Republicans, who have called on Moore to step aside. Moore's campaign has been in turmoil since the Washington Post published a story detailing the accounts of three women who claim he pursued them while they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. More women have since spoken out with allegations of their own. Moore, 70, has denied any wrongdoing. Reuters has been unable to independently confirm any of the accusations. Before the allegations came to light, Moore was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones, a former federal prosecutor, in the special election on Dec. 12. Trump said he did not want Jones to win. “We don’t need a liberal person in there, a Democrat." He added: "Roy Moore denies it. That's all I can say. And by the way, he totally denies it." | |
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| 11-29-17 07:32am - 2486 days | #33 | |
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PRESIDENT TRUMP DEMANDS JUSTICE: CALLS FOR MSNBC TO FIRE MSNBC PRESIDENT PHIL GRIFFIN AND MORNING JOE HOST JOE SCARBOROUGH. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS NOT SATISFIED JUST RUNNING THE US. HE WANTS TO RUN THE NEWS CHANNELS AND NEWSPAPERS AS WELL. THE POWER OF TRUMP REACHES INTO THE HEAVENS. AND TRUMP WILL BE ASCENDANT! https://www.thewrap.com/trump-calls-firi...ent-joe-scarborough/ The Wrap Trump Calls for Firing of MSNBC President and Joe Scarborough In his latest tweet, Trump also resurfaces “unsolved mystery” in Florida surrounding “Morning Joe” host Jon Levine | Last Updated: November 29, 2017 @ 6:44 AM President Donald Trump launched a second Twitter broadside on his former “Apprentice” network, NBC, after its news division abruptly fired veteran “Today” host Matt Lauer over unspecified allegations of sexual misconduct. In his latest tweet, Trump called for the termination of MSNBC President Phil Griffin and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough. “So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin?” said Trump “And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the ‘unsolved mystery’ that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!” Trump’s line about “the unsolved mystery that tok place in Florida years ago” appears to be a reference to Lori Klausutis, a congressional intern who was found dead inside then-Congressman Joe Scarborough’s Florida office in 2001. Klausutis’ death was later attributed to heart problems. There were no allegations of foul play. Scarborough resigned from Congress not long after. Representatives for MSNBC and Scarborough were not immediately available for comment. | |
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| 11-29-17 10:48am - 2486 days | #34 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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TRUMP HATES THE FAKE NEWS HE SAYS IS PUBLISHED BY NEWS ORGANIZATIONS. AT THE SAME TIME, TRUMP DOESN'T CARE WHETHER THE VIDEOS HE IS PUSHING ARE REAL OR FAKE. THE MESSAGE IS THAT WHAT TRUMP FEELS IS REAL, SO IGNORE IT IF HE IS PROMOTING FAKE VIDEOS. FAKE VIDEOS ARE MORE REAL THAN THE FAKE NEWS THAT TRUMP COMPLAINS ABOUT. http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/politics/t...im-tweets/index.html White House defends anti-Muslim Trump tweets, says it doesn't matter if videos are real By Dan Merica, CNN Updated 1:28 PM ET, Wed November 29, 2017 Outrage after Trump retweets anti-Muslim videos Washington (CNN)White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended President Donald Trump's decision to retweet a series of anti-Muslim videos from a British far-right account on Wednesday morning, telling reporters he circulated them to start a conversation about border security and immigration. Sanders also said she doesn't know how the videos got in front of Trump and wouldn't say whether they were real. "Whether it is a real video, the threat is real," Sanders told a small group of reporters after appearing on Fox News. "That is what the President is talking about, that is what the President is focused on is dealing with those real threats, and those are real no matter how you look at it." When pressed on whether it matters if the video is real, Sanders said reporters were "focusing on the wrong thing." "The threat is real," she said, later adding that "the threat needs to be addressed. The threat has to be talked about and that is what the President is doing in bringing that up." The retweets have once again thrust his administration into conversation about anti-Muslim bias as the courts are weighing the legality of Trump's travel ban and raised questions about how content swirling on the Internet ends up on the President's powerful Twitter account. "I think his goal is to promote strong borders and strong national security," Sanders said. She later added that she and the reporters were talking about border security so Trump's tweets were "accomplishing exactly that." Trump's account retweeted the tweets early on Wednesday morning. The messages from Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, purport to show Muslims assaulting people and smashing a statue of the Virgin Mary. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that Trump was "wrong" to retweet anti-Muslim videos, adding that Fransen's organization "seeks to divide communities through their use of hateful narratives which peddle lies and stoke tensions." Sanders said she was not aware of any concerns from Trump that his retweets could damage his relationship with May. "I think that both Theresa May and a lot of the other world leaders across the world know that these are real threats that we have to talk about, I think Europe has seen that a lot first hand," Sanders said before the statement from May's spokesperson was widely public. Sanders added she was unaware of how the videos got in front of Trump but the process generally hinges on Dan Scavino, Trump's director of social media and one of the few aides with the keys to Trump's powerful social media platforms. Scavino's history with Trump dates back years. Before running social media for his campaign -- where he was once brought on stage and lauded by Trump -- Scavino was caddie at Briar Hall Country Club in New York's Hudson Valley, a course Trump would soon buy. Scavino worked his way up from caddie to general manager and then joined Trump's campaign. Earlier this year, Scavino told CNN that he had had full control of @realDonaldTrump, the President's much-watched Twitter account, since the businessman-turned-politician started campaigning in 2015. When Trump doesn't personally tweet or retweet a message, Scavino said, the social media director will "execute" a tweet for him. Scavino added that he will go through tweets with Trump before they are sent out, including "videos, photos, stories" that end up on his account. Cuomo calls out Trump's language on N. Korea Cuomo calls out Trump's language on N. Korea 01:49 At times, though, the line between what Scavino and Trump tweets is thin. Last month, both the social media director and the President slammed NBC and CNN with the exact same language at the exact same time. It is unclear exactly how Scavino or Trump first saw Fransen's videos, but one intersection could be Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit with anti-Islam views who is one of the 45-accounts Trump follows on Twitter. Coulter retweeted one of Fransen's videos some time between 6 p.m. ET and midnight on Tuesday night. Scavino did not respond to a series of questions from CNN on Wednesday. The origin of these tweets is significant because Trump's messages -- from the benign to the inflammatory -- have an impact on how the United States is viewed around the world and how policy is implemented. For example, Wednesday's retweets could imperial a key Trump goal: Banning immigration from eight countries, including majority Muslim nations like Chad, Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen. The Supreme Court is considering whether to allow the third version of Trump's travel ban to go into effect. Government lawyers have argued that the policy is not a "Muslim ban," despite Trump's call for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" during the 2016 campaign. Lawyers arguing against the ban, though, have said that said government lawyers can't "divorce the Proclamation from its history and context," pointing to the President's part statements which they argue color his views on a travel ban. Neal Katyal, one of the lawyers opposing the ban, responded to Trump's retweets with a simple, "Thanks! See you in court next week." Trump is no stranger to anti-Islam comments that has roiled his supporters and critics alike. During the 2016 election, Trump told CNN that he believes "Islam hates us," a comment that rankled some Republicans. "There's something there that -- there's a tremendous hatred there," Trump said. "There's a tremendous hatred. We have to get to the bottom of it. There's an unbelievable hatred of us." | |
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| 11-29-17 10:04pm - 2486 days | #35 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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Variety.com November 29, 2017 6:53PM PT Writers Guild of America West Leaders Blast Trump for ‘Vile Display of Prejudice’ By Dave McNary Leaders of the Writers Guild of America West have denounced President Donald Trump for retweeting violent anti-Muslim videos by leaders of a British hate group. In a letter to members, the WGA West leaders said that “the vile display of naked prejudice reached another low” as part of a letter sent to the 10,000 members of the Los Angeles-based guild. The letter, which said “First Amendment Under Attack” in the subject line, was signed by WGA West president David A. Goodman, vice president Marjorie David, secretary-treasurer Aaron Mendelsohn, and executive director David Young. “As the officers and executive director of a union devoted to the well-being of writers, we have watched, appalled, as our current administration tramples on every principle of justice and truth we hold dear,” the letter began. “The question for us, always, is when to speak out. What is the ‘right time’ when lies are paraded as truth; when racists are praised for their decency; when the press is derided as ‘fake;’ when a child molester is endorsed to smooth the way for an unfair tax cut? If we made a statement each time, we’d be writing to you every day.” The WGA West leaders last blasted Trump by issuing a stinging condemnation of the President for failing to sufficiently condemn white nationalism and neo-Nazis following Trump blaming “both sides” for the violence at a Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., where a woman was killed when a car drove into the crowd and 30 people were injured. “President Trump legitimizes hate speech and violence, and disgraces our nation” the guild leaders said at the time. Read the entire letter below. “As the officers and executive director of a union devoted to the well-being of writers, we have watched, appalled, as our current administration tramples on every principle of justice and truth we hold dear. The question for us, always, is when to speak out. What is the ‘right time’ when lies are paraded as truth; when racists are praised for their decency; when the press is derided as ‘fake;’ when a child molester is endorsed to smooth the way for an unfair tax cut? If we made a statement each time, we’d be writing to you every day. “Today, though, the vile display of naked prejudice reached another low. The President of the United States tweeted hate videos published by a far right group in England. Subsequent to that, the White House justified it, claiming that it isn’t clear whether these terrible videos are even real, but stressing that the ‘threat’ is genuine. In other words, Muslims, simply by existing, are a threat. Even writing such a sentence is nauseating. “First Amendment guarantees of religious freedom, freedom of the press and freedom of speech are under attack in ways many of us would not have believed possible before last year. It is hard to know what to do, since even reasoned argument is demeaned and discredited. We have to believe that affirming our beliefs might at least help to undermine the assault. “It is our obligation as writers and as Americans to stand up for the freedoms we have all fought to maintain. One way to do so is to make it clear that the actions of this administration and those that aid and abet it are intolerable. We will not be quiet or stand down in the face of the erosion of religious freedom, of freedom of the press, of the basic responsibility of our government to avoid lying to us as if the U.S. were a totalitarian dictatorship. “We know the damage words can do. We know the strength of words to fight lies. We pledge to fight those lies and to march to support First Amendment rights in our work and in our lives.” | |
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| 12-03-17 03:05pm - 2482 days | #36 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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TRUMP: FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE LITTLE MAN. TRUMP BELIEVES IN HELPING THE LITTLE MAN. IN 1980, TRUMP HIRED UNDOCUMENTED POLISH WORKERS, WHO WERE PAID AS LITTLE AS $4 AN HOUR, TO DEMOLISH A DEPARTMENT STORE IN NEW YORK. TRUMP BELIEVES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE, THE WORKERS WERE NOT GIVEN GLOVES, HARD HATS, OR MASKS, AND THEY WORKED AS LONG AS 16 HOURS A DAY. TRUMP LOVES HUMANITY. THAT'S WHY HE IS ABLE TO TREAT HIS FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION. https://www.aol.com/ President Trump paid undocumented Polish workers as little as $4 an hour to demolish department store New York Daily News Jessica Chia Nov 28th 2017 12:19PM President Trump employed 200 undocumented Polish workers who were paid as little as $4 an hour to demolish a department store where Trump Tower now stands, according to newly unsealed court documents. In 1980, Trump enlisted the crew of undocumented immigrants to work back-breaking shifts that lasted upwards of 16 hours a day without gloves, hard hats or masks as they demolished the Bonwit Teller building on Fifth Avenue, the New York Times reported. Despite claims he doesn’t settle lawsuits, Trump paid a $1.375 million settlement in 1998 — after the class-action labor lawsuit dragged on for 15 years, according to the court documents that were unsealed last week after nearly two decades. The Daily News first reported that the long-lost documents had been found in July after Time Inc. unearthed them in 2016, and filed a motion to unseal them along with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Last week, Loretta Preska, a U.S. District Court judge for the Southern District, ruled in favor of the motion, saying the public had a right to know given the defendant is currently the president. Trump hired the contractor William Kaszycki for the demolition job, and later testified in court saying he never knew undocumented immigrants were working for him. But a foreman Zbignew Goryn told the court Trump visited the work site and told him, “Those Polish guys are good, hard workers.” Wojciech Kozak, now a 75-year-old naturalized citizen, recalled the “horrible, terrible conditions” demolishing the department store. “We were working 12, 16 hours a day and were paid $4 an hour. Because I worked with an acetylene torch, I got $5 an hour. We worked without masks. Nobody knew what asbestos was. I was an immigrant. I worked very hard,” Kozak said. When Kaszycki stopped paying the workers, they enlisted the help of lawyer John Szabo. Trump, eager to have his namesake tower meet deadlines, tried negotiating with the workers at first, according to one testimony. He also threatened to call Immigration and Naturalization Service to have the men deported, according to Szabo. Of the $1.375 million settlement, $500,000 went to a union benefits fund. The rest paid for lawyers' fees and expenses. | |
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| 12-03-17 06:48pm - 2482 days | #37 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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The Wrap “Yes, Donald Trump, you said that” former “Access Hollywood” host writes in op-ed Ross A. Lincoln | Last Updated: December 3, 2017 @ 6:30 PM The New York Times reported in late Nov. that Donald Trump has been privately denying he is the person recorded on a hot mic, bragging to former “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush about extremely aggressive behavior toward women. Bush had a blunt response for Trump on Sunday: “He said it. ‘Grab ‘em by the p—y.’ Of course he said it.” Bush wrote in a New York Times op-ed that not only did he personally witness Trump make his comments, but so did seven other people. “We laughed along, without a single doubt that this was hypothetical hot air from America’s highest-rated bloviator, “Bush continued. “Along with Donald Trump and me, there were seven other guys present on the bus at the time, and every single one of us assumed we were listening to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real.” When the recording was leaked in Oct. 2016, Trump admitted the voice was his, but dismissed comments such as “I moved on her like a b—h” and “grab ‘em by the p—y” as “locker room talk.” But according to the Times, in 2017 he told at least one senator and one advisor that the recording wasn’t real. “President Trump is currently indulging in some revisionist history,” said Bush Sunday. “This has hit a raw nerve in me.” “I can only imagine how it has reopened the wounds of the women who came forward with their stories about him, and did not receive enough attention.” “Access Hollywood” host Natalie Morales conveyed the show’s own response to Trump’s reported denial last week: “Let us make this perfectly clear — the tape is very real,” Morales said on the show’s Nov. 28 episode. | |
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| 12-22-17 04:45pm - 2463 days | #38 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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DONALD TRUMP: A MAN OF PROMISE: Skip to content Skip to navigation View mobile version Economy|Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. Share Tweet More Save U.S. Tax Bill May Inspire Cuts Globally, While Fueling Trade Tensions What Happens When the Richest U.S. Cities Turn to the World? Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. Right and Left React to the Passage of the G.O.P. Tax Cut In Tax Overhaul, Trump Tries to Defy the Economic Odds State of the Art What the Tax Bill Fails to Address: Technology’s Tsunami China Shrugs Off Debt Worries as Xi Takes Firmer Economic Grip ‘Porch Pirates’ Steal Holiday Packages as They Pile Up at Homes Ron Lieber Takes Your Questions About the Republican Tax Bill Senate Panel Rejects Trump's Nominee to Lead Export-Import Bank Economic Scene How Care for Elders, Not Children, Denies Women a Paycheck Republican Tax Cuts Would Lift Some Industries More Than Others U.K.’s Next Brexit Agony: What Sort of Trade Deal? Homeowners Have Had It Good. Too Good, Says the Tax Bill. A Middle-Class Tax Cut? Americans Aren’t Buying It Loading... Economy Advertisement Economy Trump Promised to Protect Steel. Layoffs Are Coming Instead. By ANA SWANSONDEC. 22, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet More Save Photo A furnace at the steel plant in Conshohocken, Pa. ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill, has announced that it will lay off 150 of the plant’s 207 workers next year. Credit J. Quazi King for The New York Times CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — At this sprawling steel mill on the outskirts of Philadelphia, the workers have one number in mind. Not how many tons of steel roll off the line, or how many hours they work, but where they fall on the plant’s seniority list. In September, ArcelorMittal, which owns the mill, announced that it would lay off 150 of the plant’s 207 workers next year. While the cuts will start with the most junior employees, they will go so deep that even workers with decades of experience will be cast out. “I told my son, ‘Christmas is going to be kind of scarce, because Mommy’s going to lose her job soon,’” said Kimberly Allen, a steelworker and single parent who has worked at the plant for more than 22 years. On the seniority list, she’s 72nd. Photo Kimberly Allen at her desk. “I told my son, ‘Christmas is going to be kind of scarce, because mommy’s going to lose her job soon,’” said Ms. Allen, a single parent who has worked at the plant for more than 22 years. Credit J. Quazi King for The New York Times The layoffs have stunned these steelworkers who, just a year ago, greeted President Trump’s election as a new dawn for their industry. Mr. Trump pledged to build roads and bridges, strengthen “Buy America” provisions, protect factories from unfair imports and revive industry, especially steel. But after a year in office, Mr. Trump has not enacted these policies. And when it comes to steel, his failure to follow through on a promise has had unintended consequences. Steelworkers’ Jobs Have Gradually Disappeared The number of Americans employed in metal making has declined as a result of automation and outsourcing 600k 400k 200k 0 386,100 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 By The New York Times | Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Foreign steel makers have rushed to get their product into the United States before tariffs start. According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, which tracks shipments, steel imports were 19.4 percent higher in the first 10 months of 2017 than in the same period last year. Continue reading the main story The Trump White House The historic moments, head-spinning developments and inside-the-White House intrigue. Dispute Over Political Strategy Erupts Inside the White House DEC 21 For Students Swindled by Predatory Colleges, Relief May Only Be Partial DEC 21 Obamacare Sign-ups at High Levels Despite Trump Saying It’s ‘Imploding’ DEC 21 Despite Internal Review, Justice Department Officials Say Congress Needs to Act on Bump Stocks DEC 21 Congress Passes Stopgap Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Against a Friday Deadline DEC 21 See More » Related Coverage Democrats Pressure Trump to Fulfill Promise to Impose Steel Tariffs OCT. 26, 2017 Trump’s America First Trade Agenda Roiled by Internal Divisions OCT. 20, 2017 Trump’s Trade Approach Diverges Sharply from Free Trade Republicans NOV. 15, 2017 Recent Comments Aaron 15 minutes ago Personally, I don't care who rebuilds our roads, bridges and highways when we embark on the infrastructure plan- but we should leverage the... Jonathan 20 minutes ago We live in a country where our largest and wealthiest city NYC cannot build a single new subway line despite 3 decades of prosperity. Maybe... hen3ry 1 hour ago As always the question that's never dealt with when these things happen is how to help the laid off employees learn new skills without going... That surge of imports has hurt American steel makers, which were already struggling against a glut of cheap Chinese steel. When ArcelorMittal announced the layoffs in Conshohocken, it blamed those imports, as well as low demand for steel for bridges and military equipment. James Rockas, a spokesman for the Commerce Department, said the administration was “aware of the plight of American steelworkers and will continue working to halt unfair trade practices that harm our economy and kill American jobs.” Continue reading the main story Photo The roughing mill at the plant, whose specialty is ultrastrong, military-grade steel. Credit J. Quazi King for The New York Times In 2008, before the financial crisis struck, the plant ran around the clock. Now, the mill coughs to life just five days a week, for eight hours at a time. The machines shovel 10-ton steel slabs into a furnace, where they are heated to 2,000 degrees, then funnel them through giant rollers and cooling jets of water, like a massive, fiery carwash. The plant’s specialty is ultrastrong, military-grade steel — something that Eric Smith, a former Army paratrooper who has worked at the plant for over 30 years, prides himself on. Mr. Smith ranks 16th on the plant’s seniority list, and he expects to survive the coming round of layoffs. He grew up just down the street. The weathered houses of his old neighborhood on that dim day were fringed with icicle lights, evergreen bows and flags paying homage to Santa and the Philadelphia Eagles. As a boy, he would long to work at the factory as he passed it. These days, he said, he gets a sinking feeling as he goes through the turnstile and enters the plant. Photo Eric Smith, a former Army paratrooper who has worked at the plant for over 30 years, expects to outlast the coming round of layoffs. Credit J. Quazi King for The New York Times “You just got to keep on pushing forward. It is sad that Christmastime is coming around,” he said. “You don’t want to splurge for your kids like you want to, because the plant may be closing.” While he didn’t support Mr. Trump, Mr. Smith said he hoped that the president would follow through on his plans. “It’s still kind of early,” he said. Reforming trade was one of the president’s signature campaign promises, and in his first months in office, Mr. Trump issued dozens of executive actions. One pulled the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-country trade pact. Others ordered investigations into imports or renegotiations of trade pacts. Uncertainty about how these measures will reshape trade rules is now weighing on many industries. Companies are waiting to invest, or finding additional suppliers outside the United States, executives in agriculture, automobiles, solar energy and information technology have said. In April, the president ordered parallel investigations into imports of steel and aluminum under the little-used Section 232 of a 1962 trade law, which permits sweeping restrictions to protect national security. Photo The control room at the plant. The steel industry says Chinese products are driving down the global price of metal to a level where American producers cannot compete. Credit J. Quazi King for The New York Times Earlier this year, tariffs seemed imminent. Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, said in late May that he expected to conclude the steel investigation by the end of June. And in early June, Mr. Trump told a crowd in Cincinnati, “Wait till you see what I’m going to do for steel and your steel companies,” vowing that he would “stop the dumping” of products at superlow prices by other nations. “We’ll be seeing that very soon. The steel folks are going to be very happy,” he said. But the announcement never came. That appears to be caused partly by internal divisions within the White House. Some officials, like Mr. Ross — a former steel executive who was on ArcelorMittal’s board until he was confirmed in February — wanted to push ahead with tariffs. But others, including economic and national security advisers, worried about repercussions, trade advisers say. The tariffs had plenty of opponents. Automakers, food processors and companies in other industries that use steel and aluminum in their products complained that tariffs would drive up costs and make them less competitive, ultimately sacrificing more American jobs than they would save. Steel exporters, like the European Union, threatened retaliation. Prominent economists highlighted the risk of a trade war. | |
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| 12-22-17 04:46pm - 2463 days | #39 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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“I think the White House is immobilized, because they have such a cacophony of voices,” said Senator Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio who describes himself as an ally of the president on trade. “This administration doesn’t seem to know what it thinks about trade.” The administration will face a series of deadlines on the steel measure next year. The Commerce Department must present the results of its investigation to the president by Jan. 15. The president will then have 90 days to decide what to do. President Trump and his advisers say they have been focused on the tax legislation, which Congress passed this week. The White House has said that it plans to turn to trade measures, including the steel investigation, once the bill is signed into law. Still, the delay has threatened to fracture the brittle alliance the president has forged with some labor unions, who liked Mr. Trump’s populist approach to trade. Steel Imports Have Soared in 2017 Imports have risen during President Trump’s first year in office, a trend that the steel industry attributes to the administration’s threat of strict restrictions on imports to come. Senator Bob Casey Jr., a Democrat from Pennsylvania, said the administration’s commitment to workers would probably be an issue in the 2018 midterm elections. “They’ve sat on this for far too long,” he said. The United Steelworkers, the union that includes the workers in Conshohocken, has historically aligned with Democrats. But many workers opposed trade agreements forged by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and viewed Hillary Clinton’s stance on trade as insincere. In a shift in the politics of trade, the union has defended the Trump administration’s trade agenda against the criticisms of traditionally Republican business groups, like the Chamber of Commerce. But Scott Paul, the president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a trade group that represents steelworkers, said he had “a profound sense of frustration that the president has been using steelworkers as political props.” “The president’s own words and lack of action have actually put the industry in a worse position than if he had done nothing at all,” he said. Kameen Thompson, the union president at the Conshohocken plant, said many workers had voted for Mr. Trump because of his support for steel. “You want to vote for what you believe is going to help you keep a job,” Mr. Thompson said. Ms. Allen, whose father worked at the Conshohocken plant before her, was not a Trump supporter. “He told them what they wanted to hear so they would vote for him, and now they’re seeing what president he is,” she said. But other workers who supported the president are keeping the faith. Chuck Hauer, who has worked at the plant for 22 years and ranks around 80 on the seniority list — meaning he is likely to be laid off — said he had voted Republican because he believed that Mr. Trump was “for the people.” He said he still believed that the tariffs would happen, though perhaps not soon enough to save him. “He’s just delaying it,” Mr. Hauer said of the president. “And I think the delay is hurting us more than he knows.” | |
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| 12-22-17 07:19pm - 2463 days | #40 | |
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Loki (0)
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Free trade is the engine that created the post-war prosperity for the entire Western world. It has come under fire for the shortcomings of globalization, though those shortcomings were well known and preventable, but due to a lack of political leadership nothing was done. Domestic steel production is doomed. It's simply too expensive to pay Americans to make steel. Free trade will create winners and losers. It's the fault of past administrations and Congresses that we have very little in place to help the losers. Some things that are known to work: --apprenticeship programs --job retraining programs --investment in infrastructure --investment in education --a strong social safety net America lacks most of these solutions. It's not because no one knows what they are, but that they cost money that Congress isn't willing to spend. The fault lies with both political parties. The politicians won't talk about substantive issues and instead talk about straw men and bogeymen. "A man talking sense to himself is no madder than a man talking nonsense not to himself." | |
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| 12-22-17 08:50pm - 2463 days | #41 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
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@Onyx, THANKS FOR THE TIP ON CONTROLLING TEXT SIZE ON THE COMPUTER MONITOR. I ALREADY HAVE MY TEXT SIZE ENLARGED SOMEWHAT. SO THAT PART OF EACH WEB PAGE IS OFF-SCREEN, AND I HAVE TO USE THE HORIZONTAL BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IF I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. ENLARGING THE TEXT SIZE EVEN MORE WOULD PLACE EVEN MORE OF THE PAGE OFF-SCREEN. WHICH WOULD MAKE VIEWING DIFFERENT PAGES MORE OF A HASSLE, BECAUSE I WOULD BE PLAYING WITH THE HORIZONTAL BAR TO SEE WHAT IS NOT BEING SHOWN ON THE MONITOR. THE EASIEST SOLUTION FOR ME IS TO KEEP THE SCREEN TEXT SIZE SLIGHTLY OVERLARGE. AND TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS TO WRITE AND EDIT. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING RUDE BY USING CAP LETTERS. THAT'S WHY ON MOST OF MY REVIEWS, I PUT A NOTE AT THE BEGINNING, TO SAY I'M USING CAP LETTERS BECAUSE IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO WRITE AND EDIT, THAT I'M NOT TRYING TO SHOUT OR BE RUDE. BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF MY CAP LETTER WRITING ANNOYS PEOPLE, THEY ARE FREE TO IGNORE WHAT I WRITE. BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO WRITE IN CAP LETTERS, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SQUINT AND READ IN LOWER CASE. GETTING OLD. SO MY EYES HAVE A PROBLEM READING SMALL TEXT. AND IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO READ CAP LETTERS. | |
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| 12-23-17 12:02am - 2463 days | #44 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
@Onyx, THESE ARE FOR MY LAPTOP SETTINGS, WHICH IS A LENOVO THINKPAD EDGE E420 MODEL. THE LAPTOP MONITOR IS 14". I USE FIREFOX BROWSER. SCALE AND LAYOUT: 100% (RECOMMENDED) RESOLUTION: 1366 X 768 (RECOMMENDED) ORIENTATION: LANDSCAPE I ALSO HAVE AN HP DESKTOP, WITH A 27" MONITOR. I USE FIREFOX ON THIS, AS WELL. TEXT SIZE: 125% RESOLUTION: 1024 X 768 ORIENTATION: LANDSCAPE. WITH THE BIGGER MONITOR (THE 27", VERSUS THE 14" LAPTOP), THE WEB PAGE FITS THE MONITOR MORE EASILY, SO MORE OF THE WEB PAGE IS SHOWN ON THE MONITOR, AND THE CONTROL BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE DOES NOT HAVE TO BE USED VERY OFTEN, SINCE ALMOST ALL OF THE WEB PAGE IS SHOWN ON THE MONITOR. BUT IT'S STILL EASIER FOR ME TO READ CAP LETTERS, INSTEAD OF LOWER CASE. MAYBE IT'S HABIT. BUT WHEN YOU GET OLD, YOU START TO LOOK FOR THE EASIEST WAY OF DOING THINGS. AND SQUINTING IS NO FUN. LEADS TO HEADACHES, WHATEVER. THE BEST THING IS TO NOT GET OLDER. BUT IT WILL HAPPEN TO MOST OF US. LOL. Edited on Dec 23, 2017, 12:08am | |
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| 12-23-17 02:13am - 2463 days | #45 | |
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Onyx (0)
In-Activated by Staff Posts: 149 Registered: Nov 28, '17 |
Edited on Mar 20, 2018, 10:38pm | |
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| 12-23-17 04:59am - 2463 days | #46 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
@Onyx. Thanks for the help and patience. I switched my 27" desktop monitor to 1920x1080, which is the native resolution. I have no idea why it was set at a lower resolution before. Can't even make a guess. Like you say, the web page stays completely on the monitor, even when I zoom in a few times. So that's very helpful. And much appreciated. Both my laptop and desktop are running Firefox Quantum, 64 bit. So I will begin posting in lowercase. (Unless I forget myself.) :grin | |
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| 12-23-17 05:03am - 2463 days | #47 | |
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Onyx (0)
In-Activated by Staff Posts: 149 Registered: Nov 28, '17 |
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| 12-24-17 09:51am - 2461 days | #48 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
More fake news: Listen to President Trump if you want to know the truth. Trump campaigned on the promise he will lower taxes, make America great again. The Republicans said the tax cut would lower taxes for middle income America. After the new tax bill was signed, Trump tells wealthy friends: "You all just got a lot richer." https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tells-r...-lago-141319007.html Trump Tells Rich Mar-a-Lago Friends “You All Just Got A Lot Richer” After Tax Bill Newsweek Grace Guarnieri, Newsweek 3 hours ago President Donald Trump joined his family at their "Winter White House" for the holidays Friday night after signing the GOP Tax Bill into Law, and reportedly told wealthy friends dining at Mar-a-Lago "you all just got a lot richer." Days before heading away for the holidays, Trump told White House reporters that the tax bill would be "one of the great Christmas gifts to middle-income people." However, Mar-a-lago's exclusive dinner guests would have paid a $200,000 initiation fee and $14,000 in annual dues to Trump's golf club and resort. Trump made the comment to friends eating dinner at a nearby table, two of whom spoke of the encounter with CBS News. "It's going to be a tremendous thing for the American people. It's going to be fantastic for the economy," Trump told reporters at the Oval Office signing on Friday. "It's going to keep companies from leaving our shores and opening up in other countries." When Trump signed $1.5 trillion tax overhaul into law, ultra-wealthy earners in the 95th to 99th percentile of received the biggest tax cuts, even though the top 1 percent already holds about 40 percent of American wealth. Instead of the 35 percent tax cut that he promised middle class voters, their taxes decreased by just 10 percent. According to a report by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center, every income group received a tax cut from the Republican tax reform, but most individual tax cuts will sunset by 2025. A whopping 53 percent of Americans will be paying more in taxes by 2027. During his presidential campaign in 2016 Trump told his millions of Twitter followers, "We're going to cut taxes BIG LEAGUE for the middle class," and added that Democratic candidate for president, Hillary Clinton wanted to raise taxes for the middles class. "I consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. And jobs are produced through companies and corporations, and you see that happening. Corporations are literally going wild over this," Trump told White House reporters on Friday. This article was first written by Newsweek | |
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| 12-24-17 03:48pm - 2461 days | #49 | |
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lk2fireone (0)
Active User Posts: 3,618 Registered: Nov 14, '08 Location: CA |
After a massively intensive search, I've finally found Donald Trump's next wife (after he divorces his current wife). The stars are in alignment. This woman will be a fitting companion for our beloved President: ======= ======= ‘Real Housewives’ Star Luann De Lesseps Arrested in Florida for Battery “The Countess” declared “I’m going to kill you all” just before her arrest, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Umberto Gonzalez | Last Updated: December 24, 2017 @ 9:50 AM “The Real Housewives of New York” star Luann De Lesseps was arrested in Palm Beach, Fla., on charges of battery on an officer, disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest with violence and two corruption by threat charges, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. Known as “The Countess” on the hit Bravo show, De Lesseps declared, “I’m going to kill you all” just before her arrest, according to the Palm Beach Post. De Lesseps was taken to the Palm Beach County jail around 1:30 a.m. and released without posting a bond hours later, according to the Palm Beach Post. She is due back in court Jan. 25 to face the charges, four of which are felonies. De Lesseps has no prior offenses. The judge told her she should hire a criminal defense attorney from Palm Beach instead of ignoring the charges. “I don’t think it would be that hard to find you,” he said. De Lesseps was also advised by the judge not to incriminate herself and respond to him when he said she might have a drinking problem, according to the report. “Don’t say anything,” he told the reality star. De Lesseps rose to fame in 2008 on the Bravo show, which recently wrapped up its ninth season. Born in Connecticut, she earned the title of “Countess” when she wed French Count Alexandre de Lesseps in 1993. They divorced in 2009, and she re-married in 2016 to Tom D’Agostino Jr., sacrificing her noble title. De Lesseps announced their divorce in August. | |
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| 12-24-17 07:46pm - 2461 days | #50 | |
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Onyx (0)
In-Activated by Staff Posts: 149 Registered: Nov 28, '17 |
Edited on Mar 20, 2018, 10:37pm | |
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