I think the incredible part is his astonishing frankness as to why he's doing this. He has friends that need to borrow money. Absolutely unreal. Can you imagine the Right Wing/Fox outrage if Obama or Hillary said this? Yes we know he's corrupt and duplicitous. Saturday Night Live won't even need scriptwriters for this. And Hillary is the crooked one? Right. Next up these "friends" are contributing heavily to my campaign. And of course the obligatory tax cuts so my 1% friends can make a yuuuge amount of money while spending money at my hotels. Following that the red ink will begin to flow in the government and the debt debt debt they screamed under Obama weellllll not really a problem anymore.
Let the back pedaling begin...
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I think the incredible part is his astonishing frankness as to why he's doing this. He has friends that need to borrow money. Absolutely unreal. Can you imagine the Right Wing/Fox outrage if Obama or Hillary said this? Yes we know he's corrupt and duplicitous. Saturday Night Live won't even need scriptwriters for this. And Hillary is the crooked one? Right. Next up these "friends" are contributing heavily to my campaign. And of course the obligatory tax cuts so my 1% friends can make a yuuuge amount of money while spending money at my hotels. Following that the red ink will begin to flow in the government and the debt debt debt they screamed under Obama weellllll not really a problem anymore.
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Not really sure if this is the best thread to post this in, but, heck, the posts in this forum are all over the place, anyway... So, here it is:
THE NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS TRUMPISM:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-d...pJobID=1100847286&spReportId=MTEwMDg0NzI4NgS2
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THE NINTH CIRCUIT REJECTS TRUMPISM:
http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-d...pJobID=1100847286&spReportId=MTEwMDg0NzI4NgS2
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Trumpsters another lie forced to swallow.....
Three signals that Donald Trump isn’t going to renegotiate NAFTA
Three signals that Donald Trump isn’t going to renegotiate NAFTA
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I'm not sure where you're from, but here in California, it's the exact opposite. Democrats are blocking local infrastructure projects and the few Republicans that exist exist are the only advocates.
The projects that Democrats want to do are usually obscure pet projects that have no positive effect on the poor and industrial class.
But my experience is only here in Cal, so its anecdotal, it may be as you say elsewhere in the nation.
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Please show an example of a Democrat blocking any infrastructure project?
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He probably means stuff like this
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer is also threatening to block a water infrastructure bill over a last-minute provision that was added to address the ongoing drought in the Golden State. Boxer argued the provision would compromise the Endangered Species Act, potentially contaminate drinking water in California, and take away Congress’ power to approve dams.
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The excerpt minus the article from which it came is not helpful.
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I was talking about Republicans in Congress.
For at least 6 post years anything that could be labeled or even called "an infrastructure bill" was rejected out of hand. All we ever heard was "that was what the "stimulus bill" was supposed to be for", even though the vast majority of the money got spent on things that were not remotely "infrastructure" Tax cuts to try and get R's to vote for it which none in the end did or money sent to the states to keeps public employees, teachers, first responders and others on the job.
The "highway bill" used to be overly popular but not anymore, especailly with all those 2010 and on "tea party types, again "we had the stimulus bill"
The rest of the DOT budget that would cover airports, improving ATC etc etc again a big no.
All things that the people I described do not give a shit about because in their minds they "don't need" because they "never use them" as I described before.
I was talking about Republicans in Congress.
For at least 6 post years anything that could be labeled or even called "an infrastructure bill" was rejected out of hand. All we ever heard was "that was what the "stimulus bill" was supposed to be for", even though the vast majority of the money got spent on things that were not remotely "infrastructure" Tax cuts to try and get R's to vote for it which none in the end did or money sent to the states to keeps public employees, teachers, first responders and others on the job.
The "highway bill" used to be overly popular but not anymore, especailly with all those 2010 and on "tea party types, again "we had the stimulus bill"
The rest of the DOT budget that would cover airports, improving ATC etc etc again a big no.
All things that the people I described do not give a shit about because in their minds they "don't need" because they "never use them" as I described before.
The Swamp is so big now...it's positively YUUUUGE. Never has the swamp been bigger.
Trump reportedly heading to Mar-a-Lago for third straight weekend, obliterating campaign promise
Trump to spend yet another weekend hobnobbing with rich folks who pay for access.
On February 17, President Trump will head to his $200,000-per-membership Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the third consecutive weekend, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Each trip reportedly costs taxpayers upward of $3 million.
Trump to spend yet another weekend hobnobbing with rich folks who pay for access.
On February 17, President Trump will head to his $200,000-per-membership Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach for the third consecutive weekend, according to the Palm Beach Post.
Each trip reportedly costs taxpayers upward of $3 million.
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Guests even got to take selfies:
UNBELIEVABLE. The guy that carries the nukes gets his picture put up on fucking Facebook!
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Yeah, I saw all that in the article. I'm curious what his supporters think about this particular issue.
Yep If you now have the money, you can take a selfie with the nuclear football during the Trump administration. Everything is for sale.
The daily front page of the Washington Post is turning out to be a comic strip of disastrous incompetence and a picture of a president manifestly unfit for office amidst shady dealings with the Russians.
Michael T. Flynn, the national security adviser, resigned on Monday night after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
Michael Flynn resigns as national security adviser
Justice Department warned White House that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail, officials say
^ keep in mind this was the Attorney General that Trump fired last month.
Justice Department warned White House that Flynn could be vulnerable to Russian blackmail, officials say
^ keep in mind this was the Attorney General that Trump fired last month.
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Fine with me. I expected that he'd be working in the White House, Trump Tower, and Mar-A-Lago. The guy works 18 hours a day. He is the hardest working President in history.
The "outsider" president is doing exactly what an "inside the beltway" republican president has always done...guns guns guns...
And all the rubes that thought he was going to help the middle class? You'll have to wait a little longer say like never. And all those agencies whose functions the public demands? Well good luck fuckers. You're on your own. Lockheed, Boeing and Raytheon shareholders win this round and the next and the next and the next.
WASHINGTON — President Trump will instruct federal agencies on Monday to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone.
Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say
Trump to Ask for Sharp Increases in Military Spending, Officials Say
And all the rubes that thought he was going to help the middle class? You'll have to wait a little longer say like never. And all those agencies whose functions the public demands? Well good luck fuckers. You're on your own. Lockheed, Boeing and Raytheon shareholders win this round and the next and the next and the next.
He literally promised for this. I don't know why you guys are talking like this is back-pedaling. Most of the horrible things he's doing were his sincere and direct promises.
You can, should you choose, to frame it that way. However my point is he's no outsider and is stocking government as a typical Republican president and embracing typical Republican policies of militarism while starving programs to help the non-1%.