Trump's cabinet... what will it "look" like:
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Are you so sure about that? LOTS of white, blue collar '08 and '12 obama supporters voted for trump this go round. The racism, bigotry, and hate accusations get the press, while the other issues that made these voters get beyond, or ignore them, and still support trump, are getting lost. They want jobs!!!
On Meet the Press this morning: 225 obama counties ('12 election) across the country switched to trump this election. And BTW, during the primaries Sanders beat hillary in 9 of the 12 counties in Michigan that switched from obama to trump.
I guess trump has given them reasons. The Dems / libs are not learning from this loss. Let's keep tracking those hate reports.
The Democrats must learn from the GOP and rebuild: Eugene Robinson
Did academia help elect Donald Trump?
By George F. Will
.,an anecdote; last night's family get together was the first since the elections. I learned that the elederly in laws who said they would not vote before, ended up voting for Trump. Likewise, their IT software engineers offspring..like father-like sons, I guess. I received the expected back handed scoffing disapproval of my proud admittance of voting for Jill Stein. ..but then again, they voted for Donald Trump..
Family outings these next four years will be entertaining...for me at least
Did academia help elect Donald Trump?
By George F. Will
.,an anecdote; last night's family get together was the first since the elections. I learned that the elederly in laws who said they would not vote before, ended up voting for Trump. Likewise, their IT software engineers offspring..like father-like sons, I guess. I received the expected back handed scoffing disapproval of my proud admittance of voting for Jill Stein. ..but then again, they voted for Donald Trump..
Family outings these next four years will be entertaining...for me at least
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I didn't say all Trump supporters were racists. I said Trump had given the racists who supported him reason for doing so.
Which, if you think about it, makes all his supporters pretty culpable, whatever their motivations.
I'm presuming those who were motivated by racist, bigot, hate comments supported trump for those reasons. Those motivated by the desire for jobs, a change in leadership, a Washington outsider, or simply "fill in the blank" supported trump for those reasons. And never the twain shall meet. I can get that many cannot separate those views so if you and others feel the desire to hold the latter group culpable, so be it. I think rhetoric and actions are two different things. Trump has already backed off some of his comments, so let's see where it goes. Maybe his supporters were the smart ones after all knowing he'd have to tweak along the way, but represented their overall views. You'd think the libs would support this, but instead are jumping on this as he's changing his platform, which is a little crazy since you'd think that would be what they'd wanted.
Doubt a lot of his comments will actually be implemented.
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All of this would be more persuasive if it weren't for . . . you know . . . Bannon, Sessions, Flynn . . .
- b.c.,
Both points, absolutely SPOT ON.
Truth be known, I would've LOVED to have been able to "give Trump a chance."
Nothing would've delighted me more than to see those guillable supporters of his realize that he wasn't going to scrap a healthcare program that more white people are benefiting from than blacks and Latinos combined, that he wasn't going to ban Muslims and engage in mass roundups and deportations of Latino immigrants, that he wasn't going to establish a nationwide stop and frisk policy that targets minorities, that he wasn't going to fuck the environment by ending regulations on industry, that he wasn't going to be a kowtowing stooge to Vladimir Putin, and that he and his administration weren't going to scuttle, undo, and undermine hard fought for legislation that protects the civil rights of minorities, immigrants, women, the LGBTQ community, and people of different faiths.
But then, not long after he stood there on election night and pledged to be a president for all Americans, he set about selecting some of the most bigoted, racists, homophobic people he could find, as if in a big "FUCK YOU" to half the nation.
Though, come to think of it, in the minds of MANY (if not most) Trump supporters, including certain people with "degrees" who refer to "TRUE Americans," maybe in Trump's mind as well, perhaps his pledge to be president for "all Americans" wasn't misspoken.
Especially if you believe an accomplished AMERICAN born judge of Mexican heritage "is a Mexican" and that black AMERICANS who say "black lives matter" should "Go BACK to Africa."
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- b.c.,
Donald Trump is bringing America government by the worst men.
"Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart known for his open ties to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and foreign reactionaries in France and Russia. Bannon is a Svengali of sorts for the ugliest forces in American and international politics, a man who believes the Western world is in a fundamental struggle with Islam and who sees multiculturalism and liberal openness as a threat to the future of the West."
"... retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whom Trump has reportedly offered the job of national security adviser. On one hand, Flynn has a long and decorated career in military intelligence. On the other, his public statements reveal a conspiratorial mind, anti-Muslim beliefs, and a tolerance for anti-Semitism. And indeed, the Washington Post reports he was removed from his position as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for fostering a “destructive climate.”
"Alabama Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions... In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sessions—then serving as a United States attorney in Mobile, Alabama—to be a federal district court judge.... Sessions’ nomination stalled, then failed after testimony from those around him revealed a man with a dim view of black Americans."
"According to one federal prosecutor, reports the New York Times, Sessions suggested that a prominent white lawyer was a “disgrace to his race” because he’d represented black clients."
"Sessions had also referred to the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP as “un-American” for “trying to force civil rights down the throats of people.”"
"Another prosecutor, this one black, testified that Sessions had called him “boy” and joked that the Ku Klux Klan was “OK until I found out they smoked pot.” According to the Times, “Sessions denied calling the lawyer ‘boy’ but acknowledged or did not dispute the substance of the other remarks.”"
"Earlier this year, he cited Trump’s 1989 advertisement calling for the execution of the Central Park Five as evidence of the president-elect’s commitment to “law and order.” He has also denied the existence of voter suppression in his state, arguing instead—like many Republicans—that there is an epidemic of voter fraud."
"Sessions, who was too contemptuous of civil rights groups and black Americans to be confirmed as a federal judge by a panel of Republican senators in the 1980s, is poised to lead an agency tasked with defending the civil rights of millions of nonwhite citizens...""
"Stephen Bannon, the former head of Breitbart known for his open ties to white supremacists, anti-Semites, and foreign reactionaries in France and Russia. Bannon is a Svengali of sorts for the ugliest forces in American and international politics, a man who believes the Western world is in a fundamental struggle with Islam and who sees multiculturalism and liberal openness as a threat to the future of the West."
"... retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whom Trump has reportedly offered the job of national security adviser. On one hand, Flynn has a long and decorated career in military intelligence. On the other, his public statements reveal a conspiratorial mind, anti-Muslim beliefs, and a tolerance for anti-Semitism. And indeed, the Washington Post reports he was removed from his position as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency for fostering a “destructive climate.”
"Alabama Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions... In 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Sessions—then serving as a United States attorney in Mobile, Alabama—to be a federal district court judge.... Sessions’ nomination stalled, then failed after testimony from those around him revealed a man with a dim view of black Americans."
"According to one federal prosecutor, reports the New York Times, Sessions suggested that a prominent white lawyer was a “disgrace to his race” because he’d represented black clients."
"Sessions had also referred to the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP as “un-American” for “trying to force civil rights down the throats of people.”"
"Another prosecutor, this one black, testified that Sessions had called him “boy” and joked that the Ku Klux Klan was “OK until I found out they smoked pot.” According to the Times, “Sessions denied calling the lawyer ‘boy’ but acknowledged or did not dispute the substance of the other remarks.”"
"Earlier this year, he cited Trump’s 1989 advertisement calling for the execution of the Central Park Five as evidence of the president-elect’s commitment to “law and order.” He has also denied the existence of voter suppression in his state, arguing instead—like many Republicans—that there is an epidemic of voter fraud."
"Sessions, who was too contemptuous of civil rights groups and black Americans to be confirmed as a federal judge by a panel of Republican senators in the 1980s, is poised to lead an agency tasked with defending the civil rights of millions of nonwhite citizens...""
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Trump's National Security Adviser Changed His Mind About Turkey Coup Attempt After His Firm Got Involved
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-flynn-turkey-coup_us_58324909e4b099512f8376d4
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-flynn-turkey-coup_us_58324909e4b099512f8376d4
Warning for the fake news- phobiacs!!
The following link is from The Intercept
Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Says Islam Is “Like a Cancer”
The next link is from Democracy Now
Jeremy Scahill: Mike Pence Has "Militant Agenda" Against Women, the Poor, Immigrants, LGBTQ People
The following link is from The Intercept
Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Michael Flynn Says Islam Is “Like a Cancer”
The next link is from Democracy Now
Jeremy Scahill: Mike Pence Has "Militant Agenda" Against Women, the Poor, Immigrants, LGBTQ People
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^ - Ah... And now we have heard from the Representative from...PacificTimeZone, NW,
lololololololololololololol.
It's the most bigoted cabinet of this century...
It was actually because democrats who formerly voted for Obama didn't voted at all; the county flipped but not because the actual voters flipped.. Here's a cute graph on the issue:
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/09/graph-shows-hillary-clinton-lost-democrats-vote.html
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^ - More proof that spoiled, lazy Democrats shot themselves in the foot.
"Turns out it's not a Trump insurgency, but a Clinton collapse."
But, let's try to keep this thread focused on Trump's Cabinet choices, please.
A/B
"Turns out it's not a Trump insurgency, but a Clinton collapse."
But, let's try to keep this thread focused on Trump's Cabinet choices, please.
A/B
- b.c.,
Yes, and like those who voted for Trump despite the rhetoric his campaign and ideology behind it, and those short sighted, selfish individuals who pissed away their vote on a third party candidate, those who didn't even BOTHER, all EQUALLY deplorable.
Might be because of vote suppression as well.
The whole GOP is deplorable - a total disgrace.
On Faux News, it's always the "bad" black communities doing harm to the good, law-abiding cops. America's problems are rooted in minority groups raising hell. That's why we need "law and order" in the black ghettos.
Where's the GOP weighing in on the Native American crisis in North Dakota? Not a word from them.
Minority groups mean NADA to the Family Values Party. Just shut up and we won't bother you. If you make problems, we'll suppress you.
Lots of closet racists and homophobes out there. Dwump, Bannon, etc will help them come out!