Elvado
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Post by Elvado on May 2, 2017 12:33:24 GMT -5
I agree with the spirit of Artisides comments but this particular President only seems to care about winners and losers. And when he wins he sticks his thumbs your eye and screams loser loser loser. Just today he was at an Air Force reception he was giving a full throated red meat campaign speech with uniformed Service members standing there as props. He is crass and inappropriate at every opportunity and ramps up the temp in the room to 100 whenever he can. Pro tip: 1) Going to be hard to blame Dems when you're calling for a shutdown 5 months out 2) Govt shutdown kind of sucks for the families of government employees and constituent... Since you control all 3 branches you would be blamed 3) You just signed a CR.. ? In NY we call this around the corner tough... He is actually an awfully petulant child. Makes him a natural foil for the likes of Pelosi, Schumer, Hoyer, etc
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Post by hoyarooter on May 2, 2017 16:36:59 GMT -5
So on the same day, our guy first called for a shutdown of the government because he didn't get all of his toys in the budget (wah, wah), and then claimed the budget as a victory. You can't make this stuff up. Please, Mr. President, just stop tweeting. Please? The country will be better off for it.
Also, I want to make a special shout out to SSHoya. I hadn't visited this thread for a while, and read the last 5 pages yesterday. I want to thank you for your service (doesn't have to be military) and for your cogent posts.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 10:12:06 GMT -5
_____________ When she's not "advising" daddy she's out leveraging her White House gig to promote her book/businesses.. And an assist from the State Department too? Can't hurt... State Department Office promotes Ivanka Trump’s book thebea.st/2qx7wYk_ www.politico.com/story/2017/05/05/donald-trump-weekend-trips-bedminster-238045 Trump busting presidential norms with weekend getaways POTUS has now spent 14 straight weekends visiting his business properties. Trump is in Bedminster today, they are calling Bedminster the "Summer White House".... And now back to stuffing our pockets...
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Post by SSHoya on May 6, 2017 11:14:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 11:11:34 GMT -5
- Kushner Co. brochure in China "Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States."
Anyone want to buy a visa?? Will cost you $500K... Make checks payable to the Kushner family and they will even expedite.
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Oh Eric.... Also known as the opposite of what Daddy says. American banks wouldn't lend to Trump this has been discussed previously during the campaign, but someone did.
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Post by SSHoya on May 7, 2017 11:44:23 GMT -5
- Kushner Co. brochure in China "Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States." Anyone want to buy a visa?? Will cost you $500K... Make checks payable to the Kushner family and they will even expedite. __________ Oh Eric.... Also known as the opposite of what Daddy says. American banks wouldn't lend to Trump this has been discussed previously during the campaign, but someone did. Setting aside the ethical considerations of the Kushner organization and its relationship with Trump via his son-in-law, the EB-5 visa program has been around since the Clinton Administration and is legal. The $500,000 investment threshold is right from the regulations. USCIS administers the EB-5 program, created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a program initially enacted as a pilot in 1992, and regularly reauthorized since then, investors may also qualify for EB-5 classification by investing through regional centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth. On December 10, 2016, President Obama signed Public Law 114-254 extending the regional center program through April 28, 2017. Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000. www.uscis.gov/eb-5
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2017 12:10:33 GMT -5
- Kushner Co. brochure in China "Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States." Anyone want to buy a visa?? Will cost you $500K... Make checks payable to the Kushner family and they will even expedite. __________ Oh Eric.... Also known as the opposite of what Daddy says. American banks wouldn't lend to Trump this has been discussed previously during the campaign, but someone did. Setting aside the ethical considerations of the Kushner organization and its relationship with Trump via his son-in-law, the EB-5 visa program has been around since the Clinton Administration and is legal. The $500,000 investment threshold is right from the regulations. USCIS administers the EB-5 program, created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a program initially enacted as a pilot in 1992, and regularly reauthorized since then, investors may also qualify for EB-5 classification by investing through regional centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth. On December 10, 2016, President Obama signed Public Law 114-254 extending the regional center program through April 28, 2017. Targeted Employment Area (High Unemployment or Rural Area). The minimum qualifying investment either within a high-unemployment area or rural area in the United States is $500,000. www.uscis.gov/eb-5My only concern is the ethical consideration. I know it's legal. I haven't seen anybody saying it isn't, or anything is wrong with the law aside from Steve Bannon and other hardliners. These wealthy investors are only at that meeting, ready to invest money because Trump/Kushners name is attached to it. Kushner co is touting their status/connections and using this law as a bargaining chip to secure investments in their company. "Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States." It's in the brochure... That's a joke. They're not selling the idea of investing in America they're selling access to America by investing in the Kushner family business... Then of course there's the whole hypocrisy thing.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 11:56:10 GMT -5
Up early tweeting trying to bully a witness.. Nice... Friendly reminder Trump fired Yates and kept Flynn..
Friendly reminder Trump was not even taking his natsec briefings during the campaign. Flynn a compromised person was. Flynn would provide summaries to Trump..
Oh and...
But of course...
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2017 12:35:27 GMT -5
Chaser: Flynn's replacement is in trouble for acting like an adult...
Trump was reportedly livid McMaster called his South Korean counterpart following threat to make them pay for a new missile defense system.
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Post by SSHoya on May 8, 2017 19:33:15 GMT -5
Having watched Yates's testimony about her interaction with White House Counsel Don McGahn, I can only conclude that has got to be one of the dumbest or, at best, clueless of lawyers. He has no experience in national security matters or criminal law. His only experience appears to be in campaign finance law.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 9:43:32 GMT -5
Fairly clear the White House either is too incompetent to understand or didn't care that Russia could blackmail the Presidents National Security adviser because they knew he lied... McGahn's response was basically: Why do you care? Unreal.... Yates: "To state the obvious, you don't want your NatSec Adviser compromised with the Russians." Sounds logical. Trump transition asked for the CIA's classified file on Kislyak the Russian "ambassador"/spy many members of Trumps team met with, That list includes Kushner, Flynn, and Sessions but Article on them asking for info on the Russian Ambassador/Spy (Kislyak) Flynn and Kushner met with in secret... apnews.com/b109774705594ae887a86b337c444e6b/Trump-transition-raised-flags-about-Flynn-Russia-contactsEven though it was entertaining watching Cornyn and Cruz get owned, other than Ben Sasse and Graham, the Republicans focused on anything but Flynn and Russia. They also ALL left early....
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 10:37:24 GMT -5
So about those tax returns....
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hoyainspirit
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Post by hoyainspirit on May 9, 2017 11:01:59 GMT -5
Having watched Yates's testimony about her interaction with White House Counsel Don McGahn, I can only conclude that has got to be one of the dumbest or, at best, clueless of lawyers. He has no experience in national security matters or criminal law. His only experience appears to be in campaign finance law. Struck me as odd. My initial reaction was, "Say what?"
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Post by SSHoya on May 9, 2017 13:03:18 GMT -5
Having watched Yates's testimony about her interaction with White House Counsel Don McGahn, I can only conclude that has got to be one of the dumbest or, at best, clueless of lawyers. He has no experience in national security matters or criminal law. His only experience appears to be in campaign finance law. Struck me as odd. My initial reaction was, "Say what?" Wouldn't it be ironic if the 18 days it took to fire Flynn becomes analogous to the 18 minute gap in Nixon's White House tapes? Awaiting the next session of Spicer's lies. He is an absolute disgrace and I am sickened that he is a US Naval Reserve officer. (Of course, he is a PAO). This just in, Spicer: "Trump does not want to smear a good man!" You can't make this sh*t up. Flynn is at real risk of an 18 USC 1001 prosecution if reports are true that he lied to the FBI about the substance of his conversations with Kislyak.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 13:56:43 GMT -5
Spicer: They didn't act on Yates' warnings because she's a Dem and she was appointed by Obama.
She's a 30 year DOJ employee. She was hired as Assistant U.S. Attorney by Republican Bob Barr for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia, and he/we have no idea her party affiliation..
Spicer defended his accusation by saying it was "widely rumored".... Mmkay
Spicer: Flynn was a "good man", and that they no restrictions on his clearance after being warned.
Spicer: Sally Yates is a "political opponent of Trump
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Basically Yates warned the WH there's evidence your NSA might be or has the potential to be compromised by the Russians and the WH responded: Yeah whatever... You're a Democrat!
That's their story? Unreal...
He'd much rather smear a good woman...
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Elvado
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Post by Elvado on May 9, 2017 17:17:08 GMT -5
Trump Fires Comey.
Who says he can't make Democrats happy?
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on May 9, 2017 17:46:37 GMT -5
Trump nominates Jared Kushner for FBI Director. You heard it here first!
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Post by hoyainspirit on May 9, 2017 18:12:05 GMT -5
Help me. I thought the FBI Director couldn't be fired. Guess I was wrong. Anybody have clarification on this?
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Post by MassHoya on May 9, 2017 18:19:18 GMT -5
Help the United States of America. Trump is a out of control.
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Post by SSHoya on May 9, 2017 18:25:48 GMT -5
Help me. I thought the FBI Director couldn't be fired. Guess I was wrong. Anybody have clarification on this? Statutorily, the FBI Director is appointed to a ten-year term but the President can fire him. Clinton fired William Sessions as FBI Director when he refused to resign over ethical misconduct (misuse of govt resources for personal purposes or something like that). The firing has to be for cause, unlike other excepted appointments in federal government. The report found that Mr. Sessions had taken numerous free trips aboard F.B.I. aircraft to visits friends and relatives, often taking along his wife, Alice. The report, which was endorsed officially by Attorney General William P. Barr on his last day in office, detailed a litany of abuses. It is a lacerating portrayal of the Director as an official who was in charge of enforcing the law but who seemed blase about perceptions of his own conduct. www.nytimes.com/1993/07/20/us/defiant-fbi-chief-removed-from-job-by-the-president.html
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