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Post by SSHoya on Nov 2, 2018 5:29:59 GMT -5
More of "the best people" (also suitable for "It's the Corruption, Stupid") The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and President Trump has asked aides for more information about a Montana land deal under scrutiny by the Justice Department. Trump told his aides that he is afraid Zinke has broken rules while serving as the interior secretary and is concerned about the Justice Department referral, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. But the president has not indicated whether he will fire the former Navy SEAL and congressman and has asked for more information, the officials said. This week, Interior’s Office of Inspector General referred the inquiry — one of several probes into the secretary’s conduct — to the Justice Department to determine whether a criminal investigation is warranted. That referral concerns Zinke’s involvement in a Whitefish, Mont., land development deal backed by David J. Lesar, chairman of the oil services firm Halliburton. www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/white-house-concerned-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-violated-federal-rules/2018/11/01/e5e4d2f4-dddc-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 7:30:33 GMT -5
"Trump told his aides that he is afraid Zinke has broken rules..." What? Is this real life? Since when does Trump give half a Edited about the rules?
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 2, 2018 7:53:22 GMT -5
"Trump told his aides that he is afraid Zinke has broken rules..." What? Is this real life? Since when does Trump give half a Edited about the rules? My take is that is something the aides made up to leak the information and attempt to portray Trump as rational.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 8:37:01 GMT -5
Why does Trump think the way to get his voters to the polls is to push bigotry?
Wouldn't this be a good time for the decent Republicans to reject that message? When I said racism would be advanced after the election, Republicans on the board clutched pearls and proclaimed that wasn't the case. Here we have a President who believes the best way to push is voters to the poll is to appeal to their racism. We have other Trumpian Republicans running for office mimicking that message across the country.
Why does it matter if you yourself are not a racist if you reward this type of messaging? Folks refused to call out Trump's bigotry in 2016, they made excuses, and look at how he's ramped it up from 2016 to 2018. Where do you draw the line?
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 2, 2018 8:47:27 GMT -5
Why does Trump think the way to get his voters to the polls is to push bigotry? Wouldn't this be a good time for the decent Republicans to reject that message? If not aren't you rewarding this type of action? "Decent Republicans" hmmm. Few and far between in today's GOP. It's that simple. Not quite yet an oxymoron but getting close. The "decent Republicans" are leaving the party and/or not running for re-election.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2018 8:49:42 GMT -5
Two years into the Trump Administration that was going to solve everything ("I ALONE CAN FIX IT!"), and there's still SO much economic anxiety out there...
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Post by badgerhoya on Nov 2, 2018 11:33:37 GMT -5
Two years into the Trump Administration that was going to solve everything ("I ALONE CAN FIX IT!"), and there's still SO much economic anxiety out there... It's almost like there's nothing to do whatsoever with brown people and automation.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 2, 2018 14:40:42 GMT -5
During our conversation, Cohen recalled a discussion at Trump Tower, following the then-candidate’s return from a campaign rally during the 2016 election cycle. Cohen had watched the rally on TV and noticed that the crowd was largely Caucasian. He offered this observation to his boss. “I told Trump that the rally looked vanilla on television. Trump responded, ‘That’s because black people are too stupid to vote for me.’” (The White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment.) This conversation, he noted, was reminiscent of an exchange that the two men had engaged in years earlier, after Nelson Mandela’s death. “[Trump] said to me, ‘Name one country run by a black person that’s not a hole,’ and then he added, ‘Name one city,’” Cohen recalled, a statement that echoed the president’s alleged comments about African nations earlier this year. (White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied those comments at the time. She added that “no one here is going to pretend like the president is always politically correct—he isn’t.” She subsequently noted that it was “one of the reasons the American people love him.”) www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/michael-cohen-trump-racist-language?fbclid=IwAR36pHaycFU7UJiaDNCq6HGzRUzhzoo1GE-Y4r6mHvpMTtYVCUMjwHxdxyo
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 3, 2018 7:55:35 GMT -5
Seems that any lawyer associated with Trump may end up tarnishing his or her reputation. And so we come to this moment, an inaugural moment for Cipollone, when the president has announced his intention to issue an executive order that by fiat would deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to noncitizens. He wishes to unilaterally refashion constitutional law with a forced reading of the 14th Amendment and spurious reasons for not following controlling Supreme Court precedent. He is doing so with an announcement that is plainly timed for political effect, only weeks before the midterm elections. www.lawfareblog.com/white-house-counsel-and-pending-birthright-citizenship-executive-order
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Post by njhoya78 on Nov 3, 2018 10:16:11 GMT -5
The Executive Order revoking birthright citizenship, in violation of the 14th Amendment, will be rejected as unconstitutional by the courts, and ultimately by the Supreme Court (because strict constructionists like Justices Alito and Thomas will never be able to reverse field). Like most of President Trump's other court-challenged Executive Orders. It's like he's in cahoots with the American Bar Association, and has effectively created a Full Employment Act for constitutional lawyers.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2018 12:48:26 GMT -5
Why does Trump think the way to get his voters to the polls is to push bigotry? Wouldn't this be a good time for the decent Republicans to reject that message? When I said racism would be advanced after the election, Republicans on the board clutched pearls and proclaimed that wasn't the case. Here we have a President who believes the best way to push is voters to the poll is to appeal to their racism. We have other Trumpian Republicans running for office mimicking that message across the country. Why does it matter if you yourself are not a racist if you reward this type of messaging? Folks refused to call out Trump's bigotry in 2016, they made excuses, and look at how he's ramped it up from 2016 to 2018. Where do you draw the line?
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 4, 2018 20:37:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2018 8:10:02 GMT -5
Despite a good economy trump is running on race based politics, why? For some reason Trump thinks this is what motivates Republican voters and for their part Republican voters keep proving him right. It's absurd to think all R's are racist, and nobody is alleging that, but you have a demagogue in office who thinks tearing people apart is his path to victory so he appeals to the darkest parts of peoples heart.
It really is sad to watch in real time. It definitely doesn't feel like this is what makes America great..
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 5, 2018 13:48:38 GMT -5
Despite a good economy trump is running on race based politics, why? For some reason Trump thinks this is what motivates Republican voters and for their part Republican voters keep proving him right. It's absurd to think all R's are racist, and nobody is alleging that, but you have a demagogue in office who thinks tearing people apart is his path to victory so he appeals to the darkest parts of peoples heart. It really is sad to watch in real time. It definitely doesn't feel like this is what makes America great.. According to certain posters it does They are complicit in his racism, xenophobia, misogyny and demagoguery. They too lack a moral compass since they support Don the Con's abhorrent and vile agenda.
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Post by njhoya78 on Nov 5, 2018 14:49:19 GMT -5
I've been saying/writing this for months now. Vote.
We get the type of government we deserve. If we do not participate in democracy, we cannot complain about what is happening to it.
I repeat myself. Vote.
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Post by tashoya on Nov 5, 2018 15:33:04 GMT -5
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Post by hoyarooter on Nov 5, 2018 20:22:19 GMT -5
Since the shootings in Pittsburgh, temples in Southern California have been vandalized and threatened by bomb scares. Yes, someone again please tell me how Trump is good for the Jews.
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 7, 2018 6:10:42 GMT -5
Ladies and gentlemen, start your subpoenas!
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Post by SSHoya on Nov 7, 2018 14:46:52 GMT -5
Sessions has submitted his resignation.
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Post by njhoya78 on Nov 7, 2018 15:38:54 GMT -5
Sessions has submitted his resignation. Photocopy of resignation letter from Sessions to the President is undated. Sessions may have submitted it months ago, and it may have been held in abeyance by the President until the mid-terms were done, so that it was not an election issue. Let's see if the Acting Attorney General appointed here moves to fire Robert Mueller. . . .
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