McConnell in attack-dog mode on House Democrats first big bill


"It's not fair to say the Senate is doing nothing under Mitch McConnell other than confirming judges.

The Republican Senate Majority Leader has devoted much of his time lately to fashioning talking points to attack the Democrats’ top piece of legislation in the House, a wide-ranging bill dealing with reforms to campaign finance, ethics, and voting rights".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/mc-connell-in-attack-dog-mode-on-house-democrats-first-big-bill-213129521.html


I took Dems taking over the house to wake Mitch up from the dead. He was so silent these past 2 years after every Trump decision.

McConnell strode to the Senate floor once again to denounce it.

Why would a US Senator denounce a bill that would make it easier for Americans to vote and secure our elections against foreign tampering? Personally, I don't think that makes him much of an American.

The GOP is against voter's rights, ethics and appropriate campaign finance laws. I wonder why?

Jared Kushner goes rogue in Saudi Arabia, prompting national security concerns

"Jared Kushner has gone rogue.

Donald Trump’s senior White House adviser once again abandoned government normalities during an official state trip to Saudi Arabia, reportedly discussing US-Saudi cooperation with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a meeting that lacked representation from the US Embassy in Riyadh.

The 38-year-old adviser also discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the US’ economic investment in the Middle East with Saudi royalty, including King Salman, according to a White House readout from the trip that was released just as the president’s former lawyer Michael Cohen began his explosive public testimony on Capitol Hill last week.

Mr. Kushner’s quiet undertaking of such high-profile meetings has raised national security concerns from military and intelligence officials, who said the president’s son-in-law was “undermining US authority” in the region".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jared-kushner-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-jamal-khashoggi-trump-a8812806.html


Despite the president’s assurances to the contrary, Donald Trump ordered his former chief of staff John Kelly to grant his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, a top-level security clearance, overruling security officials and top career veterans.
Kelly, who was ousted from his White House role in December, detailed the order in a contemporaneous memo written in May of last year, as did the White House counsel at the time, Don McGahn.


5 U.S. Code § 3110. Employment of relatives;
(b) A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he is serving or over which he exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official. An individual may not be appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in or to a civilian position in an agency if such appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement has been advocated by a public official, serving in or exercising jurisdiction or control over the agency, who is a relative of the individual.
(3) “relative” means, with respect to a public official, an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.


Kushner’s clearance was denied twice by two White House security experts because of FBI concerns about foreign influence on Kushner, But they were overruled by Carl Kline when he was installed as the director of the personnel security office of the president. Kline also overruled security experts on 30 other people in the Trump administration, an unprecedented number. The investigation seeks to determine why the White House and the presidential transition team “appear to have disregarded established procedures for safeguarding classified information [and] evaluate the extent to which the nation’s most highly guarded secrets were provided to officials who should not have had access to them.

Exactly. He wants to roll us right back into the same Republican made mess we had before Obama. Look at the mess Bush made. Look on back to Reagan. Look at the mess he made. I think the Republicans would love to try to bring communism in if they could.

Donald Trump, a socialist using communist principles

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/letter_to_editor/donald-trump-a-socialist-using-communist-principles/article_120d87f8-1692-57dd-9541-8f3e03e6a4c9.html

http://www.apnews.com/608b9fcbca5941348e2ac8796e94c8cd


Manafort as chairman of the campaign shared confidential polling data with Russian government operatives. Just that alone is collusion. Mueller is investigating conspiracies, collusion, established.

Just a matter of time before the whole house of cards falls
Maybe they will all be locked up together with Spacey

Trump's 'interference in CNN merger' an impeachable offence, says husband of White House adviser

"Trump's alleged interference in a business merger involving CNN is “unquestionably” an impeachable offense, a lawyer and husband to one of the US president’s senior advisers has said".

http://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2019/03/04/trump-att-time-warner-merger-phillip-dnt-lead-vpx.cnn

"Nadler: Trump payments are 'impeachable offense"

http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/12/09/sotu-nadler-full.cnn

As Paul Manafort goes down for 47 months, Americans need to face up to what this says about Donald Trump

"Lock her up! Lock her up!” Those words were regurgitated over and over again during Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, directed specifically at his opponent Hillary Clinton. In fact, the chant remains one of the favorites at Trump rallies across the US, acting as a continuation of sorts to Trump's seemingly empty promises to "drain the swamp" and take on political corruption in Washington DC".

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/mar/07/trump-manafort-trial-sentence-news-latest-live-updates-us-politics-today

http://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-manafort-goes-down-47-000148208.html


Trump is either an absolute blind, stupid buffoon, Or he is the most crooked, corrupt president in history.

He should have got much longer

Maverick Republican William Weld looks to run against Trump's 'malignant narcissism'

"Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who recently launched an exploratory committee to consider a Republican primary challenge in the 2020 presidential race, said that President Trump exhibits “malignant narcissism” and is undercutting the rule of law with actions “way beyond anything Richard Nixon ever did".

http://www.yahoo.com/news/maverick-republican-william-weld-looking-run-malignant-narcissist-trump-142709863.html

Sounds like at least one Republican has some sense.

Democrats To Move Forward With Anti-Semitism Resolution

"WASHINGTON ― House Democrats are moving ahead with a vote on a resolution Thursday that would condemn anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and white supremacy. But missing from the resolution will be the name of the member inspiring the controversial vote: Rep. Ilhan Omar.

“It’s not about her,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday morning during her weekly press conference".

The fact that we need a resolution to declare such beliefs as sacrilege show how little the human race has evolved. I'm not sure how I feel about this right at the moment.

I really haven't read enough about it to know for sure. But what little I have read makes me wonder what the people were thinking when they voted her into congress?

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/democrats-move-forward-anti-semitism-171443174.html

Democrats in 2020 Race Rally Around Ilhan Omar Amid Anti-Semitism Flap

"Presidential contenders defend her right to criticize Israel "

"Four U.S. senators seeking the Democratic presidential nomination are rallying around first-term Representative Ilhan Omar amid a backlash over her remarks about Israel that sparked an acrimonious debate in the House this week."

Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Kirsten Gillibrand denounced anti-Semitism in separate statements Thursday, while also saying Omar was being unfairly targeted by those who want to muffle criticism of Israel’s policies.


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-08/democrats-in-2020-race-rally-around-omar-amid-anti-semitism-flap

I have to admit I have wondered at times what Israel was thinking when it came to some of the things they have done over the years.


More bad news for President Donald Trump in latest Michigan poll

"WASHINGTON – A new poll has more bad news for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election hopes in Michigan, showing that more than half of those surveyed either plan to vote for someone else or are considering doing so next year".

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/03/08/donald-trump-michigan-poll/3095850002/

Democrats Refusing to Give Fox News a Debate Is Not a First Amendment Issue. This is a First Amendment Issue.

http://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/democrats-refusing-fox-news-debate-170300364.html

Trump reacts to Manafort sentencing: 'No collusion'

"Reacting to news that Paul Manafort was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud, President Donald Trump on Friday said he feels "very badly" for his former campaign chairman".

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-reacts-manafort-sentencing-collusion/story?id=61554622

Since the Manafort trial was not about collusion, the judge's remarks were mysterious at best. The sentence of fewer than four years - also mysterious at best. I think we're all well past the collusion aspect of these cases, but the case against Manafort was only discovered as a direct result of questioning by the Mueller probe -- same for Cohen. Collusion - maybe not, but that's just the beginning of the investigations (numerous investigations), not the end.

“If you notice both his lawyer, a highly respected man and a very highly respected judge, the judge said there was no collusion with Russia. This had nothing to do with collusion there was no collusion. It's a collusion hoax. It's a collusion witch hoax. I don't collude with Russia,” Trump said.

But the president, who said he was "honored" by the judge's statement, misrepresented what he said.

Judge T.S. Ellis didn’t conclude that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia but instead noted that Manafort was not before his court for any matter related to the issue of collusion. After Ellis noted at the sentencing that Manafort's case did not involve the potential collusion that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating, Manafort's attorney, Kevin Downing, made similar comments as he left court Thursday evening. It's called selective hearing. Trump hears what he wants to hear.

On the 226th try, Trump hopes you’ll simply accept that there was no collusion

"The key to effective branding is repetition. Or so they say, I guess, or so I heard at some point in time. I mean, what do I know about branding?"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/03/08/th-try-trump-hopes-youll-simply-accept-that-there-was-no-collusion/

Here’s why Donald Trump could easily go down in history as a worse traitor than Benedict Arnold

"Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Donald Trump campaign's possible collusion with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election marches onward. Trump and his alleged co-conspirators, defenders, and allies appear to be encircled".

http://www.alternet.org/2018/12/heres-why-donald-trump-could-easily-go-down-history-worse-traitor-benedict-arnold/

Don't expect details from Mueller probe: senior U.S. Republican

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, a top congressional Republican said on Friday".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-republican/dont-expect-details-from-mueller-probe-senior-us-republican-idUSKBN1QP28Q

Rep Doug Collins must have forgotten a little case known as the United States vs Nixon. Said case granted Congress a full report of the investigation into Nixon's involvement in the Watergate Scandal. The same principle applies here Rep Collins. I wonder if Rep Collins & his GOP colleagues in Congress would feel the same way if Hillary Clinton were POTUS instead of Trump?



Collusion: Trump's arrangement that included Don Junior meeting with an agent of the Russian government at Trump Tower, the obtaining of hacked Russian military information on the DNC Chair and Democratic candidate for President, and the application of that information to influence the outcome of the Presidential election.
And now Collusion 2, information courtesy of Erik Prince: Trump's arrangement that included Don meeting at Trump Tower with emissaries of the Saudi Arabian and UAE governments, a deal for political favors in exchange for unreported campaign finance payments, and the application of those payments to influence the outcome of the Presidential election.

U.S. Continues to Separate Migrant Families Despite Rollback of Policy

"OAKLAND, Calif. — Nearly nine months after the Trump administration officially rescinded its policy of separating migrant families who have illegally crossed the border, more than 200 migrant children have been taken from parents and other relatives and placed in institutional care, with some spending months in shelters and foster homes thousands of miles away from their parents".

http://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/us/migrant-family-separations-border.html

Trump ‘to be removed by force’ if he refuses to leave after 2020 election loss

"Roughly seven hours into his congressional testimony last week, Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered a grave warning for the future of American democracy if the president does not get his way in the 2020 election.

While many during the Trump presidency have wondered if he might be impeached and removed from office during his first term, Cohen had a different concern. Like a rude house guest with the nuclear codes at his disposal, Cohen worried that the celebrity businessman-turned-president may just refuse to let go of the keys to the White House, even if he is not re-elected".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-refuse-leave-office-nixon-cohen-white-house-a8814991.html

More proof of collusion of the Trump campaign with a foreign government.

Ex-Mercenary CEO Erik Prince Admits To Trump Tower Meet With Don Jr., Saudi Emissary



"Erik Prince, former head of mercenary business Blackwater, revealed in a bombshell interview Friday that he attended a meeting in Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. and a representative of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to discuss “Iran policy” during the presidential campaign.

The interview marked the first time Prince has publicly acknowledged such a meeting. Prince said in congressional testimony in 2017 that he had no “official” or “unofficial” role in the campaign — other than a “yard sign” and writing “papers” — according to the transcript of his testimony before the House intelligence committee. Nor did he mention the meeting in his testimony, according to transcripts.

The New York Times reported last year that Prince organized the 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump’s eldest son and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader. Nader revealed at the meeting that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia wanted to aid Trump in his bid for the presidency, according to the newspaper".

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ex-mercenary-ceo-erik-prince-074920681.html

U.S. Continues to Separate Migrant Families Despite Rollback of Policy

"OAKLAND, Calif. — Nearly nine months after the Trump administration officially rescinded its policy of separating migrant families who have illegally crossed the border, more than 200 migrant children have been taken from parents and other relatives and placed in institutional care, with some spending months in shelters and foster homes thousands of miles away from their parents".

http://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/09/us/migrant-family-separations-border.html

Trump ‘to be removed by force’ if he refuses to leave after 2020 election loss

"Roughly seven hours into his congressional testimony last week, Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered a grave warning for the future of American democracy if the president does not get his way in the 2020 election.

While many during the Trump presidency have wondered if he might be impeached and removed from office during his first term, Cohen had a different concern. Like a rude house guest with the nuclear codes at his disposal, Cohen worried that the celebrity businessman-turned-president may just refuse to let go of the keys to the White House, even if he is not re-elected".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-refuse-leave-office-nixon-cohen-white-house-a8814991.html

More proof of collusion of the Trump campaign with a foreign government.

Ex-Mercenary CEO Erik Prince Admits To Trump Tower Meet With Don Jr., Saudi Emissary



"Erik Prince, former head of mercenary business Blackwater, revealed in a bombshell interview Friday that he attended a meeting in Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr. and a representative of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to discuss “Iran policy” during the presidential campaign.

The interview marked the first time Prince has publicly acknowledged such a meeting. Prince said in congressional testimony in 2017 that he had no “official” or “unofficial” role in the campaign — other than a “yard sign” and writing “papers” — according to the transcript of his testimony before the House intelligence committee. Nor did he mention the meeting in his testimony, according to transcripts.

The New York Times reported last year that Prince organized the 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump’s eldest son and Lebanese-American businessman George Nader. Nader revealed at the meeting that the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia wanted to aid Trump in his bid for the presidency, according to the newspaper".

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/ex-mercenary-ceo-erik-prince-074920681.html

Top House Republican Blasts Trump Plan To Charge Allies A Premium On U.S. Troops

"Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the third-ranking House Republican, on Sunday criticized President Donald Trump’s reported plan to force U.S. allies to pay billions of dollars more for hosting American troops on their soil. "

http://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/top-house-republican-blasts-trump-154833987.html

The World is largely small and poor. Most countries even our Allies would opt out and ask us to leave. Then you end up with small nations against China and Russia. We would have to deploy all our troops to save the World. We are in no position to do this with Britain. Germany, Japan and South Korea is a different story. I think all 3 of those countries would throw us out if we charged then for our bases.

Putin's plan to break up US alliances is working like a charm!

Cheney, a daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, told NBC’s “Meet The Press” that the impact of this plan would be “absolutely devastating” to U.S. diplomacy.

Doing things that are absolutely devastating to U.S. diplomacy seems to be a reoccurring theme of this Presidency.

What a devestating thing to do to children and family's .
So heart wrenching .
Congrats Charles on 10G

Maybe Trump thinks he doesn't need Iowa caucus in 2020? Or is he just screwing over one of the largest groups that helped him to get in office?

Trump budget proposes steep subsidy cuts to farmers as they grapple with crisis

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's 2020 budget on Monday proposed a 15 percent cut for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, calling its subsidies to farmers "overly generous" at a time when they are going through the worst crisis in decades because of depressed commodity prices and Trump's trade tariffs".

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-budget-usda/trump-budget-proposes-steep-cut-for-usda-as-farmers-grapple-with-crisis-idUSKBN1QS28Z


Trump's budget also calls for massive cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Still, think this is winning?

Farmers were one of the big groups that put Trump in office. Elections have consequences.

The tax changes included a huge decrease in taxes paid by real estate developers (Trump and Kushner families). But, those are not overly generous. They are overtly generous.

He is going to have to find more cuts because his tax plan needs 5% GDP to cover and he is currently at 2.6% with a slowing economy. He is basically bankrupting the US like he did his old companies.

The party of fiscal responsibility. Yeah, right. There is no end in site to his spending.

Here you go, farmers. Have you had enough winning with this guy yet? He would be happy if all farms belonged to corporations who he would give huge tax cuts too. Wake up!!

Trump to demand extra $3bn for border wall from Congress, White House officials reveal

Trump plans on asking Congress for $8.6bn (£6.6bn) to build a wall on the US southern border in 2020, a figure that far surpasses previous allocations for the project, according to reports.

The president’s new demand is six times what was allocated earlier this year for the wall, and six percent more than what he has sought to reallocate with his emergency declaration.

The request is unlikely to gain much traction with Democrats in control of the House of Representatives, however, who successfully thwarted his request for $5.6bn in border funding earlier this year.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-wall-congress-budget-funding-emergency-declaration-a8816496.html




Comrade Trumpsky just doesn't seem to know when to let up. If it were not for the Democrats being in the House, this guy would be taking all of us to the cleaners. I do believe he would bankrupt the USA because of his wild spending. Some people like to whine about Obama.

Obama never even came close to spending what Trump has spent. Not including what he wants to spend. If he was allowed to spend what he wants to spend, I think he very well could spend more than the past two or three presidents combined. If he had his way we would all be his personal piggy bank. We aren't far from being just that.


Now, he is going to "break it off" in the farmers. Like he hasn't "broke it off" deep enough already with his tariffs and such. I hate to see the farmers suffer for it. But at the same time, GOOD! The more Trump alienates his base, the less likely he is to be voted back in 2020. Unless they like to have it "broke off in them". When it comes to Trump followers you can expect most anything.

Less then 602 days of the idiot left ! But im sure he will quit and run before the end of his term .
Hes a Coward

TRUMP IN 2020..If for nothing else just to send those suffering from TDS over the edge..I can see it now another four years of butt hurt and Kleenex..

All the infectious diseases that are making our children sick..all those who have been assaulted or murdered by illegals ..is on those who have supported them or let them in and the illegals who have committed these crimes..

5.6 billion is a lot cheaper than the billions these illegals are already costing us..DEPORT ALL OF THE ILLEGALS AND BUILD THE WALL if that's what it takes to keep them out..And if it weren't for Trump you would be supporting a whole lot more..watch as your taxes on everything start to go up..What some people don't get is that this is ALL a GLOBALISTS agenda..WAKE UP PEOPLE


TRUMP IN 2020

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