US Politics in Trump era Public date: 02.10.2020 20:59:01

25 Apr 2017

7 Baffling Moments From Donald Trump’s AP Interview

President Donald Trump lied about his policy accomplishments, interrupted himself, and went off on a series of incoherent rants during a recent interview with The Associated Press’ Julie Pace.
President Donald Trump lied about his policy accomplishments, interrupted himself, and went off on a series of...
18 Apr 2017

The Domestic Conspiracy That Gave Trump The Election Is In Plain Sight

Information presently public and available confirms that Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani, and Donald Trump conspired to intimidate FBI Director James Comey into interfering in, and thus directly affecting, the 2016 presidential election. This conspiracy was made possible with the assistance of officers in the New York Police Department and agents within the New York field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. All of the major actors in the conspiracy have already confessed to its particulars either in word or in deed; moreover, all of the major actors have publicly exhibited consciousness of guilt after the fact.
Information presently public and available confirms that Erik Prince, Rudy Giuliani, and Donald Trump conspired to...
14 Apr 2017

Trump Taps Salesman To Run Military Draft

Don Benton has a long record of controversies, but no record of military service. Late Monday night, when many Americans were in bed, President Donald Trump quietly announced his intention to nominate former Washington state senator Don Benton (R) to be director of the Selective Service System, which operates the nation’s military draft. This was when the problems first came to light.
Don Benton has a long record of controversies, but no record of military service. Late Monday night, when many Americans...
26 Mar 2017

Trump Is Dragging Us Into Another War… And No One Is Talking About It

Quietly, while Americans have been focused on the ongoing drama over repealing the Affordable Care Act and the new revelations about the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, President Trump has been busy dramatically expanding the American troop presence inside Syria. And virtually no one in Washington has noticed. Americans have a right to know what Trump is planning and whether this will lead to an Iraq-style occupation of Syria for years to come.
Quietly, while Americans have been focused on the ongoing drama over repealing the Affordable Care Act and the new...
9 Feb 2017

Steve Bannon Believes The Apocalypse Is Coming And War Is Inevitable

In Bannon’s view, we are in the midst of an existential war, and everything is a part of that conflict. Treaties must be torn up, enemies named, culture changed. Global conflagration, should it occur, would only prove the theory correct. For Bannon, the Fourth Turning has arrived. The Grey Champion, a messianic strongman figure, may have already emerged. The apocalypse is now.
In Bannon’s view, we are in the midst of an existential war, and everything is a part of that conflict. Treaties...
9 Feb 2017

T.J. Maxx And Marshalls Tell Employees To Stop Featuring Ivanka Trump Products

Just days after Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom stopped carrying Ivanka Trump’s products, another major retail chain appears to be distancing itself from her brand, too. T.J. Maxx and Marshalls employees were instructed in a note from their company last week to stop featuring Ivanka Trump merchandise in stores and to throw away Ivanka Trump signage, The New York Times reported Wednesday. 
Just days after Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom stopped carrying Ivanka Trump’s products, another major retail...
9 Feb 2017

Trump Aide Derided Islam, Immigration And Diversity, Embraced An Anti-Semitic Past

Michael Anton, a senior national security official in the Trump administration wrote under a pseudonym last year that Islam is an inherently violent religion that is “incompatible with the modern West,” defended the World War II-era America First Committee, which included anti-Semites, as “unfairly maligned,” and called diversity “a source of weakness, tension  and disunion.”
Michael Anton, a senior national security official in the Trump administration wrote under a pseudonym last year...
12 Dec 2016

Russian Interference Could Give Courts Legal Authority To Install Clinton

If its proven that the Russians have interfered in US elections the courts can install Clinton as the president. This is due to a federal court ruling out of Pennsylvania that invalidated a state senate election due to fraud, ordering the winner be removed from office and the subsequent vacancy be filled by his opponent.
If its proven that the Russians have interfered in US elections the courts can install Clinton as the president. This is...
23 Nov 2016

Trump Says Any Conflicts Of Interest Were Priced Into Your Vote

Thirteen days after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump announced on Twitter that no one should worry about the potential conflicts of interest he could face over his range of global properties because everyone knew about them when they elected him. He blamed any questions of impropriety on the media for reporting on them..
Thirteen days after winning the presidential election, Donald Trump announced on Twitter that no one should worry...
22 Nov 2016

House Passes Bill That Lets Government Contractors Fire People For Being LGBT

The House passed a massive National Defense Authorization Act late Wednesday, and tucked inside of it, a provision that would allow federal contractors to fire employees for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.The language, slipped into the bill by Rep. Steve Russell (R-Okla.), would dismantle President Barack Obama’s 2014 executive action that makes it illegal for government contractors to fire or harass employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity
The House passed a massive National Defense Authorization Act late Wednesday, and tucked inside of it, a...
17 Nov 2016

Trump Team Is Mulling Muslim Registry And Planning Border Wall, Reported Adviser Says

An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could push ahead rapidly on construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall without seeking immediate congressional  approval. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is reportedly being considered for the post of attorney general, said in an interview that Trump’s policy advisers had also discussed drafting a proposal for his consideration to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries.
An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new...
11 Nov 2016

Democrats Deserve President Trump For Creating A Cult Following Around Hillary And Cheating Bernie

Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump because of a cult following surrounding the former Secretary of State, created by sycophants, pundits, and journalists beholden to Clinton’s stature as an icon. This blind devotion overshadowed two FBI criminal investigations, Clinton’s use of the phrase “superpredators,” and Trump-level favorability ratings.
Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump because of a cult following surrounding the former Secretary of State, created by...
6 Nov 2016

Clinton Foundation Accepted Qatar’s $1 Million Birthday Gift For Bill Clinton

The move is controversial as Clinton had promised to disclose foreign support while she was in the State Department. Clinton foundation claims that the MOU was based on previous donors substantially increasing their donations to the Clinton foundation and that wasn't the case with Qatar.
The move is controversial as Clinton had promised to disclose foreign support while she was in the State Department....
24 Oct 2016

Fox News Just Landed A Brutal, Clean Hit On Hillary Clinton’s Campaign

In the beforetime, in the long, long ago of 2015, a woman named Hillary Clinton was about to launch her campaign for president. She was also trying really hard to secure $12 million for her family’s charitable foundation from King Mohammed VI of Morocco. And her campaign was freaking out about it.
In the beforetime, in the long, long ago of 2015, a woman named Hillary Clinton was about to launch her campaign for...
5 Oct 2016

Donald Trump’s Comments On Veteran Suicide Are Exactly Why There’s PTSD Stigma

Another day, another abhorrent comment about mental health from Donald Trump. This time the Republican presidential nominee targeted veteran’s mental health ― particularly those vets experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. Veterans are not weak for having a mental health disorder. And it’s insulting to equate strength with not having a mental health issue after returning from combat.
Another day, another abhorrent comment about mental health from Donald Trump. This time the Republican...
5 Oct 2016

Female Trump Supporters Don’t Really Care About His Sexism | Huffington Post

Trump is now trailing Clinton in the polls among just about every demographic of women: women of color, unmarried women, married women and white women with college degrees.  The only group of female voters leaning toward Trump is white women without college degrees, who favor Trump over Clinton by a comfortable margin of 52 percent to 40 percent. 
Trump is now trailing Clinton in the polls among just about every demographic of women: women of color,...
5 Oct 2016

Republican Obstruction Is Undermining The Supreme Court, Enough Is Enough

This week, the Supreme Court returns to work. The Justices will hear  important cases on issues ranging from the separation of church and  state to intellectual property to Congressional redistricting to the death penalty. Many of the cases address questions that are fundamental to our democracy: the right to vote, for instance, or what constitutes U.S. citizenship. Yet – regardless of the stakes – Republicans in Congress have forced the Court to weigh these pivotal issues one Justice short of the Court’s full panel of nine.
This week, the Supreme Court returns to work. The Justices will hear  important cases on issues ranging from the...
10 Feb 2014

Washington’s Military Aid to Israel

We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid. Recent polls show that, on average, we believe 28% of the federal budget is eaten up by it, and that, in a time of austerity, this gigantic bite of the budget should be cut back to 10%. In actual fact, barely 1% of the federal budget goes to foreign aid of any kind. Overall, the United States covers nearly one quarter of Israel’s defense budget — from tear gas canisters to F-16 fighter jets. In their 2008-2009 assault on Gaza, the Israeli Defense Forces made use of M-92 and M-84 “dumb bombs,” Paveway II and JDAM guided “smart bombs,” AH-64 Apache attack helicopters equipped with AGM-114 Hellfire guided missiles, M141 “bunker defeat” munitions, and special weapons like M825A1 155mm white phosphorous munitions — all supplied as American foreign aid.
We Americans have funny notions about foreign aid. Recent polls show that, on average, we believe 28% of the...

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