The Trump Presidency 15

[dmaker]

Was the list a blank piece of paper?

I don't know. He never read any of these "horrible things", so who knows? It would not surprise me.

 

[Armitage72]

I don't know. He never read any of these "horrible things", so who knows? It would not surprise me.

Just a few days ago he falsely accused Ilhan Omar of praising al Qaeda. He's probably expecting to get more mileage out of things like that.

 

[Cain]

I don't agree with everything Trump says, but it's far more upsetting how Democrats have over-reacted to the president's tweet than anything he actually said. Calling people racist just further divides this country. My mother tells me everyone got along much better in the fifties.

 

[newyorkguy]

...Republican Tax Scam, so here's another poke.

Short version, the Republicans are really, really screwing over coal miners. Especially the coal miners that got black lung disease because of the deregulation during the Bush and Trump Administrations.

There appears to be a method to the madness.

The second, and equally deadly, factor killing the fund that’s supposed to save those being killed by black lung: the Republican tax bill. That bill cut the coal excise tax, the primary means of funding the black lung trust, by a staggering 55%. It was capped at 4.4% per ton. Starting in 2019, the cap is just 2%.

I read a magazine article about grass roots activists in West Virginia. They not only were native West Virginians, most had worked in the coal industry. They lost their jobs, as so many have, because modern day coal mining techniques require a dramatically lower number of employees. That's not going to change. The activists lament, many of their neighbors remain blind to their own self interest. Instead of opposing massive tax cuts for the wealthy and giant corporations (and using some of the money for programs that would benefit the working class and working class communities), they remain silent and instead let the GOP manipulate them, redirecting their anger to issues like NFL players who kneel during the National Anthem or America's undocumented work force.

The cut in the coal excise tax is an example of how the GOP rewards their corporate supporters at the expense of working people. They are able to get away with it -- still able to rack up impressive electoral support from (mostly) the white working class -- by pursuing policies that divide the working class/middle class voters along racial and ethnic lines. That's what I believe is at the heart of Trump calling out the four Congress members, all women of color. Divide and conquer. And why the Republican leadership has either remained silent or been supportive. They know if the Democrats are ever able to create a coalition of working class/middle class voters across racial lines the GOP becomes a relic overnight. The Republicans manipulate people's passions in a way that divides the electorate in a way that serves Republican candidates.

I would imagine McConnell and the rest of the leadership have no real qualms about Trump's actions other than, maybe, worrying he's too crude, maybe a tad too obvious.

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[The Atheist]

I don't know. He never read any of these "horrible things", so who knows? It would not surprise me.

He never read anything.

I don't agree with everything Trump says, but it's far more upsetting how Democrats have over-reacted to the president's tweet than anything he actually said.

Yeah, that whole trying to stop your president uttering racist statements is so 2018.

Calling people racist just further divides this country. My mother tells me everyone got along much better in the fifties.

Damn right, back when ******* knew their place: at the bottom of the food chain.

 

[Fast Eddie B]

My mother tells me everyone got along much better in the fifties.

As long as you weren’t blacklisted.

 

[Stacyhs]

Just a few days ago he falsely accused Ilhan Omar of praising al Qaeda. He's probably expecting to get more mileage out of things like that.

What? Are you trying to tell me that Trump is LYING about Omar? I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell ya!

 

[Stacyhs]

He never read anything.



Yeah, that whole trying to stop your president uttering racist statements is so 2018.



Damn right, back when ******* knew their place: at the bottom of the food chain.

I think you've been 'Cained'.

 

[a_unique_person]

Trump is just playing the "fake news" media. It's hard to see how Trump could get added mileale just by repeating old Trump themes. But opposing and insulting 4 Democrats dd it. He wants fame..,he got it. But not one new vote for him. On the other hand, he did not need this. He will get the same 40-45% of votes no matter what.

He also revels in the feeling of power. Hence his affinity with dictators who love being the head of state for the thrill that having that power gives them.

 

[a_unique_person]

Can someone begin to explain what this was intended to mean?

He's going to use the shampoo on his **** as a protest against PC.

 

[Stacyhs]

Trump just again referred to the "horrible" and "unthinkable" statements being made by the Squad. Statements so horrible that if he'd said them they'd be "historic". Horrible statements that "have never been made like that", that the press, apparently, isn't covering.
We were treated to yet another rendition of "Poor Victim Me Is Being Treated So Poorly!" followed by a chorus of "Greatest Economy In Our History". The President closed with "I Have To Go; It's Raining."

 

[Stacyhs]

I see Trump pulled his usual 'A lot of people are saying" crap when asked about the rumor that Omar had married her brother:

"Well, there's a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it. I hear she was married to her brother. You're asking me a question about it. I don't know but I'm sure somebody would be looking into that."

Notice that he calls it 'the fact'. It is not a 'fact'. It is an unsubstantiated rumor started by an anonymous poster on a Somali forum and then picked up by a conservative website. No evidence has been found that supports it. This is just typical of this loathsome toad of a man. Reminds me of his 'birtherism' crap.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omar-marry-brother/

 

[Babbylonian]

Damn right, back when ******* knew their place: at the bottom of the food chain.

I'll probably get carded for this, but I'm surprised that they added the word "w*men" to the autocensor.

 

[Mojo]

I think you've been 'Cained'.

Poe’s law applies.

 

[abaddon]

Can someone begin to explain what this was intended to mean?

Perhaps stuff like this...

 

[TragicMonkey]

Perhaps stuff like this...
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There is nothing horrible about German pop duo Sweet Connection's 1988 hit "Need Your Passion"!

I mean, I never sing anything in the shower, certainly not that.

 

[JoeMorgue]

I think you've been 'Cained'.

"Oh man someone took a crap in the salad bar."
"HA! Jokes on you! He did it ironically because he knew it would make you mad!"

 

[JoeMorgue]

Trump impeachment vote quickly dies in House.

(CNN) - The House on Wednesday easily defeated an effort from a Texas Democrat to impeach President Donald Trump in the first vote that Congress has taken related to impeachment since Democrats took control of the chamber.

Rep. Al Green was able to force the vote under House rules, in what amounted to the most direct challenge yet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of impeachment.

The 332-95 vote showcased the stark divide among Democrats, who split over the vote to kill the impeachment measure. Ninety-five Democrats -- a little more than 40% of the Democratic caucus -- voted against tabling it, or to keep it alive. That's more Democrats who voted against tabling than similar resolutions in 2017 (58) and 2018 (66). No Republicans voted to keep it alive.

CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/politics/trump-impeachment-house-vote/index.html

 

[alfaniner]

I'll even settle for the "Okay it's bad but the Dems are worse and we can't let them score a point" at this point if they'll just address it.

What with the Barr and Ross citings for contempt of court (among other recent news) I'm predicting that The PDJT will say "The Democrat Party [sic] is destroying America!!!" at the rally tonight.
Again.

 

[Minoosh]

From CNN's "broken Washington" story ...

The lasting impact of such conscious polarization on the part of a President -- an office holder who is normally looked on to heal national wounds -- is not yet clear. But it is likely to be discombobulating and to leave the country more torn and difficult to govern whenever it is that Trump leaves the political scene.

It seems to me CNN has been writing this same analysis for years now. I mean, how many "unprecedented chaos in Washington" columns can you write? But more specifically: When was the last time a president was looked on to heal national wounds? Maybe Gerald Ford.

We've been "growing even more polarized" for at least 10 years. Is there a mathematical limit on polarization, where people just spontaneously get so exhausted by their own outrage they all decide to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya"?