Act One: He Doth Tweet It Act Two: He defends Himself Poorly ““I was happy to do it for you. You just keep killing it,” Gaetz was reportedly heard telling Trump, according to Dovere. Also Gaetz apologized to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and, apparently, to Cohen personally, for the tweets about Cohen’s […]
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“The Congressional Budget Office projects that this year’s deficit will be $897 billion — a 15.1 percent increase over last year’s imbalance of $779 billion. In the coming years, the CBO forecasts that the deficit will keep rising, top $1 trillion annually beginning in 2022 and never drop below $1 trillion through 2029. “ […]
That’s another possible explanation. ““One dismaying factor of it all is that the president just doesn’t seem to have the attention span or the desire to hear what the intelligence community has been telling him,” Pelosi said, calling Trump’s comments “cause for concern.”” From: talkingpointsmemo.com
This is not normal. There are five options here: Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats knowingly gave false or misleading information to Congress. This should be investigated and if true, he should step down. Option two: The Director and National Intelligence and Trump were given or arrived at differing views on the same intelligence. This […]
The shutdown bacillus that Newt Gingrich injected into our political system in 1995 must be eradicated. It was dormant for almost two decades until Republicans (neo-Gingrichites) returned to power in the House in 2011. It’s wrong. It’s destructive. And it’s the same principle we apply to all terrorists. You can’t negotiate with terrorists or hostage […]
Russia’s ambassador to the United States told the media in Moscow on Wednesday that Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had reached several “verbal agreements” on weapons treaties and Syria. But U.S. via Russia Brags Of ‘Verbal Agreements’ With Trump, US Unsure What They Were This should be a bigger story. Why does Putin know […]
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Against ‘Civility’
One might further note that it is simply too comical to be lectured about social decorum by a party whose members shouted “You lie” at a President during a State of the Union address and made Donald Trump their party leader. via Against ‘Civility’ The GOP demands it’s insults be accepted as politically incorrect free […]
The job of the records management analysts working in the Old Executive Office Building next door to the White House has changed considerably under the Trump administration, according to a Sunday Politico report. via Trump Rips Up Papers When He’s Done With Them, Staffers Tape Back Together This should be a bigger story.
Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-MT) almost blew his last election by choke-slamming a reporter for daring to ask him questions, then lying about how the assault happened. But in his mind (or at least his latest fundraising email), he’s still the victim. via Congressman Who Choke-Slammed Reporter Brags Of Defeating ‘Leftist Media’ The same people who […]
“No matter how much money he’s got, he’s still going to the same place that people who don’t recognize God and morality and accept His salvation are going. And that’s not a good place,” Moore said on conservative Christian radio host Bryan Fischer’s show. via Moore Suggests Jewish Philanthropist George Soros Is Going To Hell […]