The Donald Trump Score Card

Never mind the thumbs up --stick with your species way of making noise----HEE HAW--HEE HAW. Fuckin'jack ass.

 

Mary Trump's book breaks record with mammoth sales

 

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That is the crime family's expectation... And it's backers, apparently.

 

sure it will. but it shouldn't have to. Why should we stand idly by while things become less manageable for us?

It feels like he takes things as far in the wrong direction as possible; be it with the environment, social programs, taxation, supreme court appointments... Just wrong. I don't think he's doing a good job, I don't think he has our best interest at heart, and all the moves he makes parallel either white supremacist pipe dreams, or republican/conservative talking points with no attempt being made to meet anywhere in the middle.

It's offensive and I don't think it belongs in the White House. Railroading this disgraceful policy is a dirt mark on the sleeve of our nation.

 

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You're not a chess player I see. A game where you sacrifice important players to take calculated risks, and put your opponent in checkmate. No wonder you don't get it.

No Tish, it began right here:

And that's when you went off your rocker

 

They're actually doing a lot regarding stacking the courts with conservative judges. They're only "do nothing Republicans" when it comes to doing something for the good of the country.

 

Trump always comes back to the murky, all-encompassing Obamagate.

Near the end of June he finally claimed that treason was the crime that Obama supposedly committed after saying phrases like 'you know what the crime is'.

Currently he's trying to conjure up a Bidengate. Like Obamagate, it has gained little traction..

Article from May 2020 highlighting the silliness of Trump and Nunes.
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“Obamagate” Is Niche Programming for Trump Superfans
By Susan B. Glasser
May 15, 2020

“Obamagate” Is Niche Programming for Trump Superfans

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"Democrats spent hours outlining what they knew of the Trump Ukraine-shakedown scheme that had triggered the impeachment proceedings, while Devin Nunes, the Republican ranking member, offered up an array of little-known intrigues that seemed entirely unrelated to the matter at hand, including an alleged plot to “obtain nude pictures of Trump,” which, he said, was part of a “three-year-long operation” by Democrats, “the corrupt media,” and “partisan bureaucrats to overturn the results of the 2016 election.” I remember thinking: Naked pictures? What was he even talking about? It appeared to have something to do with a 2017 phone call to Representative Adam Schiff from two Russian pranksters claiming to represent the Ukrainian government and offering nude pictures of Trump with a Russian celebrity. Or something. If you had been following along with Fox News and the darker corners of the right, you knew exactly what Nunes was talking about.

The same is true right now with Trump, who, starting with an anti-Obama tweet storm on Mother’s Day that does not seem to have ended yet, has been trying to deflect attention from the pandemic by pursuing a similar strategy to the one that he, Nunes, and other supporters used during the impeachment proceedings. To the extent we can even discern what Trump is talking about, “Obamagate” seems to be the perfect crime for someone like Trump to allege: it is vague and all-encompassing, a conspiracy against the current President so broad that it apparently began before he won an election nobody expected him to win while simultaneously explaining away everything from the Mueller investigation’s findings to the Ukraine-extortion scheme that got Trump impeached."

 

Trump skirting Congress to install loyalists in the Pentagon
Experts and Democratic lawmakers alike decried the campaign to root out those seen as disloyal and replace them with Trump acolytes.
By LARA SELIGMAN
07/17/2020 04:30 AM EDT
Updated: 07/17/2020 02:20 PM EDT

Trump skirting Congress to install loyalists in the Pentagon

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"The White House is taking advantage of a loophole to install loyalists to President Donald Trump in acting senior roles at the Pentagon, effectively skirting the Senate confirmation process.

While the number of vacancies isn't new — one-third of the Defense Department's 60 Senate-confirmed positions are filled on a temporary basis — the White House in recent months has been sending over people to fill open spots, as opposed to the more traditional method of tapping people within the Pentagon.

The White House on Monday announced that it was assigning Michael Kratsios, a 33-year-old White House chief technology officer, as the head of research and engineering for the entire DoD. Kratsios, who has a bachelor's degree in political science, is replacing Michael Griffin, a former NASA administrator with a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering."

 

A summary of the greatest testing machine in the world that Trump claims he built.


Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Zeke Miller and MICHAEL STOBBE
The Associated Press
July 17, 2020 at 2:19 pm Updated July 17, 2020 at 2:42 pm

Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’

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"WASHINGTON (AP) — Here are some snapshots from what President Donald Trump describes as the nation with the “best testing in the world” for the coronavirus:

In Sun Belt states where the virus is surging, lines of cars with people seeking tests snake for hours in the beating sun, often yielding results so far after the fact that they’re useless.

In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays and backlogs.

In Hawaii, the governor will wait another month to lift a two-week quarantine on visitors because of test supply shortages and delays that potential visitors are facing in getting results.

“Testing has been a challenge everywhere,” says Utah Republican Gov. Gary Herbert."

 

"Anybody that Wants a Test Can Get a Test" ~ Donald J. Trump

 

The layover of U.S. Air Force personnel at Trump's struggling Turnberry resort in Scotland on a trip from the U.S. to Kuwait was peculiar.



Trump's campaign channeled nearly $400,000 to his private business in 2 days
Sonam Sheth
Business Insider
July 17, 2020, 1:39 PM

Trump's campaign channeled nearly $400,000 to his private business in 2 days

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"Citing federal records and people who had seen the receipts, The Post reported that the Trump Organization billed US taxpayers up to $650 per night at the Mar-a-Lago resort dozens of times in 2017 and $396.15 on dozens of occasions in 2018.

The Trump Organization also billed the Secret Service $17,000 a month in 2017 for agents to stay in a three-bedroom cottage at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to protect the president when he traveled there, The Post reported.

The report said the Secret Service was billed for the cottage even on days when Trump wasn't at the golf club.

Receipts and documents showed that US taxpayers shelled out more than $471,000 to; Trump's properties from January 2017 to April 2018, The Post said.

Trump also frequently hosts foreign leaders at Mar-a-Lago, where they pay the market rate. After Trump became president, several countries with embassies in Washington, DC, began hosting parties and events at Trump properties in what ethics experts described as a bid to curry favor with the president.

The Post reported in December 2018 that shortly after the election, Saudi-funded lobbyists spent more than $270,000 to rent rooms for about 500 nights at the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

The RNC has spent more than $2 million at Trump Organization hotels and resorts. And Trump's campaign, which is funded in part by donations from the president's supporters and big-dollar donors, has spent more than $14 million at his properties.

In September, Trump faced harsh backlash when Politico reported that members of the US Air Force had stayed at Trump's five-star Turnberry resort in Scotland as part of an unusual layover on a routine trip from the US to Kuwait to deliver supplies.

That and other incidents "raise the possibility that the military has helped keep Trump's Turnberry resort afloat," the report said."

 

The Pentagon didn't provide answers to Congress as to why Air Force personnel were staying at Trump's resort in Scotland.



Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort
Now the layover is part of a broader House inquiry into military spending at and around the Trump property.
By NATASHA BERTRAND and BRYAN BENDER
09/06/2019 08:00 PM EDT
Updated 09/12/2019 01:18 PM EDT

Air Force crew made an odd stop on a routine trip: Trump’s Scottish resort

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"What wasn’t routine was where the crew stopped along the way: President Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort, about 50 miles outside Glasgow, Scotland.

Since April, the House Oversight Committee has been investigating why the crew on the C-17 military transport plane made the unusual stay — both en route to the Middle East and on the way back — at the luxury waterside resort, according to several people familiar with the incident. But they have yet to receive any answers from the Pentagon.

The inquiry is part of a broader, previously unreported probe into U.S. military expenditures at and around the Trump property in Scotland. According to a letter the panel sent to the Pentagon in June, the military has spent $11 million on fuel at the Prestwick Airport — the closest airport to Trump Turnberry — since October 2017, fuel that would be cheaper if purchased at a U.S. military base. The letter also cites a Guardian report that the airport provided cut-rate rooms and free rounds of golf at Turnberry for select airline crews."


"On previous trips to the Middle East, the C-17 had landed at U.S. air bases such as Ramstein Air Base in Germany or Naval Station Rota in Spain to refuel, according to one person familiar with the trips. Occasionally the plane stopped in the Azores and once in Sigonella, Italy, both of which have U.S. military sites, the person added."

 

Another example.


Ohio veteran, 37, who went viral for refusing to wear a mask, died of COVID-19
Joshua Bote, USA TODAY
USA TODAY
July 17, 2020, 6:44 AM

Ohio veteran, 37, who went viral for refusing to wear a mask, died of COVID-19

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"An Ohio man who died due to complications from COVID-19 has drawn criticism for his staunch refusal to wear a mask earlier in the pandemic.

Richard Rose III, an Army veteran who spent nine years in the United States Army according to his obituary, died on July 4. He was 37.

Rose’s death gained notoriety on social media after expressing that he was “not buying a (expletive) mask” less than three months before his death.

“I’ve made it this far by not buying into that damn hype,” he said in a post published April 28."

 

We’ve known about all of this for the last few years, but when the U.S. Attorney General is your own personal lawyer, well you can pretty much get away with anything.


No one is going to investigate this ILLEGAL ACTIVITY except the press.

 

Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans fear return to school
Margaret Talev
Jul 14, 2020 - Politics & Policy

Axios-Ipsos poll: Americans fear return to school

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"By the numbers: Seven in 10 American parents overall see it as risky for schools to reopen in the fall, including majorities across partisan lines. But as with so many aspects of the pandemic, there are significant differences in how risky Democrats and Republicans see it. Just as striking are the differences between whites and people of color.

82% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans say returning to school would be very or moderately risky. Among these, Democrats were more likely to see it as a large risk.

89% of Black parents saw returning to school as a large or moderate risk, compared with 80% of Hispanic parents and 64% of white parents.

Gender wasn't a big driver of differences — about seven in 10 men and women saw it as risky, though women were slightly more likely to assess the risk as large."

 

Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city
By ANDREW SELSKY and GILLIAN FLACCUS
July 17, 2020

Mayor of Portland to Trump: Get your troops out of the city

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"Federal officers have charged at least 13 people with crimes related to the protests so far, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Thursday. Some have been detained by the federal courthouse, which has been the scene of protests. But others were grabbed blocks away.

“This is part of the core media strategy out of Trump’s White House: to use federal troops to bolster his sagging polling data,” Wheeler said. “And it is an absolute abuse of federal law enforcement officials.”

One video showed two people in helmets and green camouflage with “police” patches grabbing a person on the sidewalk, handcuffing them and taking them into an unmarked vehicle.

“Who are you?” someone asks the pair, who do not respond. At least some of the federal officers belong to the Department of Homeland Security.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement that its agents had information indicating the person in the video was suspected of assaulting federal agents or destroying federal property.

“Once CBP agents approached the suspect, a large and violent mob moved towards their location. For everyone’s safety, CBP agents quickly moved the suspect to a safer location,” the agency said. However, the video shows no mob."

 

Trump's officials are acting like this about graffiti.

Fortunate for the Trump-commuted Roger Stone that he didn't graffiti a statue and only lied to federal law enforcement officials and threatened a witness with murder to help Trump.



The Oregon governor wants federal officers out of Portland. Trump officials won’t listen. Why?
Opinion by Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman
July 17, 2020 at 5:14 p.m. ED

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...out-portland-trump-officials-wont-listen-why/

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“I said, ‘We do not want you here, you are exacerbating the situation,’” Brown continued, adding that the mayor of Portland had the same conversation with Wolf. “It provokes confrontation to have federal troops on the streets. This is purely for political purposes."

Wolf refused the request. “It was really clear that they were not interested in conversation,” Brown told us. “If they were interested in a solution, they would have been willing to deescalate and dialogue.”

Wolf has since painted a lurid picture of the protests to justify the use of federal law enforcement, claiming Portland “has been under siege for 47 straight days by a violent mob," and that “each night, lawless anarchists destroy and desecrate property" and "attack the brave law enforcement officers protecting it.”

Brown flatly rejected this as an exaggeration. “It’s an overstatement and a deliberate effort to provoke,” Brown said. “Their presence here escalates the situation, and it is a blatant abuse of power by the federal government.”

It’s not entirely clear which federal law enforcement divisions are in Portland. But we got a clue when DHS Secretary Wolf traveled to Portland, whereupon he found some graffiti and then helpfully tweeted photos of himself with a variety of officers, some looking like they were about to invade Fallujah.

 

Four more years, am I right gang?

My Republican mayor suggested we'd have to go into another lockdown yesterday, not in anyway hinting that we live in a failed state. Four more 2020's!