Man Dies in Blaze Because there Were NO Sprinklers in Trump Tower

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Today, I'm going to give you a graphic example of what kind of businessman Trump was before Russia got him elected president.

History of Trump Tower

The building was completed in 1983, several years before sprinkler systems were mandated.

Owners of older, residential high-rises were required to add the systems only when major renovations take place.

However, the more responsible owners put in the new sprinkler systems to assure their residents were safe.

Some fire-safety advocates wanted older apartment buildings to be retrofitted with sprinklers when the city began requiring them in new residential high-rises almost 20 years ago.

Some developers, like Trump, argued that the vast majority of fatal fires rage in smaller multi-family homes, not high-rises.

Trump's buddy, then-mayor Rudy Giuliani, supported him and the other shady developers by citing cost concerns for the life-saving devices.

The New York Times reported in 1999 that Trump opposed the legislation, claiming that he could not afford to put sprinklers in his buildings.

According to The New York Post, Trump called at least six city council members to lobby against the sprinkler rules, and he even retired the campaign debt of one councilman at a cost of $5,000.

It was that decision that killed 67-year old Todd Brassner, and injured six firefighters, who weren't able to rescue him.

Afterward, Trump tweeted that the blaze was "very confined" citing a "well-built building," and thanked the firefighters.

He didn't say a damn word about Brassner's death.

The way Trump callously ignored Brassner's death, tells volumes about the moron. 

Time for me to walk on down the road...

It's What Happening Behind The Scenes That Worries Me

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As long as Trump continues to tweet I get a sense of what's driving the moron. 

It's what's happening behind closed doors in the Oval Office that worries me.

When Trump didn't let any reporters into the Oval Office when he was talking to two Russian officials a while back, it was a signal that he didn't want Americans to know what he was really talking to them about.

No members of his staff or security team were present. Afterwards, Trump let Russian photographers take photos and distribute them to American reporters who were banned from covering the meeting.

That's just one situation that happens to be documented.

Imagine what's going on with the secret discussions with the North Koreans about planning a summit where both dictators can meet and compare hand size!

There's nothing Trump enjoys more than secret meetings. He has a career built upon dark secrets, lies, and associating with known Mafia figures during his casino days.

I suspect the North Koreans are going to make fools of Trump's negotiators, and the Liar-in-Chief if he ever does sit down with Rocket Man.

For the record, Rocket Man has been playing this game a lot longer than Donny! Throwing a new asshole into the equation like John Bolton almost guarantees things are not going to go well.

Bolton's loyalties lie with, his mustache, Trump, and fellow warmongers.

The thought of Trump and Bolton behind closed doors is chilling.

To add a cherry on top of my concern, when Trump gets rid of Chief-of-Staff Kelly there won't be any more adults in the room.

Last week it was like Godzilla unleashed, as Trump attacked everything and everyone, finally calling out the National Guard because he wants us to believe we're being invaded by hoards of rapist Hispanics!

The fact is, Donny was pissed off that he didn't get enough money for his Wall in the new budget, so he decided to pander to his fear-stricken base and call out the military to line our southern border.

In the end, Don the Con, has no conscience or morals. It's about personally winning, and if he has to do that behind closed doors...no problem!

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump vs Immigration Judges: Bribery is Going to Force Quotas

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Repressive nations all have one thing in common: a lack of an independent judiciary.

Trump, and his puppet Sessions, have become a genuine threat to the independence of our immigration bench.

That's because immigration judges are part of the executive branch, unlike the federal district courts and courts of appeal. Article III of the Constitution guarantees the complete independence of those courts, but not for immigration judges. 

Knowing this was a loophole that could be exploited, Trump puppet, Sessions, is intent on imposing a quota system on federal immigration judges, tying their annual evaluations to the number of cases they decide in a year.

It's common knowledge among judges that in the immigration system it's easier, and faster, to deport immigrants than to hold hearings to determine if they can stay.

Under Sessions watchful eye, judges who try 700 or more cases a year will get good evaluations. Those judges under that number risk getting poor evaluations.

There's a principle that has been a hallmark or our legal culture: the president shouldn't be able to tell judges what to do.

Trump, the disruptor, could care less. His battle with federal judges has been ongoing, and his disdain for our legal system is no secret. He's proud of it.

Due process requires that judges are free from political influence. Trump's idea of assembly-line justice is a mockery of our whole legal system.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

The Mexicans Are Coming! The Mexicans are coming...

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You're excused if you're confused by Trump's sudden need to militarize our southern border.

To listen to our Liar-In-Chief you'd think hordes of rabid armed Hispanics are surging across the border and threatening Americans.

It's interesting and telling that there are not yet any details about that Guard shift to the border; Trump's decision caught pretty much everyone by surprise.

The contradiction is that he wants credit for lowering border crossings, but suddenly thinks the problem is so urgent as to require military intervention.

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen even called it the "Trump effect" when she briefed reporters at the White House Wednesday -- pointing out that his policies had led to a decrease in crossings during his first year in office.

But then she said that despite the many actions the administration has taken to discourage them and to end programs, "we've recently seen the numbers of illegal border crossings rise from 40-year lows last April, back to previous levels."

That's the opposite of what Trump said Thursday -- that crossings were at a 46-year low.

t's also worth bearing in mind that Trump has pivoted in April to a hard focus on the border and his frustration with Congress.

That he also has an eye on midterm elections, where Republicans are facing headwinds, and how that issue will play with the voters who put him in the White House has been documented by CNN's Jeremy Diamond.

As usual, Trump is trying to have it both ways on an issue. This not only confuses his staff and government department heads, but the American public too.

Remember the little boy who cried wolf once too often?

Trump's base whistle, "The Mexicans are coming! The Mexicans are coming!" is just another example of exploiting fears among a small population of voters who wear his silly red MAGA hat, and think carrying AR-15s around is patriotic.

Related: Oregon Governor: I'll Say No If Trump Asks me To Deploy National Guard Troops To The Border

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Trump Parasites Infesting Societal Safeguards

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Every corporation that wants a pass on Clean Water compliance is invited to privately meet with one of Trump's parasites in power...Scott Pruitt.

In a new directive, Pruitt said he will make final critical decisions about preservation of streams, ponds and wetlands.

In the memo, Pruitt directed EPA regional offices to "cede their Clean Water Act determinations" to him.

In other words, Pruitt intends to disregard any suggestions that EPA scientists and local EPA officials make, and to pursue his overriding agenda of doing away with all the nations protection for our waterways.

The result of the new memo:

Pruitt, who knows nothing about local environmental conditions, will be making the decisions about wetlands and waterways he's probably never seen.

Prior to the memo, Headquarters approval was just a rubber stamp because they knew regional offices and scientists had the expertise.

The latest move by Pruitt is his Plan B, as it is becoming increasingly clear that his Clean Water rewrite plan is illegal and will be tossed out in court.

Pruitt is only one example of how Trump plants partisan ticks into key government positions in order to further his hateful agendas.

Let's not forget, this is the same scumbag that's already under scrutiny for renting a room in a condo from the wife of an energy lobbyist and for a $120,000 work trip to Italy last year.

The Atlantic also pointed out yesterday that Pruitt put in for huge raise for two of his Oklahoma buddies, and the White House turned him down; which apparently didn't stop him from still finagling a $28,000, and $57,000, raise for them.

After the Atlantic's report, Pruitt claimed he didn't know jack didley shit about those raises, and as soon as he found out he rescinded them immediately.

Yeah, right Pru boy.

Meanwhile, the courts are doing their part in trying to protect the country.

Still, it's going to take a big turnout of Democratic voters in the midterms to start reversing Trump's parasitic infections in our government.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Every Time Trump Has a Twitter Tantrum Stocks Plunge

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Wall Street should be worried.

Traders and investors have been trying to adjust for Trump's tantrums since he took office. Lately, the tantrums are punishing Amazon investors.

Trump, who hates Amazon's owner, Jeff Bezos, has seized  onto a conspiracy of his own making; that Amazon is ripping off the U.S. Postal Service and billions of dollars are being wasted because of the company.

Anyone bothering to look a little closer at Trump's hatred of Bezos, also knows that he owns The Washington Post, a publication Trump loathes!

So far, Trump's attacks have wiped out billions of dollars of the company's stocks, which plunge every time Trump tweets about Amazon.

Other tweets focusing on Donny's trade war with the world have been contributing to the instability that has rocked the stock market recently.

Bloomberg reported that stocks are on track for their worst April since 1929. Remember what happened that year? You got it...the stock market collapsed.

The fact that we have a president who recklessly attacks our own economy and his perceived enemies while claiming to help it, doesn't bode well for the stock market's future.

Particularly galling, is the fact we have a moron like Trump, whose twitter tantrums are a daily occurrence, playing with Americans investments.

I'm no financial expert, or money pundit, but it's apparent to me that as long as Trump sits in that Oval Office governing by tweets, the stock market is going to be in for a long (and ugly) roller coaster ride.

Time for me to walk on down the road...

Racist Bully Trump Renews Attacks Against Immigrants

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Here's how classy our president is; On Easter Sunday he stood next to the Easter Bunny and touted our military.

Think about it. On a day of peace, which Easter Sunday is known worldwide for, our dictator-in-waiting also decided to boot the Dreamers out of the country.

His rants on DACA leave no doubt that he could care less about those 800,000 people currently in limbo.

He blames the Democrats of course, but anyone following what's happening in Congress knows full well he cares more about his multi-billion dollar wall than in granting any kind of amnesty for the Dreamers.

What's happening is Trump has nearly gotten rid of all of his official babysitters, with the exception of chief-of-staff, John Kelly, who has become just another puppet willing to put up with anything Trump does. No matter how illegal.

It's apparent Trump has shook off all his restraints after a year-and-a-half, and has returned to his normal self - a damn racist bully!

Trump's willingness to play on deep-seated fears of the "other," helped get him elected in 2016. 

"They" were invading America,Trump argued. "They" were challenging "our" values, changing the face of America in ways that were deeply damaging to the country.

Trump has continued to blow the dog whistle as President - insisting that on everything from immigration to trade, America is under very serious threat from the "other," and that unless things change, we will lose what is fundamentally American.

Look for a relentless focus on the wall and the threats posed by allegedly unfettered immigration between now and November.

Trump is hoping to pump up his base to back up GOP midterm candidates. Political pundits believe a Blue Wave is coming in November, and this is Trump's way of fighting back.

I really wonder if anyone in Congress is ever going to stand up to Trump's racist agendas?

Time for me to walk on down the road...