Stalin and Trump Both Accused Free Press of Being An 'Enemy Of The People'

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Trump plans on giving "Fake News Awards" on Twitter Wednesday, that will feature "the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media."

No doubt it will be meat for the trolls that still support him. But the backlash is going to be fierce. 

On the same day, Sen. Jeff Flake is planning on giving a speech on the Senate floor about the danger of trying to discredit the free press.

In it, he will slam President Donald Trump's attacks on the press by comparing the president's use of the term "enemy of the people" to describe the media, to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's use of it.

NBC News released excerpts from the speech Sunday.

"When a figure in power reflexively calls any press that doesn't suit him ‘fake news,’ it is that person who should be the figure of suspicion, not the press.

"We have a balance of power, separated powers here. We shouldn't all be afraid to criticize the president when we think he's wrong."

Flake will talk about the "unprecedented" and "unwarranted" attacks against the mainstream media.

According to the excerpts, he will point out that, "2017 was a year which saw the truth — objective, empirical, evidence-based truth — more battered and abused than any other time in the history of our country, at the hands of the most powerful figure in our government."

Flake plans on telling Trump that, "... it's a testament to the condition of our democracy that you use words infamously spoken by Josef Stalin to describe your enemies.

Flake will point out that, "It bears noting that so fraught with malice was the phrase 'enemy of the people,' that even (later Soviet leader) Nikita Khrushchev forbad its use, telling the Soviet Communist Party that the phrase had been introduced by Stalin to for the purpose of 'annihilating such individuals' who disagreed with the supreme leader." 

This powerful speech is going to make a lot of GOP senators uncomfortable.

The question is how will congressional leaders respond to Flake's charge that they turned a blind eye to Trump's behavior and the "demagoguery" stewing within their own party?

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

White House Staff's Mission Impossible: Cover for Trump

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It has to be the hardest job in Washington.

Standing up for Trump has been a challenge for all the public relations minions in the White House since he was sworn into office.

The PR puppets have come and gone, cast aside when they no longer could effectively hide all of Trump's lies. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is the chief "shit-eater" in the West Wing.

Her ability to stand up to the press and defend her man is impressive. 

We must not forget the busy puppets in the background covering for their foul-mouthed master. The most recent cover-up:

The public is told...

Trump got a clean bill of health after a three-hour examination.

So why was the statement signed "Dr. Ronnie Jackson?"

What's odd about that you ask?

Well, unless the White House doctor suddenly forgot to spell his own name - Ronny Jackson - correctly, something stinks in the White House.

It should also be noted that most medical doctors sign their name, followed by their degree (for example Ronny Jackson, MD, FAAEM).

Not "Dr." so, and so.

The question here is why did his minions fake the doctor's statement? Do you suppose there's something they don't want us to know?

Hmmmmmm...

One last cover-up:

President Donald Trump's personal lawyer brokered a $130,000 payment to a porn actress to prevent her from publicly discussing an alleged sexual encounter with Trump, according to a report published Friday in The Wall Street Journal. 

When Huckabee was asked to comment on that lurid report she disdainfully told the press "These are old, recycled reports, which were published and strongly denied prior to the election."

Someone ought to tell Huckabee denial doesn't mean the story didn't happen. It did.

No one defending Trump will comment on the $130,000 his lawyer agreed to give the porn star for her silence in 2016, or that she was getting tired of waiting for her money, and threatened to talk.

A reminder; Trump is married to Melania, and was married to her when he cheated with "Stormy Daniels." For the record, her real name is Stephanie Clifford.

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

Racist-In-Chief Shows His True Colors

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Any doubt that Trump is a racist has finally been dispelled after he called Haiti and African countries "shitholes."

Reactions to his statement:

The Human Rights Office of the United Nations say Trumps comment is racist.

Republicans who spoke out about Trump's racist comment.

Reaction to Trump's comments from Sen.Dick Durbin; "I cannot believe that in the history of the White House and that Oval Office any president has ever spoken the words that I personally heard our president speak yesterday."

Haiti Calls Trump remark racist.

Trump's Shithole Comments typify how the GOP uses Immigration to energize their base

As for Trump's popularity abroad:

Trump Target of petition: Swiss group tries to block Trump from World Economic Forum in Davos.

Trump cancels trip to London:

London mayor Sadiq Khan said,

"It appears that President Trump got the message from the many Londoners who love and admire America and Americans but find his policies and actions the polar opposite of our city’s values of inclusion, diversity and tolerance. His visit would without doubt have been met by mass peaceful protests."

There you have it. This is Trump's version of making America Great Again...turning the world against us with stupid and racist remarks.

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