Thursday, May 11, 2017

Trump Meets With 2 Top Russian Officials: American Press Not Invited! That's for Starters...

Good Day World!

You've got to be kidding me!

The Day Trump fires FBI Director Comey he meets with top Russian operatives aka Foreign Minister Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Kislyak at the White House.

Remember Kislyak? He met with Jeff Sessions, Michael Flynn, and Jared Kushner, to name a few of Trump's transition team.

And the American press was not allowed to attend! What the hell was that about? The Russians were given full access to their little love fest and video-taped the event.

Then they were nice enough to share photos with the American press. Optics anyone! Could it be any worse? Yes it could.

The excuses for firing Comey were flimsy, raising suspicions among Republicans and Democrats who called for an independent investigation after seeing what happened to Comey.

Trump's attempt to derail the FBI's investigation was a desperate move that's going to backfire on him. The ghosts of Watergate are once again stalking the White House.

Expect Trump do do everything he can to continue diverting all the investigations regarding his ties to Russia. 

Especially keep an eye on the Senate Intelligence Committee that is now investigating Trump and his top aides finances.

I always say "go to the source" and money surely is the common denominator between Trump and the Russians.

If the committee manages to examine Trump's tax statements that could be all she wrote for our first illegitimate president.

Until then Trump will be consolidating his power like a third world dictator. The check and balances in our government are being pissed on by Trump and his minions.

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

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Constitutional Crisis: Trump Suddenly Fires FBI's Comey During Russian Investigation


                                      Good Day World!

The timing was suspicious.

Was the FBI getting too close to the truth about Trump's transition team and Russia? Something suddenly changed.

Out of nowhere Dump fired James Comey saying he mishandled Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.

How did that suddenly become an issue in the midst of the investigation on Trump and Russia? Why didn't Chump fire Comey on Day One if that was the case?

It doesn't take a genius to see what's happening. Bump is eliminating anyone he sees as a threat to expose his corruption.

Don the Con said he acted on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and his favorite puppet Attorney Jeff Sessions, recommendation.

The fact of the matter is both men became enforcers  and made up a reason to fire Comey because Chump wanted him gone.

Never mind that Sessions lied under oath or that he would do anything for his orange-faced master. Never mind that Sessions may someday be called on to testify in the Russian investigation and that he had to recuse himself from it.

The fix is on. You better believe the person replacing Comey will be a shoe-licker and yes-man for Stump.

This desperate attempt to hinder the investigation just goes to show the lengths Lump will go to hide his corruption. Comey wasn't given any notice. Just Hump's signature "you're fired!" in a personally signed letter.

Donny Little Hands has viciously assaulted our intelligence community, the judiciary, the environmental protection agency, immigrants, and any American that dares stand up to him.

It's just a matter of time before he declares martial law. We are in a Constitutional crisis.

Related:Trump is Lying Again, This Time About Comey

              Who Else Has Trump Fired Since Taking Office?

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

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Overt Corruption: Kushner Clan Selling 'Golden Visas' To Wealthy Chinese Who Invest In Their Hotels

Good Day World!

The president's chief advisor - and real president according to some - Jared Kushner, is padding his family's fortunes with White House insider pull.

Trump's family and circle of friends have no shame in their game.   


Jared Kushner’s family recently staged events in China to woo wealthy investors into luxury developments, with the prospect of receiving US green cards in return. 
On Saturday, Kushner’s sister, Nicole Kushner Meyer, took to the stage at an event at Beijing’s Ritz-Carlton hotel to urge Chinese investors to back One Journal Square, two skyscrapers currently being built in New Jersey.
“Invest $500,000 and immigrate to the United States,” the event’s brochure claimed, according to the Washington Post, which first reported the story.
As usual, when it comes to Trump and his family, there's numerous conflicts of interest involved. It doesn't seem to bother Jared or Chump, because they are plowing ahead with impunity.
The presidency has been reduced to promoting brands and influences for the Trumps and the Kushner's. It's Donny's biggest con and 1% of the nation is cashing in.
Noah Bookbinder, the head of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told the New York Times the sales offensive was “highly problematic” and could be interpreted as selling access to Jared Kushner.
Duh! No kidding.
Here's the part that worries me; no matter how many times the White House is caught promoting the Trump (or Kushner) brand, they weasel out of trouble.
The White House website was recently used to promote Lump's Mar-Lago mansion. This brazen self-promotion was taken down after a couple of days when numerous accusations of unethical behavior popped up in the press.
By now, anyone with a lick of sense knows Dump is not going to release his taxes because they'll reveal his shadowy business dealing with Russia and China (America's two biggest enemies). 
Kusher and Hump, both real estate magnets, now have access to more money than even their greedy hearts thought possible.
We can expect these two family dynasties to take full advantage of their positions in the White House for Rump's term. 
That's because the Republican dominated House and Senate are afraid of them. The chance of getting a negative tweet from Donny Little Hands is enough for those stalwarts of the people to cringe and hide.
Time for me to walk on down the road...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Former AG Yates Testifies About Flynn Connection To Russia - Republicans Didn't Like What They Heard

Update 5 p.m. PST: Yates Testified That She Told The WH That Flynn Could Be Compromised

It took 18 days - and a breaking news story - for Trump to finally ask for Flynn's resignation.
It turns out that President Obama even warned Trump about Flynn.

Up to now, the Senate's Investigation has been mostly non-partisan, but some Republicans decided to discredit the messenger in a partisan attack this time.

Lying Ted Cruz tried to grandstand for his master by asking some really partisan questions. At one point Yates corrected him, which brought smiles to a number of senators.

A few other Republicans did their best to divert the investigation with partisan trivia. 

One thing that did come out of today's meeting: there's a real need for an independent investigation because Trump loyalists are doing their best to sabotage the proceedings.

The only thing the Senate committee did was confirm that the Russian's did interfere with our election. Something the entire intelligence community has known for over a year.

I wouldn't expect more to come from this group.

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

Sunday, May 7, 2017

'America First' Means Tossing Values Like Human Rights For New Foreign Policy



                                     Good Day World!

Trump era maxim; "Run the country like a business, and don't sweat the small shit like human rights and freedom issues."

Our new Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, who was ExxonMobiles CEO prior to his appointment from Chump, gave a short speech to his disgruntled staff explaining his new foreign policy approach the other day.

Former US state department officials were blown away when they heard the direction Tillerson was steering the ship of state.


“This is the most clueless speech given by a secretary of state in my lifetime, said Tom Malinowski, former assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labour.
Clueless of what came before him, and of how US foreign policy has changed in the post-cold war era; clueless about what the world expects of America, including that we defend universal values and norms; clueless about what the people he is supposed to lead actually do and the harm being done to their mission and morale by his cluelessness.
The speech was like being told the amputation of your limbs will be good for you by a surgeon who skipped medical school,” Malinowski added.
There's a reason why Rump picked Tillerson. He, like the rest of Rump's nominees, believes running the country like a business is more important than American values, ethics, and morality.
I'm waiting for Lump to come up with a new way to address our country. Something like, "The U.S. Corporation of America."
Time for me to walk on down the road...

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Why Is Trump Campaigning For President in 2020 When He May Not Survive His First Term?

Good Day World!

It's the height of gall.

Our first illegitimate president takes the cake for audacity, insolence, and presumption.

Chump's first 108 days have been met with mass protests against his draconian policies across the nation on a regular basis.

So why would a president this reviled be campaigning for his next term after just a few months in office? It doesn't seem to make sense.

That is, if you're not The Donald. All the resistence that has plagued his presidency thus far has really shaken Don The Con.

The answer? Hold rallies for Trumpies who will love on him no matter what he says or does. He's already spent a million dollars to recharge his batteries.

Make no mistake. He's not attracting the average American to these love fests. They're for his hardcore followers. He can get away with telling them lies because they believe anything he says.

Next week the RussiaGate hearings will be back. The drip, drip, drip of new revelations will ramp up Rump's paranoia. Look for him to deflect the revelations by doing something to change the news.

Like start a war. Or create a fantasy story by making false claims against someone like President Obama. 

So far, he's been able to obstruct the investigations with the help of corrupt Republicans in the right places. How far this will go is anyone's guess.

If any president needs impeached, it's Donny Little Hands. The chances for getting impeached increase every day. As Trump's Russian connections, via his campaign staff, unfold the resulting consequences will be severe.

Expect more rallies as our orange-faced Mussolini faces the reality of the investigations. They're not going away. But he is someday.

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

Friday, May 5, 2017

Wealthy Win Round One on Repealing and Replacing Obamacare But The Fight Isn't Over

Good Day World!

The wealthy win again under the Trump regime. 

The process to repeal and replace Obamacare has begun with a narrow win to send it to the Senate.
(Left: Trump congratulates Ryan for carrying out crusade against Obamacare) 

It's been commonplace thus far under our Liar-In-Chief, who has been busy signing executive orders that are leaving his billionaire pals salivating.

We had a billionaire coup d’etat when Chump assumed power with the help of the Russians.

One example of the damage he's done with his executive orders is approving the Keystone XL pipeline. Do you know who really benefits by bringing oil down from Canada?

Certainly not you the consumer. Try the multi-billionaire Koch brothers.

They own the Koch Industries refinery in Corpus Christi, which is the main beneficiary of that oil coming down from Canada, because the Koch refinery cannot handle the cleaner oil that comes out of Texas.

Then there's Dump's revival of Voodoo economics. 

That is, if you cut taxes on the rich, they’ll get so excited and go into so much busy economic activity, that the economy will grow and your tax revenues will actually rise. So cut taxes, collect more taxes.

It is a miracle that exists in fevered brains harkening back to Reaganomics. In the real world when the scheme unfolds the rich get richer...and the poor get poorer.

It looks like Round Two will play out sometime in June. Trump's minions will be trying to shove the bill thru in any way possible.

Even if it means changing a law to do it. They've already demonstrated that nuclear options are on the table when they managed to get Gorsch confirmed.

The fight is far from over however. 

As more facts about the bill come out the more likely it'll fail in the Senate. Playing politics (for some hollow victory) with Americans healthcare is par for the course coming from the wealthy and their corporations.

It is the Era of Trump, and His Billionaire Boys Club. Long live greed.

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

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Memo To Trump: Shutting the Government Down is Putting America Last!


                                  Good Day World!

Our cheeto-faced Liar-in-Chief thinks it would be a good idea to shut the government down and to change all the rules.

Really.

Once again he's demonstrating his complete lack of leadership and knowledge about how the government works.

And get this; Lump says he wants a shutdown so he can "fix" Senate rules that require him to negotiate with Democrats.

Donny's attempts to work around the Constitution have been constant during his first 100 days.

By using his normal managerial style - bullying and threatening - he thinks he can control Congress. It's no wonder that the Republican Party is in shambles.

Chump was on the twitter train two days ago and said;

"Either elect more Republican Senators in 2018 or change the rules now to 51% (regarding Senate majority rules). Our country needs a good "shutdown" in September to fix mess!"

A good shut down? There's no such thing, but Donny Little Hands enjoys threatening people to get his way.

Republican Senator, Adam Schiff, replied to Dump's tweet the same day:

"How could a shutdown be good, with parks closed, gov't services unavailable and people furloughed? Answer: Golf at Mar-a-lago unaffected."

Schiff has a good point. 

Rump would like nothing better than taking more time off the job to go golfing all day at Mar-A-Lago after discovering the job turned out to be tougher - and more complicated - than he expected.

Perhaps that's what this shutdown business is all about. Dumb Dumb wants to play now, he's tired of trying to be an adult.

Bullying Congress, or taking vacation time. It's either or, or both.

In either case, Don the Con, is putting America last...and himself first. Again.

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

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Now Chump Wants To Change the Rules in Congress in a Naked Power Grab

Good Day World!

It didn't take long. 

It only took 100 days before Trump dropped all pretenses of being a people's president, and started making naked power grabs.

Chump is tired of losing them thus far. This wasn't supposed to happen. Too much opposition. 

Remember when senior policy adviser Stephen Miller declared “the powers of the president to protect our country
are very substantial and will not be questioned?

This attitude was apparent the day he got elected. He was sure that as president he could do anything he wanted. That there would be no obstacles to his agenda.

It seems just like yesterday when Chump decried President Obama's executive orders, suggesting they were an indication of a weak leader who couldn't bend Congress to his will.

Trump is now admitting that he can't bend Congress to his will, but he blames the system rather than himself. 

In his two terms, President Barack Obama issued 277 executive orders, a total number on par with his modern predecessors, but the lowest per year average (35) in 120 years.

Trump, so far, has signed 30 executive orders in 99 days. Just another flip flop for his corrupt regime.

Whether Dump targets the filibuster specifically or not, his attitude toward his own power is clear: The more, the better.

He's already gotten a taste for rolling back the filibuster, and after just 100 days of frustration, he wants more. 

Now Rump is claiming the rules of the House and the Senate are "archaic" and need to be streamlined for the good of the country (translated: to further Stump's goals).

In other words, just throw out the Constitution, which Donny Little Hands has never read. He wants a clear path to power and by changing Senate laws he sees how his agenda can go unopposed. 

If he pulls off a change like he's threatening to, it would be the end of democracy because the very foundations of the sacred document we call the Constitution will have been torn down.

And just like that, we would have a dictator. Just like the one's he's been admiring around the world: 
Vladimir Putin. Kim-Jong-Un. Rodrigo Duterte. Tayyip Erdogan and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

A real rogue's lineup. And good company for Trump once he assumes complete power by destroying our democracy.

Related: Leading Historian Believes 'It's pretty much inevitable' Trump will try to Stage a Coup and Overthrow Democracy

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

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Panic Sets In As Comedians Realize Trump Routines Won't Go On Forever

Good Day World!

I read an article in The Washington Post yesterday  that suggested the Trump-inspired comedy bubble is about to burst.

I agree with the contention that teasing the same clown becomes monotonous at some point - can you imagine another 1000 days of Trumpisms?

I go one step further than this well-written premise by the Post's Hank Stuever however. 

There will be nothing to laugh at because Americans will be too terrified to laugh any more. Trump's clown makeup is nearly melted off.

The authoritarian asshole is almost fully emerged, as he tries to bully Congress, all 18 national security agencies, and our court systems. 

And of course, the media.

There's nothing funny about war.

Nothing funny about sending your children overseas to risk their lives when Trump may be using them as a diversion from his own corrupt administration.

Nothing funny about losing health care so Trump can claim some hollow victory.

Nothing funny about picking fights that may end up in a nuclear holocaust because of a thin-skinned president.

Nothing funny about Trump saying he would be "honored" to meet with North Korea's dictator in an interview yesterday.

As the era of Trump sinks in, Americans won't keep laughing at his lack of ethics - both business and moral - or that he's got an orange face from daily exposure to artificial sunlight.

The majority of the country will be trying to survive as corporations thrive.

Survival isn't funny.

As each agonizing day of Trump's regime rolls back environmental safety standards, or goes after minority immigrants like badgers, there will be no one smiling...

except Trump.

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

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