Trump Christmas Gifts This Year Infuriate Congress But Motivate His Base

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It's that time of year for Trump's base and authoritarian governments, when Donny passes out gifts to everyone whose been naughty.

When Trump woke up the other day with a new vision of chaos, he surprised the world and announced America has defeated ISIS and he was bringing our troops home.

The problem with that is Congress and the Pentagon were stunned to hear the news that morning. No one in the government was prepared for Donny's bombshell.

The reason Trump threw that poisonous tidbit out was to divert from all the news lately about his (and his family's) corruption. 

More investigations into his regime and presidential campaign were harshing his high and he needed a diversion that would get every ones attention.

Like Bush so infamously said on an aircraft carrier once, "Mission Accomplished" regarding ISIS and Iraq. Donny's replay reads pretty much the same when he said "ISIS is defeated and it's time to go home. We won." 

That claim flies in the face of facts which show otherwise. In Trump's sick mind anything that can divert the news away from the multiple investigations against him is fair game.

To prove his hypocrisy rating Trump went from owning a shutdown over his wall, to claiming it's the Democrats fault after the shutdown happened.

Facts be damned. That's why the last adult in Trump's cabinet, General Mattis, resigned this week. Trump had stopped taking his advise this year and Mattis couldn't hang with that.

Trump's desperate move to divert attention from his problems was the last straw for Mattis. Congress groaned. For the most part even GOP lawmakers were stunned and outraged.

Meanwhile Trump's puppet master Putin, is congratulating his prize puppet, and Syria's dictator also was pleased with Trump's Christmas present...Syria.

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

Trump Tantrum Watch: Going Full Scrooge With Shutdown

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In the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge, our reality show president wants to put a bigly show on today by closing the government down just to appease his followers.

The GOP majority in the House passed a partisan bill yesterday with Donny's $5 billion wall in it, but the chances of the Senate passing it is about the same as Trump never lying again.

Impossible. 

I'm not sure if the Trump lackeys in the Senate will even bother trying to pass it. But puppets are puppets and there may be a witless effort to try without the numbers. It is, after all, a big show for Ringmaster Donny.

Demonstrating that the only thing he cares about is his racist base, and that cabal of assholes in the House - The Freedom Caucus - Trump is content to put hundreds of thousands of federal workers out of a job (without pay) days before Christmas.

That's just damn cold.

Oh yeah! Trump has left another Christmas gift for Americans this year;

A plunging stock market. This is the worst December performance since the Great Depression in 1931. 

In the story, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens', Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of a former business partner, Jacob Marley, and it changes his life for the better. 

In the Trump version of A Christmas Carol, his former lawyer rats him out to prosecutors, and he becomes even more crazy than before and shuts down the government.

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

Today's Good Mood Is Sponsored By Justice

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I'm feeling pleasantly buzzed this month, and it's not because of my daily cannabis-infused coffee, or even Christmas.

The feeling that relief is coming for our embattled democracy has me smiling and more hopeful than anytime in the last two tortured years under Trump's regime.

High Crimes and Corruption:

(Video) Trump Faces Investigations from All Angles

(Video & article) Democrats Will Probe Trump Organization Projects in the Dominican Republic, Around the Globe 

(Video and article) Trump Signed Letter of Intent For Trump Tower Project Despite Giuliani  Insisting He Didn't

(Video and article) Think the Trump Foundation Case Is Over With? Think Again.

(Video and article) The Walls Are Closing in on Donald Trump

(Video and article) Trump-Russia: Here Are The Two Meetings Congress Must Investigate First 

(Video and article) Senate Democrats Renew Call For Investigation Into Whether Trump Mar-A- Lago Associates Influenced VA Decisions

Just to see how well Trump is thought of in the international community you have to check this out:

(Video and article) Dermophis DonaldTrumpi: Worm-Like Amphibian Named After Donald Trump As It Might Become Extinct From Climate Change

Another Court Setback in December For Trump:


(Article) Federal Judge Strikes Down Trump Asylum Rules For Domestic and Gang Violence for Victims

I could go on citing all the trouble Trump and many of his minions are in, but I think you've got the idea why I'm feeling buzzed by the justice system...

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

If The Economy is Healthy Why This Warning From Alan Greenspan?

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I admit to being somewhat confused on how healthy our economy is right now.

Mixed messages about how well we're doing have become as common as flies in a butcher shop. 

Are we okay, as the Trumplicans claim? Or, as Alan Greenspan said yesterday, "...the party's over at Wall Street."

The former Federal Reserve chairman who famously warned more than two decades ago about "irrational exuberance" in the stock market doesn't see equity prices going any higher than they are now.

He flat out warned investors the "correction will be painful" and "run for cover."

Meanwhile, Trump is in his campaign for 2020 mode and his manager came up with a one-minute ad that reads like "Alice in Wonderland."

Trump's campaign manager is telling viewers;

"We have a booming economy, historically low unemployment, including the lowest unemployment rate for minorities in history."

After sorting through the falsehoods it's apparent Trump will be running an alternative universe campaign for his clueless base.

Let's set politics aside for a moment to see how the U.S. economy is really doing.

Today the Dow Jones Plunged 352 points after the fed rate hike. The Dow sunk to its lowest point this year. 

After considering the above articles it's apparent we're on the edge of a cliff with some bad indicators for 2019.

Don't expect Trump and his minions to change their tune about the economy despite these facts. They'll continue with alternate facts as long as their base responds positively to the lies.

As far as I can tell, the economy is in flux right now, with the ability to continue to go backward in the next few months, hinting at an upcoming recession.

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

It's All About That Wall...That Wall...That Wall

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Somewhere in Israel there's a Wailing Wall (a place to weep).

If Trump gets his way, the U.S. will have it's own Wailing Wall on the southern border, which by the way Mexico is not going to pay for.

What is it about a wall that attracts Trump so much?

An early building block fetish?

Trump's advisers need to show him photos of the Great Wall of China and how that massive effort didn't stop their enemies from invading them. The barbarians still came in waves and laughed at the ridiculous wall.

Even the Romans didn't get the idea that a wall wouldn't stop their enemies. By the time they finished Hadrian's Wall the empire was well on the way to decline.

Then there was the ancient Diyarbakir Walls that surrounded one of the largest cities in Turkey. The walls didn't manage to hold up any better than other famous walls that were breached.

How about the Great Zimbabwe Wall? It is the largest structure in the south of the Sahara Desert, and is one of the most famous walls in the world. It was breached countless times over the centuries.

The great Walls of Babylon were originally included on Antipater's list of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. Located in modern day Iraq. But Cyrus the Great came along and conquered Babylon's mighty walls.

The Walls of Troy are among the most famous in the world. They protected the legendary Troy for 10 years of assaults from the Greeks before they were breeched by deceit.

The Berlin Wall lasted from 1961 to 1989 before being torn down when the Soviet Union collapsed.

Here's the main point:

Walls don't solve problems. Sometimes they prolong the inevitable, but in the end they are either penetrated or torn down.

Someone pass that on to Trump...not that it'll make any difference!

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

Help Wanted: The Day Of Reckoning Cometh

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Even if our liar in chief doesn't see it, his minions do. The Day of Reckoning Is Coming Fast.

It's been a battle for Trump to replace all the people he's been firing in the last couple of months. When his top pick for chief of staff turned him down, followed by a line of other flunkies eager to excuse themselves, he had to settle for a minion already in his employ.

When Trump announced that Budget Director Mike Mulvaney was going to be his next chief of staff, it was a desperate attempt to conceal the fact no one else wanted the job. 

The Day of Reckoning Cometh

The new year is going to begin with some of Trump's remaining cabinet members having to account for ethical violations that Trump ignored (unless confronted by the IG).

Secretary of the Interior, and world-class asshole, Ryan Zinke, saw the writing on the wall and resigned (end of this month) before a committee went after him and slapped the stupid grin off his mug.

The top two Trump minions who will be facing the music before a Democratic House; Commerce Secretary and world-class swindler, Wilbur Ross; Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and clown misusing government money.

It's just a matter of time before Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, and unscrupulous billionaire, is taken to task. 

We must not forget Betsy DeVos the stupidest Secretary of Education ever appointment by any administration.

After agreeing to divest 102 separate assets during the confirmation process, she turned around and made three new investments last year - one was a stake in a Michigan Distillery valued at between $500,000 and a million dollars.

These obvious violations will not go unnoticed next year. Republicans are going to be forced to answer for their corruption in 2019.

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

Americans Were Warned Of Biggest Threat To Democracy 269-Years Ago

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Let's take a look at the man that became the Nostradamus of Politics, Denis Diderot, whose political predictions were eerily accurate.

Diderot authored some of the century's most influential political writing, much of it now strikingly prescient in the Age of Trump.

It was Diderot's contention that the real threat to American democracy would not come from foreign powers: it would stem from within, from unbridled luxury, class tensions, political corruption and, in the worst case scenario, from the rise of a cynical autocrat who would turn his back on the founding values of the Republic.

Diderot's life had been devoted trying to get Kings and Queens of countries to treat their subjects better. To his dismay after years of scholarly papers and speeches nothing changed.

He admired the fledgling new country of America, and the ideals and values it stood for. Before he died in 1784, he wrote an article warning Americans to be vigilant of their newfound freedoms. 

The following quote holds particular relevance to Americans today. See what you think:

"People of North America, may the example of all those nations that have preceded you, and especially that of your motherland, instruct you. Beware of the affluence of gold that brings with it the corruption of morals and the scorn of laws: beware of an unbalanced distribution of wealth that will give rise to a small number of opulent citizens and a hoard of citizens in poverty, a situation that will engender the insolence of some and the deprivation of others."

If France's monarchy would have listened to his advise the French Revolution may never have happened. Who knows?

The message for us today is to pay heed to Diderot's warning and to hold Trump and his minions accountable now.

That won't solve all the problems in our society. We'll still have to contend with corporations that continue to exploit people, but cleaning out the trash in the White House will be a good first step.

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

Holiday Mystery and Miracles

This Couple saved Christmas (more below) CNN Photo

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Let's start this Saturday off with a feel good story that caught my eye yesterday:

A Thief Stole Gifts Meant For Thousands of Kids. Then This Couple Raised $45,000 To Save Christmas

It's these kind of stories that give us all hope for mankind. A tiny miracle, if you will.

We all know that 2018 has been a rough year. With so much negative news every day most Americans are becoming shell-shocked. 

That's why we all need a positive infusion of news. Here's a collection of the 20 Best Feel-Good Stories For 2018

Now for the mystery part.

Something strange happened at a DC federal courthouse yesterday.

An entire floor was shut down with no explanation for an hour.

Security officers, offering no explanation, cleared the appeals courtroom, allowing only about a dozen law clerks working for federal judges to stay behind.

They also cleared the the vestibule to the courtroom and checked the coat closet where attorneys coming to listen to arguments stash their belongings. 

They locked the door leading to the attorneys' lounge on that floor and shooed the more than 20 reporters prowling the hall away from the elevator bank and told them to vacate the nearby stairwells.

At one point, even an elevator wouldn't open its doors on the fifth floor.

When I first heard this, my reaction was..."did El Chapo's trial suddenly get moved?" 

But no.

It was something even bigger than El Chapo. Turned out Mueller's team was there holding a secret and mysterious argument about a grand jury subpoena challenge.

Now who do you suppose is challenging a subpoena and why all the heavy-handed secrecy?

I'll just call it a holiday mystery for now. One which will hopefully be revealed to us all someday.

Just a wild thought...I'll bet it's Trump!

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

GOP Has Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Derangement Syndrome

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Surly House Trumplicans, still smarting over their election spanking they got, have turned their anger towards the newly elected youngest person in Congress - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

She scares the hell out of them. 

Since being elected they've been taking rude shots at everything from her "cheap clothes" to not being prepared to move to Washington DC after being elected (for financial reasons).

White House trolls like Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Kellyanne Conway have been leading the way.

The creator of "alternate realities" Conway, piled on Cortez a couple of days ago and said,"... she was a 29-year old Congresswoman who doesn't seem to know anything."

However, Conway made the same mistake as the rest of the Trumplicans who have been trolling Cortez...she was outsmarted and humiliated for her efforts.

Cortez replied with a scathing tweet of her own, 

"Leveraging those who belittle my capacity is exactly how I defeated a multi-generation, multi-million $ political machine. GOP is even weaker because their bias has no self-control."

Cortez also pointed out that Conway has been at War On Facts since Inauguration Day.

This apparent Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez derangement syndrome is just the latest low for a party that once proudly stood for democracy, but has since abandoned all ethics and truth to follow an authoritarian cult leader.

Why have Trumplicans selected Cortez to revile and attack? 

The answer is really out there for everyone to see - she represents a powerful emerging group of 2020 voters that will be actively going after Trump's transgressions, in-and-out of office.

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

Trump's Tweets Are A 'Smocking' Gun

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When Trump starting tweeting from the White House he laid the ground for his own convictions some day.

As state Attorney Generals from New York, Washington DC, and Virginia, process violation charges against Trump and his crooked family, the incoming Democratic majority in the House also have a litany of charges to investigate.

Then there's the Mueller investigation. There's one thing in common to all of the investigations; prosecutors are using Trump's own tweets to incriminate him.

That's right. Two years of tweets chronicling his lies are going to come to fruition in numerous courts and investigations. Some already have. A prosecutor couldn't ask for more. Using his own words to put Trump behind bars is poetic justice.

It's safe to say that Trump's tweets are a "smocking gun."

So, keep 'em rolling Donny! You have a fan club in justice departments of three states and, of course, your favorite federal prosecutor is your number one fan.

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

Meeting Memo To Trump: 'You Made An Ass Of Yourself!'

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If you watched Trump, Pelosi, and Schumer on TV yesterday, discussing "the wall," and a possible government shutdown, it was both enlightening and frightening.

Millions of viewers watched Pelosi and Schumer school Trump by fact-checking each of his false assertions. Trump's reaction was a temper tantrum that resulted in speaking over them both as they made their points. 

What I found interesting was Trump's version of a reality show - he set the stage by inviting reporters - was based upon the assumption he was going to make the two Democrats look like jerks with his extraordinary oratory skills.

If you watched this bit of theatre, you know that's not what happened. They made him look like an idiot, as he bounced about in his chair repeating threats and false information.

It's obvious Trump hasn't been able to make the transition from TV reality star to president (to no one's surprise). When he orchestrated his meeting with Pelosi and Schumer it was for the benefit of his base (former Apprentice viewers).

Which is fine. If he's content to play to a minority (think about the last midterms) let him play his games.

Trump's unreal reality show appearance yesterday quickly became the laughingstock of the internet. Trump memes have been popping up like toadstools since his surreal TV performance. 

My favorite part came towards the end when Schumer baited Trump into bragging "I am proud to shut down the government for border security." 

At that moment, viewers knew they were watching two adults dealing with a petulant, unbriefed president who was throwing a tantrum.

Not very inspiring. 

If Trump is going to attempt to stage another news conference to make himself look good, maybe he ought to hook up with the producers of The Apprentice who managed to project that lie pretty well for years.

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