Trump Timeline ... Trumpocalypse

[Big_paul]

Are you ever wrong?

Never The question at hand is if DT is wrong. The answer to tjat question is often.

We have a president who takes blame for nothing. He blames shit on the kid sitting behind him when he farts in class. There is so much wrong with this man its hard to keep an accurate tally.

I have confidence that he is a flash in the racist pan. He became elected by appealing to hate, but that has solidified the opposition. The next election will be a blood bath for the gop, and the next presidential election will be a final nail in the last nail in coffin for the party of hate and greed. How sweet it is.

 

[GigaloRob]

Hopefully he remembers this tweet. I did not vote for him to take us into another disaster. This is not America first.

 

[DedLift]

Well, you know shits bad when your choices for president are narrowed down to Trump or Hillary. I can't blame anyone for voting either way. Many Trumpers voted simply because they didn't like Hillary/Obama because they're basically the same person now.
Many voted for Hillary just to keep Trump out.
What happened was a nation wide rejection of the DNC in every way possible. Democrats are terrified because theyve lost control of the house and senate and so political warfare began, starting with media support.
We were all put in a shitty position because neither candidate shouldve been an option to begin with. So i guess there was no avoiding this fuckaroo or the fallout thats sure to come in the near future. Damned if we do, damned if we don't. Our system is fucked but this situation was a result of the past decade of democratic policies forcing businesses to pack up and move and put people out of work and on welfare. Dems have been in the drivers seat for a long time and we're broke and getting moreso by the day

 

[GigaloRob]

So it begins.

 

[MassTurk]

Hopefully he remembers this tweet. I did not vote for him to take us into another disaster. This is not America first.

Tooo late

 

[xy5jn0]

So it begins.

That's not a move I agree with. Should put the "he's Putins puppet" to rest though.
As for meddling in the middle east. Gigantic waste of time. You get rid of assad and the next one will be worse (see Libya).
They've killed each other since the beginning of time and probably always will as long as there's shites and sunnis.

 

[DedLift]

Has anyone else felt like some major shift on our planet was coming? Anyone feel like its right around the corner? I hope this isn't the beginning of another dark period in human history. Was really hoping to avoid one of those this time around

 

[System7]

This is something both parties and all the various news outlets can rally around.. unconditional love of their massive throbbing war boners.

 

[DedLift]

Only a demented race of beings would willingly choose to be at war with ourselves. It has begun. This is the beginning of WW3

 

[GigaloRob]

Clearly this is the move of a guy bought by the Russians .

 

[MassTurk]

@DedLift Did you watch Steve Bannon's documentary?
@GigaloRob he was complicate to everyone else around him taking part in Russian money I think he isn't smart enough to commit treason I think he just hired everyone else whom are

 

[GigaloRob]

@DedLift Did you watch Steve Bannon's documentary?
@GigaloRob he was complicate to everyone else around him taking part in Russian money I think he isn't smart enough to commit treason I think he just hired everyone else whom are

I don't see it. Nothing about anything he has done remotely points to him being involved right now. His stance on making America energy independent does not help Russia. He has taken off no sanctions. He has bombed Syria. I have yet to see any policy or act that shows any favor towards Russia. Pretty bold moves for an administration who supposedly is in bed with Russia. Russia could simply burn Trump at any point and expose him.

 

[xy5jn0]

@DedLift Did you watch Steve Bannon's documentary?
@GigaloRob he was complicate to everyone else around him taking part in Russian money I think he isn't smart enough to commit treason I think he just hired everyone else whom are

So on one hand he's an idiot that is having Putins whores piss on him but on the other hand smart enough to hire others to "commit treason." Wow, he's everything to you guys. If he's in bed with the russians, I think they consider him a lousy lay.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

[29-30 August 2013] [And, Be Sure No Refugees ... So Predictable ... Goal ... So lemme get this straight Republicans now care about Syrian children? ... Big Boy LMAO]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

[Meanwhile ... About 1st Amendment ...]



The suit sets up a potential confrontation between the Trump administration and Twitter over digital privacy, a thorny issue that has driven a wedge between the technology industry and government in the past.

Twitter disclosed in a federal court filing on Thursday that it had received a summons directing it to reveal the identity or identities of those behind @ALT_USCIS, one of several so-called alt-accounts run by people purporting to be current or former federal employees. The @ALT_USCIS account, which quickly gained tens of thousands of followers, has frequently criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies and enforcement actions.

Twitter said in its filing that it could not be compelled to disclose the identity or identities of whoever is behind the account. The company argued that the government’s directive and reasoning were unlawful, and that complying would have “a grave chilling effect” on the speech of alt-accounts that voice resistance to government policies.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

[Head of Russia Today reminds us that US entered WWI 100 years ago yesterday.]

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Kushner Omitted Meeting With Russians on Security Clearance Forms
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/us/politics/jared-kushner-russians-security-clearance.html?_r=0

When Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, sought the top-secret security clearance that would give him access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded secrets, he was required to disclose all encounters with foreign government officials over the last seven years.

But Mr. Kushner did not mention dozens of contacts with foreign leaders or officials in recent months. They include a December meeting with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, and one with the head of a Russian state-owned bank, Vnesheconombank, arranged at Mr. Kislyak’s behest.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

Russia condemns U.S. missile strike on Syria, suspends key air agreement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-condemns-us-missile-strike-on-syria/2017/04/07/c81ea12a-1b4e-11e7-8003-f55b4c1cfae2_story.html? (Russia condemns U.S. missile strike on Syria, suspends key air agreement)

MOSCOW — Russia on Friday condemned the U.S. missile strike against Syrian government forces late Thursday, and said it was pulling out of an agreement to minimize the risk of in-flight incidents between U.S. and Russian aircraft operating over Syria.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry also called for an immediate meeting of the United Nations Security Council after President Vladimir Putin declared the strike a violation of international law.

The 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles fired at a Syrian military air base constituted the first direct American assault against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, which Moscow has supported military since 2015.

“President Putin considers the American strikes against Syria an aggression against a sovereign government in violations of the norms of international law, and under a far-fetched pretext,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Friday. “This step by Washington is causing significant damage to Russian-American relations, which are already in a deplorable state.”

The strike, which the Trump administration authorized in retaliation for a chemical attack that killed scores of civilians this week, creates the possibility of a direct confrontation with Russia, which has forces on the ground and advanced air-defense systems capable of shooting down U.S. aircraft and missiles.

 

[Michael Scally MD]

California Fights Back
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-california-fights-back/

When Donald Trump threatened on the campaign trail to deport every single immigrant living in the country illegally, bring back offshore drilling and reverse the anti-pollution policies that help clear smoggy skies, Californians immediately understood that our state would be disproportionately affected — and disproportionately harmed — by the reckless policies he was hoping to enact.

After he was sworn in, he went further, singling out the state for attack. “California,” Trump declared in February, “in many ways is out of control.” In one overwrought tweet, he suggested that the federal government should cut all funding for UC Berkeley because a protest against a conservative guest speaker had turned violent. A few days later, he declared — even more irresponsibly — that he would “defund” the entire state if he felt it wasn’t cooperating sufficiently in his efforts to root out undocumented immigrants.

Trump had already alienated many state voters with his plans to build a costly and unnecessary border wall, revoke the health insurance of millions of low-income people and gut climate-change policies. Now, he was taking on California itself, a state in which more than one out of 10 Americans live, and which sends more than $350 billion to Washington each year in federal taxes (and gets substantially less than that back). A state with strong progressive values that it will not happily see undermined.

To express their dissatisfaction, hundreds of thousands of people gathered at rallies in the state’s major cities. One man’s quixotic California secession campaign became a cause célèbre. And California’s political leaders vowed to fight back.

Gov. Jerry Brown grumbled that if Trump cut climate data-gathering efforts, California would launch its “own damn satellite.” Legislators put former U.S. Atty. Gen Eric Holder on a hefty retainer to help challenge Trump’s initiatives in court even before he’d announced any. They filed a mountain of bills reacting to an array of reprehensible policies that the new president was thought to be considering. “We’re going to do what we need to do to protect the people of California,” said state Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra.

The initial response of state leaders — which included some good ideas along with a bit of flailing and a touch of panic — was understandable given the enormity of the threat. But as we settle in for the next four years, California needs to be clear-eyed about the challenges it faces and strategic about how it responds. An all-out war with the federal government is neither sustainable nor wise. The state will have to choose its battles.

For starters, California should continue to pursue its agenda on human and civil rights, on clean air, water and climate change, and on equality. Trump can dismantle the federal Clean Power Plan, but he can’t stop the state from moving toward its renewable energy goal of 50% by 2030 as laid out in SB 350 two years ago. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency can reduce national fuel efficiency standards, but if it seeks to revoke California’s waiver that lets the state set its own, tougher rules, state lawmakers should fight back, including taking the agency to court if necessary. Trump can continue his counterproductive and mean-spirited efforts to deport non-criminal immigrants living in the country illegally, but the state’s local law enforcement agencies are not legally required to do the feds’ job for them; they should not.

California’s political leaders should reach out to other states — including red ones — to develop alliances on issues of common concern. Trump’s contempt for renewable energy resources, the reform of marijuana laws and the expansion of Medicaid, for instance, will surely alienate officials in other state capitols. Smoggy skies aren’t unique to Los Angeles, and western states have already shown interest in investing in renewable energy.

However, California lawmakers must also be careful about allowing the “resist at all costs” mentality to push them further than they ought to go.

Consider the biggest California vs. Trump fight so far: immigration. It is true that local police and sheriff’s deputies should not be turned into immigration agents, doing work that properly belongs to the federal government and which would hamper their ability to work effectively with immigrant communities. But neither should the state, in its zeal to resist Trump, throw up obstacles to cooperation that would protect serious criminals from deportation. Early versions of SB 54 — the so-called sanctuary state bill that would spell out how local police agencies should work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — allowed the state to make policing decisions that have traditionally been made locally, could have goaded ICE agents into even more harmful immigration sweeps and, potentially, made it harder to keep violent criminals off the streets.

Many Californians are extremely — and rationally — pessimistic about the next few years under President Trump. But here’s another hard truth: If and when there are opportunities for reasonable collaboration with the new administration, the state must be prepared to take them. California relies on the federal government for $105 billion in aid each year, money it badly needs. Total noncooperation is not an option. Besides, Sacramento and Washington, D.C., have certain mutual interests: If the president wants shovel-ready infrastructure projects to fund, we have plenty.

That means keeping open the lines of communication, as both Gov. Brown and Mayor Eric Garcetti seem eager to do. With luck, Trump will in turn recognize that the state’s big industries — tech, agriculture, entertainment, tourism — are immensely important to the national economy. If California suffers at the hands of Trump’s policies, so will the rest of the nation.

The reality is that California cannot go it alone. Let’s stop fantasizing about “Calexit.” As fun as it may be to imagine California taking its giant, job-creating, climate-protecting, immigrant-friendly economy and building its own nation, history suggests that would be neither wise nor feasible. California is an integral part of the United States, where it should remain, staying actively engaged.

In the days ahead, we Californians must stand up to protect our nation and defend our state. We must read, write and protest. Attend meetings and speak out honestly to those in power. We must vote. Not just for president, but for school board as well. Stand up for the rule of law and the democratic process while also opposing the dangerous policies of America’s new leader.

For the next four years, we must cooperate when it is possible, but fight back when it is necessary in the interests of our state and the union to which it belongs.