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It’s too bad when don’t have a constitutional body that could do something about our ‘impulsive’ manchild occupying 1600 Penn.
Oops. It appears we've found some real corruption in the Ukraine.
Profit, not politics: What some Trump allies did in Ukraine
Always fun to remind ourselves that the GOP – which hates government we're told – LOVES government power which gives them access to riches all over the world!
“Impulsive!!! Oh, c’mon, get one effin’ clue, why don’t ya’, Blanche??? . . .
. . . this has been on Putin’s agenda for months!!! Jeeezzzus! Ya’ really think he’s gonna’ meddle for Ttump again in 2020 without oodles of seriously bigly more pro-quo???!!
She actually managed to pry her lips off Donald's left cheek long enough to have a hissy fit? Wow!
Maybe instead of sucking up to Trump, she should get with the impeach-and-remove movement, throw her support behind Mike Pence, and hope that Pence names Blanche to be Sec. of State or Sec. of Defense.
I found this an interesting read, though I am not sure that it has a larger point. Summary for people who are not interested in reading the whole thing: The writer Cory Doctorow has a Warren sign in his front yard and recounts how this upset a passing man into screaming at him.
https://boingboing.net/2019/10/06/snowflakes-of-burbank.html
How this fine gentleman convinced me to donate $300 to Elizabeth Warren
And guess who pays the lowest tax rate?
Fake.
This is just not possible, HD
So they would like us to believe, however:
Cute.
But I read that the top 1% pay 83% of all taxes
And the top10% pay 91%.
Or something
The top 10% – yep. The top 1% – yep. The top 0.01% – not so much.
sarcasm is hard.
we need a new font
G r e a t i d e a !
. . . R e a l l y .
David, are you agreeing with those made up (sarcastic) numbers Madco tossed out?
Here's the actual:
The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid roughly $538 billion, or 37.3 percent of all income taxes, while the bottom 90 percent paid about $440 billion, or 30.5 percent of all income taxes.Nov 13, 2018
In other words the top 10% paid 70% of the tax dollars, which given that their tax rate is only about 25% of their income, and their share of income is nearly equal to the bottom 90%, I'd say that's about right.
Yep…
I had a similar incident over a John Kerry bumper sticker years ago…
lost a good drummer over it.😋
I'm thinking of adding a new bumper sticker to the #NeverTrump sticker I have had on my car since he won the GOP nomination.
New, additional sticker: "Impeach and Convict!"
Try here, itlduso: https://www.northernsun.com/n/s/bumper-stickers.html they have some great ones.
I think Trump just did us Democrats a giant favor. This article makes some very good points including:
John Kerry was defeated in large part because Bush & Cheney, one who served safely in the National Guard and the other a Chickenhawk, were able to paint Kerry as a coward. Or more to the point, Kerry was incapable of fighting their lies.
Trump will lie so boldly he'll make Bush/Cheney look like boy scouts. We need someone who can effectively fight those lies. Trump has demonstrated that Biden is not that person.
Very useful to learn that before we make him the nominee.
John Judis did write a good piece there, but I think he is wrong at this point: "She needs to think about winning an electoral college majority in November 2020, and that means backing off programs that raise the specter of higher taxes for the working class or that would allow Trump to paint the Democrats as cultural elitists."
Commentators advising a moderate course for victory to the Democrats should be championing one of the candidates who have made moderation part of their campaign. Harris, Klobuchar, or Buttigieg all need more attention to see if they have the organization and personal skills to be a successful candidate in the way the Biden apparently does not. If Warren tacked to the center as this writer suggests it would cut against the central argument for her candidacy and would be worse than campaigning on her established positions.
Looks like the "Chosen One" has fully embraced his Godhood
My Gawd! Even Joseph Stalin pretended to modesty! In the endless tributes to Stalin, he loved to be addessed by the familiar Dear Joseph Vissarionovich and praised for his modesty.
trump's Great and unmatche d wisdom is, in fact, exceeded by that of my parakeet.
and my parakeet is dead!
The Trump Doctrine appears to be:
A trillion dollars in deficits! Billions for trade wars! Not a penny for defense!
Column: Trump hands the Kurds to Turkey. Beware, GOP lackeys: He’ll abandon you too.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-kurds-turkey-syria-kurdish-gop-huppke-20191007-wtl6oii5evfsfczwjklavfwtqy-story.html
Trump’s Syria decision reflects his stunning ignorance of the situation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/trumps-withdrawal-from-syria-is-a-gift-to-russia-iran–and-the-islamic-state/2019/10/07/47c9880a-e91e-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html
dumb, dumb, dumb
But maybe the Kurds refused to stay in Trump hotels, or invetigate Biden
This next year could be one of the worst in American history unless Trump is impeached and convicted.
First, he’ll run the most despicable campaign in history including infiltration by foreign governments. Next, if/when he loses he will challenge the election results and try to incite a Civil War.
This can only be prevented by insuring that he is not on the ballot.
Impeachment or electoral defeat, I don’t think for a moment Ttump will quietly do a Dick Nixon; climb aboard a helicopter, smile, wave goodbye, and fly slowly away into infamy. That’d be completely out of character, way way too grownup; Ttump never leaves anything but total carnage and complete destruction in his wake.
I expect he’ll have to be drug off kicking and screaming, probably in some type of physical restraint. And, that’ll be after he tears everything down, declares martial law and/or a national emergency, discloses reams of classified intelligence, attempts one last gigantic extortion, and likely even tries to set fire to the White House (. . . blaming it on Obama, the media, Hillary, and a cabal of “deep state” actors).
When Trump loses, it won't just be because of 5 or 6 million "illegal immigrant" votes, it'll be due to the Mexicans that hijacked the Electoral College and cause him to lose by a landslide there too!
And her emails!
Yep. For some reason I have an image in my mind of #TrumpsterFire hauled out of the White House by law enforcement or by the military. It's likely he will completely lose his mind (what Liddle' he has), but armed law enforcement or military will need to physically remove him for his own protection and the protection of those around him.
Krugman was spot-on yesterday: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/opinion/republicans-trump-moderates.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage