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May 16, 2017

A fight he won't win

Dump declared war on the intelligence community when he fired Preet Bharara, Yates, then Comey. Then he rubbed salt in their eyes with revealing code-word level intelligence to the Russians right there in the Oval Office.

And Trumpers want Hillary in prison instead.

May 14, 2017

This isn't collusion

No...not at all.
Our press didn't want to be there.




May 12, 2017

Folks, as we know, he has many screws loose

The Orange bloviater speaks:

"For instance I don’t watch CNN. I don’t watch MSNBC. Scarborough used to treat me great. But because I don’t do interviews and stuff and want to … He went the other way. Which is fine. He’s got some problems. But I don’t watch the show anymore. It drives him crazy. I don’t watch the show.I do watch Fox in the morning, and their ratings have gone through the roof because everyone knows I’m watching Fox. But they’re pleasant. And if I do something wrong they report on it. I don’t mean they – if I do something wrong. But it’s really, honestly it’s the most accurate.CNN in the morning, Chris Cuomo, he’s sitting there like a chained lunatic. He’s like a boiler ready to explode, the level of hatred. And the entire, you know the entire CNN platform is that way. This Don Lemon who’s perhaps the dumbest person in broadcasting, Don Lemon at night it’s like – sometimes they’ll have a guest who by mistake will say something good. And they’ll start screaming, we’re going to commercial. They cut him off. Remember?I’ve seen things where by mistake somebody they bring in a guest and it turns out to be a positive. And they go, I mean they get just killed. The level of hatred. And poor Jeffrey Lord. I love Jeffrey Lord. But sometimes he’s sitting there with eight unknown killers that nobody ever heard of. And CNN actually is not doing nearly as well as others. They’re all doing well because of me. But it’s not doing as well as others that are doing better actually. But Fox treats me very fairly. MSNBC is ridiculous. It’s just bad.It’s an ability I never thought I’d have. I never thought I’d have the ability to say, they’re doing a big story on me on CNN and I won’t watch it. And it’s amazing, it doesn’t matter. But it really, the equilibrium is much better. As far as newspapers and things, I glance at them. They’re really dishonest. I mean they’re really dishonest."


http://time.com/4775633/donald-trump-stephen-colbert-cnn-msnbc-chris-cuomo/
May 12, 2017

This will make the for-profit prison corporations happy

A pox on all the houses of the Libertarian, middle-of-the-roaders, and JPR types who thought tRump was the better choice.



Jeff Sessions Rolls Back Obama-Era Drug Sentencing Reforms
The Attorney General says a harsher approach is “moral and just.”

WASHINGTON ― Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructed federal prosecutors this week to take the most aggressive approach possible against federal criminal defendants. The policy change will result in lengthier prison sentences for drug offenders and likely reverse a recent drop in the federal prison population.

In a memo dated May 10, Sessions wrote federal prosecutors “should charge and pursue the most serious, readily provable offense,” calling that a “core principle” of the Justice Department’s charging and sentencing policy.

The new policy replaces the approach of the Justice Department during the Obama administration under former Attorneys General Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch. They gave federal prosecutors more leeway to decide when it was appropriate to charge crimes that trigger mandatory minimums, which automatically result in set prison terms.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-doj-drug-sentencing-trump_us_59155c78e4b0fe039b339a20?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009



May 7, 2017

Republican voters feel their taxes pay for "freeloaders"

This is a very common thread among them.
They believe their taxes are high and that the cause are "lazy people" that "don't want to work".
Not sure if they will ever get to the truth.

Notice I said "feel" instead of "think".

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