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Miles Archer
Miles Archer's Journal
Miles Archer's Journal
December 22, 2018
Robert Reich: The end of Trump is drawing near
Go to the link and read it. It's worth it. I can't post it in any meaningful way while obeying the 4-paragraph rule.The end of Trump is drawing near
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/end-trump-drawing-near/
This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress.
ME: So, what are you hearing?
HE: Trump is in deep sh*t.
ME: Tell me more.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/end-trump-drawing-near/
This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress.
ME: So, what are you hearing?
HE: Trump is in deep sh*t.
ME: Tell me more.
December 22, 2018
Rep. Joe Kennedy III: Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers
Rep. Joe Kennedy III
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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers:
-4M working age Americans lost health care
-$1.5T corporate handout
-$779B deficit
-Worst Dec stock market since 1931
-17% increase in hate crimes
-2,654 migrant kids taken from families
-~40,000 gun deaths in 2017
But wait theres more.
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1076467907704569856
Rep. Joe Kennedy III
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Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta (contd):
-US added to list of deadliest countries for journalists for 1st time ever
-US greenhouse gas emissions rise by 2.5%
-5 Trump aide guilty pleas
-17 (known) Trump/Russia investigations
-3 gov't shutdowns
-Numerous allies abandoned
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1076467909629743104
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@RepJoeKennedy
Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta in numbers:
-4M working age Americans lost health care
-$1.5T corporate handout
-$779B deficit
-Worst Dec stock market since 1931
-17% increase in hate crimes
-2,654 migrant kids taken from families
-~40,000 gun deaths in 2017
But wait theres more.
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1076467907704569856
Rep. Joe Kennedy III
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@RepJoeKennedy
Trump/Ryan/McConnell trifecta (contd):
-US added to list of deadliest countries for journalists for 1st time ever
-US greenhouse gas emissions rise by 2.5%
-5 Trump aide guilty pleas
-17 (known) Trump/Russia investigations
-3 gov't shutdowns
-Numerous allies abandoned
6:22 AM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/RepJoeKennedy/status/1076467909629743104
December 22, 2018
CNN: Senate has adjourned, with little expectation of passing a shutdown deal soon
CNN Newsroom
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JUST IN: The Senate has adjourned, with little expectation of passing a shutdown deal soon https://cnn.it/2LucXzD
https://twitter.com/CNNnewsroom/status/1076575826500509696
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JUST IN: The Senate has adjourned, with little expectation of passing a shutdown deal soon https://cnn.it/2LucXzD
https://twitter.com/CNNnewsroom/status/1076575826500509696
December 22, 2018
"We are not going to build this stupid vanity wall of Donald Trump's with U.S. taxpayer dollars"
December 22, 2018
Pence as he left Senator Schumer's office said "we are still talking". #NoBeautifulSteelSlatFence
Steve Brusk
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VP Pence as he left Senator Schumer's office said "we are still talking".
1:19 PM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/stevebruskCNN/status/1076572865330327552
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VP Pence as he left Senator Schumer's office said "we are still talking".
1:19 PM - 22 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/stevebruskCNN/status/1076572865330327552
December 22, 2018
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-rages-white-house-aides-fcking-idiots-meetings-dont-tell-wants-hear-report/
Shocked that Trump yells at aides and calls them "F*cking Idiots." He seems nice from his tweets.
Trump rages at White House aides as f*cking idiots in meetings when they dont tell him what he wants to hearhttps://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-rages-white-house-aides-fcking-idiots-meetings-dont-tell-wants-hear-report/
December 22, 2018
Ted Lieu: "In Capitol on Saturday to vote...hallway is empty & door to House Floor is locked"
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In Capitol on Saturday to vote to reopen government. But the hallway is empty & door to House Floor is locked. Why won't @SpeakerRyan let us vote on the bipartisan Senate bill to fund government?
#TrumpShutdown harms Americans, stops Violence Against Women Act & hurts economy.
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1076557530074148864
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In Capitol on Saturday to vote to reopen government. But the hallway is empty & door to House Floor is locked. Why won't @SpeakerRyan let us vote on the bipartisan Senate bill to fund government?
#TrumpShutdown harms Americans, stops Violence Against Women Act & hurts economy.
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1076557530074148864
December 22, 2018
Trump's "large group border security lunch." Mitch punts, NO top Dems attending. Nada. Zilch. MAGA!
December 22, 2018
Shit's gettin' downright Shakespearean in Pence World. WILL he make a final Palace Coup move?
How Trump played Pence: Budget negotiation deal reveals presidents humiliation of his own VP
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-played-pence-budget-negotiation-deal-reveals-presidents-humiliation-vp/
In a Politico deep dive into budget negotiations to keep the government up and running, it is revealed that Pence stepped in to work out a deal.
Politico reports Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was unable to confidently work out with a deal with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) because he didnt know what Trump would agree to, leading the vice president to jump into the fray.
Yet while that procedural fracas was playing out, Republicans were frantically trying to come up with something they could put on the floor, Politico reports.The shuttle diplomacy continued throughout the day. Pence, Kushner and Mulvaney went from Schumers office to Pences own hideaway in the Capitol, where Corker came to visit. Then they went to the House side of the Capitol to negotiate with conservatives and GOP leaders, trying to figure out what could pass that the president would sign.
As emphatically as he could, Pence had told senators that Trump would sign the legislation, only to see that backfire, the report states. So Pence couldnt sign off any deal with Schumer or House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) who was even more skeptical unless Trump publicly backed it first.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/trump-played-pence-budget-negotiation-deal-reveals-presidents-humiliation-vp/
In a Politico deep dive into budget negotiations to keep the government up and running, it is revealed that Pence stepped in to work out a deal.
Politico reports Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was unable to confidently work out with a deal with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) because he didnt know what Trump would agree to, leading the vice president to jump into the fray.
Yet while that procedural fracas was playing out, Republicans were frantically trying to come up with something they could put on the floor, Politico reports.The shuttle diplomacy continued throughout the day. Pence, Kushner and Mulvaney went from Schumers office to Pences own hideaway in the Capitol, where Corker came to visit. Then they went to the House side of the Capitol to negotiate with conservatives and GOP leaders, trying to figure out what could pass that the president would sign.
As emphatically as he could, Pence had told senators that Trump would sign the legislation, only to see that backfire, the report states. So Pence couldnt sign off any deal with Schumer or House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) who was even more skeptical unless Trump publicly backed it first.
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Name: Miles ArcherGender: Male
Hometown: Hamilton Massachusetts
Home country: USA
Current location: Nevada
Member since: Wed Oct 16, 2013, 07:49 PM
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