February 6, 2019

CNN: WH sources saying speech will be much more aggressive against Dems than previously advertised

Good! I hope the anus goes completely off the rails.

February 6, 2019

Trump's first 4 trips to Mar-a-Lago cost taxpayers $13.6 million, watchdog finds

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-trips-to-mar-a-lago-cost-taxpayers-13-6m-watchdog-report/

Four of President Trump's trips to his Mar-a-Lago resort in south Florida during his first months in office cost the U.S. government approximately $13.6 million in taxpayer funds, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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Additionally, the report found that three trips made on behalf of the Trump Organization by the president's eldest sons — Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump — to Uruguay, the Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates cost taxpayers approximately $396,000 in pay for Secret Service agents.

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This alarming report captures a snapshot of the tens of millions of dollars President Trump spends to travel to his Palm Beach resort – all at taxpayer expense – including government funds that are paid directly to a business in which the president himself has a financial interest," Peters, Feinstein and Cummings wrote in a joint statement Tuesday.

February 5, 2019

Top general says he wasn't consulted before Trump announced Syria withdrawal

Source: The Hill

The top U.S. general in charge of military operations in the Middle East said Tuesday he was not consulted prior to President Trump's announcement that he will withdraw all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria.

"I was not aware of the specific announcement," U.S. Central Command (Centcom) commander Gen. Joseph Votel said. "Certainly we aware that he has expressed a desire and an intent in the past to depart Syria."

Pressed further by Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) on whether he was not consulted ahead of Trump's December announcement, Votel replied, "I was not consulted."

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/428509-top-general-says-he-wasnt-consulted-before-trump-announced-syria-withdrawal

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He thinks he knows more than the generals and anyone else for that matter.

February 3, 2019

Doug Wilder just tweeted that it's time for him to go.

https://twitter.com/GovernorWilder/status/1091855185993859072

February 3, 2019

Warner, Kaine, Scott call on Northam to resign

Source: Richmond Times Dispatch

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-3rd, Virginia’s most senior elected Democrats, issued a joint statement Saturday evening calling on Gov. Ralph Northam to resign.

Read more: https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/government-politics/warner-kaine-scott-call-on-northam-to-resign/article_f5e76755-3d0d-5133-b929-ee99ceedf4d2.html

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Dead man walking.

February 2, 2019

All things considered, I ain't buying it.

If he wants to attempt to "explain" it away, fine. But just resign. We don't need this. We're trying to save our country right now.