Donald J. Trump has been President of the United States for 14 months….
During this time?
Denial……
Donald Trump has been ‘in denial about Russian actions that helped him get his present day job…
Donald Trump has denied having hands problems with women and a affair his lawyer says was paid for money that came either from Trump, or his campaign….
Loyality….
Donald Trump has asked people who are supposed to be loyal to the law and 300+ Americans to be ‘loyal’ to him…..
Inept…..
In electing a New York Real Estate guy?
America has a guy who wasn’t a politican and did NOT know or CARE about hoe the countries political process works….In fact he campaigned against it….
It has cost him and us….
He keeps coming up with things that NOT well thought out and impractical to get thru the American government….Yes, he seems to be learning on the job….
But he thinks he knows better than the ‘experts’….
He doesn’t….
This is NOT the way to make America ‘Great Again’…..
Morning All…..
via twitter….
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
New: Trump’s personal aide Johnny McEntee was fired because he is currently under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security for serious financial crimes, a source familiar with his firing tells @kaitlancollins
Scott or Jack can u explain how u guys signed in for Keith?
I can’t see the process cause i’m The admin
I have user p/w to get in
But once In i’m Good
Trump is having a banner day….
Tillerson fired….
A trip to Cali….(he’s on the ground out there now…)
And more heads to roll promise!
Pa will be the finishing grace..
CG is around someplace I think….
I’m waiting for Keith also
I let NYCmike know we’re back along with Daniel and SE…
And BDog ….
How ’bout Manila Calling?
Yea….
Him too
You get much snow up ur way DSD?
Yes, about a foot in Providence and much more in NW Rhode Island and in Eastern Massachusetts.
Coastal fringes of Mass., including Boston, plus Newport, RI, actually met the technical specifications of blizzard conditions (high winds & low visibility) over the daytime.
Just a dustings here….
Good Morning People….
Yea….
A Good One for Democrats….
Donald Trump does it again….
Gives an endorsement and the guy loses…..
Rep. Louise Slaughter, ranking member of the House Rules Committee, is in the hospital being treated for a concussion after falling at her Washington residence last week…..
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Morning All
via twitter…
POLITICO
@politico
The next primary election will take place tomorrow in Illinois. Find out when your state goes to the polls.
http://politi.co/2FLiJNp
The Stock Market is down 400+ points led by Facebook…
Right now Trump is in New Hampshire
Sorting up his 2020 chances pundits think
Gonna be a lot of posts tomorrow
With the storm
Won’t be many working,,..
Also reviewing what will have happened in Illinois tonight.
Good Morning Everyone….
For the NY Metro area?
Snow for the next 20 hours is predicted….
FYI people….
The list of moderated ‘bots’ words in the site admin bank is SO extensive that it goes in the hundreds….
I have tried to delate any of them that are close to the names of the regulars here….
The fight against ‘bots’ continues….
The fight to get my people out of moderation also!….
And quite a fight it be!
Let our people go!
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant announced today that he will appoint Cindy Hyde-Smith as the replacement to retiring senator Thad Cochran…..
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Label her what she is James,
An “ adopted” Republican.
She was a Democratic officeholder as recently as 2010.
Ok….
I know they say 5″ to 6″ of snow should be down on the ground around my way….
Actually?…. only maybe 2″ or 3″ are actaually on the ground outside here…
Bredesen Holds Early Lead for Tennessee Senate Seat
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Tennessee finds former Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) with a slight edge over Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) in the U.S. Senate race, 46% to 41%, with 13% still undecided….
Politicalwire…
Morning…….
Yes Barbara Walters has passed at 93 years old….
And…..
Pope Benedict XVI has passed away. When he renounced the papacy in 2013, he became the first living ex-pope in 600 years.…..
The Atlantic
And Daniel G dropped in for a second….
BTW?
I’m happy to see the old crew still checking in …..
And the place has has a mini resurgence in visitors….
I’m still dogging it here…..
It’s been 13 years or so ❗️
Louise Slaughter represents the 25th District of New York, which would be well upstate.
Based on reports, DJT Jr and his wife are soon to announce they will be divorcing. That is sad for any family of course when children are involved.
I said on here though that something seemed “odd” when that story came out a month and a half or so ago about her getting a letter with (fake) powder at her mother’s house and it made me wonder if they were separated. Who would have known she was at the mother’s house though? Hmm
Ok, I looked it up and had not heard that a suspect had been arrested this month in the case (a Democrat activist type) for sending the letter with cornstarch.
He should of course be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If the Secret Service believes they have the right person (and I would tend to believe they are right), this of course exonerates Donald Trump Jr from any suspicion in my mind..
Who cares about Donald Junior?
Caught this over @Mediaite which is sort of amusing…
Under the Trump/Republican tax cut, beginning next year alimony is no longer tax deductible.Wife holds all the cards in this one Don Jr needs to make a deal quickly !
I saw something else about the tax cut raising most people’s taxes next year…
Alopng with that?
There are SEVERAL adjustments that need to made with the tax bill….
In their rush it appears that there are numerious screwups….
If they marry these fixes to the big tax bill?
Democrats will have a say on this…
On another topic, I watched portions of the final debate held between the three leading Democrat contenders for IL Governor, and it was among the most personally brutal three way political knife fights I have seen on tv. All three of them were just going all in after the other two, calling them fake horrible corrupt people, etc, at just about every question. There was a studio audience there (and people Tweeting in at the bottom of the screen) who could not believe how negative it was. It was like a political blog discussion section.
And apparently, there is a new poll out showing that incumbent Bruce Rauner’s right wing primary challenger might now be well within striking distance.Besides for his attack ads against her on tv and direct mail pieces, he is forgoing any sort of campaigning and just seems content to assume he will advance next Tuesday to face Democrat JB Pritzker.
That’s still the most likely outcome, but I am really starting to think (especially if lawn signs are any indication) that Rauner might be in for a big surprise next week. I am going to have to force myself to vote for him. My entire ballot will take approximately 20 seconds to complete this year.
Politics is a contact sport alright!….
Chris McDaniel (R) announced that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS), instead of pursuing his previously announced Republican primary challenge to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), the Jackson Clarion Ledger reports….
Politicalwire…
Morning People
S.C. Governor Henry McMaster, an early supporter of Donald Trump, labeled the high school students walkout this week, “shameful.”
McMaster ,who convinced his buddy Trump to name Nikki Haley UN amabassador so he could become Governor(although Haley had loudly proclaimed her distaste for Trump) ,is being challenged for the Republican nomination by several other GOPers who are running to his Right.
His “brave” denunciation of a bunch of kids is seen as an attempt to shore up his Right Wing credentials.
And was a stupid remark….
Breaking….
Mueller has dropped subpoena’s on the Trump Organization ITSELF…..
Hot Damn!….
Post to come later …..
This IS about the man’s businesses
For some entertainment,I would refer readers here to Mediaite and an article by Republican commentator John Zeigler,wherein he has a lengthy list of things Republicans can no longer criticize due to their support of Trump.
Trump is now considering a Fox News Talking Head as the new head of Veterans Affairs.
This group is destroying the infrastructure of government. Now, that may please the typical Republican “hater of government,” but our standing around the world, and your next Social Security check depend on competent functioning government.
On another topic, who gives a rats ass if Donnie junior (love the way he ate ice cream while campaigning in Pennsylvania 18) is getting divorced from his bimbo wife. Like father like son, this won’t be his last wife or last pre-nup; and like father he will ignore the children (he was ignored, that’s why he turned into this asshole we see before us now).
Waiting for Jared to be indicted, the Shanda, he will make great jail bait.
Trump says he doesn’t need ‘ecperts’
Just flunkys….
Who kiss his ass
This is CG’s story….
Vanessa Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr, filed for divorce on Thursday, according to reports.
Vanessa Trump filed for an uncontested proceeding, “meaning she’s not expecting a legal battle over custody of the couple’s five children or their assets”, the New York Post reported.
On Wednesday the paper said the president’s eldest son and his wife of 13 years “were living separate lives” and that Trump Jr, 40, was “never there”….
More…
Morning All….
Quote of the Day
“He was clearly loved by women. He was a guy’s guy. He has all that virility. He also had amazing fashion sense, right, that whole thing with the uniforms. I’m fascinated by Mussolini.”
— Stephen Bannon, in an interview with the Spectator.
Louise Slaughter Dead at 88 After More Than Three Trailblazing Decades in Congress….
….’The New York Democrat was one of the most senior women in the House and the oldest member of Congress’….
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A special election is possible to replace Rep. Louise Slaughter, who died Friday after suffering a concussion last week. New York State law gives Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo discretion over when to call a special election…
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Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales rates the 25th District Solid Democratic. Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump 56-39 percent in 2016 and President Barack Obama won the 25th District by 20 points in both 2008 and 2012….
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And in the category of Wow!What a Surprise!
Steve Bannon , former assistant to the President Of the United States and frequent Speaker @ various Republican events has expressed his unabashed admiration for Italian Dictator and founder of Fascism…
Benito Mussolini.
One of the Italian Fascist slogans was “Mussolini a sempre raggione” [= Mussolini is always right].
Good thing that none of America’s leaders today (having learned from the record and fate of Il Duce) think that he or she is infallible, has never been wrong and is incapable of even the slightest error. 😉
…..slightest error?
And Morning to everyone else….
Being an American, I never thought I would say this, but I am not sure how I would feel if there was a Military Coop…Just Saying…LOL
The system is set up to do exactly what’s going on Bdog…..
President’s need support…..
My scenario is Mueller comes around the Summer, with trials going into next year….
The House goes to the Democrats….
The bottom disappears POLITICALLY for Trump….
He exits…..
Lawmakers are HUGELY AFRAID of the idea of a Coup….
Mattis is NOT a happy camper right now….
Tillerson as inept as he was in running State…..
Had Mattis’s back against McMasters and the crazies trying to get Trump into wars….
No military coup in America,,,,
Only if Trump loses it and DOES want to order a war….
First, my posts are not showing up. This is very frustrating James.
Second, the system is not set up to support what is going on. That statement is ridiculous.
Yea….
I’m NOT happy with logged in people going to moderation on an off….
The system IS in fact political and works by political support….
Trump has a majority party voted on by the electoral college…
The system for President has NOTHING to do with the popular vote which Trump does NOT the support of….
If American wants THAT?
Something the nations forfathers did NOT Trust….
Then we go to a popular vote vote or Parlimentrtry system….
Didn’t take American history is school Keith?
Yes
More cow manure.
As to posts,I find mine sometimes showing up immediately,while others appear an hour or so after I post them.
Jack?
I have busted my ass to get this place back on line
I don’t appreciate the cow manure remark
I will try to get the place right
Just be patient
The “cow manure” remark was directed at your post that Keith commented on ,not the site.
I appreciate your efforts and was specifically not being critical,just noting how my posts were appearing.
While appreciative of your efforts, I still find your “reasoning”; out there quite frankly.
I presume you have no problem with posters stating their opinions as you have often said that everyone is so entitled to do so.
Ok
Sorry
This fucking fight between having us be able to freely comment and the ‘bot’ is the pain in the ass they want it to be..
And I need you guys to tell me what wrong
Thanks everyone
Danny Tarkanian (R) said he will drop his primary challenge to Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) and instead run again for the southern Nevada House seat he sought unsuccessfully in 2016 after eleventh-hour intervention from President Trump to clear Heller’s primary path, Politico reports.
Politicalwire….
I find this system more frustrating that past systems, given that there is nowhere to directly reply to the crap coming off your keyboard James.
First, I taught History. Second, the system was not set up to support what is happening now, primarily because the Republicans, in support of their President, are not doing their jobs. They are complicit in his treason.
Your word salad above notwithstanding James, you simply don’t know what you are talking about. You move from topic to topic without being able to support your initial statements. In this case, that Trump really isn’t a Republican. When, of course, the Party created him after years of racist dog whistles.
I know you busted your ass to set this site up. Doesn’t change the fact that it still doesn’t work.
494 Days since Election Day, 2016 Tuesday, November 8, 2016
421 Days since Inauguration Day, 2017 Friday, January 20, 2017
TODAY Saturday, March 17, 2018
234 Days until Election Day, 2018 Tuesday, November 6, 2018
292 Days until the 116th Congress sits Thursday, January 3, 2019
962 Days until Election Day, 2020 Tuesday, November 3, 2020
1,040 Days until Inauguration Day, 2021 Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Okay….
Amy is gonna work on the moderation thing going away….
Our Texas guy is still regulary spaming the site….
I say bring him back.
His ramblings and yours are about on the same level.
Amusingly, while you refuse to accept Trump as a Republican,you willingly accepted that idiot as aDemocrat despite the fact he never supported any Democrats.
A reflection of your thought process I’m sure,
Not gonna happen
EVER…..
Morning
Trump today is attacking Mueller for having too many Democrats on his staff.
Probably,an indication of his “Democratic tendencies” and the harbinger of his move “to the Left.”
He is a man in quicksand….Desperately trying to find a way out…
James,
While I’m sure we all appreciate your efforts here, the way this new format is sending almost every post to moderation essentially ends the spontaneous back and forth.
Often there is a lag of thirty minutes or so between writing a post and it’s appearance.It has changed the whole complexion of the site.Apparently,the only posts not being subjected to this is yours.
It’s your site but as long as everything is going to moderation,I wouldn’t expect anything more than a smattering of posts from others.
I agree Jack
The trade off is I allow the ‘bots’ to return
I have to think about this
Yes it’s a dilemma.
However, as I have pointed out,there is really no longer any give and take.
Indeed, it takes almost an hour for one to make a remark, have it responded to and respond back.
Under this present setup, the total number of posts will likely drastically decline.
Certainly, it’s your call.
He, he, he
Yea
Like in so many real world situations you have make hard choices
I have adjusted things down so that there SHOUKD be no moderation for register commenters
But it STILL does it
Of course the best way to stop bots is NO comments which is stupid for a blog
The thing is to find a middle group
A certain amount of bots is impossible to stop
I will work on this tonight
The comments have dropped by a lot
But the bots have disappeared
Thanks for the feedback
I’m working the problem
Morning…..
Amy might have done some magic….
We’ll see….
Jack and Z’s comments came straight thru….
via twitter….
AP Politics
@AP_Politics
BREAKING: Two Mississippi Republicans say governor will appoint Cindy Hyde-Smith to U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Thad Cochran.
I just do not think Trump can survive the chaos and inuendo surrounding him in the long run
He’s unstable
That’s NOT what an American President should be
I posted a comment twelve minutes ago which has yet to appear,although one I posted after that ,appeared immediately.
I Bing’ed the Russian above and the automated translation it offered was:
“How delicious to eat if you live alone: recipes for bachelor meals”
I don’t know if the link (if you could understand or translate it) is safe, but at first glance it looks more like commercial (or lifestyle-movement) spam than sinister Russian political spam.
Advice forTrumo from his Russian friends if Melania leaves him in the Storm(y)?
Russian hacker?
Who knew our ramblings would draw Putin’s attention?
Morning All…..
It’s dig out of the Snow TIME!
Yes DSD….
It IS a pain….
Now I do know a little Italian (unlike Russian or Romanian) and this roughly means “How many calories a day to lose weight” but the link has a Russian URL (surprise !).
Maybe James is waiting (as he shovels snow) for us to beg him to bring back the over-strict filter !!
It can come and go also DSD…
The price we pay to talk here……
I thank everyone who come here for hanging in there…
Morning….
I see Donald Trump is working hard this morning at trying to fuck things up!
A new Gravis poll shows Sen. Bill Nelson (D) with a small lead on expected oppponent Gov. Rick Scott (R). Nelson leads Scott 44-40 in the poll-unchanged from where the race was in their last poll a month earlier….
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Rest in Peace, Zell Miller
A new WBUR poll in Massachusetts finds Gov. Charlie Baker (R) crushing each of his possible Democratic opponents for governor.
Baker leads Jay Gonzales 60% to 21%, tops Bob Massie 59% to 22% and beats Setii Warren 58% to 24%.
RIP
I guess Chris Matthews doesnt have to worry about that duel anymore.
Chris Matthews has other things to worry about these days with the #metoo movement.
I wonder if our old friend from Texas is mourning as one of his few fellow “Democrats” is now gone.
He’s still got Lipinksi I guess.
It was awful how Zell advocated for violence like he did, and the Republicans applauded.
Who applauded?
He didn’t advocate for violence in his speech. He spoke to Chris Matthews later. The speech was great though in 2004, just like how Democrats thought his 1992 convention speech was great.
Ah 2004. The year Republicans put denial of civil rights on state ballots to drive up their base turnout.
Is that still the gold standard of elections?
Zell Miller, Longtime Georgia Political Fixture and Senator, Dead at 86
Zell Miller, a longtime fixture of Georgia politics who came to symbolize the strange position conservative Democrats found themselves in as their party moved leftward nationally, has died. He was 86….
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New Thread HERE….