Trump to Pence: “Don’t call the governor of Washington” From CNBC: “President Donald Trump said Friday that he instructed Vice President Mike Pence not to reach out to governors who aren’t ‘appreciative’ of his administration’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronaviru[...]
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March 27th, 2020 - 4:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Amid coronavirus outbreak crisis, Trump orders Pence to ignore governors who don’t worship him
March 25th, 2020 - 8:47 am § in Donald Trump, Hypocrisy
TRUMP 2020: First Premium of New Campaign
Congratulations! As one of the pioneer donors for my historic election in 2016, I want to thank you and offer you this wonderful painting by my cousin Regina von Drumpf. Regina, as you can see is a fine artist and has captured the first flight Melania and I made on our new plane! Isn’t she[...]
March 20th, 2020 - 1:59 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
2 GOP senators under fire for dumping stock ahead of crash
At least two Republican U.S. senators are facing media scrutiny and public criticism for having sold millions of dollars of stock after receiving confidential briefings about the coming coronavirus crisis and before that information became public and the stock market crashed. Sen. Richard Burr (R-[...]
March 18th, 2020 - 7:01 pm § in Donald Trump
The Dow Jones average
Jan. 20, 2017 … 19,827.25 March 18, 2020 … 19,898.92 President Trump has often pointed to the stock market as proof his policies are successful. By now, the pitfalls of that approach are, well, obvious.[...]
March 14th, 2020 - 11:06 pm § in Donald Trump
Mar-a-Lago has a new name.
Malaria Lago. “Lago” means “lake” in English. In other words, Trump’s Florida digs are a fever swamp. Of course, it was a swamp before the fever. (Remember “Drain the swamp”? Before he began charging the Secret Service agents who protect him $650 a night to [...]
March 13th, 2020 - 2:52 pm § in Donald Trump
“I don’t take responsibility at all.” — Trump, 3/13/20
In other words, he’s not a Harry Truman. (Read story here.) Some time ago, I read somewhere that Trump’s been lucky there haven’t been any major crises on his watch. That luck just ran out. And, unfortunately, he’s not a Truman, FDR, or JFK. Even G.W. Bush was better than thi[...]
March 12th, 2020 - 9:02 pm § in Donald Trump
Quote Of The Day
“Our president will start a war with Iran, because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate, he’s weak and he’s ineffective. So the only way he figures he’s going to get re-elected, and as sure as you’re sitting there, is to start a war with Iran. Now … to start a war to get elected[...]
March 9th, 2020 - 12:36 am § in Donald Trump, Economics
Oil prices collapse after Putin rejects production cuts and Saudi Arabia retaliates
Stocks plunge; Dow drops 2,013 points in Monday trading Oil prices plummeted over the weekend after Russia rejected OPEC-proposed production cuts, setting off an oil-price war with Saudi Arabia. Futures for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell below $28 on Sunday, and WTI settled at $30.99 in Mo[...]
Should we have a Forced Pregnancy Law?
So the Trumpies believe in forced pregnancy? If a woman is impregnated, does she now have to give birth? Who pays for this? Is she like a prisoner? Does the father now have legal responsibility for the baby? Does he have a choice if the mother does not want it? Does she pay her for […][...]