Saturday, July 22, 2017

With ‘friends’ like Trump…





 
UPDATE: July 28, 2017
Another one bites the dust! Reince Priebus, the Republican Party leader who carried Trump over the hump of Republican establishment anti-Trump criticism post Republican primaries  is out and Muslim Ban enforcer - former Homeland Security Secretary, General John Kelly - is in!
 
If you and Donald were ‘pals’ and the last passengers on the Titanic with only one remaining ‘made in China’ Trump trade-marked lifeboat, your best bet would be to leap for the iceberg!

Enter Jeff Sessions, Spicer, CNN, Comey and a Republican Congress that offers little-to-no Constitutionally-mandated ‘checks and balances’ on Trump’s brazen conflicts of interest, in-your-face nepotism, Goldman Sachs Administrative Swamp; questionable Russian ties, and abuse of ethics so flagrant that the Ethics Director chose to quit rather than put up with it!

The one entity that has managed to stay on Trump’s good side is his, publicly, stated “favorite” - The Fans of Xenophobia FAKE NEWS network!  

Birds of a feather?

CNN
CNN which currently has an odd fixation on featuring Trump voters in the midst of Trump’s relentless attacks - featured paid Trump surrogates on its panels throughout the 2016 Campaign plus 24-7 coverage of “emails” and “Lock her up!”

SPICER
Spicer blew his credibility out the window and often made himself a laughing stock defending Trump’s and the Trump Administration’s cover-ups and lies with even bigger cover-ups and lies!

SESSIONS 
Sessions was the first Republican congressman on the Trump Campaign Trail and is one of Donald’s fiercest henchmen for promoting Trump’s and the Republican Party’s agenda!

Sessions lied his way through his Attorney General confirmation hearings and thereafter regarding contacts with Russian entities without Republican reprimand, and has systematically instituted a Racial and Religious  Purge  - including, but not limited to - the Muslim Ban; the mass incarceration of Blacks to pad the pockets of corporately owned prison complexes; the mass deportation of immigrants whether or not they are contributing members to American society; voter suppression via Trump’s fraudulent Voter Fraud Commission; denying the opportunity for seeking justice by Flint Michigan residents, and denying the opportunity for seeking justice by the families of unarmed Black victims of rogue law enforcement officers.

COMEY
Comey did Trump a big favor choosing to issue pre-emptive public statements about Hillary’s email investigation despite no evidence of criminal offense while remaining mum about the FBI’s ‘on-going investigation’ into Russian intervention in the Trump Campaign!

TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL ENABLERS
After hosting a publicly staged, back-slapping, Hip Hip Hooray! celebration, Trump Tweeted his Enablers’ Obamacare Repeal as  being “mean”!?!?  

Yet and still, Trump’s Republican Congressional Enablers persist in giving Trump anything he wants:
  1. Forfeiting their Constitutionally-mandated “checks and balances” duties;
  2. Blocking a House vote to sanction Russia for interfering in America’s election;
  3. Scheduling public hearings to switch the emphasis from Russian interference to trashing the Black president’s administration (A tried and true Republican tactic for stoking support from its base);
  4. Scheduling a behind-closed-doors, oath less hearing for Jared and Manafort; (!?!?!)
  5. Voting to put guns in the hands of mentally ill patients (One up for NRA campaign contibutions!);
  6. Voting to end Flint water investigations (Black lives don’t matter - protecting shady Republican state officials does!); 
  7. Stealing a Supreme Court nomination (Confirming an anti-voting rights/women’s rights/workers’ rights nominee accused of plagiarism is far more ‘just’!?!?); 
  8. Wiping out environmental regulations for clean air, streams and rivers (Oil and gas campaign contributors rule!); 
  9. Passing a Committee vote to eliminate the only government agency responsible for investigating election hacking (Heads up for Putin?); 
  10. Deregulating consumer protections to reward Goldman Sachs, corporate and banking campaign contributors;
  11. Legislating pay-for-play rewards for Republican corporate interests (OOPS! There it is!)

For the sake of our country…
Resist!
5 Calls - Make Your Voice Heard!


Indivisible Guide

The American Civil Liberties Union - ACLU

Mobilize to vote out Trump’s congressional enablers in special elections and in 2018!
Elect a Congress with the guts to place country above party and perform its Constitutional ‘checks and balances’ duties!

Common Cause - Protect the Vote

Ballotpedia

Election Protection - You Have the Right to Vote

Voter Protection | Advancement Project

Organizations: Voting Rights - Reclaim the American Dream

Expose the madness!
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SOURCES
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RESISTANCE WORKS!
“Massive nationwide protest changed course on GOP anti-ACA plan” on MSNBC!   www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/.../massive-nationwide-protest-changed-course-of-g

 
TRUMP
Trump lawyers asking about presidential pardon powers: report | TheHill
thehill.com/.../343059-trump-lawyers-discussing-presidential-pardon-powers-possible...

www.care2.com/.../6-ways-trumps-white-house-is-the-most-unethical-admin-yet.html


www.politico.com/.../david-apol-acting-director-office-government-ethics-240810

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/.../team_trump_used_obamacare_money_to_run_ad...

Trump’s Bogus Times Magazine Cover
www.washingtonpost.com/.../trumps-bogus-time-cover-the-fake-news-that-launch 

Fact-checking President Trump’s address to Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../fact-checking-presifny-trumps-address-to-congress

12 Blatant Lies in Trump‘s Speech to Congress
www.reason.com/blog/2017/03/01/12-blatant-lies-in-trumps-speech-that-th

Mr. Trump visits the Capitol: Same old lies in a terrifying new context
www.salon.com/.../mr-trump-visits-the-capitol-same-old-lies-in-a-terrifying-new-cont...

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/donald-trump.../474726/

 
TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL ENABLERS
The GOP Congress Is Out of the Checks-and-Balances Business
www.nymag.com/daily/.../the-gop-congress-is-out-of-the-checks-and-balances-business.ht...

Republicans Wanted to Exempt Themselves From Obamacare Repeal ...www.thedailybanter.com/.../republicans-wanted-to-exempt-themselves-from-obamacare-rep...



Can Republicans Be Trusted to Investigate Trump's Russia Scandal ...www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/.../congress-intelligence-committees-trump-russi...

www.thehill.com/.../senate/343252-senate-judiciary-committee-wont-subpoena-trump-jr-ma...  

“Russia sanctions bill hits new hurdle in House”
www.politico.com/story/2017/07/06/russia-sanctions-problems-house-240275

www.syracuse.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/06/sanctuary_cities_federal_funding.html


House Republicans just voted to eliminate the only government agency that insures voting machines are not being hacked www.thenation.com/.../house-republicans-just-voted-to-eliminate-the-only-fede...

Republicans take aim at Obama’s stream protections
www.washingtontimes.co/.../republicans-take-aim-at-obamas-stream-protection

House Republicans voted severely mentally ill people buy guns
www.politicususa.com/.../house-republicans-voted-severely-mentally-ill-people-buy-guns


SESSIONS
Jeff Sessions: Everything you need to know about the attorney general ...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/jeff-sessions/story?id=40279756


www.politicususa.com/.../lies-jeff-sessions-disclose-meetings-russians-applying-securit


Attorney General Sessions Has Just Doubled Down on the Immoral, Racist, and Counterproductive War on Drugs https://ie.kis.v2.scr.kaspersky-labs.com/9BAB66D05741-120B-A405-D53D-F4442F02/ua/UrlAdvisorSuspiciousImage.png
https://www.aclu.org/.../attorney-general-jeff-sessions-has-just-doubled-down-immora

COMEY
Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election ...https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/us/politics/james-comey-election.html

www.businessinsider.com/comey-did-not-disclose-trump-russia-probe-testimony-201...

www.newyorker.com/.../the-trump-campaign-has-been-under-investigation-since-july

 
TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY’S CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS
With Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, Ivanka's Brand Gets a Boost | Vanity Fair
www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/ivanka-trump-brand-china

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ivanka-conflicts-interest-586814

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/...trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/

www.wsj.com/graphics/donald-trump-potential-conflicts-of-interest/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/...trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/


TRUMP’S 'SWAMPED' CABINET
Gov. Pence signs revised Indiana religious freedom bill into law - Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../gov-pence-sign...

Mike Pence launched Republicans’ war on Planned Parenthood - VOX
www.vox.com/2016/7/14/12189446/mike-pence-planned-parenthood

The wrong side of domestic violence - Nuvo
www.nuvo.net/.../the-wrong-side-of-domestic-violence/Content?old...

Mike Pence’s VP Debate Lies, Easily Fact-Checked | GQ
www.gq.com/story/mike-pences-vp-debate-lies-fact-checked

Journalists Are Calling Out Mike Pence For Lying About Things
https://mediamatters.org/.../pence-lying.../213531

Donald Trump’s cabinet picks aren’t just awful.  They’re an intentional dumpster fire
https://www.palmerreport.com/politics/donald-tr

Trump’s Cabinet picks sounding alarm bells - WND.com
https://ww.wnd.com/2016/11/trumps-cabinet-picks-sounding-alarm-bells/

Donald Trump’s labor secretary pick Andy Puzder, who makes 300 times his employees, opposes minimum wage hike
https://www.salon.com/.../donald-trumps-labor-secretarhy-pick-andy-puzder-who-makes-300...

Should we trust Tillerson?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/op

Trump’s Cabinet is a Coup Waiting to Happen
https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-ca

Kris Kobach: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com
http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/kris-kobach-dor

Trump picks billionaire Betsy DeVos, school voucher advocate, as education secretary
https://www,washingtonpost.com/local/education 

Draining the swamp? Mitch McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, to be Trump’s transportation secretary
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/29/drain

Critics See Stephen Bannon, Trump’s Pick for Strategist, as Voice of Racism
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/


TRUMP CAMPAIGN COVERAGE
Report Faults Media's 2016 Campaign Coverage | Politicker - WBUR
www.wbur.org/politicker/2016/12/15/presidential-campaign-media-report

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2016/10/14/video-cnn...trump-surrogate.../21382...

www.businessinsider.com/former-top-trump-aide-jason-miller-joins-cnn-2017-3

https://www.washingtonpost.com/.../trumpite-jeffrey-lord-continues-making-mockery-of...

CNN Has A Trump Surrogate Problem | Crooks and Liars
crooksandliars.com/2016/10/cnn-has-trump-surrogate-problem


FANS OF XENOPHOBIA FAKE NEWS NETWORK
A History Of Dishonest Fox Charts - Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2012/10/01/a-history-of...fox-charts/190225

www.rollingstone.com/.../how-roger-ailes-built-the-fox-news-fear-factory-20110525

www.politifact.com/punditfact/tv/fox/

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