Trumplandia Today: Wednesday February 15

News Views and Commentary

A Lifelong Republican Ex-Judge Just Called For Trump’s ImpeachmentNow about impeachment. Is it still a Democrat thing or is it an American thing.


Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials.
It is no longer arguable that the 2016 Presidential election is free or fair. It was not. Rather interference by Russia and the FBI likely had a significant impact on the result. This event is unprecedented in US history. There is no Constitutional provision or precedent for how to proceed. Nonetheless it is time to address it. Trump is clearly an illegitimate President (never mind his incompetence) and should be removed. A second election is one possibility as is reconvening the electoral college. Whatever the remedy, the current situation is intolerable.


‘What kind of White House is this?’: Robert Reich eviscerates the ‘leaderless’ Trump administration
Robert Reich. Video. The White House is in chaos. If you think that's good because it means Trump can't do his worst, think again. It means he's doing his worst through a series of bungling, dangerous, haphazard moves.

Trump Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder Withdraws, First Cabinet Pick To FallSo apparently he didn't get the memo about what the Secretary of Labor cost in campaign contributions. Given what others contributed he should have spent somewhere around $1.2 million. Sad.

Trump's nominee for US Ambassador to Israel called the ADL "morons." He called liberal Jews "kapos." He opposes the two-state solution. Fortunately, the Senate can block him.
Dan Rather: Trump's 'Russia Scandal' Could Be Bigger Than Watergate
H.R. 861, which was introduced on February 3 by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and cosponsored by Reps. Steven Palazzo (R-Mississippi), Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), and Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia) only contains one sentence: “The Environmental Protection Agency shall terminate on December 31, 2018.” The bill is currently awaiting action in the House Science, Space, and Technology committee.
Disgusting. Simply disgusting.

Morning Joe Just Banned Kellyanne Conway For A Great Reason. Trump Responds…Distortions, lies, fabrications, out of loop.
Apparently alternate reality is a bit of an issue for those that think real reality matters.

Hillary’s Campaign Chief Just Blasted The FBI For Ignoring Flynn’s Treason While Smearing Her About those free and fair elections - Do we get to have one now?

‘He will die in jail’: Intelligence community ready to ‘go nuclear’ on Trump, senior source says    News and guts: Today former NSA intelligence analyst John Schindler tweeted:


Rimes with help us not get caught breaking the law and subverting the US government.

John McCain is voting against Trump’s nomination for White House budget chief

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Trumplandia Today: Tuesday February 14

Developing: Senate Minority Leader Senator Chuck Schumer calls for an independent investigation into National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Schumer says it cannot be led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions because of his connections to Flynn.

News Views Commentary and Happenings

It’s Official: The CIA and DOJ Believe Trump’s Team Is Under Russian Blackmail  Is it time to impeach yet?

Top Lawmakers Just DEMANDED A Full Investigation Into Flynn and Trump Team   Every House Democrat that is a member of the Committee for Oversight of Government Affairs just signed a letter addressed to Republican Chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz with a simple message: Lead an investigation of disgraced former Gen. Michael Flynn or get out of the way.  How about now? Is it time to impeach now? In less than a month there are now two Congressional investigations of what is likely the most overtly corrupt and dishonest Presidency in US history.

While the news business has been busy reporting about the White House 24/7, the question remains as to whether the new administration has actually done anything worthy.  The answer? According to POLITICO Trump has done a whole lot of nothing. There's this cautionary tale about emperors and clothes that seems relevant to Donnie and Friends.

Flynn’s Resignation Letter Just Implied Trump Was Aware Of His Treason

While Trump scandals mount, Chaffetz decides to investigate... a cartoon character  So it's OK in Chaffetz's view for Flynn to violate the law. It's OK for Conway to violate the law. It's OK for Trump to have ties to Russia. It's OK to waste million investigating Clinton. But, it's NOT OK for the CDC to actually do their job. Really! Not how about that 11% Congressional approval rating. Just wondering.

Rep. Chaffetz (R-Utah), the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman who praised the 28-month investigation into the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi that yielded zero evidence of wrongdoing by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, told reporters on Tuesday that he would not investigate allegations against Michael Flynn, saying the situation was “taking care of itself.” Instead, Chaffetz deflected to the Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, saying the responsibility to investigate any wrongdoing fell on his shoulders. However, Rep. Nunes has only promised to investigate the leaks of details about General Flynn’s call with Sergey Kislyak, the Russian ambassador to the United States, rather than Flynn himself, according to CNN’s Jake Tapper.  This is your Congress at work. Perhaps it's time to change Congress to get one with an approval rating above 11%.

GOP senator calls for ‘exhaustive’ investigation into Trump’s connections to Russia after Flynn resignation

Federal judge blocks travel ban for Virginia residents
Trump conducts national security meeting in public during Mar-a-Lago party  I'm generally in favor of open meeting laws but this seems excessive to the point of being actually dangerous. Trump has no sense of the importance or risk associated with the Presidency.


A Republican Just Tried To Tell CNN’s Cuomo To “Move On” From Flynn. Cuomo’s Response Is Perfect (VIDEO) Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds. None.

Republicans Just Gave The WORST Excuse For Not Investigating Flynn And Trump Republican hypocrisy knows no bounds. None.

In Viral Post, Dan Rather Says Trump-Flynn Scandal Could Be “Larger Than Watergate”Is it time to impeach now?


During the daily press briefing today, Press Secretary Sean Spicer admitted that the Trump White House was aware that National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn had lied to the Vice President about the subject of his calls with the Russian Ambassador for “weeks” – which means that Trump himself had also openly lied to the American people.  Is it time to impeach now?

These Four Top Senate Republicans Just Turned On Trump, Demand Investigation Into Trump-Putin Links  Is it time to impeach now?

Secret Service director announces retirement


Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence

Dumbest Donnie Tweet Today

Trump just showed us exactly how not to respond to Michael Flynn’s resignation

The real story here is why are there so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington? Will these leaks be happening as I deal on N.Korea etc?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 14, 2017

So just to be clear in Donnie's view it's OK to break the law but not OK to get caught. It's OK when leaks benefit Donnie but not OK when they don't. Hypocrite much? Just wondering. See the link for response tweets.

Dumbest Trumplandian Excuse of the Day

Chris Cuomo: Why is the GOP so quiet about Michael Flynn's resignation?
Rep. Chris Collins: “Well, it’s Valentine’s Day and I guess they’re having breakfast with their wives” http://cnn.it/2lFJqc1

Flinn

A step forward I suppose, but consider that the trigger was not the actual conversation with the Russians but the fact that he lied about it to the President and VP. So it seems it is OK to violate the law but not OK to lie about it. Corrupt much?

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Looks to me like Goldman overpaid. After all it cost less than $1 million for the secretary of education job.



So the story is that Flynn resigned because he embarrassed the VP by lying to the VP. But how about the fact that the White House has known about this for a few weeks? How about the fact that Flynn certainly didn't call without Trump involvement? Is it time to impeach now?


OK, all together now the guy who believes Joseph built the pyramids for grain storage and can't form a coherent thought is now HUD secretary. Are we 'Great Again' yet? Just wondering.






Just wondering but can we become a Canadian province?

Trumplandia Today: Monday February 13

Impeachment time yet?

News, Happenings, and Views

PANTS ON FIRE: A fabricated news story claiming Donald J. Trump controversial executive order on immigration led to the arrest of a suspected terrorist doesn’t pass inspection. 

In despotic declaration, Trump senior advisor says Trump’s power “will not be questioned” 

American spies are in revolt. That's according to the Observer (formerly owned by Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner) which has a detailed account of unprecedented fears in the intelligence community. It's gotten so bad that intelligence is being withheld from the White House for fears it will go straight to the Kremlin. 

Marco Rubio Accepts $100,000 From Betsy DeVos’ Family Just Before Confirming Her   Now, just wondering, about Congressional Ethics Office. How does that work again exactly? 

Treasury Secretary Nominee Steve Mnuchin’s Bet Against Seniors 

This is a collection of what 30-year-old White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller said on the Sunday talk show circuit.  Is it time for impeachment not?  
Gallup poll: Trump approval rating at new low

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is getting a lot of unwanted invoices from constituents. Chaffetz was thoroughly embarrassed by hundreds of constituents at a town hall last week, who were demanding he answer for supporting Trump’s Muslim ban and protesting his lack of interest in holding hearings on President Trump’s multiple conflicts of interest. In an interview with the Salt Lake City-based Deseret News, Rep. Chaffetz dismissed his angry constituents as professional protesters dispatched by leftist organizations. 

At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range 

Canada’s Justin Trudeau Just Showed World Leaders How To Shake Trump’s Hand  What kind of President do we have when handshakes are a thing? Just wondering.
 
"We are sending a message to Donald Trump: No wall. No immigrant raids. No aggression to Mexico."

"We all have this suspicion that - you know, that he’s not - he lies a lot," U.S. Senator Al Franken said, adding "that is not the norm for a president of the United States, or, actually, for a human being."

In a story titled, "Trump turns Mar-a-Lago Club terrace into open-air situation room" the Washington Post takes a look at how this past weekend, alongside Japan's Prime Minister, President Trump viewed classified information in a not-so-private dining room.

Lazy Trump Just Announced He’s Going On Vacation For A THIRD Weekend In A Row

Trump said ‘SEE YOU IN COURT’. A federal judge just called his bluff.
U.S. District Judge James Robart – who Trump called a “so-called judge” after putting Trump’s Muslim Immigration Ban on temporary hold – has denied White House requests to delay court proceedings on the administration’s controversial travel ban.

Trump reviews top White House staff after tumultuous start  Michael Flynn is under fire, but he’s not the only one about whom Trump is voicing his doubts.

The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, says he doesn't believe his panel has the authority to request President Donald J. Trump's tax returns.

Donald Trump’s nomination for Labor Secretary, fast food CEO and notorious exploiter of workers Anthony Puzder, just had a major wrench thrown into his confirmation.  Talkshow host and media empress Oprah Winfrey once had Puzder’s ex-wife, Lisa Fierstein, on the Oprah Winfrey Show to recount how she had been cruelly abused by her then-husband.

Trump Just Hired Cheerleaders For The Most Pathetic Reason Ever

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Crowds were protesters! 

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Trumplandia Today: Sunday February 12

News and Views

• Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III - His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism
• More than 500 evangelical pastors and ministry leaders from across the country have signed a letter to President Trump and Vice-President Pence, denouncing the recent executive order temporarily banning refugees from seven Muslim-majority countries. 
• California Farmers Backed Trump, but Now Fear Losing Field Workers 
• Mitch McConnell ran away from protesters at the airport, so they followed him home (VIDEO) 
• "To have such an unstable figure, incapable of accepting reality, at the center of the world, is an extremely dangerous thing." Andrew Sullivan says it's time for journalists to talk publicly about President Trump's "mental stability." 
• The DOJ’s First Act Under Jeff Sessions Will Make You Sick

This is what it takes for a refugee to be admitted into  the US

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Trumplandia Today: Saturday February 11

News and Views

Actual News

• A Congressman Just Invoked A Forgotten 1924 Rule To Expose Trump’s Taxes  Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) has dug up an archaic 1924 tax rule that allows Congress to examine the tax returns of anyone, including the President, in order to determine if there are any conflicts of interest that need to be addressed.
• Iran Holds 'Day of Rage' Against US & Israel, Dismisses Trump's 'Military Threats'
• FEC commissioner asks Trump for voter fraud evidence
• National Security Advisor Michael Flynn was revealed to have been in contact with Russian officials during the presidential transition — despite Flynn and Vice President Mike Pence denying it.
• US intelligence has confirmed several details in the explosive dossier about President Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, an American intelligence official told BuzzFeed News on Friday.
• Palm Beach businesses stung by cost of hosting Trump's weekend retreat
• Dakota Access Pipeline Approved a Week After Co-Owner's Pipeline Spilled 600,000 Gallons of Oil in Texas
• Sears, Kmart Are Latest Retailers Reportedly to Drop Trump Merchandise
• The Senator Who Told Elizabeth Warren To “Take A Seat” Just Got What He Deserves
  When Senator Daines arrived Missoula this weekend he was confronted by angry constituents chanting “You work for us!” and demanding a town hall meeting with the Republican lawmaker.
• Anti-abortion protesters rally to defund Planned Parenthood — but they weren’t expecting what happened next
  Around 250 to 500 anti-abortion protesters gathered outside Planned Parenthood’s regional St. Paul headquarters today – only to be completely dwarfed by upwards of 5,500 pro-choice counter-protesters. 
• Donald Trump's executive order on lobbying cited a law that doesn't exist
• Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form a human shield against police
• Concerned Children Just Filed A Landmark Lawsuit Against Trump
• 15 photos from the massive nationwide protests against Trump's deportations and Muslim ban
• Nordstrom Sales Of Ivanka Trump’s Line Reportedly Fell By 32% During The Last Fiscal Year

Fake News

President Trump is back at it with those unsubstantiated claims.

Immigration and Deportation

• It Begins: Trump’s Deportation Squads Just Arrested Hundreds In Six States
• Jackie Rayos-Garcia Tells About the Deportation of Her Mother, Guadalupe García de Rayos
• Hundreds Arrested During Nationwide Surge of Immigration Raids

Dumbest Trump Move of the Day

Trump Just Took Unprecedented Measures To Hide Himself During His Vacation

This weekend President Donald Trump is spending a relaxing time at his Florida golf course and resort Mar-a-lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a cost of around $3 million paid for by American taxpayers. Bizarrely, the Trump team has blacked out all of the windows of the area reporters are confined to so the reporters cannot see the resort nor interact with anyone.

Trump's press corps has been placed in a basement suite at Jupiter golf club. Black plastic over windows to give Trump privacy as he golfs. pic.twitter.com/8zbqi5HGSD

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 11, 2017

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Not My America

My America

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Trumplandia Today: Friday February 9

Whatever happened to the Russian investigation?

Let the Impeachment Begin

Nasty Congresswoman Tells it Like it Is

News and Views

• Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office. See alsoWashington Post.
• Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government
• Trump Aides: Trump Is Miserable, Frustrated & Ignorant Of Basic Policy Matters
• Trump’s choice to represent him in Supreme Court just withdrew his nomination
• CNN Just Dropped Another HUGE Trump-Russia Blackmail Bombshell

Muslim Ban

Trump won't immediately appeal travel ban halt to Supreme Court

Stupid Trump Voters of the Day - Group Award

The new national poll, released on Friday by the North Carolina-based organization Public Policy Polling, surveyed 712 registered voters. When asked if they either disagreed or agreed with the statement, "The Bowling Green massacre shows why we need Donald Trump's executive order on immigration," a full 51% of Trump voters said they agreed that the supposed massacre was a justification for Trump's ban, while just 23% said they disagreed (for comparison, 90% of Hillary Clinton voters said they disagreed with the statement).

Not My America

On her way to Vermont for a day of shopping with two of her children and an adult cousin, Canadian citizen Fadwa Alaoui was stopped for four hours at the US border. Alaoui, who wears a hijab, said border officials asked her probing questions about her Muslim faith — and her views on Trump.

Continuing Demonstrations

• While Trump vacations at Mar-a-Lago, 3,000 protesters march to his gates
• A U.S. senator reveals calls to the U.S. Capitol switchboard have SHATTERED the previous record
• Protesters just blocked Betsy DeVos from entering a school and forced her to leave (VIDEO)

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Trumplandia Today, Thursday Feburary 9

Headlines and News

Straight From His Orangeness

• Putin reportedly asked whether Trump would be interested in extending the 2010 New START Treaty, which sets limits for the size of standing strategic nuclear weapons forces. Trump then paused the call to ask his aides what START was, according to Reuters.  Trump reportedly denounced a treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads as a bad deal for the United States, according to two U.S. officials and one former U.S. official with knowledge of the call.
• "Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy! He's been losing so long he doesn't know how to win anymore, just look at the mess our country is in - bogged down in conflict all over the place. Our hero Ryan died on a winning mission ( according to General Mattis), not a "failure." Time for the U.S. to get smart and start winning again!" Senator John McCain reacted to the raid saying, "When you lose a $75 million airplane and, more importantly, an American life is lost, I don't believe you can call it a success."

Ethics or not?

• Today, Kellyanne Conway (adviser to President Trump) told the public to "buy Ivanka's stuff" on live television. Now, many are claiming it's a violation of federal ethics rules. 
• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), which documents acts of corruption in both parties, is calling for a federal investigation into Conway’s apparent violation of federal law in a Thursday morning interview on Fox & Friends.
• The Government Ethics website just crashed from people complaining about Kellyanne Conway
• The Republican chair of the Oversight Committee is recommending disciplinary action against Kellyanne Conway for promoting Ivanka Trump's products from the White House.

Is this America?

• Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first female Muslim American to medal for the United States in the Olympics, said Tuesday she was recently detained at U.S. Customs for two hours without explanation.
• "Canadian woman denied entry to U.S. after Muslim prayers found on her phone."
• But Trump told us "I've got a big heart"
  
• The protests resulted in seven arrests as crowds blocked ICE buses on nearby streets.

This is America

• Evangelical Christian leaders from every state are strongly condemning President Trump’s immigration order banning immigration from Muslim countries.
• Despite Trump’s attempts to slander Nordstrom, the company’s stock has actually seen a 7% increase since he began attacking it.

 Make America Great Again 

• Buy Ivanka Stuff 

Fake News

• Three times in one week, White House press secretary Sean Spicer alluded to a terror attack in Atlanta that never happened. Later the explanation was he really meant Orlando!  So I wonder is Sean geographically challenged, can't be bothered to check facts, is confused about Florda and Georga, doesn't have a clue, or what? But hey, Donnie has 'all the best people'!
• Once again, Trump is lying to the American people about jobs "he" brought back. But in reality, the Fab 42 factory in Arizona was originally announced in 2011 and has been a dormant project since 2014. Intel, knowing they could extract some tax breaks from Trump in exchange for doing what they were already planning to do, is playing Trump for a fool.

Congress and Other News

• Republican Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Democrats Ben Cardin, Claire McCaskill and Sherrod Brown in proposing the Russian Sanctions Review Act, The Hill reported Wednesday. The new law, if passed, would require President Trump to consult Congress before changing outstanding sanctions on Russia.
• According to an internal government report, Donald Trump's wall will now cost more than $20 billion and take more than 3 years to build.

Dumbest Trump Supporter Today

• FBI Investigating Neo-Nazi After He Walks Into Hospital With Ricin Exposure ... Makes some ricin, exposes himself to same, goes to hospital for treatment, authorities notified, police and hazmat come, duh

Travel Ban

• US appeals court refuses to reinstate President Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations.
• Trump Tweets IN ALL CAPS After Federal Court Rules His Muslim Ban Unconstitutional
• "Of the total of 90 terrorists on the White House list...more than half are from Christian-majority countries in the West."

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Protesters outside his house read King letter.