Tuesday, January 31, 2017

mind-boggling in their stupidity - what did they think would happen?

posted by rich at 7:11 AM

another white, pro-Trump, anti-immigrant terrorosit

posted by rich at 6:23 AM

their hypocrisy knows no bounds

posted by rich at 6:22 AM

Monday, January 30, 2017

why is the word terrorist in quotes in this article?

posted by rich at 11:41 AM

f'k "giving him a chance"

posted by rich at 11:39 AM

Friday, January 27, 2017

unconstitutional and un-American

posted by rich at 8:28 AM

has there ever been an administration with more conflicts of interest?

posted by rich at 8:09 AM

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Trump says "if he's not going to pay for the wall, he might as well not come." Guess what happens?

posted by rich at 3:16 PM

this man is a "tremendous" "disaster"

In First Network Interview as President, Trump Confirms Things That Aren’t “Tremendous” Are “Disasters” 
(Slate)
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I cannot believe that we went from such an eloquent, intelligent president to this....

posted by rich at 7:07 AM

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

trump approving war crimes

posted by rich at 6:28 PM

we're back to this shit?

posted by rich at 6:26 PM

yes, voter fraud exists - on the repub side

posted by rich at 6:23 PM

for some reason, this cost Hillary the election but it's ok for Trump

posted by rich at 6:17 PM

incompetence kills

posted by rich at 3:05 PM

as un-American as it gets

posted by rich at 2:30 PM

just to be an asshole

posted by rich at 2:06 PM

don't we know it!

posted by rich at 2:04 PM

I haven't confirmed all of this, but let's see what happens

"A log of the fascist takeover of our country in real time.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the DOJ’s Violence Against Women programs.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Minority Business Development Agency.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Economic Development Administration.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the International Trade Administration.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Legal Services Corporation.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Environmental and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Electricity Deliverability and Energy Reliability.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
* On January 19th, 2017, DT said that he would cut funding for the Office of Fossil Energy.
* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered all regulatory powers of all federal agencies frozen.
* On January 20th, 2017, DT ordered the National Parks Service to stop using social media after RTing factual, side by side photos of the crowds for the 2009 and 2017 inaugurations.
* On January 20th, 2017, roughly 230 protestors were arrested in DC and face unprecedented felony riot charges. Among them were legal observers, journalists, and medics.
* On January 20th, 2017, a member of the International Workers of the World was shot in the stomach at an anti-fascist protest in Seattle. He remains in critical condition.
* On January 21st, 2017, DT brought a group of 40 cheerleaders to a meeting with the CIA to cheer for him during a speech that consisted almost entirely of framing himself as the victim of dishonest press.
* On January 21st, 2017, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer held a press conference largely to attack the press for accurately reporting the size of attendance at the inaugural festivities, saying that the inauguration had the largest audience of any in history, “period.”
* On January 22nd, 2017, White House advisor Kellyann Conway defended Spicer’s lies as “alternative facts” on national television news.
* On January 22nd, 2017, DT appeared to blow a kiss to director James Comey during a meeting with the FBI, and then opened his arms in a gesture of strange, paternal affection, before hugging him with a pat on the back.
* On January 23rd, 2017, DT reinstated the global gag order, which defunds international organizations that even mention abortion as a medical option.
* On January 23rd, 2017, Spicer said that the US will not tolerate China’s expansion onto islands in the South China Sea, essentially threatening war with China.
* On January 23rd, 2017, DT repeated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing him the popular vote.
* On January 23rd, 2017, it was announced that the man who shot the anti-fascist protester in Seattle was released without charges, despite turning himself in.
* On January 24th, 2017, Spicer reiterated the lie that 3-5 million people voted “illegally” thus costing DT the popular vote.
* On January 24th, 2017, DT tweeted a picture from his personal Twitter account of a photo he says depicts the crowd at his inauguration and will hang in the White House press room. The photo is of the 2009 inauguration of 44th President Barack Obama, and is curiously dated January 21st, 2017, the day AFTER the inauguration and the day of the Women’s March, the largest inauguration related protest in history.
* On January 24th, 2017, the EPA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to freeze all grants and contracts.
* On January 24th, 2017, the USDA was ordered to stop communicating with the public through social media or the press and to stop publishing any papers or research. All communication with the press would also have to be authorized and vetted by the White House.
* On January 24th, 2017, HR7, a bill that would prohibit federal funding not only to abortion service providers, but to any insurance coverage, including Medicaid, that provides abortion coverage, went to the floor of the House for a vote.
* On January 24th, 2017, Director of the Department of Health and Human Service nominee Tom Price characterized federal guidelines on transgender equality as “absurd.”
* On January 24th, 2017, DT ordered the resumption of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, while the North Dakota state congress considers a bill that would legalize hitting and killing protestors with cars if they are on roadways.
* On January 24th, 2017, it was discovered that police officers had used confiscated cell phones to search the emails and messages of the 230 demonstrators now facing felony riot charges for protesting on January 20th, including lawyers and journalists whose email accounts contain privileged information of clients and sources."

posted by rich at 1:56 PM

the man who gave Trump the presidency

posted by rich at 1:53 PM

because he has proven himself to be so trustworthy

posted by rich at 1:51 PM

so inclusive!

posted by rich at 1:39 PM

what could go wrong?

posted by rich at 1:34 PM

it's only the environment

posted by rich at 1:30 PM

who could ever have imagined such a thing?

posted by rich at 12:29 PM

because he wants a dictatorship

posted by rich at 12:27 PM

almost as if he has something to hide

posted by rich at 12:26 PM

but he said that he would divest himself from his businesses - he wouldn't lie, would he?

posted by rich at 12:25 PM

just to be a jerk, apparently

posted by rich at 12:23 PM

rather than cutting costs where we can afford it

posted by rich at 11:31 AM

although they don't think it is worth investigating

posted by rich at 11:22 AM

I hope that they can!

posted by rich at 11:20 AM

insanity

posted by rich at 11:03 AM

oh, those pesky safety regulations

posted by rich at 10:02 AM

taking our rights

posted by rich at 9:40 AM

here we go...

posted by rich at 9:28 AM

I think I will go back to using this blog

...just to document the ongoing atrocities. Things are moving so fast that I may lose track otherwise. Most will probably be simply collecting news stories, but I'm sure I will voice my opinion here'n'there, as well.

Good luck to us all!

posted by rich at 9:26 AM