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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: just Warren on July 05, 2017, 01:35:07 AM
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You remember when we had the stickied Obama scandal list?
In that vein we need a list for all the things that Trump is doing that seem to be flying under the leftists\media radar.
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Perhaps we could include a fake scandal list also. =)
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His most singular accomplishment is actually sufficient for a "list" all by itself.
He makes liberals wet their diapers.
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2. His unapologetic rhetoric is actually causing leftist liberals to be honest about their goals and intentions.
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3. Trump has brought some sanity to our immigration policies which has created at least a perception of stricter border enforcement.
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=55046.0
4. Cleaning House at the State Department.
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/29/how-rex-tillerson-destroying-state-department-215319
I figured this was as good a place as any to start. Which thread had that list posted?
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posted by Chester32141.
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=55028.0
I am not sure if we want to attach article or thread links to all these.
The President has been busy ... this list is a couple weeks old ... Popcorn
1) #HePersisted.
Yes, the US is officially withdrawn from the Paris Climate Accord. He has also stopped payment to the Green Climate Fund.
2) Here come the judges!
President Trump has used the Reid rule and the Republican congress to appoint a slew of conservative judges.
3) The Art of the Re-deal.
President Trump has hit the reset button on the odious agreement that our former president made with the dictatorship of Cuba. He will retain the embassy for leverage. Additionally, he withdrew from the Trans Pacific Partnership and is looking to get better terms for this country under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
4) The return of our political prisoners.
Aya Hijazi and Otto Warmbier were languishing in foreign prisons during the Obama administration. They are now reunited with their families.
5) The Apprentice, White House Edition.
President Trump signed an executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training to help all Americans, offering an alternative to the progressive college educational pathway that has undermined the success of an entire generation.
6) Trump shatters a ceiling….with the stock market.
President Trump hasn’t allowed the press-induced political dramas to distract him from engaging with business leaders and implementing policies that actually help the American economy. The stock market’s record highs are a vote of confidence.
7) Trump ends the Y2K crisis.
The President ordered the end to record-keeping related to the preparedness for a bug that afflicted some computers at the turn of the century.
Cool Regulations are now on the endangered species list.
The key to many wins on this list, and likely all the future lists that I will need to make, is that President Trump and his team are focused on ending regulations, rather than mending them or allowing them to breed unchecked.
9) Illegal border crossings have plummeted.
The number of attempts to illegally cross the southern border have dropped each month for the past 6 months, and President Trump gives no indication of his changing policies.
10) ICE ices violent gangs.
President Trump promised that his immigration policy priority would be the deportation of violent gang members, and Immigration and Customs enforcement is working to decapitate the worst of them: MS13.
11) Classic energy sources are making a return.
A new mine has opened up in Pennsylvania, while Obama-backed green energy companies go bankrupt.
12) American companies are now “in-sourcing” jobs.
Lowering regulatory burdens and fuel prices has meant that manufacturing plants are beginning to come back to both coasts and the Midwest. In fact, the business climate is so improved that some foreign companies are now planning to outsource to the U.S.
13) Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Bonus: The nuclear option was deployed, ending the 60 vote requirement the next time President Trump nominates a Supreme Court Justice candidate.
14) Over 800,000 jobs created.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the labor market under President Trump has added over 810,000 jobs in his first five months.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2017/06/wins-for-president-trump-underreported-by-american-press//#more
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It also occurs to me that some might be more along the lines of "good progress, keep it up" rather than a complete accomplishment.
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It also occurs to me that some might be more along the lines of "good progress, keep it up" rather than a complete accomplishment.
"The longest journey begins with a single step."
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Trouble w/ listing his accomplishments is as soon as a list is compiled it's out of date ... :facepalm:
(1) Signed an executive order making it easier to fire or punish VA executives who screw up.
(2) Rolled back more destructive government regulations than any president in history.
(3) Got rid of the secret Department of Justice slush fund that was used to support partisan political groups.
(4) Persuaded the Saudis to share their most secret military intelligence with us.
(5) Decreased the national debt by over $100 billion.
(6) Persuaded defense contractors to cut their prices by as much as a third.
(7) Cut illegal immigration (in terms of those caught at the border) by 67 percent.
Trump's 1st Qtr. Salary to Go to Fix Antietam Battlefield
(9) Persuaded NATO members to up their contributions by $10 billion.
(10) Created a commission to examine and assess weakness in the voting process.
(11) Signed an executive order holding the heads of federal agencies
personally responsible for the cybersecurity of their networks.
(12) Created the American Technology Council to upgrade US digital services.
(13) Issued an executive order protecting whistle blowers in Veterans' Administration.
(14) Signed two executive orders requiring a review of the deficit and punishing foreign countries that "dump" in the US market.
(15) Created a commission to fight prescription drug abuse.
(16) Removed Obama-era regulations that prevent public schools from firing inept and abusive teachers.
(17) Greatly reduced the power of the Bureau of Land Management to take over public lands owned by states.
(18) Signed two bills encouraging government science departments to strengthen their outreach to women.
(19) Signed an executive order directing federal agencies to evaluate existing regulations.
(20) Signed an executive order directing the Department of justice to review existing laws protecting police officers.
(21) Created a federal task force that will share information among agencies and come up with strategies to fight crimes.
(22) Signed an executive order prioritizing efforts to fight criminal organizations that engage in human trafficking.
(23) Signed an executive order mandating that for every new law impacting businesses, two must be repealed.
[popcorn]
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President Trump continues to get political mileage out of his move to exit the 2015 Paris climate accord. In a massive snub to the international climate movement, as well as to his German host, Trump won the war of words in the G20 leaders’ declaration issued Saturday from Hamburg:
“We take note of the decision of the United States of America to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The United States of America announced it will immediately cease the implementation of its current nationally-determined contribution and affirms its strong commitment to an approach that lowers emissions while supporting economic growth and improving energy security needs.”
This is a huge blow to the ruling climate alliance that has tried to bully America into abiding by the Paris pact, which President Obama signed but the Senate never ratified.
http://thefederalist.com/2017/07/10/g20-leaders-tut-tutting-paris-accord-bolster-president-trump/
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Updated List ...
Stopping the further use of chemical weapons in Syria
Killing the Paris Accord
Canada and Mexico agreeing to renegotiate NAFTA
Visa requirements tightened
Reestablishing National Space Council
NATO agrees to force members to pay their fair share.
Muslim Travel Ban Upheld by SCOTUS 9-0.
Destroyed Obama's EPA inland water grab.
Killed TPP
$350+ billion deal with Saudi Arabia ($110 billion in arms
$250 billion in trade/investment) creating 100,000’s of jobs
in both countries, historic.
Gave powerful speech in the heart of Islam about the need to
reform Islam and drive out the radicals.
Creation of center to defeat radical Islam in cyberspace
First Sitting POTUS to pray at the Western Wall.
Restarted the Peace process between Israelis and Palestine
Unemployment rate 4.4% u-3 and 8.6% U6
Wisconsin’s estimated unemployment rate last month dropped
to a 17-year low of 3.2%
211k jobs created in April
Jobless claims hit 28 year low
Stock Market up $3 trillion value since election Nov 8th-a record
OPEC broken, can no longer set prices pleads with USA to
lower pumping
China Trade deal historic trade deal completed in record
time
NAFTA 90day waiting period begins to renegotiate
Secured $50 billion investment from Japan
Secured $20 Billion from Exxon= invest in Gulf coast
states.
30 + laws signed
150+ EO signed
Pres Trump’s approval in OH, FL and PA higher than on
Nov 8th according to PDP polls
SCOTUS justice Gorsuch confirmed
Authorized DHS to hire 10,000 ICE officers & 5,000 border
patrol agents
Secured funding for more immigration judges for/deportation
cases in 2017 budget
Ended "catch and release” policy
ICE arrests up 40%
ICE arrests are 75% criminal illegals
Ice Arrests for non criminal illegals up 150% due to
sanctuary cities polices making Ice go to the home instead
of the court houses.
73% decrease in border crossings of illegal aliens
No Cuban refuges seen by Coast Guard in Apr first time in 7
years
Open bidding and plans submitted for the WALL process is on
schedule
6ft chain linked fences being replaced by 20ft hardened
steel fencing at border.
More than 1400 gang members have been arrested by ICE
Massive raids on gangs going on across the nation
Sec Zinke is moving forward with reducing the land grabs
of the left by Obama
ISIS is surrounded and cut off
Gasoline $2.05/gallon
Atlanta fed sees 4.1% GDP growth for 2nd qrt
Federal debt is 130.7 billion LOWER since Jan 1st 2017
Federal surplus was $182 billion at end of Apr(unexpected)
Consumer and business confidence at record highs
North Dakota experiencing a boom since Dakota access
pipeline done
Keystone pipeline construction ongoing
Mining, steel and oil/gas jobs booming
Mines reopening
14 Regulations rolled back under CRA never to be able to
be reinstated
Russia, Iran and Syria agree to safe zones in Syria
ISIS commander in Afghanistan killed
ISIS reduced by 2/3rds of its strength in Afghanistan
Texas has passed a law outlawing sanctuary cities
749,000 JOBS created since Jan1st
Foods stamp requests by ILLEGALS D O W N
Authorities have arrested an unprecedented number of sexual
predators involved in child sex trafficking rings in the
United States and around the world.
Returned power to make decisions on “transgender bathrooms”
to states
Instituted 5-year lobbying ban for all Executive branch
appointees
Instituted permanent lobbying ban for foreign governments
for all Executive branch appointees
Directed Dep’t of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting
processes for domestic manufacturing
Banned aid helping foreign countries provide abortions
(Mexico City Policy)
Returned bust of UK PM Winston Churchill to Oval Office
Formed Commission on voter fraud led by VP Pence.
Launched United States-Canada Council for Advancement
of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with Canadian
PM Justin Trudeau
Cut 1.6 billion costs from Air Force one and F-35 airplanes
Regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies
Making agencies cut 2 regulations for each new one
Installing aspects of extreme vetting at points of entry
to the USA
Returned the mission of NASA to space exploration
[popcorn]
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One accomplishment that's really under-appreciated is the way Trump has managed to be a hyper-nationalist xenophobe, while simultaneously being the willing dupe of one of the nation's most notorious enemies. How does he do it?
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I've heard he can tear a phone book in half with his bare hands ... :P
Imagine if he had a party behind him and the press was willing to cover him honestly ... :facepalm:
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Promoting Marijuana prohibitionism and asset seizure.
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I've heard he can tear a phone book in half with his bare hands ... :P ....
And with one hand tied behind his back! [tinfoil] [popcorn] :O :cool: :cool:
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It's not quite happened yet but ICE might start arresting those in charge of sanctuary cities on human smuggling charges. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/26/thomas-homan-ice-chief-says-immigrant-sanctuaries-/)
Illegal border crossings down 76%. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/9/illegal-immigration-southwest-border-down-70-pct/)
And I know some illegals are self-deporting but I can't find any stats on that.
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It's not quite happened yet but ICE might start arresting those in charge of sanctuary cities on human smuggling charges. (http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/26/thomas-homan-ice-chief-says-immigrant-sanctuaries-/)
OH PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE
Frogmarch Chicago Mayor Emanual and all the Alderman in the Chicago City Council out of their offices and into the Cook County Jail. Hilarity will ensue !!!
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Food Stamp Usage Has Fallen Every Month Under Trump
(http://www.dailywire.com/news/21256/food-stamp-usage-has-fallen-every-month-under-ryan-saavedra)
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https://apnews.com/746a993d6de740bd9c16b927672f832b/The-Latest:-Trump-slams-Iran-at-United-Nations
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https://cei.org/blog/red-tape-rollback-report-trump-ends-fiscal-year-americas-least-regulatory-president-reagan
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Check out Mollie's list, about a third of the way down.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2017/10/13/hahaha-larry-sabato-busts-the-liberal-25th-amendment-fantasy-with-one-tweet/
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Another Canadian pipeline extended. (https://libertywriters.com/2017/10/trump-just-snuck-something-even-bigger-keystone-oil-pipeline-no-ones-noticed/)
And apparently people were so distracted by other things that no one noticed.
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Neil Gorsuch is really going to pay off. (http://thefederalist.com/2017/10/19/most-important-scotus-order-week-concerns-case-didnt-take/)
What everelse Trump does or doesn't do we'll always have Gorsuch.
ETA: Does no one read the posting rules at the top ?? - Amy
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Unemployment is at it's lowest in 17 years and wages are up yet: (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/business/economy/jobs-report.html)
Considering the tight labor market, with unemployment at its lowest level since Bill Clinton was president, many economists say the dividends have been paltry.
“It’s certainly trending the right way, but it’s surely still unexciting — even unacceptable — wage growth at this point,” said Dan North, chief economist at Euler Hermes North America.
Damn that Trump!
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http://www.dailywire.com/news/23323/so-much-winning-trump-becomes-first-foreign-leader-joseph-curl
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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/11/us/politics/trump-judiciary-appeals-courts-conservatives.html?referer=https://t.co/ep4atsVIDw?amp=1
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary. Here’s How.
Nearly a year later, that plan is coming to fruition. Mr. Trump has already appointed eight appellate judges, the most this early in a presidency since Richard M. Nixon, and on Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to send a ninth appellate nominee — Mr. Trump’s deputy White House counsel, Gregory Katsas — to the floor.
Republicans are systematically filling appellate seats they held open during President Barack Obama’s final two years in office with a particularly conservative group of judges with life tenure. Democrats — who in late 2013 abolished the ability of 41 lawmakers to block such nominees with a filibuster, then quickly lost control of the Senate — have scant power to stop them.
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For all his other faults, things like this just give me warm fuzzies toward the man...
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For all his other faults, things like this just give me warm fuzzies toward the man...
This is why the Stupid PartyTM needs to get its head of its ass and win next year.
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Problem is that the GOP establishment are willing to cut their own nose off to spite their face.
They would rather hand control back to the democrat party than let Trump succeed.
My current prediction is that the 2018elections will yield a dem controlled house and Senate.
January 2019 will bring us impeachment proceedings.
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Problem is that the GOP establishment are willing to cut their own nose off to spite their face.
They would rather hand control back to the democrat party than let Trump succeed.
My current prediction is that the 2018elections will yield a dem controlled house and Senate.
January 2019 will bring us impeachment proceedings.
I agree with all this except the last. History alone indicates that at least one or the other, house and senate, flip. The fact that the GOPe is practically working with the dems on that make it a much higher probability. I'm willing to bet 25% of the GOPe voted for Clinton because that's how much they hated an outsider getting in.
On the impeachment, I think if dems win one or both houses, impeachment will fall by the wayside (except for the nutballs like Waters, etc.) because it would take away from the dem agenda at a time that they have some power. One thing the dems are very good at is running a cohesive front (At least in congress. Obviously thanks to Queen Hillary, there was little cohesiveness in their presidential campaign). Even now, establishment dems, including Pelosi, Schumer, and Feinstein, are trying to downplay impeachment because the distraction monkey wrenches their strategy.
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Even now, establishment dems, including Pelosi, Schumer, and Feinstein, are trying to downplay impeachment because the distraction monkey wrenches their strategy.
And mobilizes Trump's base to come out and support him....
The election in Alabama will be interesting. Moore is "Trump's Candidate" and the allegations against him are seen as being ginned up by the MSM and liberals in DC and New York.
Plus they see the two-faced bit on their part, re: Menendez's trial in NJ and the complete lack of coverage there...
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Has anyone said triggering the left by his very existence?
That's his big one as far as I'm concerned.
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Who Trump or Moore or Both ??
:lol: :lol:
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The election in Alabama will be interesting. Moore is "Trump's Candidate" and the allegations against him are seen as being ginned up by the MSM and liberals in DC and New York.
The sad thing is that Trump campaigned against Moore. Too bad the people of Alabama didn't listen to him... [barf]
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The sad thing is that Trump campaigned against Moore. Too bad the people of Alabama didn't listen to him... [barf]
That's what I was just thinking of. Trump is, by hook or crook, vindicated once moore.
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And mobilizes Trump's base to come out and support him....
The election in Alabama will be interesting. Moore is "Trump's Candidate" and the allegations against him are seen as being ginned up by the MSM and liberals in DC and New York.
Plus they see the two-faced bit on their part, re: Menendez's trial in NJ and the complete lack of coverage there...
I REALLY hope Mr. Moore wins.*
Because, if he does, the reason he is in the Senate is the exact same reason that Trump is in the White House: his opponents kneecapped the "respectable" conservatives, thinking he'd be a pushover to beat... and then got their rears handed to them (McConnell and his ilk) when their candidate had to face just one "unelectable" candidate. Who got elected.
*On the accusations, I have no idea if they are true and honestly, I don't think I will ever know if they are true. Rather frighteningly, even if true, while creepy and wrong, nothing in them approaches what others in the Senate (or lionized by the Senate) have done.
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I don't know if Moore is guilty or innocent, but there is absolutely NOTHING about that man that makes them hard to believe. He appears to be a walking embodiment of a stereotype, and not a good one either. ;/
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After looking back at the timeline and timing of the allegations and the response from the GOPe It wouldn't surprise me that the attack is coming from the GOPe.
I don't know much about Moore but he is not a new comer to the scene in Alabama. He has been in the spotlight for years. Why did these women suddenly choose to accuse him now? Why not when he was a controversial judge? Why not when he was a primary candidate?
Nope, they waited until he was the official candidate and it was too late to change the ballot.
I kind of hope he wins.
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After looking back at the timeline and timing of the allegations and the response from the GOPe It wouldn't surprise me that the attack is coming from the GOPe.
I don't know much about Moore but he is not a new comer to the scene in Alabama. He has been in the spotlight for years. Why did these women suddenly choose to accuse him now? Why not when he was a controversial judge? Why not when he was a primary candidate?
Nope, they waited until he was the official candidate and it was too late to change the ballot.
I kind of hope he wins.
This and what BTR said. It isn't a full 6 year term anyway.
Also, I would love to see McConnell put on the spot since he or others talked about the Senate not allowing him in or trying to expel him. If Menendez is still there, that would be interesting.
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Has Moore been proven to have done anything illegal? Chasing young women is more than a bit creepy (if true), but not illegal in and of itself. At least Moore hasn't (apparently) killed anyone. (Here's looking at you, Ted Kennedy.) And how old were Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky when ... you know.
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Has Moore been proven to have done anything illegal?
Of course nothing is proven. He hasn't even been indicted. If I understand correctly, though, he's accused of doing more than just flirting.
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Remember, the facts of the matter are irrelevant, it is the seriousness of the allegations that count.
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Remember, the facts of the matter are irrelevant, it is the seriousness of the allegations that count.
So compared to a number of other politicians, not very serious.
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More on the regulatory front. (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/19/the-anti-regulatory-environment-that-trump-promised-just-got-a-big-boost.html)
These don't seem all that big now, but maybe they'll turn out to be important later.
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With Trump's help, Poland is weaning itself off of Putin's energy teat. (https://conservativetribune.com/trump-took-away-putins-chip/)
Seems like the Russkies hacked the election in the wrong direction!
Let's see more of this!
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I just saw in the news some sort of tax thing got passed.
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I just saw in the news some sort of tax thing got passed.
MILLIONS WILL DIE!!!!!
No, scratch that. Thousands, or maybe hundreds. Because everybody else died from the last three things.
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MILLIONS WILL DIE!!!!!
No, scratch that. Thousands, or maybe hundreds. Because everybody else died from the last three things.
I thought that Democrats couldn't shock me anymore, but I'm absolutely bewildered by the constant chicken little running around with "PEOPLE WILL DIE! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXWhbUUE4ko)" about everything Trump does.
That video was supposed to be parody.
Now, I'm not that old, but I can never remember such over the top hyperbole about everything. I know about the Daisy ad, but my impression is that was an outlier. It seems every Democrat (elected or in the media) is all death, all the time.
NET NEUTRALITY is one of the worst. Reversing it is a minor change, that benefits ISPs (probably) and (probably) harms even larger corporations (Google, Facebook). Yet, somehow it's the absolute worst thing to ever happen in the history of the internet.
Anyone else remember a time like this before?
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I thought that Democrats couldn't shock me anymore, but I'm absolutely bewildered by the constant chicken little running around with "PEOPLE WILL DIE! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXWhbUUE4ko)" about everything Trump does.
That video was supposed to be parody.
Now, I'm not that old, but I can never remember such over the top hyperbole about everything. I know about the Daisy ad, but my impression is that was an outlier. It seems every Democrat (elected or in the media) is all death, all the time.
NET NEUTRALITY is one of the worst. Reversing it is a minor change, that benefits ISPs (probably) and (probably) harms even larger corporations (Google, Facebook). Yet, somehow it's the absolute worst thing to ever happen in the history of the internet.
Anyone else remember a time like this before?
November 9th, 2016; followed by January 20th, 2017....
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November 9th, 2016; followed by January 20th, 2017....
Yes, those were included in my "like this" question. :P
Incidentally, I'm actually concerned about what is going to happen when he's re-elected. My wife told me over lunch that she saw people on facebook calling for attacks on the rich- as in, literal, attack them and take their stuff type calls.
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....Incidentally, I'm actually concerned about what is going to happen when he's re-elected. My wife told me over lunch that she saw people on facebook calling for attacks on the rich- as in, literal, attack them and take their stuff type calls.
Well, they CAN afford lot of ammo. ;)
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Now, the current screeching point is "CHIP" the Child Health Insurance Plan, for the children of parents that can't afford Obamacare plans.
Which there shouldn't be any because, Obamacare was supposed to give everyone "Healthcare".
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Now, the current screeching point is "CHIP" the Child Health Insurance Plan, for the children of parents that can't afford Obamacare plans.
Fake news. Everyone knows the real acronym for Obamacare is ACA, and the 'A' in ACA stands for "affordable." Ergo: there should not be anyone who can't "afford" Obamacare. Oxymoron.
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Did someone tell The Washington Examiner about this thread?
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/year-one-list-81-major-trump-achievements-11-obama-legacy-items-repealed/article/2644159
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The New York Times doesn't like Trump's approach to international relations:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/politics/trump-world-diplomacy.html?mtrref=www.drudgereport.com&gwh=261EFA6B78058D4807EE6122CDC93249&gwt=pay
That must mean he's doing something right.
While Mr. Trump has held more than 130 meetings and phone calls with foreign leaders since taking office, he has left the rest of the world still puzzling over how to handle an American president unlike any other. Foreign leaders have tested a variety of techniques to deal with him, from shameless pandering to keeping a studied distance.
“Most foreign leaders are still trying to get a handle on him,” said Richard N. Haass, a top State Department official in the George W. Bush administration who is now the president of the Council on Foreign Relations. “Everywhere I go, I’m still getting asked, ‘Help us understand this president, help us navigate this situation.’
I always thought being unpredictable was a good thing. It keeps our enemies guessing.
“We’re beginning to see countries take matters into their own hands. They’re hedging against America’s unreliability.”
Personally, I'm tired of the United States being the world's policeman. Maybe it's time (or long past time) for other countries to carry their own laundry.
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Ran across this list today and thought of this thread.
From Pastebin, Trump Hasn’t Done Anything:
https://pastebin.com/JnS5Qy2Q is where links supporting each conclusion can be found. I didn't go through all of them. Trump has been sufficiently subversively pro America for me to be pleased, despite all the continued war mongering in the middle east.
Economy
Trump Cut More US Debt for Longer Period than Any President
2017 Debt Growth slows
Q3 GDP up 3.2%
Government spending as % of GDP down
Exports 2.5yr high
Record 6M job openings, 6.8M Americans looking for jobs
Small business confidence spurring hiring and spending spree
Wages up 2.5%
Inflation 1.7%
Consumer confidence NOV 129.5 17yr high
Consumer Sentiment Up
Economy Reaches Its Potential Output
63.1%: Participation Rate: Trump-Era High
Fewest Jobless Claims Since 1973
2.2M jobs added since election
2017 Unemployment record low in 13 States
Summer Youth Unemployment Lowest Since 1969
Black Unemployment Lowest in 17yrs
Hispanic Unemployment all time low
Unemployment to drop: lowest since 1969
Manufacturing Expands at Fastest Pace in 13yrs
Summer employers hired American, raised wages
Recovery Trickling Down to Least-Educated Workers
Median Incomes Climb- First Since 2007
Blue-collar wages surging
Job Satisfaction Highest Since 2005
1.5M Fewer on Food Stamps
Net worth rose 1.8%
New-Home Sales 11yr High
2017 Durable goods rose 5.4%
Dow: first eight-quarter winning streak in 20 years
Stock market powers wealth to $96.2t
Behind the Scenes
Trump Is Rapidly Reshaping the Judiciary.
Trump vs. the Deep Regulatory State
While eyes are on Russia, Sessions dramatically reshapes the Justice Department
How the CIA Is Changing Under President Trump
Pruitt on a mission to change the climate of the EPA
Trump Defied Bureaucracy to Advance Immigration Agenda
Trump Has Quietly Accomplished More Than It Appears
Trump: Keeper of Promises
Trump Declaration Of National Emergency Throws US Media Into Silence, And Global Elites Into Terror
Department of Homeland Security
Final Panel in Upgraded Border Fence Installed
Army Corps starts pre-construction work on border wall
Texas Wildlife Refuge Prepared for First Border Wall Segment
Bill allocates $1.6 billion for border wall
Border wall prototype anti-climb testing begins
Feds take over Texas National Guard border mission
Border Patrol Morale at Highest Level
Crossing Border Illegally Is Harder Than In 50yrs
Border Crossing Arrests 46yr Low
Memo: ICE officers have free rein
ICE Morale Through the Roof
US agency raids Indian IT firms
Silicon Valley Staffing Firm Charged, H1B Fraud
Raids target suspected gang members
80% jump in illegal targets
New crackdown on sanctuary cities
ICE wants smuggling charges on leaders of sanctuary cities
Denver To ICE: Stop Arresting Illegal Immigrants At Courthouse. ICE To Denver: Not A Chance.
Colorado Deportations up 150%
ICE raids net 650 arrests
17 Texas sheriffs approved to partner w/ICE
ICE crackdown scaring families back to Mexico
Raids turn Oregon city into ghost town
Self-Deportation Up 31%
Trump ends Obama-era delay tactics
‘Extreme Vetting’ for green cards
DACA Renewals Drop 21%
Reforms To Immigration Courts
Department of Justice
Sex traffickers took hundreds from Thailand to US
Sex Trafficking Arrests Soar; MSM Ignores
Sessions Declares Fight Against Elite Pedophiles Top Priority
238 arrested in sweep of suspected child sex predators
Marshalls Seek Unregistered Sex Offenders, Arrest 12
84 kids rescued, 120 human traffickers arrested
DOJ Arrests Over 1,000 Child Sex Predators
DoJ takes down of AlphaBay, largest dark web market
Sessions announces crackdown on ‘so-called’ sanctuary cities
DoJ Stands by Texas’s Voter ID Law
Sessions bringing back the harshest sentences for drug offenses
Sessions reassures: No pot crackdown imminent
400 medical professionals charged largest health care fraud takedown
Pharma CEO indicted on opioid fraud and racketeering
Big increase in cocaine seizures
Sessions’s New Civil-Forfeiture Rules
Four charged with leaks from Trump administration
DOJ conducting 27 investigations into classified leaks
DOJ Halts Operation Chokepoint, Which Targeting Gun Dealers
Fed Gun Prosecutions up 23%
DOJ will intervene in campus free speech cases
DOJ files suit against company for not hiring Americans
3,800 Gang Members Charged in Operation Spanning United States and Central America
Sessions ask FBI for info on Uranium One
Sessions orders review after report Obama gave Hezbollah pass
Department of the Interior
Day One: Secretary Zinke Signs for Orders to Expand Access to Public Lands
Zinke Signs Secretarial Order To Streamline Process For Federal Onshore Oil And Gas Leasing Permits
Secretary Zinke Announces Boost to Wetland, Waterfowl Conservation, Access to Public Lands Through Conservation Grants, Federal Duck Stamp Funds
Secretary Zinke signs Secretarial Order to Support Sportsmen & Enhance Wildlife Conservation
Ryan Zinke plans overhaul because Interior Department employees ‘not loyal’
A Vision for American Energy Dominance
Department of Education
Campus Rape Policies Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear
DeVos’ meetings with ‘men’s rights’ groups over campus sex assault spark controversy
Betsy DeVos Is Right: Sexual Assault Policy Is Broken
DeVos to Replace Obama-Era Sexual Assault Guidelines
Betsy DeVos announces huge overhaul of federal student loan system
Trump to pull feds out of K-12 education
Executive Order on Enforcing Statutory Prohibitions on Federal Control of Education
Education Secretary DeVos says Common Core no longer an issue for schools
DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents outlining rights for disabled students
DeVos offers buyouts to shrink Education Department workforce
Education Dept to limit scope of civil rights investigations at schools
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ben Carson Finds $500 Billion (Billion!) In Errors During Audit Of Obama HUD
HUD poised to end Obama’s illegal Section 8 housing grant scheme
Office of Management and Budget
Mulvaney: Obama Administration Had ‘Secret List’ of Regulations
Trump budget chief touts progress in rolling back regulations
Mick Mulvaney: Tax reform proposal coming ‘very early in the fall’
Mulvaney: Obama Administration Had ‘Secret List’ of Regulations
Trump Cut Regulations 32%
Mick Mulvaney on the Budget, Congressional Scorekeepers and Staying Frugal
Research and Development Priorities
CFPB Now a Deregulation Department
Mick Mulvaney Staffing CFPB with Trump Loyalists
Department of Energy
Rick Perry and the “Texas Approach” to Renewable Energy and Infrastructure
Rick Perry’s Plans for US Energy Dominance
Trump approves US-Mexico pipeline: ‘That’ll go right under the wall’
Oil starts gushing through controversial Dakota Access Pipeline
DOE Announces $6.9 Million for Research on Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal Byproducts
Perry wants DOE to support small modular nuclear reactors
Senate subcommittee approves $38.4B to fund ARPA-E, DOE programs in 2018
U.S. coal exports soar, in boost to Trump energy agenda, data shows
By the way, the U.S. has become the world’s dominant energy superpower
Rick Perry’s “baseload” study released, offers a lifeline to coal, nuclear
Trump Admin Proposes The Biggest Change To Electric Grid In Decades
Coal Production Up 7.8%
Department of State
Tillerson to shutter war crimes focused State Dept. office
It’s a bloodbath at the State Department
Tillerson Tightens Limits on Filling State Department Jobs
State Department to Offer Buyouts in Effort to Cut Staff
Report: Trump plans to cut foreign aid, merge State and USAID
Rex Tillerson, Mediating Gulf Dispute, Signs Antiterrorism Pact With Qatar
Rex Tillerson blasts China for hiring slaves from North Korean government
Tillerson to back up Trump efforts to bolster Eastern Europe against Russia
Tillerson on North Korea: Military action is ‘an option’
Trump to stop travel from countries that refuse to help Homeland Security
New Order Indefinitely Bars Almost All Travel From Seven Countries
Trump takes more Christians than Muslim Refugees
Fewest Monthly Refugee Arrivals in August Since 2002
Trump signs order cutting refugee quota to lowest level since 1980
Trump Announces ‘Extreme Vetting’ Plans
Trump set to DEPORT 300,000 refugees
Department of Veterans Affairs
Trump Signs Bill to Extend Veterans Choice Program
Trump Administration Streamlines Veteran Medical Records
White House to launch veterans’ complaint hotline
President Donald J. Trump visits VA and signs executive order ‘Improving
Accountability and Whistleblower Protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs’
VA fires more than 500 feds under Trump, even before new accountability law
Trump signs VA accountability act into law, promises better care for veterans
VA expands telehealth access
How the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act of 2017 may drive civil service reform
Trump signs ‘Forever GI Bill,’ boosting aid to student vets
Trump Signs Bill to Streamline VA Disability Claims Appeals Process
Trump to announce new refugee admissions cap, stronger vetting rules as ban expires
Veteran Apprenticeship and Labor Opportunity Reform Act SIGNED
VA Prescription Data Accountability Act SIGNED
Enhancing Veteran Care Act
Commerce Department
U.S. Banks to Get Greater China Access (GS, MS)
Trade agreement clears way for Moody’s, Fitch and S&P to rate onshore bonds
China, U.S. reach trade agreement on beef, poultry and natural gas
China buys more U.S. coal, sends North Korea
China opens rice market for US exports for first time ever
First U.S. Natural Gas Shipped to Poland
Trump slaps tariffs on Canadian lumber imports
U.S. makes final finding rebar exports from Taiwan
United States and Mexico finalize sugar trade deal
Trump orders probe of China’s intellectual property practices
Crude oil shipment from Texas opens new vistas in India-U.S. ties
Argentina agrees to allow first U.S. pork imports in 25 years
Companies behind Trump’s $250 billion China deal
Department of Defense
Mattis: ‘Annihilation Tactics’ Being Used Against ISIS
ISIS leader ‘admits DEFEAT in Iraq and orders militants to flee or kill themselves in suicide attacks’
ANALYSIS: ISIS facing knockout punch in Raqqa after losing Mosul
95 percent of the territory ISIS once controlled in Iraq and Syria is now liberated
Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from key Pakistani military fund
US, Gulf countries form new group to stem flow of terror financing
James Mattis threatens to ‘moderate’ US backing for Nato over budgets
NATO weighs new counterterrorism post following Trump’s demands
U.S. Cyber Command will be elevated to a “Unified Combatant Command”
Pentagon: Trump-Era Rules Allow First U.S.-Afghan Forces Strike on Taliban Drug Labs
Officials Announce First DoD-Wide Audit
Small Business Administration
SBA Administrator McMahon leading agency by ‘effective and efficient’ example
U.S. Small Business Administration opens assistance center
SBA chief Linda McMahon talks loan process, role in youth jobs during Baltimore visit
Department of Transportation
Trump Lays Out Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control System
President Trump Announces “Massive Permit Reform” Push
Trump Signs Order Rolling Back Environmental Rules on Infrastructure
United Nations
Haley Tells Congress US Assuming More Assertive Role at UN
Nikki Haley defends Trump’s doctrine of diplomatic chaos
Haley cheers cuts to UN peacekeeping: ‘We’re only getting started’
UN Security Council unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea
U.S. walks away from UN migration agreement
Nikki Haley Threatens the UN
US secures $285M cut in UN budget
Treasury Department
Tax reform shocker: the White House actually has a plan
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Just Laid Out a Pathway for Social Security Benefits to Be Cut
Trump sides with Mnuchin on debt ceiling strategy
Treasury to call for rolling back banking regulations
U.S. wants free but fair and balanced trade: Mnuchin
Department of Health and Human Services
Tom Price: CBO’s health insurance projections are significantly off
HHS analysis finds Cruz amendment lowers premiums, boosts enrollment
The Trump administration is using Obamacare marketing dollars to attack Obamacare
HHS to Rescind Birth Control Mandate in Obamacare
Trump clears way for ObamaCare ‘alternatives’
Trump will end health care cost-sharing subsidies
Environmental Protection Agency
President Trump’s executive order will undo Obama’s Clean Power Plan rule
EPA’s Pruitt moves to roll back over 30 environmental regulations in record time
Statement by President Trump on the Paris Climate Accord
Trump’s EPA To Repeal Obama’s ‘Waters Of The US’ Rule
EPA chief says administration to roll back Obama’s clean power plan
EPA to block scientists who get agency funding from serving as advisers
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That's actually too much to try to read in one go.
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Okay, but what has he actually accomplished? [/MSM mode]
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Okay, but what has he actually accomplished? [/MSM mode]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ozEZxOsanY
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Trump on track to cut almost 50% of positions in the EPA by end of first term.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25766/trump-slashes-federal-bureaucracy-morale-has-never-michael-j-knowles
Hey Scott Pruitt! Push harder! Cut faster! Go go go!
Tony Reardon, president of the National Treasury Employees Union representing 150,000 federal workers at over 30 agencies laments, “Morale has never been lower. Government is making itself a lot less attractive as an employer.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Cry moar tears Tony!
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Nice little article here. (https://www.city-journal.org/html/can-trump-economy-trump-trump-15679.html)
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Small business optimism at an all-time high. 2017 set a record. I wonder what happened to cause that. Was there an eclipse?
https://www.nfib.com/surveys/small-business-economic-trends/
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Reflection upon 8 years of the glorious Obama administration.
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https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/01/25/sad-uk-prime-minister-theresa-may-spoke-to-half-empty-room-as-crowd-rushed-to-hear-realdonaldtrump/ (https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/01/25/sad-uk-prime-minister-theresa-may-spoke-to-half-empty-room-as-crowd-rushed-to-hear-realdonaldtrump/)
When asked what brings him to Davos, Switzerland, Trump said "Peace and prosperity."
According to reports, the crowd rushed out to see Trump just as UK Prime Minster Theresa May took to the stage, leaving a half empty hall.
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https://ricochet.com/490686/re-redefining-rino-in-the-trump-era-a-response-to-old-bathos/
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Trump close to fulfilling another campaign promise. (https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-almost-hit-key-economic-target-164456272.html)
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[tinfoil]
We know "they" play all sorts of games with stats, crime stats, climate stats, inflation stats...
What's to keep commie loyalists from tweeking GDP stats to help torpedo Trump?
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https://ricochet.com/490686/re-redefining-rino-in-the-trump-era-a-response-to-old-bathos/
:lol: Very true this.
This is a high bar for Republicans in DC. It just may be that, in the Trump and post-Trump era, Republicans will be expected to actually accomplish substantial conservative reforms. If they don’t; if they can’t be at least as conservative as Mr. New York Values, Clinton-donor Donald Trump; they may risk being branded as the wrong sort of pachyderm.
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End of the Korean War and possibly denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
No small things.
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End of the Korean War and possibly denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
No small things.
If that happens, it is Nobel Peace Prize time for Trump!
Oh, that would be lovely! Imagine the wailing!
(Oh yeah, I know that is impossible)
:rofl:
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/may/2/north-korea-releases-us-detainees-bows-another-tru/
They are said to be out of the camp and off to a hospital and will likely be turned over to the US on the day of the summit.
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MSM just now finding out that Trump is (surprisingly!!!!) getting conservative judges appointed. From the "Oh the Noes!!! (but it's okay when we do it)" files:
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/05/09/shocker-chris-cuomo-spots-under-reported-story-about-party-in-power-and-judges/
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From https://amgreatness.com/2018/05/09/is-the-midwest-the-next-south-for-the-democratic-party/
Overall, according to a new CNN poll this week, Trump’s numbers are rising in every category regardless of geography; 57 percent say things are going well in the country now, the highest rating since 2007. The upbeat mood of the electorate is astonishing considering the unrelenting assault the president has been under since November 2016.
What happened after 2007 to lower people's opinion of how things are going in the country? And why things are better now?
There's got to be some reason. But what?
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What happened after 2007 to lower people's opinion of how things are going in the country? And why things are better now?
There's got to be some reason. But what?
Golly, gosh, I don't have any idea. Can I buy a clue?
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If you like your clue, you can keep your clue.
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Trump fills appellate seat that Obama couldn't manage to do for six years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-efforts-move-ahead-wisconsin-judge-riles-dems-042322209--politics.html
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(https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32130345_10156626436145288_3459077715720667136_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=2099ee4163347e05d66e240d7ff9ab27&oe=5B8ECAF0)
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Trump's support amongst blacks growing. (http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/11/black-support-trump-rising-danger-zone-democrats/)
He has a higher rating with blacks than Mitt managed and he's better historically than most Rs in this regard I would bet.
If this stays or improves there will be no "blue wave". The Red Tide will consume all.
Of course that means we're stuck with a bunch of Republicans....
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Trump fills appellate seat that Obama couldn't manage to do for six years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-efforts-move-ahead-wisconsin-judge-riles-dems-042322209--politics.html
Sucks when the worm turns, huh, Dems?
Seems like it would have been better to keep tradition back in 2006 when you decided to blockade EVERYTHING by George W. Bush.
We remember. And we laugh.
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Trump's support amongst blacks growing. (http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/11/black-support-trump-rising-danger-zone-democrats/)
He has a higher rating with blacks than Mitt managed and he's better historically than most Rs in this regard I would bet.
If this stays or improves there will be no "blue wave". The Red Tide will consume all.
Of course that means we're stuck with a bunch of Republicans....
Strangely, this was EXACTLY my hope of all the things that Trump might be able to accomplish. I said to my wife that if he could break the stranglehold the left has on the black population, it would be the greatest thing he could possibly accomplish as president.
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(https://www.allongeorgia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/welcome-to-jereusalem-696x464.jpeg)
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Trump's support amongst blacks growing. (http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/11/black-support-trump-rising-danger-zone-democrats/)
He has a higher rating with blacks than Mitt managed and he's better historically than most Rs in this regard I would bet.
If this stays or improves there will be no "blue wave". The Red Tide will consume all.
Of course that means we're stuck with a bunch of Republicans....
I thought several of the NeverTrump Congressional Republicans were not running for reelection. Not sure if that was all in this election or not. Not everything, but a good start.
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This thread should be stickied.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/05/obamas-legacy-has-already-been-destroyed.html
In one respect, it seems to me, the presidency of Donald Trump has been remarkably successful. In 17 months, he has effectively erased Barack Obama’s two-term legacy.
I don’t want to say or face this. I still want to believe my colleague, Jonathan Chait, whose thesis is that the changes Obama made in his difficult but tenacious eight years in office are too great to reverse.
=)
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The media is, as usual, completely ignoring this major Trump accomplishment: in Donald Trump's America, black women can now hope for their daughters to marry princes, and become dutchesses.
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“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes you just have to wonder how much of the stuff Donald Trump does is deliberate and not quite as haphazard as a lot of people think.
bob
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“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”― Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes you just have to wonder how much of the stuff Donald Trump does is deliberate and not quite as haphazard as a lot of people think.
bob
IIRC, Machiavelli opined that there are times when it's advantageous for the Prince to act a bit .... "crazy." >:D
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https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/deregulation-nation-president-trump-cuts-regulations-at-record-rate/ (https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/deregulation-nation-president-trump-cuts-regulations-at-record-rate/)
Cutting Rules: Baseball season is winding down and, as it does, so is another grueling annual event: The U.S. government's fiscal year. But this year, with just two months to go, something remarkable is happening: Regulations are being slashed at a record rate.
A new report by the American Action Forum (AAF) says that not only is President Trump meeting his deregulation goals, he's exceeding them — in some cases, by a large amount.
"Collectively, executive agencies subject to regulatory budget remain on pace to double the administration's overall saving goal," wrote the AAF's Dan Bosch. "On an individual basis, 12 of 22 agencies have already met or surpassed their savings target."
"The Department of Labor enjoys the largest total savings of covered agencies with $417.2 million," Bosch wrote. "The Department of Health and Human Services comes in second in savings ... at $285.6 million. The Department of Transportation ranks third in annualized savings, followed by the Department of Justice."
All told, the government aimed for savings of about $686.6 million from deregulation so far this year. Right now, the government has saved some $1.308 billion from 47 separate deregulation actions.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BnkJzusAdCG/?taken-by=realdonaldtrump
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Small business optimism at highest point in history. (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/11/small-business-optimism-surges-to-highest-ever.html)
The quit rate, which is not a thing I'd ever heard of, is at it's highest point in 17 years. (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-11/job-openings-in-u-s-increased-in-july-to-record-6-94-million)
That means people have a lot of confidence that there's something better out there. This can only cause wages to go up...
Job postings exceeded the number of unemployed people by 659,000 in July, the most in data back to 2000. Along with the number of quitters, the gap helps explain why wages rose in August at the fastest pace since 2009,
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My income is up nearly 50% since Trump.
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US back in the top ten of economically freest countries according to Cato's metrics. Up five spots since last year. And up 10 spots from the last year in office of the previous guy.
https://www.cato.org/economic-freedom-world
Had the Dem candidate won the election I do not see the US moving back into the top ten, we probably would have dropped even further.
Hong Kong and Singapore retain the top two positions with a score of 8.97 and 8.84 out of 10, respectively. The rest of this year’s top scores are New Zealand, Switzerland, Ireland, United States, Georgia, Mauritius, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
It is worth noting that the United States returned to the top 10 in 2016 after an absence of several years. The rankings of other large economies in this year’s index are Germany (20th), Japan (41st), Italy (54th), France (57th), Mexico (82nd), Russia (87th), India (96th), China (108th), and Brazil (144th). The 10 lowest-rated countries are: Sudan, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Syria, Algeria, Argentina, Libya, and lastly Venezuela.
Damn that Trump!
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US back in the top ten of economically freest countries according to Cato's metrics. Up five spots since last year. And up 10 spots from the last year in office of the previous guy.
https://www.cato.org/economic-freedom-world
Had the Dem candidate won the election I do not see the US moving back into the top ten, we probably would have dropped even further.
Damn that Trump!
Wow. That's amazing.
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And there's a new NAFTA that, hopefully, will eliminate some of the Trade imbalances. No exact details yet.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/09/30/trump-wins-again-reports-of-new-nafta-deal-with-canada/
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HE HAS NO ACCOMPLISHMENTS!
ONLY CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!!!!!
Or so many of my "friends" on facebook are screaming...
I LOVE liberal tears... >:D
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https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/10/06/politics/donald-trump-presidency-supreme-court-economy/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fdrudgereport.com%2F
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Got that pastor out of that Turkish prison.
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Appointed 2 justices to the Supreme Court, in addition to appointing a great many other federal judges. Making the Judiciary Great Again.
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With the 15 that Cocaine Mitch is pushing through, I think that brings the total to 84.
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Trump's 289 accomplishments to date.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trumps-list-289-accomplishments-in-just-20-months-relentless-promise-keeping
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Trump's 289 accomplishments to date.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trumps-list-289-accomplishments-in-just-20-months-relentless-promise-keeping
I could not bring myself to vote for Trump as I thought he could not be trusted. (while still hoping he won, seeing the alternative.)
I could not be happier to have been proven so wrong. I cannot recall a president that has fulfilled his promises as well as Trump has.
(Only comparable, in my lifetime, is the 1994 Contract with America. They didn't promise they'd get everything done on the contract, but that they'd at least get it to the floor for a vote.)
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But wait !!!! There's more !!!
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2018/11/02/panic-time-last-jobsreport-before-midterm-elections-is-stellar-resistance-scrambles-to-downplay/
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Cut taxes, increase tax revenue:
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/16/tax-cuts-produce-record-tax-revenues-from-business/
And now from all that increased economic activity, the federal government has just reported historic record tax revenues in October, the first month of the new fiscal year, of $252,692,000,000.
That’s more than $11.4 billion above revenue for October of last year, which was the previous record tax revenue for an October.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684558517/its-official-the-partial-government-shutdown-is-the-longest-in-u-s-history
[ar15]
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https://www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684558517/its-official-the-partial-government-shutdown-is-the-longest-in-u-s-history
[ar15]
It will cost more than keeping the government open would have. It also ground the economic growth for the first quarter to a halt. Not a real accomplishment.
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It will cost more than keeping the government open would have. It also ground the economic growth for the first quarter to a halt. Not a real accomplishment.
There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in your balance sheets, Horatio.
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Trump accomplishment # 12,744: He got away with it.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-robert-mueller-william-barr-russia-report-20190324-story.html
# 12,743: He bent that paragon of civic virtue, Robert Mueller, to his insidious will.
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Today at the NRA show, he announced that the US is pulling out of the UN arms treaty.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-us-withdrawal-from-un-arms-trade-treaty
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[img]https://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/attachments/general-chit-chat/2927794d1555643069-meme-fb_img_1555638007006.jpg
:rofl:
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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/13/president-trump-signs-bill-fund-state-level-gun-range-expansion/
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=D
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Low skill workers seeing their wages quickly rising. (https://www.prosperousamerica.org/faster_growth_is_paying_off_for_low_skilled_workers)
A lot of good links in this article!
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Faced with tariffs and economic ruin, Mexican officials agreed to place thousands of troops, at their expense, at both their northern and southern borders. Suddenly, no one can get through. A Mexican journalist just named this human wall of Mexican troops "Trump's Wall."
So, in fact, Trump has built the wall, a human wall. And Mexico is paying for it. Bravo.
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2020/01/26/mexico-is-paying-for-trumps-wall-n2560095
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Not certain if this qualifies as an accomplishment, but some good news for Trump on the litigation front:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-hands-trump-win-rules-dem-lawmakers-cannot-sue-over-business-payments
(only an appeals court ruling, so this is probably not over yet)
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America Made Great Again is the world leader in CO2 reduction.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-led-entire-world-in-reducing-co2-emissions-in-2019
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Trump didn't start a new war or get us involved in an old conflict in his first term.
First time that's been true for a POTUS in 39 years.
https://youtu.be/JOmgfRzW0OU
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Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/09/trump_nominated_for_nobel_peace_prize_putting_the_nobel_committee_on_the_hot_seat.html
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Low skill workers seeing their wages quickly rising. (https://www.prosperousamerica.org/faster_growth_is_paying_off_for_low_skilled_workers)
A lot of good links in this article!
As a highly skilled blue collar worker I have seen my pay go up a dollar per hour each year of Trump’s administration...except for this year, when the *expletive deleted*ing liberals threw their wrench in the works and screwed that up.
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Trump didn't start a new war or get us involved in an old conflict in his first term.
First time that's been true for a POTUS in 39 years.
https://youtu.be/JOmgfRzW0OU
(https://i.imgur.com/XEZVWEF.png)
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(https://sayingimages.com/wp-content/uploads/first-act-as-a-president-war-meme.png)
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Trump nominated for second Nobel Peace Prize:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/president-trump-nominated-second-nobel-peace-prize-swedish-lawmaker-historic-kosova-serbia-peace-agreement/
How many can you win at one time?
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But But what about
The War On Women
The War On Blacks
The War On Hispanics
The War On Gays
The War on Science
The War On The Rose Garden
Millions have died!
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What, he gets no Peace Prize for turning that Iranian generalissimo into a pink mist?
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What, he gets no Peace Prize for turning that Iranian generalissimo into a pink mist?
That was his "I'm not Obama" message
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What, he gets no Peace Prize for turning that Iranian generalissimo into a pink mist?
That would be the Pieces Prize.
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That was his "I'm not Obama" message
Considering Obama’s predilection for drone warfare, Trump at least rhymed with Obama.
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https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/15/media-pushes-unverified-gossip-to-hide-trumps-amazing-economic-and-foreign-policy-achievements/
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently announced another historic month of job growth as the economy added 1.4 million jobs in August. It was the fourth-best month of job growth on record dating back to 1939 (and likely ever), beaten out only by the preceding three months.
As a result, the country’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.4 percent from its post-pandemic high of 14.7 percent. Recall that in April the Congressional Budget Office forecast a 16 percent unemployment rate for the third quarter.
By historical measures — by any measure, really — this is a remarkable resurgence. Based on recent data, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s GDPNow forecasting model increased its prediction for third-quarter GDP growth to 30.8 percent. That would be the highest number on record dating back to 1947 (and, again, likely ever).
Of course, this is all on top of news about the Trump administration’s historic steps towards peace in the Middle East. First, it was the United Arab Emirates and Israel making peace. Then Serbia and Kosovo agreed to normalize economic relations with Kosovo (a mostly Muslim nation) recognizing Israel and Serbia moving its embassy to Jerusalem.
Then Bahrain and Israel agreed to normalize relations. Despite protestations from the Palestinians, the Arab League refused to condemn the Israel/UAE deal. Saudi Arabia agreed to let Israeli commercial aircraft fly over its territory.
As a result, the president received two nominations for a Nobel Peace Award.
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More jobs, less war.
How can people be opposed to that?
Now it's true these are jobs returning from those lost because of the lockdowns but the economy was doing great before that.
If the House can be flipped maybe we could see more and higher tariffs and incentivize more companies to manufacture more things on this side of the tariff wall.
Get good paying manufacturing jobs coming back here with all the good things that would bring with.
I'd love to see re-shoring in such amounts as to cause a massive surge in hiring which would lead to a chronic labor shortage across all industries and skill-sets.
Once that happens employers have to beg for workers, workers won't have to beg for employment. And that means, in general, wages will constantly be on the rise.
With higher wages comes more purchasing power which leads to a more secure life.
And that results in a more stable society. As people, in general, who are less desperate do not resort to short-term thinking or act in unwise ways.
On top of that it would mean shorter supply chains, and that means more secure supply chains and that means less need to patrol the world. Which means less need to get involved in other places' issues. Part of this is energy independence, which means even more security. Which means an even more secure and stable society. It's like a virtuous cycle.
So yeah, Trump is the more jobs, less war candidate.
Given the last few presidents and the opposition from the deep state and their media allies it was quite an accomplishment to get elected once on that platform, and it looks like he's going to do it again.
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So yeah, Trump is the more jobs, less war candidate.
There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle and in the private sector opposed to that, although they would never say so out-loud. Basically, the military industrial complex that Eisenhower warned us about, and most Democrats.
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The first half of this article. (https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/22/census-report-shows-how-jaw-dropping-trumps-economy-was-before-shutdowns/)
The author, though, just can't let Trump's policies be the cause.
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Better article than the above on the same subject.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/president-trumps-economy-2019-largest-increase-median-household-income-ever-obamas-increase-8-years/
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I don't think they understand that if I were on the fence, this would actually sway me to vote for Trump.
Ordering in for malts during a classified briefing is a thumbs up. :laugh:
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/10/20/the-hill-president-trump-ordered-malts-during-a-classified-intelligence-briefing/
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Trump has been releasing the raw footage of his 60 Minutes interview, and CBS is furious, stating that it is detrimental to their fair and balanced reporting. They are not getting the sympathy they were looking for. :laugh:
As one of the comments said, raw footage should always be available of any interview.
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/10/22/cbs-news-is-big-mad-that-donald-trump-has-undermined-their-full-fair-and-contextual-reporting-by-releasing-unedited-60-minutes-footage/
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Trump has been releasing the raw footage of his 60 Minutes interview, and CBS is furious, stating that it is detrimental to their fair and balanced reporting. They are not getting the sympathy they were looking for. :laugh:
As one of the comments said, raw footage should always be available of any interview.
https://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/10/22/cbs-news-is-big-mad-that-donald-trump-has-undermined-their-full-fair-and-contextual-reporting-by-releasing-unedited-60-minutes-footage/
If he released it before it aired, that's bad form and he probably violated their contract. (but he's a lot better at playing dirty than I am and I can't fault him too much for not being totally fair with an enemy.) If he released it at the same time or immediately after broadcast, then good for him.
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This is awesome. Yes I'm generalizing, but in general, the policymaking fed.gov workers I interacted with were the worst. All they cared about was passing new regulations, making stuff I like to do illegal, and creating and enforcing large and ridiculous fines for stuff.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/10/24/this-tweet-has-been-reported-for-being-pornographic-president-trump-strips-job-projection-from-tens-of-thousands-of-policy-wonks/
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This is awesome. Yes I'm generalizing, but in general, the policymaking fed.gov workers I interacted with were the worst. All they cared about was passing new regulations, making stuff I like to do illegal, and creating and enforcing large and ridiculous fines for stuff.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2020/10/24/this-tweet-has-been-reported-for-being-pornographic-president-trump-strips-job-projection-from-tens-of-thousands-of-policy-wonks/
It's a good start but it's 3 1/2 years late.
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This article has a list of accomplishments .... ;/
https://abyssum.org/2020/12/13/how-dare-donald-trump-turn-out-to-be-one-of-the-best-presidents-the-united-states-of-america-has-ever-had-in-spite-of-his-personal-flaws-which-he-never-tried-to-hide-with-the-result-that-his-honesty-c/
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Trump exposed the truth of the mainstream media/news and destroyed their credibility.
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Trump exposed the truth of the mainstream media/news and destroyed their credibility.
80%+ of Americans still believe without question whatever the media talking heads tell them.
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I'm mostly just marveling at how Trump is still living rent free inside of the haters' heads...
Well, no... Because there HAS to be something to hate, and he's still convenient.
And they haven't started the pogroms against the flyover untouchables yet.
Yet.
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1500835075784597506
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It's 24 June, 2022. Can anyone think of any Trump accomplishments not yet listed? :lol: :lol: :lol:
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It's 24 June, 2022. Can anyone think of any Trump accomplishments not yet listed? :lol: :lol: :lol:
He got out of DC alive.
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I do have to wonder how much of his protective unit is Secret Service, and how much is privately funded...
If I was him, I'd be throwing major cash toward someone, because the crazy (at least still in my neighborhood) is still way out there.
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He got out of DC alive.
I was thinking of the Supreme Court victories we've had recently.
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Best President of our lifetime. Yep, that's how bad it's been.
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Trump's greatest accomplishment was providing a focus for the hatred which emanates from the progressive socialists.
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Accomplished 2 indictments, still setting records!
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Accomplished 2 indictments, still setting records!
Are you really that happy to see the DOJ, FBI and CIA weaponized by the democrats and used against their political opponents?
Your support for third world/Soviet style politics is really kind of sad, and disgusting.
But hey, so long as the guy you don't like is the one getting screwed by the guys you support then no worries.
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Lets see how the ATF and FBI treat you if they find out you lied on a
1092 4473
Edited: 4473 not 1092 , brain fart there
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Trump must still be in the good graces of organized crime. I can't believe they don't have dirt on him.
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Buncha Trump accomplishments this week!
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I think this belongs here:
https://twitter.com/LiveAction/status/1677392824294055952?t=ywTXBtoocXEVyRJOkoLUCA&s=19
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Trump must still be in the good graces of organized crime. I can't believe they don't have dirt on him.
I admit, Trump is way cleaner than I imagined him ever to be. The only charges I have seen that may not be total BS are the ones about the classified documents... and that is something that a bunch of other pols have done too, including Biden and Pence. Who are not facing charges, of course.
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Does an historic win in Iowa count as an accomplishment?