Lets see if we can keep this thread a little more civil.

I found this interview very interesting.  A lot of soft balls thrown at Trump, he explained his back pedalling on his more extreme issues as a lot of his claims as opening bids for negotiation purposes.  Which .. whatever .. I still think that those are insincere claims he used to get elected.

He does now come across way more presidential then he did prior to the election.  A lot of his noise, yelling, and rhetoric has been scaled back.

Do respect this one though:

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Lesley Stahl: Are you gonna take the salary, the president’s salary?

Donald Trump: Well, I’ve never commented on this, but the answer is no. I think I have to by law take $1, so I’ll take $1 a year. But it’s a -- I don’t even know what it is.

Donald Trump: Do you know what the salary is?

Lesley Stahl: $400,000 you’re giving up.

Donald Trump: No, I’m not gonna take the salary. I’m not taking it.

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minutes-donald-trump-family-melania-ivanka-lesley-stahl/

The W.H. Administration wants Dr Fauci gone. Right now, they’ve removed him from public appearances. But that’s not enough. He’s too popular. So, their next strategy is to smear him so they can dutifully say “we cannot follow his advice any longer”, clearing the way for their own agenda. 
Stephen Moore, a member of the task force for opening the economy, is preparing a new attack on Fauci. 
And, you want to know what they’re leading the attack with? A memo called Dr Wrong.
Isn’t that just brilliant?

2 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

The W.H. Administration wants Dr Fauci gone. Right now, they’ve removed him from public appearances. But that’s not enough. He’s too popular. So, their next strategy is to smear him so they can dutifully say “we cannot follow his advice any longer”, clearing the way for their own agenda. 
Stephen Moore, a member of the task force for opening the economy, is preparing a new attack on Fauci. 
And, you want to know what they’re leading the attack with? A memo called Dr Wrong.
Isn’t that just brilliant?

Not to mention ironic as hell: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/22/trump-has-flipped-fed-will-conservatives-join-him/

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Conservative economist Stephen Moore criticized the Federal Reserve during the Obama administration for keeping interest rates low, arguing that the policy could lead to an uncontrollable rise in inflation.

But now the former adviser to President Trump says he’s untroubled by Trump calling on the Fed to keep interest rates down. Raising interest rates too quickly, Moore said, could disrupt the healthy American economy.

“I have to confess: I was wrong about inflation in 2009 and 2010. I thought there would be a lot of inflation with the Fed lowering rates to practically zero, and that was wrong,” said Moore, an economist with the Heritage Foundation, in an interview Wednesday. “How are we going to get growth if the Fed tries to snuff it out every time the economy is doing well?”

Moore and other conservatives face a conundrum: After calling for the Fed to increase interest rates, they have to decide whether to join a Republican president in calling for lower ones.

Typical republican dirtbag.

On Laura, Toronto as much as some in Toronto and apparently you think is in not part of the US.

 

Yeah communion is about the worst idea during a pandemic. Like I understand the importance of it, but cripes people it is all the do not dos of a pandemic.

Apparently, it's not even an accurate story:

Leave it to right wing idiots like Ingraham to share lies and misinformation, though.

6 hours ago, Mr Dee said:

The W.H. Administration wants Dr Fauci gone. Right now, they’ve removed him from public appearances. But that’s not enough. He’s too popular. So, their next strategy is to smear him so they can dutifully say “we cannot follow his advice any longer”, clearing the way for their own agenda. 
Stephen Moore, a member of the task force for opening the economy, is preparing a new attack on Fauci. 
And, you want to know what they’re leading the attack with? A memo called Dr Wrong.
Isn’t that just brilliant?

Have been listening for a while, to Mnuchin, Moore, De Vos, Kushner, Pence, and of course Trump.   Some common denominators:

The agenda (Trump's re-election) and the state of the stock markets, are the overriding concern
Any medical or scientific facts that don't jibe with the agenda, must be ignored
Everybody or anybody else, between the Ramp and the Easter bunny is responsible for the shambolic Federal response
Downplaying the virus, misinformation and the suppression of unwanted information is paramount
Pretending that this administration has a plan or the intent to create and implement a plan to combat the virus
None of these people truly give a damn, how may Americans must die, to fulfill their agenda

 

 

It's pretty crazy what the USA has turned into:

 

 

On the same week that new coronavirus cases in Georgia hit record highs, Trump told an ABC affiliate in Atlanta that "Georgia has been a great example of a state that has done it all right ... they've done really well with the virus."
And he says...
The president is adamant about opening schools all across the nation because “the virus virtually has no impact on children, they’re just stronger than we are, their immune system or whatever it may be”.
Meanwhile, (hee,hee) Schools in most California counties, representing more than 80% of the state's population, won't open for in-person classes this fall, the governor says.
 

58 minutes ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

It's pretty crazy what the USA has turned into:

 

 

Clearly under this administration criminals are rewarded, and patriots are vilified, makes sense because Trump and his cronies are all criminals and other criminals have incriminating evidence against them so you either protect said criminals or depose of them

Speaking of criminals

 

 

Fox News interview (airs Sunday)
I agree with Aaron Rupar that trump is already rattled. 
Finally, somebody calls him out on  what he’s spewing and Trump is actively waving his hands as he does when he’s getting annoyed. Right off, he’s calling for assistance to try and prove that he knows what he’s talking about. So far, so good.

3 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

 

Fox News interview (airs Sunday)
I agree with Aaron Rupar that trump is already rattled. 
Finally, somebody calls him out on  what he’s spewing and Trump is actively waving his hands as he does when he’s getting annoyed. Right off, he’s calling for assistance to try and prove that he knows what he’s talking about. So far, so good.

Trump stands like and idiot sits like an idiot, ergo he is an idiot, is that his power stance, does he think he is intimidating.

Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues. The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland.

Portland has been invaded by federal agents—including unidentified, camouflage-clad officers who have emerged from unmarked minivans to arrest protesters. These officers have reportedly refused to say what agency they work for. But their supposed authority to police Oregon’s largest city and make arrests appears to rest on a June 26 executive order by President Donald Trump calling for the protection of statues, monuments, and federal property.

Black Lives Matter protests in Portland have continued this month, drawing attention from Trump, who falsely described the city as “totally out of control.” Trump also threatened this week to “take over” cities he claims are suffering from crime sprees. Agents from US Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been in Portland since early this month. But on July 14, protesters began to document instances in which armed agents wearing masks and military-style fatigues emerged from unmarked vehicles, detained protesters with no explanation, and drove away.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/federal-agents-portland-border-patrol-chad-wolf-statues/

( This is stunning. Trump is using border patrol agents as his private militia and the border patrol has already stated that they are not answerable to the courts. They are functioning as secret police apart from the FBI or regular police forces)

3 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump stands like and idiot sits like an idiot, ergo he is an idiot, is that his power stance, does he think he is intimidating.

It is just a matter of time until Trump erupts. It will be explained by his lackeys as a reasonable response to all the attacks and unfair treatment he has been getting.

9 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Trump stands like and sits like an idiot, ergo he is an idiot, is that his power stance, does he think he is intimidating.

he looks like he's pooping. 

35 minutes ago, bustamente said:

Speaking of criminals

 

For the unemployed.....that advice isn't worth a hill of beans...

18 minutes ago, do or die said:

that advice isn't worth a hill of beans...

Unless, of course, they are Goya beans..🙃

Bill Stepien is Trump's campaign manager:

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RBG's Cancer Returns

If I was American I would be terrified with the new found powers that Custom and Borders Agents have, imagine uniformed agents driving around in unmarked vehicles taking protesters into custody..............this happens in certain countries around the world but to happen in states shows you that the right to protest is not looked on to favorably buy the current federal government

 

 

Hey Kids, blink twice if you are being held against your will

 

On 2020-07-16 at 5:11 PM, Tracker said:

and that a mysterious figure named "Q" is giving them periodic updates about their battle.

And now we know why he had such a low opinion of humans.

 

 

Edited July 18, 20205 yr by Jacquie

9 hours ago, Tracker said:

Federal Agents Invade Portland, Citing Trump’s Executive Order Protecting Statues. The Border Patrol says it has authority to “conduct arrests” in Portland.

Portland has been invaded by federal agents—including unidentified, camouflage-clad officers who have emerged from unmarked minivans to arrest protesters. These officers have reportedly refused to say what agency they work for. But their supposed authority to police Oregon’s largest city and make arrests appears to rest on a June 26 executive order by President Donald Trump calling for the protection of statues, monuments, and federal property.

Black Lives Matter protests in Portland have continued this month, drawing attention from Trump, who falsely described the city as “totally out of control.” Trump also threatened this week to “take over” cities he claims are suffering from crime sprees. Agents from US Marshals Service, Federal Protective Service, Homeland Security Investigations, and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been in Portland since early this month. But on July 14, protesters began to document instances in which armed agents wearing masks and military-style fatigues emerged from unmarked vehicles, detained protesters with no explanation, and drove away.

https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/07/federal-agents-portland-border-patrol-chad-wolf-statues/

( This is stunning. Trump is using border patrol agents as his private militia and the border patrol has already stated that they are not answerable to the courts. They are functioning as secret police apart from the FBI or regular police forces)

yup, this is not bullshit. border patrol goons conducting abductions right off the street in Portland.  Trump is talking about Seattle, Minneapolis next as part of the GOP's "cities are burning" narrative. 

Trump knows his base won't follow him into a foreign war, but they're sure as hell follow him into a much cheaper civil war.