What stupid shit has Trump done today?

[spring-peeper]

love the faces on the women's faces!!!!

the guys didn't scrunch their noses up like they did.

 

[CRI]

love the faces on the women's faces!!!!

the guys didn't scrunch their noses up like they did.

At one point, Trump asked the Coach if she'd like to work in the White House and she said "no." She's the one pointing to the congealed fast food and scrunching her nose above!

It's almost like Trump and his advisers sat down and thought seriously about how to hold a dinner to "honour" college sports men and women (many of whom would be Black) but in such a way that it shows you really don't give two shits about them. Oh yes, a pile of Big Macs and other cheap fast food, and we'll make them take the wrappers off and get special sauce all over their fancy outfits, too. Brilliant!

 

[Don Troooomp]

I'll bet the orange twat wants to keep them hidden - He's knows there's something damaging in there.

Trump team sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One to keep them from turning over financial records to Congress - CNNPolitics

(CNN)President Donald Trump; his children Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka; and his business are suing two banks to block them from turning over financial records to congressional committees that have issued subpoenas for the information. It's the second attempt in court that Trump has made this month to thwart the Democratic-led House of Representatives from investigating his financial history.

The legal action, filed in New York's Southern District, is against Deutsche Bank, one of Trump's lenders, and Capital One. Both banks "have long provided business and personal banking services to Plaintiffs," Trump's attorneys said.

 

[spring-peeper]

Trump wants asylum seekers to pay fee

US President Donald Trump wants asylum seekers to pay a fee to have their applications processed in the latest move in his crackdown on migration.

The direction was given in a presidential memorandum on Monday, which called for a slew of new rules.

The president also wants to disqualify asylum seekers who enter the United States illegally from obtaining temporary work permits.

Critics say that fees would put the process out of reach for many people.

In his memo, Mr Trump said the fee would not exceed the cost of processing the applications, but estimates have not yet been provided of what this may be.

 

[Chilli.s]

I'll bet the orange twat wants to keep them hidden - He's knows there's something damaging in there.

Let's hope so. My fantasy is that his only real income is from inheritance and all the rest is from tax avoidance and other dodgy practice.

 

[CRI]

Another worrying development that's probably going under the radar.

In short, it's threatening people who organise demonstrations with being sued if anyone on the demonstration happens to do something that causes harm. Suits like this should be overturned by the higher level courts, but remember all the scores of unqualified, inexperienced, Trump/GOP loyalist judges that have been fast tracked to fill judicial vacancies over the past couple years . . . including on the Supreme Court. Yeah, that.

A Segregation-Era Tactic Makes a Comeback

On July 9, 2016, a group of Black Lives Matter activists blocked the highway in front of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, police department headquarters to protest the July 5 killing of Alton Sterling. Someone threw a hard object at police, injuring a BPRD officer, who later reported “loss of teeth, a jaw injury, a brain injury, a head injury, lost wages, ‘and other compensable losses.’”


DeRay Mckesson, a high-profile, Baltimore-based Black Lives Matter organizer, was arrested along with more than 100 others. The anonymous officer, referred to as John Doe, sued McKesson and the entire Black Lives Matter movement, alleging that “McKesson did nothing to prevent the violence or to calm the crowd” and that he “incited the violence.”

A federal district judge dismissed the lawsuit in September 2017...At that point, Doe v. Mckesson seemed like one of hundreds of nuisance lawsuits filed every year.

A panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held the case from late 2017 until last week, when, without allowing oral argument, the panel reinstated the lawsuit. It said that the officer, if he proves his claims, could collect damages because “Mckesson breached his duty of reasonable care in the course of organizing and leading the Baton Rouge demonstration.”

The Fifth Circuit panel’s decision is clearly wrong under the law as it now stands. There can be no liability, civil or criminal, for speech that “incites” violence unless the defendant can be shown to have intentionally urged violence, knowing that listeners would likely respond immediately with violent behavior.

Here’s the opinion’s entire discussion of the First Amendment: “the First Amendment does not protect violence.” This, while true, is irrelevant. Mckesson isn’t accused of any violent act. He’s accused of “negligently” leading a protest at which someone else became violent.

In a statement, Alanah Odom Hebert, executive director of the Louisiana chapter of the ACLU, put it this way: “The principles outlined in this decision put civil disobedience at risk. If this doctrine had existed during the civil rights movement there would not have been a civil rights movement.”

 

[CRI]

Well, this guy Trump wants to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board is pretty "special." Must be bad if even some Republicans aren't so sure about him.

(It's paywalled unless you've got free articles, so I've included some "gems" from him below.)

White House Reviewing Stephen Moore’s Writings

In a serious tone, Mr. Moore said he would like to see more preteens working. “I’m a radical on this,” he said. “I’d get rid of a lot of these child labor laws. I want people starting to work at 11, 12.”

In 2014, Mr. Moore wrote a column for National Review, in which he said women earning more than men “could be disruptive to family stability.”

"...One of the reasons you’ve seen the decline of the family, not just in the black community, but also it’s happening now in the white community as well, is because women are more economically self-sufficient.”

Shortly after Mr. Trump was elected president, Mr. Moore broke from a talk about health care to tell his audience a joke about the departing first family. “By the way, did you see, there’s that great cartoon going along?” he said. “A New York Times headline: ‘First Thing Donald Trump Does as President Is Kick a Black Family Out of Public Housing,’ and it has Obama leaving the White House. I mean, I just love that one. Just a great one.”

In August 2017, appearing on CNN, Mr. Moore argued with the host John Berman about whether slavery caused the Civil War and defended Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general whom Mr. Trump praised last week.

After the white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Va., that killed a woman in August 2017, he wrote a column warning of the rise of left-wing violence in America, reminiscent of Mr. Trump’s “both sides” remarks.

 

[petee]

there are few i'd like to see in the slammer more than this guy.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/ho...-alleged-lies-for-trump/#.XMhTw8FCqk8.twitter

 

[CRI]

there are few i'd like to see in the slammer more than this guy.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/ho...-alleged-lies-for-trump/#.XMhTw8FCqk8.twitter

Oh yeah, and his sister. Cripes, the list is pretty long!

 

[sparkybird]

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[Don Troooomp]

there are few i'd like to see in the slammer more than this guy.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/ho...-alleged-lies-for-trump/#.XMhTw8FCqk8.twitter

The Blackwater bastard - He definitely deserves prison time.
Trump told him not to answer questions - Isn't that obstruction?

 

[petee]

Oh yeah, and his sister.

amazing, isn't it, devos and prince sibs.

 

[CRI]

Not exactly surprised by this . . .

Mueller complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of Mueller’s work, according to a copy of the letter reviewed Tuesday by The Washington Post.

At the time the letter was sent on March 27, Barr had announced that Mueller had not found a conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russian officials seeking to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Barr also said Mueller had not reached a conclusion about whether Trump had tried to obstruct justice, but Barr reviewed the evidence and found it insufficient to support such a charge.

Justice Department officials said Tuesday they were taken aback by the tone of Mueller’s letter, and it came as a surprise to them that he had such concerns. Until they received the letter, they believed Mueller was in agreement with them on the process of reviewing the report and redacting certain types of information, a process that took several weeks. Barr has testified to Congress previously that Mueller declined the opportunity to review his four-page letter to lawmakers that distilled the essence of the special counsel’s findings.

Barr is scheduled to appear Wednesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee — a much-anticipated public confrontation between the nation’s top law enforcement official and Democratic lawmakers, where he is likely to be questioned at length about his interactions with Mueller.

 

[spring-peeper]

Fox Host Says Doug Ford Is Proof Trump's Style Is Taking Off

 

[Yossarian]

Fox Host Says Doug Ford Is Proof Trump's Style Is Taking Off

Seems more the other way around - the Ford brothers brought their clown show to Toronto politics even before Trump came out with his Obama birther shit.

 

[CRI]

Not exactly surprised by this . . .

Mueller complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe

Well, this guy Trump wants to nominate to the Federal Reserve Board is pretty "special." Must be bad if even some Republicans aren't so sure about him.

(It's paywalled unless you've got free articles, so I've included some "gems" from him below.)

White House Reviewing Stephen Moore’s Writings

Christ this guy . . .

 

[CRI]

Not exactly surprised by this . . .

Mueller complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe

I'm so old, I remember this!

 

[CRI]

Yup - Barr lied to Congress. Caught red handed.

 

[spring-peeper]

Taxpayers Paid Team Trump’s $1,000 Mar-a-Lago Bar Bill: Report

A $1,000 bar bill racked up by Team Trump during a heavy night at the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort was paid for by taxpayers, according to an investigation by ProPublica.

The $1,076 bill—reportedly run up by a group including then-strategist Steve Bannon and then-Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin—covered 54 drinks coming in at $18.62 each.

Mar-a-Lago sent the bill to the State Department, which refused to pay, but it was eventually covered by the White House.

It’s one example of how Trump’s administration pays tax money to a club where Trump reaps the revenue. ProPublica reports that there are hundreds of pages of receipts and email correspondence showing government spending at Trump clubs.

They show the president’s company charges the maximum allowable federal rate for hotel rooms of $546 per night.

The government was also charged more than $3,500 for conference space at Mar-a-Lago, but asked for and got a 10 percent discount so that it wouldn’t violate spending rules.

 

[Don Troooomp]

Yup - Barr lied to Congress. Caught red handed.

The Mueller letter was sent in March, thus Barr is on video lying under oath.
Prison time.

 

[CRI]

Just a reminder that Trump is and has always been a bigoted shitstain.

 

[treelover]

Just watched Knock Down the House on Netflix, the far right are all over the reviews, I think it may have a positive impact, the four working class women are amazing, it will be interesting if Trump comments on it, though he is hardly mentioned as it was an internal fight.


Knock Down the House (2019) - Knock Down the House (2019) - User Reviews - IMDb

The right are all over the sites, down voting it, so watch it and get reviewing

 

[Don Troooomp]

Just a reminder that Trump is and has always been a bigoted shitstain.

We need a reminder?

 

[CRI]

Holy shit - it's worth watching the whole 5 minutes. Sen. Harris absolutely skewered him!

 

[CRI]

Hmmm, as I've said before, I'd prefer if Joe Biden retired gracefully rather than throwing his hat in the ring, but he's done that and from polls, appears to be the front runner. Early days and plenty could happen, so that doesn't really mean anything. Sounds like he's riled the hell out of Trump though.

However, caught this snippet from the Twitters from an article that's unfortunately behind a paywall. It suggests Trump is already manufacturing evidence to launch a Benghazi stylie investigation into Biden to exclude him from the running. That is not a good thing.

 

[spring-peeper]

Trump Tower: Seven Foreign Governments Rented Condos in 2017 Without Congressional Approval

Seven foreign governments reportedly rented luxury condos in New York’s Trump World Tower in 2017—without approval from Congress.

Reuters reports that, in the eight months following Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration, foreign governments sent 13 notes to the State Department asking permission to rent or renew leases in Trump World Tower.

The governments of Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Thailand, and the European Union got the go-ahead to rent a total of eight units.

Capitol Hill staffers told Reuters the lease requests were never submitted to Congress.

The agreements are therefore a potential breach of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which bans officials from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments without consent from Congress. Elijah Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, said: “This new information raises serious questions about the president and his businesses’ potential receipt of payments from foreign governments...

The American public deserves full transparency.”

 

[spring-peeper]

Trump administration creates new religious, moral protections for health workers

The Trump administration is moving to strengthen the rights of health care workers who have religious and moral objections to certain procedures such as abortions.

A policy announced Thursday would finalize broad rules to protect health workers and institutions from having to violate their religious or moral beliefs by participating in abortions, providing contraception, sterilization, or other procedures.

President Trump first made the announcement in the Rose Garden during a ceremony for the National Day of Prayer.

The rule represents a major victory for Christian and anti-abortion groups that are close allies of the administration.

“Finally, laws prohibiting government funded discrimination against conscience and religious freedom will be enforced like every other civil rights law,” said OCR Director Roger Severino.

“This rule ensures that healthcare entities and professionals won’t be bullied out of the health care field because they decline to participate in actions that violate their conscience, including the taking of human life."

 

[Ming]

Holy shit - it's worth watching the whole 5 minutes. Sen. Harris absolutely skewered him!

Thing is she did make him look like the piece of shit he is but i want convictions and jail time for these fuckers. Consequences. Just making someone stonewall for ten minutes achieves nothing. Republicans (like Tories) don't do 'shame' unfortunately. In fact i bet they actually enjoy these public displays of their power. Kind of...'YOU DON'T LIKE US WE DON'T CARE!' sort of thing.

 

[CRI]

Thing is she did make him look like the piece of shit he is but i want convictions and jail time for these fuckers. Consequences. Just making someone stonewall for ten minutes achieves nothing. Republicans (like Tories) don't do 'shame' unfortunately. In fact i bet they actually enjoy these public displays of their power. Kind of...'YOU DON'T LIKE US WE DON'T CARE!' sort of thing.

Absolutely Trump, his administration and GOP politicians lie openly, because their purpose isn't to deceive, it's to demonstrate their power.

I'm sure I read that Bob Mueller is going to give testimony I think in the House shortly. He's gone on record to say Bill Barr lied, so I would hope that could be the tipping point. Doesn't have to mean impeaching Trump - Barr would be a good starting point.

I worry though that there are enough Americans who will watch testimony and regardless of what they hear and see, will stick to their beliefs . . . that Trump is akin to the Messiah and everyone who questions or challenges him is evil. And, there are others who just find it too much, are keeping their heads down and just don't want to know. They are probably the same folks who don't vote. The people who want the corruption and unraveling of the republic to stop will shout at their tvs and feel powerless if the structures aren't there to hold people accountable. I wish I had confidence that sooner or later, the bad guys will lose. I don't though. I mean look at the Brexit situ - every poll, local elections in England, businesses, etc. are all saying don't fucking do it, it's going to be shit on a stick, but you still have the Government, the opposition and state television (the BBC) insisting that it has to happen, regardless. I don't have much faith in a happy ending with that, either.

 

[CRI]

Woman suing city of Pittsburgh: Arrested for not supporting President Trump

Balcom took offense at Figueroa allegedly calling her "sweetheart", and upon her objection, saying she probably was not a Trump supporter.

"He went directly to, 'You probably don't support Trump do you?', and I said, 'No I don't,'" she said.

Matthew Grebner says he was with Balcom and says Figueroa referred to her in a disparaging manner. "She's a bleeding heart liberal but you can't sass at the police," Grebner recalled Figueroa as saying.

Balcom was arrested minutes later and charged with burglary and trespassing, but those charges were later dropped.