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Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:15 PM Mar 2018

Laurence Tribe: Trump got rolled


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The $1.3 Tr spending bill Trump signed into law today included strong new Russia sanctions and a ban on nearly all of Trump’s dumb border wall. Nobody seems to know how that stuff got into the 2,300 pg bill or whether our moronic POTUS had a clue that it was in what he signed.
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Laurence Tribe: Trump got rolled (Original Post) Qutzupalotl Mar 2018 OP
Sanctions, baby. Will they actually be enforced? As usual, we shall wait and see - thanks, Q nt Leghorn21 Mar 2018 #1
They are now law. That's big in itself. Hortensis Mar 2018 #41
+1. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #44
Not funny says Putin. Sneederbunk Mar 2018 #2
+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #5
lol says Cha Cha Mar 2018 #14
Bwahahaha! WheelWalker Mar 2018 #21
Nah, it's funny. herding cats Mar 2018 #23
allow me to post this again.... mnmoderatedem Mar 2018 #46
Hahaha! Rachel just babylonsister Mar 2018 #3
A small silver lining AllyCat Mar 2018 #39
Terrific. Corvo Bianco Mar 2018 #4
a white house staff that wasn't always caught up in drama and infighting might have caught this unblock Mar 2018 #6
what staff? isn't it just him, kelly, conway and sanders at this point? lol Takket Mar 2018 #18
Bet no one in WH even read the Bill. Lol nt PufPuf23 Mar 2018 #26
tRump was whining during his fake press conference that no one knew Grammy23 Mar 2018 #29
well who's gonna tell him? ginnyinWI Mar 2018 #32
Shit, I'd bet nobody in Congress read it... Wounded Bear Mar 2018 #37
He don't need no steenking staff! dchill Mar 2018 #25
I don't think he really cares about much, except golfing, promoting his brand, struggle4progress Mar 2018 #7
He cares about the jail term thats coming for him sharedvalues Mar 2018 #8
Well, that is a pleasant thought, but I won't count that little chickie before it hatches struggle4progress Mar 2018 #9
True. Control what we can control : 2018. Vote! Organize. sharedvalues Mar 2018 #10
Nope... no counting chickies before Cha Mar 2018 #16
You've got him nailed. He's even lazy about his golf game. VOX Mar 2018 #24
Like this? Xipe Totec Mar 2018 #11
Paul Ryan said Trump knew what was in the bill, that he went through it with him. Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #12
Attention span of a Cha Mar 2018 #17
that would have been fun to watch! n/t ginnyinWI Mar 2018 #33
You're giving me visions. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #36
LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2018 #43
Oh my Hekate Mar 2018 #13
When informed of his error The President of the United States said, "I was bad, I need a spanking". grantcart Mar 2018 #15
45 wins the election... apkhgp Mar 2018 #19
Yep, master deal maker SCantiGOP Mar 2018 #20
the moron can tell his minions, NOT MY FAULT NO WALL!!! pansypoo53219 Mar 2018 #22
I want a link - details about the wall thing RainCaster Mar 2018 #27
Straight from the whinger-in-chief: Qutzupalotl Mar 2018 #35
so is this how the GOP reins in Trump? RussBLib Mar 2018 #28
donnie didn't read 2 pages not fooled Mar 2018 #30
he deserves it. ginnyinWI Mar 2018 #31
Trump. Blue_true Mar 2018 #34
Also much-needed increases for social security CousinIT Mar 2018 #38
And rather than cutting NEA and NEH funding, it increased them! nolabear Mar 2018 #40
Pays to be able to read or even process what people say. MoonRiver Mar 2018 #42
Why did Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris vote no? oberliner Mar 2018 #45

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
41. They are now law. That's big in itself.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:41 PM
Mar 2018

And a terrifically good joke, even though that wasn't the point.

babylonsister

(170,956 posts)
3. Hahaha! Rachel just
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:21 PM
Mar 2018

enlightened me. There's an angel out there who inserted the part about sanctions and no one knows who it is.
Now it's signed because...dt.

AllyCat

(16,031 posts)
39. A small silver lining
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:31 PM
Mar 2018

Or perhaps bigger than we think. Same with he border wall? Was that an anonymous “insertion”? That last sentence doesn’t sound right.

unblock

(51,973 posts)
6. a white house staff that wasn't always caught up in drama and infighting might have caught this
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:24 PM
Mar 2018


serves him right.

Grammy23

(5,807 posts)
29. tRump was whining during his fake press conference that no one knew
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:57 PM
Mar 2018

what was in the bill because no one had read it. It was “new” and there wasn’t time to read it. So yea, he probably didn’t have a clue. Boy, will he be steamed when he finds out!

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
32. well who's gonna tell him?
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:09 AM
Mar 2018

Not the WH staff, and probably not FOX News. So we are safe. Take the boy out on the golf course tomorrow and he'll forget he even signed a bill.

What I want to know is, what kind of media splash is he going to produce on Monday to cover up the 60 Minutes interview fallout?

struggle4progress

(118,032 posts)
7. I don't think he really cares about much, except golfing, promoting his brand,
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:33 PM
Mar 2018

and babbling towards adoring crowds

Whether he gets much money for his wall may not matter very much to him, as long as he can blather about it, without being contradicted

Being the lazy fuckwit he is, there;s not much reason to hope he'll take care that the laws be faithfully executed, for Russia sanctions or anything else: this is dangerous and IMO impeachable, but perhaps not enough people will pay attention

VOX

(22,976 posts)
24. You've got him nailed. He's even lazy about his golf game.
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 11:05 PM
Mar 2018

I agree, he's a know-nothing regarding most things. Flies by the seat of his pants most of the time.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
12. Paul Ryan said Trump knew what was in the bill, that he went through it with him.
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 09:59 PM
Mar 2018

Pre-emptive - for when Trump tries to say that he didn't know what was in the bill. Ryan has done a CYA.

But of course, it would've taken hours, if not days, to explain everything that is in the bill. Trump has the attention span of a 5 year old child. So no doubt there are things in the bill that Trump doesn't know about, that most Repubs don't know about.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
36. You're giving me visions.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 11:55 AM
Mar 2018

Ryan holding posterboards with cartoonish illustrations of tanks and airplanes, deportees being thrown over the border, Putin riding a Tennessee Walker gifted from us, and a gold toilet for Air Force One.

.................
.

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
19. 45 wins the election...
Fri Mar 23, 2018, 10:16 PM
Mar 2018

All three sections of government are Right Wing controlled. Yet he gets pushed into signing a bill that limits his border wall funds. He got a lot of power from that election victory.


Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
35. Straight from the whinger-in-chief:
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:19 AM
Mar 2018




From Fox:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/22/funding-for-border-wall-in-spending-bill-divides-conservatives-and-establishment-republicans.html

Trump had requested $1.6 billion in funding for the border wall, with additional money for border technology, and appeared to have secured that in the spending bill. But a closer look indicates that it differs from what Trump requested.

The $1.6 billion funding offers:

Some $251 million for 14 miles of “secondary fencing” along the southwest border in the San Diego Sector.

It also funds $445 million for 25 miles of “primary pedestrian levee fencing” along the southwest border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, as well as an additional $196 million for fencing along the same border. White House budget director Mick Mulvaney indicated this would be an additional eight miles, less than the 32 miles the White House requested.

It also gives $445 million for the “replacement of existing primary pedestrian fencing along the southwest border.”


Also see this thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210404429

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
30. donnie didn't read 2 pages
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:01 AM
Mar 2018

let alone 2,000.




No or minimal $$$$$ squandered on the Cambridge Analytica Wall*, that's a good thing.


*named in their honor because the idea was tested by them before donnie even heard of such a thing.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
31. he deserves it.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:06 AM
Mar 2018

Won't do his homework--his due diligence. Won't hire anyone but sycophants to help him out--certainly doesn't hire on the basis of qualifications.

He is too stupid to know how stupid and uneducated he is. Thinks "seat of the pants" is good enough. Thinks he can lie his way out of anything. Thinks all that matters are the optics.

I don't think it is possible to un-sign a bill, is it?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
34. Trump.
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:15 AM
Mar 2018

Seem to have a big problem with reading comprehension and has packed the West Wing with bootlicking idiots. So yes, I likely don't even know what is even in the title of the bill.

CousinIT

(9,151 posts)
38. Also much-needed increases for social security
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 12:21 PM
Mar 2018
http://www.ncpssm.org/EntitledtoKnow/categoryid/22/social-security

In a rare victory for seniors, the passage of the FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations bill in Congress increases funding for several programs that assist the elderly – and gives a much-needed boost to the beleaguered Social Security Administration. The bill favorably responds to a March 14 letter from the National Committee to House and Senate Appropriations Committees members, urging them to prioritize funding for federal programs and agencies vitally important to older Americans. In passing this bill, Congress defied President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, which called for severe cutbacks to – or outright elimination of – several federal programs which vulnerable seniors depend upon.

In the omnibus bill, the Social Security Administration (SSA) gets an increase of $480 million over the previous fiscal year, including $100 million for reducing the backlog in Social Security Disability Insurance hearings – which some 10,000 Americans died waiting for in 2017. The funding bump – which the National Committee has long advocated – should also alleviate some of the excessively long wait times for customer service on SSA’s toll-free phone line and in-person at SSA field offices.

On March 7th, National Committee president Max Richtman testified before the House Social Security subcommittee, urging members to adequately fund SSA. The agency had been subject to an 11% budget reduction since 2010, causing severe cutbacks in customer service at a time when 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day.

The Omnibus bill also includes $59 million more for Older Americans Act Senior Nutrition programs and an increase of $250 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), while the State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) receives a modest increase in funding. The spending plan also gives a $414 million boost to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Alzheimer’s and dementia research.
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
45. Why did Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Kamala Harris vote no?
Sat Mar 24, 2018, 04:21 PM
Mar 2018

Presumably this bill is not all that great.

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