March 22, 2018

The national debt has gone up $1 trillion in 6 months, and guess what Trump signed in February ...

This IMHO is why the Kochs and super rich like Trumps non-stop chaos and drama, bad things get done and no one notices

I bet a lot of people missed this one, I sure did ....

The national debt has gone up $1 trillion in the last 6 months (for reference, under Obama it took almost 2 years to go up that much)

And remember all those drop down battles the Republicans had with Obama over extending the debt limit??

Well, well... guess what the Kochs Bros and their rich pals had dumbass Donnie sign in February....

"a debt-limit suspension in February, allowing unlimited borrowing through March 1, 2019"

These rich bastards are robbing us blind right under our noses

Unbelievable .......



It didn’t take long for the U.S. to rack up another trillion dollars of debt

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/it-didnt-take-long-for-the-us-to-rack-up-another-trillion-dollars-of-debt-2018-03-20

It has taken a little more than six months for the U.S. national debt to grow by a trillion dollars, a quick clip that has little precedent over the nation’s recent history.

Last week, the debt hit $21 trillion for the first time, rising from the $20 trillion mark it notched on Sept. 8. The debt is guaranteed to go higher, with President Donald Trump having signed a debt-limit suspension in February, allowing unlimited borrowing through March 1, 2019. Economists expect wider deficits to result from the tax cut Trump signed in December.

While a trillion-dollar increase over roughly six months isn’t unprecedented — there was one in 2009, during the Great Recession, and another in 2010 — it’s certainly fast.

The national debt exceeded $20 trillion in September 2017, after taking 20 months to add a trillion dollars. A debt limit that had been in place since March 2015 was raised in March 2017, and again on Sept. 8, 2017.


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March 22, 2018

Federal judge rips lying, anti-democracy vote suppressor Kris Kobach to shreds

In case you haven't heard, Kris Kobach is a lying democracy hating piece of excrement, and this federal judge was having none of it.

Koback has already been charged and fined $1,000 for lying to the courts.

Now this dirtbag is busted again in suppressing and trying to keep Americans from being able to vote, so this is from yet another Kris Kobach contempt of court hearing ....


Federal judge doesn’t hold back on Kris Kobach’s deceit of Kansas voters

"You are under ethical obligation to tell me the truth," the judge said. "That’s why lawyers are licensed."

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https://thinkprogress.org/judge-admonishes-kobach-abb4a806ef01/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ab326be04d3017914fd70d6&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter


A Kansas federal judge had sharp words for Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach during a contempt hearing Tuesday, accusing him of misleading the court and failing to inform voters whose registrations were previously suspended that they are eligible to vote.

In May 2016, Judge Julie Robinson issued a preliminary injunction ordering Kobach “to register for federal elections all otherwise eligible motor voter registration applicants,” whether or not they have shown a documentary proof of citizenship. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit challenging Kobach’s proof of citizenship law, argued that Kobach was failing to add voters to the rolls, making eligible voters cast provisional ballots, and failing to send voters affected by the preliminary injunction a postcard that would notify them of their registration status.

In a telephone conference in October 2016, roughly five months after the injunction, Kobach made a verbal promise that counties would send postcards to voters who had previously been on the suspense list for not showing proof of citizenship, but became registered because of the court’s order, informing them of their registration status.In court Tuesday, Kobach and his attorneys claimed the judge never ordered them to send those postcards to voters, but the judge didn’t buy that argument. “Why would I order something you told me you’d take care of?” the judge said, according to ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman, who was in the courtroom. “You are under ethical obligation to tell me the truth… that’s why lawyers are licensed.”

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“These are not merely technical violations of the order; they have real consequences for all affected Kansans,” the ACLU wrote. “The refusal to register the plaintiffs deprives them of the most basic protections afforded to registered voters… Because of the Secretary’s defiance of the Order, covered voters have received no assurance that they may participate in the upcoming election or that their votes will be counted.” The ACLU claimed that Kobach’s actions could have a “chilling effect,” suppressing turnout in upcoming elections.


More on the link

https://thinkprogress.org/judge-admonishes-kobach-abb4a806ef01/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5ab326be04d3017914fd70d6&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter