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PsychoBabble's JournalSo stupid that even the GOP don't buy it
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/state-department-cuts-trumpTrump's Proposal To Gut The State Department Runs Into GOP Buzzsaw
But one key piece of the plan has run into a buzzsaw of opposition from Republican lawmakers: a bid to slash the State Department's funding by more than a third.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) bluntly told reporters this week that a budget with such cuts could "probably not" pass the Senate, and several members of his caucus confirmed to TPM that they would oppose such a move.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) told TPM his response to the proposed cuts is: "I don't agree." Asked to elaborate, McCain vehemently repeated "I don't agree" several more times.
Bait and switch
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/cnn-trump-lied-to-anchors-about-immigration-to-get-positive-press-coverage-in-run-up-to-speech/Basically they fed us things that they thought these anchors would like, that they thought would give them positive press coverage for the next few hours. A senior administration official admitted that it was a misdirection play. And you will note that when the president was actually out there speaking to the American public, he didnt talk about a path to legal status, she explained.
President Trump Baits the Hook ...
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/39673-president-trump-baits-the-hookScary. Truth. So even scarier.
Donald Trump is all bait. It is the essence of his existence, his governing principle. Herds of stray cats follow him around because he smells like a bag of musty tuna. He is one of those creepy deep-sea monster fish, all eyes and teeth and dangled glowing lure. Every tweet is a ladle of chum tossed into the water. It takes a special kind of self-control to lay off, but you have to if you want to keep everyone's eyes fixed on what matters, and not on whatever is scrolling across the careening Times Square ticker-tape screen that passes for his mind.
President Trump delivered maybe the performance of his political life before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, and the entire thing was positively surreal. You had Mike Pence and Paul Ryan standing together in their positions of honor above the president's podium wearing exactly, precisely the same suit, shirt and blue ties. They looked for all the world like Thing 1 and Thing 2 from The Cat in the Hat. Beyond that was the breathtaking finality of the theatrics: The Sargent-at-Arms bellowed, "Mr. Speaker, the President of the United States," and out came Trump. It wasn't a mistake; he didn't wander through the wrong door. Here was the president, resplendent in his orangeness, and hats over the windmill. Now it's real.
... and in the end ...
Not one of the items on the right's wish list sees the light of legal day without Donald Trump's signature, and there's the bait. Give me my infrastructure bill, he can say, and you can go have a ball turning the country into A Handmaid's Tale at your pleasure. It's pretty safe to say the GOP hard-liners in Congress will go along for the ride if it gets them even half of what they want.
But hey, who knows? It was just one speech. For all we know, the president and his administration will revert back to full clown status again before the daylight fades but there was a rumble for a minute there on Tuesday night that should not be ignored. If these people actually get organized enough to collaborate, we'll be on a highway to Hell, eight lanes wide and no potholes. Ryan, McConnell and the far right will be able to accomplish every nightmare priority on their list while Trump can point to a couple of big bills and strut his way toward the authoritarian Islamophobic regime Steve Bannon has been dreaming of.
Constant Insults + "time for trivial fights is behind us" -- ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-joint-address-congress_us_58b66849e4b060480e0cf6cf?Where to start?
Attempts to control behavior by repeated belittling
+
Whiplash-inducing opposite behaviors to keep you off balance emotionally
+
Continued participation by abused
=
45
See, an easy formula, eh? Cultural negging. It all adds up.
But to reach this answer requires consistent, active denial by the abused that the abuse has happened before, that the pattern DOESNT exist.
STOP PARTICIPATING IN BEING ABUSED, AMERICA.
Dear Betsy ...
Dear Betsy,Since you love education, please READ THIS:
http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-devos-vouchers-20170228-story.html
A few key findings, Betsy:
- "the studies report devastatingly bad results for students in those voucher programs."
- "they find huge declines of academic achievement among students in voucher programs."
- "students in Louisianas expanded program lost ground in their first two years in the program."
- "such impacts also appear to persist over time."
Betsy, I know that free-market education is supposed to solve all of the ills of public education, but ... data?
Sincerely,
RESEARCH
Fantasy Wedding Vows ...
I will give you everything you want.You will have to do nothing.
I will never cheat on you.
(I think an open marriage is best.)
People weve insulted will still think we are an awesome couple.
Every day will be like a vacation.
People will bring us presents, just because.
Even the people we hate will bring us presents.
Imagine it; I will provide it.
WELCOME TO TRUMP BUDGET WORLD.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-trump-speech-budget-20170228-story.html
OK, not all quite "vows," but ...
"Nefarious Intent?"
http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/01/news/kellyanne-conway-ivanka-trump-white-house-letter/index.htmlOur favorite White House couch vixen, Kellyanne, was cleared of any wrong-doing by the WH because there was no "nafarious motive" ...
The letter, from the White House to the Office of Government Ethics, says a White House lawyer met with Conway to review federal rules prohibiting endorsements by government employees. It makes no mention of plans for disciplinary action.
"Upon completion of our inquiry, we concluded that Ms. Conway acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely to do so again," says the letter, signed by Stefan C. Passantino, a White House deputy counsel for compliance and ethics.
"It is noted that Ms. Conway made the statement in question in a light, off-hand manner while attempting to stand up for a person she believed had been unfairly treated and did so without nefarious motive or intent to benefit personally," the letter says.
All I ask is that the next time >> I << violate a federal statute, that they take into account my motives, please.
Ellison quote nails Trump to floor ...
It felt surreal to see Donald Trump walk in and be identified as the president of the United States and start giving that speech, said Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), who Trump trolled last month on Twitter over his role in Democratic National Committee elections.
He goes in there and gives a speech, where he says a few nice things about some people with illnesses and some soldiers and some police officers, and now all of a sudden we think hes a good guy? Ellison said. Hes not a good guy. Hes a good actor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-joint-address-congress_us_58b66849e4b060480e0cf6cf?
Gets right at the heart of 45 ... he is always playing the part of SOMETHING ... I feel sorry for people who believe that smug little fake smile, and who can't tell when they are being conned.
History and context matter.
Apparently the fights of Democrats are ...
TRIVIAL.
SUCH A UNITER.
I feel more united now. Don't you?
VOICE
Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement
Of course, focusing on immigrants as badddddd people
So much for his rosy, positive message.
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