January 10, 2019

Donald did say Mexico was going to pay for the wall directly

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From the archives, a transcript of @jaketapper's reporting on @TheLeadCNN on April 5, 2016:

January 10, 2019

If the wall is a "national emergency" why did Donald wait 2 years to do something about it?

I am surprised this gaping hole in Donald's case hasn't gotten much air play

January 10, 2019

Important reminder as we head toward the primaries - "Democrats are not clay pigeons"

January 10, 2019

Feeling poorer? That's because "real" wages fell last year

The pay people take home after accounting for inflation fell 1.3 percent last year, a new analysis shows. The findings come a year after President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, with his administration promising it would deliver "immediate" wage growth to workers.


Yet many workers' wages aren't keeping pace with the cost of living, compensation-data company PayScale found. That's concerning because it indicates more Americans are falling behind -- despite seeing the lowest U.S. unemployment rate in nearly 50 years -- and could struggle to maintain their standard of living when the next recession inevitably rolls around

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/feeling-poorer-thats-because-real-wages-fell-last-year/

January 7, 2019

TRUMP CALLED A 'MOTHERF***ER' FOR 2nd TIME IN 3 DAYS, THIS TIME BY CANADA'S FIRST WOMAN PRIME MIN

DONALD TRUMP CALLED A ‘MOTHERF***ER’ FOR SECOND TIME IN 3 DAYS, THIS TIME BY CANADA’S FIRST WOMAN PRIME MINISTER

Kim Campbell, who was Canada’s head of government in 1993, reacted strongly on social media to Trump being asked by a reporter what safety net there was for the workers who would not be paid due to a partial shutdown by government.

When Trump said that the safety net would be the physical southern border wall with Mexico, Campbell tweeted Saturday: “He really IS a motherf**ker,” CBC reported.

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-called-motherfer-second-time-3-days-time-canadas-first-woman-1281336

January 6, 2019

IMPEACH

January 3, 2019

Total women in the U.S. House:

1989:
16 Democrats
13 Republicans

2019:
89 Democrats
13 Republicans

https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1080870548115243009

January 3, 2019

Trump brags about raising your taxes

President Donald Trump painted a rosy picture of the trade war with China on Thursday, once again touting the large amount of tax revenue generated by his tariffs.

"The United States Treasury has taken in MANY billions of dollars from the Tariffs we are charging China and other countries that have not treated us fairly," Trump tweeted. "In the meantime we are doing well in various Trade Negotiations currently going on. At some point this had to be done!"

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"A tariff is a tax on imported goods. Despite what the President says, it is almost always paid directly by the importer (usually a domestic firm), and never by the exporting country," Gleckman wrote. "Thus, if the US imposes a tariff on Chinese televisions, the duty is paid to the US Customs and Border Protection Service at the border by a US broker representing a US importer, say, Costco."

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"A business will, if it can, pass its higher after-tax costs on to consumers," Gleckman wrote. "Thus, the price of Chinese TVs sold in the US may rise rapidly."

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-who-pays-for-tariffs-trade-war-costs-2019-1

January 1, 2019

Trump "Christians"