LOL

today's populism:

3:15 p.m.: Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 into law, nullifying a Department of the Interior rule aimed at protecting streams.

pacino wrote:today's populism:

3:15 p.m.: Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 into law, nullifying a Department of the Interior rule aimed at protecting streams.

Dig back and find that crazy sulfur yellow looking semi-liquid in a Colorado retaining pond to consider why this might be a not great idea.

Trump to name R. Alexander Acosta to be new Labor Sec. seems like an odd hire (re: actually qualified) for Trump, just a quick hit from his Wikipedia:

1. Clerked for Justice Alito while he was on the Third Circuit
2. Worked in a DC law firm that specialized in employment and labor issues
3. Taught employment law, disability-based discrimination law, and civil rights law at George Mason
4. Member of the NLRB
5. Assistant AG for Civil Rights Division and as Principal Deputy Assistant AG for same division

what's he hiding with that R.?

slugsrbad wrote:Trump to name R. Alexander Acosta to be new Labor Sec. seems like an odd hire (re: actually qualified) for Trump, just a quick hit from his Wikipedia:

1. Clerked for Justice Alito while he was on the Third Circuit
2. Worked in a DC law firm that specialized in employment and labor issues
3. Taught employment law, disability-based discrimination law, and civil rights law at George Mason
4. Member of the NLRB
5. Assistant AG for Civil Rights Division and as Principal Deputy Assistant AG for same division

Are you sure this is actually the right guy? Is there some other Acosta that owns a business makes frozen meat pies out of babies?

CalvinBall wrote:

pacino wrote:

The Nightman Cometh wrote:Some good potential republican senate candidates are indicating they are staying on the sidelines in 2018. D's coming out of 18 with the status quo preserved is still probably our best case scenario, but more likely.

Kid Rock and Curt Schilling are thinking about it, though.

who? where? why?

story on this?

Pat Meehan said no to a run against Casey

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:today's populism:

3:15 p.m.: Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 into law, nullifying a Department of the Interior rule aimed at protecting streams.

Dig back and find that crazy sulfur yellow looking semi-liquid in a Colorado retaining pond to consider why this might be a not great idea.

You mean the one caused by the EPA?

Brantt wrote:Trump fired Flynn because Flynn made Pence look horrible. He didn't fire him for anything he did other than lying to Pence.

Maybe, but it doesn't fit snugly with all the facts, does it?

When the DOJ told Trump on January 26 that it had transcripts of Flynn's calls with the Russian ambassador, Trump knew at that time (if not before) that Flynn had lied to Pence. If Trump fired Flynn only because he "made Pence look horrible," why didn't he fire him then? Let me propose an alternative scenario which better fits the facts as we know them.

Let's suppose that Trump has brought only a small number of advisers into his confidence when dealing with Russia. Let's say that small group includes Flynn but not Pence. Keeping the facts from Pence would also help to give him a Vice President who he can send out to talk about things with plausible deniability.

In this scenario, when Trump finds out on January 26 that Flynn has lied to Pence, he's not upset with Flynn and doesn't want to fire him. On the contrary, he's happy that Flynn has been a loyal soldier and not spilled the beans to Pence. So he doesn't fire Flynn. It's only when news of the whole thing goes public that Flynn becomes too much of a political liability and Trump is forced to ask for his resignation. This scenario would also help explain why yesterday in his news conference, Trump doesn't criticize a fired National Security Advisor who has lied to his VP but instead criticizes the leaker(s) and the media for, in effect, forcing him to fire a loyal soldier.

If Trump fired Flynn only because Flynn made Pence look horrible common sense tells us he would have done so as soon as he knew. After all, Trump is known to act quickly and decisively. The scenario I've proposed is more nuanced and fits the facts of the delay in the firing, Trump's defense of a known liar and Pence's seeming ignorance of what was going on.

On another, related note, whatever the reasons were for Flynn being fired, I also think it's quite possible the leak came not from the intelligence community but, rather, from one of Flynn's detractors in the WH. He didn't have a lot of fans in the Administration.

AFP news agency wrote:#BREAKING US 'absolutely' supports two-state solution: US ambassador to UN

I assume this is more double speak, because it does not definitely say that two-state is the only solution the US would pursue.

jerseyhoya wrote:

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:today's populism:

3:15 p.m.: Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 into law, nullifying a Department of the Interior rule aimed at protecting streams.

Dig back and find that crazy sulfur yellow looking semi-liquid in a Colorado retaining pond to consider why this might be a not great idea.

You mean the one caused by the EPA?

What's this now?

td11 wrote:

jerseyhoya wrote:

thephan wrote:

pacino wrote:today's populism:

3:15 p.m.: Trump signs H.J. Res. 38 into law, nullifying a Department of the Interior rule aimed at protecting streams.

Dig back and find that crazy sulfur yellow looking semi-liquid in a Colorado retaining pond to consider why this might be a not great idea.

You mean the one caused by the EPA?

What's this now?

An EPA-supervised crew is what caused the Colorado yellow river pollution/spill. I don't think that's relevant to needing to update 33-year old regulations.

Trump just quoted a Rasmussen Poll on his approval that has him +10, there are only two other recent polls that have him positive and they both have him at +1. There are many other polls showing disapproval ranging from -3 to -17.

POTUS on to introduce his latest DOL cabinet nom. Man has he been into the wacky - just a completely wretched organism

Talking about how he has inherited a mess, does not mention Russia's buzzing a US destroyer or breaking an arms treaty

JFLNYC wrote:

Brantt wrote:Trump fired Flynn because Flynn made Pence look horrible. He didn't fire him for anything he did other than lying to Pence.

Maybe, but it doesn't fit snugly with all the facts, does it?

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On another, related note, whatever the reasons were for Flynn being fired, I also think it's quite possible the leak came not from the intelligence community but, rather, from one of Flynn's detractors in the WH. He didn't have a lot of fans in the Administration.

great stuff JFL, but didn't you forget something....?

really I won't be surprised at this point if this creep whips out his 1" dick and pisses on himself on camera

he has done so so much. more than any other president. media is dishonest, except a few of them. so many lies.

Reverting back to Campaign Trump. Here's problems A - Z, without any solutions.

time to invest in defense hardware stocks! We are buying all new everything!! But systems development is not an overnigh event.