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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Tuesday Group chairman: 'We're completely relevant'
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/335526-tuesday-group-co-chairman-were-completely-relevant?amp
That's just funny. Although they do have some decent points, there's not enough of them.
edited 29th May '17 7:10:35 AM by megaeliz
Trump flip flops on his own (dead) budget; wants to put more money into Healthcare.
This is despite his Budget's massive cuts into Welfare Programs and Trumpcare also making massive cuts into Welfare Programs.
It just makes me think his Budget wasn't written by him, and was instead written by some Neo-Con. And considering this is Trump, that is most likely the case anyways.
The budget isn't written by Trump. There was an article a while ago saying exactly that, but I don't remember what its name was. It is written by Mick Mulvaney if memory serves, a Tea Partier.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI think the Tea Party has figured out by now that Trump has no idea what actually happens in government. For all we know, we could send him a carbon tax bill like only the progressive caucus would approve and he'd sign it with no comments. They probably think the same way, just with different political slant.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
So-called "small government" advocates tend to be amazingly hypocritical too when it comes to appeasing the USA's religious fundie nutjobs.
They ought to just own up to being advocates for corporatism. Particularly Big Oil and the MIC.
edited 29th May '17 8:11:24 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedNo they are not.
First, hardcore fundies and hardcore small government people are not usually the same people. Second, there is a difference between a political compromise and hypocrisy. Third, the idea that upholding morals is the principal reason to have government does exist.
Sorry folks, but hypocrisy is often a matter of opinion and of how much weight one gives to which consideration. Exceedingly bad bludgeon argument, as it were.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanA few notes from today's https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/05/29/Day-130/
that I'm not certain have come up yet:
Trump is considering big changes at the White House in an effort to contain the escalating Russia investigation that threatens to consume his presidency. “Everything is in play,” an advisor said. Trump may bring back a trio of former campaign officials (Corey Lewandowski, David Bossie and David Urban) to handle communications and political duties related to the Russia investigation, and – shockingly – he’s even considering having lawyers vet his tweets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-considers-major-changes-amid-escalating-russia-crisis/2017/05/27/44d1a016-4230-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyeing-white-house-shakeup-1495831679
NSA chief: “I would not be concerned” by backchannel communications with Russia. H.R. McMaster didn’t specifically comment on the controversy surrounding Kushner.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/27/politics/jared-kushner-russia-gary-cohn-hr-mcmaster/
The Senate Intelligence Committee wants all of Trump’s Russia-related documents, emails and phone records going back to his campaign’s launch in June 2015. It’s the first time that Trump’s official campaign structure has been drawn into the Senate committee’s ongoing bipartisan investigation.
The Trump campaign likely didn’t preserve digital documents. “You’d be giving us too much credit,” a former aide said. “The idea of document retention did not come up. The idea of some formal structure did not come up.” Failure to keep track of emails, messages and other records could expose Trump’s current and former aides to criminal charges down the line.
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/27/trump-russia-probe-risk-238878
Tourism to the US has declined 11% since Trump took office, hitting a low of 16% in March
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/tourism-u-s-has-been-decline-trump-took-office-n764206
edited 29th May '17 8:55:21 AM by sgamer82
I feel like having some backchannel diplomacy with other countries is probably acceptable and in some cases preferable (like was discussed a few pages ago, sometimes you can't fly your jet directly to whoever you want to talk to). Of course, there's a huge difference between intelligence agencies talking to each other and the President of the United States (and apparently everyone else in the White House) being owned by Russia, so the NSA director can stuff it.
It's been fun.

Probably Cruz, his dad basically raised him with a messish complex.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.