DramatistDreamer

As I understand it, most of those job losses will be Russians that do diplomatic work with the U.S. via the embassy, etc. in Russia. Still that number does seem a bit inflated. After all the anti-American rhetoric over the years, who knew that the U.S. would have such an outsize diplomatic/political presence in Russia?

Wow, even with all the low-key disparaging comments Putin tried to insinuate about Obama, I don't remember Russia taking any type of retaliatory measures...at least none on this scale. Hm. It's almost as if he thinks Trump owes him something. Hm.

Atlanta is getting the final that I pretty much hoped would NOT happen ever since I saw the draw and knew it was a possibility. The 60-90 seconds delay is really the only thing about ESPN3 that bothers me (I admit, that factor is a big turnoff!) but otherwise, I connect my laptop to my flatscreen when I want to watch on a bigger screen (although my laptop is a gaming laptop and already almost 20 inches). The WTA is launching its own streaming service and I am considering subscribing to that down the road.

How can anyone feel secure with such a man as Trump at the helm?? He's actually terrorizing people over healthcare. You know what that makes him? Which is probably why Sally Yates feels that the Judiciary needs protection...from Trump. Sally Yates: Protect the Justice Department From President Trump

@Soapsuds I saw clips of the match between Edmund vs. Sock and all I can really remember is Jack sweating profusely, and seemingly not wanting to move much while Edmund looked unbothered, zipping around the court. Sock relies too much on winning matches from cheap points on his serve. Well, Edmund et al, is what happens when a player starts to get returns on the serve. Where is the Plan B? Jack, whether weather, weight or some combination, didn't seem very mobile around the court. He seemed to aim to move around as little as humanly possible, electing to let balls simply go by him, down the line or away from him cross court.

Tatyana Ali (Roxanne, Y&R) is due to co-star with Malcolm Jamal-Warner in a pilot for USA called Olive Forever. ‘Olive Forever’: Tatyana Ali, Malcolm-Jamal Warner & Christian Antidormi Join USA Comedic Pilot

This administration is not good for much but they are solid where absurdity and soap opera-like hi-jinks are concerned. The Young and the Restless may likely be jealous. Here's a factoid for the obtuse folks in the back who want to go on and on about Obama every time we talk about Trump being terrible at governing.

Oh the sum total of the Trump WH's plan was to let Daddy Xi take care of it. The waterfall of ineptitude just keeps on flowing-

Add in many in the entire NYC metro area. Remember, in addition that mansion near his golf course in Bedminster, Trump had failing casinos in New Jersey too. He also engaged in a bitter struggle to try to buldoze an elderly woman out of her home in Atlantic City for another failing casino to make up for the casino (which he hurriedly sold off) that was on life support. Thankfully, granny pushed back forcing the Orange Menace to stand down and get the hell off her lawn. Only the people who knew nothing about who Trump really is fell for his double-speak.

Oh, you mean the stance where he paid thousands of dollars to take out a full page ad in NYC newspapers advocating for five teenage boys of color to be executed? Many of us have seen through Trump's so called "rhetoric" (I call it racism) for many years now.

Here's Trump advocating for police brutality.

The Russians will probably have all our data soon.

When you read quotes from the lips of Trump's own party that some Senators were afraid passage of this latest bill would tank the markets or that words like "disastrous" are being uttered, you know it's a terrible bill! Trump is inspiring one particular person, that person is Kim Jong-Un who has launched yet another missile. Trump just brings out something in the Dear Leader that, judging from the sheer volume of missile strikes, none of Trump's predecessors have inspired such consistency.

@GMac Doing God's work. Let that be the final say to trolls. Anyhoo, Russia knows that Trump is their lackey. You know why? They just out and out seized the diplomatic compounds that they were tossed out of last year after the compounds were declared to be "Spy Nests" by the Obama administration. Now they're back as retaliation for the Senate voting for sanctions against Russia. We'll see whether Trump tries to veto, seeing that Congress can override his veto. But a veto would definitely prove him to be in Putin's back pocket. In Retaliation, Russia Seizes Two U.S. Diplomatic Properties

These Senate GOP want to vote on this so-called skinny repeal in the overnight hours like thieves in the night trying to sneak through. What a reprehensible group these people are!

What's going on is definitely a civil war within the Republican party, which actually began with the emergence of the Tea Party and has turned into a huge gaping maw. It can be open to debate whether the office of the President of the United States will now be irrevocably changed but what seems certain that the GOP will definitely be forever changed. I'm not entirely sure that the Republican party as we currently know it, will ever be the same. It's possible that these schisms will cause a permanent splintering of the party. I wonder whether people felt this way about the Whigs once upon a time.

These fools are an absolute MESS.

This morning I read an article about a couple who live in rural Colorado who are desperate to sell their "Mom & Pop" grocery store as so many others in rural areas have done. The man's family (descended from Spanish settlers who came with the Conquistadors) had owned that store for about 100 years and if that store closes, it will essentially leave the community as a 'food desert' but he cannot afford to keep it up. He allows many of his customers to buy on credit, has supplied foods and goods for gatherings such as funerals and many of his customers use food stamps to buy groceries. Many fear that Trump's proposed cuts, which not only include a drastic cut in food stamps but also reductions, as well as all out elimination of grants for small business owners (few people have mentioned that this was also a part of Trump's proposed 2018 budget) like these grocery store owners would be disastrous for small business owners like this couple. It's a shame that people don't realize the other side of 'economic instability'. And yes, ineptitude can inflict serious, long-term practice. Just ask anyone who has had to live with a botched surgery or misdiagnosis/medical malpractice. Not to be condescending or anything but the danger of a Trump seemed pretty clear to many of the people from the "ghetto" who voted in 2016 and it goes beyond race, it also encompasses economics. Some groups just didn't trust Trump and felt that his so-called economic 'fixes' had the ability to undo progress, and that includes economic progress. It's unfortunate that some of the people in these rural areas don't understand that they stand to lose as much, perhaps even more than other under a CEO president (I thought we understand that CEO presidents don't work well after George W. Bush who first claimed the moniker, tanked the economy) whose sole purpose it to deficit-hack.

Carroll O'Connor would be spinning in his grave at the thought of a real life Archie Bunker in the White House since O'Connor looked at Archie Bunker as a figure to be scorned and pitied in equal parts. Speaking of people to be scorned- Check out this thread in which Scaramucci has apparently called for the FBI to investigate Priebus. What a s*hit-show this administration is.

Here's another case of wrongdoing- Trump administration has halted the student loan forgiveness program. We're talking about students who were deceived in loans, likely via, for-profit schools. Betsy DeVos anyone? Report: Student loan forgiveness program has halted under Trump And while we're detailing other heinous things the Trump cabal are doing that affect many of the young, they're also defunding programs and research toward preventing teen pregnancy. The Trump Administration Is Gutting Funding to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

This was posted yesterday.

LOL, Trump, claiming a "jobs initiative" is taking credit for the Foxconn initiative that started at least a year ago. He's got nothin'! The Trumpists are eating it up.