Members JaneAusten Posted January 23, 2017 Members Share Posted January 23, 2017 Eichenwald is great but honestly I think I might like a lot of journalists people like Glenn Greenwald and Michael Tracy dismiss and chastise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted January 23, 2017 Members Share Posted January 23, 2017 Both Greenwald and Tracey are insane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted January 23, 2017 Members Share Posted January 23, 2017 Trump has frozen federal hiring and wages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted January 23, 2017 Members Share Posted January 23, 2017 Spicer lied about federal hiring being up so that it could seem as if they are putting a stop to waste. Federal hiring actually decreased since 2009. It is probably the case that there was not much in the way of hiring or creation of new positions anyway, since automation and budget cuts have caused reductions in staff across the board (with the exception of the military). Trump's all about taking credit for what was already being done or going to be done anyway. While he's "befriending" the unions for bragging purposes, he wants to gut the civil service's equivalent of a union by reducing the minimum pay to $1. Cutting government waste would be great if they actually cut waste but the 30% jobs that they are likely to not cut much in the way of waste. They need to be able to fund his "great" deals since he so easily gave up $7 million or so in tax dollars to fund the 700 jobs he "saved" in that Carrier deal (which btw does not prevent Carrier from making other job cuts). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 I am no CNN or Jake Tapper fan but this is funny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 Maybe it's me, but I get the feeling that Trump wanted to win the election more than he actually wanted to be President. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 For future GOP chaos it seems to always be a good idea to follow Rebekah Mercer, who played a big part in helping Trump win and is now close to splitting off again: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-rebekah-mercer-robert-mercer-donors-234030 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 That's exactly right. He wanted to say that he won the Presidency, but none of the responsibility. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 Trump makes W. look like Lincoln. now who thought of that ever happening? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Khan Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) I'm...not quite there yet, lol. Although I would agree that W.'s time in the WH now looks more peaceful in retrospect. Edited January 24, 2017 by Khan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roman Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 He did. like W. he now has this look like "Oh I have to do some work now?" he just wanted it in his portfolio, and I also believe this is nothing but one gigantic business deal for him. I am now also almost convinced that Melania can't stand him, and is only with him because of her son and his money. She is looking the way she does because IMPO she hoped he get his ass KICKED and she would finally get TF away from him, sue him for divorce and get her son away from him. I just saw a video where she smiled at him when he said something to her...and the second he turned back around she had a look on her face like she had threw up a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marceline Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 W was a bad president but not a bad human being. He was more weak than evil. Trump is evil, crazy and incompetent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 There are a lot of people out there who might disagree if they were still breathing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 After a couple of good days, I just feel kind of ho-hum today. I wonder if those who feel targeted feel like this constantly. Just a day off and on of hearing Trump nonsense has me exhausted. I think I need to just disconnect from it and focus. And the Bernie people don't help. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 24, 2017 Members Share Posted January 24, 2017 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/medicaid-overhaul-republicans-234049 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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