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July 2, 2018
Gosh there are so many - I'm going with "nasty fascist conman"
What's your favorite adjective for the orange asshole?
Gosh there are so many - I'm going with "nasty fascist conman"
June 27, 2018
All of a sudden Toomey grows a pair, and disagrees with Cheeto. But this is way too little, and way too late.
Toomey bucking White House over trade policy, supporting bipartisan effort
Pittsburgh Post Gazette June 27, 2018
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2018/06/27/Toomey-picks-fight-with-White-House-over-trade-policy/stories/201806260181
WASHINGTON U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey has been a reliable supporter of Trump administration policies, but he has broken ranks with the White House over tariffs.
The Pennsylvania Republicans position is consistent with his long-held support of free-market economics. Whats unusual, though, is that he has been outspoken about his disagreement with President Donald Trump, including in televised interviews in which he has said the president is playing a dangerous game that could spark a trade war.
Mr. Trump was able to unilaterally impose tariffs on steel and aluminum after the Commerce Department declared access to those commodities a national security issue, citing the militarys reliance on them for equipment.
Those tariffs are a huge mistake, Mr. Toomey told Bloomberg TV Tuesday.
Im in favor of a mutual and reciprocal winding down of tariffs but unfortunately, with respect to Canada and Mexico, that doesnt seem to be the administrations goal. It seems to be they want to sort of intimidate these countries into making concessions that will end up to be worse than the North American Free Trade Agreement, he said.
Now Mr. Toomey is part of a bipartisan Senate coalition trying to dilute the White Houses power to invoke national security as a justification for tariffs. Frequent Trump critic Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Mark Warner, D-Va., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., are the other prime sponsors of the effort to restrict that power, which comes from Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. Their legislation would require congressional authorization.
All of a sudden Toomey grows a pair, and disagrees with Cheeto. But this is way too little, and way too late.
June 22, 2018
Link: https://pittsburghcurrent.com/pittsburgh-current-announces-it-will-be-running-rob-rogers-political-cartoons-starting-monday-574-2/
Pittsburgh will finally get a liberal monthly publication starting in July! Rob Rogers was fired from Pittsburgh Post Gazette for his frequent anti-Trump cartoons that PPG's executive editor found unacceptable.
Startup liberal publication "Pittsburgh Current" will have Rob Rogers cartoons
Link: https://pittsburghcurrent.com/pittsburgh-current-announces-it-will-be-running-rob-rogers-political-cartoons-starting-monday-574-2/
Pittsburgh Current Editor Charle Deitch says: Rob Rogers is one of the most important voices in the Pittsburgh media landscape. I couldnt imagine a Pittsburgh publication not carrying his cartoons. Its a natural fit for us and for our readers and we could not be prouder to carry Robs excellent work and keep his voice right where it belongs in Pittsburgh.
Deitch, long-time editor of the Pittsburgh City Paper, was fired after refusing to back down from covering a local politician. Deitch adds, I think its very meaningful to have two casualties of conservative ownership working together on Pittsburghs first truly influence-free publication.
The Pittsburgh Current Kickstarter is almost fully funded, and a date has been set for the first issue. Pittsburgh Current will hit the streets July 11th.
For more information, please contact:
Bethany Ruhe, Associate Publisher
Phone: 412.443.7969
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @bethanyruhe
Pittsburgh will finally get a liberal monthly publication starting in July! Rob Rogers was fired from Pittsburgh Post Gazette for his frequent anti-Trump cartoons that PPG's executive editor found unacceptable.
May 30, 2018
https://maddogpac.com/products/the-trump-treason-token-coin
Note: I don't sell these, I just saw this posted hilariously on Twitter.
They're real - Trump Treason Token Coins - start collecting now
https://maddogpac.com/products/the-trump-treason-token-coin
Note: I don't sell these, I just saw this posted hilariously on Twitter.
May 27, 2018
God speaks to the people of Dallas
... by way of a digital billboard on I-35. Very clever and entertaining!
May 8, 2018
Voters Guide for Greater Pittsburgh Primary Election May 15, 2018
Published by the LWV of Greater Pittsburgh (Allegheny County)
All candidates and referendum questions listed for each district.
Download here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/61w2a3j2109j362/LWV_of_Greater_Pittsburgh_Voters_Guide_for_Primary_Election_May_15%2C_2018.pdf
April 30, 2018
The Trump White House; Changing the Rules of the Game [2018]
by Ronald Kessler
This is a total fluff piece - it's just about the opposite of Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury."
Here's a book you don't have to bother with
The Trump White House; Changing the Rules of the Game [2018]
by Ronald Kessler
The unvarnished and unbiased inside story of President Donald Trump and his White House by New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler
Based on exclusive interviews with the president and his staff, The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game tells the real story of what Donald Trump is like, who influences him, how he makes decisions, what he says about the people around him, and how he operates when the television lights go off, while portraying the inside story of the successes that have already brought solid results as well as the stumbles that have turned off even longtime supporters and undercut his agenda.
The Trump White House reveals:
Trump aides Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner have been responsible for Trumps most disastrous decisions. Trump is aware that his daughter and son-in-law are problems and has hinted to them that they should go back to New York. Seeing Jared on TV, Trump said, Look at Jared, he looks like a little boy, like a child.
First Lady Melania Trump has a tremendous impact on policy and strategy. She sits in on meetings and is widely admired by aides for her judgment.
Kellyanne Conway is the No. 1 White House leaker.
Trumps Secret Service Director Randolph Tex Alles proposed withdrawing protection from some Trump family members and aides to save money. Horrified White House staffers shot down the idea.
Trump has told friends that billionaires are constantly asking him to fix them up with longtime Communications Director Hope Hicks, a former model, but he says he refuses.
Trump calls certain reporters directly, feeding them stories attributed to a senior White House official, creating the impression that the White House leaks even more than it already does.
Never before has an American president had so much impact on the country and the world in so short a time as Donald Trump. Yet no president has stirred so much controversy, dominating media coverage and conversation both pro and con.
Months after Trump took office, consumer confidence hit a seventeen-year high, unemployment plummeted to the lowest level in seventeen years, and the stock market zoomed to repeated record highs.
At the same time, ISIS was nearly defeated, Arab countries banded together to stop financing terrorists and promoting radical Islamic ideology, and Trumps decision to send missiles into Syria because of its use of chemical weapons and his strident warnings to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made it clear to adversaries that they take on the United States at their peril.
Yet for all the media coverage, Trump remains a cipher. Ronald Kessler has known Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for two decades and understands him better than any other journalist. The book includes an exclusive interview with Trump, the only interview he says he has given or will give for a book as president. Crammed with media-grabbing revelations. The Trump White House is the unvarnished and unbiased inside story that answers the question: Who is Donald Trump?
This is a total fluff piece - it's just about the opposite of Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury."
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