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Well, the James Comey hearing of him testifying had come and gone and No45 and the rest of his inner circle are freaking out. More posts coming soon.
the rich asshole stopped from firing Mueller after he learned special counsel is friends with Comey: report
According to a report in the New York Times, President some rich asshole had already planned to fire Robert Mueller after he learned the special counsel is friends with fired FBI Director James Comey.
The report stated that the rich asshole was angered when he learned of the relationship and made plans to dump Mueller before being convinced it would be a disastrous move.
Sources say the rich asshole that was telling staff, visitors and advisers last week that he felt Mueller had become part of a “witch hunt’ against him and wanted him gone.
the rich asshole reportedly became aware of the longtime relationship between Mueller and Comey after being alerted to reports on Breitbart News and other conservative media outlets.
White House staffers still believe the rich asshole is volatile enough that they can’t be sure that he won’t change his mind if he grows upset with how the investigation is conducted
Tuesday night, Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders maintained the president has the right to fire Mueller, but doesn’t plan on it.
The report goes on to state that while the rich asshole is suspicious of Mueller and that he is still furious with Attorney General Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the Russia probe.
WATCH: OLD FOOTAGE OF THE RICH ASSHOLE TALKING ABOUT LOYALTY IS GOING VIRAL AND COMING BACK TO HAUNT HIM
Posted by Andrew Simpson on 12 Jun 2017
There are plenty of things in some rich asshole’s past that he’d rather forget. In fact, the last three decades have been so shady, even words he didn’t say look right when you superimpose them on a photo of him:
Those are, of course, not the words of the president, and I am a horrible person for repeating them again. The words are true, but they’re not him, and I should definitely be flogged for resurrecting the meme.
You know what words are true, though? The ones he said to Charlie Rose back in 1992. In November of that year, Rose interviewed the rich asshole about his “comeback” — the rich asshole was nearing bankruptcy, had just divorced Ivanka’s mother, and was on the record as being the total jackass we knew he was even back then.
In James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the former FBI Director said a lot of things we already knew. But it was the fact that he said them under oath that made them official. When Comey testified that the rich asshole had demanded loyalty from him, the president outright called the testimony a lie. But everyone close to him knows that he does require loyalty — as he has publicly said himself — and the recently resurfaced footage of this Charlie Rose interview drives the point home:
How can the rich asshole back away from such damning video? He doesn’t admit mistakes, which means he has to stand by his statements. Which are awful:
Some of the people that were least loyal to me are people, I think I would’ve treated them differently. I think I would’ve treated different guys differently. I would’ve wiped the floor with the guys that weren’t loyal, which I will now do. Which is, you know, I love getting even with people…If given the opportunity, I will get even with people who were disloyal to me.”
“How do you define disloyalty,” asks Charlie:
They didn’t do small things that would’ve helped.”
“Give me one example.”
…except this one particular person said ‘I don’t want to leave.’ He told my people ‘I don’t wanna leave.’ When I heard about it, I went nuts, and I blasted him, and all of a sudden he left.”
That sounds familiar.
People are scratching their heads at an event the rich asshole just held that has no precedent in United States history but wouldn’t look out of place in North Korea. For reasons that nobody can discern, the rich asshole held a public “cabinet meeting” and invited reporters to cover it. When the reporters dutifully showed up, he forced his assembled cabinet to listen to him drone on about how great he is while they nodded or occasionally chimed in with praise. It was really, really awkward.
I've never seen a Cabinet meeting like this one before.
This interminable cabinet spray, where everybody pays tribute to Trump, is one of the most exquisitely awkward public events I've ever seen.
The entire affair was humiliating for those assembled. the rich asshole’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had it particularly bad. He was sitting next to the rich asshole the entire time with cameras capturing his soul slowly dying.
At one point he had to sit quietly as the President of the United States claimed no president in history had accomplished more than he had so far in his presidency (although he made an exception for FDR). The lie was so incredibly easy to debunk that it’s hard to imagine the White House will even try to defend it. Tillerson, for his part, wore the grim expression of man who was awaiting a guard to escort him to the gallows.
In the background, hovering over the cabinet members, the rich asshole’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and Steve Bannon were also in attendance. In the corner, making his best attempt to pull a James Comey and physically disappear into the curtains is National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.
the rich asshole had each cabinet member take a turn praising him while he smiled.
Later, the rich asshole’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus openly groveled, praising the rich asshole for “blessing” him with the opportunity to work in his administration.
Priebus just thanked Trump for the "blessing" of being able to work for him.
Priebus’s groveling may been necessary to keep his job. Sources recently told reporters that the rich asshole has grown tired of Preibus and suggested he may fire him by next month. Public demonstrations of praise towards the rich asshole may well save his job.
the rich asshole’s attempt at propaganda was scheduled to coincide with a DC attorney’s press conference in which he says his office has determined that the rich asshole is violating the Constitution’s anti-corruption provisions by blatantly flaunting his hotel and other properties as ways to gain access to his inner circle.
DC Attorney General: "President Trump's businesses and his dealings violate the Constitution's anti-corruption provisions." (via @MSNBC)
Coincidence?
9th Circuit Court blocks the rich asshole’s revised travel ban – and uses his own tweets as evidence
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld an injunction against President some rich asshole’s revised travel ban. The ruling means that the executive order, which barred travel to the U.S. from six predominantly Muslim countries, will remain blocked.
The three-judge panel was predicted to strike down the ban after oral arguments were contentious. Judges Michael Hawkins, Ronald Gould and Richard Paez questioned attorneys representing both sides of Hawaii v. the rich asshole about federal statutes and the scope of federal laws.
The oral arguments occurred nearly one month ago, but since then, the rich asshole has tweeted out comments about the ban that were seen to make the Justice Departments defense more difficult.
“Further, the Order runs afoul of other provisions of the INA that prohibit nationality-based discrimination and require the President to follow a specific process when setting the annual cap on the admission of refugees,” the published decision reads. “On these statutory bases, we affirm in large part the district court’s order preliminarily enjoying Sections 2 and 6 of the Executive Order.”
The decision also cited the rich asshole’s tweets in footnotes.
“Indeed, the President recently confirmed his assessment that it is the ‘countries’ that are inherently dangerous, rather than the 180 million individual nationals of those countries who are barred from entry under the President’s ‘travel ban,'” it read.
the rich asshole’s tweet read:
That's right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won't help us protect our people!
The footnote then cited press secretary Sean Spicer saying that any of President the rich asshole’s tweets are “considered official statements by the President of the United States.”
Over the weekend, Republican strategist Karl Rove warned the president that his tweets would come back to haunt him. Specifically citing the travel ban, Rove said that the rich asshole’s proposed 90-day timeline was over on Monday.
“The second executive order says its rationale for suspending visas for 90 days was that conditions in the six nations ‘present heightened threats,’” Rove explained. “The Department of Homeland Security was given 20 days to ‘conduct a worldwide review’ and determine what ‘additional information will be needed’ to vet visitors properly. Those countries would then have 50 days to ‘begin providing’ the requested information. If any refused, no visas would be issued for their citizens to enter the U.S.”
The ban will now officially head to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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the rich asshole ‘Considering’ Firing Special Counsel In Russia Investigation, Friend Says
“I think he’s weighing that option,” Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy says.
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President some rich asshole is “considering” firing former FBI Director Robert Mueller, appointed by the Department of Justice to lead the investigation into ties between the rich asshole’s campaign and Russian officials, a friend said Monday.
“I think he’s considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think he’s weighing that option,” Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy told PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff on Monday.
Chris Ruddy to @JudyWoodruff: President Trump is considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who he considered for another position.
Ruddy, a personal friend of the president, was spotted at the White House earlier in the day.
According to Neal Katyal, the former acting U.S. solicitor general, the rich asshole could direct Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, to fire the former FBI director. (Rosenstein’s boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, has recused himself from the Russia investigation.)
The president also could order the regulations pertaining to the office of special counsel repealed, according to an article by Katyal published in The Washington Post last month:
The regulations provide that Mueller can “be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the Attorney General” (again, Rosenstein here, because Sessions is recused) and only for “good cause.” The president, therefore, would have to direct Rosenstein to fire Mueller — or, somewhat more extravagantly, the rich asshole could order the special-counsel regulations repealed and then fire Mueller himself.
One of the rich asshole’s attorneys, during an interview on Sunday, wouldn’t rule out the possibility the president would fire the special counsel.
“Look, the president of the United States, as we all know, is a unitary executive,” Jay Sekulow said on ABC’s “This Week.” “But the president is going to seek the advice of his counsel and inside the government as well as outside. And I’m not going to speculate on what he will, or will not, do.”
Sekulow said that he “can’t imagine” such a situation, but added that it is “an issue that the president with his advisers would discuss if there was a basis.”
Ruddy said in his PBS interview that firing Mueller would be “a very significant mistake,” even though he didn’t believe the appointment of the special counsel was proper. Ruddy claimed that Mueller was “under consideration” to lead the FBI, a position vacated after the rich asshole fired James Comey, and that he spoke to the president about it.
“There’s some real conflicts,” Ruddy said. “It would be strange that he would have a confidential conversation and then a few days later become a prosecutor of a person he may be investigating.
“I think Mueller should have not taken the position if he was under consideration and had a private meeting with the president and was privy maybe to some of his thoughts,” Ruddy added.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, reacted to Ruddy’s interview on Twitter.
If President fired Bob Mueller, Congress would immediately re-establish independent counsel and appoint Bob Mueller. Don't waste our time.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who had also questioned Mueller’s independence, said Tuesday morning that he does not think the rich asshole would fire Mueller.
“I think the president actually is pretty confident that ultimately, this is all going to come out in the wash, and ultimately he’s still going to be president, and this stuff’s all going to go away,” Gingrich told “CBS This Morning,” adding that he spoke to the rich asshole Monday evening. However, Gingrich still insisted that Mueller leading the investigation was “a rigged game.”
This article has been updated with Gingrich’s comments.
Republicans to the rich asshole: Hands off Mueller
As the rich asshole allies call for special counsel's firing, GOP lawmakers say former FBI director gives them comfort
Republican lawmakers have a warning for President some rich asshole: Don’t mess with Robert Mueller.
Some the rich asshole allies have begun agitating for the rich asshole to fire the man appointed just last month as a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Late Monday, PBS’ Judy Woodruff reported that, per a close friend, Chris Ruddy, the rich asshole himself is weighing the prospect of pulling the plug on Mueller’s probe. And one of the president’s lawyers said Sunday that the rich asshole hadn’t taken that option off the table.
But that would be a huge mistake, Republican lawmakers said Monday.
“It would be a disaster,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “There's no reason to fire Mueller. What's he done to be fired?”
Mueller’s investigation is widely considered the most threatening to the rich asshole’s presidency. It encompasses questions about whether the rich asshole associates colluded with Russians to influence the 2016 election — and, more recently, whether the rich asshole himself may have obstructed the FBI’s inquiry when he abruptly fired former FBI director James Comey. It is also a probe that is largely out of the rich asshole’s control.
The White House late Monday said in a statement that Ruddy "never spoke to the President regarding this issue. With respect to this subject, only the President or his attorneys are authorized to comment."
On Capitol Hill, Mueller’s appointment seemed to calm nerves after the firing of Comey. A former FBI director who served for 12 years under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Mueller won bipartisan praise last month, when he was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to oversee the Russia probe.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said the notion firing Mueller, would “certainly be an extraordinarily unwise move.”
Collins and other Republicans said they had no indication the rich asshole was considering firing Mueller. But lawmakers were taken by surprise last month when the rich asshole fired Comey, who was then overseeing the Russia investigation. Comey himself poured fuel on the investigation last week when he testified that the rich asshole repeatedly questioned him about the Russia probe — and asked him to end a related investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn — before firing him on May 9.
Comey also testified last week that shortly after the rich asshole fired him, he steered the contents of several private memos to the press in order to prompt the creation of the special counsel probe. Comey has a long-term friendship with Mueller, who has begun filling out his prosecutorial team with experienced hands.
Those facts have alarmed some allies of the president on the hill.
“Bob Mueller’s obviously intent on hiring people who are antagonistic toward this administration,” said Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) “He’s one of Mr. Comey’s closest friends, and it looks like there’s a deliberate orchestration to damage or undermine the president regardless of the basic facts.”
So far, Franks appears to have a minority view among his colleagues. He said Mueller and Comey’s longstanding friendship “constitute an incontrovertible conflict of interest,” and he said it was time to end the “mindless charade.” But Franks stopped short of urging the rich asshole to fire Mueller.
“I’m not sure I’ve developed an appropriate conviction on that yet,” he said.
Franks’ comments echoed similar criticisms lodged by the rich asshole associates in recent days.
“Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair,” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Twitter on Monday. “Time to rethink.”
But overwhelmingly, GOP lawmakers heaped praise on Mueller and said they trusted him to lead a fair and thorough probe.
“I think there's a lot of confidence in Mueller around here,” added Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) “We've all dealt with him.”
And a number of GOP lawmakers, including Sen. John McCain, reiterated that they remain confident in him to lead an impartial investigation.
“He’s a very much trusted individual and had an outstanding record as head of the FBI,” McCain said.
Even some of the rich asshole’s closest allies in Congress are warning against any rush to nix the Mueller probe.
“I think Bob Mueller’s as good as you’re going to find. I don’t see any reason to remove him now,” said Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), who has largely defended the rich asshole throughout the investigation into potential Russia ties.
Asked whether Comey’s efforts to nudge DOJ to create a special counsel had tainted the probe, King said, “I think it would taint it more to remove him now.”
The warnings to the rich asshole not to fire Mueller come as some of the president’s allies are working to drum up opposition to the special counsel.
Gingrich, who last month called Mueller a "superb choice" for special counsel, accused Mueller of hiring partisans” to run the investigation.
Several the rich asshole allies blasted Mueller's decision to hire investigators who have given campaign donations to Democrats, including Andrew Weissmann, who’s on detail from his post as head of the Justice Department’s criminal fraud division.
Attorney General Jeff “Sessions never should've recused himself,” conservative activist and the rich asshole supporter Ann Coulter said on Twitter. “Now that we know RICH ASSHOLE IS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION, Sessions should take it back & fire Mueller.”
the rich asshole Tweets About Disaster Cabinet Meeting After Brutal Internet Mocking
June 12, 2017
President the rich asshole took to Twitter Monday evening, following the conclusion of his administration’s first full Cabinet meeting at the White House.
The president tweeted: “Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C.”
Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C.
The tweet included a video clip from Fox News, in which the rich asshole, once again, brought up the “record long delay in confirmation” of his Cabinet picks by Senate Democrats, again referring to them as “obstructionists.”
Of course, this is President the rich asshole, so one comment about how long it took for his Cabinet to be confirmed wasn’t enough. No, for the first entire minute of the video, he went on about how Senate Democrats continually delayed the confirmation of some of “the finest people in the country.”
But things quickly got weird during the first official Cabinet meeting, as after the rich asshole finished introducing members of his Cabinet, each person had the opportunity to say a few words, seemingly trying their hardest to kiss the rich asshole’s ass.
‘We thank you for the opportunity and blessing to serve your agenda.’
Vice President Mike Pence then chimed in, adding:
‘Greatest privilege of my life, to serve as vice president to a president who’s keeping his word to the American people.’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions really sucked up, saying:
‘You’ve set the exact right message. The response is fabulous around the country.’
The entire meeting was basically a PR stunt meant to stroke the rich asshole’s fragile ego. After all, the White House wouldn’t have invited the press into the room, had any serious discussion been going on.
Twitter users seemingly saw right through the rich asshole’s ridiculous tweet, though, and quickly jumped to call the president out on his crap. Some of the best responses are featured below.
Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C. pic.twitter.com/2M9PiKjCSH
@realDonaldTrump Great? If his cabinet were a sports team, it would be the 2008 Detroit Lions. A highly unqualified outfit that went 0-16.
@realDonaldTrump Steven Mnuchin, Trump's Goldman Sachs Treasury stooge, somehow forgot about $100M in assets. Where did I put that 10th of a billion? Darn!
@realDonaldTrump It's almost like Trump asked who would be the worst possible pick for each cabinet position and then went with that suggestion.
@getongab @realDonaldTrump @Cabinet Guessing about 4 years at least, you know, like #GOP did with Obama
Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C. pic.twitter.com/2M9PiKjCSH
@realDonaldTrump @Cabinet cheese and fuzzy crackers, Donnie, it's June. This is embarrassing. Plus, you still haven't nomimated the vast majority of appointments.
Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C. pic.twitter.com/2M9PiKjCSH
@realDonaldTrump @Cabinet Oh gimme a break. This team wouldn't even be able to finish a coloring book.
@michaelroffman @realDonaldTrump @Cabinet Oh really Michael? And Obama's team did such a great job! Give US a break!
@SheRidesWild @michaelroffman @realDonaldTrump @Cabinet obama had to deal with a republican house and senate blocking all bills. trump has a republican house and senate and STILL can't do anything
@HeidiHuang2 @SheRidesWild @michaelroffman@realDonaldTrump @Cabinet he's done practically NOTHING to influence that. still piggybacking off Obama's success 140 days into his presidency
@MaxFace14 @HeidiHuang2 @SheRidesWild @michaelroffman@realDonaldTrump @Cabinet Trump still taking credit and supporters believe he's responsible... Crazy
@realDonaldTrump Meeting my butt! You passed a stick around and when someone had the stick they had to make up a nice thing about you!
@tonyposnanski @realDonaldTrump This was the creepiest moment of the presidency and that's saying something.
@tonyposnanski @realDonaldTrump This was the creepiest moment of the presidency and that's saying something.
@tonyposnanski @realDonaldTrump And for a bunch of anti-lgbtq dudes, they sure were sucking some knob.
Finally held our first full @Cabinet meeting today. With this great team, we can restore American prosperity and bring real change to D.C. pic.twitter.com/2M9PiKjCSH
@realDonaldTrump @Cabinet Is the camera shaking because you're destroying the foundations of our democracy?
As the Russian investigation is getting uncomfortably close to home for some rich asshole and as his insistence on profiting from the office of the presidency could come crashing down on his head, the White House is panicking. This time, though, the staff doesn’t seem to care. After the rich asshole delivered a July 4th ultimatum to his Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, he laughed it off.
Politico reports that the rich asshole set July 4th as a deadline for a staff shakeup. This is at least the third such ultimatum the rich asshole has given his chief of staff and none of them (so far) have come to fruition. He threatened Priebus on the 100-day mark of his presidency and then again as Memorial Day approached. The shakeups never happened and Priebus still has his job.
“It’s become comical that every holiday becomes a referendum on Reince,” said one adviser to the president.
Sensing his impending doom even before he was criticized for fallout related to the firing of FBI director James Comey, Reince had joked, “I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and another out the door,” according to a person with knowledge of the conversation.
This time, though, the rich asshole means it for realz. He even floated some names as replacements. Oh, wait, he’s actually done that before:
the rich asshole has openly floated the idea of other potential chiefs of staff, including former campaign aide David Urban and Wayne Berman, a Blackstone executive and advisor to Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman. Shortly after national security adviser Michael Flynn was fired in February, the rich asshole invited New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to the White House to help brainstorm about a new chief of staff, according to a White House official and outside adviser with knowledge of the situation.
What the rich asshole doesn’t seem to realize (or perhaps he does) is that firing Priebus isn’t going to help him with his legal problems. An entirely new staff isn’t going to help him. the rich asshole is in over his head and he refuses to learn or even to listen to advice.
While he might be sincere this time, the more likely story is that the rich asshole simply wants to change the headlines for the day. Rumors of a staff shakeup take the focus off the Russian investigation, sort of.
Robert Mueller, the man selected in May by the Justice Department to head the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, probably thought the job was relatively secure when he initially accepted the position, but now some rich asshole’s attorneys most likely have Mueller second-guessing his decision.
In an interview on Sunday, Jay Sekulow, one of the rich asshole’s attorneys, alluded to the fact that he wouldn’t completely rule out the possibility that the president may fire Mueller from leading the investigation into the rich asshole’s campaign. Why would he fire Mueller? Simply because he can.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was interviewing Sekulow on the program This Week on Sunday and the topic of the investigation came up. Stephanopoulos asked Sekulow if the president would give any assurance that he would not interfere in the investigation into Russian ties or order U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a man that many believe has already committed perjury on more than one occasion since he was sworn in for the position in early February, to fire Mueller. Sekulow’s response wasn’t particularly convincing.
“Look, the President of the United States, as we all know, is a unitary executive,” Sekulow said during the interview. “But the president is going to seek the advice of his counsel and inside the government as well as outside. And I’m not going to speculate on what he will, or will not, do.”
So, not only did Sekulow not give any assurance that the rich asshole would pledge not to meddle in the investigation or have Mueller fired, he completely avoided acknowledging both points. In fact, Sekulow went on to add that he “can’t imagine” the issue of firing the head of the investigation would arise, but “that, again, is an issue that the president with his advisers would discuss if there was a basis.”
The U.K. Snaps Back At the rich asshole’s Whiney Trip Cancellation & It Is Insanely Harsh
June 12, 2017
U.K. Leader Jeremy Corbyn has responded to the rich asshole’s whine about cancelling his next trip abroad due to the intensity of the protesters. Yes, he actually said that. The president of the United States is scared of non-violent protesters.
So, while the whole world was mocking the rich asshole for being such a wuss, the leader of the Labour Party threw some serious shade at him.
He said this on Twitter:
“Cancellation of President the rich asshole’s State Visit is welcome, especially after his attack on London’s mayor & withdrawal from #ParisClimateDeal.”
Cancellation of President Trump's State Visit is welcome, especially after his attack on London's mayor & withdrawal from #ParisClimateDeal.
Basically, the rich asshole, your presence isn’t wanted. The U.K. has never wanted any part of you, they simply have to play nice until you are impeached, but their patience is wearing thin.
The comments to London’s mayor were the icing on the hate cake for the U.K.. After the terrorist attack on the London Bridge, the rich asshole immediately tweeted a very childish I told you so instead of sending out his condolences for the 7 lives lost.
This didn’t go unnoticed. Check out the hilarious Twitter comments below.
WATCH: the rich asshole Declares Himself One Of The Best Presidents In History With Historic Low Approval Rating
Seriously, this actually just happened.
Prior to a round table ass-kissing contest, some rich asshole told a room full of reporters and his Cabinet members that he has passed more legislation than any other president except Franklin D. Roosevelt.
“I will say that never has there been a president — with few exceptions, in the case of FDR he had a major Depression to handle — who’s passed more legislation, who’s done more things than what we’ve done,” the rich asshole bragged. “We’ve achieved tremendous success. I think we’ve been about as active as you can possibly be at a just about record-setting pace.”
Here’s the video via POLITICO:
Unfortunately for the rich asshole, most of what he has signed is insignificant stuff that Republicans have been easily able to get passed to make it seem like the rich asshole is getting things done. In reality, he’s not.
Many of the bills the rich asshole has signed, such as designating buildings and appointing board members to the Smithsonian, do not have a major, direct impact on Americans, and the rich asshole’s ambitious legislative agenda on tax reform and infrastructure is largely stalled.
NBC News further points out that one bill the rich asshole signed was a war memorial, and another encouraged Americans to display the flag on a certain day.
None of these pieces of legislation actually do anything to help Americans or improve our country. In short, it’s not worth bragging about. The only reason the rich asshole is bragging about it is because he has nothing else to brag about and he wants to convince Americans that he is succeeding. Of course, the rich asshole won’t mention that all of bills he has signed are insignificant.
the rich asshole’s major legislative agenda has been a complete failure while past presidents have major legislative accomplishments on their records through the first 100 days.
the rich asshole also whined about Democrats and accused them of being “obstructionists.”
The problem with this charge is that it’s hypocritical and pathetic.
Republicans control both the Senate and the House. So blaming Democrats for his own party’s inability to get things passed in Congress is nothing more than an excuse, and a bad one at that.
It’s also hypocritical because Republicans obstructed President Obama for eight years. To expect Democrats to all of a sudden play ball, especially when such a destructive and incompetent person is in charge of the White House, is ridiculous.
the rich asshole claimed that Democrats would not even vote for the greatest healthcare bill in the world. He should put his money where his mouth is. Just introduce a universal healthcare bill in Congress and watch how fast Democrats vote in favor of it. The problem is that the rich asshole’s current healthcare bill is nowhere near the greatest. It strips healthcare from millions of people while giving massive tax breaks to wealthy people such as himself. It also raises the cost of healthcare and gives insurance companies the power to drop customers for a variety of reasons, including if a woman was raped.
This Cabinet meeting was nothing more than blatant propaganda designed to stroke the rich asshole’s ego and fool the American people into thinking he’s great. It’s disgraceful and the American people should be outraged.
Monday June 12th, 2017
President some rich asshole just held one of the most unusual cabinet meetings in the history of the United States. And, that’s not hyperbole.
He started the meeting openly praising himself after berating Democrats for being “obstructionists”, saying verbatim: “Never has there been a president besides FDR who’s passed more legislation, who’s done more things than what we’ve done.”
Directly after this the rich asshole allowed every one of his cabinet members, in full view of the media, to take turns lavishing praise on him.
It’s something you’d only expect to see out of Communist North Korea.
the rich asshole’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus had the first honors:
“On behalf of the entire senior staff around you Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and the blessing that you’ve given us to serve your agenda and the American people and we will continue to work hard every day to accomplish those goals.”
Next – Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services – told the rich asshole “what an incredible honor it is to lead this department at this pivotal time under your leadership.” He then followed up this statement by saying “I can’t thank you enough for the privileges you’ve given me and the leadership you’ve shown.”
Watch the entire spectacle here:
Needless to say, here were the immediate reactions on Twitter:
While it’s true the rich asshole has signed an enormous amount of executive orders and small-item legislation he has yet to get any of his major initiatives passed, including tax reform, his border wall fully funded, or his infrastructure spending bill.
President Snowflake Cancels His Trip To Britain Because He’s Afraid Of ‘Large-Scale Protests’
Some rich asshole loves to brag that he’s a tough guy. He’s had to fight in the competitive world of New York real estate where businessmen can be crushed under a mountain of debt and see their fortunes reversed overnight with one bad deal.
But big bad Donnie just told our British allies that he won’t be visiting later this year because he’s afraid there might be “large-scale protests” while he’s there.
OK, the time has come to say this: some rich asshole is a freaking wimp.
She rich asshole, according to the Guardian, informed British Prime Minister Theresa May unless and until he has the full support of the British public, something the May just discovered she doesn’t even have.
The Guardian also reports that President the rich asshole broke the news to PM May in a phone call, telling her he won’t make the state visit if there are going to be mass protests against him. May was said to be surprised by the sudden cancellation.
All of this comes just a week after the president made disparaging comments about the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, accusing Khan of taking the London Bridge terror attack too lightly. Specifically, the rich asshole tweeted out:
At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is "no reason to be alarmed!"
“Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. There’s no reason to be alarmed.”
So now we have the president upsetting our NATO allies when he met with them, attacking the mayor of a city which had just experienced a terrorist attack, and now refusing to travel to the UK because he’s too delicate to stand up to protesters. This man is a leader?
It becomes clearer with each day, each tweet, each lie, and every broken promise, that some rich asshole is unfit to serve in any capacity at all. This man is simply pathetic.
UPDATE: Both the White House and the Office of the Prime Minister now insist that the rich asshole’s visit to the United Kingdom has not been canceled or postponed:
White House spokesman Raj Shah: "The President has tremendous respect for Prime Minister May. That subject never came up on the call." https://twitter.com/wpjenna/status/873899164576481280 …
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President the rich asshole is hitting a new low among Republicans in Congress. Word on the street is, if the rich asshole’s approval rating takes more of a beating, they will completely disown him before the next election. Until then, they aren’t keeping being quiet with their dissatisfaction concerning the rich asshole’s leadership abroad.
Senator John McCain weighed in on the situation currently happening in the United Kingdom where the rich asshole criticized London’s Mayor following a deadly terrorist attack. He didn’t think the rich asshole was sending a positive message with his rhetoric.
“What do you think the message is? The message is that America doesn’t want to lead,” McCain said, while adding of the rest of the world: “They are not sure of American leadership, whether it be in Siberia or whether it be in Antarctica.”
He asked by the Guardian if he thought America’s standing on the world stage was better under President Obama, and he said without a doubt, “yes.”
“As far as American leadership is concerned, yes.”
Remember – McCain has been a very outspoken critic of President Obama, he ran and lost against him in the 2008 election as the Republican nominee, and spent the last 8 years finding reasons to criticize him. And, even he admits Obama was better for the United States.
“I think we have a president who is learning,” McCain said. “He’s got a national security team that is as strong as I have ever seen.”
But, President Obama was learning, too. The only difference is, President Obama had the full backing of his own party. President the rich asshole is getting heat from both sides of the aisle and questions about how fit he is to lead. It’s almost unprecedented in partisan politics.
Watch Senator McCain talk about how disgusted he is with President the rich asshole:
Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn), the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is also left completely speechless of the rich asshole’s actions. When he was informed that the rich asshole accused close US ally Qatar of being a state sponsor of terrorism, he didn’t know how to respond. Corker was on the rich asshole’s shortlist of being the rich asshole’s secretary of state – and couldn’t justify the rich asshole’s words. Imagine what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is going through right now.
These are just a few examples of the rich asshole’s blunders as president. The list goes on. the rich asshole is alienating a number of key Republicans and causing them to quietly worry if they messed up by backing the rich asshole in the first place.
“I’ve said a number of times – it’d be easier if the rich asshole wasn’t tweeting so much,” said Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican and a member of the Senate foreign relations committee. “In terms of foreign policy, this is going to have serious consequences.”
Canada even came out publicly denouncing the United States and the rich asshole’s leadership, saying in effect that they had no choice but to step up their own leadership around the world because of the rich asshole. They basically said they couldn’t count on the United States anymore.
“The fact that our friend and ally has come to question the very worth of its mantle of global leadership, puts into sharper focus the need for the rest of us to set our own clear and sovereign course,” she said.
“For Canada, that course must be the renewal, indeed the strengthening, of the postwar multilateral order. We will follow this path, with open hands and open hearts extended to our American friends, seeking to make common cause as we have so often in the past.”
No doubt, the Russia investigation is weighing heavily on Republicans mind, but in the meantime, the rich asshole’s behavior is only making it worse.
the rich asshole Gets Laughed Off Twitter After Saying Comey’s ‘Illegal Leaks’ Will Be ‘Prevalent’ (TWEETS)
On Sunday, some rich asshole once again embarrassed himself and his country (the United States, not Russia) with yet another tweet attacking fired FBI director James Comey.
“I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very ‘cowardly!'” Orange Mussolini tweeted.
I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'
We’ll give you a moment to consider the actual definition of “prevalent” and laugh at him.
Now that you’ve gotten that all out of your system…
Comey’s “leak” was nothing more than his sharing his private, unclassified thoughts on his meeting with the rich asshole. It was not illegal. The conversation was not privileged as the rich asshole claimed while threatening his latest enemy.
Comey did nothing wrong — but that isn’t stopping the rich asshole from amping up his attacks in the wake of the former FBI director’s rather damning testimony.
Naturally, America once again joined together to mock the jerk who spends time in the Oval Office when he’s not busy golfing:
'far more prevalent'? Far more widespread? Far more popular? Trump has the best words, he just doesn't know how to use them coherently. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/873879934040780801 …
@realDonaldTrump You believe? 90% of what comes out your mouth or Twitter is a lie or falsity. No one cares what you believe.
@Simon_Bravery @realDonaldTrump Awwww! Aren't you adorable???
Back to your hole now. Mr. trump will summon you again in a bit. He can't help himself.
Back to your hole now. Mr. trump will summon you again in a bit. He can't help himself.
@realDonaldTrump This is the part where he tries to pretend he fired him for leaking, and hopes you don't notice the chronology.
@realDonaldTrump You make these tremendous claims but then never back them up with proof of any kind. It's an upsettingly effective tactic.
@realDonaldTrump The ONLY reason #Comey released his personal memos was to counters your fucking claim of "tapes". Put this matter to an end and produce them
@realDonaldTrump You are handing Comey the easiest defamation suit in history.
In case you didn't notice, your days of bullying anyone but the GOP are over
In case you didn't notice, your days of bullying anyone but the GOP are over
@realDonaldTrump He is a private citizen that leaked non classified info. Not illegal. I'm shocked you don't know shit about law since you're always in court
@realDonaldTrump You're kidding, right? It isn't illegal as it was not classified. Cowardly is sacking him when he's out of town & then attacking him on TV
@realDonaldTrump Admit you lied or give up the tapes.. if they exist and say what you said everyone around the world would have heard them by now.
@realDonaldTrump "Prevalent"? LOL. Think you mean "relevant". And yes, they will be. Just not in the way you think.
@realDonaldTrump We talked about this the other day. You need to use the google before typing words otherwise we're all omg this guy's cray.
the rich asshole is going down. On Saturday, some rich asshole Jr. confirmed Mr. Comey’s version of events — all while The rich asshole continues to lie.
It’s time for Republicans to step up, put their country before their party, and get him out of office.
Looks like time will tell if the rich asshole will actually make his visit as originally planned.
At this point in his presidency, President Obama had only played golf ONE time. the rich asshole, on the other hand, has played golf well over a dozen times since taking office. This is despite promising during the campaign that he would refrain from playing golf so much, and despite his repeated attacks on President Obama whenever he played golf.
Unlike Obama, the rich asshole is embroiled in scandal and America faces a difficult future as the rich asshole continues distancing our country away from the international community and his policies continue hurting the homeland.
During his testimony this week, Comey detailed how the rich asshole demanded his loyalty and fired him for refusing to drop the Russia investigation. Interference in a federal investigation is known as obstruction of justice, an impeachable offense. By firing Comey in an effort to kill it, the rich asshole committed a very serious crime.
But that didn’t stop the rich asshole from declaring vindication on Friday and accusing Comey of perjury while calling him a “leaker.”
the rich asshole didn’t even bother staying in Washington to face more questions. Instead, he ran away to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey to avoid reporters, who have been busily analyzing the rich asshole’s claims and accusations. CNN even caught the rich asshole lying and committing hypocrisy when he claimed that he has never asked anyone to pledge allegiance to him.
Scandals are plaguing his administration and the world is in crisis, yet as usual, the rich asshole is abandoning any and all responsibilities of the presidency to play more golf.
Every American should be outraged. Conservatives repeatedly called President Obama “lazy” and “irresponsible” for playing golf. Yet the rich asshole is on pace to play even MORE golf in a single year than President Obama played in eight. If anyone is lazy and irresponsible, it’s some rich asshole. He should be in Washington facing questions. But like a coward who has something to hide, he made outrageous accusations, declared victory, and then cut and ran as far away from the press as possible.
It’s time for Congress to act. the rich asshole and his entire administration should be impeached. America needs a full-time president who actually knows what the hell he is doing and doesn’t mind working hard for the American people. the rich asshole is neither of those.
HuffPo’s Comey Vs. the rich asshole Poll Results Are In – This Is Going To Start A Feud
June 10, 2017
Former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate on Thursday definitely caused a stir throughout the country. After Comey’s hearing ended, pollsters scrambled to try and gain a better understanding of how it was received by the American people.
It’s becoming the norm for polls — not who’s conducting them — not to paint the rich asshole in a positive light, and this Huffington Post/YouGov poll, which questioned 1,000 adults between June 8 and June 9, is no different.
Although voters do not approve of Comey more than the rich asshole (37 percent view the rich asshole favorably while 34 percent view Comey favorably), they definitely find the former FBI director to be more trustworthy. Forty-six percent of voters said that they think Comey is more honest and trustworthy than the rich asshole, while only 26 percent said the opposite. Twenty-eight percent said they were not sure.
The results of the polls showed that more voters feel uncertain about Comey, while they are more polarized in their views on President the rich asshole. As stated above, 37 percent of voters view the rich asshole favorably. Fifty-three percent view him unfavorably, and only 9 percent said they were unsure. Comey, on the other hand, is only viewed unfavorably by 33 percent of voters, and 32 percent remain unsure.
The majority of those who were polled also did not have positive responses to questions about the rich asshole’s decision to fire Comey. While 45 percent said this was the wrong decision, only 28 percent said the president was right to do so. Twenty-seven percent said they were unsure.
Almost 50 percent of voters also made it clear that they think the rich asshole’s decision to fire Comey was at least partly influenced by a desire to hinder the investigation into his Russia connections. Forty-nine percent said that they thought this was the primary reason behind the firing, while only 29 percent said the firing was not related to the investigation. Twenty-one percent said they were not sure.
the rich asshole is also not going to pleased when he learns that 50 percent of voters believe he asked Comey to pledge loyalty to him.
In May, a source close to Comey revealed that, at the beginning of his presidency, the rich asshole asked Comey to promise his loyalty. The accusation that the rich asshole made such a request came up again during Thursday’s hearing, and the president has vehemently denied it. On Friday, he said about Comey:
‘I hardly know the man, I’m not going to say, “I want you to pledge allegiance.” Who would do that? Who would ask a man to pledge allegiance?’
According to the results of this poll, only 15 percent of voters believed the rich asshole when he said he did not ask Comey to pledge loyalty. Thirty-six percent said they are still unsure.
Overall, the poll shows pretty clearly that the majority of the American people are either convinced the rich asshole is guilty or are still confused. The percentage of people who are confident in his innocence, however, is pitifully low — just like his approval numbers.
There will always be a small percentage of people who stand by the president no matter what; as for the rest of the country, though, he’s going to have a hard time convincing them otherwise.
Watch the rich asshole Storm Off to Air Force One After Disastrous Press Conference, Where’s the Fire?
JUNE 10, 2017
the rich asshole wasted no time rushing to Marine One en route to Air Force One after his outrageous joint presser with the Romanian President. He was in a huge rush to fly over to his “Summer White House” in Bedminster, New Jersey.Deputy WH Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed that the rich asshole will be having a “working weekend” in Bedminster. This is code talk for he’ll be golfing, tweeting, and eating burnt steaks.
During the rich asshole’s press conference, he was visibly annoyed by the aftermath of the Comey testimony. He said that he feels vindicated, however, one reporter asked him why he feels vindicated if it boils down to his word against Comey’s?
The same reporter asked him about the “tapes,” and Donald refused to comment. Congress demands to know if there are recordings of the rich asshole’s conversations with James Comey to prove once and for all what was said between the two men.
According to Jim Acosta, “CNN was placed away from the other TV networks in the equivalent of Siberia (no pun intended) at today’s news conference.”
CNN was placed away from the other TV networks in the equivalent of Siberia (no pun intended) at today's news conference.
Typically, all U.S. TV networks are grouped in same area during news conferences. CNN was placed well off to the side, behind Romanian press https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/873275230827024386 …
This weekend marks the rich asshole’s 24th trip to one of his own golf courses since becoming president:
Trump just boarded Air Force One, heading to his Bedminster club this weekend.
This will be Trump's 24th visit to a golf course as POTUS.
This will be Trump's 24th visit to a golf course as POTUS.
Rather than causing a big disruption in N.Y.C., I will be working out of my home in Bedminster, N.J. this weekend. Also saves country money!
‘Dictator the rich asshole’ Says He Will Defy Supreme Court If Necessary, Will Implement His Travel Ban Regardless
Posted on June 9, 2017
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It looks like President the rich asshole is tired of all this unnecessary separation of powers, and has now said he is ready to impose his travel ban despite what the Supreme Court of the United States might have to say about it.
Much to the chagrin of his administration, the rich asshole has taken to Twitter to forcefully reignite his one-sided defense of his unconstitutional ban on immigrants from muslim-majority nations. And this time, it’s not just about blasting the courts, and it’s not just about blasting liberals.
Last week, the Justice Department formally asked the Supreme Court to let a ban on visitors from six mostly Muslim countries and refugees from around the world to be put in place. The high court also is being asked to uphold the constitutionality of the the rich asshole travel policy, which lower courts have blocked because it shows anti-Muslim prejudice.
According to the Associated Press, that directive that would go before the Supreme Court is a narrower version of the executive order the president signed during his first week in office.
The second order removed Iraq from the list of banned countries. An indefinite halt to entry from Syrian refugees was replaced by a temporary pause.
This time the rich asshole is making it as clear as black and white that it is his full intention to implement the travel ban no matter where the Supreme Court lands when they decide whether it is constitutional or not.
In two tweets yesterday he proved to America he is more than happy to undermine the delicate legal process with which his own administration is handling. And along the way, he is happy to announce the the separation of powers can go to hell.
“People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!” he said in his first tweet, adding, “In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the US in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!”
People, the lawyers and the courts can call it whatever they want, but I am calling it what we need and what it is, a TRAVEL BAN!
In any event we are EXTREME VETTING people coming into the U.S. in order to help keep our country safe. The courts are slow and political!
Sorry the rich asshole Voters, the rich asshole Thinks the Constitution Can Go to Hell: the rich asshole Vows to End Separation of Church and State
Posted on June 9, 2017
The National Prayer Breakfast is an annual event held since 1953. While it usually features a speaker who either holds a position within the faith community or is recognized as a strong figure within the faith community, the Prayer Breakfast is more aptly described as a forum where business and political elites can meet, socialize, and build relationships.
And while we weren’t surprised that the rich asshole showed up and feigned a deep personal faith and respect for all faiths, we were stunned by one of his topics – repealing the Johnson Amendment, which makes it unlawful for a non-profit 501(c)(3) to endorse or campaign for a political candidate. The law explained in layman terms, “It is…a federal law that impedes a religious majority, in this case Christians, from promoting those who will advance their ideology while under the special protection that this country affords those under the rubric of “Religions.’ ” In essence, it recognizes that in a Democratic Republic such as ours, those in the minority must not be allowed to have their rights infringed upon by majority idealism. And it is an important, beautiful law which we should celebrate.
the rich asshole disagrees. Duh. Just check out the news on any given day, read an article on the Muslim ban or abortion and you can figure that out fairly quickly. But his attack on the Republic continues as he has now promised to “destroy” the Johnson amendment, giving religious non-profits the ability to campaign from the pulpit.
Translated: the rich asshole wants to do away with the first amendment.
It was the great Thomas Jefferson who said, the God who gave us life, gave us liberty. Jefferson asked, can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God. Among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. That is why I will get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution. I will do that, remember.
Ummm…can anyone actually explain what the first part of that paragraph has to do with the second? Exactly. NOTHING. Legislating one’s own ideology is NOT the same thing as worshiping according to our own beliefs. I’m fairly certain Jesus would agree.
The irony in all this? (Let’s be honest – the hypocrisy in all of this…) Republicans, while lauding the Bill of Rights 2nd Amendment, don’t care about the 1st Amendment. Because they simply don’t care that the United States of America are a Democratic Republic. Does the majority rule? Yes…but not really. Because everyone matters. That’s why we are the land of the free. That’s why we are a beacon of light for refugees and tired immigrants. Because one person’s rights are not more important than another’s, just because one is Christian.
the rich asshole breaks his Twitter silence on Comey: ‘False statements and lies, total and complete vindication’
President some rich asshole broke his silence on James Comey’s testimony by claiming “total and complete vindication.”
The president had been expected to tweet during the former FBI director’s testimony Thursday, but instead his social media account went silent for nearly 48 hours.
the rich asshole’s attorney issued a statement claiming Comey’s testimony proved the president was not under investigation, although the former FBI director promised to go into more detail with senators in a private session.
The president characterized the FBI director he fired as a liar, but he also claimed Comey’s testimony had vindicated his own assertions.
Despite so many false statements and lies, total and complete vindication…and WOW, Comey is a leaker!
Comey told lawmakers that he passed along to a friend his memo about a private meeting with the rich asshole, which the friend then shared with reporters.
The former FBI director told the Senate Intelligence Committee that he kept notes of his meetings with the rich asshole because he was worried the president would lie about their discussions.
“I was honestly concerned that he might lie about the nature of our meeting,” he said, “and so I thought it really important to document.”
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Watch some rich asshole Throw Binders Full of Highway Environmental Reviews on the Floor
In a speech on Friday dedicated to speeding up infrastructure construction, President the rich asshole couldn’t resist deploying one of his favorite props: a big stack of paper.
This time, the paper was the 10,000-page environmental report for the Intercounty Connector, an 18-mile highway in Maryland, enclosed in three binders that the president borrowed from a state highway official to demonstrate the waste and folly of federal bureaucracy.
Denouncing the report as “nonsense,” the rich asshole unceremoniously dropped the binders on the floor, to applause, before kicking them out of the way as he returned to the lectern. “Nobody’s going to read it, except the consultants who get a fortune for this,” the president said. "These binders could be replaced by just a few simple pages, it would be just as good. It would be much better."
The Intercounty Connector, or MD-200, is a $2.4 billion, 18-mile highway that was first proposed more than 50 years ago but not completed until 2014. Supporters of this tolled alternative to the Beltway, which slices through suburbs and wetlands parallel to the Washington ring road, have condemned its opponents as tree-huggers standing in the way of progress.
But with exaggerated traffic estimates furnished by consultants, the predictions for toll revenue failed to come true: Vehicle counts were 20 percent lower than what consultants had predicted. Revenue was one-third the low-end prediction. It’s true that environmentalists battled the road in court for years, delaying it and raising the construction costs. But they also got the size of the highway reduced from 12 lanes to six.
Imagine if the ICC had been twice the size. As it is, Maryland had to raise tolls on other crossings to pay off ICC debt. The ICC only passed its year-one toll revenue estimate in its third year of operation. Around that time, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan canceled Baltimore’s Red Line project and shifted the state’s $1.35 billion contribution into highway funding instead, a decision that prompted an investigation from President Obama’s Department of Transportation.
The ICC is slowly filling up, because new highways always do. They don’t solve traffic congestion. But they do create more car-dependent lives, stemming from new personal choices and new car-dependent patterns of housing and employment. Or as the California Department of Transportation put it in a recent paper, “Increasing Highway Capacity Unlikely to Relieve Traffic Congestion.”
As a symbol, then, the ICC represents the overwhelming influence of the highway construction lobby—more than the obstructionism of environmental activists.
the rich asshole was announcing the creation of a new office in the Council of Environmental Quality dedicated to rooting out inefficiency, clarifying lines of authority, and streamlining coordination between different levels of government.
The president bemoaned, as he has before, the glacial pace of public works construction in the United States, and spoke wistfully of the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge, built in five and four years, respectively.
Could U.S. infrastructure be built more quickly? Yes. Is 10,000 pages too many pages for an 18-mile highway? Yes. And yet, according to a Congressional Research Service review of the subject, environmental reports prompted by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are mostly a scapegoat. “Causes of delay,” the CRS reports, "are more often tied to local/state and project-specific factors, primarily local/state agency priorities, project funding levels, local opposition to a project, project complexity, or late changes in project scope.” And while phony environmental concerns are used as a pretext to forestall growth of all kinds, the bias in highways is definitively towards building.
But hey, the trade-offs involved in expediting the construction of public works are difficult. And dropping binders on the floor is easy. And fun.
Mike Pence and Jeff Sessions are the big losers in James Comey’s testimony — here’s why
James Comey characterized President some rich asshole as untrustworthy and intent on slowing the investigation into his campaign ties to Russia — but Vice President Mike Pence and Attorney General Jeff Sessions also emerged as potential targets.
The former FBI director declined to say Thursday in his highly anticipated congressional testimony whether the rich asshole himself was under investigation in the widening probe, but lawmakers’ questions suggested both Pence and Sessions could be.
Comey told lawmakers that disgraced national security adviser Mike Flynn was in “legal jeopardy” when the rich asshole asked him to back off the FBI investigation of his trusted campaign adviser’s possible ties to Russia.
He testified that the rich asshole’s expression of hope that he would halt the investigation seemed to be, in his opinion, a directive — which could provide evidence of intent to obstruct justice.
“I took it as a very disturbing thing, very concerning, but that’s a conclusion I’m sure the special counsel will work toward to try and understand what the intention was there, and whether that’s an offense,” Comey testified.
But other lawmakers questioned him about Pence and, especially, Sessions — who recused himself from overseeing the FBI investigation after his undisclosed meetings with the Russian ambassador were reported.
Pence has repeatedly claimed he was unaware of concerns about Flynn until shortly before he resigned over secret communications with the Russian ambassador — but Comey disputed those assertions.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) asked whether Pence, who oversaw the presidential transition process, was aware of those concerns before Flynn became national security adviser.
“My understanding is that he was,” Comey said. “I’m trying to remember where I get that understanding from. I think from acting attorney general (Sally) Yates.”
Yates notified the White House counsel Jan. 27 that the Department of Justice was concerned Flynn was vulnerable to blackmail.
She was fired three days later, and Flynn resigned 18 days later, after Yates’ concerns were reported.
Comey was not sure if Sessions knew about those concerns before he was sworn in, four days before Flynn resigned.
Several senators were highly interested in Sessions and the role he might have played in Comey’s firing — but Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), in particular, zeroed in on the attorney general.
She asked Comey whether Sessions had access to any of documents related to the investigation in the two weeks between Flynn’s resignation and the attorney general’s recusal.
Comey wasn’t sure if Sessions had, but he admitted it was possible.
Harris then asked if the attorney general played any role in the Russia investigation after his March 2 recusal, and Comey said he could only assume that Sessions had not.
Comey also told Harris that he could only rely on public statements about Sessions’ recusal because the Justice Department did not issue any written notice or memorandum describing the process that he would follow to stay away from the investigation.
“I know he had consulted with career ethics officials that know how to run a recusal at DOJ, but I don’t know what mechanism they set up,” Comey said.
Harris asked if he believed Sessions behaved appropriately by recommending Comey’s firing.
“It’s something that I can’t answer sitting here, but it’s a reasonable question,” he said.
Following a contentious interview, Kellyanne Conway is ready to see an NBC news anchor and others fired
June 5, 2017
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Following last week’s terrorist attack in London, President Trump at one point decided to use his Twitter to criticize London mayor Sadiq Khan’s message to his city.White House counsel Kellyanne Conway appeared on NBC’s “TODAY Show” where the tweet was discussed in a very heated exchange between herself and co-anchor Thomas Roberts:
.@SavannahGuthrie asks @KellyannePolls on @TODAYshow, does the president owe London's mayor an apology?
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Appearing on “FOX & Friends,” Conway expressed her disappointment that those in the media who criticized the president’s tweet (or the president himself) remained unfired:
.@KellyannePolls: President Trump has nothing to apologize for following his response to London attacks
But look, for people on TV to be saying what they’re saying — a CNN anchor yesterday calling the president an expletive, Kathy Griffin, also of CNN, doing what she did last week — which is really over the top — and then, blaming the Trump family. I mean, people are really losing their minds over this presidency, instead of trying to cover the things that he’s doing to help all Americans and really coming together.
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Conway accused members of the media of not offering their support to the president in search of nonpartisan ways to fight terror. And as for his recent criticisms, Conway said, ” […] When you hear things like that and people still keep their jobs, it’s truly remarkable.”
CNN host Reza Aslan recently apologized for tweeting out an expletive in his criticism of the president. Though he remains in his position, CNN has since cut ties with Griffin for her controversial display of a bloodied, severed head made in the image of the president.
the rich asshole Marks D-Day Anniversary By Bragging About Himself, Attacking The Media, And Insulting An Ally
The first thing some rich asshole should have thought about on Tuesday morning is all the American soldiers who sacrificed their lives 73 years ago.
On the beaches of Normandy in France, American troops faced the heaviest fire in what is still the largest amphibious operation ever conducted. Many never even made it off the boats that carried them to shore. As depicted in the film Saving Private Ryan, June 6, 1943 was a bloody and terrifying day.
But instead of thinking about those brave men today on the anniversary of D-Day, the rich asshole chose to only think about himself.
In yet another early morning rant on Twitter, the rich asshole attacked the media and listed basically every channel except Fox News as fake news and once again bragged about winning the election.
The FAKE MSM is working so hard trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out.
Sorry folks, but if I would have relied on the Fake News of CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS, washpost or nytimes, I would have had ZERO chance winning WH
the rich asshole then bragged that he is going to end the threat of terrorism just because he visited Saudi Arabia and then he attacked one of our strategic allies in the Middle East.
During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look!
It should be noted that Qatar has been our ally since 1973. But the rich asshole wasn’t done attacking them.
So good to see the Saudi Arabia visit with the King and 50 countries already paying off. They said they would take a hard line on funding...
...extremism, and all reference was pointing to Qatar. Perhaps this will be the beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism!
Seriously, the rich asshole literally just accused one of our longtime allies of funding terrorism because Saudi Arabia told him to. Qatar officials deny the allegations.
But the rich asshole’s attack on Qatar is also hypocritical considering Saudi Arabia has also been repeatedly accused of funding terrorism. The Saudis are also significantly tied to the 9/11 attacks, but you don’t see the rich asshole attacking them.
The tension between Qatar and other Middle Eastern nations has been building for quite some time now. the rich asshole’s pathetic speech during his embarrassing trip overseas had nothing to do with what’s happening at the moment. But the rich asshole is trying to take credit anyway.
As the rich asshole continues to cause worldwide chaos and insults our European allies, the anniversary of D-Day should be even more important than ever before.
29,000 Americans lost their lives that day on the blood-soaked sand and water. To put that figure in perspective, that’s more killed in one day than the entire eight-year war in Iraq in which 4,424 American troops were killed.
And if we continue to let the rich asshole and his administration remain in power, we could end up fighting another world war that will be even costlier.
Lawyers Just determined the rich asshole Is Breaking The Law Daily On Twitter (DETAILS)
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If there’s one thing some rich asshole doesn’t like, it’s being criticized. The man simply can’t handle anyone saying anything bad about him. This includes, but isn’t limited to, people responding to his tweets.
In fact, the rich asshole won’t think twice about blocking you if you finally get under his thin orange skin. In fact, he seems to block people every day.
However, here’s the thing about that, the rich asshole is *president now and he’s supposedly *president of all Americans. At least that’s what he says. So, when he blocks American citizens from tweeting at him just because he doesn’t like what they say, he may be, in fact, violating these citizens First Amendment right.
“When the rich asshole blocks critics from reading and replying to his tweets, it violates protections guaranteed under the 1st Amendment, say free speech attorneys.”
Further:
“In a letter to the White House on Tuesday, the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University called on the president to stop blocking users, arguing that the @realDonaldTrump handle with its nearly 32 million followers amounts to a “designated public forum” that all Americans should have access to — even opponents.”
And according to Knight Institute’s executive director, Jameel Jaffer:
“This is a context in which the Constitution precludes the president from making up his own rules. Though the architects of the Constitution surely didn’t contemplate presidential Twitter accounts, they understood that the president must not be allowed to banish views from public discourse simply because he finds them objectionable. Having opened this forum to all comers, the president can’t exclude people from it merely because he dislikes what they’re saying.”
So, if the rich asshole wants to be *president of all Americans, like he says he is, he should probably unblock everyone and face the fact that Americans have the right to say what they want, as long as non-violent, in the public forum of the *President of the United States.
He either needs to grow thicker skin or maybe, just maybe, get off Twitter altogether.
(*pending investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 election)
THE RICH ASSHOLE FANS THREATEN HERO WHO EXPOSED RUSSIAN ELECTION HACK WITH RAPE AND MURDER (SCREENSHOTS)
Posted by John Prager on 06 Jun 2017
Fans of ‘reality loser’ some rich asshole swarmed the Facebook page of Reality Winner to show their support for Russia following her arrest for leaking NSA information that showed that the rich asshole’s Kremlin masters hacked our election.
Sure, she revealed information that was important when it comes to protecting our country from outside interference (with the help of traitors within), but the rich asshole’s fans have decided that she’s a “traitor” for doing so.
For her heroism, Winner faces up to ten years in prison — but the same triggered little snowflakes who went insane when Kathy Griffin joked about some rich asshole’s death in a poorly-conceived art piece have far worse punishments in mind for her: rape, torture, death.
Winner’s Facebook profile, which is open to public comment, quickly flooded with images of Pepe the Frog, a cartoon character adopted by modern Nazis, as well as wishes that she be “gang raped” for “treason.” She has not, of course, even been charged with treason.
They also came up with the cutest nicknames for her: “cunt,” “bitch,” slut muffin,” and all the others that one would typically expect to come from people who can’t figure out how to work a microwave.
Winner’s information was very important. The Intercept reports:
It states unequivocally in its summary statement that it was Russian military intelligence, specifically the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, that conducted the cyber attacks described in the document:
Winner’s information was very important. The Intercept reports:
It states unequivocally in its summary statement that it was Russian military intelligence, specifically the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, that conducted the cyber attacks described in the document:
“Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate actors … executed cyber espionage operations against a named U.S. company in August 2016, evidently to obtain information on elections-related software and hardware solutions. … The actors likely used data obtained from that operation to … launch a voter registration-themed spear-phishing campaign targeting U.S. local government organizations.”
Interestingly, the rich asshole ally and puppetmaster Vladimir Putin recently denied hacking “on a state level.” This was, as we knew before but can now confirm, a lie.
Like Chelsea Manning, who was recently released from prison, Winner will go down in history as a hero. It’s a pity that telling the truth in these times of massive deceit will cause her to suffer.
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