Census and Population Management

The headline beyond Trump's sex exploitation scandal is that the administration wants to include citizenship questions on the 2020 census form. What's the motivation behind that?

First, Republicans want to intimidate more illegal immigrants and legal immigrants too. They don't want them trying to vote.

Frankly, no one wants illegal persons voting as citizens, and the data shows they don't. That is not a problem.

Second, the problem is that there is a sizeable population of illegal persons living in America who are undocumented. That question is addressed by following the laws and regulations that are on the books. The real problem is that too many Congresses and Presidents failed to enforce the laws and that led to the accrual of a huge population of illegal and undocumented persons who expanded the issue by having children in America who are legal citizens.

The size of the problem and the duration of illegal persons living in America has become too large to handle by merely following the law. Doing so now imposes cruel and unusual punishment on families residing in Amerca.

Congress was expected to address the matter, and it failed once again, and so has the President.

Managing the population requires policies that encourage and support favorable demographics that include the development of skills, knowledge, and experience that make the nation's economy
healthy and sustainable.

Today, it is not. Neither party nor the President is addressing sustainable economics, which is why I wrote the book, Regenerating America with Sustainable Economics by James A. George and James A. Rodger (c) 2017 Archway Publishing.

Pathetic Government

While President Trump was left holding the budget-bag yesterday, Congressional Representatives ran for their airplanes to "get of Dodge." Incoming today are students, protesting deficient guns laws and school safety against armed intruders. The President escaped to Mar-a-Lago and is in hiding from them and the reporters wanting to ask a host of questions ranging from White House in Chaos, the Russian investigation, the Budget law, and all of the affairs and allegations of assaulting women.

Meanwhile, the President is staffing for war while Congress winks and blinks.

"March for gun control takes over Washington 

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the nation's capital on Saturday for the “March for Our Lives” to support tougher gun controls and protest Congress's refusal to consider them. 

Organizers received a National Park Service permit for 500,000 people, an audience to rival enormous demonstrations like the “Women’s March” staged in Washington the day after President Trump’s inauguration. 

Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., organized and inspired the event after a gunman killed 17 of their classmates and members of the school faculty on Valentine’s Day. 

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They bring them; I sign them.

Trump Bamboozled by GOP-led Congress

The members of Congress left in the night or on early planes home and abroad. They got out of town after completing the budget legislation. They didn't read the 2200 pages, and neither did the President. They didn't allow any time for review. It was a shlock job handed to a schlub President.

Then, Trump had the gall to try to blame it on the Democrats and sneaked in some shots at Obama and probably Hillary Clinton too. It is always someone else's fault. Buck up Trump, you da man.

Just sign on the line.

Just like nondisclosure agreements. Wink, nod.

"Trump Signs $1.3 Trillion Spending Bill, Averting A Government 

Email March 23, 20189:49 AM ET 

Heard on All Things Co President Trump speaks about the $1.3 trillion spending bill that he signed, despite an earlier veto threat.Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty ImagesUpdated at 2:21 p.m. ET 

President Trump signed a massive spending bill Friday, hours after threatening a veto that would have triggered a government shutdown. 

The $1.3 trillion omnibus legislation passed both chambers of Congress after lengthy negotiations between leaders of both parties. The Senate passed it late Thursday, and most lawmakers had left Washington by Friday morning. 

Trump tweeted just before 9 a.m. ET that he was "considering a VETO" because the bill does not fully address his immigration priorities. Hours later, the president relented and signed the measure, just as his aides had promised all along.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/23/596401989/trump-threatens-veto-of-spending-deal?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20180323&utm_campaign=breakingnews&utm_term=nprnews 

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America in Grave Danger

The chaos in The White House can measure Trump's authoritarian incompetence. Look at it. Are Congressional Republicans seeing this?

Now, with the appointment of war-hawk, John Bolton, as the National Security Advisor, the President has a hair-pin trigger. He has staffed with a trigger-happy bunch the likes of which got us into Iraq.

This regime, the illegitimate and Russian compromised government must be evicted.

"Notable firings and resignations from Trump's White House
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Mar 22, 2018, 11:39 PM ET
Notable firings and resignations from President Donald Trump's White House since he took office on Jan. 20, 2017.
——March 22: National security adviser H.R. McMaster
— March 13: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
— March 12: Special assistant and personal aide to the president John McEntee
— March 6, 2018: Economic adviser Gary Cohn
— Feb. 28, 2018: Communications director Hope Hicks
— Feb. 27, 2018: Deputy communications director Josh Raffel
— Feb. 7, 2018: Staff secretary Rob Porter
— Dec. 13, 2017: Communications director for the White House Office of Public Liaison Omarosa Manigault Newman
— Dec. 8, 2017: Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell
— Sept. 29, 2017: Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price
— Aug. 25, 2017: National security aide Sebastian Gorka
— Aug. 18, 2017: Chief strategist Steve Bannon
— July 31, 2017: Communications director Anthony Scaramucci
— July 28, 2017: Chief of staff Reince Priebus
— July 21, 2017: Press secretary Sean Spicer
— May 30, 2017: Communications director Michael Dubke
— May 9, 2017: FBI Director James Comey
— March 30, 2017: Deputy chief of staff Katie Walsh
— Feb. 13, 2017: National security adviser Michael Flynn." 

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Trump the Traitor

Donald Trump ignored his National Security Advisors and congratulated Vladimir Putin for his reelection. Putin's retaining power is from a flawed election process the likes of which Trump might want to impose on Americans, apparently.

The charade is over. Stand up for America or go along with Trump.
Many Republicans have chosen to "go along," and that means they are treasonous traitors too.

Impeach and prosecute the Trump regime.

"Trump’s national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin. He did it anyway. 

The president did not heed written instructions from his national security team asking him to take a tougher tone with the Russian leader." 

By Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura, and Josh Dawsey
The Washington Post

Trump the Traitor

Stop the Assault on Democracy

President Donald Trump continues to assault persons and institutions with slanderous lies and bully behavior that is inappropriate and unfit for his office. His attacks are against the foundation of our Constitutional democracy and We the People have the right and duty to compel him to cease his illegal actions.

The President is under investigation by the Special Prosecutor as his campaign and business relationships tie directly to the Russian government via a money trail and observable actions.

Leadership in the US House of Representatives is complicit in covering up and obstructing justice with dereliction of duty and performance. That fact makes the nation vulnerable to tyranny by Donald Trump, and he is levying assaults now.

Citizens must remember that when our elected representatives fail to perform, it is our obligation and duty to protest, resist, and revolt against it.  We can vote them out of office. If their destructive performance persists before the election, we can demand their resignations. That is where we are today.

Demand the resignation of US Members of the House of Representatives who go along with President Trump.

Seek their impeachment, though demanding resignations is a swifter and more direct option.

"Rancorous week looms with Trump untamed 

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN 

(CNN)Donald Trump's weekend of assaults on Robert Mueller's investigation pushed Washington closer than ever to the major crisis of governance that could ensue if the President were to act on his fury and fire the special counsel. 

The President's lambasting of the Russia probe and the administration's sacking of former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe prompted warnings from key Republicans that he would send the country over a cliff if he tried to dismiss Mueller. 

And the White House will Monday face uncomfortable new questions about the Trump team's conduct during the 2016 election after Facebook suspended Cambridge Analytica, a data firm used by President's campaign, over allegations it used the data of 50 million users of the social media site without their permission." 

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/19/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-washington-week/index.html

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Donald Trump Must Be Impeached Now

Donald Trump is using the presidency as a bully pulpit for himself and does not have the nation’s interest as the top priority. From the beginning, his personal manifesto has telegraphed an attack on the US government and its institutions that are created and embodied in law.

By soliciting and engaging support from foreign governments, principally the Russians, he and the Republican Party have undermined the American Political System. The Republican Party advanced the notion that corporations are people too and can garner campaign contributions that dwarf that from individuals. That undermines the principle of one person-one vote. 

The US House of Representatives led by Speaker Paul Ryan is conflicted in investigating Trump and the Trump campaign organization. He and the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee participated in the obstruction of justice and cannot execute their duties to initiate impeachment against an errant and illegal president.

These circumstances that include corruption and breaches of the oath of offices imperils the nation and democracy in the American republic are failing.

The Special Prosecutor initiative is under attack by the President and members of his party. Only The Senate Intelligence Committee has maintained a bipartisan investigation. Though remember that only the House can initiate impeachment. The Senate prosecutes only after the House makes that call. That is unlikely to happen because the House is corrupt.

What happens next in America is up to the rule of law and the Democratic opposition being joined by some uncorrupted Republicans. They must follow the action and employ the Courts to adjudicate the situation.

It behooves the Special Prosecutor to interview the President via voluntary cooperation or subpoena. Trump’s lawyer is calling for the end of the probe into the President’s involvement with the Russians. That might indicate that Trump will attempt to end it by firing the Special Prosecutor. If he does that, it will trigger an unprecedented Constitutional crisis.

All of this is happening as Trump’s White House staff is in chaos as he intends to meet with the North Koreans for which he is inadequately prepared. America is at great risk from President Trump and it is time for all patriots in the Congress to organize calls for immediate impeachment. Such action should be as bipartisan as possible and should include rallying the public’s understanding of the imperative and necessity for the sake of American democracy.

Fight for Freedom against the Trump Tyranny

An American Hero

Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the FBI is an American hero who is being treated unfairly. He will likely appeal his being denied his retirement benefits earned after twenty-five years of service to We the People.

“I have been an FBI Special Agent for over 21 years. I spent half of that time investigating Russian Organized Crime as a street agent and Supervisor in New York City. I have spent the second half of my career focusing on national security issues and protecting this country from terrorism. I served in some of the most challenging, demanding investigative and leadership roles in the FBI. And I was privileged to serve as Deputy Director during a particularly tough time.

For the last year and a half, my family and I have been the targets of an unrelenting assault on our reputation and my service to this country. Articles too numerous to count have leveled every sort of false, defamatory and degrading allegation against us. The president’s tweets have amplified and exacerbated it all. He called for my firing. He called for me to be stripped of my pension after more than 20 years of service. And all along we have said nothing, never wanting to distract from the mission of the FBI by addressing the lies told and repeated about it.

No more.

The investigation by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has to be understood in the context of the attacks on my credibility. The investigation flows from my attempt to explain the FBI’s involvement and my supervision of investigations involving Hillary Clinton. I was being portrayed in the media over and over as a political partisan, accused of closing down investigations under political pressure. The FBI was portrayed as caving under that pressure, and making decisions for political rather than law enforcement purposes. Nothing was further from the truth. In fact, this entire investigation stems from my efforts, fully authorized under FBI rules, to set the record straight on behalf of the Bureau and to make it clear that we were continuing an investigation that people in DOJ opposed.

The OIG investigation has focused on information I chose to share with a reporter through my public affairs officer and a legal counselor. As Deputy Director, I was one of only a few people who had the authority to do that. It was not a secret, it took place over several days, and others, including the Director, were aware of the interaction with the reporter. It was the same type of exchange with the media that the Deputy Director oversees several times per week. In fact it was the same type of work that I continued to do under Director Wray, at his request. The investigation subsequently focused on who I talked to, when I talked to them, and so forth. During these inquiries, I answered questions truthfully and as accurately as I could amidst the chaos that surrounded me. And when I thought my answers were misunderstood, I contacted investigators to correct them.

But looking at that in isolation completely misses the big picture. The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people.

Here is the reality: I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey. The release of this report was accelerated only after my testimony to the House Intelligence Committee revealed that I would corroborate former Director Comey’s accounts of his discussions with the President. The OIG’s focus on me and this report became a part of an unprecedented effort by the Administration, driven by the President himself, to remove me from my position, destroy my reputation, and possibly strip me of a pension that I worked 21 years to earn. The accelerated release of the report, and the punitive actions taken in response, make sense only when viewed through this lens. Thursday’s comments from the White House are just the latest example of this.

This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally. It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel’s work.

I have always prided myself on serving my country with distinction and integrity, and I have always encouraged those around me to do the same. Just ask them. To have my career end in this way, and to be accused of lacking candor when at worst I was distracted in the midst of chaotic events, is incredibly disappointing and unfair. But it will not erase the important work I was prevailed to be a part of, the results of which will in the end be revealed for the country to see.

I have unfailing faith in the men and women of the FBI and I am confident that their efforts to seek justice will not be deterred.”

Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the FBI.

Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director of the FBI

America’s Last Chance

The nation is a failed state. The remnants of a functioning democratic republic remain in place and are the last chance for citizens to restore the Constitutional government.

The US Congress Republican-dominated House Intelligence Committee failed to do its job in investigating Russian interference in American elections. They decided to shut down their inquiry without having interviewed many prospective witnesses. They failed to follow leads and quit prematurely without respect for bipartisanship. Their work is as failed as their chairman and the Nunes’ memo.

Allowing this to pass is the Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan. Failing in his duty to pursue charges of impeachment and censure against President Trump who flaunts a disregard for our Constitution and government. That case continues under the Special Prosecutor.

As the Special Prosecutor pursues obstruction of justice charges, he is sure to engage actions by the Speaker and Senate Majority leader, Vice President Pence, and Attorney General Sessions, all participants in obstructing the process.

Ultimately, the case will be made to Congress and in the Courts, that Donald Trump and his regime and associates conspired with Russians to steal Election 2016, and they succeeded.

Only citizens can reverse the downward spiral in the Mid-Term Elections.

Robert Mueller

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