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

The Last Statesman

A Functioning Government Please

Face it, America, Donald Trump is our ‘Manchurian Candidate,’ an unwitting sleeper agent who gained power through a combination of exploitations: 1) Trump exploited American voter ignorance, 2) Russians exploited Trump. What is left is self-destruction at the hands of a bully authoritarian who is not the brightest bulb on the planet.

The trouble is, this is not a joke. It has put America into a declining spiral. There are no brakes because Congress too is exploited by corruption and the willingness to go along with their leader.

American voters must compel elected representatives to do their jobs. The midterm election is desperately important. Until or unless there is a sea change in Congress, the nation is doomed. It is that serious. We’ve been nuked.

Get him out of here.

Manufacturing Industry is Strategically Important

For as long as I have been writing business articles, American industrial policy has been a topic. Some believe that we don’t have one. In fact, our trade policies, laws and regulations make de facto policy whether it carries a label or not.

I have met with the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Office of Industrial Policy in past years. Sometimes it was staffed by a retired general and other times by a professional policy expert. The office existed because the military needs to know that there is sufficient manufacturing capability in America’s domestic supply chain to support its needs.

Throughout my working years, beginning in 1970, America’s manufacturing industry has been in decline. I worked many of those years in manufacturing industry trying to hang on, and we lost the battle.

In intelligent place to begin to address manufacturing industry needs and policy is by assessing the strategic requirements for domestic production capacity across the entire lifecycle form raw materials to final assembly. Donald Trump and Congressional Leaders are not doing that. Instead, they are flying by the seat of their pants at great risk to national security.

The intention to address manufacturing should begin with a strategic assessment and not driven by pretending to create jobs. An effective policy will result in produce the right kinds of jobs, and they will not carry the profile of what was lost in the past because the world competitive standards have advanced well beyond that.

Read my book: Regenerating America with Sustainable Economics by James A. George and James A. Rodger © 2017 Archway Publishing.

“TRUMP FINDS SUPPORT FOR TARIFFS -- President Donald Trump is finding that his proposal to impose steel and aluminum tariffs has some support on Capitol Hill after all -- from red-state Democrats. "As Republicans howl that new tariffs could cause an economic meltdown, a handful of Rust Belt Democrats are giving the president a rare serving of praise," Elana reports. "His stance could give the trio -- Sens. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, all top GOP targets -- a chance to tout their bipartisan credentials and defend their home-state metals industries all at once."
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What Nunberg and Stone Say About Trump?

What Nunberg and Stone Say About Trump and the Republican Party?

In conclusion, the Republican Party maintains a relationship with dirty politics tricksters that goes back to the days of their leader, Richard M. Nixon.

You may have seen Sam Nunberg on one of his many appearances on television yesterday. Nunberg was an aide to Donald Trump who now at the age of 36 years said he was with Trump since 2011. That is he was publicity and then campaign advisor for six years.

How did this young attorney grab Trump's attention? For one thing, it appears to be his style. Listening to the "troubled" man on television, he sounded and acted much like Trump. One difference is that Nuberg admitted to taking prescribed antidepressant medication. TV host, Erin Burnett also said that he had the odor of alcohol on his person. He denied drinking.

To the main point, Nunberg is another "Trump hire." Significantly, Nunberg worked for Mitt Romney's 2008 campaign, being hired by attorney Jay Sekulow to work with the American Center for Law & Justice in an attempt to stop the construction of the Park51 mosque. There he met Roger Stone, whom he has described as his mentor.

The significance is that Nunberg is a Republican Party conservative and political advisor to two presidential candidates.

In February 2014, Nunberg was fired by Trump after he arranged a Buzzfeed interview with Trump that ended up being highly critical of Trump. That was Numberg's mistake.

However, Trump liked him so much he brought him back.

In February 2015, Nunberg was rehired by Trump, as a communications adviser for the Trump campaign. Nunberg, along with Stone, helped prepare the candidate for the first Republican debate, on August 6, 2015.

Next, Trump fired Nunberg again, later that month after some of his old Facebook posts surfaced which contained ethnic comments.

"In July 2016, Trump sued Nunberg for $10 million, accusing Nunberg of violating a confidentiality agreement by leaking information to the New York Post. In a legal response, Nunberg said that Trump might have illegally funneled corporate money into the campaign. Trump and Nunberg settled their legal dispute in August 2016."

Wiki 

What you see is that Nunberg is a hired gun who will perform dirty tricks under the guise of a political operative.

His being hired is a reflection on his employers, Trump, Romney, and Roger Stone.

Who is Roger Stone?

Roger Stone has a life-long history of being a dirty political trickster. Here is some of what Wiki says about him.

"1972–1977: Nixon administration and Reagan '76

After Nixon won the 1972 presidential election, Stone worked for the administration in the Office of Economic Opportunity. After Nixon resigned, Stone went to work for Bob Dole, but was later fired after columnist Jack Anderson publicly identified Stone as a Nixon 'dirty trickster.' In 1976, he worked in Ronald Reagan's campaign for president, and in 1977, became national chairman of the Young Republicans.

With partners Charlie Black and Paul Manafort, he formed Black, Manafort, and Stone, a political consulting firm, described as "instrumental in the success of Ronald Reagan's 1984 campaign". Republican political strategist Lee Atwater later joined the firm in 1985, after serving the #2 position on Reagan-Bush '84. The firm lobbied for the Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos and the Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.

In 1987–88, Stone served as senior adviser to Jack Kemp's presidential campaign, which was managed by consulting partner Charlie Black. In that same election, his other partners worked for George H.W. Bush (Lee Atwater as campaign manager, and Paul Manafort as director of operations in the fall campaign).

In April 1992, Time alleged that Stone was involved with the controversial Willie Horton advertisements to aid George H.W. Bush's 1988 presidential campaign, which was targeted against Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Stone has said that he urged Lee Atwater not to include Horton in the ad."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Stone

Now, the news is that Special Prosecutor, Robert Mueller, wants Nunberg and Stone to testify. Nunberg has already been before the FBI, but they want him back to discuss emails and other information. Nunberg says he will defy the subpoena. The prosecutor expects to see him before the grand jury on Friday.

In conclusion, the Republican Party maintains a relationship with dirty politics tricksters that go back to the days of their leader, Richard M. Nixon.

Nunberg and Stone, Dirty Tricksters