Friday, February 16, 2018

Trump's "Unsaid" Speaks Volumes

The initial indictment and findings by the Special Prosecutor allege Russian meddling in the US elections with intent to support Donald Trump. Right, is that the Russian attack was planned and initiated before Trump declared his candidacy.

Correct, the indictment and finding say that some Trump campaign associates and other Americans may have been "unwitting" participants. One of those is most likely Kellyanne Conway, Trump's campaign manager.

Trump immediately declared "no collusion" and his innocence. Hold on; this is step one. The prosecutor has proven the initial charges, though an abundance of evidence and additional charges come as a result.

Drop the first shoe. We already know about other indictments and guilty pleas from Trump campaign associates. There is much more to come as the noose tightens. The fat lady isn't singing yet.

"Trump: New Mueller indictments show campaign 'did nothing wrong' 
President Trump on Friday declared that a new round of indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation show his campaign “did nothing wrong” and prove there was 'no collusion' with Russia. 
'Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for president,' Trump tweeted. 'The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion!'" 
The Hill

I haven't finished.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Two-Faced Twisted Trump

Here are the facts about Donald Trump and guns. First, he repealed rules that Obama issued to ensure that mentally disturbed people could not get guns. Now, he promises some action, just like the Republican Congressed promised thousands of deaths later. There is no believing the pathological liar and the Congress that he owns.

No, don’t believe it. Demand that your Congressional Representatives take down the Second Amendment. Disarm guns as that is the only way ahead in a civil society.
“Trump repealed rule to block mentally ill people from buying guns
By Bob Fredericks February 15, 2018 | 12:41pm 
 President Trump tweeted Thursday that Americans need to be more vigilant about people with mental illness to prevent school shootings — but a year ago this month he revoked an Obama-era rule that would have blocked some mentally ill people from buying guns. 
 ‘So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!’ the president wrote. 
 But Trump, at the urging of the National Rifle Association, quashed a policy that would have forced Social Security officials to report records of some mentally ill people getting benefits to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System, NPR reported at the time.” 
 https://nypost.com/2018/02/15/trump-repealed-rule-to-block-mentally-ill-people-from-buying-guns/
“Trump: Making schools safer is 'top priority' after Florida shooting
BY JORDAN FABIAN - 02/15/18 11:34 AM EST

President Trump on Thursday said he is ‘making plans’ to visit the Florida high school where a mass shooting took place as he delivered a statement to the nation on the attack. 
 “We are all joined together as one American family, and your suffering is our burden also,” Trump said from the Diplomatic Room of the White House. “No child, no teacher should ever be in danger in an American school.” 
 http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/374002-trump-denounces-florida-school-shooting?rnd=1518708755/?userid=23145


Blowing Smoke Again



Trump and Republican’s Failing State

Children killed at school by a former expelled student armed with an AR-15 is the tragedy today. For days before yesterday, the news was the Trump White House staffed the President’s personal secretary job with a spouse abuser who didn’t have a security clearance. The White House ignored the FBI’s report and the Chief of Staff, John Kelly knew about it and lied.

Lying is a pattern in The White House because the President is a pathological liar. He is also accused of sexual assault by twenty-two women and has a clear record of infidelity and misogyny among other degrading behaviors.

On “Gun Violence” President Trump “promised to fight against ‘American carnage’ and crime during an inaugural address last year, but glossed over the gun violence epidemic as he attempted to cast his presidency in a positive light.”
“The Trump administration was sympathetic to banning bump-stocks, the device that shooter Stephen Paddock used in his massacre, though no word has come from a Department of Justice review announced in December.”
 http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-state-union-article-1.3789763
We the People expect these outcomes and metrics.

■      Nation secured economically - 100%
■      Nation has a sustainable economy - 100%
■      Nation secured militarily - 100%
■      Homeland secured from terrorists - 100%
■      Employment opportunities for all who can work - 100%
■      Upward mobility for all who are All persons provided minimal sustainment as a baseline to start - 100%
■      Social security assured for all persons - 100%
■      Clean air and water - 100%
■      Best education in the world - #1
■      Freest nation in the world - #1
■      Lowest crime rate in the world - #1 in the least crime per capita prepared commensurate with ability - 100%”_

The Trump administration and this US Congress is failing and is becoming a most unviable government as it is degrading our pluralistic democracy.


The only way ahead is to impeach them and replace the executive and legislative branches with more qualified candidates.


Absurdity 



Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Call to Mothers and Grandparents Arms

The gun lobby in the US and the Congressman who are corrupted by it need to feel an onslaught of resistance and revolt from constituents who demand the disarming of Americans and the end of personal gun ownership.

That's correct; the Second Amendment did not mean for all Americans to be armed to protect themselves, it called on an organized militia. Local and state law enforcement officers are the citizens' protectors, replacing the need for private guns.

America has failed to mature in that regard, in part because some communities are remote where protection by individual guns might be necessary, though probably not. There are exceptions which can be addressed by laws and regulations.

In the meantime, to protect children at schools, maybe mother and grandparent volunteer forces can augment law enforcement thereby monitoring and supporting screening operations.

Don't fund the military parade, fund school safety instead.



Stop the NRA now!


Unravelling the Trump White House

If Donald Trump had not won the presidency without help from the Russians and without being a racist bigot, there might be a different story now. The trouble is he didn't win legitimately.

The FBI investigators have their hands all over the Trump staff as they process security clearances.

Trump's promise to staff The White House with the best isn't honest at all. He can't get nominees and appointees to pass security clearance requirements. Among them is his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

His personal secretary was dismissed for having allegedly beaten his two former wives. One part of the problem is that The White House knew about Porter's past and intended to let it go with a presidential override. That doesn't work in a democracy like ours with due process and the rule of law.

While it is clear that some forty persons are having trouble with their clearances, the big story is this. The FBI is in possession of all those applications. They are investigating all of the information on them including financial information that might show conflicts of interest. The FBI is following Jared Kushner's money.

It might be a good thing for Donald Trump Jr. that he didn't apply for a clearance.
"Donald Trump Jr. is expected to appear at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, after coming under fire for reportedly attending a meeting with at least two Russian individuals during his father's presidential campaign. At the time of the meeting, Trump Jr. worked closely with his father's campaign, but he has no official position in the Trump administration. As a result, Trump Jr. likely doesn't have a security clearance or access to classified information within his father's White House." 
https://www.bustle.com/p/does-donald-trump-jr-have-security-clearance-hes-not-a-government-employee-72626