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“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”
- Marcus Aurelius
You start with the best of intentions, you do -
A hope in your heart and a dream to come true -
A vow on your lips that you're longing to say -
A wish for a better tomorrow, today.
You start with a view of what's right and enough -
But some things are easy, and others are tough -
And sometimes you're led through a new open door -
And sometimes "enough" is a little bit more.
The way you imagined,
the why and the how -
It's far from the path that you're reaching for now -
And gone is the dream that you hoped to come true.
You grasp for a better tomorrow.
For you.
The Trump administration and the GOP would have us get sick and die while they profit off of tax dollars.
Want to know how it works?
1.) Eliminate oversight of the spending of nearly a trillion dollars of tax dollars: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/490737-stimulus-opens-new-front-in-trumps-oversight-fight
2.) Aquire the authority to command which businesses get which contracts: https://youtu.be/MlQx7Qs2ACI
3.) Have trusted people stand up companies through which the money can be funneled (3 week old company, founded through a loan approved via the Coronavirus Stimulus bill, is now the center of medical supply distribution): https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184 “I don’t want to overstate, but we probably represent the largest global supply chain for Covid-19 supplies right now,” he said. “We are getting ready to fill 100 million-unit mask orders.”
4.) Have the federal government sell, at a reduced price, it’s strategic stockpile to the new companies, run by your buddies: https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1245841458323771393
5.) Have the states bid on the supplies, driving up the price: https://youtu.be/2zeEUs7tcpE
6.) Have the federal government spend taxpayer dollars to ship supplies purchased from China to these brand new private companies: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/29/823543513/project-airbridge-to-expedite-arrival-of-needed-supplies-white-house-says?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews
7.) Eliminate the competition. Attack any company that doesn’t play ball. https://mothership.sg/2020/04/trump-3m-10-million-masks/
There's a reason the mislead the American people about COVID-19!
Dig! Do your research!
Fun Stats
127
Cost of flights to Mar a Lago (30 so far):*
~$59,110,000
Days Trump has spent at Bedminster:
75
Cost of flights to Bedminster (23 so far):*
~$18,375,500
Trump has visited his clubs once every this many days since his inauguration:
4.7
Cost to Taxpayer: About $133,000,000
Wisconsin Republicans felt the economy improve by 85 points the day Trump was sworn in.
Graph: https://i.imgur.com/B2yx5TB.png Source: http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/blogs/wisconsin-voter/2017/04/15/donald-trumps-election-flips-both-parties-views-economy/100502848/
10% fewer Republicans believed the wealthy weren't paying enough in taxes once a billionaire became their president. Democrats remain fairly consistent. http://www.people-press.org/2017/04/14/top-frustrations-with-tax-system-sense-that-corporations-wealthy-dont-pay-fair-share/
White Evangelicals cared less about how religious a candidate was once Trump became the GOP nominee. https://www.prri.org/research/prri-brookings-oct-19-poll-politics-election-clinton-double-digit-lead-trump/
Christians (particularly evangelicals) became monumentally more tolerant of private immoral conduct among politicians once Trump became the GOP nominee. https://www.prri.org/research/prri-brookings-oct-19-poll-politics-election-clinton-double-digit-lead-trump/
Republicans started to think college education is a bad thing once Trump entered the primary. Democrats remain consistent. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/07/20/republicans-skeptical-of-colleges-impact-on-u-s-but-most-see-benefits-for-workforce-preparation/
It's two weeks since he was acquitted by the senate and since then he's been on an absolute fucking rampage.
Trump fired Ambassador to the EU Gordan Sondland, who provided damaging testimony in the impeachment inquiry.
Trump fired Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, who provided damaging testimony in the impeachment inquiry.
Trump called on Vindman to be investigated by the Pentagon.
Trump attacked his former Chief of Staff, John Kelly, for defending Vindman, saying Kelly had a "legal obligation" to "keep his mouth shut."
Trump ordered the removal of John C. Rood, a Pentagon official who told Congress that he had cleared the release of military aid to Ukraine. (Trump withheld it anyway.)
Trump called the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation for his longtime political adviser, Roger Stone, "horrible and very unfair."
Trump cheered Attorney General Bill Barr when he intervened in the Stone case to withdraw the sentencing recommendation. Four prosecutors on the case resigned in protest.
Trump attacked the judge presiding over Stone's case, Amy Berman Jackson, as biased, falsely accusing her of placing his former campaign manager Paul Manafort in solitary confinement.
Trump withdrew the nomination of Jessie Liu, who oversaw the Stone prosecution, to a top Treasury department position.
Trump asserted he has the legal right to order Barr to intervene in any criminal case.
Trump's Attorney General, William Barr, assigned an outside prosecutor to review the case against Michael Flynn, Trump's former National Security Adviser who pled guilty to lying to investigators. (Barr is also reviewing other "politically sensitive" cases.)
Trump commuted the sentence former Governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. (Blagojevich appeared on Trump's reality show and wrote an op-ed for a conservative publication opposing impeachment.)
Trump pardoned Michael Milken who was sentenced to 10 years for securities fraud. Milken is a personal friend of Trump's Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin.
Trump pardoned Bernie Kerik, who served three years in jail for tax fraud. Kerik frequently defends Trump on Fox News.
Trump granted clemency to Paul Pogue, who was convicted of tax evasion. Pogue is a major donor to Trump's campaign and the GOP.
Trump pardoned David Safavian, who was convicted of obstructing the investigation of corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Trump commuted the sentence of Judith Negron, who was convicted of a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme and money laundering.
Trump diverted $3.8 billion in military funding to build the wall he said Mexico would pay for.
Past history of suspicious interference from Barr’s Justice Department:
Barr offered a misleading summary of Mueller’s report.
Barr decided to clear Trump of obstruction of justice, even though Mueller had determined he could not.
Barr adopted Trump’s talking points on “no collusion” and “spying.”
Barr has traveled overseas to assist in the probe examining the origins of the Russia probe — a key initiative long pushed for by Trump.
Barr issued an extraordinary statement disagreeing with an inspector general who said the Russia investigation was adequately predicated.
The Justice Department opted not to investigate Trump for a campaign finance violation on Ukraine despite a prohibition on seeking foreign assistance in an election.
Barr personally tried to push SDNY away from indicting Turkish bank Halkbank but US Attorney Berman resisted. "Barr personally spearheaded an effort last year to negotiate a settlement with the bank that would have allowed it to sidestep an indictment after Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, pressed Trump in a bid to avoid charges. Berman, however, insisted on criminal prosecution, according to the people familiar with the matter."
NYT: [Turkish President] Erdogan, in a series of phone calls and in-person conversations in 2018 and 2019, repeatedly tried to persuade Mr. Trump to use his power to limit additional enforcement action against Halkbank itself, something the Justice Department had made clear it was considering. After one phone conversation in late 2018, Mr. Erdogan told reporters in Turkey that Mr. Trump had told him that “he would instruct the relevant ministers immediately” to follow through on the matter.
Same NYT: Trump “was asked by Rudolph W. Giuliani during an Oval Office meeting with Rex W. Tillerson...to help secure the release of a Turkish gold trader at the center of Halkbank’s sanctions-evasion efforts. The gold trader...had hired Mr. Giuliani.”
Barr assigned John Durham to investigate the beginning of the Russia probe, though it reportedly is focused on legitimizing Trump's conspiracy theory that a deep-state cabal conspired against him in the 2016 election. According to the NYT: "Durham appears to be pursuing a theory that the C.I.A., under its former director John O. Brennan, had a preconceived notion about Russia or was trying to get to a particular result — and was nefariously trying to keep other agencies from seeing the full picture lest they interfere with that goal, the people said."
See also:
Trump wanted Sessions to unrecuse from "all of it" and prosecute Hillary - see Veddy’s post
Trump demanded Sessions retain control of the Russia inquiry after his recusal - see Veddy’s post
Sunday morning update: More than 1,100 former federal prosecutors and Justice Department officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department’s sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s longtime friend Roger J. Stone Jr. They also urged current government employees to report any signs of unethical behavior at the Justice Department to the agency’s inspector general and to Congress.
In the 11 days since the impeached president was acquitted in the Senate’s trial, Trump has:
Vowed revenge: At the National Prayer Breakfast, the day after acquittal, Trump said that “It was evil. It was corrupt...so many people have been hurt. And we can't let that go on.” When asked the clarify Trump’s remarks the following day, Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham told Fox News: “People should be held accountable for anything they do to try to hurt this country and this president…[Trump] is also going to talk about just how horribly he was treated and, you know, that maybe people should pay for that.” The press later asked Trump how he'll pay back those responsible, to which he responded: "You'll see."
Asked by a reporter: "What lessons did you learn from impeachment?" Trump responded: "That the Democrats are crooked. They probably shouldn’t have brought impeachment."
Fired NSC experts Alexander Vindman and his brother Yevgeny Vindman. Alexander was a witness in the impeachment inquiry but Yevgeny was not involved. The official line for firing Alexander was that he tried to decide U.S. policy. There has been no reason given for firing Yevgeny.
Trump justified firing Alexander the next morning: "I don't know [Vindman], never spoke to him or met him (I don't believe!) but, he was very insubordinate, reported contents of my 'perfect' calls incorrectly.......and was given a horrendous report by his superior, the man he reported to, who publicly stated that Vindman had problems with judgement, adhering to the chain of command and leaking information. In other words, 'OUT.'"
Attacked former Chief of Staff John Kelly for defending Vindman: “When I terminated John Kelly, which I couldn’t do fast enough, he knew full well that he was way over his head. Being Chief of Staff just wasn’t for him. He came in with a bang, went out with a whimper, but like so many X’s, he misses the action & just can’t keep his mouth shut,.....which he actually has a military and legal obligation to do. His incredible wife, Karen, who I have a lot of respect for, once pulled me aside & said strongly that ‘John respects you greatly. When we are no longer here, he will only speak well of you. Wrong!” tweet
“He did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave,” Kelly said at an event at Drew University in New Jersey, according to The Atlantic. “He went and told his boss what he just heard.”
Fired Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, another impeachment witness who testified that “everyone was in the loop” on the scheme to pressure to Ukraine to investigate Trump’s opponents.
Attacked the prosecutors in Roger Stone’s case for recommending a sentence of 7-9 years in prison: “This is a horrible and very unfair situation. The real crimes were on the other side, as nothing happens to them. Cannot allow this miscarriage of justice!” tweet
Hours later, AG Barr and DOJ leadership intervened to overrule the sentence recommendation and instead suggest a lighter sentence.
All four career prosecutors withdrew from the Stone case, including one who quit the DOJ entirely.
Attacked the four prosecutors who withdrew from the case and Mueller: “Who are the four prosecutors (Mueller people?) who cut and ran after being exposed for recommending a ridiculous 9 year prison sentence to a man that got caught up in an investigation that was illegal, the Mueller Scam, and shouldn’t ever even have started?” tweet
In a later interview with Geraldo Rivera: “I don’t think they quit for moral reasons,” the president said. “I think they got caught in the act by me!” Trump continued: “What am I going to do, let a man go to jail for nine years when murderers aren’t going to jail! You have some of the most serious, horrible rapists and everything else, they don’t go to jail for nine years!”
Attacked Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who oversaw Roger Stone’s case and Paul Manafort’s case, on Twitter: “Is this the Judge that put Paul Manafort in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, something that not even mobster Al Capone had to endure? How did she treat Crooked Hillary Clinton? Just asking!”
Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell of the District of Columbia issued a statement defending Jackson: “The Judges of this Court base their sentencing decisions on careful consideration of the actual record in the case before them; the applicable sentencing guidelines and statutory factors; the submissions of the parties, the Probation Office and victims; and their own judgment and experience,” Howell said. “Public criticism or pressure is not a factor.”
Attacked the foreperson on the Stone jury: “Now it looks like the fore person in the jury, in the Roger Stone case, had significant bias. Add that to everything else, and this is not looking good for the ‘Justice’ Department.” tweet
Suggested he is considering a pardon for Stone and/or Flynn, tweeting “prosecutorial misconduct” in response to a tweet calling for pardons.
Accused Mueller of lying to Congress while also praising Barr for intervening in the Stone case: “Congratulations to Attorney General Bill Barr for taking charge of a case that was totally out of control and perhaps should not have even been brought. Evidence now clearly shows that the Mueller Scam was improperly brought & tainted. Even Bob Mueller lied to Congress!” tweet
Claimed he has a “legal right” to intervene in any legal case for any reason, tweeting: “‘The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case’” A.G. Barr This doesn’t mean that I do not have, as President, the legal right to do so, I do, but I have so far chosen not to!”
Trump was responding to Barr’s interview providing cover for his political interference in the justice system.
Withdrew the nomination of Jessie Liu, who oversaw Stone’s case and McCabe’s case as the head of the DC US attorney’s office. She was set to be the Treasury Department's under secretary for terrorism and financial crimes. It’s been reported that her nomination was pulled because she did not get more involved in the cases of Trump’s allies.
Attacked FBI Director Christopher Wray: “FBI Director Christopher Wray just admitted that the FISA Warrants and Survailence of my campaign were illegal. So was the Fake Dossier. THEREFORE, THE WHOLE SCAM INVESTIGATION, THE MUELLER REPORT AND EVERYTHING ELSE FOR THREE YEARS, WAS A FIXED HOAX. WHO PAYS THE PRICE?........This is the biggest political crime in American History, by far. SIMPLY PUT, THE PARTY IN POWER ILLEGALLY SPIED ON MY CAMPAIGN, BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE ELECTION, IN ORDER TO CHANGE OR NULLIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. IT CONTINUED ON WITH THE IMPEACHMENT HOAX. Terrible!” tweet
Attacked former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe after the DOJ finally decided not to prosecute him: “IG report on Andrew McCabe: Misled Investigators over roll in news media disclosure...Lacked Candor (Lied) on four separate occasions...Authotized Media Leaks to advance personal interests...IG RECOMMENDED MCCABE’S FIRING.” tweet
Another: “Disgraced FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe pretends to be a “poor little Angel” when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax - a puppet for Leakin’ James Comey. I.G. report on McCabe was devastating. Part of “insurance policy” in case I won....” tweet
Fact check: The IG did not recommend McCabe’s firing or suggest disciplinary action at all. The DOJ dropped the case because a grand jury did not find evidence to bring charges. Even then, the DOJ kept the case open for months with no update - the judge overseeing the case warned that such tactics will lead to the U.S. becoming a “banana republic.”
Likely played a role in AG Barr deciding to assign an outside prosecutor to scrutinize the case against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
Benjamin Wittes: “in reviewing the Flynn case, Barr isn’t simply conducting a review of the decisions of career prosecutors in DC. He’s conducting a review of the decisions made by Robert Mueller.” tweet
Likely played a role in more outside prosecutors being assigned to review other cases in the DC Attorney’s office. From The New York Times: “Over the past two weeks, the outside prosecutors have begun grilling line prosecutors in the Washington office about various cases — some public, some not — including investigative steps, prosecutorial actions and why they took them, according to the people. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal deliberations.”
Is reportedly considering withdrawing the nomination of Elaine McCusker to be Pentagon comptroller after it was revealed that she repeatedly warned the OMB that Trump’s directive to withhold aid to Ukraine was illegal.
Despite the viral NY Post article claiming she has already been fired, McCusker states this is not the case.
15 ¶ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? ....
21 ¶ “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’
Matthew 7: 13-23
These so called Christians have rejected the words of Christ to worship their false Orange god. The preachers themselves are wolves, their only interest is to devour the flock. They lie and steal and preach hate towards their enemies, all for a quick buck at their ignorant congregation’s expense. The churchgoers who have rejected the words of Jesus are like goats, they refuse to listen to their master and seek only their own pleasure and reject teaching. They will break any law, act immorally in the name of their political party and then claim self-righteously that they have the monopoly on salvation. There is no salvation for these hypocrites and Pharisees, as Jesus himself said, he will stand before them and say: “I never knew you, depart from me, you workers of lawlessness”.
This is a pattern, both parties are guilty of projection:
The GOP projects their shittiness onto the Dems, which is why they are always convinced the Dems are corrupt, cheating, partisan assholes that are trying to defraud elections, trying to install sharia law and turn the US into a muslim theocracy, while the Dems (until recently) projects onto the GOP the idea that republicans just have an honest difference of opinion but have the best interests of the country and its people at heart and might be interested in reasonable compromise.
