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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Trump’s new ‘Middle East envoy’ exposed as a totally unqualified Jared Kushner crony
quote:Of course Trump and Kushner have already screwed the pooch, but just to make absolutely sure. |
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
This is all he's thinking about.
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From the New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigates California Emissions Pact That Embarrassed Trump The Trump Administration is opening an anti-trust investigation into the four auto makers that signed a deal with California to continue to follow that state's auto emissions standards, which are stricter than the Trump Administration's Climate Catastrophe Clusterfuck. The intent is obviously to pressure business to follow Trump's lead. It seems to be partly working:
The investigation appears to have already had an effect. Another auto company, Mercedes-Benz, had been poised to join the California agreement. But after the German government learned of the federal investigation into the other companies that had signed on, it warned Mercedes not to join, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke anonymously about it because of the sensitivity of the negotiations. Paul Krugman's column yesterday has something to say about Trump's anti-business policies:
Trumpism Is Bad for Business His take is that Trump's inconsistency and unpredictability makes it hard for real business to plan.
The big complaint business has about Trump’s trade war isn’t just that tariffs raise costs and prices, while foreign retaliation is cutting off access to important markets. It is that businesses can’t make plans when policy zigzags in response to the president’s whims. They don’t want to invest in anything that relies on a global supply chain, because that supply chain might unravel with Trump’s next tweet. But they can’t invest on the assumption that Trump’s tariffs will be permanent, either; you never know when or whether he’ll declare victory and surrender. Environmental policy, it turns out, is similar. Business leaders aren’t do-gooders, but they are realists. Most of them understand that climate change is happening, that it’s dangerous, and that we’ll eventually have to transition to a low-emissions economy. They want to spend now to secure their place in that future economy; they know that investments that worsen climate change are bound to be long-run losers. But they’ll hold off on investing in our energy future as long as conspiracy theorists who consider global warming a gigantic hoax and/or vindictive politicians determined to erase Obama’s achievements keep rewriting the rules. The types of businesses that do well with Trump economic "policies" are thosepredatory companies with short term plans to mine vulenable communities: To be fair, however, some kinds of business do thrive under Trumpism namely, businesses that aren’t in it for the long run, operations whose strategy is to take the money and run. These are good times for mining companies that rush in to extract whatever they can, leaving a poisoned landscape behind; for real estate speculators sponsoring dubious ventures that take advantage of newly created tax loopholes; for for-profit colleges that leave their students with worthless degrees and crippling debt. In other words, under Trump it’s springtime for grifters.Hard as it is to fathom, Mr President, just because you’re the leader of the free world doesn’t entitle you to a free pass. Unfortunately, just a free press. -- Neil Cavuto |
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1405 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
This is all he's thinking about. And it gets worse ...
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
I turned my ad blocker off, tried and failed to register. So the link is indirect.
#ITMFA | Mock Paper Scissors
quote:This is the first I have seen that explicitly said many aircraft. The US military is keeping a Scottish civilian airport in business. For Trump's personal enrichment. Gosh, it's obviously just coincidence that the military is spending more for gas than they would at any of the many available military site and the little-known fact that the Prestwick airport is by far the closest one to Trump’s money-losing Terberry golf club. Next week he will go on Fox & Friends to announce he's going to have the grift transferred directly from the Treasury to his personal account.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17822 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
The BBC also has the story.
They link to documents hosted on Politico Also alleged
...certain military personnel have been offered "cut-price rooms" and free rounds of golf at the Trump Turnberry resort.
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Trump tweets that CNN said Alabama would be hit... on Wednesday. Thereby confirming how stupid he is.
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9
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NOAA staff warned in Sept. 1 directive against contradicting Trump
quote: quote: quote: quote: Trump and Republicans continue their attacks on science and scientists.What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined:
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Citing ‘danger to public safety,’ chief NOAA scientist launches probe into agency decision to side with Trump over its own experts on Dorian
quote: Edited by JonF, : No reason given.
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Report: Wilbur Ross Threatened To Fire NOAA Employees After Birmingham Statement
quote: Edited by JonF, : No reason given.
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JonF Member (Idle past 168 days) Posts: 6174 Joined: |
Trump Defends Visa Requirement, Baselessly Claims Gang Members Coming From Bahamas Is there anything he won't sink to?
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4344 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.9
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Is there anything he won't sink to? It's like every scumbag in this scumbag administration is in a scumbag contest with every other scumbag in this scumbag administration and they are all winning!! These criminals are breaking all records of past corrupt administrations. (As I sat here thinking I could have written a 20 page rant, easily, but it would not make me feel better or safer. I have been shooting images almost continuously since I got home from my road trip and it has been extremely fulfilling...better use of my time right now)What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy The reason that we have the scientific method is because common sense isn't reliable. -- Taq
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vimesey Member Posts: 1398 From: Birmingham, England Joined:
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Don’t know if this one’s been posted before, but it’s well written and hits the highlights.
If You Still Support Donald Trump Today, I Instantly Know 8 Things About You | by Matthew's Place | Matthew’s Place | MediumCould there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ? |
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PaulK Member Posts: 17822 Joined: Member Rating: 2.2 |
BBC
Surprise, surprise there are differing stories about his exit. There were disagreements with Trump so it isn’t surprising. One o& the things Bolton opposed was Trump’s negotiations with the Taliban - that Trump abruptly cancelled.
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caffeine Member (Idle past 1024 days) Posts: 1800 From: Prague, Czech Republic Joined:
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Surprise, surprise there are differing stories about his exit. The funniest thing about this, is that his own White House staff announced this morning that John Bolton would be appearing at a press conference with Mike Pompeo and Steven Mnuchin. This was a last minute addition to the day's schedule. Half an hour later Trump announces that he'd asked for Bolton's resignation the day before. I've had similar managers.
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