Displaying 841 To 870 Of 1,008 Comments The USA will not begin to repair the damage done by republicans over the past 50 years unless we remove republicans from office, AND elect Democrats or Socialist or whomever have the will and the courage to stand up and fight what we supposedly believe in. Weak-kneed Democrats, like Nancy Pelosi, are complicit in the things trump and republicans are doing since they refuse to use their constitutional authority to initiate the process to remove trump from office and hold the republican party and its supporters accountable for the Senate not removing trump from office. DISGUSTING!!! » Posted By TOCB On September 16, 2019 @ 8:17 am Trump and republicans think Kavanaugh is being assaulted by those who want to hold him accountable for sexual assault. This is par for the course for trump and republicans. They want to hold everyone else accountable for sneezing, but they want themselves and those who faithful to them to get away with murder. I ask those who don’t subscribe to big I’s and little you’s, how do you find middle ground with people like this? President Trump contended Monday that Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, who is facing a new allegation of sexual misconduct while a college student, was the one “being assaulted.” Taking to Twitter, Trump reacted to a segment on Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” about a significant clarification to an initial New York Times report that included a new allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself to a female classmate at a drunken dorm party years ago at Yale University. The Kavanaugh, Moore and even trump himself are just a few examples of how some people in this country want to promote and protect special privileges for “some people”. Ironically, republicans take exception of Congresswoman Omar’s statement that some people attacked us on 9/11 and now many of us are losing civil liberties. Some people apparently are not intelligent enough to understand that “some people” treated all Muslims as terrorists after 9/11, and they don’t understand that not all Muslims attacked us on 9/11, but “some people” who claim to be have been motivated by Islam attacked us. The truth is that until we remove trump and republicans as the majority in our government, we are indeed a racist, bigoted, misogynist nations. Why would I say that about a country I want to love and believe in? Because if the majority of people in this country who vote, vote for people like trump and republicans, and our government is run by people who receive the majority of the votes, the majority of us obviously want people like trump and republicans to run our government. THAT makes the USA a racist, bigoted, misogynist nation. » Posted By TOCB On September 16, 2019 @ 8:07 am EXACTLY! I could not agree more. » Posted By TOCB On September 14, 2019 @ 5:21 am Biden’s appeal to some black voters seems to be that he was Obama’s VP. He was Obama’s VP who told Obama he would not run for president. Biden’s ideas, in my opinion, are stale and unimaginative. As an old person myself, I don’t subscribe to not supporting a candidate just because of their age. However, if an old person does not have fresh ideas to go along with their valuable experience, they lose me. I was a little disappointed in the discussion around health care last night. I certainly don’t support protecting the private health insurance industry, which is basically what the ACA does. I liked the statement Sanders made about universal healthcare “insurance”, i.e., Medicare-For-All, being the most cost effective way to fund healthcare. There is actually a reason why every first world nation, including those with a capitalist economy, have a universal healthcare system. Why? Because it is the most cost effective way to provide basic health care for everyone. Why? Because it creates one big risk pool without a profit motive. I support the ACA in making healthcare available to people who were previously uninsured, but at the end of the day it is unconstitutional under the commerce clause. That is a fact that has to be confronted. Republicans are opposing it because they want to protect the private health insurance industry, but they are correct in the unconstitutionality of it. That makes universal single payer the ONLY viable option. » Posted By TOCB On September 13, 2019 @ 8:55 am Warren’s candidacy makes more sense to me as a voter than any of the other candidates. Pundits can find reasons to support or not support any candidate, and they are more interested in ratings than anyting else. When Clinton ran for presidnent she had more reasons for caution and trying to find a middle ground with republicans because of the political climate in 2016. Today, the trump presidency has exposed the republican party and its supporters for what and who they are, and for that reason candidates can more aggressively suport things their constituents want because if Democrats control both chambers of Congress and the White House, there is more of a chance of getting a progressive agenda passed into laws. And Warren has a plan for that. » Posted By TOCB On September 12, 2019 @ 9:42 am For the UK to leave the EU at all seems to be economic suicide. A no-deal Brexit seems unspeakable. » Posted By TOCB On September 12, 2019 @ 9:34 am Every day I read something new that supports impeaching trump, but Democrats are too weak to carry out their responsibility to do so. I am sickened by the whole thing. » Posted By TOCB On September 12, 2019 @ 9:31 am “Some call this process an impeachment inquiry. Some call it an impeachment investigation. There is no legal difference between these terms, and I no longer care to argue about the nomenclature,” Nadler, D-N.Y., said as he opened the meeting. “But let me clear up any remaining doubt: The conduct under investigation poses a threat to our democracy. We have an obligation to respond to this threat. And we are doing so.” I don’t agree with Congressman Nadler that the House is taking steps to impeach trump. They seem to be taking steps to PRETEND to impeach trump. Trump does and says things almost daily that support impeaching him. However, Speaker Pelosi does not want to impeach him, for whatever reasons. IMHO, Pelosi is being negligent in her responsibility to defend and protect the Constitution. I would definitely support replacing her as Speaker if Democrats keep control of the House in 2020. » Posted By TOCB On September 12, 2019 @ 9:29 am To borrow from a phrase that trump often uses, “most people don’t know this”, but Hillary Clinton actually won the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 (of course, most people actually know this). In fact, most people know that Hillary Clinton even received more votes that trump received in 2016. So what? So what is that it appears to me that it is ok for people to say that Sanders people don’t like Hillary, but it is not ok for people to say that Clinton’s people don’t like Sanders. Yes, it would behoove Democrats to move on from the Clinton-Sanders fight. The elephant in the room is CAN the Democratic Party move on from that fight. In order for Democrats to win in 2020, the Clinton and Sanders camps MUST unite. Just as that won’t happen if Clinton’s people disrespect Sanders, it also won’t happen if Sanders people disrespect Clinton. REMEMBER, Clinton actually won the nomination in 2016. The reason that is important to note, is that there are more Clinton people in the Democratic Party than there are Sanders people. You can call us establishment or whatever you choose to call us, but we were here before Sanders and his people were here, and although we are willing to work with the Sanders camp, we are probably not willing to roll over a play dead. Not only would Elizabeth Warren be well advised to consult with Hillary Clinton, but EVERY Democratic presidential candidate, including Bernie Sanders, would be well advise to do so. » Posted By TOCB On September 9, 2019 @ 8:37 am It looks like the UK needs a second vote on Brexit. Another referendum to be used as a basis for a vote by the Parliament. Isn’t there some belief that Russia influenced the first referendum. » Posted By TOCB On September 5, 2019 @ 6:35 am I think it is overkill. You seem to be holding Warren responsible for something one of uncles may or may not have done. What her uncle did does not negate what her mother told her related to her Native American heritage. If Native Americans are holding her responsible for what her uncle did, she could apologize for it, but what does that accomplish? Has she demonstrated that she has ever had anything but love and respect for Native Americans and all other people? What exactly is the purpose of playing into trump’s Pocahontas narrative? » Posted By TOCB On September 3, 2019 @ 7:39 am I am an outlier since I am a black person who Biden is not my first choice for president. Quite frankly, I don’t want a president who wants to give credence to republicans, be they trump supporters or not. People who have voted for republicans since the Nixon administration have, knowingly or not, provided a safe haven for racists, bigots and misogynists. None of what trump is doing related to these attributes is new. Trump is just not, as Mitch McConnell says, “staying on script”. “Staying on script” is what republicans of today call being politically correct. “Staying on script” is recognizing that it is ok to be racist and bigoted, but don’t actually openly say racist and bigoted things and promote policies that have no other goal besides racism and bigotry. Joe Biden wants to appease these people. I don’t. I have suggested this before, and I know he wont’ consider it, but if Biden is so aligned with republican voters and he thinks he can beat trump, he should run for the republican nomination. » Posted By TOCB On September 3, 2019 @ 7:29 am Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff, told reporters aboard Air Force Two on Tuesday that the decision to stay at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg was made at Trump’s “suggestion” and that Pence and his entourage will not be staying for free. Of course they won’t be staying for free. THAT is the problem. Trump is being enriched as a result of being POTUS. Is the trump facility the only place that can accommodate Pence’s entourage? Probably not. The Constitutional Provisions The Constitution mentions emoluments in three provisions, each sometimes referred to as the “Emoluments Clause”: The Foreign Emoluments Clause (art. I, § 9, cl. 8): “[N]o Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States], shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” The Domestic Emoluments Clause (a.k.a. the Presidential Emoluments Clause) (art. II, § 1, cl. 7): “The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.” https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/IF11086.pdf People who use trump’s facilities may have no corrupt intent. However, even the appearance of corrupt intent is unethical, if not unlawful. Of course trump and his minions obviously don’t care about ethics and laws, so the only issue is if Congress and the American people care about ethics and laws. If we don’t, then trump is free to do whatever he wants to do. » Posted By TOCB On September 3, 2019 @ 7:15 am I thought she should have pursued impeachment against Bush 43 for lying us into a war with Iraq, but at least Obama supported her in “moving on”. Pelosi is against impeachment from a purely political perspective, and I believe this is harmful to the rule of law. She complains that trump disregards the rule of law, but she neglects to say she is complicit by allowing him to get away with it. » Posted By TOCB On August 30, 2019 @ 6:03 am Maybe it is time to “impeach” Nancy. » Posted By TOCB On August 30, 2019 @ 5:59 am It is obvious that trump has weaponized the DOJ to persecute and prosecute his political opponents, and people like Bill Barr and Horowitz are conspiring with him to do it. There are MANY articles of impeachment outside of the Mueller Report that trump should impeached for. He is committing crimes EVERYDAY in plain sight. He is not even trying to hide his crimes, and is essentially DARING Congress to stop him. » Posted By TOCB On August 30, 2019 @ 5:55 am EXACTLY! Giuliani actually BRAGGED about his friends and connections in the FBI telling him about things that were going on in the Clinton investigation that he was exposing to the world on Fox “News”. » Posted By TOCB On August 30, 2019 @ 5:48 am Bob Mueller said he did not indict trump’s minions who conspired with Russia because they did not know what they were doing was a crime. They didn’t knowingly and willfully commit the crime of conspiracy. NOT that they didn’t commit conspiracy, but they didn’t KNOW they committed conspiracy. They just lied about it and tried to cover it up for???? Well, the new trump policy of deporting people who are in this country seeking life threatening medical attention, knowing that if they don’t continue to receive these treatments in the USA they will likely die, is knowingly and willfully committing MURDER. For members of Congress, regardless of party, to simply say this is distasteful and disgraceful are themselves distasteful and disgraceful if they don’t impeach and remove trump from office and prosecute him for MURDER. AND prosecute ANYONE who participates in this murderous scheme, whether they are career federal employees or political appointees, including Stephen Miller. This policy is beyond standing in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shooting someone. The NYT reports that one little girl came here for an experimental treatment that was successful in saving not only her life but the lives of others who will now receive the same treatment. But now trump wants to deport her. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/immigrant-medical-treatment-deferred-action.html » Posted By TOCB On August 30, 2019 @ 5:42 am Oh, he was “joking”. Like he was when he told Russia to hack Hillary’s emails. Like he was when he told Manafort’s attorneys he would “take care of him” if he did not flip. I am sure there are other cases. I yearn for the day when the “joke’ will be on him and his cronies. » Posted By TOCB On August 29, 2019 @ 2:06 pm Of course, republicans were NEVER the party of values. They were ALWAYS the party of hypocrites. » Posted By TOCB On August 29, 2019 @ 2:02 pm There must be at least hundreds of articles of impeachment that the House can draw up related to trump’s high crimes and misdemeanors. He likes to claim he has done more than anyone eles. In this case he is correct. He has broken more laws than any president in U.S. history. » Posted By TOCB On August 29, 2019 @ 1:59 pm Let’s see. Comey’s memos were classified by someone in the DOJ AFTER he released them. Now where have we heard that before. Oh, Hillary’s emails were classified AFTER she released them. Neither of them had any intent, nor did they, put national security at risk, like trump did when he gave Russia classified information about Israel (among other national security risk he exposes almost daily). What the IG report should have said is that Comey reported to authorities that trump attempted to obstruct justice in the Russia investigation. Since he did not give HIS memos to a friend to give to the press until AFTER trump fired him, he was no longer obligated to DOJ policy. Trump has weaponized every agency of the federal government to protect him from being accountable for crimes. HELLO, Nancy Pelosi!!! » Posted By TOCB On August 29, 2019 @ 1:56 pm Barr is supposed to prosecute trump for violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Not HELP him voilate it!
» Posted By TOCB On August 27, 2019 @ 6:43 pm Ok, trump. NOW you can say it. You are F’d! Not effed, but F’d! If Putin sees you next year while he is attending the G-7 meeting at your golf club in Florida, he will have to visit you in JAIL. https://www.apnews.com/7e5107a81256421faa0934653f31d855 NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s longtime bank revealed Tuesday that it has tax records Congress is seeking in its investigation of the president’s finances. The bank, in its court filing Tuesday, blacked out the name of the person or people whose tax records it had, citing privacy rules. It said it also has tax records “related to parties not named in the subpoenas but who may constitute ‘immediate family’” of individuals named in the document request. » Posted By TOCB On August 27, 2019 @ 6:39 pm If Yamiche Alcindor had been allowed a follow-up, she could have asked trump that since he is the president now, and he thinks Obama was outsmarted by Putin related to Crimea, and trump has such a productive relationship with Putin, why doesn’t trump get Putin to give Crimea back to Ukraine? After all, trump has reversed a lot of things he thinks Obama did wrong, like the Iran nuclear deal, the Paris climate change accord, DACA, the penalty for the ACA, ect., ect. Why NOT get Putin to give Crimea back from his boo, Putin?
» Posted By TOCB On August 27, 2019 @ 7:31 am This is the dumbest politician EVER. I have no idea why any politician is afraid of him. All you have to do is show videos of trump’s own words.
» Posted By TOCB On August 26, 2019 @ 4:52 pm But who will enforce the Constitution against Trump? A Congress that puts the Constitution and the rule of law above their party? » Posted By TOCB On August 26, 2019 @ 4:34 pm “Why do you keep using the misleading statement that Russia outsmarted President Obama when other countries have said the reason Russia was kicked out was very clearly because they annexed Crimea?” asked PBS White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor during the late afternoon press conference in Biarritz, France. “Why would you keep repeating what some people see as a clear lie?” More members of the press should call trump out on his lies, in real time. Yamiche Alcindor called him out on his lie that Putin out-smarted Obama and that is why Russia was expelled from the G-8. Trump also repeated a lie that he often repeats, that China takes $500 billion a year from the USA. Trump is no doubt referring to the trade deficit between the USA and China, which has NEVER been $500 billion in ANY year. Further, the Chinese government has not taken a single penny out of the USA. Much of the trade deficit between China and the USA is due to American multinational corporations using Chinese labor to manufacture their products and shipping them back to the USA for sale. China isn’t doing this, Americans companies are, including trump when he was selling his ties in the USA. China does a lot of manufacturing for foreign businesses, including U.S. companies. They ship raw materials to China. Factory workers build the final products and ship them back to the United States. In this way, a lot of China’s so-called “exports” are technically American products. https://www.thebalance.com/china-economy-facts-effect-on-us-economy-3306345 The Facts » Posted By TOCB On August 26, 2019 @ 10:45 am Trump just finished a 45 minute G-7 press conference (G-6 plus 1), where he lied every time he opened his mouth, and the entire world witnessed it. The good news is that trump has three potential challengers to the nomination of the republican party for president in 2020. Not that it matters as to who will win the nomination, as trump is STILL favored by 85% of republicans. However, every time trump’s republican challengers speak, they expose not only trump, but the republican party. Every time they criticize trump, they have to acknowledge that the republican party supported him, defended him and cheered him every step of the way. The 85% of republicans who support him, will likely support him no matter what. However, these people comprise, at best 25% of Americans. Rather than appealing to these 25%, a more effective approach as well as a more moral approach would seem to be appealing to the remaining 75% of Americans. At least we have a chance with this group of people. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458733-weld-is-thrilled-walsh-sanford-joining-gop-primary » Posted By TOCB On August 26, 2019 @ 9:32 am More women are running for public offices, as republicans. These women acknowledge that they have been discouraged from running for office before, but they are encouraged by women who ran for office in 2018 as Democrats, and they are troubled by trump, who they voted for anyway. I don’t know that I would be any more receptive to the republican agenda if it was promoted by a woman. Denying a woman’s right to make reproductive choices. Protecting white privilege. Extending financial advantages to big corporations and wealthy people. Denying climate change. Refusing to humanely address the plight of undocumented immigrants. Denying equal rights to women, people of color and the LGPTQ community. Refusing to address gun violence. Denying adequate healthcare coverage to millions of Americans and NO healthcare coverage to millions of other Americans. These and other issues that impact the lives of ordinary people would be no better if women promoted them, than if men promoted them. » Posted By TOCB On August 26, 2019 @ 6:59 amComments Posted By TOCB
Deutsche Bank said in court papers it has tax returns responsive to a subpoena sent this year, in which Congress asked the bank for a host of documents related to Trump and his family.
Trump has long declined to release his tax returns and wants to block two House committees from getting the records, calling their document requests unlawful.
A federal appeals court ordered Deutsche Bank to say whether or not Trump’s tax returns were in its possession after an attorney for the bank refused to answer that question during a hearing last week.
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The Donald J. Trump Collection includes ties, suits, dress shirts, eyeglasses and other accessories.
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