Vladimir Putin Claims Obama Signed the NDAA to ‘Create Problems’ For Trump
“This policy has brought the current US administration…into a dead end. We hope the new administration will be more sagacious.â€
Hrafnkell Haraldsson, a social liberal with leanings toward centrist politics has degrees in history and philosophy. His interests include, besides history and philosophy, human rights issues, freedom of choice, religion, and the precarious dichotomy of freedom of speech and intolerance. He brings a slightly different perspective to his writing, being that he is neither a follower of an Abrahamic faith nor an atheist but a polytheist, a modern-day Heathen who follows the customs and traditions of his Norse ancestors. He maintains his own blog, A Heathen's Day, which deals with Heathen and Pagan matters, and Mos Maiorum Foundation www.mosmaiorum.org, dedicated to ethnic religion. He has also contributed to NewsJunkiePost, GodsOwnParty and Pagan+Politics.
“This policy has brought the current US administration…into a dead end. We hope the new administration will be more sagacious.â€
“Arbitrarily limiting Ohio’s energy generation options amounts to self-inflicted damage to both our state’s near- and long-term economic competitivenessâ€
“The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index for December surged nearly four points to 113.7, THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS! Thanks Donald!”
We know how we feel about the potential collapse of our own republic, and what needs to be done in answer to the threat.
She will be missed as a woman who was never afraid to be herself and speak her mind in an age when women are often expected to do neither.
When Trump said Happy Hanukkah one swastika-toting follower tweeted “WTF?!†while another seconded that sentiment and added, “I hate trump now.â€
Fake news is bad enough but as Media Matters explains, the “alt-right†“embraces it for a more dangerous purpose”: harassment and death threats
“In the advanced stages of the disease, the afflicted lose touch with reality. Opinion is unmoored from fact.”
“The DJT Foundation, unlike most foundations, never paid fees, rent, salaries or any expenses. 100% of money goes to wonderful charities!”
Trump seems intent on following in the footsteps, not of our most successful modern president, Barack H. Obama, but rather the least, George W. Bush
There is no freedom in compelling others to celebrate the holidays of others…For Republicans, Christmas has become an un-Constitutional religious test.
It has cost New York City $35 million to protect Trump since the election and Florida residents are stuck with bills for Thanksgiving and the Holidays
“This a ridiculous shame? He loves these kids, has raised millions of dollars for them, and now must stop. Wrong answer!”
Jeffrey Wright Says Trump was “Publicly pleasuring himself on Presidential power” but guess who is in the splatter zone?
“The so-called “A” list celebrities are all wanting tixs to the inauguration, but look what they did for Hillary, NOTHING. I want the PEOPLE!”
“Political ignorance in the USA is the greatest threat to our democracy — 50 years of personal observation indicates it is worse than ever!”
“I’m told he now just disclaims that. He now says it was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore.”
The FADA “Prohibits the federal government from taking discriminatory action against a person” who acts “in accordance with a religious belief”
“Talking Points believes this is all about race. The left sees white privilege in America as an oppressive force that must be done away with”
He can claim he would have campaigned differently if there were no electoral college but then so would have Hillary Clinton.
Bee: “Our future is going to require a broad coalition of nonpartisan decency…it’s all of us against Trumpism.”
Beck: “I agree.”
“Budget director appears to be John Bircher and conspiracy theorist (but aren’t they all?…Birchers want return to gold and silver, Mulvaney seems to agree.”
“He “doesn’t know much”…especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget, out to vote in the vital swing states ( and more).”
“He could simply say, ‘Look, I want them to be my advisers. I pardon them if anyone finds them to have behaved against the rules. Period.”
“And most obvious among the speeds bumps he’ll hit will be [Republican Sens.] John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake, that triumvirate of idiocy.”
“The erosion of democratic foundations has been underway for decades, and there’s no guarantee that we will ever be able to recover.”
Trump attacked journalists, Michelle Obama, and reality itself, claiming “we won by a lot. It wasn’t even close.â€
“It will either exploit a real terrorist attack or involve a US version of Falklands War — picking a fight with foreign power to rally home base.”
Trump needs to make clear “’activists’ within the State Department promoting” pro-LGBT policies “will be ferreted out and will be replaced”
“China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters – rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented act.”
Blame Trump’s uninformed decision-making processes, which is based entirely on the faulty assumption that he is a “smart guy.â€
CNN’s Brian Stelter, one of those under constant attack from right-wing sources for being willing to take account of actual facts in his reporting, took to CNN’s New Day today to argue for transparency in the Trump transition.
O’Reilly says, “Don’t like Christmas? Ignore it.” Right. Like Evangelicals ignore the things they don’t like.
“Discussion of economic policy is now monopolized by people who have been wrong about everything, have learned nothing from the experience”
David French says, “Surrender is not an option when the human soul hangs in the balance.” How about when your soul means we lose our rights?
Trump’s strategy for working with thugs is to let thugs be thugs as long as Trump gets a cut. And that includes the thugs in Trump’s own cabinet.
Many of the victims are our children, whom we send to school each morning without any guarantee they will return home safely – or alive.
“Moving the embassy to the capital of the Jewish people, to Jerusalem, is a straightforward, standard thing to do.” Except it isn’t.
If you wondered what kind of Energy Secretary Rick Perry would be, now you have your answer. He would be a dickish one.
“Right. But here’s – you know that President-elect Trump — and I know you all speak frequently –“
Gates says it’s ok because he met Rex “through our mutual involvement in…the Boy Scouts of America” while Rice doesn’t mention their business ties at all
We are told Trump’s “bloodline goes back to the Davidic dynasty.†In other words, a descendant of Mary, the mother of Jesus, or, worse, the family of Jesus himself
“Reading Rick Perry, who infamously forgot the existence of the Dept. of Energy, is Trump’s pick to lead it. You can’t make this crap up”
Saying “The Russians are not our friends,” Mitch McConnell, who once dismissed the threat of Russian hacking, has finally responded to pressure and announced that the Senate intelligence panel will conduct an investigation of Russia’s interference in the elections.
“The F-35 program and cost is out of control. Billions of dollars can and will be saved on military (and other) purchases after January 20th.”
“What we have seen throughout the campaign is pathological disdain for the truth, a kind of lie, and ease with lying, that we have not seen before.”
“It is not at all clear to me, just viewing this from the outside, that this hacking into the DNC and the RNC computers was not a false flag operation.â€
MENA is “the new ethnic group created by the Obama administration to cobble together Americans with origins in the Middle East and North Africa.”
“Their obstinance and their obstruction have done real damage to our federal courts, the confirmation process and to the rule of law.”
“Russia is trying to break the backs of democracies – and democratic movements – all over the world.”
“I think [Comey] should be investigated by the Senate, he should be investigated by other agencies of the government, including the security agencies.”
“There’s overwhelming evidence of Russian hacking of our elections. By denying it Trump has essentially become a propaganda piece for Kremlin”
“So we’ll have a president who lost the pop vote by 2.1%, got in thanks to FBI and Putin. And supporters will demand respect. Um, no.”
Tillerson opposed sanctions and Exxon’s stock will skyrocket if those sanctions are lifted, something he will be in a position to leverage as SecState
“He objectifies women in his ads, the Labor Department found that his restaurants mistreated employees, and he’s faced troubling allegations of domestic abuse.”
“I’m now extremely uneasy about some of these tweets, which don’t sound so much as if they are political skullduggery, but…border on being demented”
“[T]he serious enemies are the priests of the different religious sects, to whose spells on the human mind its improvement is ominous.”
“This is the moment. Right now. I feel like we have descended into a fantasy world. Trump will be producing a TV show. America has no rules.”
“Climate change denier Scott Pruitt has worked with fossil fuel companies to make us more dependent on fossil fuels.”
“No analysis of anything Trump does makes sense without first acknowledging he’s just a really shabby human being.”
“Breaking: TIME names Trump Person of the Year, presents final proof of Godwin’s Law.”
“They broke it, they own it. All the problems in the health care system that they blamed on Obamacare will now be in their laps.”
There is Jones by the Christmas tree telling us “I always try to tell the truth,” quoting Spider-Man: “With great power comes great responsibility.”
“We have elected a shitty businessman. Amid everything else…we have elected a guy who doesn’t know the first thing about the U.S. economy”
Neither Donald Trump nor his cronies will disavow the falsehoods and conspiracy theories that got Trump elected.
Take away healthcare because it’s hurting you. Take away corporate taxes (and raise yours). Take away regulations that protect you from clean air, water, and food.
“I cannot find anything saying there was a $4B cost overrun in 3wk old Air Force One contract. Trump made it up.”
It’s “a massive wealth redistribution scheme. It’s also a critical part of secular progressivism where they turn the environment into god.”
The Peoples Daily calls Trump’s moves “petty,” his phone call “despicable,” and warned his “unscrupulous actions have set off alarms for the development of bilateral ties.”
“If the press would cover me accurately & honorably, I would have far less reason to ‘tweet.’ Sadly, I don’t know if that will ever happen!”
“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire…and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
“If he thinks this is bad now, when he is in office it’s going to be all over the place, every comedian, everyone. SNL has done this to everybody.”
Red States America will be free from the “evil grip of…big government” and turn “into a low-tax, low-wage, low health paradise where it’s every man for himself.”
Ryan pretends the Constitution says “We the corporations,” but it says “We the people,” and Obama’s actions were not “anti-energy” but “pro-people”
As you can see from the 1932 photo montage above, not all Germans were fooled by Hitler. The caption reads, at the top, “The Meaning of the Hitler Salute,” and if you travel down the page, below the image representing big corporations handing Hitler “millions” it says, “Millions Stand Behind Me!” Below that, “Little man…
Fact-checker Daniel Dale counted, from mid-September till the campaign’s close, a total of 560 Trump lies, “or a neat 20 per day.”
“All @realDonaldTrump has to do is call ANY conservative China expert. Use Heritage Foundation. They will explain Taiwan blunder & how 2 fix”
“And so one thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch, is that people that say facts are facts — they’re not really facts.â€
“[I]f you live in the blue—any spot that’s blue—I would say, ‘Oh God, help me. Oh God forgive me.’ Because those are the ones who came against the will of God in this election.â€
“So that accusation…about having white supremacists and racism lead your campaign, is like calling all the voters for Donald Trump racists and bigots”
“Mr Trump, this is bullshit. Can you hire someone who doesn’t work for Goldman Sachs? What about that swamp? Huh? “
“Who would you rather have making a decision about where to make furnaces or cars? A company whose profitability depends on making good decisions, or a branding executive turned politician who wants to claim political credit?”
Former Time editor Walter Isaacson claimed, “we’re gonna have a lot of time once he gets into office to start covering his policies.”
“FAIR’s newly laid-out immigration priorities are directly from the xenophobic, far-right movemen…severely limiting legal immigration.”
Donald Trump has moved Fox News’ “whole roster off of Rupert Murdoch and onto the taxpayers of the United States.”
“I feel it is visually important, as President, to in no way have a conflict of interest with my various businesses”
Scarborough relished the idea of “putting Democrats in the position…to come down on the side of flag burning” but what we’d be coming down on is the side of the First Amendment
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
“Summing up, the press is trumping up…a white power movement storyline that simply doesn’t exist. It’s vile to suggest that it does.”
The study Trump spox Jason Miller cites as evidence of voter fraud has been repeatedly debunked as providing no evidence of voter fraud
“Let’s stop obsessing over who’ll be Secretary of State. We don’t need one. Our Twitterer-in-Chief can set foreign policy in 140 characters”
“So there’s your Trump presidency in a nutshell. Thin-skinned rants. Feuding aides. Conspiracy theories. And all a distraction from the bigger issues out there.”
Trump is ‘furious’ at Conway’s comments on Sunday suggesting he “betrayed his supporters by even considering Mitt Romney for a position in his cabinet.”
Trump has 46.5 percent of the popular vote and dropping. Bill Clinton received only 43 percent in ’92 but unlike Trump, he received more votes than his opponent.
“Do you vote against the greater evil if you don’t happen to like the other candidate? The answer to that is yes, if you have any moral understanding”
Trump loves Putin, hates on Castro, while Putin points out “Castro was a sincere and reliable friend of Russia.â€
“This recount is just a way for Jill Stein…to fill her coffers with money…a scam by the Green Party for an election that has already been conceded”
“My campaign’s goal: Transparent election processes to ensure election results can be verified—that every vote counts”
“I join the many Cuban Americans who supported me so greatly in the presidential campaign, including the Brigade 2506 Veterans Association that endorsed me…”
For the Sioux, this is being treated like trespassers on their own land, and according to the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties, this IS their own land