Donald Trump Owns a Stake in the Dakota Access Pipeline
Since the project is worth $3.8 billion, you can bet the Sioux of Standing Rock are not going to get a fair shake from the president-elect
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.
Since the project is worth $3.8 billion, you can bet the Sioux of Standing Rock are not going to get a fair shake from the president-elect
“Unless a Starbucks cup is
A) Threatening to murder you &
B) Somehow seems to have the ability to do so
Then some of you are overreacting
“He told people that he would make Germany great again. He blamed Jews, Socialists, Communists, and others for the troubles of the land.”
“The left, whether it’s Black Lives Matter or La Raza…Groups that identify themselves by race provoked this group to identify by race”
“Our parents’ generation made huge sacrifices to defeat those ideas and values in the Second World War. What you did…betrays the sacrifices of that generation.”
There is a method to Trump’s madness, of course. If Haley becomes UN Ambassador, a Trump ally, Lt. Gov. Henry McMaster, will replace her.
Attack dogs, mace, pepper spray, beatings, bullets, water cannons, and arrest have all been used on pipeline protesters at Standing Rock
“For the first time in history, we elected a president whose only experience is rooted in those businesses we don’t really know anything about.”
“Great meetings will take place today at Trump Tower concerning the formation of the people who will run our government for the next 8 years”
“The American citizen and pensioner Friedrich Trump, currently residing in Kallstadt, is hereby informed that he is to depart the state of Bavaria, or face deportationâ€
“The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words. The Museum calls on all American citizens…to confront racist thinking and divisive hateful speech.”
“We’re about to enter, or may already have entered, an era of corrupt governance unprecedented in U.S. history.”
“An MP has highlighted the growth in far-right extremism in the UK, saying young neo-Nazis are becoming a bigger problem than Islamist extremists.”
“Equal time? Election is over. There is no more equal time. Now u try 2 b Pres + ppl respond. That’s pretty much it.”
“The irony of the #BoycottHamilton movement is that it’s mostly folks who already boycott both hip-hop and knowledge of history.”
“Our goal is to connect people with the stories they find most meaningful, and we know people want accurate information.”
“It’s like cancer…So it’s like cancer. And it’s a like a malignant cancer, though, in this case. It has metastasized.”
NSA Director Admiral Michael Rogers said that Wikileaks “was a conscious effort by a nation-state to attempt to achieve a specific effect.”
David Duke said, “Bravo President Trump! Some great first steps. We’re on the way, folks, to taking America back.”
“If anyone still thinks that Donald Trump might govern with more responsibility or moderation than he campaigned, this nomination is a wakeup call.”
“Steve Bannon, Michael Flynn, and now Jeff Sessions. It is now news when Trump chooses someone for his staff who isn’t openly bigoted.”
“I told you the shit show would become so intense that the Bannon fiasco would soon seem like distant memory.”
The new media ecosystem, says Obama, “means everything is true and nothing is true,†making it “very difficult to have a common conversationâ€
“There are certain norms about the press and the presidency that are there for a reason. And the early signs from Donald Trump are worrisome”
Context: When people attacked New Balance, the reason, ironically enough, was its opposition to the TPP, an agreement many on the left oppose
“Failing @nytimes story is so totally wrong on transition. It is going so smoothly. Also, I have spoken to many foreign leaders,” Trump whined
“The next American president and I could not be more different…But American democracy is bigger than any one person.â€
“Well, I will demand that Europe put in place a carbon tax at its border, a tax of 1-3 per cent, for all products coming from the United States”
It is remarkable to watch conservatives scramble to defend Donald Trump from attacks by “leftists” basing their attacks on Trump’s own words. Historian Victor Davis Hanson writes that the National Review that “The attacks on Trump won’t even wait until he takes office” and that, of course, they are completely unjustified. Hanson actually categorizes the…
‘You should probably go ahead and be afraid now.’ The Stormer tells is readers to ‘troll these people and definitely get some of them to kill themselves’
“Trump supporters are sending me messages threatening to send me & my ‘ilk’ to the gas chambers & writing hashtags like ‘#sieg hiel'”
“The party is dedicated to racing as rapidly as possible to [the] destruction of organized human life. There is no historical precedent for such a stand.”
Congressional Republicans need to stand up and call out Trump for choosing Bannon as a senior adviser and ‘equal partner’ to Trump’s Chief of Staff”
“2016 will be the hottest year on record, with global temperatures even higher than the record-breaking temperatures in 2015.”
According to Fox News contributor Pete Hegseth, Trump protesters are anti-Semites: “These are Communists. These are anarchists. They’re anti-Semitic.”
A gig as White House press secretary is sure to be a fun-filled, fact-free excursion into the GOP’s imaginary reality for the most dishonest president in American history
“It is easy to see why the KKK views Trump as their champion when Trump appoints one of the foremost peddlers of White Supremacist themes and rhetoric as his top aide”
Freeway on and off ramps were closed as protesters marched from MacArthur Park to the Federal Building in downtown L.A. to protest Donald Trump
“How to stop riots. 1)Declare state of emergency.2)Impose early curfew. 3)Mobilize Nat Guard.4)Authorize ALL non lethal force. 5)Tear gas.”
“For continuity’s sake, CNN should keep paying him while he’s in the White House.”
Brexit made the safety pin the symbol of opposition to hate and intolerance, and Trump’s election has made it relevant on our side of the pond
Trump says he will keep the pre-existing conditions, calling it ‘one of the strongest assets,’ as well as children living with their parents
“Fla. AG Bondi added to @realDonaldTrump’s transition team. Trump Fdn gave illegal $25K gift to Bondi’s campaign grp.”
Our planet will suffer, along with our environment and our food and water. Corporations will enjoy it. The rest of us may not be able to sit without a cushioned donut for a few years
“Love the fact that the small groups of protesters last night have passion for our great country. We will all come together and be proud!”
“White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, while…innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America”
Trump got 47% of the vote but with 40% afraid, nearly as many Americans are afraid after Trump’s victory as voted for him.
In losing the popular vote, Paul Ryan said Trump pulled off “the most incredible political feat I have seen in my lifetime. He just earned a mandate.”
“I was with Al Gore the night the Supreme Count took the presidency away from him. Never thought I could be more devastated. Until now.”
“Tonight, there are millions of Americans who, I am sad to say, fear their liberties will be challenged by a Trump administration.”
“Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division. We have to get together. To all Republicans and Democrats and Independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people. It’s time.”
Sometime in the wee hours of the morning, after 2 am Eastern Time, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump to concede, something Trump had promised never to do, even if he clearly lost.
“Wait, wait. At least” 4 grandparents? Just how many are we expected to have? We’re not all Trump children with three possible moms.”
Asked on Instagram, “Gisele I heard you and Tom were backing Trump! Is that true??” Tom Brady’s wife responded with a resounding “NO!”
Donald Trump was booed as he arrived at his polling place, a New York City school, P.S. 59 around 11 a.m this morning
“Only In States Controlled By Republican Legislatures Has Early Voting Been Reduced”
“In the case of Jay Z, the language he used was terrible. She talks about me and the language was unbelievable that Jay Z and Beyoncé used.”
“America was great, is great and will stay great, and might perhaps get even greater, but not if it elects a great pretender like Donald Trump.”
‘It’s late,’ tweeted CBS News’ Sopan Deb, ‘but a decent chunk of the crowd here started filing out shortly after Trump started speaking.’
“I just don’t put a whole lot of faith in polls…Like I’ve said before, polls are only good for strippers and cross-country skiers.”
Trump fan in Minnesota sports t-shirt saying ‘Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some Assembly Required.’
“Her plan will import generations of terrorism, extremism, and radicalism into your schools and throughout your communities…we will keep them out”
President Obama will appear in Michigan on behalf of Hillary Clinton at a public “Get Out The Vote” event in Ann Arbor on Monday
Trump claims he is going to “drain the swamp.” The problem is he plans to fill it up with Russians only too eager to take the job of running our country
“I’ll tell you what. He should not be campaigning for Hillary Clinton. He should be at the Oval Office working on jobs.”
“Trump’s commandments are like the regular commandments with LOL at the end. Adultery? Check. Cursing? Check. Stealing? Check. Bearing false witness? Check”
“Trump/Pence supporter comes to press pen to express displeasure w/ Univision: ‘F*ck Jorge Ramos!’ Tells me he’s not ‘a real journalist.'”
“!!!! Trump just said he’s never used language like what Jay-Z said last night in his life! (“Locker room talk”?)”
“‘He became unhinged!’ … And he spent so much time screaming at this protester and frankly, it was a disgrace.”
“Trump does his totally false they-don’t-show-the-crowds riff again as — you guessed it — the cameras are showing his crowds.”
“I think they’re different. I think the endorsement is far different than who you actually vote for. And it’s the one vote I actually do for myself”
“It is a mortal sin to vote Democrat … immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell.â€
Donald Trump is the champion of those who don’t want to share, not only their bathrooms but “their” country.
“She’s the most interesting woman in the world. I don’t usually endorse candidates, but when I do they’re extraordinary. Vote wisely my friends.”
“We believe that Clinton is not only the best candidate for the job, but the only candidate.”
Katy Tur asked, “Does Donald Trump know how to read a balance sheet?” The answer would be no, he does not.
“She looks angry. She looks upset. She comes across as hectoring. That’s not a good picture to paint as you come down the final stretch.”
“Well, I can tell you I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton. We still have six days before I walk into the booth. On November 8th, I’ll have a decision.”
In the category of unintentionally funny today, we have a statement from the Trump campaign denouncing his “endorsement” by the KKK. The paper’s editor denied to The Washington Post it was an “official” endorsement but many took it as such. Trump camp statement on KKK's official newspaper endorsing Trump: pic.twitter.com/2TUaewGSWD — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) November…
“You know, I am sick and tired of the negative, dark, divisive, dangerous vision and behavior from people who support Donald Trump.”
A new poll not only shows Clinton leading in Florida 48 to 40, but that 28 percent of early GOP voters cast their vote for Clinton
“We’re not conceding we’re behind. In our enthusiasm, we have closed the gap…dramatically over the last week.”
The KKK newspaper features the front page full page story “Make America Great Again” with a big featured center photo of Donald Trump
“Last spring…New York had to take legal action to collect $8,578 in unpaid taxes on the Trump-owned company that owns the trademark Boeing 757”
Trump “refused 2 produce records sought by prosecutors for 6 months. Said under oath: Was destroying them whole time.â€
“We can’t do waterboarding, it’s far too tough! We’re fighting on a different level! we have to be tough…and in some cases pretty vicious”
In Donald Trump “you have a candidate who is frequently saying 20 false things in a day, up to 37 on some days.”
“That fog that’s on Christians is the collective witchcraft that comes over the Body of Christ because there’s spirits being authorized to be released”
Trump sat on the stage, “looking for all the world like an honored donor to the cause,” and then got up and left without leaving a donation
“You do know you just attacked a Gold Star family?†one adviser warned Trump. “What’s that?” he asked.
“If she gets elected on November 8th, this isn’t going away. So what needs to happen, special prosecutor? She can’t investigate herself as the president-elect”
With the election just 10 days away, Trump has only donated just $56m of the $100m he promised and won’t even invest in his own campaign
“I had forgotten that your parents came all the way from Thailand to serve George Washington.”
Evangelical women support for Trump stood at 58 percent in mid-October. Barely above half. Romney had 77 percent in 2012
Trump used undocumented labor to build Trump Tower and workers told The Washington Post in 2015 they were working on his hotel illegally
Time is a perishable commodity and a non-renewable resource, and with just 12 days to go, time is running out for Donald J. Trump
Trump’s favorability stands at 12 percent compared to Romney’s 20 percent, and even the Log Cabin Republicans declined to endorse him
Trump has faced imaginary persecution from non-existent “Marxist elites†and has therefore “walked in the shoes†of a Christian conservative
“Phony polls are the online polls that Donald Trump always seems to be referencing. Even the Rasmussen poll, you know, isn’t something we would use”
“Issa’s primary contribution to the United States Congress has been to obstruct and to waste taxpayer dollar on trumped-up investigations”