Friday, April 26, 2019

House Oversight Dem threatens jail for Trump officials who don't comply with subpoenas

House Oversight Dem threatens jail for Trump officials who don't comply with subpoenas
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.), a member of the House Oversight Committee, on Thursday warned that the investigative body “will use any and all power in our command” – including incarceration – should White House officials refuse to comply with congressional subpoenas to testify as the panel ramps up its wide-ranging investigation into the Trump administration.


We are either a nation that believes no one is above the law, or we aren't. It's that simple. - Jenny M Colón tweet




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Getting rid of confederate monuments erases American history that's why Germany has all those Hitler statues. - OhNoSheTwint


Twitter CEO Appears To Be Afraid of Trump & Nazis
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey reportedly called Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to defend the platform's decision to keep up a tweet from President Trump that the congresswoman said resulted in a surge in death threats.





I see that the day after the Saudis crucified someone ( after torturing him )the top Wall Street CEOs were in Riyadh for a conference organised by the Saudi government. 
The Book of Timothy: " The love of money is the root of all evil  
Disgusting people...  -John Cleese


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Melania Trump turns 49 today or as her husband calls it “ew.” - OhNoSheTwint


Trump Whips Up His Nazi Base
President Trump on Friday defended his comments in the aftermath of the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in which he said there was "blame on both sides” for violence that led to the death of a counterprotester.





Mike Pence won’t commit to refusing Russian help in the next election.

Brad Parscale, now Trump’s campaign manager, denied the Russians even helped last time.

Trump’s GOP doesn’t consider making use of help from a foreign enemy to be collusion; to them it’s just good politics. - Rep. Adam Schiff

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Trump trying to prove his Charlottesville comments were not racist by praising Robert E. Lee merely proves that every ignorant racist is ignorant that he's racist. - John Fugelsang


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Kansas Is Pro-Choice. Wow.
The Kansas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state’s constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion and upheld an injunction blocking a state law that would have banned a common second trimester abortion procedure.






I'm not going to tell you my #1 choice for the Democratic party nomination but I will tell you that I'd happily settle for my 20th choice. - John Fugelsang





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Karmic justice for years of birtherism and endless Benghazi hearings would be 12 months of daily televised impeachment hearings.  Sound about right? - Tea Pain






Facebook Can't Seem To Solve Its Privacy Issues
Facebook expects to pay up to $5 billion over Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Facebook's costs jumped by $3 billion in the first three months of the year as the company deals with an ongoing Federal Trade Commission investigation into the social network's privacy practices.



This year, the White House Press Correspondents Dinner will be hosted by Ron Chernow. SCROTUS will skip it again, 3rd year in a row, because if there's anything SCROTUS fears more than a smart comic, it's a presidential historian. - Elayne Boosler





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After such an ugly week, here is a Mama swan and her babies.

Peace.


Thursday, April 25, 2019

Time Magazine, 45 years ago this month

Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants 'one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany'
President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump remarked Thursday that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to allow migrants into the country was "one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany."
“When there was a march across Europe by a million people who wanted to get into Western Europe, Angela Merkel let them in,” ...


At least Lara Trump admits she admires countries that create refugees more than countries that accept them. - John Fugelsang





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The North Korean Art Of The Deal
North Korea in 2017 reportedly issued a $2 million bill to the U.S. for the hospital care of American Otto Warmbier, who was in a coma when he was returned to the U.S. and died without regaining consciousness.
The Washington Post reported Thursday that North Korea insisted that a U.S. official sign a pledge to pay the bill before returning Warmbier, an Ohio native who was arrested while visited Pyongyang.



Holy Guacamole!  The "Great Negotiator" Donald Trump was forced to pay a 2 million dollar "hospital bill" before North Korea allowed the release of Otto Warmbier. 
Trump made a ransom payment to a brutal dictator. - Tea Pain







Republican Shenanigans

BREAKING: Jesus asks Franklin Graham to repent for telling people he's a Christian. - Mrs. Betty Bowers


Keep Digging, Trump, Keep Digging.
President Trump on Thursday said he did not order former White House counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller, denying some of the most damaging testimony for the president in the special counsel’s report on the Russia investigation.




Trump should welcome Congressional hearings on the road to impeachment.  Highest ratings ever! - Tea Pain



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Raise your hand if the President of the United States has spent more time on Twitter than you have this morning. - Roland Scahill

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Domestic Terrorist Let Loose. This Is Terrifying.
A federal judge on Thursday agreed to release a Coast Guard lieutenant who was accused of plotting domestic terrorism. Christopher Hasson, who was accused in February of stockpiling weapons and drawing up a political hit list, will be released on bail, according to a Baltimore NBC affiliate.






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A suggestion for a campaign slogan: make the unthinkable unthinkable again. - Dan Rather



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Tesla Posts Massive First Quarter Loss After Self-Driving Car Absconds With $702 Million in Cash - The Onion





Heartbreaking Continuation of Global Warming.
Researchers say what was once the world’s second-largest colony of emperor penguins has “now all but disappeared” after changes in sea-ice conditions made their typical breeding grounds highly unstable.


New Study Finds Earth’s Core Will Be Most Habitable Part Of Planet By 2060 - The Onion


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Cats crack me up. If someone hit the window button, that cat would do a triple Lutz.

Peace.


Wednesday, April 24, 2019

I am so tired of living in the Twilight Zone

Bill Barr directs top DOJ official to defy subpoena from House Oversight Committee
Attorney General Bill Barr has directed the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division chief to not appear this week for a scheduled deposition at the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.


What a month this last week has been.

The Trump presidency is an episode of the Twilight Zone starring the cast of Duck Dynasty. - Middle Age Riot tweet




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‘This is your Nuremberg moment, your chance to stand on the right side of history.’ — Amal Clooney called out the Trump administration by name for undermining the effort to help women raped during war


Another Domestic Terrorist Inspired By Trump
The Florida man who pleaded guilty to mailing explosive devices said in a letter to a federal judge that attending a rally for President Donald Trump "became like a new found drug."






Waiting for Republicans to do the right thing is like waiting for a stop sign to turn green. - Middle Age Riot tweet




So our BFFs and allies, the Saudis have not only just put 37 people to death, they CRUCIFIED one of them. Think this'll have any effect on conservative Christian leaders' support for our Saudi-loving prez? Or will they turn a blind cheek? - Bette Midler


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You see...Evangelism is defined as spreading the word of the Gospel. The Gospel - the teaching of Christ and the apostles - is to be found in the NEW Testament 
There is no Gospel in the Old Testament, so why are 'Evangelists' so keen to spread the word of the OLD Testament ? - John Cleese




Would The Supreme Court Stop Impeachment For Trump? Yes. They Stopped The Vote Counting In Florida For Bush.
President Trump on Wednesday said that he would attempt to challenge impeachment in the Supreme Court if Democrats carried out such proceedings, though it's unclear the high court would hear such a case.


“Everywhere I go, people tell me that if I am impeached, they’re going to watch it,” Trump said. “The ratings are going to be through the roof.” - Andy Borowitz



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George Bush said God told him to invade Iraq, which led to 1 million deaths.Fundamentalist Christianity has a higher body count than Fundamentalist Islam. 
Meanwhile, sane, moderate & liberal Christians & Muslims wish y'all would just find an island & fight it out yourselves. - John Fugelsang






Jesus. Kushner Has An Immigration Plan? I'm Telling You, Immigrants Are Going To Get A Vacay At Guantanamo.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said Tuesday that he's preparing an immigration plan to present to President Trump in the coming days.
Kushner said at Time magazine's Time 100 Summit that he's put together "a very detailed proposal" that encompasses three major themes: improving border security, moving toward a so-called merit-based system and maintaining "our country’s humanitarian values."


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It’s not hard, guys. If you want to graduate without debt, just get a part-time job, go to a state school, and build a time machine to go back to 40 years ago when that was possible. - Jess Dweck



Twitter CEO To Continue Allowing Trump To Break Term Of Service Rules
On Tuesday, President Trump hosted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in the Oval Office for a closed-door meeting, during which the leader of the free world spent an inordinate amount of time complaining about lost Twitter followers, according to a source familiar with the conversation.
The Twitter chief, for his part, tried to reassure the president that the company’s staff merely wants his follower count to be as bot-free as possible.


Trump’s fourteen remaining Twitter followers included his daughter Ivanka; his sons Eric and Donald, Jr.; several White House aides; and someone named Heinrich Himmler III. - Andy Borowitz



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Saturn as seen from Cassini. That is an incredible shot.

Peace.