Monthly Archives: April 2017

Misadventures of a minority-elect President 58

Chronicling the misadventures of our minority-elect President’s alternate reality, alternative facts and the miscreants that comprise his administration so you don’t have to:

Trump appears to have learned something after his failed Obamacare repeal attempt, ramping up calls for War with Russia – despite lack of evidence or proof – after Trump’s Syrian false flag, more evidence that the Syrian gas attack was an orchestrated event designed to help our minority-elect President, the Nazi in Trump’s White House isn’t doing him any favors, the trouble with Trump’s White House is Donald Trump, why Trump keeps doing the opposite of what he said he’d do, the Trump administration has no foreign policy doctrine – explaining why there is no rhyme or reason to their actions, our fraudulent minority-elect President – if he lasts in office long enough – will corrupt fill 107 vacant court seats courtesy of GOP obstructionism of President Obama over the past 2 years, another example of why it’s hard to believe they still give Sean Spicer a live microphone, ratcheting up wars across the world in secrecy and much more.

President Trump scraps tax reform plan after lessons learned from Obamacare repeal attempt article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/10/president-trump-scraps-tax-reform-plan-after-lessons-learned-from-obamacare-repeal-attempt/22033676/

The airstrikes in Syria and the war drive of American imperialism article from the World Socialist Web Site. –
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/04/10/pers-a10.html

The Apr04|17 attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Syria analysis from Bullet List Analysis. –
http://logophere.com/Topics2017/17-04/17_015-BLA-ShajulIslam.htm

Analysis of the video used to justify Trump’s Syrian false flag shows why the official story doesn’t add up.

The Syrian Gas Attack Persuasion article from Scott Adams’ Blog (the creator of Dilbert). –
http://blog.dilbert.com/post/159264981001/the-syrian-gas-attack-persuasion

“According to the mainstream media – that has been wrong about almost everything for a solid 18 months in a row – the Syrian government allegedly bombed its own people with a nerve agent.

The reason the Assad government would bomb its own people with a nerve agent right now is obvious. Syrian President Assad – who has been fighting for his life for several years, and is only lately feeling safer – suddenly decided to commit suicide-by-Trump. Because the best way to make that happen is to commit a war crime against your own people in exactly the way that would force President Trump to respond or else suffer humiliation at the hands of the mainstream media.

And how about those pictures coming in about the tragedy. Lots of visual imagery. Dead babies. It is almost as if someone designed this “tragedy” to be camera-ready for President Trump’s consumption. It pushed every one of his buttons. Hard. And right when things in Syria were heading in a positive direction.

* Interesting timing.

* Super-powerful visual persuasion designed for Trump in particular.

* Suspiciously well-documented event for a place with no real press.

* No motive for Assad to use gas to kill a few dozen people at the cost of his entire regime. It wouldn’t be a popular move with Putin either.

* The type of attack no U.S. president can ignore and come away intact.

* A setup that looks suspiciously similar to the false WMD stories that sparked the Iraq war.

I’m going to call bullshit on the gas attack. It’s too “on-the-nose,” as Hollywood script-writers sometimes say, meaning a little too perfect to be natural. This has the look of a manufactured event…”

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 57

Chronicling the misadventures of our minority-elect President’s alternate reality, alternative facts and the miscreants that comprise his administration so you don’t have to:

Much of the U.S. Congress and our pusillanimous corporate media – acting as the Ministry of Propaganda – fawning over Trump’s illegal Syrian airstrike instead of holding him accountable, more Americans suffering from insomnia courtesy of our illegitimate minority-elect President, Trump’s Syrian delusions, jingoistic fawning over Syria with the utter lack of skeptical inquiry – sounds all to familiar (think Iraq’ alleged WMD’s), once again Trump’s ignorant hypocrisy on full display, first election in the Trump era could signal downward spiral for GOP, report suggests Ivanka Trump may have convinced her father to illegally bomb Syria, Trump’s hypocrisy on Syrian refugees, TV spends too much time on Trump’s idiocracy, many of his supporters are waking up to the reality of their ignorance, Syrian chemical attack appearing more like an orchestrated incident for Trump to use for personal gain and as a distraction, Trump’s illegal Syrian airstrike killed more civilians than Syrian military, more evidence that Trump’s dubious claims of voter fraud are based on farcical delusions, Trump endorsements bad for business, shifting to the center in an attempt to reset his failing presidency, U.S. Military-Industrial Complex to make more than $70 million from U.S. taxpayers to replace missiles fired at Syria, still desperately trying to justify his fraudulent Obama wiretapping fairy tale, Trump’s presidency is already a joke – but no laughing matter and more.

The Spoils of War: Trump Lavished With Media and Bipartisan Praise For Bombing Syria article from the Intercept. –
https://theintercept.com/2017/04/07/the-spoils-of-war-trump-lavished-with-media-and-bipartisan-praise-for-bombing-syria/

Luring Trump into Mideast Wars article from Consortium News. –
https://consortiumnews.com/2017/04/08/luring-trump-into-mideast-wars/

Insomnia Map: It’s Hard to Sleep at Night When You Didn’t Vote for the Maniac in Charge article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/media/insomnia-map-its-hard-sleep-night-when-you-didnt-vote-maniac-charge

Trump’s threat to the 2020 Census article from Politico. –
http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/04/trumps-threat-to-the-2020-census-000404

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 56

Chronicling the misadventures of our minority-elect President’s alternate reality, alternative facts and the miscreants that comprise his administration so you don’t have to:

Today’s misadventures in Trump’s land of delusion begin with our minority-elect President’s supporters feeling betrayed by their illegitimate leader, accusations that Trump conducted illegal airstrikes in Syria to deflect attention from his mounting domestic problems, Senate immorally – and possibly illegally – forces another corrupt alt-right wing “Justice” on the American people to further enable Trump’s corruption, justifying Trump’s illegal Syrian airstrikes with a suspicious source, Americans are being led by fools, more revelations that our minority-elect President ordered illegal airstrikes in Syria to distract from his ongoing dipshittery – and possibly try to end the ongoing investigations into his alleged Russia collusion scandal, Trump’s non-existent foreign policy puts malice for personal gains over actual policy, still fraudulently exploiting his office for personal profit, Trump’s illegal airstrike in Syria aid and abets Al-Qaeda and more.

The Donald Trump subreddit is flipping out over Syria airstrike: ‘Trump has betrayed all of us’ article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/07/the-donald-trump-subreddit-is-flipping-out-over-syrian-airstrike/22030698/

Observers Warn That Syria Attack is Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment article from Common Dreams. –
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/07/observers-warn-syria-attack-trumps-wag-dog-moment

“Reports that Russia was warned about stirke fuel accusations that military action was taken to distract from mounting domestic problems…”

Senate Confirms Neil Gorsuch To Supreme Court After Historic Blockade Of Obama’s Nominee article from the Huffington Post. –
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-confirms-neil-gorsuch_us_58e7a139e4b05413bfe244ca

Forcing another corrupt alt-right wing “Justice” on the American people will not work out well in the end.

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 55

Chronicling the misadventures of our minority-elect President’s alternate reality, alternative facts and the miscreants that comprise his administration so you don’t have to:

More on Trump’s illegal airstrike in Syria, Trump’s approval rating still in the toilet, with the stroke of a pen Trump eviscerates years of workplace protections for women, helping Al-Qaeda’s terrorists in Syria, numerous good reasons to impeach Trump, the impending clash between the U.S. and Russia, more evidence showing that the Syrian gas attack was orchestrated by the U.S. as pretext for bombing Syria, Ambassador accidentally reveals that Trump is violating the Constitution, McConnell immorally gives stolen Supreme Court seat to further enable Trump’s duplicitous agenda, Trump’s delusional assessment of his early ‘achievements.’ the Trump cabal cozies up to Neocons and more.

President Trump Just Ordered Military Strikes Against Syria in Response to Chemical Attack article from Mother Jones. –
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/syria-trump-military-action-breaking

Trump doesn’t care about all the children being killed by America’s illegal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Libya, and he doesn’t care about all the children being deported in his aggressive deportations, doesn’t care about all the refugees – many of which are children – from the U.S. devastation in the Middle East but we’re supposed to believe he suddenly cares about Syrian children allegedly being gassed?

The bombing of Syria: A new chapter in the US drive for global hegemony article from the World Socialist Web Site. –
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/04/07/pers-a07.html

Trump’s Approval Rating Today Is… article from International Business Times on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-apos-approval-rating-today-175138331.html

Still very low…

In One Executive Order, Trump Revoked Years of Workplace Protections for Women article from Mother Jones. –
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-just-revoked-protections-women-workplace

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 54

Chronicling the misadventures of our minority-elect President’s alternate reality, alternative facts and the miscreants that comprise his administration so you don’t have to:

Taking inexperienced family members and putting them in unprecedented positions of reckless power, turning his Obama wiretapping fairy tale up a notch, Trump is rapidly becoming a national embarrassment – even to those that voted for him, Trump dubbed as Conspiracy Theorist-in-Chief, the White House refuses to turn over documents it promised to turnover for investigation, Trump to overturn more Obama regulations and put the public at risk by decree, too many Trump disasters to count, how the Koch brothers won the White House, Trump’s failing foreign policy, China is now more popular than Trump among Americans, internal Civil war fracturing Trump’s already flailing White House, thinking of an illegal Syrian invasion over alleged sarin gas attack – with no investigation into what happened or evidence – to produce more refugees that he will refuse to let enter the U.S., Trump just became an official War Criminal with illegal airstrike in Syria, GOP cheats to advance ‘Trump’s corrupt agenda,’ the U.S. Senate should censure our Caligula with orange hair and more.

Jared and Ivanka ask what their country can do for them article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jared-ivanka-ask-country-can-090040557.html

The perfect example of the nepotism and corruption that is the Trump brand.

Trump just turned his Obama wiretapping conspiracy theory up to 11 article from the Washington Post. –
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/the-fix/wp/2017/04/05/trump-just-bet-the-farm-on-his-wiretapping-conspiracy-theory-and-still-provided-no-evidence/

“President Trump has yet to provide or unearth proof that the Obama administration targeted him with surveillance, more than a month after initially making the stunning claim.

But that’s apparently not going to prevent him from making even more extraordinary and evidence-free claims about the matter.

Trump spoke with the New York Times on Wednesday and went all-in on his claim that the Obama White House used its surveillance and national security powers against him. Trump accused former national security adviser Susan E. Rice, who was reported this week to have unmasked the names of Trump associates in intelligence reports, of having committed a crime, without providing evidence. He also suggested that other Obama administration officials were involved in the conspiracy, without providing evidence…”

Caligula with Orange Hair article from Common Dreams. –
http://www.commondreams.org/views/2017/04/06/caligula-orange-hair

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 53

Trump could end up costing Republicans big time in the 2018 elections, Trump’s war on journalism, if you like Middle East wars you’re going to love Trump – who blamed his predecessor for the Syrian gas attack despite telling him not to attack, Trump’s popularity hits yet another new low, Trump removes Bannon from the NSC, ethics issues are growing at a rapid pace, slammed for his support of Bill O’Reilly saying he didn’t think O’Reilly did anything wrong or acted inappropriately regarding his sexual harassment lawsuits, Trump cabal pondering whether or not to make visitors from Germany, France and other close allies hand over their social media passwords, creating distractions and blaming Obama for his flailing presidency, despite the lack of evidence showing Syria gassed its own people, Trump suggests he’ll so whatever he wants – including carrying out surprise attacks, which of course would be illegal, using an apparent chemical weapons attack – which will most likely end up being another false flag – as justification for invading Syria as his plans for Syria and Iraq being to take shape, another baseless claim despite having no evidence to deflect attention from his failing presidency and more.

Donald Trump Still Doesn’t Understand the Unemployment Rate article from the Fiscal Times on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/donald-trump-still-doesn-t-221000635.html

Trump’s in Trouble: Republicans May Face a Massive Wave During the 2018 Midterms article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/trumps-trouble-republicans-may-face-massive-wave-during-2018-midterms

Trump’s War on Journalism article from the Los Angeles Times. –
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-war-on-journalism/

“In Donald Trump’s America, the mere act of reporting news unflattering to the president is held up as evidence of bias. Journalists are slandered as “enemies of the people.”

Facts that contradict Trump’s version of reality are dismissed as “fake news.” Reporters and their news organizations are “pathetic,” “very dishonest,” “failing,” and even, in one memorable turn of phrase, “a pile of garbage.”

Trump is, of course, not the first American president to whine about the news media or try to influence coverage. President George W. Bush saw the press as elitist and “slick.” President Obama’s press operation tried to exclude Fox News reporters from interviews, blocked many officials from talking to journalists and, most troubling, prosecuted more national security whistle-blowers and leakers than all previous presidents combined.

But Trump being Trump, he has escalated the traditionally adversarial relationship in demagogic and potentially dangerous ways…”

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Misadventures of a minority-elect President 52

Today’s misadventurous chronicles of our minority-elect President begin with his signing your Internet privacy away, another Trump promise goes down in flames, LA Times highlights Trump’s authoritarian vision, ruminations on how Trump has become part of the establishment he pretended to deplore, Trump’s idiotic tweets will be forever preserved in the US National Archives, looking at the growing list of groups lined up against him reveals how much trouble Trump is really in, Trump’s agenda is based on lies and most Americans hate it, comparing Trump to Nixon isn’t fair to Nixon, still trying to repeal Obamacare with his fraudulent TrumpCare replacement, ignorance still running rampant in Trump’s land of delusion, Trump panicking about his Russia scandal, ISIS claims U.S. ‘being run by an idiot,’ Trump kleptocracy watch updated, Trump’s claims of not having ties to Russia seem to be unraveling, Trump lied about no more factories closing as more jobs get exported to other countries, theaters nationwide inspired by Trump’s dystopian dipshittery enough to screen 1984 as a tribute, the White House swamp and more.

Trump signs bill blocking online privacy regulation article from the AP on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-signs-bill-blocking-online-privacy-regulation-234326109–finance.html

As U.S. Jobs Flee the Country, One of Trump’s Biggest Campaign Promises Is Already Going Down in Flames article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/us-jobs-flee-country-one-trumps-biggest-campaign-promises-already-going-down

Trump’s Authoritarian Vision article from the Los Angeles Times. –
http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ed-trumps-authoritarian-vision/

“Standing before the cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention last summer, Donald Trump bemoaned how special interests had rigged the country’s politics and its economy, leaving Americans victimized by unfair trade deals, incompetent bureaucrats and spineless leaders.

He swooped into politics, he declared, to subvert the powerful and rescue those who cannot defend themselves. “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”

To Trump’s faithful, those words were a rallying cry. But his critics heard something far more menacing in them: a dangerously authoritarian vision of the presidency — one that would crop up time and again as he talked about overruling generals, disregarding international law, ordering soldiers to commit war crimes, jailing his opponent.

Trump has no experience in politics; he’s never previously run for office or held a government position. So perhaps he was unaware that one of the hallmarks of the American system of government is that the president’s power to “fix” things unilaterally is constrained by an array of strong institutions — including the courts, the media, the permanent federal bureaucracy and Congress. Combined, they provide an essential defense against an imperial presidency…”

Is Trump now part of the establishment? article from BBC News. –
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39483715

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Trump’s desperation to deflect attention from his Russia scandal is growing, Trump’s White House staffed with multimillionaires, our Presidential twit is still delusional about Twitter and how he uses it, trying to stifle dissent any way he can – illegally or not, law firm fired for enabling Trump kleptocracy, ten weeks of Trump fail, LA Times expose delves into the many reasons Trump lies, chipping away at President Obama’s accomplishments, trying to impede the Congressional investigation into his Russia ties, prophylactic tweeting about Hillary Clinton as his presidency implodes around him, Trump’s brazen corruptness never ceases to amaze, reorganizing the White House after disastrous beginning of his illegitimate presidency, right-wing media tries propping up Trump’s wiretapping fairy tale and more.

Trump’s Protests Over Russia Investigation Hit a Crescendo article from the Fiscal Times on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-protests-over-russia-investigation-134900278.html

Trump’s White House stuffed with multimillionaires article from the World Socialist Web Site. –
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2017/04/03/trum-a03.html

TRUMP: ‘If you issue hundreds of tweets and every once in a while you have a clinker, that’s no so bad’ article from Business Insider on Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trump-issue-hundreds-tweets-every-201237428.html

Americans’ Right to Protest is in Grave Danger Under Trump, United Nations Warns article from Information Clearing House. –
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46787.htm

“The right to protest is fundamental to American democracy. The country was born, after all, out of decades of civil disobedience by people angry about taxation without representation. (In Washington, FWIW, we are still angry.)

But according to United Nations human rights investigators, this very basic principle is under attack. Over the past few months, on the heels of a fresh wave of organizing by liberals, at least 19 states have introduced measures that would criminalize peaceful protest. In places such as Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa, Republican lawmakers have proposed laws that would stiffen penalties for demonstrators who block traffic. In North Dakota, GOP leaders are pushing a bill that would allow motorists to run over and kill agitators, as long as the crash was accidental. In Indiana, conservatives want to instruct police to use “any means necessary” to remove activists from a roadway. Opponents worry this could lead to more brutal police response.

Colorado lawmakers are considering a big increase in penalties for environmental protesters. Activists who tamper with oil or gas equipment could be, under the measure, face felony charges and be punished with up to 18 months behind bars and a fine of up to $100,000. A bill pending in the Virginia state legislature would dramatically increase punishment for people who “unlawfully” assemble after “having been lawfully warned to disperse.” Those who do so could face a year in jail and a $2,500 fine…”

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White House continues spewing lies about sanctuary cities despite facts contradicting their claims, White House set to open its arms to repressive dictatorship, the growing chorus calling for Trump’s impeachment, trying to take focus off Russia with his delusional tweets, majority that didn’t vote for our minority-elect President uniting for large-scale demonstrations – though don’t bet on Trump leaving anytime soon, Trump’s storytelling talents, more bad news on his growing Russia Scandal, trying to avoid accountability for his illegal actions in Syria, reminders of the similarities of Watergate and Trump’s Russia Scandal, growing weary of his Ministry of Propaganda, once again Trump’s mouth moves faster than his brain, scathing LA Times article on our dishonest President, Trump’s fictional America and more.

White House repeats claim that sanctuary cities breed crimes, data continues to say otherwise article from Yahoo! News. –
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-repeats-claim-that-sanctuary-cities-breed-crime-data-continues-to-say-otherwise-202510621.html

Anti-Trump WWE fans grapple with boycotting over White House ties ahead of WrestleMania 33 article from AOL News. –
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/03/31/anti-trump-wwe-fans-grapple-with-boycotting-the-company-over-white-house-ties-ahead-of-wrestlemania-33/22020777/

Warm welcome awaits Sisi as Trump rolls out red carpet for Egypt strongman article from the Guardian. –
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/abdel-fatah-al-sisi-donald-trump-egypt

THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY IS A HUGE BREAK FROM OBAMA’S article from the Verge. –
http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/2/15140892/trump-white-house-photographer-shealah-craighead-vs-pete-souza-obama

“Donald Trump’s presidency is not normal, and neither is the way it’s being photographed

Many of the most iconic photos of Barack Obama’s presidency came from Pete Souza, the official White House photographer. Granted extensive access to Obama, he shot the Osama Bin Laden war room photo, moments the president shared with Michelle Obama, the many famous images of the president interacting with kids, and countless more. These carefully composed photos so defined the public image of Obama that it nearly made Souza a household name.

In its visual representation, as in so many other respects, the Trump administration has made a break with the past. Most of what we see of Trump comes from either the traveling pool of press photographers or the smartphones of his staff. On the one hand there are Getty Images or Reuters shots of Trump standing at podiums (or pretending to drive a truck). And on the other, we get unusually informal images of him posing with world leaders or appearing to be caught off guard. In the meantime, the White House’s Flickr account was purged, and the “Photos” section was removed from the official website…”

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Trump’s next scandal beginning to simmer, succumbing to former President’s Bush and Obama’s perpetual war, Trump still can’t take responsibility for his actions or apologize for his massive f*ck ups, major ways Trump is bring chaos to our lives, Trump still freaking out about his Russia scandal, still trying to distract from his fraudulent wiretap fairy tale, facing questions of interference in investigations, trying to shift the heat off his Russia issues with insults and ignorance, wrapping up Trump’s fraudulent University fiasco, still being protected by his brown shirts in the U.S. Congress, sexual assaulter-in-chief declares April sexual assault month, the time is ripe for a false flag terror attack under our minority-elect President and more.

Trump’s next scandal is already starting to simmer article from the Daily Kos. –
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/03/30/1648494/-Trump-s-next-scandal-is-already-starting-to-simmer

Trump Succumbs to Bush/Obama Perpetual War article from Information Clearing House. –
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/46766.htm

“President Trump is becoming the third post-9/11 president to prosecute bloody conflicts in the Mideast and impose mass surveillance at home, with no end in sight, observes retired Col. Ann Wright…”

What Happens to a Country Whose Leader Can’t Say ‘I’m Sorry’ article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/what-happens-country-whose-leader-cant-say-im-sorry

Donald Trump and Russia: what we learned this week article from the Guardian. –
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/01/donald-trump-russia-what-we-learned-nunes-flynn

6 Major Ways Donald Trump Is Bringing Chaos to Our Lives article from AlterNet. –
http://www.alternet.org/world/six-ways-donald-trump-brings-chaos-our-lives

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