Nomad (11-04-2017), Phantasmal (11-04-2017)
CORRUPTOCRATS IN CHARGE OF USA
Here are 10 revelations about how awful Trump is — from people who resigned from his administration
Kali Holloway, AlterNet
28 OCT 2017
4. Trump’s disrespect for the office he was filling was demoralizing.
6. The Trump administration is attacking representative government itself.
7. The Trump administration has assembled a group of corruptocrats.
8. A culture of paranoia and fear pervades the White House.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/her...dministration/
Nomad (11-04-2017), Phantasmal (11-04-2017)
Trump is the representative of the Feds. This is a Mafia style intimidation to the Republican: Be obedient. Otherwise, go Cork and Flake or Rand Paul. Rand Paul was attacked by his neighbor and have got 6 ribs broken.
Under the command of a magic wand.
GOP Senators Believe Roy Moore's Accusers But Not Donald Trump's
Jennifer Bendery,HuffPost• November 14, 2017
Moore’s scandal has put his party in an incredibly uncomfortable predicament: the more Republicans say the allegations by five women against Moore are proof that he doesn’t belong in the Senate, the more hypocritical they look for ignoring the 16 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault and helping him become president.
The White House position on the president’s accusers is that they are all liars. Trump denied all of the allegations again last month, calling them “fake news” and “made-up stuff.”
So why do Republicans believe Moore’s accusers but not Trump’s? HuffPost spent Tuesday asking GOP senators why the situations are different. Few could offer a convincing argument, instead opting to shrug their shoulders, pivot or abruptly walk away.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/senators-...232401331.html
Rune (12-14-2017)
Turn US into a spy country?
TRUMP WHITE HOUSE WEIGHING PLANS FOR PRIVATE SPIES TO COUNTER “DEEP STATE” ENEMIES
Matthew Cole, Jeremy Scahill
December 4 2017,
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION is considering a set of proposals developed by Blackwater founder Erik Prince and a retired CIA officer — with assistance from Oliver North, a key figure in the Iran-Contra scandal — to provide CIA Director Mike Pompeo and the White House with a global, private spy network that would circumvent official U.S. intelligence agencies, according to several current and former U.S. intelligence officials and others familiar with the proposals. The sources say the plans have been pitched to the White House as a means of countering “deep state” enemies in the intelligence community seeking to undermine Donald Trump’s presidency.
The creation of such a program raises the possibility that the effort would be used to create an intelligence apparatus to justify the Trump administration’s political agenda.
“Pompeo can’t trust the CIA bureaucracy, so we need to create this thing that reports just directly to him,” said a former senior U.S. intelligence official with firsthand knowledge of the proposals, in describing White House discussions. “It is a direct-action arm, totally off the books,” this person said, meaning the intelligence collected would not be shared with the rest of the CIA or the larger intelligence community. “The whole point is this is supposed to report to the president and Pompeo directly.”
The proposals would utilize an army of spies with no official cover in several countries deemed “denied areas” for current American intelligence personnel, including North Korea and Iran. The White House has also considered creating a new global rendition unit meant to capture terrorist suspects around the world, as well as a propaganda campaign in the Middle East and Europe to combat Islamic extremism and Iran.
“I can find no evidence that this ever came to the attention of anyone at the NSC or [White House] at all,” wrote Michael N. Anton, a spokesperson for the National Security Council, in an email. “The White House does not and would not support such a proposal.” But a current U.S. intelligence official appeared to contradict that assertion, stating that the various proposals were first pitched at the White House before being delivered to the CIA. The Intercept reached out to several senior officials that sources said had been briefed on the plans by Prince, including Vice President Mike Pence. His spokesperson wrote there was “no record of [Prince] ever having met with or briefed the VP.” North did not respond to a request for comment.
According to two former senior intelligence officials, Pompeo has embraced the plan and lobbied the White House to approve the contract. Asked for comment, a CIA spokesperson said, “You have been provided wildly inaccurate information by people peddling an agenda.”
https://theintercept.com/2017/12/04/...state-enemies/
Anyone against his will will be fired?
Trump Blasts Washington Post Writer for ‘Fake News’ Tweet, Calls for His Firing
The Wrap
Sean Burch,The Wrap• December 9,2017
President Donald Trump called for the firing of Washington Post’s Dave Weigel for posting a picture of a half-empty arena and the caption “packed to the rafters” on his Twitter account on Friday night.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-bla...012249141.html
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Trump Reportedly Terminated All Members Of HIV/AIDS Council Without Explanation
HuffPost
Jenna Amatulli,HuffPost• December 29, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rep...164717217.html
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"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."
A lie doesn't become the truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good just because it is accepted by a majority.
Author: Booker T. Washington
Trump's Deputy Drug Czar Is A 24-Year-Old With A Flimsy Work History
HuffPost
Dominique Mosbergen,HuffPost• January 22, 2018
A 24-year-old appointed to a top position in the White House drug policy office has come under scrutiny in recent days for his scanty résumé and lack of qualifications.
A new Washington Post report reveals that one of Taylor Weyeneth’s few previous jobs ended ignominiously. Weyeneth was “let go” from a New York law firm in 2015 because he didn’t show up to work, the paper reports.
Weyeneth was appointed last year as deputy chief of staff of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, or ONDCP, which coordinates federal drug-control efforts, and questions have recently been raised about his fitness for the role.
Prior to his work for the Trump administration, the only job he’d held since graduating from college in 2016 was working on President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the Post reported earlier this month. As a high schooler, Weyeneth worked for a family firm that processed health products; and as an undergraduate, he had a job as a legal assistant at the New York law firm O’Dwyer & Bernstien.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-apo...121016887.html
ThatOwlWoman (02-05-2018)
The White House held a fancy party for its new DHS nominee, then sent the agency the bill
Attendees included commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, secretary of state Rex Tillerson, economic advisor Gary Cohn, presidential advisors Kellyanne Conway and Jared Kushner, and big names from K Street, Washington’s lobbying corridor, like Stewart Verdery, whose Monument Policy represents Fortune 500 clients like Amazon, Toyota, and Northrup Grumman.
Afterward, the White House billed the DHS $8,000 for the party, a White House advisor told Quartz. The White House typically charges catering and event costs to a department’s budget if the event is seen as “furthering the mission” of the agency, he said.
Nielsen’s nomination surprised top officials at the DHS, because she doesn’t have a loyal following within the over 200,000 strong organization, and no experience managing a large agency. The lobbyist-studded party, and the related bill, were seen as a further affront.
https://qz.com/1105496/the-fancy-whi...at-the-agency/
Draining the swamp! Gurgle gurgle.
Donald Trump nominates man whose firm tripled price of insulin to regulate drug companies
Alex Azar would be ‘a star for better healthcare and lower drug prices’, Mr Trump said
Chantal Da Silva Sunday 19 November 2017
Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, Alex Azar, was previously an executive at a pharmaceutical company that repeatedly raised the prices of its drugs and tripled the cost of its top-selling insulin over the five years he served as a company president, it has emerged.
Mr Trump announced his choice on Monday, tweeting that Mr Azar would be a “star for better healthcare and lower drug prices”.
If Mr Azar becomes Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, he will oversee a $1tr (£76bn) department responsible for America’s major insurance programmes, including Obamacare, public health, medical research and food and drug safety.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a8062886.html
'President for life' not a bad idea, Trump says of China proposal
By Amy Lieu | Fox News
3/4/2018
"He's now president for life. President for life. And he's great. I think it's great. Maybe we'll give that a shot someday."
- President Donald Trump, referring to China's President Xi Jinping
Trump's remarks were reportedly met with laughter and applause during a luncheon for Republican donors at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03...-proposal.html
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