tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902681200862968032024-03-14T02:14:49.511-04:00west bloomfield lakes area democratic clubWe welcome your comments and postings on our blogWest Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.comBlogger166125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-50292091880563033822020-08-26T12:46:00.001-04:002020-08-26T12:46:36.564-04:00Socialism<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;"> If you
have watched the first two nights of the Republican National Convention,
and I am sorry if you have, you have probably seen speaker after
speaker accuse Joe Biden and the Democratic Party of being SOCIALISTS
who, if elected, will carry out the agenda of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez, and Ilhan Omar.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">If only that were true…
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">But while
they scream "socialist" as an epithet in their videos and from the
stage, what everyone needs to know is that Trump and the Republican
Party just LOVE socialism — a corporate socialism for the rich and the
powerful.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">And let's
be clear. Their brand of socialism has resulted in more income and
wealth inequality than at any time since the 1920s, with three
multi-billionaires now owning more wealth than the bottom half of our
nation. Their socialism has allowed, during this pandemic, the very,
very rich to become much richer while tens of millions of workers have
lost their jobs, their health care and face eviction.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">While
Trump denounces socialism let us never forget the $885 million in
government subsidies and tax breaks the Trump family received for a real
estate empire built on racial discrimination.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">But Trump is not alone.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">The high priest of unfettered capitalism, Trump’s National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow, spoke in a video last night.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">And who
could ever forget when Larry was on television begging for the largest
federal bailout in American history for his friends on Wall Street —
some $700 billion from the Treasury and trillions in support from the
Federal Reserve — after their greed, recklessness and illegal behavior
created the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">But it is not just Trump and Larry Kudlow.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">If you are
a fossil fuel company, whose carbon emissions are destroying the
planet, you get billions in government subsidies including special tax
breaks, royalty relief, funding for research and development and
numerous tax loopholes.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">If you are
a pharmaceutical company, you make huge profits on patent rights for
medicines that were developed with taxpayer-funded research.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">If you are
a monopoly like Amazon, owned by the wealthiest person in America, you
get hundreds of millions of dollars in economic incentives from
taxpayers to build warehouses and you end up paying not one penny in
federal income taxes.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">If you are
the Walton family, the wealthiest family in America, you get massive
government subsidies because your low-wage workers are forced to rely on
food stamps, Medicaid and public housing in order to survive — all paid
for by taxpayers.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">This is
what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. meant when he said that “This country
has socialism for the rich, and rugged individualism for the poor.”
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">And that is the difference between Donald Trump and us.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">Trump believes in corporate socialism for the rich and powerful.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">We believe
in a democratic socialism that works for the working families of this
country. We believe that in the wealthiest country in the history of the
world, economic rights are human rights.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">So yes,
progressives and even moderate Democrats will face attacks from people
who attempt to use the word "socialism" as a slur.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">There is nothing new of that.
</p>
<p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">Like
President Harry Truman said, "Socialism is the epithet they have hurled
at every advance the people have made in the last 20 years … Socialism
is what they called Social Security … Socialism is their name for almost
anything that helps all the people." </p><p style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 17px; line-height: 140%;">Bernie Sanders <br /></p>West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-40014718983696394642020-08-24T10:12:00.007-04:002020-08-26T12:43:33.838-04:00Trump and the RNC<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Over the next week during the Republican National Convention, we will be reminded of the devastating impact of the right-wing extremist agenda that Donald Trump and the Republican Party have forced upon the nation.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> In many ways, this is the most important week of the most important election in modern American history. And our job this week is to expose Donald Trump for the fraud and pathological liar that we all know him to be.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president, Donald Trump, who said he was going to provide health care to everyone, yet tried to throw 32 million people off of health care and continues, to this day, to try and accomplish that goal. Today, millions fewer Americans have health insurance than when Trump came into office.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president, who in his last campaign said that he was a different type of Republican who would make no cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, but introduced budgets that slash all three.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who said he was going to stand up for working families and who promised to pass tax reform legislation designed to help the middle class, yet 83 percent of his tax benefits go to the top 1 percent.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who promised to take on the pharmaceutical companies. He said they were "getting away with murder." Yet, drug prices continue to soar and he appointed a drug company executive as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who promised to take on the greed of Wall Street, but then proceeded to appoint more Wall Street titans to high positions than any president in history.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who said the coronavirus would just “disappear” and that he had a “natural ability” to understand this deadly virus, yet almost 200,000 people have died from the virus, there are tens of thousands of new cases a day, and there is absolutely no end in sight — and yet he refuses to support extending what we accomplished in the CARES Act, getting a weekly $600 check to people who desperately need it.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who said he was going to "drain the swamp," but has used his office for blatant personal and political gain, running the most corrupt administration in modern American history. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who said he would do "everything in my power to protect our LGBT citizens," yet has gone out of his way to attempt to deny them from getting the health care they need and allow discrimination against them in the workplace.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who, after a number of different mass shootings, said that he would take action to keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous people, but has time and time again sided with the NRA and done absolutely NOTHING to solve the epidemic levels of gun violence in this country.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> This is a president who said that if he won that America would be respected again around the world, yet as a result of his anti-democratic and incompetent policies has succeeded in significantly lowering the respect that people all over the planet have for the United States.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> The truth is, Donald Trump has sold out the working families of this country and he cannot be elected again. He is a menace to democracy whose rejection of science has cost us almost 200,000 lives and whose rejection of climate science threatens the future of this planet. We have to appreciate how unbelievably severe the current moment is.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> If Trump wins again, all of the anti-worker, anti-democratic policies he has pursued during his first term will only be magnified. We will have more racism, more xenophobia, more attempts to divided us up based on the color our skin and where we were born, more reactionary policies with regard to the economy, and we’ll continue our national march toward authoritarianism.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> We must vigorously take on the lies and bigotry we are going to see on the stage at this week’s Republican National Convention. I, like you, am frankly outraged by what Trump and Washington Republicans are doing to our country and our people. </span></p>West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-30795229839640189872020-08-24T10:03:00.019-04:002020-08-24T10:26:43.846-04:00Governor Andrew Cuomo on the Virus<p> </p><div align="center"> <span style="font-size: medium;">Start with the
Truth, Admit the Mistakes, Reset with a National Lockdown.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Or the Virus
will Richochet Around the Country Forever.</span></div><div align="center"> </div><br /><div align="center">
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-75873424135915710232020-08-17T11:54:00.003-04:002020-08-17T11:56:09.283-04:00Pessimism, realism or optimism? your choice<p> <b> Once a week I have a zoom
lunch with 4 to 6 former colleagues and friends. Hard to believe that
we have known each other for more than forty years. We were a group of
young attorneys who liked and respected each other. Now
we are a bunch of old farts who still feel the same about each other.
My colleagues are smart, engaging and bring different perspectives to
the discussions. The one thing we all have in common is our utter
disdain for Treasonous Trump.</b>
</p><div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> One of my colleagues
believes that tRUMP is going to successfully steal the election. He
said, however, that in his life he has never wanted to be so wrong.
Other colleagues are not predicting a tRUMP victory, but are scared
s***less that he might win. Then there is the eternal optimist who
can give an endless list of reasons to be optimistic. The events of
this week make it more difficult to be optimistic however.</b></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> Several months ago, we all
agreed that tRUMP is a dirty fighter. Democrats don't know how to fight
dirty or respond to dirty fighters. We all agreed that tRUMP would
find ways to fight dirty that we could not imagine. This week
he proved the point. We could never have imagined that tRUMP would
defund the post office. Neither could we imagine that he would appoint a
postmaster general who would emasculate the postal service. tRUMP's
consigliere Separately, Bill Barr will no
doubt have a September/October surprise. The same goes for Lindsey
Graham and Ron Johnson. The exact surprises can't be predicted, but
they are coming.</b></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> So how does the eternal
optimist stay optimistic? The more we see and hear Kamala Harris, the
more it becomes evident that this was a brilliant choice. I had several
reasons for not putting her at the top of my list. All of
those reasons have proven wrong. Biden can remain the adult in the
room and not get into the mud with tRUMP. Harris will not let tRUMP
get away with anything. During the judiciary committee hearings I
thought Harris was far and away the best of the Democratic
senators.</b></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> I believe that there will be a
massive voter turnout despite the defunding of the post office. I
believe that in every state, voters can drop off the ballots at their
polling stations. Democrats will do a massive educational
campaign to get people to drop off their ballots rather than mailing
them. If people can't get to the polling stations there will be
volunteer organizations to transport them. I am told that the Ohio
Secretary Of State has ordered that there be only one drop
off site in each county. I assume that will be the subject of
lawsuits. I believe one way or another, people will turn out in
droves. That happened in Wisconsin during the height of the pandemic.
It happened in Georgia despite the governor's vile attempts
at voter suppression.</b></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> As just one example of the
GOTV movement, please note the incredible organization started by LeBron
James and a number of other high profile athletes and entertainers.
(one of my all time Michigan favorites Jalen Rose is among
the principals). Check out More Than Just A Vote. The organization is
dedicated to getting tens of thousands of African American citizens to
register and to vote. There are countless similar organizations across
the country.</b></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
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<div>
<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> The bottom line for my
optimism is that Hillary lost because of a perfect storm. This time
around there will not be huge numbers of voters who decide not to vote
for president. This time around there will not be a strong
Green Party candidate to syphon votes from Biden. This time around
there are significant numbers of Republicans who find tRUMP abhorrent.
And this time around African American voters will turn out in much
higher numbers.</b></p>
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<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> So with all due respect to my pessimistic and realistic friends, I remain the eternal optimist. Let's hope. Stay safe.</b></p>
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<p class="yiv9979489016MsoNormal"><b> Richard</b></p>
</div>West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-77922502634334663442020-08-10T09:50:00.000-04:002020-08-10T09:50:01.834-04:00tRUMP's disgusting twofer<p> <b class="yiv2226067127"> tRUMP's proposal
to bankrupt the Postal Service has received tons of publicity in the
last few weeks. Now he is threatening to suspend payroll taxes. There
is no bottom to his evil. What is most perplexing is that he is
attacking two programs that have overwhelming public support across all
political lines. I have read that the Postal Service has a 90%
favorability rating. Post offices in small rural communities are
popular meeting spots. One would think that Republican senators from
sparsely populated states will fight to properly fund the postal
service. On the other hand, in the age of tRUMP, it is impossible to
apply rational thinking to irrational minds. </b></p><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
The payroll tax is 7.65% which is charged separately to both
employees and employers. Trump claims that he has the authority to
suspend the tax without congressional involvement. It goes without
saying that he probably has no such authority. If he were able to
suspend the tax, it would mean that wealthy wage earners would save
about $10,500. An employee earning $20,000 would save about $765. And,
of course, unemployed people would save nothing.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
A cut in payroll taxes found its way into the proposed Republican
covid relief bill. McConnell claimed he did not know how it got into
the bill. In any event it was swiftly deleted. McConnell well knows
that the politics of defunding social security and medicare is toxic.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
Trump has not said whether he would suspend the employer tax as
well as the employee tax. We can assume that is his intent. Think of
all the money the tRUMP/Kushner criminal enterprises would save. By
my math using reasonable assumptions of payroll, it may be in
the millions. Employers would love to see the tax cut. This is a
classic example of trickle down economics which has proven time and time
again that the money barely trickles down.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
The payroll tax funds social security and medicare, both
tremendously popular programs. You may recall that in 2005, George W.
Bush made a modest proposal to partially privatize social security. The
public reaction from all sides was overwhelmingly negative. Bush
quickly withdrew the proposal. For years wealthy conservative
Republicans have thirsted for reductions in social security benefits.
tRUMP's proposal will help starve social security and medicare. Will
tRUMP's base know or care that he wants to starve social security and
medicare? The answer to both is probably, "no". AARP will
certainly care.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
As an aside, there is an easy fix to fully fund social security
and medicare for decades to come. Right now there is a cap on the
amount of income which is subject to the payroll tax. So a millionaire
pays a far smaller percentage of his or her income than does an ordinary
wage earner. If the cap were eliminated everyone would pay the same
percentage. Seems fair to me. Eliminating the cap will never happen
while Republicans control the Senate. This is another good reason to
boot them out.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127">
tRUMP and his enablers are actively undermining the quality of the
postal service. All of the members of the postal service board of
directors are white male tRUMP appointees. People on our side of
politics are legitimately worried that tRUMP will successfully
disqualify millions of mail in ballots by emasculating the postal
service. I worry as well. But the eternal optimist thinks that most
secretaries of state will do their best to protect the franchise.
Jocelyn Benson will absolutely protect mail in ballots. A simple
protection is to make sure that every voter has access to a drop box for
their ballot. We saw in Wisconsin that neither Republicans nor covid
will deter the Democratic wave from coming. Do your part to fumigate
tRUMP out of the White House.</b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"><br class="yiv2226067127" /></b></div><div class="yiv2226067127"><b class="yiv2226067127"> Richard</b></div>West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-36323447080675068772020-07-21T09:03:00.002-04:002020-07-21T09:03:29.585-04:00tRUMP's campaign tactics: fraud and fear I am the fortunate or unfortunate recipient of countless emails from
the tRUMP campaign. I also receive countless solicitations from
Biden. The difference between the two is day and night. The Biden
solicitations are straightforward asks for money. They contain
messages about the importance of money and the importance of defeating
tRUMP. The tRUMP solicitations are straightforward frauds.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
One solicitation said that I had been chosen among all of tRUMP
supporters to be in the 100 club. This club is limited to 100 tRUMP
supporters from around the country. If I did not act immediately, I
would lose my chance to be in the club. It goes without saying that
this is laughable. But, it is much more sinister than laughable.. The
tRUMP campaign would not put this out if it were not effective. This
means that thousands if not tens of thousands of supporters contribute
because they think they are in a club limited to 100 people.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
Eric tRUMP sent me an e mail that said that if I immediately make a
contribution, there would be a 400% match. I assume this is lie. But I
also assume it is an effective lie.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
Lara tRUMP sent me an e mail saying that I could be in the VIP
club. There would be only 100 members of the VIP club. If I did not
act before midnight, my place would be taken by someone else. Another
damnable lie. But people believe it.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
The Federal Elections Commission is a toothless entity. The FEC
has an equal number of Republicans and Democrats. The commission should
vigilantly scrutinize fraudulent election tactics. It is a guarantee,
however, that a complaint against the tRUMP campaign would tossed into
the trash bin.<br class="yiv2023021206" /> <br class="yiv2023021206" />
Now to the fearmongering. For this solicitation tRUMP actually used
the USPS. It is a four page diatribe of the most disgusting
fearmongering imaginable. To quote, " If Joe Biden wins the White House
in November it's game over for American Capitalism". He calls the
green new deal a Socialist pipedream. He says that Democrats want to
turn our country into a big government socialist nightmare like
Venezuela. He said that the green new deal would kill the energy sector
and the airline industry and cost tens of millions of American Jobs.
He claims that Democrats forced his hand to call a national emergency
at the border because of their utter contempt for the security of
everyday citizens. He said that his big, beautiful wall is giving
greater security from the pandemic and prevents the flow of hardened
criminals who threaten our children and our way of life. He said that
the Democrats are using the coronavirus to push for mail in voting so it
could open the door for widespread fraud and abuse. I could go on.
The bottom line is that a contribution of $45 or more would get you a
limited edition MAGA hat. and would help insure victory.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
I can't watch Hannity and I can't listen to Limbaugh. But I do
read tRUMP'S solicitation to get a sense of the tRUMP netherworld.
tRUMP has done incalculable damage to our country. Much of it can be
fixed with a Democratic president and Congress. But the hate and venom
spewed by tRUMP and his supporters may last for decades. <br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" />
In my view, tRUMP and his enablers are floundering. The
signs are good for a Democratic sweep and an end to the nightmare. But
it is an eternity to the election. So stay optimistic and help get out
the vote. If we do that we win.<br class="yiv2023021206" /><br class="yiv2023021206" /> RichardWest Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-19183342970091269872020-07-06T14:02:00.000-04:002020-07-06T14:02:24.172-04:00Comrade Benedict tRUMP<b class="yiv5973652352"> I wrote
this piece on Wed, but had computer problems. So I am sending it
today. In the meanwhile an organization named VoteVets has put out a
commercial titled Benedict Donald. Damn, I beat them to the punch but
couldn't get my piece published in time. In any event, Benedict tRUMP
has desecrated our national holiday honoring the ideals of our
country. So for the moment let's enjoy the day and try to forget
Benedict.</b><br />
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What does Russia have on tRUMP? About a year ago I suggested a
number of reasons why treason could have been in the articles of
impeachment. At that time there were ample reasons for suggesting that
tRUMP was treasonous. He has now added to the list. His response to
Russia having a bounty on the heads of Americans has been immoral at
best and treasonous at worst. There can be only one explanation for
tRUMP promoting Russian interests over American. They have something on
him.</b></div>
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He has denied that he consorted with prostitutes in a Moscow
hotel. Maybe the rumor is not true. But we all know that tRUMP has
zero credibility. Would anyone be surprised if the videotapes are
disclosed? </b></div>
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<b class="yiv5973652352">
We know that more than $100 million of Russian oligarch money
has been invested in tRUMP properties That is separate from the stinky
Florida land deal. He bought an estate in 2004 for $41 million and sold
it to an oligarch in 2008 for $95 million. </b></div>
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The most glaring example of tRUMP's treason was when he accepted
the word of Putin in Helsinki over the unanimous opinion of all
American intelligence agencies. He was silent when Russia invaded
Crimea and Eastern Ukraine. Most recently he ordered the removal of
American forces from Germany contrary to the wishes of our NATO allies
and American military leaders. Nothing could make Putin happier.</b></div>
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And now we find out that tRUMP knew that Russia was paying a bounty
for dead Americans and coalition forces. tRUMP's response to this
scandal could have been written by Putin. First he denied that he was
warned. This was a typical tRUMP lie. Second, he denounced leakers.
This is typical when leakers reveal the truth. Third now that it is out
in the open he has not said a word of denunciation of Russia. And
fourth, he has spoken to Putin at least 6 times since the briefing on
February 27 nad has not even brought up the subject let alone tell him
that we know what he's doing. If this is not treason I don't know what
is. </b></div>
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In my email last year I suggested that we call him Traitor
tRUMP. Moscow Mitch has stuck to McConnell. Why not Traitor tRump? I
suggested that the word "quisling" originated from Prime Minister
Quisling who was a traitor to Norway during World War Two. </b></div>
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The most famous traitor in American history was Benedict Arnold.
For 3 1/2 years tRUMP has shown incredible loyalty to Russia. While I
like Traitor tRump, Benedict tRUMP fits nicely.</b></div>
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The Lincoln Project has produced an incredible ad. I may not
have it exactly right but it is something like this. It shows a man
facing the camera and saying that he is a Republican pro life, pro
second amendment guy. But tRUMP is a dishonest coward and for the first
time in his life he will vote for a Democratic candidate for president.
I previously described Joe The Barber. If these two men are being
duplicated throughout the country, We win in a landslide.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv5973652352"> Thanks for listening. Have a safe and peaceful holiday.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv5973652352"> Richard</b></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-38275834805163136592020-07-06T13:57:00.000-04:002020-07-06T13:59:48.063-04:00Trump Doesn't Believe in Democracy, Here's His 25-Step Reelection PlanTrump will do anything to be re-elected. His opponents are limited
because they believe in democracy. Trump has no limits because he
doesn’t.<br />
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Here’s Trump’s re-election playbook, in 25 simple steps:<br />
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1. <b>Declare yourself above the law.</b><br />
2. <b>Use racist fearmongering.</b> Demand “law and order”
and describe protesters as “thugs”, “lowlife” and “rioters and looters”.
Describe Covid-19 as “Kung-Flu”. Retweet posts from white supremacists.
In your campaign ads, <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Ftechnology%2F2020%2Fjun%2F18%2Ffacebook-removes-trump-re-election-ads-that-feature-a-nazi-symbol&t=OTNhOWY5MzZlZDJhZGRhYWY5MjAwZDI0Y2U5Nzg5ODVmMDUwNDBmNiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">use a symbol associated with Nazis</a>.<br />
3. <b>Appoint an attorney general more <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fwilliam-barr-ukraine-trump-1467330&t=YmE2ZDExN2E5OTUxODViNWU2YTk2NzJhMDk2ODRiYWVjY2QzMjQ4YiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">loyal</a> to you than to America, and politicize the Department of Justice</b> so it’s <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F05%2F08%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fbarr-flynn-case-justice-department.html&t=OTQ0ODc4MjFjOWNlMmI2MjcxMjJhYzBiMWEzODc4ZWI4YWNlMGVlNCwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">lenient</a> on your loyalists and comes down <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FPolitics%2Fag-barr-ordered-protesters-cleared-park-trump-visit%2Fstory%3Fid%3D71026258&t=MmJiMzVjNmRkMGNmY2JkYTEzYjUxMzNlNTE0NTBiYjE3OWQ2ZWYwOCwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">hard</a>
on your enemies. Have it lighten the sentence of a crony convicted of
lying under oath. Order investigations of industries you dislike.<br />
4. <b>Fire US attorneys who are investigating you.</b><br />
5. <b>Fire independent inspectors general who are looking into what you’ve done. </b>Crush any whistleblowers you find.<br />
6. <b>Demean and ignore the intelligence community. </b>Appoint
a director of national intelligence more loyal to you than to America.
Demand that the head of the FBI pledge loyalty to you.<br />
7. <b>Pack the federal courts with judges and justices more loyal to you than to the constitution.</b><br />
8. <b>Politicize the Department of Defense so generals will back whatever you order. </b>Refer
to them as “my generals”. Have them help clear out protesters. Order
the military to surveil protesters. Tell governors you’ll bring in the
military to stop protesters.<br />
9. <b>Purge your party of anyone disloyal to you and turn it into a mindless, brainless, spineless cult.</b><br />
10. <b>Get rid of accumulated experience and expertise in government.</b>
Demean career public servants. Hollow out the state department, the
Department of Justice, Health and Human Services, and public health.<br />
11. <b>Reward donors and cronies with bailouts, tax breaks, subsidies, government contracts, regulatory rollbacks and plum jobs. </b>Put
their lobbyists in charge of your agencies. Distribute $500bn in
pandemic assistance to corporations in secret, without any oversight.<br />
12. <b>Coddle dictators.</b> Don’t criticize their human rights abuses. Refuse to work with the leaders of <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.france24.com%2Fen%2F20191203-trump-criticises-european-allies-ahead-of-nato-s-70th-anniversary-summit&t=YmMxYzQ0YjQ3YzNjODFlNjlhMTUxMTBhMjZjNGU0OTE2MDc3MmE5YiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">other democracies</a>. Withdraw from <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F02%2F01%2Fpolitics%2Fnuclear-treaty-trump%2Findex.html&t=ZWEwNDYyNDI4NjA2MmY4NjlmMWViMDY3ZjU4MWY3MGY4NTdiMDBhNywyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">international treaties</a>.<br />
13. <b>Create scapegoats. </b>Demonize migrants and lock up asylum-seekers at the border even if they’re <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2Ftrump-administration-changes-rules-for-migrant-children-during-pandemic-11590141601&t=NTgzZjE2ZjY2MGVjYWNmNWQxMzNjZTZlYzQ3ZjY0MGMyY2U1Mzg4NSwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">children</a>. Put a <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2019%2F12%2F13%2Fpolitics%2Fkatie-mchugh-stephen-miller%2Findex.html&t=YzIxMGNhODM1ZmNkZjU2YzAwYTMwMWI0MDg3Mzc4Njc2ZDI4ZWUzYSwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">white</a> <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2019%2F11%2F26%2F783047584%2Fleaked-emails-fuel-calls-for-stephen-miller-to-leave-white-house&t=MDBjNmJlNGZhMjE1M2QwOGRmMGMwYmVjYmYwYTVjODNiNmRiMTI1MSwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">nationalist</a> in charge of <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2020%2F04%2F24%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fcoronavirus-trump-immigration-stephen-miller.html&t=MWU3MjgzODNlZDZmNjVmMjY0YjMzMDYwYjZlM2NiNTBkNzM1MDhkNiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">immigration policy</a>. Blame Muslims, Mexicans and Chinese.<br />
14. <b>Denigrate and ridicule all critics.</b> Describe opponents as <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F10%2F23%2Fdonald-trump-describes-republican-critics-human-scum%2F4076555002%2F&t=ZDZmZTA2MGJmYmJiYWFjMTgzNTBhZjUxZGUxZTkzYjgwZDdiZjJhMiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">“human scum”. </a>Attack the mainstream media as purveyors of “fake news” and <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fadministration%2F437610-trump-calls-press-the-enemy-of-the-people&t=MDU2MjgwNDI3NzZmMThiZGVjMzZiOWE5MzEzYzhkM2NjNjU5Yjk2NiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">“enemies of the people”</a>.<br />
15. <b>Conjure up <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F05%2F13%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump-obama-obamagate-russia%2Findex.html&t=ZDU3MjMxYjM5NmQ0Mzk3NTZkZWU2MWE4Mjg5ZDdiMzcxYTk4YzE3OCwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">conspiracies against yourself</a> supposedly led by your predecessor and your opponent in the last election. </b>Without any evidence, accuse your predecessor of “treason”. Fabricate a “Deep State” out to get you.<br />
16. <b>Downplay real threats to the nation,</b> such as a rapidly spreading <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fvideo%2Fpolitics%2F44-times-trump-downplayed-the-coronavirus%2F2020%2F03%2F05%2F790f5afb-4dda-48bf-abe1-b7d152d5138c_video.html&t=NWMxZmIzNWQxNGVhZWQ1Mjc1ODczNjg1OTI0MjlkYjhlMGRlODQ5YiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">pandemic</a>. <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fpolitics%2Farchive%2F2020%2F05%2Ftrumps-lies-about-coronavirus%2F608647%2F&t=ODBkMDFhMzJlYzAxYzcyMjkwYTBiNjAwODljMmMxNzFlNDljNDAzNiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">Lie</a>
about your utter failure to contain it. Muzzle public health experts.
Urge people to go back to work even as the pandemic worsens in parts of
the country.<br />
17. <b>Encourage armed supporters to “liberate” states </b>from elected officials who disagree with you.<br />
18. <b>Bribe other nations to investigate your electoral opponent and <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolitics-news%2Fnew-study-shows-russian-propaganda-may-really-have-helped-trump-n1025306&t=ZjUxOTIwMjY2YjU2MjFiNjI4ZDAxMzE4YTNiZDE1ZmMzMDliMjYyMywyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">flood social media</a> with lies about him.</b><br />
19. <b>Use rightwing propaganda machines like Fox News and conspiracy theory peddling One America News</b>
to inundate the country with your lies. Ensure that the morally
bankrupt chief executive of Facebook allows you to spread your lies on
the biggest media machine in the world.<br />
20. <b>Suppress the votes of people likely to vote against you.</b> <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fdonald-trump%2Fgop-recruits-army-poll-watchers-fight-voter-fraud-no-can-n1217391&t=Nzg1YjNlODJlNTdjYjExMmVlM2UwYWJhYmY3ZTk3MzM0MWY3MWVlMCwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">Intimidate voters of color</a>. Encourage Republican governors to purge voter rolls, demand voter ID and close polling places.<br />
21. <b>Seek to prevent mail-in ballots during the pandemic. </b>Claim they will cause voter fraud, without evidence. Threaten to <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-coronavirus-trump-postalservic%2Ftrump-threatens-to-block-aid-for-us-postal-service-if-it-does-not-raise-prices-for-amazon-idUSKCN226367&t=ODRkMzJiNDM0YzlkYWU3ZmQwYjQ0ZmU2MTUwMTA3NzQ3NWJmOWJkNiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">close the US postal service</a>.<br />
22. <b>Get Vladimir Putin to hack into US election machines, <a href="https://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2019%2F07%2F25%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Frussian-hacking-elections.html&t=YzBhZDExNDJmZWNkMWZiMjczOTg5OTg2MTRhNWIzOTFmYzkzNGMzZiwyZjNJVHJDMQ%3D%3D&b=t%3AhQ9Ds4P3Iv6D7mgEr8WMqg&p=https%3A%2F%2Frobertreich.org%2Fpost%2F622367738477920256&m=1">as he did in 2016</a> but can now do with more experience and deftness.</b>
Promise him that in return you’ll further destabilize America as well
as Nato. Allow him to put a bounty on killing U.S. troops in
Afghanistan.<br />
23. <b>If it still looks like you’ll be voted out, try to postpone the election.</b><br />
24. <b>If you’re voted out of office notwithstanding all this, refuse to leave.</b>
Contest the election, claim massive fraud, say it’s a conspiracy, get
your cult of a political party to support your lies, get your propaganda
machine to repeat them, get your justice department to back you, get
your judges and justices to affirm you, get your generals to suppress
any subsequent rebellion.<br />
25. <b>Declare victory.</b><br />
Memo to America: Beware Trump’s playbook. Spread the truth. Stay vigilant. Fight for our democracy.<br />
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Robert Reich West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-60427593739537340012020-05-19T09:46:00.001-04:002020-05-19T09:46:15.669-04:00Corruption<b class="yiv7982968699">Please indulge me.
As I have said more than once, I think it is important to chronicle the
criminality, corruption and derangement of tRUMP and his gang. As is
often the case, tRUMP has produced multiple big stories in one day.</b><br />
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In yesterday's press conference tRUMP exposed his total
corruption for the world to see. He said he thinks there should be NO,
repeat NO, inspectors general. The function of IGs is to keep the
government honest. In other words, tRUMP admits he wants a corrupt
government.</b></div>
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tRUMP has not yet fired every inspector general. He said he has
fired and will continue to fire any inspector general who was
appointed by Obama. tRUMP's venality leaves me breathless. As far as I
know Charles Grassley is the only Republican senator question the
firings. I think every one of the 53 Republican senators should be
outraged. Inspector generals keep watch over the executive branch.
The legislative branch should embrace the system of inspectors general.
Republican senators have completely abdicated their roles as a check on
the executive. What is wrong with them? A bigger question is whether
any of this matters to any tRUMP supporter? The answer is obvious.</b></div>
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The latest firing was the inspector general of the State
Department. News reports are that the IG was investigating a number of
possible claims about Mike Pompeo. Some are relatively small like
having government employees walk his dog, pick up Chinese food, pick up
his dry cleaning and perform other personal services on the taxpayers'
dime. Another is huge, having to do with tRUMP's declaration of an
emergency to send billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia.
In answer to the firing, Pompeo has stated that he had no idea what the
IG was investigating. Therefore he could not possibly be charged with
retaliation against the IG. Please take five minutes to stop laughing
before you go to the rest of my blog.</b></div>
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Now to the story of tRUMP's ongoing lunacy. He declared that he has
been taking hydroxychlorquine (HCQ) for about a week and a half. He
said that he has talked to "a lot of people" who say it is a good idea.
He disagrees with the FDA and the vast majority of physicians and
scientist who say it is dangerous to take HQC unless there is a specific
indication. </b></div>
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I followed several newscasts that reported the story. In my
view every newscast missed the most important point of this crazy
story. When tRUMP and a few doctors started advocating HQC, they did
so as a treatment for people who were seriously ill with covid 19. It
has never been promoted, or even suggested, that it can prevent covid
19. If it prevented covid there would be no need for a vaccine. HCQ
would be the vaccine. Why is tRUMP taking this drug? Has he tested
positive for the virus? Or is he just crazy? I go with the crazy
answer.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7982968699"> So another day another corruption scandal and another glimpse into a very sick mind. Take care all. Stay safe. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv7982968699"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-59405082987196554962020-05-18T10:01:00.001-04:002020-05-18T10:01:01.447-04:00tRUMP's mental illness<b class="yiv7067814456">If you don't want to
read another one of my tRUMP rants, please skip down to the last
paragraph. You will love it. During tRUMP's campaign I wrote about
the several well recognized mental disorders from which tRUMP suffers.
Mental disorders do not get better on their own. Treatment may help.
But absent treatment, the disorders get worse. There is no doubt that
tRUMP's mental disorders are progressing.</b><br />
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This week tRUMP ranted that Obama and Biden have committed the
worst crimes in U.S. political history. They should be thrown in prison
for fifty years. No response is necessary to this lunacy. Among other
conditions, t</b><b class="yiv7067814456">RUMP suffers from a
personality disorder known as neurotic projection. Obama's presidency
was recognized as among the least corrupt presidencies in history.
tRUMP's presidency is probably the most corrupt. So, because of his
mental illness tRUMP projects his own corruption on Obama.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> I am not a student of history. As far as I know, no president has ever attacked a predecessor so viciously. </b><b class="yiv7067814456">But
this is more than an attack. I believe it is the clearest sign yet
that we have a progressively more deranged president. If further proof
is needed, On May 4 tRUMP accused Joe Scarborough of killing a young
female assistant in 2001. tRUMP called Scarborough "Psycho Joe." The
accusation is pure nonsense, but it comes from the president of the
United States.</b></div>
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This week I will be writing or calling several Republican
senators asking them when they will publicly denounce this craziness.
Is there no John McCain among the fifty three spineless creatures in
the Senate? </b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> On May 3, CNN's Don Lemon made the most prescient statement about tRUMP's Obama obsession. This is what he said:</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> What is it about President Obama that really gets under</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> your skin. Is it because he's smarter than you? Better</b></div>
<div class="yiv7067814456">
<b class="yiv7067814456"> educated? Made it on his own? Didn't need daddy's </b></div>
<div class="yiv7067814456">
<b class="yiv7067814456"> help? Wife is more accomplished? Better looking? What</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> is it about him? That he's a black man that accomplished </b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> being president? That he punked you on the whole birth </b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> certificate thing? What is it? Just wondering.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> Lemon nailed tRUMP up to a point. He implied a mild mental derangement. I don't think it's mild.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456">
One more thing. Tonight at 8:00 there will be a nationwide
virtual high school graduation. It will be carried on all
major networks including Fox. President Obama will be giving the
commencement address. Don't miss it. I wish there were a video cam in
the White House. Smoke will be coming out of tRUMP's ears. Take care.
Stay safe.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv7067814456"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-73592965742409473022020-05-14T09:23:00.002-04:002020-05-14T09:23:43.133-04:00Supreme Court reporter<b class="yiv0087133821">My favorite thing to
do when I visit Washington is to watch oral arguments in the Supreme
Court. Today I listened to arguments about tRUMP's tax returns as they
were broadcast by C Span. There were two cases. The first was
The House Of Representatives subpoena of tRUMP's returns. The second
was the New York district attorney (Cyrus Vance) subpoena of tRUMP's
returns. Here are my thoughts.</b><br />
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
The new format of arguing remotely is not the same format as when
all of the justices sit together at the court. The usual format is that
an attorney starts speaking and is then interrupted by a justice asking
a question. Then the attorney starts answering and another justice
asks a question. This goes on for the entire argument. That format
allows justices to ask multiple followup questions. In remote format,
the justice gets a turn and then it's over. Each justice's turn and the
answer lasts about three minutes. I don't care for this format.</b></div>
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The first case involved the House Of Representatives suing tRUMP's
accounting firm to get a whole bunch of records including tRUMP's tax
returns in the years before he became "president". The first attorney
for tRump made the bold statement that never before have the personal
records of a president been subpoened. There must be a compelling need,
which does not exist in this case. Later he referred to
"demonstrated need." He argued that Congress had come up with a
completely phony pretext to subpoena the records. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
The House lawyer was the worst of the lawyers who argued. He
fumbled. He was obsequious. Ar one point he could not come up with an
answer to a hypothetical. But at least he did say why there was a
compelling need. There were three committees which requested the
subpoenas. The subpoenas were requested after explosive information
came to light about tRUMP's finances. The intelligence Committee wanted
to investigate whether a foreign power would have undue influence over
the president. The oversight committee was investigating whether there
had to be legislation improving the Ethics in Government Act". I
believe the third committee was looking at possible changes in the tax
law. To me, each of those committees had a compelling interest.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Justice Ginsberg's first question out of the box was the best.
She asked tRUMP's attorney how was this case differed from subpoenaing
Bill Clinton's Whitewater records , the subpoena of Hillary Clinton's
billings, the Nixon tapes, Watergate records and the Paula Jones case.
tRUMP's attorneys did not make any decent argument distinguishing
those cases.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Justice Thomas asked a couple of surprisingly good question. In
the first case he asked whether Congress had implied powers to issue
subpoenas. The answer was "Yes." Some have argued that subpoena power
is not enumerated in the constitution.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Breyer asked a simple question, "were the subpoenas in Watergate
legal, yes or no?" The response was that the President is on duty 24/7
and therefore cannot be burdened with a subpoena. In other words a non
response.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">On
the other hand, Breyer made a statement that was chilling. He said he
worried that if there is no limit on Congressional subpoena power of the
president, a future Joe McCarthy could subpoena a future Franklin
Roosevelt. I usually like Breyer. Not this time. In this case he was
using a Reductio Ad Absurdum argument . He was using the most absurd
hypothetical possible to attack a reasonable proposition. It seemed
like Breyer was so fervent in his argument that he might vote with
tRUMP. I don't know how he can ignore the legitimate legislative
concerns of Congress.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">Alito asked an interesting question. He asked if the president can be used as a case study for potential legislation.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Sotomeyor had a great reference to an earlier Supreme Court
case which said that a subpoena is valid if there is any conceivable
reason to issue the subpoena. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Kagan made the point that there have been hardly any prior
similar cases because Congress and the president have always come to an
accommodation. In this case, tRUMP refused any accommodation.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Roberts asked if tRUMP's position is that the court must
probe the mental processes of Congress to see if this is a pretext.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
tRUMP's attorney said that Congress needs to show the
legislation it is proposing in order to justify the subpoena. Ginsberg
pointed out that legislation comes about only after investigation, not
before.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
At one point tRUMP's attorney said that there needs to
be a higher standard to subpoena the President. Ginsberg asked how did
that work out in the Paula Jones case. She was cut off before the
attorney could answer.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Kagan brought up that in the Paula Jones case, Clinton
argued that a deposition placed an undue burden on him. The Supreme
Court rejected that argument.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
Gorsuch asked an excellent question. Would it be a
legitimate subpoena if Congress was investigating whether it should pass
a law requiring presidents to disclose their tax returns. tRUMP's
lawyer answered "Yes." As far as I'm concerned that question and answer
should end the discussion. Gorsuch followed up by saying the
Whitewater subpoena was very much like this subpoena. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
At some point tRUMP's lawyer said that the House had never
articulated a legislative purpose for the subpoena. The House attorney
said that the legislative purpose was laid out in pages 17-36 of its
brief.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
In the House case there is an issue of separation of
powers. That issue is not involved in the NY case. I believe there are
two big issues in the House case. First, did the house have a
legitimate purpose for issuing the subpoena? Second, does the Subpoena
place an undue burden on the president? I believe both issues should
be decided in favor of the House. Regarding the first issue, the House
set forth multiple reasons it had for wanting the tax returns.
Regarding the second issue, none of tRUMP's attorneys detailed how
subpoenaing the records would place and undue burden on the president.
If I had been representing the House, I would have argued that there is
not only no undue burden, in fact, there is no burden whatsoever. The
accounting firm would turn over the records. tRUIMP could go on
being president and playing golf. It was impossible, however to read
where the Court was going. I worry that the justices will rule that
the Congressional subpoenas violate the separation of powers doctrine. I
don't buy it because Congress had legitimate legislative reasons to
get the records. But then again, I am not a Supreme Court justice. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
It turns out that the NY case is more compelling than the House
case. Even Jay Sekulow admitted that there is nothing improper for
the district attorney to do a criminal investigation of the President.
Sekulow drew the line, however, at issuing a subpoena. He argued that a
sitting president has absolute temporary immunity. He had to concede
to Justice Thomas that such immunity is not written anywhere. I was
waiting for a justice to ask about immunity in the setting of the
President shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, but no one asked the
question. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
In the NY case tRUMP was represented by Sekulow and the
solicitor general of the United States. They both brought up the
ridiculous argument that there are 2300 county district attorneys in the
United States. If Cyrus Vance is allowed to Subpoena the president's
records, that would open a Pandora's box allowing 2300 prosecutors
to file law suits. The NY attorney shot that argument down. tRUMP
lived in NY and his business enterprise was located in NY. There is no
jurisdiction in the 2300 other counties.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
I know this is an extraordinarily long e mail. Trust me, I have
enough notes to make it twice as long. Let me just summarize. tRUMP's
side says that answering the subpoena would place an undue burden on
him. Remember the subpoenas were not issued to him but to his
accountants. Throughout the argument I never heard a description by
tRUMP's attorneys of the undue burden. On the other side, I did not
hear a good argument refuting the undue burden argument. Second,
everyone seems to agree that subpoenaing the president requires a higher
standard than subpoenaing an ordinary person. Congress and NY both
argue that the higher standard was well met. Third, there is the issue
as to whether Congress issued the subpoena for the purely political
reason of harassing the president. This was Sekulow's argument. No
matter how the Supreme Court rules, I can't imagine it will buy
Sekulow's argument.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821">
As I said at the outset, it is impossible to read how the the
Court is going based upon today's oral arguments. I thought Thomas and
Gorsuch asked good questions which would seem to favor the legitimacy of
the subpoenas. But Breyer gives me pause. It would be fantastic if
this court followed the Supreme Court precedent in Watergate and
unanimously rule against the president. But this is a completely
different time and court. I would be happy with a five-four ruling
against tRUMP. My prediction is that the Supreme Court will send the NY
case back to the lower court to investigate whether there was a
legitimate reason to investigate a possible crime. This would
conveniently prevent the turn over of records until after the election.
I worry that the court will rule against The House based upon the
separation of powers doctrine. I would hope that at a minimum the
Supreme Court will send the House case back for a determination as to
whether there was a legitimate legislative purpose. We should know the
decision by the end of June.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv0087133821"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-69924935674618174062020-05-09T10:00:00.001-04:002020-05-09T10:00:12.061-04:00 Bill Roy Cohn Barr<b class="yiv8739184400"> tRUMP infamously
said, "where is my Roy Cohn?" At that time tRUMP was upset that Jeff
Sessions acted ethically in recusing himself from the Russia
investigation tRUMP wanted an unethical attorney general. Roy Cohen
was a poster child for unethical lawyers. tRUMP now has his Roy Cohn.</b><br />
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
Yesterday, Bill Roy Cohn Barr (hereafter referred to as BRCB) made
an unprecedented motion to dismiss the conviction of Michael Flynn.
Please remember how that conviction came about. Flynn had inappropriate
contacts with the Russian ambassador. Then Flynn lied to Pence about
his contacts. Then tRUMP fired Flynn for lying to Pence. Then Pence
pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators. Flynn was scheduled
to be sentenced on his guilty plea on 12/18/18. Prior to
sentencing his attorneys submitted a sentencing memo saying that Flynn
was unfairly tricked into pleading guilty. At that hearing the judge
made it clear that he would not guarantee that Flynn would not be
incarcerated. The judge said it appeared that Flynn may have betrayed
his country. The judge asked if Flynn wanted to withdraw his guilty
plea. Flynn did not. The judge asked Flynn if he was pleading guilty
because he was guilty. Flynn answered "yes." Please remember that
Flynn not only pleaded guilty twice, but he was required to agree to a
written detailed statement of facts describing his crime. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
Now along comes BRCB. He was previously excoriated by a huge
number of former U.S. attorneys as well as many legal scholars for
contradicting his line prosecutors' sentencing recommendation for Roger
Stone. Up to that point, no one could recall an attorney general doing
such a thing. Now BRCB has his previous improper interference in
the judicial system as a precedent. But this is far worse. And it is
scary. Barr is literally the consigliori for the tRUMP criminal
enterprise. He is in a position to help his criminal friends and
prosecute his political enemies. This sounds very much like Stalin's
courts of justice. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
Barr's motion to dismiss does not deny that Flynn lied. He
merely asserts that the lies were not "material." This is a defense
which had been available to Flynn at any time. When he pleaded guilty
his attorneys knew that materiality was an element of the crime. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
This story is barely 24 hours old. I predict that the outrage in
the legal community will be far greater than the outrage over the Stone
imbroglio. I am hoping that BRCB suffers the same fate before the bar
of justice as did Roy Cohn, tRUMP's hero. Roy Cohn was disbarred by
the New York State bar for unethical and unprofessional conduct. One of
the charges against Cohn was that he put a pen into a comatose
client's hand and scrawled a signature on a will. The will made a huge
bequest to Cohn. I will be asking my colleagues who are much more
knowledgeable about the canons of ethics whether Barr may be subject to
disbarment proceedings.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
And how about this for closing the circle. In 1979, Roger
Stone was employed by the Reagan for president campaign. During that
time Stone stayed at Roy Cohn's townhouse in Manhattan. Cohn had a
scheme to put John Anderson on the Liberal Party ballot for president.
This would presumably split the opposition to Reagan. It worked.
Reagan carried New York State with 46% of the vote. Stone told the
story that at one point Cohn gave him a suitcase to be delivered to a
prominent attorney for the Liberal Party. Cohn told Stone not to open
the suitcase. Years later Stone said that he assumed that the contents
of the suitcase were a bribe.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">
So tRUMP wanted his Roy Cohn He has him. His Roy Cohn
interfered in the criminal case involving Cohn's old buddy Roger
Stone. In my view Roger Stone will never see the inside of a jail
cell. Either tRUMP will pardon Roy Cohn's buddy, or he will have his
consigliori do the dirty work. I said it long ago, this will go down in
history as by far the most corrupt presidency ever. God willing it
will end soon. And if it does, a new attorney general may look into the
activities of the tRUMP continuing criminal enterprise.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8739184400">On that optimistic note, stay safe.</b></div>
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Richard</div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-17554185322176366592020-05-07T11:04:00.001-04:002020-05-07T11:04:38.034-04:00More tRUMP<b class="yiv8008400138">As we know, tRUMP creates a major story every day, sometimes two or three. I</b><br />
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<b class="yiv8008400138"> The last several days have been no exception. I will write about a couple.</b></div>
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In some ways it is easy to figure out tRUMP. He is a simple
minded person who cannot think past the next hour. At other times he
has an actual long range strategy. I think his disgusting support of
the Michigan demonstrators is a combination of both.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8008400138">
In the last 3 1/2 years practically nothing has stuck to tRUMP.
Any one of a number of scandals would have sunk any other president.
There is one exception to the Teflon man, namely his comments after
Charlottesville. tRUMP said that there were very fine people on both
sides. That comment was universally condemned by Republicans and
Democrats. tRUMP and his handlers twisted themselves in knots trying to
do damage control, but to know avail The comment will be stuck to
tRUMP forever. A normal human being would never make the same mistake
again. The word "normal' can never be used in the same sentence with
"tRUMP".</b></div>
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In Lansing there were thugs armed with assault weapons. There
were confederate flags. There were swastikas. There were nooses.
tRUMP's response was to say these were very good people but they were
angry. If there is one person whom I don't want to be angry it is a nut
job carrying an AK 47. Is it possible that these angry people were
angry because tRUMP tweeted "liberate Michigan"? There is nothing good
about people carrying confederate flags or swastikas. There is nothing
good about people congregating in close quarters without masks thus
endangering themselves and others. tRUMP is unable to keep his mouth
shut or his twitter finger in check. Why in the world would he repeat
his Charlottesville gaffe? My guess is that there are two factors.
First, he is incapable of learning a lesson. Second, he has a long
range strategy to keep his base happy. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv8008400138">
Can anyone name the Secretary of the Interior? It is David
Bernhardt. His qualification to be Secretary Of The Interior is that he
was a lobbyist for the oil, gas and mining industries. He has been
found to violate environmental laws. He has all kinds of conflicts of
interests. He has scuttled scientific analyses. And, of course, he is a
tRUMP sycophant. Bernhardt is every bit as corrupt as his
predecessor Ryan Zinke. He usually stays below the radar. But this
week he became a huge blip on the radar screen. He violated a law
concerning the Lincoln Memorial. The law explicitly prohibits any
events taking place inside the Lincoln Memorial. But that's where tRUMP
wanted to hold his Fox News "town hall". Bernhardt, knowing full well
the prohibition, nevertheless announced that because the town hall was
an important public event he was waiving the prohibition. In the town
hall tRUMP as is typical lied about the venue. He said he knew nothing
about the choice and merely assumed that Fox had arranged it. If you
believe that, you may want to purchase the Lincoln Memorial from tRUMP.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8008400138">
Then there is tRUMP Virus news. There is no doubt that China
delayed and lied about the virus up to a point. In late January,
however China publicly announced the danger of a pandemic. Since that
time, the well documented bungled response by tRUMP has without question
cost lives and an economic disaster. In order to deflect criticism of
this administration, tRUMP and Pompeo have gone after China. This is
not a legitimate argument. It is a conspiracy theory based diversion.
Here is how we know. Richard Grenell the uber tRUMP loyalist director
of national intelligence has stated that there is no evidence that the
virus originated in a Wuhan laboratory. This was directly contradicted
by Pompeo on Sunday when he said there was "enormous" evidence that the
virus originated in the Wuhan lab. Given Grenell's statement, you know
that Pompeo's statement is a bald faced lie. There is zero evidence.
But to seal the deal, on Monday the National Geographic published an
article about Dr. Fauci. Fauci stated that the overwhelming scientific
evidence shows that the virus originated in an animal, probably a bat,
and jumped species to humans. He went further to say that chasing the
Wuhan lab theory is a waste of time. </b></div>
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<b class="yiv8008400138">
tRUMP stories never end. In fact, they almost write
themselves. Thank you tRUMP for extending my writing career. Thanks
for listening. Stay well. Stay safe.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv8008400138"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-75710136685303069812020-05-01T09:25:00.000-04:002020-05-01T09:25:00.691-04:00Chutzpah<b class="yiv1010621657">The classic
definition of chutzpah is a man who killed his parents asking a judge
for mercy because he's an orphan. There are a million examples of
tRUMP'S chutzpah and that of his criminal gang. Let me give just a
couple.</b><br />
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<b class="yiv1010621657">
tRUMP lies about things big and small. He lies when he doesn't
have to. His lies often make no sense. His lies are easily exposed.
And yet, he simply can't help himself. I think it is the ultimate
example of chutzpah to lie when the truth is easily exposed. In a
press conference last week, he blurted out that he hadn't left the
White House for months. He said the only time he left the White House
was to go to Virginia to kiss the hospital ship. He was pressed about a
rally he had held in March. His response, " I don't know anything
about a rally. Did I do a rally? I don't know anything about a
rally." He then went to another reporter. Of course he knew about the
rally. Lying is simply what he does. As for his claim about staying
in the White House for months, he had 5 rallies in February in addition
to the one in March. On top of that he spent a number of prolonged
weekends in January and February at Mar A Lago. So this lie will soon
be forgotten as a torrent of future lies smack us in the face.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657">
Talk about Chutzpah, how can we forget Ivanka? She has very
publicly advocated staying at home during the crisis. Then she, Jared
and family went to their New Jersey country club for Passover. They
claim that the closed country club was in effect a personal residence
therefor they were merely traveling from one personal residence to
another. This was their official line. Of course it's nonsense. What
we don't know and will probably never know is whether Kushner's
extended family attended the Seder. I can't imagine the little nuclear
family sitting in an empty dining room waited on by servants. I don't
want to waste more than 10 seconds thinking about the Seder. But what
gets me is the incredible chutzpah to be tRUMP's principle advisor, to
advocate behavior for every person in the United States, and then to
publicly flaunt her disregard for the behavior she advocated.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657">
This brings me to Pence. Talk about Chutzpah! He was told
explicitly by the Mayo Clinic that he needed to wear a mask. Not only
did he not wear a mask, but he stood in a crowded room and hovered over a
patient. His excuse was that he has been tested frequently and was
negative. Was he tested that day? He might have been tested the day
before, or the week before. Equally as important, testing appears to
have a false negative rate in the area of 25%. And finally, he is
supposed to be a role model. If people see him in a crowded hospital
room without a mask, they will think it's okay, just as it must be okay
to drink Lysol if the president says it's okay.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657">
Here is what I don't get. What;s the bid deal about wearing a
mask? Trump says he will never wear a mask. Now Pence will follow his
fearless leader's example. Just wear the f...ing mask.</b></div>
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I just want to leave you with one more thing. David Frum is an
extremely conservative political commentator. He was a speech writer
for George W. Bush. He despises tRUMP. It remains a mystery why there
is not a significant percentage of traditional Republicans who feel
exactly the same. In any event, here is Frum's most recent tweet:</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> For an extreme NPD (narcissistic personality disorder)</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> case like Donald Trump the lives and troubles of </b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> other people are remote, incomprehensible, less real</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> to him and infinitely less important than an incorrectly </b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> melted slice of cheese on his day's hamburger.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv1010621657">
<b class="yiv1010621657"> That says it all. Take care. Stay Safe.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv1010621657"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-37920266614094621302020-05-01T09:20:00.002-04:002020-05-01T09:56:27.453-04:00Michigan Protest<div class="yiv0492490450_5pbx yiv0492490450userContent yiv0492490450_3576" id="yiv0492490450js_6a" style="color: #1d2129; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 6px;">
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<span style="color: white;">As
many Michiganders are aware, about 1000 of our ‘lesser intellect’
citizens descended upon Lansing today to protest against an extension of
Governor Whitmer’s emergency powers (not the stay-at-home order...they
seem not to know what the Legislature was voting on today, but I
digress).</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">As
you may also have heard, three of these critters were in Lansing
yesterday seeking entry into a closed Capitol, with the result that 2 of
the 3 were physically removed after refusing to lea<span class="yiv0492490450text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">ve
after multiple requests and becoming belligerent. One of whom, a loud
mouthed twit from Ann Arbor..Wendy Darling..walked out of the gallery
and immediately called for an ambulance claiming she had been assaulted
(by the Capitol police). As she continued filming herself, she fell into
hysterics and began screaming and crying, explaining she suffered from
PTSD. Eventually she was whisked away to the hospital, released and sent
home. She did not return to Lansing today.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">The
other ‘ladies’ (pictured above) are Audra Johnson and Shelley Gregoire,
from Grand Rapids and Battle Creek, respectively. They returned today
and can be heard quite loudly urging insurrection inside the Capitol.
They both brought their ‘security’ with them today....the rednecks with
the guns. Giggling throughout their videos the whole time about
this...it was ‘funny’.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">BTW...Shelley Gregoire is also a candidate for State Representative...she’s the short bumpkin with glasses.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Honestly,
these hayseeds make me embarrassed to be a Michigander. These 3 went
looking for a fight yesterday...and they got it. And damned if they
didn’t look for the same today. I’m sure they’re disappointed tonight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">As
for the others in Lansing today, I’d just have to ask, ‘What in the
world is wrong with you?!?!?! No masks, no social distancing, NO FCUKING
REGARD for anyone but themselves! Kudos to the MSP and Capitol police
who had to endure these degenerates yelling and screaming in their faces
(without masks over theirs). </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Absolutely
disgusted with this appalling display of ignorance. You want to work?
Plenty of places are hiring. You want to contract the ‘Rona?!?! That’s
fine too (<a class="yiv0492490450_58cn" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/culltheherd?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv0492490450_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span class="yiv0492490450_58cl yiv0492490450_5afz" style="color: #365899; font-family: inherit;">#</span><span class="yiv0492490450_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">Culltheherd</span></span></a>).
Just remember you may be bringing the disease to your family. But more
disgustingly, you may be bringing it to innocents and those unaware of
your callous disregard for others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">These Darwin candidates need to remember one basic principle...YOUR rights end where MINE begin!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Sue </span></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-36250114667893848732020-04-22T09:23:00.001-04:002020-04-22T09:24:51.707-04:00Posting from a COVID NurseI have seen 4 patients die, 5 get intubated, 2 re-intubated, witnessed family consent to make 2 more <span class="text_exposed_show">patients
DNRs, sweat my butt off during CPR, titrated so many drips to no avail,
watched vent settings increase to no avail. We are exhausted and at a
total loss.</span><br />
<br />
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All of this in two shifts in a row.<br />
<br />
Some of you people have never done EVERYTHING you could to save someone, and watched them die anyway, and it shows.<br />
<br />
I would have no problem if you fools worried about your "freedom" all
went out and got COVID. If only you could sign a form stating that you
revoke your right to have medical treatment based on your cavalier
antics and refusal to abide by CDC and medical professionals' advice.
If you were the only people who got infected during your escapades to
protest tyranny, great. But that's sadly not how this works.<br />
<br />
You
wanna complain because the garden aisle is closed? If you knew a thing
about gardening, you'd know it's too early to plant in Michigan. Your
garden doesn't matter. If killing your plants would bring back my
patients, I would pillage the shit out of your "essential" garden beds.<br />
<br />
Upset because you can't go boating...in Michigan...in April...in the
cold-ass water? You wanna tell my patient's daughter (who was sobbing
as she said goodbye to her father over the phone) about your first-world
problems?<br />
<br />
Upset because you can't go to your cottage up north?
Your cottage...your second property...used for leisure. My coworkers
can't even stay in their regular homes. Most have been staying in
hotels and dorms, not able to see their spouses or babies.<br />
<br />
All of
these posts, petitions online to evade "tyranny", it's all such
bullshit. I'm sorry you're bored and have nothing to do but bitch and
moan. You wanna pick up a couple hours for me? Yeah, didn't think so.
I wouldn't trust most of you with patient care, anyway. Not just
because of the selfish lack of humanity your posts exude, but because
most of those posts and petitions are so riddled with misspellings and
grammatical errors, that it makes me question your cognitive capacity.<br />
<br />
Shoutout to my coworkers, the real MVPs.<br />
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-54008270669243087882020-04-17T08:45:00.000-04:002020-04-17T08:45:09.729-04:00Gretchen Whitmer<b class="yiv5232566354">You probably
remember the psychopath in chief singling out our governor Gretchen
Whitmer for a bilious attack. His problem with Gretchen was that she
was begging for more help from the federal government. tRUMP couldn't
remember her name so he referred to her as, "that woman from Michigan."
He went so far as to tell Pence not to take her calls. For once Pence
ignored tRUMP's instruction.</b><br />
<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354"><br class="yiv5232566354" /></b></div>
<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354">
Gretchen Whitmer is a bright, concerned, competent,
strong woman. In short, she is the kind of woman tRUMP abhors. So of
course he attacked her.</b></div>
<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354"> </b></div>
<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354">
Yesterday Lansing made national news. A bunch of
tRUMPITES held a "gridlock" rally, closing streets around the state
Capitol. They were protesting Governor Whitmer's stay in place order.
But these are not ordinary times and this was not an ordinary protest.
tRUMP has unleashed very dark forces. The rally was filled with hate.
There were a number of confederate flags. There were people openly
packing weapons. There were many "proud boys" flashing the white power
symbol. I have a friend who has lived in East Lansing for 40 years. He
has witnessed many demonstrations. He told me that yesterday's
demonstration was the ugliest day he had ever seen in Lansing.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354">
As always, Governor Whitmer handled the day with grace. She
affirmed the protesters' right to demonstrate. But she pleaded with
them to stay safe. She asked them to stay in their cars and maintain
safe distances. Many ignored her pleas. They left their cars and
gathered in groups. It will be ironic if protesters who ignored the
pleas for safety become infected.</b></div>
<div class="yiv5232566354">
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<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354">
Gretchen is not up for reelection until 2020. So this is not a
plea for money. I am suggesting that you contact the governor's
office to let her now that you support her efforts. Thank goodness that
Governor Whitmer and other Democratic governors were swept into office
in 2018. They are a brake on this runaway freight train. Take care
all. Stay safe.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv5232566354">
<b class="yiv5232566354"> Richard</b></div>
West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-74787441864049781692020-04-17T08:43:00.002-04:002020-04-17T08:44:01.347-04:00Pelosi on TrumpHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi released to the public a letter to her Democratic colleagues Tuesday in which she charged President Trump with missteps in handling the coronavirus pandemic that "caused unnecessary death and economic disaster" in the United States.<br />
<br />
The truth is that Donald Trump dismantled the infrastructure handed to him which was meant to plan for and overcome a pandemic, resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic disaster.<br />
<br />
The truth is that in January Donald Trump was warned about this pandemic, ignored those warnings, took insufficient action and caused unnecessary death and economic disaster.<br />
<br />
The truth is that Donald Trump told his most loyal followers that the pandemic was a hoax and that it would magically disappear, thus endangering lives and paving the way for economic disaster.<br />
<br />
The truth is that we did not have proper testing available in March despite Trump repeatedly claiming that we did; and even now, we do not have adequate tests, masks, PPE, and necessary equipment, which creates unnecessary death and suffering.<br />
<br />
The truth is because of an incompetent reaction to this health crisis, the strong economy handed to Donald Trump is now a disaster, causing the suffering of countless Americans and endangering lives.<br />
<br />
The truth is a weak person, a poor leader, takes no responsibility. A weak person blames others. West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-35272311828658499042020-04-15T10:54:00.001-04:002020-04-15T10:56:04.748-04:00Virus VaccineI WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE (feel free to google this before you debate
me)... there is NO VACCINE and NEVER was a VACCINE invented or created
after decades for CoronaVirus: SARS (2002) and CoronaVirus: MERS (2012)
... So don't think there will be one for COVID-19 ... Big Pharma will
see no reason or money in it (*even with previous mass deaths)... as
they didn't with any other Corona Virus ... Scientifically they also
cannot make one that simply (As soon as they become availab<span class="text_exposed_show">le
from their duties, I will be doing a video with two Henry Ford M.D.s to
explain why Corona Virus’ cannot be simply “vaccinated against” due to
cell memory, which is why you can always get a cold your whole life) -
Only some level of herd immunity will work based on previous interest.
STOP SAYING we will be okay until there is a Vaccine ... if you had SARS
20 years ago ... They didn't create one then and won't today. The only
healing will be global immunity via biological adaptation (otherwise
known as Evolution). When you get a cold and you heal from it, that is
proof of evolution, the body God created adapts as it is meant to ... or
it doesn't ... and the only ones to blame for this is Human Kind, our
over destruction of biological environments where animals that carry
diseases we weren't meant to eat or come into contact with via bodily
fluids happened. We can however choose properly to get busy getting with
political pressure; communicating to our elected officials that adverse
behavior overseas from adverse agendas in other countries where these
things continue to happen needs to stop... help protect the environment
and exotic creatures (As the story of Noah reminds us to do) ... and No!
... do not dare debate me that referencing the old testament is
'racist' ... My fellow Christians, Jews and Muslims all share this same
chronicle.</span><br />
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-28153885957964468822020-04-15T10:13:00.003-04:002020-04-17T08:42:01.898-04:00Trump's Titanic<div class="_5pbx userContent _3ds9 _3576" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-testid="post_message" id="js_ck">
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If Trump were captain of the RMS Titanic:<br />
<br />
There isn't any iceberg.<br />
There was an iceberg but it's in a totally different ocean.<br />
The iceberg is in this ocean but it will melt very soon.<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> There is an iceberg but we didn't hit the iceberg.<br /> We hit the iceberg, but the damage will be repaired very shortly.<br /> The iceberg is a Chinese iceberg.<br />
We are taking on water but every passenger who wants a lifeboat can get
a lifeboat, and they are beautiful lifeboats. Look, passengers need to
ask nicely for the lifeboats if they want them.<br /> We don't have any lifeboats, we're not lifeboat distributors.<br /> Passengers should have planned for icebergs and brought their own lifeboats.<br /> I really don't think we need that many lifeboats.<br /> We have lifeboats and they're supposed to be our lifeboats, not the passengers' lifeboats.<br /> The lifeboats were left on shore by the last captain of this ship.<br /> Nobody could have foreseen the iceberg.</span><br />
<br />
<span class="text_exposed_show">Linda </span></div>
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<br />
With Bernie Sanders suspending his campaign today dies any hope I had in a better country or world. We are fucked, for lac<span class="text_exposed_show">k of a better word.</span><br />
<br />
No presidential candidate in the history of elections has won Iowa, NH
and Nevada and not secured the nomination. Let me say it again: NO ONE
IN THE HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HAS WON THESE SWING STATES AND
NOT WON THE NOMINATION EVER! Rest assured the powers that be saw this
and took control to RIG, VOTER SUPPRESS AND CHEAT this election. Biden
could not win a prize in a Cracker Jacks box, let alone a primary.<br />
<br />
I have never been more disgusted in a country or a fake election
process in my life. Bernie raised more money than any other candidate
based on donations of $27 or LESS. Do you know how many people have to
donate small amounts to reach 46 million per quarter? A LOT. No
corporations, no billionaires, no big oil, big Pharma, banks or media
companies.....JUST WORKING CLASS AMERICAN PEOPLE.<br />
<br />
Benies rallies
exceeded the thousands every damn time, even in the freezing
temperatures. In the larger cities they were always 25-35 THOUSAND
PEOPLE. Joe Biden was lucky to have 200, if he even bothered to campaign
at all.<br />
<br />
The Exit polls were so skewed that if this happened in
ANY OTHER COUNTRY the UN would have intervened. Off by over 10% in most
states, the sign of election fraud is anything over 3%. You guys bitch
and moan about Venezuela and Brazil and intervening in their elections
so they can live in a "democracy", WELL LOOK AT YOUR OWN COUNTRY PEOPLE!<br />
<br />
Polling locations were closed in poor, latino and college
communities, but your precious TV would not comment on that because they
are paid off as well. EVERY SINGLE STATION. This includes NPR and all
the ones you think are legit. They are NOT.<br />
<br />
And yesterday we saw
the absolute lowest point in the history of this countries faux election
process, with people in line to vote for hours, risking their lives IN A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC. If you think for one second the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin was not paid off to overturn the governors ruling you are not
paying attention.<br />
<br />
This is Nazi America, and no I don't say that lightly.<br />
<br />
But when your basic right to vote, the basic foundation that this
country was founded on is taken away then what are you left with?<br />
<br />
When we are being stripped of every right to choose even when it comes
to mandating medical procedures (ie vaccines) you are teetering on
complete fascism.<br />
<br />
When we are the only industrialized country
without national healthcare, because we are lied to and told we cant
afford it, then what are we?<br />
<br />
When we watch this sham of a
government continually bail out TRILLIONS TO Wall Street, BIG BANKS and
CORPORATIONS, while we beg for a measly ONE TIME PAYMENT OF $1200 to
make sure our kids eat, what are we? When we are out of work and the
economy is tanking but yet we still are supposed to pay rent and bills
WITH NO HELP FROM OUR OWN MONEY what is that?<br />
<br />
When Big Pharma and
Big Insurance are so dominating that if you get a cancer diagnosis or
an auto immune disease there is a good chance you will have to declare
bankruptcy and most likely have to start a Go Fund Me to pay for it,
what is that? When people are dying because they cant afford medications
in this country what should we call ourselves?<br />
<br />
When "WE the
People" have lost all control of a nation that is supposedly "For the
People and By the People", then what are we left with?<br />
<br />
We are supposed to have "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION", let me assure you :<br />
THERE IS NO ONE REPRESENTING YOU....<br />
<br />
So we pay trillions in taxes with ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT,
and we don't even bother to protest or wonder why there is no one who
gives a shit when we need help. And yes I mean right now. No one is
fighting for you.<br />
<br />
Except Bernie.....<br />
<br />
He was our only hope.<br />
<br />
Biden can't win, the Democratic Party may as well hang it up because the DNC will be decimated by this. I know I will <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/demexit?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG"><span class="_5afx"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">demexit</span></span></a>
today, along with the millions of others who are Bernie or Bust. It was
a promise and not a threat. We said look at 2016 and learn, but you
didn't. You just beat the same damn dead horse again. Biden is
Trump-lite and Hilary 2.0.<br />
<br />
Biden is also a RAPIST. And the rape apologizing that I have seen from <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/metoo?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG"><span class="_5afx"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">MeToo</span></span></a>, <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/timesup?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG"><span class="_5afx"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz">#</span><span class="_58cm">TimesUp</span></span></a>
and the Women's March is one of the most disturbing things I have ever
witnessed. You can no longer say "I dont know why women dont come
forward"....BECAUSE NOW YOU KNOW.<br />
<br />
We fought hard, but its the
dying of the light....we cant fight this....it is way to powerful and
they have way too much money...<br />
.<br />
AND WHEN YOU OWN THE MEDIA YOU OWN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.<br />
<br />
Your only hope America is to:<br />
THROW YOUR TV OUT! <br />
IT IS A BRAINWASHING DEVICE. YOU CAN NOT THINK FOR YOURSELF AND WATCH
IT. YOU CAN NOT BE "WOKE" AND WATCH IT. YOU CAN NOT CLAIM YOU ARE
"EDUCATED" AND WATCH IT. There is absolutely no excuse left to watch it.
You know it is bought and paid for propaganda, so stop watching. Take
responsibility.<br />
<br />
They own the media, so they will keep winning.<br />
<br />
I know I will be turning off Facebook. It was my last link to the media
and I will be damned if I support this massive mind fuck. The algorithm
is so powerful you cant fight it, same with YouTube and Google.
Censorship is real, and we are being manipulated on all fronts.<br />
<br />
And this isn't about Trump. It never was. You can hopefully see now,
"they" get whoever they want in office. Trump didn't "accidentally" get
elected people. They put Trump there and then told all of you he was the
big bad wolf...When really THEY ALL ARE THE BIG BAD WOLF. The whole
machine is bad. But you fell for it hook line and sinker and blamed
Trump for all of it, lets just beat Trump and it will all be ok. We were
fighting the whole disease, not the symptom. We were fighting the
cancer, not the nausea. But you never got it, because you won't turn off
your TVs.<br />
<br />
This is a joke and I am done.<br />
<br />
I am going to
leave this mess to go to the country and work on my spiritual healing,
it is all I have left. The collective consciousness is in pain, Mother
Earth is hurting, people are suffering on a massive scale and we somehow
think Joe Biden is going to save us. Its literally the most hilarious
thing I have ever heard. I am going to grow vegetables in the middle of
nowhere and if I need to move out of America I will.<br />
<br />
This is that bad.<br />
<br />
To all of my friends and comrades who have fought, knocked on doors,
made phone calls, protested, shared knowledge, donated money, created
visibility and in general just helped the cause, I thank you and I
applaud you. It is not easy being the ones who fight. We have been
bashed, shamed and made fun of this whole time by friends, family and
all the moderate Normies who just don't see yet.<br />
<br />
But I see you. <br />
And I love you.<br />
But today my hope dies. <br />
Trump will win 4 more years easily....<br />
Welcome to the Hunger Games.....<br />
May the Odds be Forever in Your Favor....<br />
<br />
Lara West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-22811006470287107182020-04-06T09:12:00.001-04:002020-04-06T09:12:47.228-04:00Voter Suppression<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
In
an interview on the Fox News Channel on Monday, Trump explained his
objection to Democrats’ efforts to appropriate billions of dollars for
election security in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package. “The
things they had in there were crazy,” he told the hosts. “They had
things, levels of voting that if you’d ever agreed to it, you’d never
have a Republican elected in this country again.” On Wednesday, the
Georgia House Speaker, Republican David Ralston, echoed Trump. He
opposed sending absentee ballots to the state’s registered voters
because the effort would lead to higher voter participation. That would
“be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia.”</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
They
are saying out loud what scholars of politics have known for a long
time: the Republicans are a minority party. They win by keeping their
opponents from voting, or by making sure their votes are undercounted.<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
A
democracy is in crisis if the majority of its people do not support the
party in power. We can manage a glitch or two, but a systemic
perversion of the government through manipulation by one group or
another will destroy our faith that our government truly represents us.<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
Manipulating
the vote has a long and shameful history in America, but modern media
and computer modeling has enabled today’s Republican Party to carve out
its voters with surgical precision.<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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The
process of culling voters began in 1986, when Republicans who knew that
Reagan’s budget cuts were unpopular began to talk of cutting down black
voting. In a secret memo later made public by a judge, an official for
the Republican National Committee explained that paring the voting rolls
down in a call for “ballot integrity” “will eliminate at least
60-80,000 folks from the rolls.” Referring to a Senate race, the
official noted, “If it’s a close race, which I’m assuming it is, this
could keep the black vote down considerably.” (After the memo came out,
the chair of the RNC stated “there has never been, nor is there now, any
program at the Republican National Committee designed to intimidate or
discourage any voter from exercising his or her right to vote…. [T]he
purpose of the program was to help election officials make certain that
no dead or fictitious persons vote.”)</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
When
Democrats tried to expand voter registration in 1993 with the
Motor-Voter Law, which permitted people to sign up to vote when at
certain state offices-- including the Department of Motor Vehicles and
welfare offices-- Republicans insisted that the Democrats were simply
trying to register more of their own “special interest” voters and
fought the law.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
The
next year, losing Republican candidates for office began to charge that
they had lost because of “voter fraud,” and in 1996, House and Senate
Republicans each launched year-long investigations into what they
insisted were problematic elections, including the one that put Dianne
Feinstein into the Senate from California. The loser in that contest,
who had spent more than $28 million of his own money on his campaign,
insisted on national television that there were serious voting
irregularities. “I think, frankly, the fraud is overwhelming,” he said.
Every study has shown that voter fraud is so rare as to be virtually
nonexistent, but Republican leaders kept the case in front of the media
for close to a year, helping to convince Americans that voter fraud was a
serious issue and that Democrats were winning elections thanks to
illegal, usually immigrant, voters.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
In
1998, the Florida legislature passed a law to prevent such voter fraud,
and the law quickly became a purge of black voters, people presumed to
vote Democratic. In the election of 2000, Republican George W. Bush won
the state of Florida and thus the election by 537 votes. A later
investigation by the United States Commission on Civil Rights revealed
“an extraordinarily high and inexcusable level of disenfranchisement,”
primarily of Democratic African American voters, in that election.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
When
Democrat Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, Republicans set out
to guarantee he had a hostile Congress to keep him from accomplishing
anything. They raised money from corporate donors to elect Republicans
to state legislatures in 2010, so Republicans would redistrict key
states after the 2010 census, in a process called “gerrymandering.” They
called the plan “REDMAP,” for Redistricting Majority Project.
Republicans won control of the key states of Florida, Wisconsin, North
Carolina, Ohio, and Michigan, as well as other, smaller states, and they
used computer modeling to redraw congressional maps to their advantage.
In the 2012 election, Democrats won a majority of 1.4 million votes for
House candidates. And yet Republicans came away with 33 more seats than
Democrats in the House of Representatives.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
The
next year, in 2013, when the Supreme Court gutted the 1965 Voting
Rights Act with the Shelby County v. Holder decision, by ruling that
states could change their voting laws without preclearance by the
Department of Justice, Republican state officials immediately began to
introduce voter ID laws and bills restricting voter registration.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
And
now, as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the nation right before the
2020 election, Trump and the Republican National Committee have launched
a multimillion-dollar legal fight to keep Democrats from changing
voting rules to enable people under 65 to vote from home, rather than
risking their health or violating stay-at-home policies by gathering at
polling places to cast ballots. (Republicans are fine with permitting
older Americans to vote by mail, recognizing that older voters skew
toward them.)</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
Trump
has insisted without evidence since 2016 that he lost New Hampshire
that year because of voter fraud, and that if you “deduct the millions
of people who voted illegally,” he actually won the popular vote. (Once
in office, he set up a voter fraud commission that disbanded in 2018
after finding no widespread voter fraud.) Trump has pointed to voter
fraud again this week for his opposition to mail in ballots, and has
called for voter ID, which tends to disfranchise Democrats far more than
Republicans.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
The
attempt to suppress the majority in order to stay in power is more than
partisanship. It is an illustration that the leaders of today’s
Republican Party feel entitled to govern even though they are not
popular, entitled to enforce policies they know voters would reject if
they could. It also means that Republicans increasingly do not have to
answer to the people; their seats are secure.</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
Opposition
to this manipulation of our political system is not about electing
Democrats; it is about protecting democracy, as Michael Waldman of the
non-partisan Brennan Center wrote in USA Today on Tuesday. Using the
Trump technique of accusing an opponent of his own tricks, though, a
senior Trump campaign counsel, Justin Clark, says: “It is beyond
disgusting that the Democrats are using this crisis to try to dismantle
the integrity of our voting system…. The American people won’t stand for
this, and the campaign and the party intend to fight with them for a
free, fair, and open vote in November.”</div>
<div class="yiv6375862454" style="color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
Clark
made the news late last year when a tape leaked from a private event in
which he told Republican leaders in the key state of Wisconsin:
“Traditionally it’s always been Republicans suppressing votes in
places…. Let’s start protecting our voters. We know where they are. ...
Let’s start playing offense a little bit. That’s what you’re going to
see in 2020. It’s going to be a much bigger program, a much more
aggressive program, a much better-funded program.”</div>
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Trump and Ralston:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUMmOgzAM_ZrmBgpbgUMOvcxvIJMYkilZlDjT8vcTWsmSrWfLb5FAuPt4iuATsZwwLkaJfuR87lkZVDMNEzNp2SKiBXMIihlZyOthJJDx7rpv-dB1TIt1hrXZcO7vw9SgkripaRvnAbZ2hW27s4tlgawMOokC_zCe3iE7hCYK6dY9bu1PKYLjadwevHGULFpfS28L7vCVrnXMNlQ7-rgbqLQvsqsUEJ4YK8rR-UzMFFEt5z0f-NiPXVc3Nb1_dXCr7ZK59dzubZ3ymgjk83rPonhBTBrOstwvqx-0OF1Kt9kZOhd0sB6oviHQN7SPJzoDikvegUQYv2BJphvatp9YIVK-_HRCI5DGKP07GqkhquTdP_R3ik8" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-georgia-house-speaker-turnout</a></div>
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“ballot integrity”<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUMtuwyAQ_Jpws0UwjumBQy_9DQvD2tDysGCJ478vTiQ0i2ZZZme0QthSPuWeCpJaIM_OSD5R-sVJu5i7GAVxZV4zQFDOS8wVyF4X77RCl-L1ntFxGIiVqzKCrpNg95XycWRKPDiIlYIGMy2TJpfKrKpxEDVIeEI-UwTipUXcy234vrGfdo7j6OOJLkDpdQqNuX-Jx1VoAzY2qKXBlvYuQEgdgvelS2u3eKX_umdC6HTF3mLwxLX9GKWcjnTi0zD09x5fv3aPSxiKu3EaNtaXuhRss5ceyfJQuVh1tuZ2uX6zzfTcaqjR4TlDVIsH88kDP_m97eG5g4xwFA-IkD9kC2kYGeOCNCGT2p9RWlBoIev0yk5blU1J8R-Pjol3" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1986/10/25/us/gop-memo-tells-of-black-vote-cut.html</a></div>
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Feinstein election:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkEGOhCAQRU_T7DAoGNsFi9nMNQxiKcwgGCjG9vZTdifkF_lF-FXPGoQt5UsfqSCrBfLkF60GIUbF6LK0z_7JfJnWDLAbHzTmCuyoc_DWoE_xft-JXkrmtJzHeRjawfYCOglWjaqH3ozPfhlAjiO7UyZTFw_RgoY_yFeKwIJ2iEd5yK9H903nPM8mXuh3KI1NOzntOKq7tCRSkNRCEswOfKn2l9sUtwylcGuCX1OO3vAVfCxIwtNxUExE7tIBhddoE0Xz2YSQkK-ZJmoc7oF5WqUTQoleDGqQsmkbfP24I867LP6hxL51TalzQWN_79FY1qfJxZmLmtsN6O0Sn4nqXqPHa4Jo5gDLBx1-UL9J4HWAjnCWAIiQPybxlH3XqSejoCXRn1E7MOgg2_TK3jqTl5LiP4GemgI" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/30/us/lame-duck-congress-california-feinstein-opponent-hopes-uncover-ballot-fraud.html</a></div>
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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="https://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/main.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/main.html</a></div>
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Trump:</div>
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In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally<div class="yiv6375862454tweet-footer" style="color: #697882; display: block; font-size: 14px; line-height: 26px; margin-top: 10px; text-decoration: none;">
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Voter fraud commission:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlkMtyhCAQRb9m2GEhD8UFi2zyAansLR7tSKJAAc6Mfx_MVLFomm7uvcfqCveYT5ViqegokGfvFB8JmThqheulkMiXeckAu_abqvkAlA6zeaurj-Gap0Qwhla1GMsmSSTp3SAYd5T1nJHBDBMdWzWiS2XWh_MQLCh4QD5jALSptdZUbuzjRj_b0SnAs3Q27u2yiGXQIzNUL4IPANMo-8EYJkBS20vXRr4gxVzbOv7Ox55wW9x9Kc0ddt7hECtefHD46R2UlEE7_IgVMl5yM4N8C0AJ4USQkY-MdX1XXz9rCmZnxd842e-0K4cpVdvfyxXK6qlzWfXZHu8Xlv9uozJf0kfw9ZwhaLOBewOrb8D_-euZQF0BN6jNxLvZKDJBKZeoCbnY_gxqBV1XyDa-srerzq7E8Acdk5P7" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/f5f6a73b2af546ee97816bb35e82c18d/Report:-Trump-commission-did-not-find-widespread-voter-fraud</a></div>
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Republican opposition to mail in ballots:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwlUMuOgzAM_JrmBsqLQg857GV_A5ngheyGBCWmlL_fpJUsTzS2PJOxQLjEdJk9ZmJHxjS62eie84dm5TGLoRuYy-NPQtzAeUPpQLYfk3cWyMVQ9yXvlGKrEYMWIDoQ4q56PYB9KOg6gMdjULOe76yqjHDMDoNFg09MVwzIvFmJ9nxTXzf5Xeo8z3aP3pGzsbVxK1TAMxeQXPICXNemSit2tr2pdIMebXXUeFzANxMQeWxsTDHA06UjN-IuRSeZM3Wfa97xXvdKtaKl1--6h2lT2d003xbZ5mPKBPav6rNkTkh5hasMlxrDmy0pjAW3Izi6RgwweZw_AdEn0Pd_6drRVP8eiTB9yJKa6qTUAytCcyw3g1kRaMVk4ys5u0Kacwz_5o6New" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/03/trump-2020-election-legal-battle-coronavirus-162152</a></div>
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Clark:<span class="yiv6375862454Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="yiv6375862454" href="http://email.mg2.substack.com/c/eJwtkNFuhCAQRb9mecOgYF0feOhLf8MgjCstAmHGdf37YrcJCcMdMvfOsYbgkcqpc0JiO0KZvNNqEGJUrBauvfd35nFaCsBmfNBUdmB5n4O3hnyK1_9O9FKyVY9LNw-jGnqxDOPYjlLcxxZ6tTjp5CAVu1wmszsP0YKGJ5QzRWBBr0QZb_Lz1n3VcxxHE2cb4cDGpq0qOQVP3mItO9EJDgHs5V7fNdCWOaXMjXv6ugGnYpy_uiaEk3viyE04zIl8Boi8wH_8iBz3nAsg-vjgsW3Fh5At8_ryEEr0YlCDlE3b0Ot7zXHeJPqbEtuja3CfkYz9uQKyog9TcDVnbT4uTH9qtZnqve3R0zlBNHMA9wZIb-B_POjMoK9dAxBBeYuVquy7Tt1ZNXKpzox6BUMrFJtexdvVFIcp_gLI45yD" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1a1a1a; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-top-adviser-traditionally-it-s-always-been-republicans-suppressing-n1106031</a></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-14999869071950402552020-02-05T11:11:00.001-05:002020-02-06T13:40:58.571-05:00Impeachment Statement from Gary Peters<img alt="Image may contain: text" aria-busy="false" class="spotlight" src="https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84210217_10158009261394324_93831046709116928_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_oc=AQk35nCigefT8dqpNobzqkW136voOStjjwm3Xyc_Q5EpqKp8IsRbV8e4zKxM7c7Ea7w&_nc_ht=scontent-ort2-2.xx&oh=0b31d144ea57dc4b8b29121e5ddb3dec&oe=5ED86089" style="height: 443px; width: 636px;" /><br />
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RESPONSES TO STATEMENT FROM SENATOR GARY PETERS:<br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Diane Grove Mienk:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">You
are a disgrace! Making allogations against our good President and
presenting them as facts is not, and hopefully never will be the
American way! You know that the Bidens dealings are corrupt and self
rewarding, yet you and your swamp friends insist
on making it look like Trump did this because Joe Biden is running
against him. That's just stupid! You will be voted out of office for
your corrupt actions and for trying to influence the 2020 elections with
your lies here on social media.</span></span></div>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Lori LaFave</span>: <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Absolutely Senator. Only wish your republican colleagues were as honorable. Yeah,</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Bret Huntman:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">Thank
you Senator. It is beyond belief that all the evidence is ignored by
those in trumps camp and especially...”critical new evidence showing
that White House officials were preparing to halt the release of almost
$400 million in military aid to Ukraine on July 24, the day before the President's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Lyle E. Studer III</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">So, do you support the second amendment as well??</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Judy Peterson Bloodworth:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Thank you for taking your oath seriously.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Sandra Scott Karlson:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Thank
you Senator Peters for standing against the flaunting of our
Constitution by trump and those Senators and lawyers who support trump's
lawlessness. I, too, hope they would all stand by the Oath of Office
they took in the beginning and again as Jurors. Thank you for doing
what is right, not what is expedient.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Michael J Morris:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">The
precedent the Democrats just set is very scary... If someone is
running for office they can't be investigated of a crime. Quid Pro Joe
and company will answer when the President is acquitted of this circus.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span class=" UFICommentActorName" dir="ltr">Dawn Wolfe Weirauch:</span> <span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody">Too
bad you've voted to confirm Trump's cabinet nominees and you haven't
done near enough to stop Trump judges from being confirmed. But, that
said, thank you for this. I will of course be voting for you, though I'd
prefer an actual progressive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-42097945814400798762020-01-27T09:23:00.002-05:002020-01-27T09:31:01.909-05:00Impeach<div class="yiv4467991352" style="letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i class="yiv4467991352"><span class="yiv4467991352" style="font-size: medium;">"My
dad suggested that the impeachment managers address the talking point
that Trump hasn’t committed impeachable offenses thus":</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach the president for starting the false
rumor that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya – called birtherism.</b></span><br />
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<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach the president for ruining the lives of 5
young black men who were falsely accused (by him) of raping women in
Central Park - the Central Park Five.</b></span><br />
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<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here today to impeach the president for defrauding students at Trump University.</b></span><br />
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<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here today to impeach the president for using Trump (charitable) Foundation for personal gain.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for being part of a
slumlord family that was so horrible Woody Guthrie wrote songs about his
dad.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for violating the
emoluments clause by refusing to separate himself from his business
interests, cashing in and allowing his children to cash in on the favors
world businessmen are willing to give them in trademarks, real estate
deals, and other business deals worldwide.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach Donald Trump for allowing Don Jr. to
shoot an endangered mountain sheep in Mongolia only to have his father’s
office “fix” the poaching situation for him with the Mongolian
government.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for defrauding the
American Public of over $100 million dollars to visit his own golf club
properties spending one in every five days of his presidency.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for putting his children who
could not even pass security clearance in charge of things like Middle
East Peace while eviscerating the State Department.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump to call on our adversaries,
like China and Russia to hack the emails of Sec. Clinton and the DNC in
broad daylight.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for denigrating the family of a slain Muslim American service member.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for mocking a disabled journalist.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for engaging in sexual assault and then bragging about it on a hot mic.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here for impeaching Donald J Trump for dodging the draft by
paying off some slimy doctor that he had bone spurs and have the
temerity to call John McCain a loser.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for inciting rally goers to violence.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for calling Nazis very fine people and refugees rapists and murderers.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for allowing deadly anti-Semitism
and bigotry flourish by signaling acceptance of White Nationalism,
saying he is a nationalist, embracing David Duke’s support while denying
he knows him- saying virtually nothing to discourage it as people are
mowed down in their places of worship, attacked while in public,
cemeteries desecrated, homes vandalized.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for spending 6 hours of “executive
time” a day irresponsibly watching Fox News and tweeting their
propaganda at all hours, conducting foreign policy in 280 characters or
less. A normal president would read news clips from around the world,
stand in front of a microphone to inspire and comfort people after the
many tragedies we have endured, and used complex plans with diplomats.</b></span><br />
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<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trumps for not helping our fellow
Americans in Puerto Rico, humiliating them by throwing them rolls of
paper towel in lieu of real aid after a devastating hurricane or
threatening Californians that they will get no help for devastating
wildfires until basically they rake the leaves there and cutting the
forest service budget.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for arbitrarily banning
people from Muslim countries from coming here and then dropping the
other bigotry shoe by basically ending refugee settlement and referring
to the countries from which people with extra melanin in their skin come
as “shithole countries”.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach him for lying about the size of his inaugural
crowd size on his first day in office, and then proceeding to lie about
everything from the paths of hurricanes to how well he knew all his
campaign people from Papadopoulos to Flynn who have been indicted and or
convicted of serious crimes.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for running the country like one
of his bankrupt casinos with a bunch of unqualified flunkies who are
“interim” cabinet members, or “acting this or that”. Acting Chief of
Staff, Acting Defense Secretary. Who is our Ambassador to the UN now?
Who is the head of the NSA? CIA? Pompeo’s back in for now?</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for the extrajudicial killing of a
foreign general of a country we are not at war with thereby almost
starting a war, and when that country retaliated against US military
bases by firing rockets at them, causing traumatic brain injury for some
service members he said they just had headaches.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for the everlasting national
shame and human rights violation of separating refugee children,
including infants from their families and leaving them in detention
camps where they sleep on concrete with mylar blankets, are not allowed
human contact, are not allowed crayons, toothbrushes, soap, babies die
alone with no one to hold them, traumatized for life, their emotional
growth stunted – families separated forever after the last attempt to
escape whatever horror they were fleeing in their home countries –
poverty, starvation, gang violence, war. Thousands of those children
remaining in what amount to concentration camps to this day.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for packing the federal courts
with dozens of judges who have been deemed unqualified to serve on the
bench by the American Bar Association.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for threatening our free
press and calling journalists the enemy of the people, banning
legitimate news outlets from WH Press Briefings for being critical of
him, and causing so much disruption the press briefings have basically
been suspended because his press secretary can’t explain away the chaos
and lies. So no more briefings and people just forget how bad it is.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for turning a blind eye to the
brutal torture and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist by the
Saudi Regime while giving them big defense contracts – to build US
weapons.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for threatening and insulting all
of our allies while defending and playing footsie with dictators and our
enemies from Kim Jong Un to Putin. And in the case of Putin, taking his
word that he didn’t interfere with our elections over the word of our
own intelligence agencies.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for surrounding himself with a
criminal element, recently joined by Congressman Chris Collins who was
an early supporter and pleaded guilty to to securities fraud, conspiracy
and making false statements'. According to ABC news last month, 14
Trump aides, donors and advisers have been indicted or imprisoned since
the days when the first-time candidate promised that he would only hire
"the best people." That includes a US General, Michael Flynn, Paul
Manafort - his former campaign manager. You know, fine people.</b></span><br />
<br /></div>
<div class="yiv4467991352" style="color: #1b1b1b; font-style: normal; max-width: 100%;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><b class="yiv4467991352">What
we are here to impeach the president for is the abuse of his august
power by trying to intimidate a new and vulnerable Ukrainian president
to dig up fake dirt on Trump’s opponent in exchange for aid (otherwise
known as quid pro quo) to defend against an invading power and the very
country which did interfere with our elections, Russia, and then
obstructing Congress. To say nothing about having the Ambassador to
Ukraine followed and possibly her safety threatened by his own
associates before being dismissed without reason."</b></span></div>
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<b class="yiv4467991352">"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."— ALBERT EINSTEIN</b></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3890268120086296803.post-83425279729474574552019-12-30T07:39:00.001-05:002019-12-30T07:39:51.900-05:00Vladimir, I hope you're listening<b class="yiv4798879288">Hi Vlad, how's my little buddy? Do you
remember when I asked Russia if it was listening to release Hillary's e
mails. You responded by delivering hacked Democratic e mails. A
perfect response. So now I want recipacate. (spelling is my strong
suit.) I want to give you some great advice. </b><br />
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<b class="yiv4798879288">
Here in America I am going through some things. Not to worry, the
fix is in. But I thought it might be a good lesson for you to keep in
that KGB brain of yours. Do you remember how your idol Joseph Stalin
had show trials. The defendants were convicted before the trials ever
started. We have a different system at the moment. My trial is fixed
so that I will be found <u class="yiv4798879288">innocent </u>before the trial ever starts.</b></div>
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<b class="yiv4798879288">
We both know that you control the biggest kleptocracy ever
created. How I envy you. But imagine if some hot headed pencil necked
prosecutor tried to bring you down. The Russian system always
convicts. We have a better way.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288">
We got the idea from a bunch of Republican state attorneys
general. They filed a lawsuit to abolish Obamacare. The lawsuit was
filed in Wichita Falls Texas. Wichita Falls is the 38th most populous
city in Texas. The Wichita Falls federal court has exactly one judge,
Reed O'Conner. He is a right wing buddy of John Cornyn and is high on
my list for Court Of Appeals appointments. So the lawsuit gets filed
and is joined by 20 Republican attorneys general who would not be able
to find Wichita Falls using GPS. They never have to set foot in Wichita
Falls. They merely sit back and let O'Connor throw out Obamacare. So
the fix was in. Isn't this legal system great? </b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288">
Now a crazy lady named Pelosi and her flunky named Shifty have
started impeachment proceedings against me. They had hearings in
Congress. I screamed and yelled that there was no due process. Of
course that's a lie, but who cares. I claimed that I could not call
witnesses even though I refused to let any of my people testify. I
claimed that there was no evidence even though I refused to turn over
thousands of documents Shifty had subpoenaed. I claimed that they
wouldn't let me participate even though they invited my lawyer to
participate. Please take note- this is most important. If I tell the
same lie over and over, my MAGA supporters will not only believe it,
they will embrace it. They think that it is a communist plot to call me
a liar.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288">
Now the impeachment goes to the Senate. My buddy Moscow Mitch runs
that place. He has already announced that he is working in close
cooperation with me. He is trying to figure out whether to have a
trial, or if he does, whether there will be any witnesses. I will get
back to him on that question. His right hand man Lindsay Graham has
already announced his verdict. Moscow and Lindsay will violate an oath
at the start of the trial which requires them to be fair and
impartial. Oath, shmoath, I have them in my pocket. I gave Moscow
Mitch's wife a high profile job which helps her increase her family
fortune. Lindsay gets to ride on Air Force One all the time and then I
give him reduced rates for golf. The rest of the Republicans in the
Senate are so frightened of being at the wrong end of a tweet storm that
they will never vote against me. I have MAGA operatives ready to
demonstrate against them in their home states.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288">I
am going to come out of this impeachment hoax smelling like a rose. I
have already ordered millions of shirts saying either "impeach Pelosi"
or "impeach Schiff". The ships are on their way here from China. Some
so called ethics experts claim I should not make a profit on the
shirts. No problem. The importer is owned by my worthless sons.</b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288">
Vlad we have been able to get your invasion of Ukraine to be
considered an attempt by Ukraine to interfere in American elections.
How can people be so dumb. Vlad, life is good whether in Russia or
America. Let's get together at that beautiful resort I am building in
Russian Crimea. By the way I could use some Russian financing. I'm a
little short of cash since I am on a limited salary. Take care my
little Bolshevik</b></div>
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<div class="yiv4798879288">
<b class="yiv4798879288"> Your pal Donnie.</b></div>
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West Bloomfield Lakes Area Democratic Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17579551146433406461noreply@blogger.com0