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Trump Demanding Russia be Re-Included in the G7 is an Outrage
Trump Dismantling US Response To Russian Annexation Of Crimea
Rachel Maddow reports on the history of Russia invading & seizing the Ukraine and how Trump’s demanding Russia be re-included in the G7 is an Outrage.
Maddow explains the four columns of the U.S. response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, sanctions, removal from the G8, military aid to Ukraine, and support to NATO, and notes that the Trump administration has worked to remove all four, most recently by seeking to take money from the European Deterrence Initiative to pay for Trump’s border wall.
Maddow considers the implications of a Washington Post editorial that claims the Trump administration is holding back millions in military aid to Ukraine on the condition that Ukraine produces a negative story about Joe Biden to help Trump’s 2020 campaign.
President Donald Trump Coddling Putin Hampers NATO As Russia Oversteps
Rachel Maddow looks at what is known about the nuclear nature of a recent deadly explosion in Russia and notes reporting that while Russia’s conduct in the incident would be expected to elicit an international response, Donald Trump’s relationship with Vladimir Putin undercuts NATO’s ability to do so.
TRUMP HAS BEEN KISSING PUTIN’S ASS BEFORE & SINCE HE BECAME PRESIDENT…
REPUBLICANS COMPLICIT IN TRUMP’S TREASON
Americans Paying for Trump’s Trade War With China
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why Trump’s trade wars hurt the American economy.
- The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs on Chinese imports took effect early Sunday, potentially raising prices Americans pay for some clothes, shoes, sporting goods and other consumer goods.
- The 15% taxes apply to about $112 billion of Chinese imports.
- More than two-thirds of the consumer goods the United States imports from China now face higher taxes.
As a result of Trump’s higher tariffs, many U.S. companies have warned that they will be forced to pass on to their customers the higher prices they will pay on Chinese imports. Some businesses, though, may decide in the end to absorb the higher costs rather than raise prices for their customers.
After Sunday’s tariff hike, 87% of textiles and clothing from China and 52% of shoes will be subject to import taxes.
On Dec. 15, the administration is scheduled to impose a second round of 15% tariffs — this time on roughly $160 billion of imports. If those duties take effect, virtually all goods imported from China will be covered.
Republicans Refusing to Stop Russian Election Interference
Republicans Kill Three Election Security Bills In A Single Day
On Tuesday Feb 11, 2020 Republicans in the Senate managed to block three separate election security bills brought by Democrats, breaking a new record for showing their complete disdain for the safety of our elections. Mitch McConnell wants outside interference – whether it is from a foreign country or a hacker in the U.S. – because it always seems to benefit the Republicans
Putin Jokes About Russia Interfering In 2020 Election
Russian President Vladimir Putin joked on Russian TV that Russia would interfere in America’s 2020 election.
Republicans are refusing to Protect Against Russian Hacking & Interference because it helped Trump win in 2016 and may help Republicans win again in 2020
Mueller Report Proves Trump Obstructed Justice
Hundreds of former federal prosecutors say Trump would have been indicted if he wasn’t president
More than 370 former federal prosecutors who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents release a statement saying they believe that if Donald Trump were not president, the conduct described in the Mueller report would have resulted in several felony charges.
Mueller Report Obstruction of Justice Highlights
Fox News Andrew Napolitano explains how based on the Mueller Report, Trump obstructed justice multiple times.
10 Potential Cases of Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report
Mueller Prosecutor Reveals Key To Trump Org Criminal Probe
As the criminal probe into the Trump Organization intensifies and the pressure builds against the company’s CFO Allen Weisselberg to flip, former DOJ official Andrew Weissmann joins MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber to discuss what makes people flip and how people can sometimes cooperate with officials while continuing to commit crimes.
Federal Court Says Trump’s AG Bill Barr Lied about The Mueller Report
A federal appeals court in Washington ruled contrary to William Barr’s public announcement that he had evaluated the evidence of obstruction in Robert Mueller’s report and decided there was not enough to charge Donald Trump, Barr did not give consideration to such a charge before declaring insufficient evidence. Aug 23, 2022
Federal Judge Calls Out Bill Barr For Lying About Mueller Report
Rachel Maddow looks at former Attorney General Bill Barr’s record of lying about the Mueller report, and outlines a federal judge’s finding that Barr lied again about how the decision was made not to charge Donald Trump with obstruction of justice, ordering the release of never-before-seen material on that subject unless Attorney General Merrick Garland appeals that decision.
Rachel Maddow looks at a newly released transcript of last week’s testimony by former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn that affirms findings in the Mueller report that could expose Donald Trump to criminal liability that couldn’t be prosecuted when Trump was president.
What Mueller revealed about Trump and Russia
The FBI investigation found three connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Andrew Weissmann, former lead prosecutor for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, discusses how Trump manipulated the findings in the Mueller Report and why he says the findings from the NYT report are ‘potentially indictable’.
Andrew Weissmann, one of the lead prosecutors for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, talks with Rachel Maddow about his frustration that the Mueller team did not pursue a financial investigation of Donald Trump that would have answered some of the questions raised by NYT reporting on Trump’s taxes. Aired on 09/28/2020.
Video discusses how Trump not only demanded a pledge of loyalty from Comey but also from John Kelly. And how acting FBI Director Rod Rosenstein failed to give Robert Mueller permission to investigate Trump / Russia connections. Michael Schmidt, Washington correspondent for the New York Times, talks about reporting in his new book, “Donald Trump v. The United States,” why the counterintelligence investigation into whether Donald Trump was compromised by Russia, was missing from the Mueller Report.
Here’s what Mueller said:
* Russia interfered in our election to help Trump
* Russians made numerous contacts with the campaign
* Campaign welcomed their help
* No one reported these contacts or interference to FBI
* They lied to cover it up
Highlights of Collusion Talk in Robert Mueller’s Testimony
Mueller Report Proves Trump Obstructed Justice
Robert Reich: Is Donald Trump a Traitor?
Robert Reich examines Trump’s treasonous behavior towards Vladimir Putin.
John Brennan: President Donald Trump Is Giving Aid, Comfort To The Enemy
Congressman DESTROYS Trump’s Witch Hunt Lies
U.S. Representative Hakeem Jeffries details the corruption and criminality of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign already discovered by the FBI as a rebuke to Trump’s claims that Robert Mueller is leading a witch hunt.
Mueller knocks down Trump’s ‘No Obstruction’ claim
Republicans for the Rule of Law Commercial Exposes Trump’s Obstruction of Justice and Calls Out Republicans such as Mitch McConnell, Steve McCarthy and Lindsey Graham out for doing nothing about it.
Republicans proved to be LAWLESS TRAITORS by discrediting the Mueller Report, attacking Robert Mueller during the hearing, adopting Fox Fake News Sean Hannity talking points and giving Trump a total pass on his Obstruction of Justice Crimes.
Uncovered: What The Mueller Report Tells Us About Trump And Dangled Pardons
Within the pages of the Mueller Report are illuminating details about Trump and the use of presidential pardons. Nelson Cunningham joins to discuss.
The Mueller Investigation (full film) | FRONTLINE
Could A White House Memo Show President Donald Trump Obstruction?
A new report from Murray Waas says President Trump was allegedly told that Michael Flynn was under investigation before Trump asked Jim Comey to let it go. A memo could unravel the Trump defense.
Is Trump guilty of jury tampering in Manafort trial?
Pres. Trump tweeted that the charges against Paul Manafort are “old” and a “hoax.” Fmr. Watergate Assistant Special Prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks tells Lawrence O’Donnell that the president’s tweets are jury tampering.
New evidence of potential obstruction by Trump
The president is reportedly pressuring his attorney general to take over the Russia investigation – and go after Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump Firing James Comey Could Be An Obstruction Of Justice
MSNBC’s Ari Melber gives a special report on why some say Donald Trump’s firing of James Comey could lead to charges of the obstruction of justice.
The Robert Mueller investigation has yielded many indictments and convictions, but a recent poll shows many Americans believe Donald Trump’s pronouncement that the Russia probe is a baseless ‘witchhunt.’
The REAL Witch Hunt was Benghazi in which Republicans SHAMELESSLY exploited the deaths of 4 Americans for their own political gain.
The Benghazi investigations by Republicans which cost taxpayers millions was motivated by Politics, Hate for President Obama and to “Get” Hillary Clinton.
Republican have proven to be hypocrites by holding hearings and investigations for 2 1/2 years to GET Hillary Clinton while failing to hold any investigations when over 60 people died at embassies and consulates around the world when BUSH was President.
Trump Separating Families Is Inhumane
At the same time Donald Trump was ripping families apart at the border, caging children and screaming about chain migration, he was using chain migration and a big $$$ lawyer to get Melania Trump’s family into the USA.
Stephen Miller’s America: Trump’s Aide Behind Splitting Families
Ari Melber examines the role of Stephen Miller in creating Trump’s immigration policy that is now separating families at the border, showing footage of Miller in high school that demonstrates his use of “combative trolling” and breaking down the history of Miller’s attempts to block any compromises on immigration.
Judge Rules COVID-19 Poses Danger to Migrant Children in Detention Center so they Must Be Released
Living Conditions At A Migrant Detention Center Are ‘Appalling’
Nationwide outcries have led to the transfer of nearly 300 children to other migrant detention facilities because the living conditions at one location in Clint, Texas, were so bad. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez and Cal Perry join Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi to break down the latest.
Nearly 2,000 children were separated from their families during a six-week period in April and May, as the Trump Administration cracked down on illegal immigration with a “zero-tolerance” policy of separating families at the border.
Listen to children who’ve just been separated from their parents at the border
ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.”
These are the faces of family separation
Meet four families caught in the policy and politics of the Trump administration’s shifting strategies on immigration. Young children who have endured the harsh reality of family separation are at the heart of the CBS News documentary “The Faces of Family Separation,”
Trump launched his campaign for president with the same anti-immigrant rhetoric that is now fueling his nativist policies. Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed that immigration causes crime, called immigrants “animals” and “an infestation,” and referred to those seeking asylum as invaders. This fear-mongering rhetoric is an attempt to dehumanize immigrants in order to desensitize Americans to Trump’s policies. Since taking office, the Trump administration has:
- Ripped children from their parents’ arms and forced them into inhumane detention centers;
- Tear-gassed families with young children at the southern border while trying to legally claim asylum;
- Shackled pregnant women during and after childbirth;
Abruptly ended DACA and TPS protections for more than one million young people and longtime U.S. residents, throwing families and communities into uncertainty and turmoil; and, - Been negligent in the deaths of at least 7 children in the custody of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection after more than a decade in which no child had died.
These anti-immigrant policies are a threat to the social fabric of our nation. As the largest, most diverse, and most progressive generation in American history, we must send a clear and unequivocal message that we oppose the Trump administration’s immoral immigration policies.
Trump Has Quietly Cut Legal Aid for Migrant Kids Separated from Parents
A program that provides help to unaccompanied minors was slashed just as the government has instituted policies that split kids from parents.
Trump Quietly Cut Legal Aid for Migrant Kids Separated from Parents. A program that provides help to unaccompanied minors was slashed just as the government has instituted policies that split kids from parents.
Chaos and Cruelty for Immigrants Held in Brownsville, Texas | ACLU
In the federal courthouse in Brownsville, in the space of 75 minutes, 63 people were read their charges, asked to plead guilty or not guilty, and sentenced. Handcuffed and chained at the waist, they had to stoop to raise their right hands. All this for a misdemeanor: entry without inspection.
Republicans War on Women
REPUBLICANS have passed RADICAL “War On Women” Anti-Choice Laws which Bans Abortions after 6 weeks with NO EXCEPTION for Insest or Rape. FORCES a women to Carry and give Birth to a RAPIST CHILD (even if they’re 10 years old) and allows Anti-Abortion Vigilantes to become Nazi Gestapo Secret Police Bounty Hunters who can sue anyone who assists a women seeking an abortion for $10,000.
Republicans want to FORCE women to give birth while taking away Healthcare, Food & Financial Assistance to those who can’t afford to care for the babies they want to force women to have.
Consequences of Republican’s Anti-Abortion Laws
Republican’s Anti-Abortion Laws have caused women to almost die from being denied medical care and forced over 60,000 births to women who were sexually abused
Insane GOP Law Turns Every Woman into Felons for Their Biology
Arizona Supreme Court to enforce 1864 abortion ban, when age of consent was 10
Arizona’s abortion ban is exactly what Trump wanted
Arizona banned abortion after the state’s supreme court revived a 160-year-old law that criminalizes abortion — just one day after Donald Trump said that abortion rights should be left up to the states.
Arizona Republicans block efforts to repeal Civil War-era abortion law
Arizona high court upholds 1864 abortion law
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a 160-year-old state law that bans almost all abortions is still enforceable. The law makes it a felony for anyone who performs or helps a woman obtain an abortion. The decision adds Arizona to a growing list of states where abortion care is largely banned.
President Biden stated at his 2024 State of the Union Address: ‘Those overturning Roe v. Wade have no clue about the power of women’
A new poll from NPR shows the majority of people disagree with the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Mar 26, 2024 – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could impact access to Mifepristone, an abortion pill. A number of justices indicated the lawsuit should be dismissed.
Radical Right Wing Republican Christian Nationalists are part of the Christo-fascist movement passing strict anti-abortion laws to charge a woman with murder who aborts a pregnancy for any reason.
Law Giving Fetuses The Rights Of A Born Person Targeted By Abortion Rights Groups
Fatima Goss Graves, president and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center, talks about the next step by opponents of abortion, “fetal personhood,” and how poorly thought-out anti-abortion laws are having a chilling effect on women’s health providers who aren’t sure what is newly illegal.
What to Know About the Alabama Supreme Court’s Embryo Ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court just made a terrifying embryo ruling — and the judge, Chief Justice Tom Parker, who is a proponent of the Seven Mountains Mandate went as far as to quote the Bible in their defense. This is Christian Nationalist Fascism.
GOP Policy Is To Victimize Rape Victims Forcing Them To Give Birth
In the 50 years of debate on abortion in the United States, Republican politicians don’t tell the truth when asked why victims of rape and incest should be forced to give birth.
GOP Blocks Bill Protecting Right To Travel For Abortion
As states try to ban interstate travel for women to access legal abortion services, Senate Republicans have blocked a bill that would protect a woman’s right to travel for healthcare. Sen. Amy Klobuchar tells MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell that while Democrats can’t codify Roe, they can “at least guarantee women’s right to travel to states that may allow for reproductive services.”
Republicans Push Abortion Bills Through House, Proving They Learned Nothing From Midterms
Republicans wasted no time moving several anti-abortion bills through the House of Representatives.
Senate Republicans block bill that would protect abortion access in US
Senate Democrats forced a vote Wednesday to advance the Women’s Health Protection Act that would codify abortion rights into federal law in the wake of the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion.
Woman criminally charged after miscarriage in Ohio
Texas Supreme Court rules against woman who sued to get abortion due to medical emergency
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against 31-year-old Kate Cox who sued to get an emergency abortion because her fetus had developed a lethal condition and her health was at risk. The Court is made up entirely of Republicans, including John Devine, who centered his 2012 election on his anti-abortion ideology, including boasting about getting arrested dozens of times for protesting abortion clinics. Cox’s lawyers say she has left the state to get an abortion.
‘Wake The Hell Up!’: Mika blasts ‘cruel’ ‘desperate’ Texas AG mimicking Trump on women’s rights
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night temporarily halted a lower court’s order that would have permitted Kate Cox, a pregnant Dallas woman, whose fetus has lethal abnormality, to get an abortion after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested the high court step in to intervene.
‘This is not where America is’: Mika blasts Texas AG over blocking abortion
Texas resident Kate Cox has left the state to get an abortion after her fetus was given a fatal diagnosis. The move comes while Cox had been awaiting a decision from the Texas Supreme Court about whether she would be allowed to get the abortion.
Mom who sought abortion dies. See her chilling texts hours before her death
Michigan Example Exposes Dishonesty Of GOP Insistence On Abortion As A ‘State Issue’
Alex Wagner shows that despite a litany of Republicans insisting in approval of the Dobbs decision that abortion laws should be decided at the state level, Republicans are actually pursuing a federal abortion ban and are trying to prevent Michiganders from voting to protect abortion rights.
The Illegitimate Republican Minority Appointed Supreme Court voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft opinion written by Samuel Alito obtained by POLITICO.
Democrats Senator Chuck Schumer, Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Elizabeth Warren express outrage over Supreme Court Memo justifying overturning Roe V. Wade
Democrats, outraged by Roe v. Wade draft opinion, call for action
Fmr. Planned Parenthood President ‘Shocked To Read The Disregard For Women’
Former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards and NBC News Washington correspondent Yamiche Alcindor discuss the fallout from the leaked draft SCOTUS opinion and how the conservative campaign to overturn Roe is out of step with the American people.
Republican Supreme Court nominees learned not to tell the truth about their Roe v. Wade opinions after Reagan nominee Robert Bork told the truth and lost his confirmation hearing vote 42-58 in 1987
Samuel Alito’s Lies Did Not Stop In His Confirmation Hearing
Lawrence O’Donnell details the years of lying and hypocrisy from Republicans and Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices on abortion rights.
Sen. Whitehouse: We Have A ‘Rotten Ethics Mess’ At Supreme Court
In the wake of a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell speaks to Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse who says ethics rules are “optional” for the Supreme Court and weaker than other equivalent rules in the executive and legislative branches.
‘Offensive’: Ted Cruz Compares Roe V. Wade Protestors To 1/6 Protestors
Every Republican senator voted against advancing the Women’s Health Protection Act, which prohibits government restrictions on abortion, on Wednesday. Sen. Patty Murray joins Joy Reid on this vote that puts Republicans on the record as refusing to codify Roe v. Wade into law.
Republicans Assault on Women
They want to criminalize miscarriages.
They want women to file a "fetal death certificate" for any & all miscarriages.
And they want it to be a public document.
Think about that.
They want to make *public* these traumatic experiences of loss.
They don’t deserve their power. https://t.co/fQig5WOSAw
— Buffy Wicks (@BuffyWicks) May 27, 2021
‘We’re Under A Five Alarm Fire,’ Political Strategist Says Of New Anti-Abortion Laws
The conservative Supreme Court justices have made it clear that not only would they refuse to block extremist anti-abortion laws like the Texas bounty law, but that they are also on track to fulfilling one of the Christian right’s most durable goals. Namely, gutting or just going all-in and overturning Roe v. Wade.
Republican Passed an Anti-Choice Law Against Women’s Rights, Turning the U.S. into a Gestapo Secret Police State by Placing $10,000 Bounties on anyone who helps a Women get an Abortion.
New Texas Abortion Law ‘Turns Every Anti-Abortion Zealot Into A Bounty Hunter’
Rachel Maddow explains the bizarre rules of the new Texas anti-abortion law that, with the blessing of the Supreme Court, will become the new template for Republican legislatures to effectively ban abortion in the United States by delegating vigilantes to hunt down women to target with lawsuits.
OPINION: The standard for filing a lawsuit is to have “standing” and be able to prove personal damages or injuries. A stranger or someone who cannot prove personal damages as a result of a woman getting an abortion does not have legal standing, so the law is unconstitutional and unenforceable. This is the argument which should have been made instead of the “Roe V. Wade” precedent.
Iran is a country run by Radical Right Wing Religious Fanatics where women and girls are mandated to wear hijabs, to wear so-called “modest clothing” and to hide their hair in public. This is an example of how oppressive the United States could become unless Radical Right Wing Republican Christian Nationalists are STOPPED.
Like Iranian Religious Fanatics, Republican Christian Nationalist believe the Church Should Run The United States Government
Why Most Republicans Won’t Defend The Texas Abortion Ban
Chris Hayes breaks down why most Republicans are not out there celebrating and defending the Texas abortion ban—even the ones in Texas.
Woman charged with murder in Texas after causing a ‘self-induced abortion’
Officials in Starr County, Texas, say 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera is facing a murder charge after authorities said she caused “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion”.
Reproductive rights advocates are voicing their outrage after a woman in Texas was arrested and charged with murder for what law enforcement called “the death of an individual by self-induced abortion.”
“Herrera was arrested and served with an indictment on the charge of Murder after Herrera did then and there intentionally and knowingly cause the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,” sheriff’s Maj. Carlos Delgado said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Rockie Gonzalez, founder of Frontera Fund, the nonprofit abortion access fund that organized the protest, called the arrest “inhumane,” adding in a Saturday statement that “criminalizing pregnant people’s choices or pregnancy outcomes, which the state of Texas has done, takes away people’s autonomy over their own bodies, and leaves them with no safe options when they choose not to become a parent.”
Chris Hayes On Why Texas Abortion Law Design Is Particularly Egregious
Trump states Women should be punished for having an abortion
In 2012 the Republican party waged a War on Women and the Progressives fought back with this powerful ad featuring prominent women reading out offensive lines from Republican candidates and lawmakers.
New Abortion Law In Texas Is Among Most Restrictive In US
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot signed a controversial “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban into law Wednesday that critics say is among the most restrictive in the nation.
Supreme Court to take up case next term that could limit Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up a major abortion case next term concerning a controversial Mississippi law that banned most abortions after 15 weeks, rekindling a potentially major challenge to Roe v. Wade at the majority conservative court.
Republicans Pass More New Anti-Choice Laws (4/15/21)
Jennifer O’Mara bravely shared her own emotional pregnancy story in response to a bill that she says would force grieving parents to ‘relive trauma.’
Alabama bill would make false rape allegations a crime
In the midst of debating a radical anti-abortion law, state Republicans proposed a bill that could punish victims for coming forward.
Four GOP States, Ohio, Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama have passed radical new bills to overturn Roe v Wade.
This video with Rachel Maddow shows a lists of states in which Republicans has passed laws to close Abortion Clinics.
On December 11, 2013, Senator Whitmer shared a deeply personal story as part of her testimony against legislation to force women in Michigan to pre-purchase rape insurance riders as a part of their health insurance coverage.
Sen. Warren on Republicans’ efforts to change the laws so employers can deny women access to birth control coverage
Abortion bans force women to ‘new back alley’ Rebekah Dryden, senior producer for “All In with Chris Hayes,” talks with Rachel Maddow about a the war on abortion rights targeting medication abortions.
Most-needy are victims of Texas war on women Rachel Maddow reports on the plight of a Texas doctor who has been forced by new anti-abortion laws to stop helping women in need.
Republican Paul Ryan stated in the above video – “We don’t want a country where abortion is simply outlawed. We want a country where it isn’t even considered”
Insane Sex Laws Inspired by Republicans
Rectal exams for Viagra users, vasectomy bans, and other proposals that mock conservatives’ obsession with women’s private parts.
Consumer Protection Agency Destroyed Under Trump
Consumer protection wanes under Trump, reports find
Two reports show that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken a less aggressive stance under President Donald Trump than under Barack Obama
Steve Bannon admits Trump’s Cabinet Nominees were selected to destroy the Agencies they were Hired to Head
Trump nominated people to cabinet positions who were either unqualified or has a history of wanting to destroy the agency they were appointed to head. Now we find out the TRUE reason… it’s because they were selected to Destroy the Agencies they were appointed to head as admitted by Steve Bannon in the above video.
Steve Schmidt: ‘crooks, weirdos, wife-beaters’ assembled in Trump WH
GOP strategist Steve Schmidt weighs in on the report detailing questionable hires & activity within the White House & it’s personnel office
Trump Admin Guts U.N. Resolution to End Rape as Weapon of War
The Trump administration is under fire after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to end rape as a weapon of war on Tuesday that excluded any mention of sexual and reproductive health. The resolution was gutted after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether unless language referencing reproductive health was taken out due to the Trump administration’s belief that the language was code for abortion. The watered-down measure also weakened references to the International Criminal Court, making it harder for women and girls to seek justice. We speak with Jessica Neuwirth, director of the Human Rights Program at Roosevelt House at Hunter College and the director of the Sisterhood Is Global Institute. She sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo protesting the U.S. stance on the Security Council resolution. We also speak with Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen.
Adam Schiff Calls Republicans Out
Adam Schiff Calls Republicans out for doing nothing about Russian Interference in the 2016 Election and lying by Trump and his associates
“My colleagues might think it’s OK that the Russians offered dirt on the Democratic candidate for president as part of what’s described as the Russian government’s effort to help the Trump campaign,” he said. “My colleagues might think it’s OK that when that was offered to the son of the president, who had a pivotal role in the campaign, that the son did not call the FBI, he did not adamantly refuse that foreign help — no, instead that son said he would ‘love’ the help with the Russians. You might think it was ok that he took that meeting. You might think it’s ok that Paul Manafort, the campaign chair, someone with great experience running campaigns, also took that meeting. You might think it’s ok that the president’s son-in-law also took that meeting. You might think it’s ok that they concealed it from the public. You might think it’s ok that their only disappointment after that meeting was that the dirt they received on Hillary Clinton wasn’t better. You might think it’s OK. I don’t.”
You might think it’s OK that [Flynn] secretly conferred with a Russian ambassador about undermining US sanctions & then lied about it to the FBI. You might say that’s all OK — that’s just what you have to do to win… I think it’s corrupt & evidence of collusion.
“You might think it’s OK that the president’s son-in-law sought to establish a secret back channel of communication with Russians through a Russian diplomatic facility,” he added. “I don’t think that’s OK. You might think it’s OK that an associate of the president made direct contact with the GRU through Guccifer 2.0 and WikiLeaks. You might think it’s OK that a senior campaign official was instructed to reach that associate and find out what that hostile intelligence agency had to say, in terms of dirt on his opponent. You might think it’s OK that the national security adviser-designate secretly conferred with a Russian ambassador about undermining U.S. sanctions, and you might think it’s OK he lied about it to the FBI. You might say that’s all OK, that that’s just what you need to do to win. But I don’t think it’s OK. I think it’s immoral, I think it’s unethical, I think it’s unpatriotic and, yes, I think it’s corrupt, and evidence of collusion.”
I do not think that conduct, criminal or not, is OK,” concluded Schiff. “The day we do think that’s OK is the day we will look back and say that is the day America lost its way.”
GOP Has Overreached In Calling For Adam Schiff To Resign
Intelligence committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., forcefully pushed back Thursday against House Republicans who are calling on him to resign. Joe Scarborough reacts to the GOP, saying the party has overreached and are defending the indefensible. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc
Trump campaign starts selling ‘Pencil-neck Adam Schiff’ t-shirts
President Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign is now selling “Pencil-Neck Adam Schiff” T-shirts, after Trump coined the new nickname at a rally in Michigan on Thursday. The shirt, which is on sale for $28, shows Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) with a pencil for a neck as well as a clown nose.
Trump’s History Of Praising Dictators
Video shows Trump defending accused wife abuser Rob Porter, accused child molester Roy Moore and Murderous Dictators such as Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz
Why Donald Trump is Obsessed with Dictators
Trump’s Outrageous Case for Dictatorship
Trump Loves Praising Dictators
Kim Jong Un is only the latest authoritarian that Donald Trump has professed his admiration for dictators.
Trump’s History Of Praising Dictators And Bad Mouthing Allies
While in Singapore, Trump heaped praise on Kim Jong-un, calling him “talented” and “smart.” This seems to be part of a pattern for the president, who praises autocratic leaders and bad mouths our democratic allies.
Trump Sides With Dictator Over Death of Otto Warmbier
Trump sides with Dictator Kim Jong Un over U.S. Intelligence regarding the death of college student Otto Warmbier.
Trump said Kim Jong Un was not responsible for the horrific injuries sustained by American student Otto Warmbier, who died shortly after being released from 17 months of detention in North Korea. Former UN ambassador Bill Richardson joins Hallie Jackson to discuss how it’s impossible that Kim Jong Un did not know.
North Korea ordered to pay $500 million in Otto Warmbier’s death
A federal judge in Washington, D.C, has ordered North Korea to pay the parents of Otto Warmbier in a wrongful death lawsuit.
Inside North Korea’s barbaric prisons
NORTH Korea’s barbaric prisons have been revealed as inmates disclose how they were routinely tortured and starved with some forced to dig their own graves.
Otto Warmbier Suffered Extensive Brain Damage, Coroner Confirms (Published 2017)
The college student, imprisoned for more than a year in North Korea, fell into a vegetative state after blood flow to his brain was cut off, according to a coroner’s report.
Trump Lies About Border Wall
Trump Caught in Lies About the Border Wall
Trump claims that a wall saved El Paso, Texas, from a violent crime epidemic. City officials paint a very different picture.
How Many Lies Did Trump Tell In His Immigration Speech?
Trumps averaged one false claim every 34 seconds in his speech on immigration
Trump Says The Wall Is Already Being Built
At his rally in Texas, Trump again repeated the claim that the border wall he promised Mexico would pay for is already under construction.
Cooper calls out Trump’s border security claim
CNN’s Anderson Cooper laughs at President Donald Trump’s statement that a new border wall is being built right now, stating the only new wall “sits on the border between much of what the President says and the facts.”
Immediately following his address to the nation on Tuesday evening, Fox News host Shepard Smith fact-checked Trump and called him out on all of the nonsensical lies that he told during the address.
Trump Lied about Mexico paying for his Campaign Slogan Wall
As a candidate Trump & his campaign explicitly said they expected Mexico to pay for a border wall, but as the shutdown wages on President Trump is saying something very different.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lies-fact-check-falsehood-inauguration-day-a8740721.html
With over 8,000 false and misleading statements since becoming president, NOTHING he says can be believed.
Federal Investigations Linked to Trump
Trump linked to 17 known investigations… here’s the list;
- Special Counsel: The Russian Government’s Election Attack
- Special Counsel: WikiLeaks
- Special Counsel: Middle Eastern influence
- Special Counsel: Paul Manafort
- Special Counsel: Trump Tower Moscow
- Special Counsel: Contacts with Russia
- Special Counsel: Obstructing Justice
- Southern District of New York: The Trump Organization’s finances
- U.S. Attorney for the SDNY: Funding for the inauguration
- U.S. Attorney for the SDNY: Where did the money for Trump SuperPAC Rebuilding America Now come from?
- U.S. Attorney for the SDNY: Foreign lobbying
- U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia: Russian agent Maria Butina
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia: Internet Research Agency chief accountant Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova
- U.S. Attorney for the EDV: Turkish influence
- New York and other attorney generals: New York Attorney General’s look into Trump’s taxes
- New York and other attorney generals: The Trump Foundation
- New York and other attorney generals: Maryland and D.C. Attorneys General subpoenaed Trump Organization records
Which Russians Are Allegedly Connected To President Donald Trump?
Was Russia and the Trump Campaign involved in a Quid Pro Quo?
Court Filings Show Donald Trump As Key Figure In Federal Investigations
Obstructing Justice
After taking office, Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to abandon the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election—which the FBI had already connected to Michael Flynn.
When Comey refused to alter course, Trump fired him.
Trump then admitted the firing was over “the Russia thing” in a televised interview. In a tweet months later, he stated that he “had to fire Michael Flynn because he lied to the FBI”— further affirming that he dismissed James Comey in an attempt to quash the FBI’s investigation.
Bottom line: Trump has repeatedly attempted to interfere in the Russia investigation, and admitted as much—that’s a clear case of obstructing justice.
Violating the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution
The Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits the president from accepting personal benefits from any foreign government or official.
Trump has retained his ownership interests in his family business while he is in office. Thus, every time a foreign official stays at a Trump hotel, or a foreign government approves a new Trump Organization project, or grants a trademark, Trump is in violation of the Constitution.
Advocating Violence and Undermining Equal Protection Under the Law
When Trump gave cover to the neo-Nazis who rioted in Charlottesville and murdered a protester, he violated his obligation to protect the citizenry against domestic violence.
When Trump encouraged police officers to rough up people they have under arrest, he violated his obligation to oversee faithful execution of the laws.
When Trump shared anti-Muslim content on Twitter, he violated his obligation to uphold equal protection of the laws.
This represents a pattern of disregard for some of the president’s basic responsibilities as defined by the Constitution.
Bottom line: Trump has demonstrated a pattern of behavior amounting to advocating violence, undercutting equal protection, and, as a result, failing basic Constitutional duties.
George Wallace: Donald Trump’s predecessor in attacking the media
Abusing the Pardon Power
President Trump’s decision to pardon Joe Arpaio amounted to an abuse of the pardon power that revealed his indifference to individual rights and equal protections.
Joe Arpaio was convicted for contempt of court after ignoring a court order that he stop detaining and searching people based on the color of their skin, which constitutes a violation of their rights.
Pardoning this conviction goes against the Fifth Amendment, which allows the judiciary to issue and enforce injunctions against government officials who flout individual rights.
Bottom line: Trump’s pardon of Joe Arpaio violates the Fifth Amendment and harms the guarantee of Constitutional rights.
Engaging in Conduct that Grossly Endangers the Peace and Security of the United States
High-ranking administration officials involved in foreign affairs have signaled that Trump does not have the capacity to make informed decisions in the event of a military crisis.
Even worse, his actions could spark a needless confrontation stemming from misunderstanding or miscalculation.
We see this in full effect every time Trump tweets or makes a public statement taunting and threatening the North Korean regime.
The president may be the “Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States,” but that does not give him the right to behave in reckless or wanton ways that put millions of lives at risk.
If he is unfit to perform his duties as Commander in Chief, he cannot be allowed to remain in the position.
Cruelly and Unconstitutionally Imprisoning Children and their Families
Enforcing its new “zero tolerance” policy, the Trump administration separated as many as 3,000 immigrant children from their parents at the southern border. This policy was meant to deter families from attempting to cross the border.
The children and their families have been held in internment camps and cages with what lawyers call “inhumane conditions”
Due to negligence, the Trump administration has no plan to reunite all children with their families, even deporting some parents while their children remain detained.
US Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump
U.S. intelligence agency officials went before Congress and contradicted Trump’s stances on ISIS, Iran and North Korea. They also warned about the interests between Russia and China
Trump shows ‘willful ignorance’ on intelligence
Citing multiple in-person episodes, intelligence officials say Trump displays what one called “willful ignorance” when presented with analyses generated by intelligence services. The officials describe futile attempts to keep his attention by using visual aids, confining some briefing points to two or three sentences, and repeating his name and title as frequently as possible.
What is most troubling, say these officials and others in government and on Capitol Hill who have been briefed on the episodes, are Trump’s angry reactions when he is given information that contradicts positions he has taken or beliefs he holds. Two intelligence officers even reported that they have been warned to avoid giving the President intelligence assessments that contradict stances he has taken in public.
Similarities between Trump and Richard Nixon
Trump and Richard Nixon: The similarities between two REPUBLICAN Presidents
Parallels Between Richard Nixon And Donald trump
Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss and Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief USA Today, give us their take on parallels between Richard Nixon and Donald Trump
Unlike Richard Nixon, Donald Trump Misconduct Piling Up In Full Public View
Rachel Maddow reviews the many ways that Americans have witnessed Donald Trump attempt to quash or otherwise undercut the special counsel investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign, unlike Richard Nixon, the full record of whose misdeeds were not publicly known until after his scandal had run its course.
Difference Between Nixon And Trump Is Nixon Was A Patriot
The Watergate scandal’s 50th anniversary on Friday echoes today’s Jan. 6 hearings, but Richard Nixon was a patriot compared to Donald Trump
Trump Refuses to do Anything About Khashoggi Murder
Trump signals US won’t punish Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi killing
Trump signaled that he will not take strong action against Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
John Berman slams Trump over Saudi response
CNN’s John Berman looks at President Donald Trump’s relationship with Saudi Arabia after the President signaled that he will not take strong action against Saudi Arabia or its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the death and dismemberment of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump defies CIA with lie about Saudi role in Khashoggi murder
Rachel Maddow reports on Donald Trump ignoring the CIA’s conclusion that Saudi Arabia and its ruler ordered the murder of U.S. resident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi and declaring his continued support for Saudi Arabia.
Trump’s Financial History With Saudi Arabia
Trump says the king of Saudi Arabia denies any involvement of the disappearance of journalist Jamal Kashoggi . But the president’s acceptance of the king’s denial is wrapped up in a long financial history with the country.
Trump and Republicans LYING about Pre-Existing Conditions
GOP Politicians Lie About Protecting Pre-Existing Conditions Protection
GOP Lies About Supporting Pre-Existing Conditions Protection
Republicans in tough reelection races are scrambling to show that they support protections for people with pre-existing conditions in the face of a wave of Democratic attacks on the issue.
During the final days of before the 2018 Election, Trump and Republicans has been engaging in BLATANT LYING about protecting Pre-existing conditions.
For years, Republican did everything possible to repeal the Affordable Care Act and take away people’s Health Care while DEMOCRATS fought to keep and provide Health Care.
Trump Providing Cover for Saudi Arabia over Murder of Reporter
Representative Eric Swalwell On President Donald Trump And Saudi Arabia
Trump defends Saudi Arabia and claims he has no financial ties to the country despite previously bragging about tens of millions he’s made from apartment purchases. Rep. Eric Swalwell tells Ali Velshi if Democrats win in November, they will investigate.
Some question if Trump is Providing Cover for Saudi Arabia because of financial interests over the Murder of Washington Post Reporter Khashoggi
Donald Trump, Saudis Seek ‘Mutually Agreeable Explanation’ In Killing
Pres. Trump and the Saudi royal family are searching for an explanation for Jamal Khashoggi’s killing that does not implicate Trump’s close ally, the Crown Prince, according to a report. Evelyn Farkas explains why Trump “doesn’t care” about the killing.
Fmr CIA Dir.: Khashoggi Scandal Will Be The Downfall Of Mohammad Bin
John Brennan discusses the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi’s, the Saudi government’s involvement, the U.S. response and the U.S.-Saudi relationship
Republicans Are For The $RICH$
Why Tax Breaks For the Rich Don’t Create Jobs
Republicans tax cuts which benefit the RICH show how Republicans are bought and paid for by the RICH and only care about the RICH
Trump’s leaked speech about making the rich even richer. Behind closed doors, he tells his billionaire friends he’ll make them even richer.
Trump will cut taxes for billionaires and stick you with the bill.
Trump Promises to Keep Billionaires Taxes Low
REPUBLICAN Ron DeSantis LOWERS Minimum Wage In Florida
Larry Elder Thinks California’s Minimum Wage Should Be $0 an Hour
The gubernatorial recall candidate said in an interview that the state’s workers guaranteed a base pay of zilch
REPUBLICAN Candidate for Governor of California, Larry Elder thinks California’s Minimum Wage should be $0 an Hour
President Harry Truman explains the difference between Republicans & Democrats at the 1948 Democratic Convention
REPUBLICAN Senator Ron Johnson caught Protecting the RICH
KEVIN MCCARTHY & REPUBLICANS ARE FOR THE RICH!
How Tax Breaks Helps the RICH
Republicans are Corporate Boot-lickers who pander to the RICH
The above video exposes how Republicans are hypocrites who engage in, and condone Socialism for the Rich in the form of corporate bails-outs, tax payer funded sports stadiums, farm subsidies (22 billion in 2019 when Trump was President), but harsh “pull yourself by up by your own bootstraps” Capitalism for everyone else.
Mitch McConnell Makes Shocking Admission That Wealthy Donors Own Republican Senators
Republican Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a piece of legislation that would ban publicly-traded companies from spending money on politics, and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is absolutely furious. According to reports, McConnell snapped at Hawley during a Republican lunch meeting this week, and McConnell reminded Hawley that without big money donors they wouldn’t have seats in the Senate. This is a clear admission that wealthy donors are buying seats for Republicans.
Secrets the Rich don’t Want You to Know
Video shows how Reaganomics and tax breaks for the rich don’t work. Paul Ryan and Republicans are Bought and Paid for by the Rich.
Republicans Plan To EXPLODE The Deficit With New Tax Cuts For Rich
The new Republican tax cut plan, written by Vern Buchanan, would add $3.5 TRILLION to the deficit and would be a historic wealth transfer from the working class. May 25, 2023
Republicans Tax Cut Is a Scam which only benefits the Rich, doesn’t help create jobs and is the worst domestic policy legislation in a lifetime
Who gains and who loses under the GOP’s tax bill
GOP Tax Bill Is Biggest Transfer To The Wealthy In U.S. History
President Trump doesn’t want his voters to know what’s in the GOP Tax bill because it is exactly the opposite of what he campaigned for and is the biggest transfer of wealth to the richest Americans in U.S. history.
Trump’s claims that he would not benefit under the GOP Tax plan is a lie as shown in the above video.
GOP Like ‘Pigs At The Trough’ Of Donald Trump’s Tax Bill
Lawrence O’Donnell compares the behavior of Republican Senators who will be enriched by the Trump-GOP tax bill to Senators he worked with who would have been “embarrassed” by serving special interests.
Americans brace for fallout from GOP tax bill: corporations happy
The concerns that Americans are facing now that Republicans have passed their tax bill, and the new windfall banks and telecoms are eager to enjoy.
Mitch McConnell: Bought and paid for by Special Interest Lobbyists
Sherrod Brown Exposes GOP Tax Bill Dirty Secrets
Sherrod Brown blasts the GOP Tax Cuts
Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown calls out Republicans “War on Workers”
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law
That’s peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save.
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions
Ben & Jerry explains in simple terms who benefits from Trump / GOP Tax Bill and how those cuts effect much needed programs which benefit the poor and middle class
Corporate BOOTLICKER Sean Hannity Whines About The Rich Paying Taxes
Fox Anchor STUNNED When She Suddenly Realizes The GOP Lies For Greed
ADDING ANOTHER 1.5 TRILLION TO THE DEBT IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF REPUBLICANS
An Anti-Growth Tax Cut | National Review
Republicans’ proposed $1.5 trillion tax cut is irresponsible and anti-growth.
The National Review and other Conservative publications confirm… adding another 1.5 TRILLION to the debt is IRRESPONSIBLE, especially at a time when tax cuts aren’t needed. We currently have record low UN-employment and a booming economy.
HERE’S THE REAL REASON WHY REPUBLICANS WANT TO THROW THE MIDDLE CLASS, POOR AND SENIORS UNDER THE BUS
Koch network ‘piggy banks’ closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform
Koch officials said that the network’s midterm budget for policy and politics is between $300m and $400m, but donors are demanding legislative progress
Why doesn’t Republicans Care that the Majority of Americans Oppose their Tax Bill?
Thanks to a combination of gerrymandering, voter-suppression techniques, and a seemingly endless amount of campaign contributions, which can be used to tell voters the GOP’s tax bill is the opposite of what it actually is, Republicans may have convinced themselves they can win elections, en masse, whether voters approve of their records or not. They can do as they please because, in their minds, the consent of the governed is now little more than an annoying, irrelevant detail.
Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown Slams Tax Cuts For Wealthy
Sen. Chuck Schumer Explains the GOP Tax Scam
A new Institute for Policy Studies analysis of major US corporations paying less than 20 percent of earnings in federal corporate income taxes shows that more than half cut jobs since 2008 and increased CEO pay to more than $13 million. Among the companies that slashed jobs? Well their CEOs made more – $15 million.
Video explains how Republicans exploded the debt, starting with Ronald Reagan to give tax breaks to the rich.
https://shareblue.com/it-just-seems-wrong-gop-rep-admits-tax-scam-he-voted-for-rips-off-working-people/
Rep. Tom Cole knows the GOP tax scheme will hurt working Americans — but his colleagues told him to vote for it anyway. So he did.
There’s not much to like about the GOP tax scheme. The bill, drafted hurriedly and under the cover of darkness, is wildly unpopular among the American people and economists alike, with little to offer other than corporate giveaways and tax cuts for the rich.
But that didn’t stop Republicans like Rep. Tom Cole from voting for it — even though he admitted in a recent interview that “it just seems wrong” that the scam is, quite simply, a massive giveaway to the rich paid for by working class Americans.
Speaking with CNBC, Cole conceded that he’s not much of a “deep economic thinker” and didn’t pay much attention to those fancy tax analyses conducted by non-partisan agencies, almost all of which excoriated the bill for increasing the federal deficit without boosting economic growth.
“He doesn’t know what the models are,” CNBC noted, “but doesn’t worry much about that.”
Instead of turning to things like evidence and numbers, Cole relied on his GOP colleagues to tell him how to vote on the bill, which delivers massive tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans but offers little else for the rest of the population. Cole likes the way his colleagues think, and it was apparently easier to listen to their reassurances than to grapple with all those pesky facts and figures.
Per the above article; The fossil fuel industry is a poster child for corporate welfare.
“Federal subsidies and tax breaks prop up fossil fuel development, even when drilling projects should be too expensive to turn a profit. Below-market leasing rates, royalties and fees subsidize oil and gas companies, encouraging them to exploit our public lands and leaving taxpayers on the hook for the environmental damage.
In the “Build Back Better” Act, Congress has an opportunity to make oil and gas corporations play by the same rules as everyone else. The House has included common-sense oil and gas reforms in its version of the bill, and the Senate should follow suit.
Taxpayers should get a fair return from oil and gas companies that drill on publicly owned lands and waters. The House bill would make this change. Right now, these polluters pay below-market rates to extract resources that belong to all Americans.
The federal government’s current 12.5% royalty rate for onshore drilling was established by the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920. It has not been updated for more than a century, even where technological advances have reduced the financial risk of drilling. By contrast, states are far more aggressive in ensuring their taxpayers are not ripped off — even states that tend to be friendly to fossil fuel companies — with Wyoming and Utah collecting about 17% in royalties and Texas going as high as 25%.
Modernizing the federal royalty rate would provide huge benefits to Americans. Taxpayers lost out on more than $12 billion over the past decade because polluters weren’t paying fair market rates for drilling on public lands and waters, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Recovering these dollars would enable Congress to allocate more money to other programs in the bill, including those that protect the environment and make it easier for families to afford the rising costs of childcare, pre-K and higher education.
The House’s Build Back Better Act also closes a legal loophole that leaves taxpayers, instead of oil and gas companies, on the hook for cleaning up shut-down wells. Under the current requirements, the bonding coverage that polluters purchase up front to make sure environmental remediation costs are paid doesn’t come close to covering the actual cleanup costs. In effect, that means that oil and gas companies can profit off pollution, then leave taxpayers to deal with the mess they leave behind”.
Republicans War On The Poor and Working Families
Robert Reich connects the dots to expose Republicans War on the Poor and Working Families including their opposition to minimum wage, unemployment insurance, food stamps and more.
Republicans are constantly demonizing the poor by claiming their lazy and don’t work. Millions of people who are poor work full time in low paying jobs, such as those in the food service industry at places like McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc. Just because these jobs are low paying doesn’t mean they are not important. We couldn’t function as a society if no one was willing to work these jobs.
The above video exposes how Republicans are hypocrites who engage in, and condone Socialism for the Rich in the form of corporate bails-outs, tax payer funded sports stadiums, farm subsidies (22 billion in 2019 when Trump was President), but harsh “pull yourself by up by your own bootstraps” Capitalism for everyone else.
Republicans are demanding stricter work requirements in the debt ceiling fight, which also include GOP demands for cuts targeting the poor. “You’re taking people off of SNAP, off of food stamps, and Medicaid,” MSNBC’s Ali Velhi tells Joy Reid. “What kind of country is looking to have fewer people have enough.”
Fox Guest Compares Poor People To Dogs Who Are Only Obedient When They’re Hungry
A Fox News guest this past week may have accidentally let the cat out of the bag when he said that poor people have it too good by receiving extended unemployment benefits, then drew a parallel to military dogs who are only obedient to commands when they are hungry. This is what the Right wants for America – a country so starving and desperate that they will do anything their masters ask them to do.
House Republicans tried to pass H.R. 5003, misleadingly titled “Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016”, a bill which would inevitably take free school lunches away from poor schools and children.
The bill was introduced by Indiana Republican Todd Rokita and would have affected up to 50,000 students just in his home state alone.
REPUBLICAN Mitch McConnell Blocks Program To Give Poor Students Free School Lunches
Mitch McConnell and his Republican followers in the Senate are currently blocking an extension of a federal waiver program that would allow more children to receive free school meals. This comes as nearly half of the population of McConnell’s own state, Kentucky, would benefit from the legislation. This is pure evil coming from Republicans, as they have no other motivations than wanting people to hurt. Mar 9, 2022
Republicans voted to cut 39 Billion Dollars from the Food Stamp program, but have no problem giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
Republican Florida Senator Rick Scott wants to Tax the Poor plus eliminate Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as shown in the above interview with FOX NEWS John Roberts
Republicans Tax Hike On Poor People Exposed
Republican Senator Rick Scott’s “agenda” for the Republican Party is blowing up in their faces, and now the Party is in full panic mode as it has been revealed that Scott’s plan would raise taxes on the bottom 40% of income earners by about $1,000 per year. Running on a platform of raising taxes on the most vulnerable citizens is never a winning strategy, but Scott thought that he knew better than Mitch McConnell and his arrogance could sink his Party in November. Mar 9, 2022
Rick Scott Forced To Lie About His Tax Plan After It Blows Up In His Face
Republican Senator Rick Scott is now trying to lie his way out of his plan to raise taxes on low income Americans, and he’s claiming that this was never part of his plan. However, it is clear as day in the plan as Scott prepared it, and no amount of creative talking and linguistic gymnastics are going to be able to change the fact that this is what he wanted to do.
Avlon calls out GOP senator for denial on Fox
Rick Scott Lies to Sean Hannity About Tax Hikes In His Plan. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) proposed a plan to raise income taxes on Americans who don’t pay them currently, and then denied it in an interview on Fox.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a typical Republican who wants to cut Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid.
Republicans in the US Senate voted to cut funding from Medicare and Medicaid in order to help fund their 2 TRILLION tax cuts for the rich. They are taking away healthcare from the needy in order to give more money to the greedy.
A new study shows that despite the makers vs. takers rhetoric pushed by many Republicans, red states are the most dependent on government programs.
Republicans Don’t Care about the Poor
Paul Ryan’s attitude about poor people is typical of most Republicans. His idea of helping the poor is to completely eliminate food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid.
Paul Ryan frequently talks about “taker & makers”. If anyone is a “taker”, it’s Paul Ryan and Republican politicians who’s been on the public dole their entire life and does nothing to help average Joe Americans.
Paul Ryan has been dreaming about cutting Medicaid Since College
REPUBLICAN Paul Ryan stated; “The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it would be Ayn Rand .” That’s freshly minted GOP vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan talking — statements he would eventually recant — at a party celebrating what would have been the prolific author’s 100th birthday…”. Did Rand, a libertarian darling, idolize serial killer Walter Edward Hickman?
Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty agenda is a SHAM. His idea of helping the poor is to completely eliminate food stamps, social security, medicare and medicaid.
ALL Republicans are in principle against government programs and Paul Ryan is no different. They vilify government programs by calling them “socialism” and “communism”.
GOP gets ‘down the block’ tough
The Nation’s John Nichols and Sen. Jeff Merkley join to discuss the GOP’s new faux tough-guy attitude, and how it’s hurting countless Americans.
Republicans voted to cut 39 Billion Dollars from the Food Stamp program, but have no problem giving tax breaks to the wealthy.
Congress dithers while Americans go hungry
Millions of Americans struggle to put food on the table while Congress struggles to negotiate a farm bill linked to SNAP
Food stamp cuts to create ‘hunger cliff’
About 47 million poor people are about to have less to eat — and the worst may still be coming.
Trump Wants To Replace Food Stamps With Food Boxes
Rep. Jack Kingston, who is running in Georgia’s senate primary, attacked the poor in a recent conversation with supporters.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT ADMITTED HE WASN’T CONCERNED ABOUT THE POOR
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said that he’s “not concerned about the very poor,” citing the social safety net in place for that segment of the populace and adding that he’s focused on the middle class”.
Mitt Romney admits he is not concerned about the poor — not long after he tried to convince a crowd he was.
This chart shows where all of the money is going. There would be plenty of money for Healthcare and to help the Poor if so much wasn’t being wasted on the military.
Since 2001, the United States has been spending 900 Million a week in Afghanistan. Republicans has no problem spending trillions on the military, bombs and wars, but they want to cut programs like food stamps, medicare, social security, etc which benefits regular Americans and the poor.
Pentagon buries evidence of $125 billion in bureaucratic waste
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending.
Republicans have no problem spending trillions of dollars on the military and wars, but they want to cut programs like food stamps, medicare, social security, etc which benefits regular Americans and the poor.
As shown in the above graph, the United States spends more on the military than Russia, China, the UK and 11 more countries COMBINED.
Our military should be used for the DEFENSE of this country only and unless we are attacked, all troops should be brought home… no more using our troops to police the world.
Unnecessary wars, trillions wasted on the military and Tax Breaks for the Rich is why we’re trillions in debt and have crumbling infrastructure.
You don’t see ISIS attacking countries like Sweden because they mind their own business. If we had minded our own business since WW II and not gotten involved in wars in View Nam, Afghanistan, Iraq, etc we wouldn’t be trillions of dollars in debt and have crumbling infrastructure.
Congressman Who Gets Millions In Farm Subsidies: Food Stamps Stealing ‘Other People’s Money – Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN) agitated against food aid for poor Americans included in the Farm Bill during last week’s House Agricultural Committee debate, accusing the government of stealing “other people’s money.” Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has already been decimated in both the House and Senate versions of the Farm Bill, cutting off nearly 2 million working families, children, and seniors from food assistance.
Fincher invoked the Bible in his defense of the devastating cuts, quoting, “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat.” Read the whole story here
Congressman Quotes Jesus In Bid To Gut Food Stamps
While Republican Stephen Fincher cites chapter and verse to prove that it is immoral for out of work folks to mooch off government largesse, he fails to mention that his own fingers have been observed in the public till.
Farm Subsidy Recipients Who Voted to Cut Food Stamps
http://www.alternet.org/10-farm-subsidy-recipients-who-voted-cut-food-stamps
GOP’s definition of freedom means freedom from Social Security and affordable Health Care for most families and even freedom from necessary food-assistance benefits for about 170,000 veterans.
Republicans Take Hypocritical Stance In Food Stamp Debate
House Agriculture Committee Republicans who vocally supported billions in cuts to federal food assistance are big-time recipients of government help in the form of farm subsidies.
Reps. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) and Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) both cited the Bible last week to argue that while individual Christians have a responsibility to feed the poor, the federal government does not.
The Fincher That Stole Food Stamps
The second most heavily subsidized farmer in Congress said Washington should not “steal” from taxpayers to support food assistance like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — better known as food stamps.
Republicans are for “welfare for the Wealthy” and they want to continue spending trillions on the military. We should cut military spending in half and in doing so there would enough money to take care of All Americans, including the homeless.
Cutting assistance to the poor is in direct opposition to Christ’s teachings.
Matthew 25:40 says “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me”.
Matthew 25:31-46 says “For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’’
Republicans constantly site the bible to rationalize their every day actions, but are hypocrites by doing everything possible to take away assistance to the poor.
Cutting assistance to the poor is in direct violation of Christ’s teachings. Republican Christian Religious Fanatics are some of the biggest hypocrites in the world.
Republicans are Enemies Of the Poor and Middle Class
If you make less that $30,000 a year you would be crazy to vote for Republicans. Like Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney said” I’m not concerned about the poor”.
Republicans REFUSE to increase taxes on the rich but want to increase taxes on the poor. There are many corporations which pays no taxes at all and Republicans refuse to do anything about it. Republicans are protectors of the rich and do not care about the middle class and the poor.
If you have any low income republican friends, try to make them understand they are being used and they need to STOP voting for republicans.
Republicans want to take away Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Don’t let them! ALL Republicans should be fired
