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Fb1
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 10:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

DefSec Mattis went to GITMO yesterday (first visit by a Pentagon chief in 16 years) and met with our troops.

VP Pence made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan today and met with our troops.

Interesting timing.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 11:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And Fox News had b-roll of Marines doing cold-weather training in South Korea.

Mention there was "anthrax-tipped missiles".

Now, for Soros/0bama/et al - do you think the Dems will openly protest? Or will they be smart enough to realize the danger of self-incrimination, and the whole thing will get glossed over in the media because of it?

I missed it - what CEO stepped down?
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Aesquire
Posted on Thursday, December 21, 2017 - 11:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's almost certain that Obama will get a pass. Unlike many countries that kill off their deposed leaders, we've gone hundreds of years without going that way.

Murdered them, killed them in duels, had them die after giving insanely long speeches in freezing rain, yeah. But never arrested and imprisoned one.

As Much as Barry probably deserves to go to Gitmo for the rest of his unnatural life, it's not going to happen.

Soros, OTOH...... That could happen.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 12:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

So...WHY have we never tracked these stats before?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/departments-justice -and-homeland-security-release-data-incarcerated-a liens-94-percent-all

Just....wow.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 12:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Another stat Tucker was talking about - apparently 22% of all inmates in federal pens...are illegals.

1 in 5.

Why are we (you and me, taxpayers) paying to keep these people alive? SEND THEM HOME.
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 12:57 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I missed it - what CEO stepped down?


quote:

Eric Schmidt stepping down from Alphabet - Business Insider
Dec. 21, 2017

Eric Schmidt announced Thursday that he would resign as executive chairman of Google's parent company, Alphabet. Schmidt will remain on Alphabet's board and serve as a technical adviser to the company. He's been with the company since 2001 and was previously Google's CEO.



http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-schmidt-steppi ng-down-from-alphabet-2017-12

(Message edited by fb1 on December 22, 2017)
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Sifo
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 08:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Just....wow.

So in a nutshell... someone who ignores immigration laws, is likely to ignore other laws too.

Do you want to see my shocked face? This is just another example of Trump saying what's obvious, and getting slammed by the "educated elite" of the left.
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Rick_a
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 08:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Indoctrinated and sycophantic elite, perhaps. What passes for education these days appears to allow for no small amount of artistic expression.
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's almost certain that 0bama will get a pass... As Much as Barry probably deserves to go to Gitmo for the rest of his unnatural life, it's not going to happen.

I'm inclined to disagree. Among many other traits, P45 seems to be a stickler for justice. If zero is found guilty of the crime, I expect he'll do the time.


Soros, OTOH...... That could happen.

Depending on what one reads (and depending on the level of credence to put into such reads) he may already be in custody.
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Indoctrinated and sycophantic elite, perhaps. What passes for education these days appears to allow for no small amount of artistic expression.

Two major problems in this country that contribute mightily to the above:

1) Corrupt education system.
2) Corrupt mainstream media.

President Trump is aggressively addressing both issues. The indoctrination can't be completely undone in eight years, but we can sure make a significant dent in it.

As a possibly related aside: It's interesting to note that Erik Prince and Betsy DeVos are brother and sister...
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What passes for education these days appears to allow foropen interpretation of fact.

Fixed it for ya

As for Barry...I doubt the left will allow it. There would be SUCH a shitstorm surrounding an indictment, nothing could progress. You think the left and right are at war NOW? Imagine this in biblical terms - Barry is their savior. Their Jesus.

Take him to Calvary Hill and see how THAT goes in today's society.
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Oh Dear – Trail of Russian Dossier Origination Now Directly Leads to The 0bama White House
Sundance, December 21, 2017

Several new developments happening today center around the FBI’s use of the Christopher Steele dossier in gaining FISA warrants to wiretap and monitor the 2016 campaign of Donald Trump i.e. "The Trump Project." Doug Ross continues to update the ongoing conspiracy timeline – SEE HERE. And that timeline just gained a big addition from a recently discovered visitor to the White House.



Source, more: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/21/oh -dear-trail-of-russian-dossier-origination-now-dir ectly-leads-to-the-obama-white-house/
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 09:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

President Trump's formal schedule was open yesterday afternoon; his visit to Walter Reed Memorial Hospital came as a surprise to all:


quote:

President Trump Christmas Visit to Recovering Troops at Walter Reed Hospital
Dec. 21, 2017

BETHESDA, Md. — President Donald Trump paid a holiday visit Thursday to wounded service members at Walter Reed National Medical Center, hailing them as “some of the bravest people anywhere in the world.”

During his visit, the president awarded the Purple Heart to 1st Lt. Victor Prato of the 127th Airborne Engineer Battalion, who was injured last month while deployed in Afghanistan.





Prato, 25, of Somers, New York, suffered multiple soft tissue injuries following a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device blast, according to the White House.


quote:

Today, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump presented the Purple Heart to an American Hero, at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

--Dan Scavino, Jr. - Dec 21, 2017



https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/9439637796578 83648



quote:

One of the most powerful moments of my life watching @POTUS give the Purple Heart to this American Hero. Amazed by the strength and resilience of the men and women in our Armed Forces.

-- Sarah Sanders, PressSec - Dec 21, 2017



https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/94396059008256 0003


“One of the most powerful moments of my life watching @POTUS give the Purple Heart to this American Hero,” wrote press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Twitter, where she posted a photo of Prato. “Amazed by the strength and resilience of the men and women in our Armed Forces.”

Trump also met with other sick and injured service members from all branches of the Armed Forces, Sanders said.

President Trump told reporters as he was leaving the White House en route to the medical center that he was going to “say hello to some of the bravest people anywhere in the world.”

“We’re just going to wish them a Merry Christmas, a happy New Year,” he said. “We love those people.”


Raw video, no audio:



https://youtu.be/6i7SLWf-eYU



https://youtu.be/Os61_cZzjGE



MAGA.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 10:03 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The only thing that worries me (on the grand scale) is getting the American people to hear, and understand, exactly what went on. As a herd, the populace is indoctrinated by the MSM, and by political rhetoric, and have for so long been INSULATED from the truth, that even if it does start to see the light of day in the MSM...will they buy it? Will they understand?

And the step before that - what if it DOESN'T get into the MSM? Not everyone watches Fox News. The majority of people - if the MSM doesn't change tune or start telling truth - simply won't hear about this stuff. Those who do, will think it some sort of fringe insanity conspiracy wacko stuff.
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Sifo
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

As for Barry...I doubt the left will allow it. There would be SUCH a shitstorm surrounding an indictment, nothing could progress. You think the left and right are at war NOW? Imagine this in biblical terms - Barry is their savior. Their Jesus.

It depends on how it's handled. If Trump tells the DOJ to investigate BO, it will be a biblical shitstorm. If the DOJ, as a result of swamp draining, reexamines evidence, and finds reason to reopen investigations because that's what the evidence demands, it's much more difficult to bury the DOJ in that shitstorm.

As for the previous occupier of the White House now being tied to improprieties in the investigation of Trump, it's really not very surprising. The weaponization of ALL departments of our government is evidence of direction from above. The only thing that has kept it from becoming obvious to the public is a corrupt media and corrupt DOJ. Some of that is seeing a turning of the tides.
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 12:35 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Epic:

quote:

@POTUS delivers. Tax cuts signed. Economy booming. America winning again!

-- Sarah Sanders, PressSec, 11:27 AM - Dec 22, 2017



^ https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/94424309121255 4240




quote:

@POTUS Trump promised tax cuts by Christmas and President Trump delivered. Millions of working families will head into the holiday season knowing real relief is just around the corner. A historic achievement - and we are just getting started.

-- Vice-President Mike Pence, 11:41 AM - Dec 22, 2017



^ https://twitter.com/VP/status/944246447725273093




https://youtu.be/VPuE29XAKBs



MAGA
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 02:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

President Trump Signs Tax Bill in Oval Office, December 22, 2017:



https://youtu.be/7keZTcdouoY



quote:

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Thank you very much for being here, and Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Have great holidays.

We are going to sign some very important things today. One is a continuing resolution that very importantly gives us the right, and we are ordering $4 billion worth of missile defense equipment and missiles themselves. Very important. Top of the line. Best in the world. We make the best military product in the world, and nobody is even close.

And so we’re ordering $4 billion worth of missile defense, and that will be done by signing right here and also by notifying the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate, designating the missile defense as emergency defense fund. So it’s $4 billion for that and $700 million for various other military forms of equipment. And I’m very honored to be doing that. Our military has been doing a fantastic job in so many ways, with ISIS. And everything they’re touching lately has been working out. So we’re signing that.

(The document is signed.)

This is the letter to Mitch McConnell and, separately, to Paul Ryan, authorizing that having to do with missile defense. Very important. So that’s being done today, and that’s going to be sent out.

And then, when I watched the news — as you know, we had the largest tax cuts in our history just approved. And I was going to wait for a formal signing sometime in early January, but then I watched the news this morning and they were all saying, “Will he keep his promise? Will he sign it by Christmas?” You were one. But will he sign it by Christmas?” And I called downstairs, I said, I get it ready; we have to sign it now. We were going to wait until January 7th or 8th and do a big, formal ceremony, but every one of the networks was saying, “Will he keep his promise? Will he sign it before Christmas?” And so I immediately called, I said, let’s get it ready.

As you know, $3.2 trillion in tax cuts for American families, including the doubling of the standard deduction and the doubling of the Child Tax Credit. The typical family of four earning $75,000 will see an income tax cut of more than $2,000 — many much higher than that — slashing their tax bill in half. And they’re going to start to see that. Because we’re signing today, they’re going to start to see that in February. The numbers will speak.

One of the big things that happened — you have some companies. I want to thank AT&T, who actually was the first out of the box, and Boeing, and Sinclair, and Wells Fargo, and Comcast — even though they own NBC, which is not so nice to the presidency or the President. But Comcast also. They all have made tremendous contributions to their employees and tremendous contributions to spending money on this country because of the tax bill. And they all said it’s because of the tax bill. So they’re making tremendous investments. That means jobs; it means a lot of things. And we’re very happy. So that’s AT&T, Boeing, Sinclair, Wells Fargo, Comcast, and now many other companies who you see. In fact, just this morning, I see three more companies came on.

A friend of mine, Bob Kraft, called me last night, and he said this tax bill is incredible. He owns the New England Patriots, but he’s in the paper business too. And he said, based on this tax bill, he just wanted to let me know that he’s going to buy a big plant in the great state of North Carolina, and he’s going to build a tremendous paper mill there, or paper products plant.

And I’ve had many calls such as that, where people that are entrepreneurs, people in businesses, they’re going out and they’re going to buy, frankly, factories that are closed, abandoned, and now they’re not going to be abandoned any longer. This is having an even bigger impact, faster than I thought.

The corporate tax rate, as you know, will be lowered from 35 to 21 percent. That means that more products will be made in the USA. A lot of things are going to be happening in the USA. We’re going to bring back our companies. They’ve already started coming back. I think they had certain confidence in me and they figured we were going to get this done. But they have already started.

Something very important to me — the family farmers and small-business owners who lost their business because of the estate tax. Most of them won’t have any estate tax to pay. It will be a great thing for their families. You can leave your farm to your family. You could leave your business, your small business to your family — not even so small, because the numbers are pretty big here. So they’ll be exempt from having to pay an estate tax, which will be tremendous. They’ll keep their farms and their businesses in the family.

Businesses will be able to deduct 100 percent of the cost of their capital investments in the year the investment is made. That’s called expensing. And to do one-year expensing, I think, is going to be one of the biggest things in the bill, frankly. I think people are going to go out and absolutely go wild over expensing. Bob Kraft mentioned that last night in his telephone call. The fact that they can expense — do one-year expensing is a fantastic asset.

Historic small-business tax cuts and pass-throughs now are made really, really good for the business owner. They’re hiring people. I see it on television. Im reading about it all over where people are hiring a lot of people right now to go to work. The small-business tax cut and the pass-throughs are now really incentivizing people.

We’re going to bring back probably $4 trillion from overseas. Nobody knows the exact number, but its massive. It will be over $3 trillion; it could be $5 trillion. But its a tremendous amount of money that was caught overseas that the bureaucracy plus the tax laws didn’t allow it to reasonably be brought back into our country. So we think at least $4 trillion is going to be brought back.

And if you look at that, its going to be brought back right under the code. This is something that Republicans wanted for years and Democrats wanted for years, and yet it never got done. Who would object to trillions of dollars being brought back into our country? Nobody. But it never got done. Now its being done.

And the bottom line is, this is the biggest tax cuts and reform in the history of our country. This is bigger than, actually, President Reagans many years ago. Im very honored by it.

In addition, we have ANWR — we’re opening up ANWR for drilling. They’ve tried to get that for 40 years. They’ve tried to get that even during the Reagan administration. They could never get it. That alone would be a big bill if that ever happened, but that’s even part of this.

And we have, of course, the individual mandate, which is a very unfair and very unpopular provision, as you know, in Obamacare. Essentially, I think it ultimately leads to the end of Obamacare. Essentially, I think Obamacare is over because of that, and we’re going to come up with something that’s really going to be very good.

But the individual mandate was very unfair because you’re basically saying, pay for something in order not to have to get healthcare. So you’re paying — you’re paying not to have to have healthcare. It was very unfair. Many people thought it should have been overturned in the Supreme Court. It didn’t quite make it. Almost — but didn’t quite make it. But now we’re overturning the individual mandate, the most unpopular thing in Obamacare. Very, very unfair.

So this is the bill right here, and we’re very proud of it. Its going to be a tremendous thing for the American people. Its going to be fantastic for the economy. Its going to keep companies from leaving our shores and opening up in other countries. They are very dis-incentivized to do that. Theres not — a lot of not a sense to do that. You do that, and I don’t think you’re going to be running your company very well.

So whats happening is we’re going to sign this. This is a little picture of it. It fits nicely in the box. I said, take it out of the box because people have to see.

And all of this — everything in here — is really tremendous things for businesses, for people, for the middle class, for workers. And I consider this very much a bill for the middle class and a bill for jobs. And jobs are produced through companies and corporations, and you see that happening. Corporations are literally going wild over this, I think even beyond my expectations, so far beyond my expectations.

So Ill sign this today rather than having a very big formal ceremony in two weeks when we were going to do it, because I didn’t want you folks to say that I wasnt keeping my promise. I am keeping my promise. Im signing it before Christmas. I said that the bill would be on my desk before Christmas, and you are holding me literally to that, so we did a rush job today. Its not fancy, but its the Oval Office. Its the great Oval Office.

And just to conclude: Our country is doing very well. We’ve tremendously cut regulations. Legislative approvals, for which Im given no credit in the mainstream media — we have, I believe, its 88, which is number one in the history of our country. Second now is Harry Truman. Harry Truman had more legislative approvals than any other President and — a record long held. And we beat him on legislative approvals, for which I get no credit.

A lot of people say he needed this because he has had no legislative approvals. Well, if you look at VA Accountability Act and so many other bills having to do with the VA; having to do with the military; having to do with many things — we have more legislative victories than any other President, not including this. But this is the capper because this is, again, the biggest tax cut, the biggest reform of all time.

So its an honor to have you with us, and we will sign this right now. This is something Im very proud of. Great for our country, great for the American people. Thank you all.

(The bill is signed.)

THE PRESIDENT: So we wont do the whole thing, but this is basically what it is. That’s your bill.

And I want to thank some people in particular that aren’t here, because, again, we expected a formal ceremony in two weeks. But Mitch McConnell has been fantastic, worked so hard. He would speak at 3:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the morning. And we would speak whenever we had to speak. But he worked so hard.

And the exact same thing can be said for Paul Ryan. They are very proud of this, and we’re already seeing the results. And as I said long before — long ahead of schedule. Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, thank you very much.

Orrin Hatch, the Chairman, made a beautiful speech the other day in front of the White House, an absolutely brilliant, beautiful speech. And we appreciated it, and I appreciated it. Hardworking.

Kevin Brady, I don’t think he slept for months. Its almost like that’s all he did was this.

Mike Enzi, Senator Enzi. Diane Black. Rob Portman — the group of Rob Portman. Rob worked so hard; so knowledgeable on the subject. Pat Toomey, likewise. Tim Scott, likewise. John Thune, likewise. These people worked so hard. And I don’t know if they’re given the proper credit.

And the whole Senate — when I say the Senate, unfortunately the Republicans in the Senate. Democrats don’t like tax cuts. They want to raise your taxes; they don’t want to lower your taxes. They want to raise your taxes, and they want to spend money foolishly on things that we don’t need, in many cases.

So we’re cutting taxes, we’re taking care of our military, and we’re taking care of people. And we’re really doing a job on jobs.

So these folks have been so fantastic that I had to call them up — and plenty of others, believe me. Republicans in the House and Republicans in the Senate have been incredible. So this is what we get. We had it, it was set to go. As soon as I get back from Christmas, where we’ll be working in Florida — I’ll be working very hard during that Christmas because we have many things we’re talking about, including North Korea, including a lot of things happening in the Middle East, as you know.

We’ve made tremendous strides — obviously in Syria, with ISIS. We’ve taken back virtually all of the caliphate, all of the land. Same thing in Iraq. And we’re making tremendous strides — it’s sort of the unwritten story right now. But since my speech on Afghanistan, we’re making tremendous progress, tremendous strides. We’ve opened it up and it’s a whole different world in Afghanistan, I can tell you that.

So I’ll be working very hard over the holidays. Again, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas. I have some beautiful pens over here. And because all of these folks are either continuing to work down the road or getting ready to leave — and I’m sure they’ll be working very hard also — I think I’m probably going to hand some of them to the press. The media — would any of the media like any of — oh, look at these camera guys. But I think we’ll do that. So we have them.

Many of you have worked very hard. Many of you have worked very, very fairly, and we really appreciate that. So here you go folks. You want the box with it, or not? Huh?

Q Mr. President, can you talk a little bit about how much you’ll travel to sell this tax bill?

THE PRESIDENT: I don’t think I’m going to have to travel too much to sell it. I think it’s selling itself. It’s becoming very popular, but I think it will really — you’ll see something on February 1st, when they open up the paycheck. That’s when you’re going to start to see it. Because by signing it now, it kicks in for this year.

Remember, if we didn’t make a certain date, it wouldn’t kick in until next year; meaning, the following year — ’19. And I wasn’t happy with that. So we worked very, very hard to make sure it was this year. Even language originally said the corporate would kick in ’19, but we didn’t do that. We have it kicking in now, but we had to sign.

So I don’t think we’re going to have to do much selling. I think the corporations that are giving billions and billions of dollars away to their workers — and many more are coming — I think that’s really what’s selling this maybe better than anybody could, including myself. But I think come February, when they open their checks and they see, “Wow, what happened? I have a lot more money in here” — I think that’s really going to be something very special.

So have a great holiday, folks. Some of you folks take — I, in particular, like the boom holders. They were so nice to me the other day, right? (Laughter.) And the cameramen — and the cameramen.

Q Mr. President, as you mentioned, no Democrats have supported this tax cut legislation. Will they regret it?

THE PRESIDENT: I think the Democrats will really regret — the Democrats already regret it. You know, they have their typical thing — “It’s for the rich.” They know that’s not true. And they’ve been called out on it by the media, actually. But the Democrats very much regret it. They wanted to be a part of it; it just doesn’t work out. But I really do believe — and I said on social media today — I really do believe we’re going to have a lot of bipartisan work done, and maybe we start with infrastructure, because I really believe infrastructure can be bipartisan.

We’ve spent $7 trillion in the Middle East, not to mention all of the lives and all of the heartache, and it’s so sad. Seven trillion dollars. It’s time for us to rebuild our country. Thank you very much, everybody.

Q Do you wish you would’ve started with infrastructure at the beginning of this year? Would that have sort of set the tone differently for people working together?

THE PRESIDENT: Infrastructure is the easiest of all. We’re very well on our way. We’ve essentially repealed Obamacare. You know, the individual mandate is a very big factor in this bill, frankly. A lot of people don’t talk about it because the tax code is so important. But infrastructure is by far the easiest. People want it — Republicans and Democrats. We’re going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure, as you know.

I could have started with infrastructure. I actually wanted to save the easy one for the one down the road. So we’ll be having that done pretty quickly. Thank you all very much.

Q Did you learn anything in this process that you think will help you in 2018?

THE PRESIDENT: You know, one thing I really learned is, I learned, and got to know and became very friendly with, the people in the House, the people in the Senate — both Republicans and Democrats. When I came, I didn’t know too many. I was very politically active but I didn’t know too many. I think the fact that I’ve become with friends with so many of the names that I just read off, and so many of the senators, so many of the congressmen and women, I think that’s a huge factor. I can call anybody now. I know every one of them very well. And I understand the legislation very well.

So, you know, it’s been a process. It’s been a great process. Really beautiful. But I do believe that the fact that I have gotten to know so many of these people — and many of these people, I have to say — not saying all, but I’m saying many of these people are great people that truly love this country. So I think that helps. And I think you’ll see that in this legislation.

Q Any regrets?

THE PRESIDENT: No.

Thank you very much. Thank you all.



Transcript link: http://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-remarks-by-pre sident-trump-at-signing-of-h-r-1821534565
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 02:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Mattis Makes Surprise Visit to Gitmo, First Trip to Facility by Pentagon Chief in 16 Years:

http://www.oann.com/mattis-makes-surprise-visit-to -gitmo-first-trip-to-facility-by-pentagon-chief-in -16-years/ … #OANN





-- One America News Network, 12:56 PM - Dec 22, 2017



https://twitter.com/OANN/status/944265432793464832
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Fb1
Posted on Friday, December 22, 2017 - 10:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

Tax reform won't even get a vote in Congress this year. I'd be surprised if it made it through committee in either house.

-- Bill Kristol, Aug 29, 2017



https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/90265937710 2032901
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Ducbsa
Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 05:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did you crop Col. Jessup out?
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Fb1
Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 09:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes, I did; I was afraid you couldn't handle the truth...








: )
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Ducbsa
Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2017 - 02:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Well, that was crystal clear! Sorry, I can't work "grave danger" into this.

The movie is ironic, Jessup was right about manning the wall, just unfortunately abetted murder.
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Ducbsa
Posted on Monday, December 25, 2017 - 05:47 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpUzD2GNr6Q
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Aesquire
Posted on Monday, December 25, 2017 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

https://www.americanewshub.com/2017/12/25/federal- court-overrules-commander-chief-dictates-cannot-ma ke-transgender-policy/

As it happens I disagree with Donald. But I also note that this court decision invalidates Barry's orders. ( & Bill's )

I could be wrong, I was under the impression Barry executive ordered the changes in sexual concept for the military, quite some time after he canceled by executive order Bill Clinton's executive ordered "DADA" a morally twisted imposition of institutional deceit. ( mirroring Bill's moral code of sexual misconduct )

So if Trump's order is void, then so is Obama's, and the rules for military service return to the existing regulations as of the 1990's.

( I could be wrong. Did Congress change the rules? )

This ass-u-me-s that the court is correct. And will not be reversed. I don't think it is. But in cultural warfare you sometimes play it as it lays, if only to point out the hypocrisy or insanity of the opposition.
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Gregtonn
Posted on Monday, December 25, 2017 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Hilarious.

https://www.dcourier.com/news/2017/dec/25/argus-ha milton-trump-tells-snow-white-lose-ten-pou/

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Ducbsa
Posted on Tuesday, December 26, 2017 - 05:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"If you didn’t complain when a previous president imposed new regulations absent legislative action, you look rather foolish claiming that the next president can’t undo them. If you didn’t complain when a president summoned DACA into being without an accompanying new law, you appear ignorant when you claim that a subsequent president “can’t” make changes to it. If you’re screaming about due process for Al Franken but you’ve already convicted Donald Trump of collusion with Vladimir Putin to steal the 2016 election, please don’t be too disappointed if we don’t take you seriously."

https://hotair.com/archives/2017/12/23/nobody-look ing-trump-gop-actually-got-things-done/
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Aesquire
Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 01:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/12/we _dont_need_no_stinkin_predictions.html

A bit of humor for the Donald fans.

But a good premise. Predictions are a chance for self love occasionally. But more often you wish your biased guesses forgotten. Luckily most are. Best not to make your foolishness show. : )

My favorite isn't the famed psychics of Tabloid fame. It's Glenn Beck. I often remind people he accurately predicted the housing crash, & it's impact on the economy. Accurate right down the line. Causes, effects, named names and called the results of the bail outs right on the money. A masterpiece of logic and prediction. Aided by top analysts and insiders, who were properly acknowledged and protected in a master example of responsible journalism.

Then..... I have to add that Glenn Always predicts economic doom. He always has the inside track and always follows the logic train to disaster and the need for survival food, cheap solar "generators", & gold coins. Wanna guess who sponsors his show?

The thing to remember is Glenn, & every smart guesser, follows the thought process:
This, this, and that have happened. Thus.
if x happens, then this results. In every case there is the unasked angle of..... if x doesn't happen, then other results. ( bias is found in the unasked question )

A better analyst will ask if similar thisthisandthat, happened before, then start the what if?'s.

With Glenn, specifically, you can often pick out the "what didn't happen that meant this prediction failed".

IF the Chinese cranked up the cyber war, then the predicted economic doom would have/will happen. Last year or next.

IF the Democrats do x..........

I'm not suggesting you follow Glenn, I just catch bits from many shows while driving. Ironically enough he is predictably good at being wrong. I listen to the background info, then follow the logic chain, then try to figure out the error.


This makes him ironically useful. Like a movie review by a guy you always disagree with.
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Fb1
Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 09:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)


quote:

BREAKING: Senator Lindsey Graham Just Confirmed The Steele Dossier Was Used For 2016 FISA Warrant
Sundance, Dec. 30, 2017

Everyone suspected the sketchy Steele Dossier was what corrupt FBI and DOJ officials used to get the October 2016 FISA warrant against Trump. FBI and DOJ officials refuse to answer that question publicly.

Despite a hundred different ways congressional investigators have asked the question, and despite numerous on-camera questions to FBI and DOJ officials about the 2016 FISA process, no-one had definitively confirmed the Christopher Steele ‘Russian Dossier’ was the underlying evidence for the 2016 FISA application to gain wiretaps and electronic surveillance upon presidential candidate Donald Trump. UNTIL NOW.

Senator Lindsey Graham just confirmed the Steele Dossier was used to get the wiretap and surveillance warrant from the FISA court. Brian Kilmead understood what he was hearing was serious, but didn’t quite catch the specific gravity of it. Watch at 04:10:



https://youtu.be/P4_5mrdWnvQ


quote:

…The back-story to the FISA warrant is the cornerstone. The back-story contains both the FBI and the DOJ scheme. Expose it, remove it, and the entire ‘muh Russia conspiracy’ collapses under the weight of sunlight…




This is critical and important because the specific use of the Steele Dossier underpins the BIG UGLY and exposes the entire top-tier apparatus of the FBI Counterintelligence Division (Peter Strzok, Bill Priestap, James Baker, Andrew McCabe) and the DOJ National Security Division (John Carlin, Stuart Evans, Mary McCord and Sally Yates), as well as DOJ Bruce Ohr and FBI lawyer Lisa Page, directly to “conspiracy” charges.

The 2016 FBI counterintelligence operation was surveillance on the Trump Campaign and was thinly disguised under the fraudulent auspices of a FISA warrant, sold as a defense of U.S. democracy from Russia, which permitted the wiretaps and surveillance etc.

The DOJ involvement surrounds legal arguments, processing of FISA applications, and use of the legal system to support the FBI operation with actionable legal framing (against Trump). The DOJ National Security Division carried out that collaboration with the FBI.

[snip]

[...U]nder President 0bama, the Eric Holder and Loretta Lynch Department of Justice used FISA applications to monitor political opponents, unmasked conversations to discover content, and also disclosed this has been happening for SIX YEARS prior to the beginning of the July 2016 joint FBI/DOJ “Trump Operation”. [emphasis mine - FB]

Source, more: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2017/12/30/br eaking-senator-lindsey-graham-just-confirmed-the-s teele-dossier-was-used-for-2016-fisa-warrant/


^ For someone wanting to go very deep in the weeds, this article - in typical CTH fashion - is extremely well researched and documented; the snip I posted above is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Sundance is spectacular at presenting a fact-checkable timeline of complex political events.

So: Zero (and his employers) weaponized the federal government against his (and their) political enemies, dating clear back to 2010? Imagine my surprise.

Might explain why Romney/Ryan folded like cheap suits in the closing minutes of the 2012 campaign...

(Message edited by fb1 on December 30, 2017)
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Ratbuell
Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 09:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

...and yet, Trump still won the election.

Someone said "smartest man in the room" a while back...I think that comment bears more wisdom than we'd suspected at the time.

Nothing will happen to the conspirators, though, because the press will bury it all. Buried facts equal no public outcry; no public outcry means no "need" to prosecute; no need means they all get a pass by way of complacency.

I hope I'm wrong.

I hope P45 has people in place who will do the right thing simply because it's the right thing, and I hope they pull it off despite MSM and Hollyweird bias and opposition...but I won't hold my breath. Things have been rotten in Denmark for far too long for me to honestly expect things to change. For the next 3 or 7 years maybe, but once P45 is out...then what?
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Sifo
Posted on Saturday, December 30, 2017 - 09:58 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Which is worse? The Russian government trying to interfere with our election, or the US government trying to interfere with our election?
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