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2 hours ago, JMarie said:

Why is Trump holding a campaign rally?  He won the election.  He should know that, since he brings it up on a regular basis.

He has real issues to deal with.  He should get to them.

He's already filed the papers for 2020, so he's accepting donations for that campaign. He has to keep his fans energized and donating, so we'll be seeing more rallies as time goes by. 

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18 minutes ago, Cartmann99 said:

He's already filed the papers for 2020, so he's accepting donations for that campaign. He has to keep his fans energized and donating, so we'll be seeing more rallies as time goes by. 

If that's the case, he should be traveling to every state, so it doesn't appear he's favoring Florida over the other 49 states.  But I'm not sure how well he'd be received.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-pn-trump-visit-costs-restrictions-20170217-story.html

 

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3 hours ago, JMarie said:

Why is Trump holding a campaign rally?  He won the election.  He should know that, since he brings it up on a regular basis.

He has real issues to deal with.  He should get to them.

I think he's trying to relive the glory days when large groups of people besotted leg humpers cheered his every word. 

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3 hours ago, JMarie said:

Why is Trump holding a campaign rally?  He won the election.  He should know that, since he brings it up on a regular basis.

He has real issues to deal with.  He should get to them.

I saw the theory floated on twitter that the rally is meant to energize his supporters so her can convince them to start pressuring their senators/reps to not investigate his ties to Russia. 

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The Senate Intelligence Committee held a meeting yesterday with FBI director James Comey: 

https://www.palmerreport.com/politics/senate-intel-committee-locks-down-russia-evidence-so-donald-trump-cant-destroy-it/1591/

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When pressed by reporters afterwards, Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Intel Committee all refused to discuss anything that went on during their meeting with Comey, which was so secretive that even the Senators not on the committee weren’t told about it. The only Senator on the committee who was willing to speak about Trump-Russia in any substantive manner on Friday was Democrat Mark Warner from Virginia, and the tidbit that he shared is remarkable: the Senate Intel Committee has taken steps to secure the Trump-Russia evidence so that Donald Trump can’t destroy it.

I'm not getting too excited about this since James Comey is involved. But I am feeling good about the fact that so many people are investigating Trump's Russia ties: our allies, the FBI, the senate, and tons of major media outlets. I think they're closing in on Trump. I just hope that someone is able to bring him down for good before he completely destroys our country. 

 

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I just read a very interesting article: 

http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/fbi-uncovers-front-companies-middlemen-linking-donald-trump-financially-russia/1596/

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Yesterday, the Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Intelligence Committee held an urgent and secret meeting with FBI Director James Comey in the Senate basement which only became knowledge because someone spotted Comey entering the building. Afterward, the Democrats on the committee, who had long been publicly prodding Comey to treat the Donald Trump-Russia investigation with more urgency, were strangely quiet when asked about the matter by reporters. Now we may know why.

Today’s latest leak from the U.S. intelligence community to the media reveals that the FBI is knee deep in an investigation into middlemen and front companies which connect Donald Trump and his associates financially to Russia. 

 

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We flew down to Florida today for vacation, and some wingnut in Caligula's signature, orange, hunting cap was on our flight. I figure anyone wearing the "Unmake America" hat in public is fishing for a reaction/argument. Too bad he wasn't escorted to a seat on the wing...

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13 minutes ago, AnywhereButHere said:

We flew down to Florida today for vacation, and some wingnut in Caligula's signature, orange, hunting cap was on our flight. I figure anyone wearing the "Unmake America" hat in public is fishing for a reaction/argument. Too bad he wasn't escorted to a seat on the wing...

Good thing we are going to get rid of all those pesky regulations on airline safety. So Mr Orange Slim can make Merika great grate again....

1 hour ago, tropaka said:

down to brass tacks (sp) the American people should not be paying for campaign rallies, right?

I'm not sure about that.  I mean when Obama (sigh still miss him) ran for reelection didn't he have Secret Service protection?

Not saying I like my taxes going to this fucking orange piece of shit.  But we might be stuck with it for now.

 

3 hours ago, Cartmann99 said:

He's already filed the papers for 2020, so he's accepting donations for that campaign. He has to keep his fans energized and donating, so we'll be seeing more rallies as time goes by. 

Why would anybody, any regular person donate a dime to a millionaire? 

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Kellyanne Conjob had Bowling Green. Stupid Spicer had Atlanta. The Tangerine Toddler has Sweden.

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“You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden,” Trump told a large crowd of supporters in a hangar at the Orlando-Melbourne International Airport. “Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden,” he added. “They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.”

Observers pointed out that no such attack took place.

 

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For those of you asking about who will be footing the bills for Trump's re-election campaign:

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White House officials, while emphasizing that the rally was a political event and therefore one they were not involved in, also stated emphatically that the rally was not for any campaign, but rather “for America.”   

Trump’s political organization funded the event, the White House said.

But some of the costs associated with the president’s travel for the event here are borne by taxpayers. While the president and his assistants are required to reimburse the government for airfare, according to a 2012 report from the Congressional Research Service, the costs of Secret Service and staff who are always considered to be on official duty are paid by the government.

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-florida-rally-20170218-story.html

From what I read earlier, Trump is supposed to follow the same reimbursement guidelines as President Obama did when he flew on Air Force One to campaign for Secretary Clinton. In that case, Secretary Clinton's campaign did the reimbursing for the president's use of Air Force One while campaigning for her.

So, how much money has Trump raised for 2020? Here's a quote from an article written on February 1st:

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President Donald Trump in the final month of last year raised $9.6 million for his 2020 presidential bid, fueled largely by small donors as his campaign continued to send regular email solicitations for contributions.

Trump entered 2017 with $7.6 million in the bank and no debt, according to the disclosure his campaign filed with the Federal Election Commission late Tuesday.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-raises-96-million-in-december-for-2020-presidential-run-2017-02-01

I take that to mean that the reporting is quarterly? So, I guess we'll have to wait until the first quarter reports are due to see how much money he's taken in so far this year.

4 hours ago, onekidanddone said:

Why would anybody, any regular person donate a dime to a millionaire?

Presidential campaigns are insanely expensive, so even a millionaire would be hard pressed to cover the expenses completely out of their own funds. As to how to get Joe and Jane Average to give their hard earned money to someone like Trump, ask Sarah Palin.

Before her family slush fund SarahPAC finally shut down earlier this year, she managed to squeeze millions out of her fans to spend on chartered planes, hotels, restaurants, etc. Her PAC was supposed to be all about electing "true conservatives" to political office, but those who saw the financial reports quickly figured out how few dollars found their way to said candidates.

Some of her fans restricted their diets and did without various things for themselves and their households, all in various attempts to show their love for her, and hopefully convince her to run for president. Most of them finally wised up, while a few stragglers are still convinced that she's cooking up some secret plan that will finally reward them for their years of devotion.

You know what they say about a fool and his or her money....

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6 minutes ago, AmazonGrace said:

http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/Vn17J/in-english-this-happened-in-sweden-friday-night-mr-president

This just goes to prove that the liberal mainstream media does not report on terrorist attacks

The last one has had me laughing for the last five minutes solid:

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11:23 AM: Ok, let’s not be fake news, this story took place in the autumn, but was reported Friday before lunch and we thought you would like it. A wooden moose got the attention of a lovesick moose bull. It all happened in 79 year old Ove Lindqvist’s garden in Byske outside Skellefteå, northern Sweden. ”I thought it was going to start a fight, instead it humped the wooden moose thrice”, he said.

I must find a way to work "humped the wooden moose thrice" into conversation. Or suggest it as a post count title...

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Uh the man is 70,  does not live a healthy lifestyle, and people are already talking impeachment one month into his first term. It seems like a pretty unsafe bet to donate money for a campaign for another presidency four years from now

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52 minutes ago, fraurosena said:

And when you think it surely can't get any crazier, you read this:

https://twitter.com/DonBeababy/status/832607404332244992/photo/1

 

So now there is a sitting president all but campaigning against the 1st Amendment. Apparently this has been out there since August - and is still attached to his mainstream media survey.

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I. Must. Keep. Up. On. This. Bullshit. Called. Trump. Presidency. 
Look away for a second and so much has happened. I have no idea where to even start. At least tell me SNL was good last night. 

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8 minutes ago, AlwaysExcited said:

I. Must. Keep. Up. On. This. Bullshit. Called. Trump. Presidency. 
Look away for a second and so much has happened. I have no idea where to even start. At least tell me SNL was good last night. 

SNL is on a break until March 4, I believe. I was disappointed because I wanted to see what they would do with all the events of this week, but at least it was a rerun of the Chappelle episode.

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3 hours ago, AmazonGrace said:

Uh the man is 70,  does not live a healthy lifestyle, and people are already talking impeachment one month into his first term. It seems like a pretty unsafe bet to donate money for a campaign for another presidency four years from now

But the true believers will give Don the Con their money.  

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42 minutes ago, Showtunesgirl said:

SNL is on a break until March 4, I believe. I was disappointed because I wanted to see what they would do with all the events of this week, but at least it was a rerun of the Chappelle episode.

Well, that sucks. I need a laugh (as we all, I'm pretty sure). 

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We're within a day or two of being a month into this clusterfuck of a presidency, 40% or so of Americans still approve of Trump's performance and are not experiencing voter's remorse in any form. 

Incredible damage has already been done by Trump trying to start a trade war.  A facebook friend posted this excellent article, The first casualties of Trump's trade wars are Texas cattle ranchers, published in the Dallas Morning News:  Some snips of  "meaty"  paragraphs from the article are below.  A link to the full article is at the end. 

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The first casualties of Trump's trade wars are Texas cattle ranchers

KYLE, Texas - If the first casualty of war is truth, then the first casualties of trade war are the working man and woman. And first among them is about to be the iconic Texas rancher...the Texas cattle rancher now faces a new threat: the Trump administration's blundering, blustering trade policy. By threatening a trade war with Mexico within days of inauguration, the president helped trigger a slide in cattle futures. Mexico is a major export market. By sinking the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the new administration cut off long-sought access to the Japanese market. Now banks have raised the conditions for collateral for loans for ranchers....Texas ranchers, though, will not be alone for long. Beef producers from Nebraska to the Dakotas face the same problems. So do grain farmers in Kansas and the snow-covered corn fields of Iowa, just like tomato farmers in California and Florida and autoworkers in Michigan, longshoremen, truckers and railway workers in Miami and Houston and Long Beach. These will be the first casualties of a trade war.

Full text here

Mexico was so pissed off by Trump that they're considering looking to import corn from elsewhere.  23% of US corn exports go to Mexico. (26% goes to Japan and that's just weird, but that's a whole other discussion).  

I was thinking back to the how the 2008 economic meltdown destroyed the economic lives of so many people.  My fear is that Trump, a blundering idiot, may very well cause another economic meltdown and this article clearly shows the domino effect of not thinking things through.  Dismantling Dodd-Frank is just the beginning of the inevitable slide to disaster. 

This also gets me thinking about how not having intelligent people with experience in the right positions can lead to total disaster.   Just looking at Trump's picks who have zero experience in their cabinet positions  (Ben Carson, anyone?) and well, picking ideologues for all of his White House staff. 

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In reading the article in the Sun Sentinel.... Trump really does not care how much he inconveniences others. It's really all about himself and what he wants.

Also, didn't he swear he would take less vacations than Obama? And so far he's spent, what, 1 weekend out of 4 in the actual White House? Right, he's "working" down there....

I'm a little curious how he's going to "Make America Great Again" when people can't even conduct business in Palm Beach. I guess Palm Beach doesn't have to become great again. Or maybe it's already great?

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