The thing that astounds and confuses me the most is these brave patriotic Reps who have been lead to beleive the enemy is their fellow citizens who don't agree with them! They are the first to salute the flag and say "don't ever forget" yet they have nothing to say about the dump family and their love for the SAudi-fifteen of whom were the enemy on 9/11 and have no problem with selling this country to russia because Russia helped elect (illegally) their lord and master, the great mango moron! They forget that Social Security, which by the way is insurance that we purchase when we work, and Medicare are all products of Dems who had to bail out the mess Reps left. As for the cops I have no clue. I know good ones and bad ones. But they all love their pensions and can't understand that not everyone has them. My best friend worked in non-profit all her life, she made good money due to a high position, her brother was a county cop and then a sheriffs deputy who collects double pension. When she was widowed and went back to work part-time he was flabergasted! Could not believe she didn't have a big pension like he did. Had no clue! Rand Paul was interviewed the other day and claimed SS was welfare! This is a spoiled brat who was raised with oil company money and insites violence by dumping his waste in his neighbors yard! Kentucky is one of the poorest states in the union yet they keep electing representatives who do everything in their power to take as much away from them as possible!
Dump has convinced these people that the only true americans are those who agree with him. He has become the president of the people whoagree with him not the president of the United States. SICK!!!!
Yogagirl: (and everyone here) It's so true what you said about how people are supporting this sick mango moron. It's so sad to me too, because I have a lot of friends and family who are all GOPers and Trumpies. I can't remove them (nor do I want to) from my life but it makes me crazy too. My cousin who has been like a sister to me has distanced herself from me because of many things in her life right now but I know our difference in Politics has been a factor.
This site has been a godsend for me because I get to feel connected to all of you and hear others who feel as I do which is hard to find. I do have friends who feel like I do (two very good ones) but my husband and I don't talk about politics to most of our friends because some are GOPers or married to a GOPer. This mango moron has caused so much division, even in marriages!
Thank you all for being so wonderful and caring.
We're learning more about T's taxes. Its beginning to leak...
We're about to learn a lot more.
(Just noticed Jeanne already posted this article too)
If you go back and re-read George Orwells Animal Farm, its all there to explain the blue collar worker love of Trump. The book was a satirical fable about Stalin and the rise of totalitarian government but it applies to what is happening in the U.S. I think of the blue collar worker love of Trump as the horse character. He worked hard all his life, back breaking work, and believed that the pigs were telling him the truth. Then the day came when he could no longer work due to age and his leaders loaded him into a truck and carried him off to be killed and turned into soap. He didnt realize it until it was too late.
This doesn't apply to the police because they are still getting the benefits worked out by their unions. They make good money and have great benefits. But I good working conditions and benefits should be extended to everyone not just a select few. Anyone who works full time should be able to earn a decent living and receive full medical care. There are many progressives who will disagree with me. That is okay. :-)
Oh Trump and Friends watch out for NY
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a measureWednesday that would allow the state to pursue charges against people who have received a presidential pardon — a law seen as a direct shot at President Donald Trump.
Multiple ex-Trump aides or associates are imprisoned or facing legal scrutiny in New York.
James has said the law was necessary because double jeopardy "exists to prevent someone from being charged twice for the same crime, not to allow them to evade justice altogether."
"We have a responsibility to ensure that individuals who commit crimes under New York state law are held accountable for those crimes," James said in a statement Tuesday.
This critical new law closes a gaping loophole that could have allowed any president to abuse the presidential pardon power by unfairly granting a pardon to a family member or close associate and possibly allow that individual to evade justice altogether. No one is above the law, and this commonsense measure will provide a reasonable and necessary check on presidential power today and for all presidents to come."
With the President all but pledging to corruptly abuse his pardon power to allow friends and associates off the hook, it is crucial that we have closed the Double Jeopardy loophole and preserved the rule of law in New York," Democratic state Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who sponsored the legislation, said in a statement.
The new exception allows state prosecutors to pursue investigations into any pardoned individual who served in a president's administration, worked directly or indirectly to advance a presidential campaign or transition, or worked at a nonprofit or business controlled by a president, and whose alleged criminal activity took place in New York. The law also allows for investigations to be opened or continued into anyone who was pardoned for the president's benefit.
Oh poor Guiliani your friend can’t help you ??
The measure was proposed after reports that Trump was weighing a pardon for his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, who's serving a 7½-year prison term on federal bank fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy charges stemming from former special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
I don't think the NYS law will stand the test of time. Yeah, it's great now, but what if the tables were turned? What if this was about a progressive president pardoning someone who had been targeted by an opposing party? (See: All Things Clinton). It may seem like a "gaping loophole" right now, but in future it could easily turn into a noose. It also creates another loophole in that all an accused would have to do is change state of residency, because Federal Law supersedes all state laws, and I'm pretty sure Federal Law says the President can pardon anyone for any reason at any time.
I just read about the Supreme Court had already ruled this issue one June 2019
The Supreme Court upholds the double jeopardy rule that allows states and the federal government to prosecute for the same crime. The ruling could blunt President Trump's pardon powers.
WASHINGTON—Resoundingly reaffirming its view of double jeopardy, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal and state governments each can prosecute a defendant for the identical conduct despite the Constitution’s bar against trying someone twice for the same crime.
So I guess it can be done??