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February 12, 2018

Resistance Terror

This news about Vanessa Trump (wife of Donald Jr.) is appalling.

Vanessa Trump taken to hospital as precaution after white powder sent to her home

by TOM WINTER and JONATHAN DIENST

President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law was taken to a Manhattan hospital as a precaution on Monday after a suspicious letter containing an unidentified white powder was sent to her apartment, senior law enforcement and city officials told NBC News.

The letter was addressed to Vanessa Trump's husband, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest child of the president and his ex-wife Ivana.

After the letter was opened, three people at the residence were taken to New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center strictly as a precaution, the New York City Fire Department said.

There is no indication anyone suffered any injuries; the NYPD said the substance was deemed to be non-hazardous and was taken to a lab for further analysis.

"How disturbed must a person be to do what they did to a mother of five children?'' Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, said in a statement. "This dangerous and reckless act goes beyond political differences."

Well, it ought to go beyond political differences. We'll see.

 

Posted by Tom Maguire on February 12, 2018 | Permalink

Comments

N as Miss Marple

Clarice,

Somewhere I read that the 302's from Flynn were changed at the direction of McCabe.

Sorry that I didn't keep a link - too much stuff to keep track of. Does anyone else remember that?

Posted by: N as Miss Marple | February 13, 2018 at 09:05 AM

narciso

How is the free money and inflation not related,
Even in introductory entrail reading ahem microeconomics that should be obvious.

Posted by: narciso | February 13, 2018 at 09:06 AM

Old Lurker

You'd think, wouldn't you, Narc.

These are Senators we're talking about though.

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 09:10 AM

narciso

Another question, how does this fellow not know of what his employee was doing at the time:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/?utm_term=.98a81546bff2

Yes wemple was one that speculated without any grounds about the huntresses fidelity.

Posted by: narciso | February 13, 2018 at 09:14 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

--"Update: And what sort of eculatory evidence could have been withheld?"

Probably exculpatory was intended?--

Considering the "sperm in the picture" link I was guessing "ejaculatory".

Sorry...

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 09:19 AM

Extraneus

The Grassley-Graham memo to Rice requested responses by the 22nd. We'll see what color hat she has by then.

(Spoiler alert: It'll be a really dirty shade of black.)

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 09:20 AM

henry

Ext, said hat unaccompanied by cattle.

Posted by: henry | February 13, 2018 at 09:24 AM

Clarice Feldman

Jim--I didn't do the update and yes, you're right. c

RG--Here's powerline on Rice:http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/02/rice-papers-the-record.php

Posted by: Clarice Feldman | February 13, 2018 at 09:25 AM

Clarice Feldman

NN, yes--read that, too--but not sure whether that related specifically to flynn though it probably did,

Posted by: Clarice Feldman | February 13, 2018 at 09:26 AM

Extraneus

If the anonymous sources are right, he may have done it.

Investigative journalist Sara Carter reported on Fox News last night that outgoing FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe may be in serious trouble if the information she had received from FBI sources proves to be true.

"I have been told tonight by a number of sources ... that McCabe may have asked FBI agents to actually change their 302s," Carter told host Sean Hannity.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/report-mccabe-may-asked-fbi-agents-change-302-forms/

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 09:26 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

Thanks, Extraneus. As Clarice said, we don't know if this also applied to Flynn's, but as much as they hated Flynn, it wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 09:29 AM

Clarice Feldman

Thnx for digging that up, Et

Posted by: Clarice Feldman | February 13, 2018 at 09:30 AM

jimmyk

the story yesterday about the Senate suddenly having doubts about approving the Fed Chair based on the fear that he might focus on inflation more than free money?

Was that about Powell or Goodfriend (the nominee to the Fed Board)? I hadn't seen anything about Powell, but I know there was some trouble over Goodfriend's nomination.

Posted by: jimmyk | February 13, 2018 at 09:30 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

Having finally read it, it seems to me there is only one rational way to read Rice's email.
She knew what they had done would be revealed and so she tried to put the best face possible on all their actions because she knew how bad they were.
Amateur hour and like all amateurs the actual motive is incredibly transparent to a third party experienced in such CYA. The more she repeats their painstaking minding of their Ps n Qs the more you know she's lying through her teeth and was almost undoubtedly instructed to write it.
Case closed.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 09:34 AM

James D.


How is the free money and inflation not related,
Even in introductory entrail reading ahem microeconomics that should be obvious.

You don't even need an introductory class. It's a pretty basic point that any thinking human ought to be able to grasp.

So which is worse: that our Senators are THAT stupid and incapable of understanding the simplest economic ideas; or that they understand perfectly well and just don't care?

Posted by: James D. | February 13, 2018 at 09:34 AM

Jim Eagle

"I have been told tonight by a number of sources ... that McCabe may have asked FBI agents to actually change their 302s," Carter told host Sean Hannity.

Remeber, McCabe had a long-standing personal beef with Flynn because of Flynn's support of the long-time national security female FBI agent who was performance graded down and out by McCabe.

Posted by: Jim Eagle | February 13, 2018 at 09:35 AM

Threadkiller

Iggy linked this story about Two Americas:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/02/is-california-starting-to-spiral-the-drain.php

Yesterday, in San Diego, a cop was involved in a solo car wreck where he lost control, hit the center divide and careened back across all lanes until his car came to a stop 10 feet off the shoulder of the freeway. The reporter breathlessly informed lesser Americans that the cop and the suspect, that was riding in the back , appeared to have minor injuries and it was a "miracle" that this wasn't worse. She got the miracle schtick from the verbal statement of a muckity-muck cop spokesman. "As a precaution we are transporting both by ambulance to the nearest trauma center."

As the sky camera panned to a more complete view of the single car, scrapes and bumps incident I placed a bet with my wife, "how much will you give me if there is more than 10 cop cars blocking freeway traffic for what amounts to a car illegally parked in the iceplant on the shoulder?"

We counted over 20 police cars 2 fire trucks and various CalTrans vehicles. The went ahead and unnecessarily blocked 1 or 2 lanes of traffic depending on where they parked.

They then went to the reporter at the hospital. She noted that police officers keep showing up to check on their brother and they are filling the waiting room.

So much for the long standing narrative that the city is short on staffing in the police department.

#TwoAmericas

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 09:39 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

You know, if Flynn could prove McCabe did change the 302's (aka falsifying evidence), he might be able to get a large chunk of that multi-million dollar pension.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 09:41 AM

Old Lurker

Jimmy, sorry, I meant Goodfriend.

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 09:47 AM

henry

Oh my. Wisconsin a "horrible place" place for black / hispanic youth. Maybe break up Milwaukee Public Schools and teach the 3 Rs? Sentewnce violent criminal offenders and get them off the streets? Nope.

Taylor called for regional job training centers and teaching blacks urban agriculture.

http://www.wisn.com/article/black-and-latino-caucus-wisconsin-is-horrible-for-black-kids/17237715

Posted by: henry | February 13, 2018 at 09:48 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-13/u-s-strikes-said-to-kill-scores-of-russian-fighters-in-syria

Sort of kills that Russia narrative.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 09:49 AM

Threadkiller

One trick that I did find worked was to ask the dispatcher if your call was being recorded and then, after she confirms that it is, you ask for an officer to maintain the peace and then barely elaborate other than to say that safety and lives may be at risk.

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 09:50 AM

Beasts of England

Laissez les bons temps rouler!!

Posted by: Beasts of England | February 13, 2018 at 09:51 AM

Threadkiller

Russian mercenaries..

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 09:51 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-comey-told-congress-fbi-agents-didnt-think-michael-flynn-lied/article/2648896?platform=hootsuite

Detailed run down of the confusion over the Flynn case.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 09:58 AM

Dave (in MA)

We need to get the crack investigative team at Turtleboy Sports on the McCabe 302 case. They managed to claim a few scalps in the MA State Trooper top brass; maybe they could aim for a bigger target.

Posted by: Dave (in MA) | February 13, 2018 at 09:59 AM

anonamom

RG, this is the only thing that crossed my mind yesterday as to why Susan would throw him under the bus--PARTICULARLY if they kept her in the dark--which I would do, to keep her from lying. I mean, knowing she was lying. (Yes , I know, this is a stretch--)
I would have been PISSED.


Perhaps all of them, true, but Obama and Hillary made her get out in front of the country and talk some really, really stupid shiznit. I've been put in that position by a dumbass before. You never, ever forget it.

Posted by: anonamom | February 13, 2018 at 10:00 AM

Old Lurker

"Russian mercenaries..." who were attacking a US held base.

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 10:02 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

The Columbia Bugle
🇺🇸
‏ @ColumbiaBugle
2h2 hours ago

#BREAKING President Trump has reversed an Obama era executive order on Trans Bathrooms.
Fox News

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 10:03 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable


See if this fixes it.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 10:04 AM

Dave (in MA)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-13/u-s-strikes-said-to-kill-scores-of-russian-fighters-in-syria

Sort of kills that Russia narrative.

But, but, but Rob Porter.

Posted by: Dave (in MA) | February 13, 2018 at 10:04 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

I'm almost certain the iron rule of maryrose's ruler is going to descend mercilessly on the knuckles of the next person who links that Byron York story and she'll be using the edge not the flat side.
Fair warning.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 10:06 AM

Extraneus

Laissez les bons temps rouler!!

Wish I was down there!

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 10:16 AM

Old Lurker

Hey Iggy, did you happen to catch that Byron York story?

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 10:17 AM

Rocco

Every year we'd have to be re-certified in certain training procedures like CPR/First Aid, Fire Safety, Handguns, etc and quite often our instructors would tell us off the record, to write reports and send them to ourselves, leaving them un-opened in case they're needed to save our ass down the road. The reason being reports often disappear when they could help you defend yourself from corrupt bosses who would rather see you holding that bucket of shit than them holding it. And that's exactly what they taught...that policies and procedures written by higher-ups are there to protect them not you. Don't get caught holding that bucket of shit.

I was questioned by the FBI for an incident at work once and asked why the officer in question mailed a report that he wrote to himself. And that's the answer I gave them. Gotta run, hope all is well.

Posted by: Rocco | February 13, 2018 at 10:20 AM

Thomas Collins

The letters from Graham and Grassley have the flavor of those two already knowing the answers to the queries in the letters.

This is not 4-D chess, or even 2-D checkers. This is far better. This is Columbo like investigatory work by the Senate and House gumshoes, and nifty politics by Nunes, Graham and Grassley. Since there will ultimately be a political solution (no one goes to jail, and many folks in Justice and the intel agencies decide to spend more time with their families) based on gumshoe work, it's a great unfolding show.

Posted by: Thomas Collins | February 13, 2018 at 10:20 AM

Thomas Collins

I think the most likely case is the one set forth in the article linked in CH's 7:05 AM post (at thenation.com, of all places).

Posted by: Thomas Collins | February 13, 2018 at 10:21 AM

jimmyk on iPhone

OL, someone should have explained to Goodfriend that he needed to get every R, including Paul, or pivot left and pick up a few Dems. By going down the middle he did neither.

I know him, and he's a good guy, but politically not shrewd it seems.

Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | February 13, 2018 at 10:27 AM

Clarice Feldman

udge Napolitano: Only one person could have told her to write the email and she keeps falling on her sword for him. Remember when she went all over the networks with the crazy narrative on Benghazi was caused by a video? We know that’s not true.

Jordan Sekulow: Again, two weeks and a day later, her last act as National Security Advisor on the day President Trump is being inaugurated, the minutes she has left in the White House, she memorializes a meeting from two weeks ago. I tend to believe Shannon, this is my honest belief on this, is that this was Susan Rice’s attempt to blunt someone who either saw this meeting taking place. It may have been someone on the outskirts of the meeting, not a principal but someone who attended and ultimately this would come up. So she wanted to memorialize it so it did not look like something the White House under the Obama administration was trying to hide.
.JordanSekulow on Susan Rice email: "She remembered to do it right before she lost her job." https://t.co/gMGOPxXi3R pic.twitter.com/zs5M6yJEVF

Posted by: Clarice Feldman | February 13, 2018 at 10:28 AM

Clarice Feldman

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/02/susan_rice_tries_posteriorcovering_pokes_a_hornets_nest_instead.html

Posted by: Clarice Feldman | February 13, 2018 at 10:28 AM

Threadkiller

Since there will ultimately be a political solution (no one goes to jail, and many folks in Justice and the intel agencies decide to spend more time with their families)

This is why I refuse to sell me early shares in The Ledge Inc.

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 10:29 AM

Thomas Collins

Re Rice's email: The lady doth protest "by the book" too much.

Posted by: Thomas Collins | February 13, 2018 at 10:32 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

No, I did not OL.
Would you be so kind as to consider relinking it for me? Sounds fascinating.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 10:36 AM

Old Lurker

TK, your Ledge Shares are Charter Member Shares and thus not tradable.

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 10:37 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

-- ..."by the book"...--

The "little red" was implied.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 10:39 AM

Old Lurker

Iggy, sorry I lost the link but Maryrose suggested I try this one:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-comey-told-congress-fbi-agents-didnt-think-michael-flynn-lied/article/2648896?platform=hootsuite

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 10:40 AM

James D.

Speaking of reasons to remain on The Ledge:

https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/02/06/its_good_to_live_near_the_king.html

Posted by: James D. | February 13, 2018 at 10:40 AM

Old Lurker

Hey James, you apartment dweller you, be nice. A few of us, Clarice and me included, still own our big family houses. Any and all 41% appreciations will be appreciated.

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 10:43 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

Memo headline;

Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on.

What is the scandal again? That the WH let a guy go when they found out his ex wives credibly accused him of abuse?
That's a scandal?
I would think a scandal would be when an entire party backs a guy who was credibly accused of raping women and then tried to elect his Beelzebub of a wife who made a career of attacking those women.
Now, thats a scandal.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 10:43 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

I know a lot of people are unsure about this site, but in this case the guy seems to have documented a whole lot of campaign donations.

I also make note that the number has gone up from $700,000 to $1.25 million.

https://truepundit.com/inspector-general-probes-1-25-million-mccabe-received-clinton-insiders-fbis-hillary-investigation/

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 10:44 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

Thanks, OL.
If you ever need anything dragged from a dead thread to a new one let me know.

Just messin with ya, maryrose. :P

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 10:46 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

Old Lurker,

I am going to post that damn Byron York story every morning if you don't quit teasing me.

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 10:46 AM

GUS

Wyden is a fucking LOSER.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 10:48 AM

GUS

Susan Collins looks like Bill Clinton's sister.

Bulbous Maximous.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 10:52 AM

jimmyk

Now, thats a scandal.

And that same Beelzebub of a wife also protected her "faith adviser" who'd been accused of abuse.

Posted by: jimmyk | February 13, 2018 at 10:53 AM

GUS

Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000.00.

Who is Bob Porter???

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 10:54 AM

Extraneus

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/joni-ernst-disappointed-with-trumps-message-on-domestic-violence-abuse-is-never-ok/article/2648934

“I think he (Trump) needs to send a stronger message,” Ernst said on CNN Tuesday. “We need to send a very clear signal that it won’t be tolerated and it won’t be tolerated with our employees,”

“I am extremely disappointed in this situation,” Ernst said. “Abuse is never OK.”

When asked about the White House plans to set up a briefing for Porter to share his side of the story and justify a photo recently released of Porter’s first wife shown with a black eye, Ernst slammed the idea.

“You can’t justify that,” Ernst said, adding she believes the women in their allegations of abuse against Porter.

She believes. Well that should be good enough for me I guess.

Could it have been the result of a drunken scuffle, where the wife in the picture fell and hit her eye on a piece of furniture? Accidental contact with an elbow? Is it possible she was the aggressor?

No. The man stands accused of punching his innocent wife in the face and is therefore guilty as charged, even though he wasn't charged.

Btw, judging by the color of her eye, the picture was taken at least a day after whatever happened.

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 10:56 AM

Extraneus

She's not even willing to let the guy tell his side of the story.

Guilty as charged.

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 10:58 AM

GUS

So let me see if I understand THE FULL COMMIE.
Some guy named BOB PORTER, whom none of us had ever heard of before, is accused of assaulting his ex-wife at some time in the past. SCANDAL!!!!
Rodham Pays $12 MILLION to create a smear document to UNDO the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. She allows classified e-mails to be found by all of our enemies, she destroys evidence, and that is
NOT SCANDAL!!!

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 10:58 AM

GUS

Throwing lamps in the WHITE HOUSE. Is that a SCANDAL???

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:00 AM

Extraneus

California AG Threatens to Sue if Trump Administration Places Citizenship Question on Census

What the Trump Administration is requesting is not just alarming, it is illegal. The Constitution requires that, every 10 years, we accurately count every person in our country, regardless of citizenship status. This is a sacred responsibility.

Actually it's not. It's a legal responsibility. So how is adding the question not counting the people?

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:02 AM

GUS

So this moronic fuxstix Christopher Wray is telling me that MOST OF THE FBI agents work hard, in fact one lady had an accident and got 12 stitches in her face, yet she worked the next day. Most of our agents are brave super humans!!!

I guess he's saying that floors 1 thru 6 are ok,
but the LEADERS on the 7th floor ARE NOT.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:03 AM

GUS

Mark Heinrich sumes thatif BIFF PORTER had daily access to "CLASSIFIED" materials.

Yeah, so did ANTHONY WEINER.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:07 AM

Extraneus

So in Rice's letter to herself, she indicates that Obama contemplated hiding intelligence from Trump. Is that even legal?

"The President stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective. He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book," Rice wrote, according to an excerpt included in the senators' letter.

"From a national security perspective, however, President Obama said he wants to be sure that, as we engage with the incoming [Trump] team, we are mindful to ascertain if there is any reason that we cannot share information fully as it relates to Russia."

Does this indicate that they did in fact hide information from Trump?

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:08 AM

GUS

I thought ABORTION was a SACRED RESPONSIBILITY??

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:08 AM

Appalled

Ext:

One way to get at this principle -- did the US attempt to count all Native Americans before 1924? They were certainly persons, but they were not treated as citizens.

Posted by: Appalled | February 13, 2018 at 11:10 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

The Weak in Portraits; Obama Edition.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 11:14 AM

GUS

American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut 265,683.
This is the population in 1920.

What is the population of illegal aliens in this country currently? Most estimates are about 11 million.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:20 AM

Captain Hate

did the US attempt to count all Native Americans before 1924? They were certainly persons, but they were not treated as citizens

Weren't the tribes considered separate nations within the nation?

Posted by: Captain Hate | February 13, 2018 at 11:23 AM

Extraneus

Seems like they'll lose that case. I think the questions about race are much more offensive, and would love to see a suit brought about that.

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM

Threadkiller

The Constitution requires that, every 10 years, we accurately count every person in our country, regardless of citizenship status. This is a sacred responsibility.

Dipshits.


The first censuses counted the population and provided information on population by county. In 1790, the census also categorized white males by age: those under age 16 and those age 16 and older. Over the years, Congress has authorized additional questions, enabling us to better understand the nation's inhabitants and their activities and needs. In fact, one of the nation's founders, James Madison, suggested that the census takers ask additional questions that would help lawmakers better understand the needs of the nation..

..Through the decades, the census has collected data on race, ancestry, education, health, housing, and transportation. An examination of the questions asked during each census illustrates changes in our nation's understanding of race, the impact of immigration, growth of the Hispanic population, and computer usage. As a result of the census's evolution, the constitutionally mandated census has grown to provide important information about the U.S. population and its housing. Coupled with data from the economic and government censuses and demographic and economic surveys, the U.S. Census Bureau provides governments, scholars, planners, businesses, and individuals the data they need to build schools, plan highways, open businesses, and distribute the billions of dollars in federal spending that sustains a growing population.

https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/index_of_questions/

Asking about your citizenship doesn't mean you don't get counted.

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 11:25 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

It should.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 11:26 AM

GUS

Will there be 52 genders on the next census forms??

I identify as a Lizard, hat, pingpong ball person.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:26 AM

jimmyk

The NYT "art critic" says that the Obama portrait radiates "gravitas." He goes on:

Mr. Wiley depicts Mr. Obama not as a self-assured, standard-issue bureaucrat, but as an alert and troubled thinker. Ms. Sherald’s image of Mrs. Obama overemphasizes an element of couturial spectacle, but also projects a rock-solid cool.

I would suggest the NYT give that writer a drug test.

Posted by: jimmyk | February 13, 2018 at 11:29 AM

Neo

"The only enemy here is overreach," Schumer said. "Now is not the time nor the place to reform the entire legal immigration system. Rather, this is the time for a narrow bill" -- which Democrats have said would help the Dreamers and provide some money for border security.

Democrats finally realizing that Trump has seized the day and was about to repeat the lesson of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ...

The party of the POTUS who signs the bill, gets the credit

LBJ took the credit for the Civil Rights Act and the Black community shifted to the Democratic Party, even though most of the votes were from Republicans.

Trump would have the Dreamers remember .. it was the Republicans who made them legal.

Posted by: Neo | February 13, 2018 at 11:30 AM

Threadkiller

Weren't the tribes considered separate nations within the nation?

This temps me to sing about the meaning of Natural Born Citizen.

https://youtu.be/g3YiPC91QUk

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 11:30 AM

jimmyk

Perhaps a compromise would be that non-citizens could count as 3/5ths of a person.

Posted by: jimmyk | February 13, 2018 at 11:31 AM

Threadkiller

TK, your Ledge Shares are Charter Member Shares and thus not tradable

:-)

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 11:31 AM

GUS

Rock solid KOOL that is.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:33 AM

Janet 🚬 -  I wish my family had a poncho

I'd love to have a comparison to the Obama administration's transition period .

From Obama's election until his swearing in...what foreigners did HIS team meet with, talk to, or correspond with?
Did the IC monitor THEM?
Did the IC dig into the past of everyone on Obama's team & then monitor those that had ever interacted with a foreigner or a foreign business?
Did the Bush administration withhold info from them?

So many accusations against the Trump admin. are not even big deals...the MFM try to make regular things sound nefarious because the general public doesn't know the process.
The MFM did it with Trump making his own appointments in the State Dept.. Like it was somehow evil to ask Obama appointments to step down. That's how it ALWAYS works.

Posted by: Janet 🚬 - I wish my family had a poncho | February 13, 2018 at 11:35 AM

GUS

Did the NYT "art" critic mention if the OBAMA portrait was "Scratch and Sniff"??

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:35 AM

Buckeye

So which is worse: that our Senators are THAT stupid and incapable of understanding the simplest economic ideas; or that they understand perfectly well and just don't care?

They understand perfectly well.

This is all about "me", not about "we".

Posted by: Buckeye | February 13, 2018 at 11:36 AM

GUS

Janet, but but, but, Brad Porter, one of TRUMPS top men, was accused of assaulting his ex-wife, way back when....this is big. Brad had to resign.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:37 AM

Threadkiller

“I think he (Trump) needs to send a stronger message,” Ernst said on CNN Tuesday.

https://youtu.be/yCsxdgW_xqY

Posted by: Threadkiller | February 13, 2018 at 11:40 AM

Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki

He got the troubled part right.

Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | February 13, 2018 at 11:41 AM

Extraneus

Here's from the Constitution:

“Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers…The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.”

Anyone who has received the American Community Survey knows how intrusive it is, and how far beyond "enumeration" it goes. (That's the super census that asks much more personal questions of randomly selected victims than the usual 10-year one.) I refused and was harassed and threatened over it, and ended up daring them to prosecute me before a guy on the phone agreed to accept a bunch of "not applicable" answers. Of course, I'm a citizen, so that was all kosher. I wonder if they'd harass and threaten a non-citizen in such a fashion. (Just kidding.)

I'm pretty sure the "in such Manner as they shall by Law direct" wasn't originally intended to go beyond the methods for counting the people, such as whether by mailings vs. door-to-door, etc.

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:43 AM

Captain Hate

Mr. Wiley depicts Mr. Obama not as a self-assured, standard-issue bureaucrat, but as an alert ignorant and troubled thinker psychopath with a delusions of submediocrity.

Posted by: Captain Hate | February 13, 2018 at 11:43 AM

Momto2

re: the Porter story ~Decisions are made in the MSM's offices when a potential story arrives.

Does it make President Trump look bad? (or can we manipulate the facts to make it appear he looks bad?)
*Front Page above the fold
*Lead story on opening broadcast - 10+ minutes coverage
*Snarky cover for magazine
*Click-bait headline online

Does it expose the corruption and evil of Obama (Hillary, and assorted cronies)

*What story?

Posted by: Momto2 | February 13, 2018 at 11:45 AM

Old Lurker

All you have to do is wander through an art gallery, any art gallery, but especially a modern art gallery, and eavesdrop on the guides explaining to other patrons what she/he feels or sees in the painting before them. Then you will truly appreciate that some people are just "different".

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 11:46 AM

jimmyk

Yes, Janet, the attempt at a pretext for withholding information from the incoming administration is as big a story as the "by the book" hand-waving.

Grassley didn't ask about it in his 12 questions, I don't think. He should add a 13th:
"Did you withhold or otherwise filter information from the incoming administration, and if so, what was the basis for that?"

Posted by: jimmyk | February 13, 2018 at 11:48 AM

Miss Marple the Deplorable

https://nypost.com/2018/02/13/what-was-written-with-the-white-powder-threat-sent-to-trump-jr/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

Posted by: Miss Marple the Deplorable | February 13, 2018 at 11:50 AM

Extraneus

RNC: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, ‘FAUXCAHONTAS,’ is a no-show at tribal conference

The Republican National Committee is poking fun at Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s absence from the National Congress of American Indians Tribal Summit in Washington — asking where is “FAUXCAHONTAS.”

Ms. Warren’s claims of Native American ancestry without solid evidence has dogged the Massachusetts Democrat since her successful 2012 Senate bid and provided ammunition for President Trump to mock her on various occasions as “Pocahontas.”

Mike Reed, a research director at the RNC, noted that several members of Congress — including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, as well as Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota — are set to speak at the summit, which kicked off Monday and runs through Thursday.

“Notably absent from the list is the only current U.S. Senator who has claimed minority status as a Native American, Elizabeth Warren,” Mr. Reed wrote in an email blast. “To this day, Warren claims to be ‘proud’ of her Native American heritage and speaks of how her family ‘spoke more forcefully than ever about the importance of not forgetting our Native American roots.’”

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:50 AM

Extraneus

Parents Battle Court To Stop Transgender Teen’s Hormone Treatment

Parents are battling in an Ohio court to gain custody of their child, who alleges that her parents have not been supportive of her gender identity.

The biological girl, 17, identifies as a boy and alleges the lack of support at home drove her to suicidal tendencies. The teen now lives with her grandparents and sits under the legal guardianship of a family services center.

The teen and parents — who’ve requested to remain anonymous to protect their privacy — have taken their case to court after medical experts deemed her case as a possible “life-or-death situation,” resulting from the father’s refusal to call his daughter by her chosen name and their rejection of her male identity, court records posit, according to CNN.

Posted by: Extraneus | February 13, 2018 at 11:55 AM

GUS

Momto2, I don't think you understand, BRIAN PORTER was accused of assaulting his former wife sometime between 2003 and 2005. That is SCANDALOUS. 13-15 years ago, Ben Porter is said to have assaulted his wife. We have pictures of him with FARRAKHAN and KEEEEF X to prove it. SCANDAL.
I believe he hit his ex-wife in the face with a LAMP, in 2004.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 11:55 AM

James D.

Let me see if I have this right:

If you work for the VA, and while employed you commit, are charged with and are convicted of felonies that are directly related to your job, Democrats will fight to keep you from being fired.

If you work in the White House, and you are accused of a violent act years ago they bears no relation to your work, and for which you were never charged, the President for whom you worked should be impeached.

Posted by: James D. | February 13, 2018 at 11:56 AM

Rocco

I think True Pundit has posted here a few times in the past.

Posted by: Rocco | February 13, 2018 at 11:56 AM

GUS

JamesD, this is serious shit. Bert Porter had access to some super secret stuff, and it is alleged that he had the stuff on his own private server, kept in a shitter in DENVER.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 12:04 PM

Old Lurker

But but GUS. Did he leave the secret stuff on open laptops while being serviced by his "Paid Sex Worker"?

Posted by: Old Lurker | February 13, 2018 at 12:07 PM

Beasts of England

Mobile does the best Mardi Gras. Of course, they were the first, and include Joe Cain Day (Sunday) and Lundi Gras!! 😎

Posted by: Beasts of England | February 13, 2018 at 12:07 PM

GUS

Old Lurker, it's fair to say that Brett Porter was a national security threat. In fact he once had a fund raiser at Bill Ayers home.

Posted by: GUS | February 13, 2018 at 12:11 PM

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