The Trump Presidency

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A link to a compilation of the more notable offenses of the Trump administration, in chronological order. The first 112 are here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles...m9q2W383yBREGH9rfKRsox3wPqnajXI8KTcZbtsPlXbFA
with a link to 113 - 197 at the bottom.
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– May 31, 2016 – Donald Trump attacked Gonzalo Curiel, the federal judge who presided over the Trump University fraud case, saying that Curiel’s assignment to the case represented "an absolute conflict because the judge was “of Mexican heritage.” “I’m building a wall,” said Trump, “It’s an inherent conflict of interest.”
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iceaura said:
A link to a compilation of the more notable offenses of the Trump administration, in chronological order. The first 112 are here: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles...m9q2W383yBREGH9rfKRsox3wPqnajXI8KTcZbtsPlXbFA
with a link to 113 - 197 at the bottom.
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i think you need to keep in mind, only 1 generation ago slavery was normal
women had no vote and were generaly not allowed to work.
gay men were raped and assaulted by other men for being gay
there was no such offence of rape against a married women by the husband.

liberal morality to this culture is like giving a caveman a rocket ship.

ug-ug zoom-zoom

people need to keep that front & centre in their mind when discussing the reality of what is going on as normal culture in all aspects of the United states.

note plot "planet of the apes" movie's & Tv series.
factions within factions, Xenaphobia as normalised speciation(customs cultures and skin colour/nationalities) etc etc etc...
quite a relivent context i might wonder

Remember, when NASA was trying to put a man on the moon.
black people were not allowed to use white peoples toilets(& white people owned ALL the toilets).
"Learning to drink from a fire hydrant" Literal in both contexts, scientific and cultural
 
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So Pew Research redid the demographics of the Trump vote - and we have some corrections: http://www.people-press.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2018/08/2-12.png?w=309

http://www.people-press.org/2018/08...he-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/

Most striking takehome: Trump lost college educated white women, by a solid margin - not just the graduate degreed, as was the established number before: all of them.

Caveat: this was self reported stuff, long after the election - some buyer's remorse may be a factor.
 
Midterms:
World sighs in relief... Trump's rampant/rogue style checked. He is now more accountable for his often incredible executive decisions.
Well done USA!
It could have been much much worse...

The first thing the congress needs to do is legislate, if possible to ban the POTUS from using Twitter or any other social media. This is surprisingly important IMO.
 
Problem is... with the now larger majority in the Senate, the GOP can continue to push shitty, lifetime-seated judges into the courts... :(
 
The larger majority really means nothing. They had no problem installing those shitty judges before...

There was progress made. Control of the house was very necessary. Here in michigan we passed a proposal to stop/reverse gerrymandering. We also legalized pot, voted yes to easier and same day voter registration, and elected a new democratic governor.. Florida voted to give felons their right to vote back. The first openly gay governor elected in Co. The first female native americans elected to Congress. And, florida, georgia, and texas all came close to flipping..
 
I Just saw the video clip of Trump calling a CNN reporter, "AN ENEAMY OF THE PEOPLE" & "Horrible person."

I am starting to worry, if USA still is a democracy in actuality wen Trump no longer is there to ruin anything decent and true.

In the very short time in 'history' terms he has been president, he has managed to change the 'world order' as its been for the past 50 years,
good or bad i have no idea.
He has been applying tactics with the free press and political adversaries, that draws direct parallels to dicators of the very worst kind, both present and past.

looking at the news generated around Trump he is winning the media war, he is getting people to doubt free press as Fake news.
if i lived in america, id be worried..."Will my granchildren grow up in The Land of the Free, or will it be the Remains-of-Trump-America.
my humble opinion is he, is a seed of kaos.... intresting to see how much that seed will grow even wen he is gone in max 6 years or so.
 
What powers does Congress have to restore order in American democracy?

Are many of its powers beholden to being rubber stamped by the Senate?

Can it (should it?) introduce legislation to provide for some form of proportional representation and possibly to regulate the powers of the president?
 
geordief said:
What powers does Congress have to restore order in American democracy?

Are many of its powers beholden to being rubber stamped by the Senate?

Can it (should it?) introduce legislation to provide for some form of proportional representation and possibly to regulate the powers of the president?
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Dem's in the house can do precious little without the approval of the Senate and the President - they can launch investigations and such, but I'm not certain they can actually enact anything on their own, much less hold anyone accountable (Senate has to vote to remove the President in impeachment, for example).

They can dig in their heels and prevent anything else passing, though.
 
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Dem's in the house can do precious little without the approval of the Senate and the President - they can launch investigations and such, but I'm not certain they can actually enact anything on their own, much less hold anyone accountable (Senate has to vote to remove the President in impeachment, for example).

They can dig in their heels and prevent anything else passing, though.
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Can they set up a rigorous investigation to take over from the Mueller investigation (not the only investigation in town ,mind you as there is one in NY I believe) if it is impeded?

Can they prevent Mueller's provisional (or maybe not so provisional ) findings being suppressed?

Are there any areas where Congress may find common cause with the Senate (who took McCain's seat btw ,I wonder?)
 
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They can dig in their heels and prevent anything else passing, though.
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The House writes the budget.

The House also has oversight powers, many of which are vested in committee chairmen who can act on their own recognizance (see Lamar Smith's jacking around with the climate researchers) and a target rich environment - the Dems face a choice of strategies and tactics: go after Trump, which would trigger a Constitutional crisis around his tax returns and Russian collusions, or just pressure the swarm of swamp creatures he has put in office, which would do more incremental good while hoping for electoral help in two years.
 
What is the arithmetic in the Senate now for shutting down the investigation?

I see Collins and ,presumably Romney are against.

Does that make it 50/50 If no one else breaks ranks?

What is the GOP majority (from Jan onwards isn't it?)

Who took McCain's seat .?
 
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Can they set up a rigorous investigation to take over from the Mueller investigation (not the only investigation in town ,mind you as there is one in NY I believe) if it is impeded?

Can they prevent Mueller's provisional (or maybe not so provisional ) findings being suppressed?

Are there any areas where Congress may find common cause with the Senate (who took McCain's seat btw ,I wonder?)
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1) Yes; there is an article circulating these days from a couple months ago explaining this point; I'll try to find it again, since it rained across my Twitter feed yesterday.

2) Yes and no, but they're Democrats, so we'll see what they do.

3) One thing about common cause is that Republicans are devoid of good faith. U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ02) is presently winning her race against Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, though it is not yet called.
 
Trump isnt going to straight up shut down mueller. The new AG will simply stop funding the investigation and it will shrivel up and die. It could be decided that whitaker needs to recuse himself also based on his previous comments... If they shut it down, the house can hire Mueller for thier investigation and its back on.. Trump can attempt to obstruct, but he cant get away from the investigation.
 
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Trump isnt going to straight up shut down mueller. The new AG will simply stop funding the investigation and it will shrivel up and die. It could be decided that whitaker needs to recuse himself also based on his previous comments... If they shut it down, the house can hire Mueller for thier investigation and its back on.. Trump can attempt to obstruct, but he cant get away from the investigation.
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Would their hypothetical investigation be at any disadvantage compared to the present one?
 
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U.S. Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ02) is presently winning her race against Democrat Kyrsten Sinema, though it is not yet called.
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Update (12.20 PST 9 Nov.): Democrat Kyrsten Sinema now leads 49.1 - 48.6%, a difference of 9,600 votes out of just under 1.9 million counted.

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Update (18.20 PST 9 Nov.): Sinema's lead has expanded to 22,000 votes, a 49.3 - 48.3% split, with just over two million votes counted; msnbc↱ noted, a couple hours ago, there were 375,000 votes remaining to be counted.
 
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Another in the list of Trump's offenses against the law - the Whitaker appointment:
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/matthew-whitaker-jeff-sessions-replacement-illegal.html

Interestingly enough, the sitting Supreme Court Justice who has delivered the most recent and most direct relevant official opinion on the matter is Clarence Thomas - a man of few opinions, in general, but this one is pretty clear: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1251_ed9g.pdf
Appointing principal officers under the FVRA, however, raises grave constitutional concerns because the Appointments Clause forbids the President to appoint principal officers without the advice and consent of the Senate.

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Because we interpret the FVRA to forbid Solomon’s appointment in this case, we need not confront these concerns. But the dissent’s contrary interpretation necessarily raises the question whether that appointment complied with the requirements of the Appointments Clause.
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Because it appears that the general counsel answers to no officer inferior to the President, he is likely a principal officer.3 Accordingly, the President likely could not lawfully have appointed Solomon to serve in that role without first obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate.
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We cannot cast aside the separation of powers and the Appointments Clause’s important check on executive power for the sake of administrative convenience or efficiency. See Bowsher v. Synar, 478 U. S. 714, 736 (1986).

That the Senate voluntarily relinquished its advice-and- consent power in the FVRA does not make this end-run around the Appointments Clause constitutional.
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