The Official Thread Dedicated to "Trump Winning"
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Hmmmm ...but is it about Trump, or are they really fawning over Melania? LOL
What, you slackers can't click on a link?
I would add that the House is similar in that each state gets one electoral vote for each Congressional district. Now that gets adjusted every ten years with the Census but still if NY and CA add 10 million more Democrat votes it doesn't do them any good. To win, the Dems have to endure the horror of appealing to the Walmart shoppers in middle America.
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4 more years!
4 more years!
4 more years!
President Trump Approval At 45%; Support Among Hispanics, Western And Union Voters Jumps Double Digits
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I love it. Tells you how bad Trump is doing, that his supporters need to stroke their own egos and pat themselves on the back on a daily basis to prove how great the President is. North Korea has nothing on you guys. Quick, when is Trump's next ego-stroking campaign rally? Oh, he's still on vacation, maybe when he gets back he can pump the crowd back up again, to tell you how fabulous he is.
LOL. It's nice to know what's behind it. In NY, you wouldn't attend a play that simply said "Play. 8PM. Tonight." You need the teaser, the headline - "Cats. 8PM. Tonight. Longest running, most successful play on Broadway."
OK now I need a nap.
Nothing diversionary or hypocritical at all about this post ::cough cough::
Now to your rubbish. It really is an amazing feeling right now. Now I know what it's like to be a disillusioned Obama supporter fawning all over a man who was incompetent yet seeing him as Black Jesus.
Except Donald's successes aren't about forcing little boys and little girls to share the same bathrooms and showers in elementary school and high school. His victories aren't walking away from red lines in the sand, or using his federal agencies as weapons of attack against his enemies like Lois Lerner and the IRS.
No, as has been posted, the man's getting **** done. You can only focus on the smoke. But behind the smoke, well, it's all here in 42+ beautiful pages.
As Stewey posted (thank you good sir):
Trumps accomplishments:
KILLED TPP
$350+ billion deal with Saudi Arabia ($110 billion in arms $250 billion in trade/investment) creating 100,000’s of jobs in both countries, historic.
Pulled out of PARIS ACCORD
Had a major victory on sugar exports from Mexico, made Mexico drop the exports % and the amount of refined sugar. This will help our sugar industry and the US sugar mills that produce refined sugar from raw sugar.
Notified Congress of NAFTA renegotiation on May 18th. Talks can start 90 days later on Aug 16th, 2017
China Trade deal opening up beef and LNG gas as well as giving a way to get 1 billion Chinese credit scores so the USA can offer them credit. Trade deal was done in record time.
Sec Ross has slapped more than $2 billion in fines on China and Canada for illegal trade practices.
the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reached agreement with Chinese officials on final details of a protocol to allow the U.S. to begin the beef exports to China (6/12/17). The first beef has been imported to China (06/30/17 and Sec Predue cut and ate a USDA prime rib in China)
Reopening KORUS ( South Korean )trade deal ( 06/30/17) per White House started week of (07/14/17)
saw the first shipment of LNG to Poland and spoke at the three Seas summit to open up additional energy exports.
The United States Trade Representative released its objectives for upcoming NAFTA negotiations (07/18/17)
Canceled the Cuba Trade deal done by Obama (06/16/17)
Unemployment rate 4.4% u-3 and 8.6% U6 (for June 07/07/17)
222,000 Jobs created in June per BLS (07/7/17)
Proposed a $1 Trillion infrastructure project
Stock Market at Historic Highs (Dow up 18%, NASDAQ up 21.5%, S&P 500 up 14.9% since election day as of 07/18/17)
US homes prices climb at fastest pace In 3 years per CNBC. In Apr
Jobless claims hit 28 year low in Apr
OPEC broken can no longer set prices due to USA energy production unleashed
Secured $50 billion investment from Japan
Secured $20 billion investment from Exxon in Gulf coast
Gasoline at $1.95/gallon in Central NC (lowest price at this time of year since 2005 for entire US 06/30/17)
Repealed 14 Obama regulations via CRA saving $ billions in costs to the economy
Atlanta Fed sees 3.0% growth in 2nd qrt per CNBC (07/06/17)
Federal debt is 132,273,000 billion LOWER since Dec 30th 2016 (as of 06/30/17) per treasurydirect.gov
Federal surplus was $182 billion at end of Apr (unexpected)
Consumer and business confidence at record highs
North Dakota experiencing a boom since Dakota access pipeline finished (500,000 Barrels now flowing through pipeline per day)
Keystone pipeline construction ongoing
Mining, steel and oil/gas jobs booming
Mines reopening
1,079,000 JOBS created since Jan1st (per BLS) 1,395,000 per ADP (07/07/17)
Directed Dep’t of Commerce to streamline Federal permitting processes for domestic manufacturing
Launched United States-Canada Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders with Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
Cut 1.6 billion costs from Air Force one and F-35 airplanes.
Regulatory freeze on all federal governmental agencies
Making agencies cut 2 regulations for each new one.
Saw the opening of the first NEW COAL MINE IN PA in YEARS creating 70 jobs at the mine and more than 400+ supporting jobs in the community. (06/10/17) Per foxnews.
Coal prices for Central Appalachian coal has increased 8.95% this year. Increasing the economy for SE OH, SW PA, VA, MD and WVA
Maine unemployment at 32 year low. The State dept of unemployment forced to layoff people because of lack of claims
Food Stamp spending is down almost $1 billion per month and $12 billion per year per USAD
Black unemployment at a 17 year low in May at 7.5% per Bureau of Labor Statistics. (06/24/17)
Coal mining rose 19% in USA for first 5 months per US energy Department
1st qrt GDP revised up to 1.4%
USA now pumping 500k more barrels of oil per day since Dec 31st. Now at 9.3 million bpd. 3rd in the world only 1.2 million bdp behind Russia and Saudi Arabia
USA is the world leader in natural gas production
Institute for Supply Management says its manufacturing index rose to 57.8 last month from 54.9 in May. Anything above 50 signals that factory activity is increasing (07/03/17)
15 of 18 manufacturing industries posted growth in JUNE per ISM (07/03/17)
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) statistics for fiscal year (FY) 2017 show that food stamp enrollment decreased nationwide by 2.9 percent over the past year (07/05/17)
Oil exports FROM the USA are running at 1.3million BPD worth more than $1.5 billion per month to the economy. Per NYT (07/5/17)
Crude exports from Corpus Christi have already increased from an average of 68,000 barrels a day during the first half of 2016 to 384,000 barrels a day this April NYT (07/05/17)
India-based information technology outsourcing company Infosys plans to hire 2,000 workers within four years in North Carolina and 10,000 total in USA. Infosys emphasized Thursday that the jobs created as part of its U.S. expansion would go to American workers. Per Charlotte Observer (07/06/17)Trade deficit fell 2.2 % in the month of May on higher exports and less imports. China imports dropped 6.1% and Mexico imports increased 5.8%. Trade deficit for the year is still growing by about 13.1% yoy per Breitbart even with the drop in May’s numbers. It will take a while to turn the ship but the ship is turning (07/06/17)
Labor participation rate 62.8% (07/07/17)
In June, mining employment grew by 8,000, with most of the growth in support activities for mining (+7,000). Since a recent employment low in October 2016, mining has added 56,000 jobs. (07/07/17) per BLS
FICO scores for Americans has hit and ALL time high per CNBC (07/11/17)
Expedited the permitting and approval processes of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals and exports, including the approval of the Lake Charles LNG terminal in Louisiana.guidance from the Treasury Department to allow the United States to export coal.(first 6 months)
Expedited new pipeline approval and production such as the New Burgos Pipeline to Mexico. (first 6 months)
Updated guidance from the Treasury Department to allow the United States to export coal.
Signed the Buy American, Hire American EO on (04/18/17)
President Trump signed an Executive Order, making it easier for businesses to start and expand apprenticeship programs (06/15/17)
On Immigration
Authorized DHS to hire 10,000 ICE officers & 5,000 border patrol agents
Secured funding for more immigration judges for deportation cases in 2017 budget
Ended “catch and release” policy
ICE arrests up 40% as of May
ICE arrests are 75% criminal illegals as of May
Ice Arrests for non criminal illegals up 150% as of May due to sanctuary cities polices making Ice go to the home instead of the court houses
70%+ decrease in border crossings of illegal aliens in first 6 months per head of ICE (07/18/17)
No Cuban refugees seen by Coast Guard in Apr first time in 7 years
Open bidding and plans submitted for the WALL. Finalists selected, prototypes to be unveiled this summer per CBP official/Breitbart news.
6ft chain linked fences being replaced by 20ft hardened steel fencing at border
More than 1400 gang members have been arrested by ICE
This year the U.S. has already deported 398 MS-13 gang members back to El Salvador – compared to only 534 for all of 2016
Texas has passed a law outlawing sanctuary cities
Foods stamp requests by ILLEGALS D O W N
The Trump administration has moved to reopen the cases of hundreds of illegal immigrants who had been given a reprieve from deportation by Obama
Per Sec Kelly Plans are to start building the WALL by end of summer.
Travel ban EO cut refugees to 50,000 limit has been reached as of 07/12/17). USA now closed to refugee without a close connection to the USA
per Breitbart Sec Kelly has refused to expand H2-B visa program in FY 2017 Update 06/22/17 Sec Kelly will expand the H2-b visa program for a limited number of businesses that are in danger of failing and can’t find employment per breitbart.
Pres Trump and Sec of DHS ended DAPA (06/16/17)
Refugees dropped by half entering the USA in first three months of Pres Trump’s admin over Obama’s admin. (6/24/17 per Washington Times)
In fiscal year 2017 so far, ICE has removed over 2,700 criminal gang members, compared to 2,057 criminal gang members in all of fiscal year 2016. (07/20/17) per Whitehouse
Per Sec Kelly 66,000 mostly criminal illegals arrested by ICE in first 5 months
Kate’s Law passed the House 06/29/17)
No Sanctuary Cities Law Passed the House (06/29/17)
Illegal immigrant arrests in San Diego, Ca have more than doubled from 2016 and 2015 figures per the San Diego Union Tribune (07/04/17)
In a reversal of Obama administration policy, federal prosecutors with Operation Streamline are filing criminal charges against migrants the first time they are caught crossing the border illegally. Per Tucson.com and breitbart (07/05/17)
Refugee Arrivals Plummet in Week After Supreme Court Ruling on Trump Executive Order per Breitbart and Department of State website (07/05/17)
The International Entrepreneur Rule obama era loophole was closed by DHS on (0711/17). The rule allowed illegals to stay in the country for 2 and half years if they were “starting a business” per breitbart.
ICE crackdown in Pueblo scaring some families back to Mexico per the Pueblo chieftain (07/10/17)
House subcommittee includes $1.6 billion in funds for Wall in approbations bill (07/12/17) goes to full house for vote
DHS proposes rule change to increase length (from 2 weeks to 90 days) and Distance (from 100 miles from the border to entire USA) for people to be immediately deported freeing up courts and stopping the lawfare over immigration. (07/15/17 ) per dailymail
Thomas D. Homan, acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in an interview that since Trump entered office, illegal border crossings have crashed by almost 70 percent, “an historic low,” arrests inside the country have jumped 40 percent and that demands for illegal criminals in local jails has skyrocketed 80 percent. (07/18/17) per Washington Examiner
AG Sessions said one goal of DOJ is to totally end illegal immigration (07/18/17) per Breitbart
The Trump Administration is providing funding for the Texas National Guard’s efforts to assist in securing the state’s border with Mexico per Breitbart (07/18/17)
Acting ICE Director Thomas D. Homan said he is going to deploy more officers and agents to “sanctuary cities” to arrest illegal criminal (07/18/17) per Washington examiner
President Trump ordered the creation of the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office at DHS, ensuring that our Government can no longer ignore the victims of criminal acts by illegal aliens. (04/26/17)
ON LAW and ORDER
Authorities have arrested an unprecedented number of sexual predators involved in child sex trafficking rings in the United States and around the world
DOJ issues new sentencing guideline to enforce tougher laws on drug dealers (05/12/17) per Justice. gov
DOJ stops Obama’s slush funds (06/08/17) per Washington Examiner
Massive raids on gangs going on across the nation
More arrests for voter fraud in 2017 then anytime in recent history.
DOJ and DHS ordered to take on transnational criminal gangs (02/07/17) per POTUS EO
No tolerance for violence against LEO with a signed EO (02/07/17)
Fired FBI director who is and was a nutjob.
Nominated Wray for FBI director, confirmation hearing 07/12/17
Nominated 21 conservative judges to the federal court
AG Sessions dismantling the Obama legal doctrine brick by brick at the DOJ per Bloomberg (06/29/17)
Operation Broken Heart lead by the DOJ arrested over 1,012 sexual child predators across the nation bringing 69,000 cases against them. (06/28/17)
AG Sessions has asked for an extra $26 million to hire 300 prosecutors devoted to gang violence and deportation cases per Bloomberg (06/29/17)
DOJ drops case against the Washington Redskins (06/30/17) the era of Political correctness is over.
AG Sessions condemned murder of NYPD on (07/05/17) calling the attack cowardly.
April 13, 2017-Under President Trump, The Justice Department prosecuted two doctors and one other for practicing female genital mutilation– the first such prosecutions under a federal law passed by Congress in 1996 prohibiting the practice.
June 30, 2017—The Trump Administration sent 20 ATF agents to Chicago to help the city fight gun violence.
AG Sessions and Deputy AG visit GITMO to see operations and conditions in effort to frame future Trump policy on Gitmo. (07/07/17)
AG Sessions and Sec Price announce the biggest ever Healthcare Fraud operation. Arresting 412 people including Doctors who have committed more than 1.3 Billion in medical fraud including opiod fraud. (07/13/17)
AG Sessions/FBI took down largest darkweb site Alphabay (07/20/17)ON Congressional and Executive action
Confirmed Gorsuch to SCOTUS
Signed 39+ Laws so far
Signed more than 30+ EO
Reviewing the Obama land grabs at the Sec on interior
Reviewing and repealing Obama’s regulations
Obamacare repeal and replace passed House stuck in Senate as of 07/18/17)
Tax cuts and reform moving through Congress waiting on obamacare repeal
Submitted 2018 Budget that cuts spending and gives a pathway to a balanced budget in 10 years.
Returned power to make decisions on “transgender bathrooms” to states (02/27/17)
Instituted 5-year lobbying ban for all Executive branch appointees
Instituted permanent lobbying ban for foreign governments for all Executive branch appointees
Banned aid helping foreign countries provide abortions (Mexico City Policy) (01/23/17)
Formed Commission on voter fraud led by VP Pence had first meeting on 07/19/17)
Returned the mission of NASA to space exploration (03/21/17)
Installing aspects of extreme vetting at points of entry to the USA
Signed Two bills into Law on June 2nd that makes it easier for family members of slain LEO to get benefits and that helps hire Veterans as LEO
Sec of VA is starting process to combine the DOD and VA medical records to improve Veteran’s health. Massive shift in government policy (06/05/17)
Pushing a massive overhaul of our FAA Air Traffic control (06/05/17)
House votes to roll back Dodd Frank goes to the Senate (06/08/17)
Senate votes for VA accountability act. Goes to House passed house 06/13/17 major victory for Trump agenda signed into law on 06/23/17
Pushing an apprentice program to train skilled works to fill 6 million open positions. (06/10/17)
The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled a sweeping plan on to upend the country’s financial regulatory framework, 80% of which will be done from the executive side and does not need Congress. MAGA!!!!! (06/13/17)
Signed EO to reshape the education system of the USA to include votech and apprenticeships (06/13/17)
Did away with rules requiring the Federal government to report on the Y2K bug 17 years after 2000.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating an accountability and whistleblower protection office at the Department of Veterans Affairs.(04/ 27/2017)
Sec Zinke moves to purge the Interior department of Obama holdovers (6/16/17 per Washington post)
Energy Department eliminating the Office of International Climate and Technology
22 federal agency task force formed to help the rural America fight regulations and lack of prosperity led by Sec Perdue
Environmental Protection Agency has ended a nearly $1 million program that provided gym memberships for employees
5-0 in special elections (GA6 primary, KS, MT, GA6 final election, SC)
Sec Kelly dropped many “Pro-Obama Islamic groups from funding” Groups that pushed for sharia law and closed muslim communities within the USA. (06/23/17 per breitbart)
TRAVEL BAN upheld by SCOTUS by 9-0 ruling. Extreme vetting will now become law of the land.
ScottPruitt signed #WOTUS proposed rule, supporting @POTUS order to restore the rule of law.
Travel BAN now in full effect across the world. (06/29/17)
Signed agreement to construct oil pipeline into Mexico per Pres trump speech
Opening up LNG centers to ship LNG across the world (06/29/17)
Introduced 6 point plan to unleash American energy (off shore, Nuclear, coal, NG,Oil, renewable) (06/29/17)
President Trump Signs EO Reviving The National Space Council (06/30/17)
Pentagon halts Obama’s transgender plan (07/01/17 per Breitbart)
Sec Devos has stopped two obama regulations from going into effect which would have harmed for profit colleges. The Gainful Employment rule and the Borrower Defense rule (06/30/17)
On May 4th, 2017 Pres Trump signed the Religious Freedom EO ordering his admin among other things to not enforce the Johnson amendment.
Reduced White House expenses by $22 million by reducing staffing levels from Obama levels. Doing more with less
Pres Donald Trump’s first-quarter salary donation will help fund the restoration of two projects at Antietam National Battlefield, Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced Wednesday per Breitbart (07/05/117)
Returned the Winston Churchill bust back to the Oval Office and Kept the Martin Luther King Jr bust proving we can respect and honor both men.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Thursday ordered the agency to resolve a backlog of more than 2,000 oil and natural gas permit applications for drilling on public lands per Washington Examiner (07/06/17)
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today (07/07/17) 747 disciplinary actions including 526 employees who were fired since January 20th 2017 per CBS (07/07/17) suspended 200, demoted 33 (22 of which were senior management) per White house (07/20/17)
Sec Carson of HUD announced a $500+ billion “error” in the Obama HUD’s 2015 and 2016 budgets was found by an Audit completed by the Office of Inspector General (04/08/17) per CBN
He had ordered that he gets 2 scoops of Ice Cream per CNN so might be fake news
Working hard to get the Olympics for the United States (L.A.) (07/10/17) per POTUS twitter
House cuts Sec of Department funding by 17% in approbations bill (07/12/17) goes to full House for vote
The Department of Veterans Affairs has acted to increase transparency and accountability by launching an online “Access and Quality Tool” to provide veterans a way to access wait time and quality of care data. (07/20/17) per White House
President Trump signed legislation allowing our veterans to receive care outside of the Veterans Affairs medical system.
President Trump created the Office of American Innovation to streamline and improve the Government for future generations. (03/27/17)
On Politics 1.President Donald Trump’s job approval rating in the American counties that fueled his 2016 victory stands at 50 percent, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of these “Trump counties. (07/16/17) per NBC 2.PDP poll from OH has Pres Trump at 54% approval to 41% disapproval (07/15/17) per PDP poll 3.RNC continues to have record high monthly funding contributions while the DNC continues to have record low contributions(07/20/17) On Foreign Policy
Secured a 34,000 Arab force to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria
Sent 3 carrier battle groups to NK to pressure them on nuclear program, installed THADD in SK and Japan
Working with China on NK but results are not going well as of (07/12/17) but we had to try.
Sent Navy to South China Sea to secure sea lines
Fired 60 Tomahawks after a gas attack in Syria
Got the G7 countries to agree that a nation has a right to control migration and immigration
Had G7 countries agree NK was a threat
Had G7 nations agree that Trade should be FAIR as well as FREE and that nations can punish non fair trade
Had NATO agree to pay more and got more countries to pay their fair share of defense pact
Have met with more than 100 of the world leaders many at the white house
Pulled out of Paris Accord and freed the USA from the economic Slavery Obama sold us into
Have surrounded ISIS in Iraq and Syria strongholds
Have killed the ISIS commander in Afghanistan and reduced their strength by 2/3rd in Afghanistan
Dropped the MOAB on ISIS killing more than 90 ISIS fighters
First sitting POTUS to pray at the Western Wall
Restarted peace process between Israel and PLO
Visited the land of the three major religions in the world
Opening of center to defeat radical Islam in cyberspace during Saudi Arabia visit. One orb to find them and in the darkness and bind them.
Gave powerful speech in the heart of Islam about the need to reform Islam and drive out the radicals
Had G7 countries agree that refugees should stay as close as possible to home country and be returned when the threat is gone
Got the Arab nations to cut ties to Qatar for funding terrorists, massive historic shift in diplomatic actions in the Muslim world.
Started the assault on Raqqa in Syria to defeat ISIS on June 6th 2017.
Got Romania to up it’s NATO funding to 2.1% of GDP
Has the Special Forces helping relieve siege in Philippines.
Visited Poland, attended the Three Seas summit (07/05/16)
Per Sec Tillerson. The PLO has stopped the payments to terrorists families. Major change in PLO policy conflicting reports on this
Pres Trump’s State department secured the release of American citizen Otto Warmbeir from NK without paying $400 million ransom
Pres Trump admin secured the release of American citizen, Aya Hijazifor, from Egypt Jail without paying $400 million ransom.
Obama appointed Ambassador to Qatar “quit” during the biggest Crisis in Qatar’s history. What was she hiding?
Gave Sec Mattis authority to set troop numbers in Afghanistan to turn the tide of the war. 06/16/17 .
Rolled back Obama’s Cuban policy. 06/16/17
Canada promised to increase defense spending by 70% (06/16/17)
Gulf Countries sent Qatar a list of demands to defund terrorism, reject the Muslim brother hood so Qatar can return to the fold, direct consequence of Pres Trump’s trip to the Middle East. Qatar has since rejected these demands setting a possible military conflict (updated 06/30/17)
NATO countries (excluding the US) increase defense spending by 4.3% from last year per daily mail and breitbart(06/30/17).
Per Iraq military Mosul has fallen. ISIS no longer controls the city. Just a couple pockets of resistance left per independent (06/30/17) PM of IRAQ declares the complete pacification of the city (7/09/17)
Imposed Sanctions on major China Bank for it’s funding of North Korea and has declared the admin will work to cut North Korea off from access to the US financial market. (06/29/17)
approved a $1.42billion arms deal with Taiwan (07/02/17) 38. Reached out by Twitter to offer help to save baby Charlie Gard and has started the conversation on Baby Charlie’s fate. (07/03/17)
The US ambassador to the UN threatens China and other countries who trade with North Korea with blockage from the USA market. (07/05/17)
Pres Trump increases the threat to use trade access to the US market to stop North Korea setting up a potential for a trade war with China and other nations (07/05/17)
Gave a major speech in Warsaw Poland to a crowd of thousands reaffirming Western Civilization (07/6/17)
Pres Trump has had 50% more meetings with foreign leaders than Pres Obama did during the same time period. Per Breitbart (07/06/17)
US, Russia, and Jordan announce ceasefire in Southern Syria (07/07/17) Cease Fire still holding as of (07/18/17)
OLD City walls in Raqqa were breached by US led forces on July 4th 2017. Less than a month after the battle for Raqqa began. Per Economist (07/07/17)
Pres Trump got three major victories in G20. 1) Trade he had the G20 agree that nations can protect themselves from unfair trade. 2) He got them to agree a nation has control over their borders and can control immigration and migration. 3) He stood firm on the climate hoax known as the Paris accords and included the importance of fossil fuels. Per the G20 communiqué (07/08/17)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday promised $639 million in aid to feed people left starving because of drought and conflict in Somalia, South Sudan, Nigeria and Yemen. (07/08/17) per Reuters
Sec of State signed a counter terrorism funding agreement with QATAR giving Pres Trump and the Gulf allies major victory and moving along the impasse in the region to a hopeful peaceful solution (07/11/17) per state. Gov
Visited France to hold bilateral meetings and take part in Bastille day marking the 100th anniversary of the USA entering WW1 (07/13/17)
President Donald Trump has sent out another clear message on the worsening political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, promising “strong and swift economic actions” should socialist leader Nicolás Maduro push ahead with plans to create a non-elected “constituent assembly.” (07/18/17) per Breitbart
President Trump has lifted restrictions that had prevented the Secretary of Defense and our commanders in the field from fully using their judgement and expertise. (07/20/17)
The United States sanctioned sixteen entities and individuals that have supported Iran’s military and Revolutionary Guard Corps in the development of drones, fast attack boats, and other military equipment.(07/20/17) per Whitehouse
The Department of the Treasury sanctioned over 25 entities and individuals involved in Iran’s ballistic missile program, ensuring our ability to monitor potentially malicious actors while preventing future acts of terrorism. (07/20/17)
And right on cue...
Corporate America Is Having Its Best Earnings Season in 13 Years
Overseas demand is driving the best earnings season for U.S. companies in 13 years, with top executives from Dow Chemical Co. to Morgan Stanley citing rising foreign sales, a dynamic that should help propel gains in the second half.
With nearly every global economy showing growth, corporate profits in the second quarter have beaten estimates at more than three-quarters of the Standard & Poor’s 500 member companies. In every sector, at least half of the companies have surpassed or met expectations, with many also getting a boost from a sinking U.S. dollar.
“Growth was particularly strong in key regions of North America and Europe, where we grew sales greater than twice GDP, as well as throughout Asia-Pacific,” Dow Chief Executive Officer Andrew Liveris said on a conference call to discuss quarterly profit of $1.3 billion, which surpassed analysts’ expectations.
Corporate America Is Having Its Best Earnings Season in 13 Years
Overseas demand is driving the best earnings season for U.S. companies in 13 years, with top executives from Dow Chemical Co. to Morgan Stanley citing rising foreign sales, a dynamic that should help propel gains in the second half.
With nearly every global economy showing growth, corporate profits in the second quarter have beaten estimates at more than three-quarters of the Standard & Poor’s 500 member companies. In every sector, at least half of the companies have surpassed or met expectations, with many also getting a boost from a sinking U.S. dollar.
“Growth was particularly strong in key regions of North America and Europe, where we grew sales greater than twice GDP, as well as throughout Asia-Pacific,” Dow Chief Executive Officer Andrew Liveris said on a conference call to discuss quarterly profit of $1.3 billion, which surpassed analysts’ expectations.
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I just got the first bonus I've ever had in the SUMMER. The small (and I mean 25 million/year) family owned construction company I work for is having such a good year they need to start thinking about taxes in August. So they gave out bonuses to all management positions early. Normally I get bonuses around end of year depending on how well we do, but in my 25 years in construction I never got a bonus in summer until this year.
******* A I like what's happening to the economy.....
******* A I like what's happening to the economy.....
Stunning? More like Stun Gunning!Why do I have to do all the work around here?? I want a raise. From Ron's linky link:
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'Stunning' Congressional Map for 2018 Midterms Will Be Most Depressing Thing Democrats See All Month
FiveThirtyEight published a stunning assessment of Democrats’ prospects at retaking control of Congress in 2018 — and it doesn’t look good.
In fact, for Democrats, the upcoming congressional map is downright depressing.
Here’s the bottom line, according to FiveThirtyEight:
Ouch.
Why does reality look so bleak for Democrats? Partly because Democrats will be forced to defend 25 of their 48 Senate seats, but Republicans will have to fight for just eight of their 52. However, the report also points out that Democrats have been focusing so much on states like California and New York that the GOP has been able to make gains in real America:
CNN's Chris Cillizza called the findings “stunning.”
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I've gotta count this as winning. Hollywood is being turned on its ear. For too long they've spoken down to Real America. Real America is apparently speaking with its wallet.
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Report: Movie Box Office On Track for Lowest in 25 Years as Spielberg-Lucas “Blockbuster Implosion” Omen Prevails
Reports now, according to Exhibitor Relations: if things continue as they have, this will be the lowest box office in a quarter century. While there have been bright spots (“Dunkirk”) and surprises (“Baby Driver”) the failures have outweighed everything.
Start with a total write off on “King Arthur” and go from there. Then go to “The Dark Tower.”
One terrible new failure: “Nut Job 2,” they say, is the biggest loser ever in wide release (4000+) studio movie. It made just over $8 million this weekend.
Four years ago, at a USC symposium, famed and very successful directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg warned the film industry that reliance on blockbusters– tent pole movies that failed would cause an implosion. At first no one took them seriously. But now maybe we’re seeing what they meant.
Spielberg said at the time: “That’s the big danger, and there’s eventually going to be an implosion — or a big meltdown. There’s going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen mega budget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that’s going to change the paradigm.”
Other huge flops this year include “Life” — the sci fi movie no one saw, “Monster Trucks,” which was a monster disaster. “Ghost in the Shell” with Scarlett Johansson also came and went quickly. Plus Will Ferrell’s “The Office” was a total write off, and Sony’s “Rough Night” was an embarrassment.
I’m not counting the $100 million plus lost on “The Promise,” because it was a vanity production.
This year also brought Tom Hanks’s biggest flop in decades, “The Circle.” And of course there were the two misbegotten TV remakes– “Baywatch” and “CHiPs.”
Even blockbusters that seemed like hits weren’t — “Pirates of the Caribbean 5” was a bloated mess. And “Transformers 5” was so bad that critics wondered why it was made. “The Mummy” also reeked of failure and desperation.
Studios keep counting on international sales to bail them out. And it works a lot of the time. But continuing to send bad product from the US will eventually take its toll.
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Report: Movie Box Office On Track for Lowest in 25 Years as Spielberg-Lucas “Blockbuster Implosion” Omen Prevails
Reports now, according to Exhibitor Relations: if things continue as they have, this will be the lowest box office in a quarter century. While there have been bright spots (“Dunkirk”) and surprises (“Baby Driver”) the failures have outweighed everything.
Start with a total write off on “King Arthur” and go from there. Then go to “The Dark Tower.”
One terrible new failure: “Nut Job 2,” they say, is the biggest loser ever in wide release (4000+) studio movie. It made just over $8 million this weekend.
Four years ago, at a USC symposium, famed and very successful directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg warned the film industry that reliance on blockbusters– tent pole movies that failed would cause an implosion. At first no one took them seriously. But now maybe we’re seeing what they meant.
Spielberg said at the time: “That’s the big danger, and there’s eventually going to be an implosion — or a big meltdown. There’s going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen mega budget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, and that’s going to change the paradigm.”
Other huge flops this year include “Life” — the sci fi movie no one saw, “Monster Trucks,” which was a monster disaster. “Ghost in the Shell” with Scarlett Johansson also came and went quickly. Plus Will Ferrell’s “The Office” was a total write off, and Sony’s “Rough Night” was an embarrassment.
I’m not counting the $100 million plus lost on “The Promise,” because it was a vanity production.
This year also brought Tom Hanks’s biggest flop in decades, “The Circle.” And of course there were the two misbegotten TV remakes– “Baywatch” and “CHiPs.”
Even blockbusters that seemed like hits weren’t — “Pirates of the Caribbean 5” was a bloated mess. And “Transformers 5” was so bad that critics wondered why it was made. “The Mummy” also reeked of failure and desperation.
Studios keep counting on international sales to bail them out. And it works a lot of the time. But continuing to send bad product from the US will eventually take its toll.
So very worth repeating. MAGA
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Trump quietly putting his stamp on the courts
President Trump has been quietly making lifetime appointments to fill more than 100 vacancies on federal courts across the country.
With five judges confirmed, another 30 pending and 123 seats left to fill, according to one group tracking the numbers, Trump has the opportunity to revamp the judiciary branch and carve out a legacy for himself that could stand the test of time.
“It can’t be overstated the impact the individuals he’s appointing will have on millions of people across the country and their children for a generation or two,” said Dan Goldberg, legal director at the liberal Alliance for Justice (AFJ).
“The Supreme court only hears about 80 cases a year. 99 percent of cases end in the federal courts of appeal or at the trial level.”
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Trump’s biggest achievement in office so far has been the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, for whom Republicans changed the Senate rules to proceed to a confirmation vote with a simple majority.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat, Merrick Garland, after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016 — has repeatedly pointed to Gorsuch to rebut accusations that the GOP Congress has achieved little under Trump.
"Well, we have a new Supreme Court justice," McConnell said when asked how he’d explain to voters the party’s failure to repeal ObamaCare this summer.
"We have 14 repeals of regulations. And we're only six months into it. Last time I looked, Congress goes on for two years."
While another appointment to the high court in Trump’s presidency is possible or even likely, given the ages of several justices, it’s appointments to the lower district and circuit courts where the president is likely to have a bigger impact.
Ilya Shapiro, a member of the conservative Federalist Society and senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, said only one of the 13 federal circuit courts had a majority of judges appointed by Democrats when Obama took office.
When Obama left office, nine of the 13 courts had a majority of Democratic appointed judges, Shapiro said.
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Trump quietly putting his stamp on the courts
President Trump has been quietly making lifetime appointments to fill more than 100 vacancies on federal courts across the country.
With five judges confirmed, another 30 pending and 123 seats left to fill, according to one group tracking the numbers, Trump has the opportunity to revamp the judiciary branch and carve out a legacy for himself that could stand the test of time.
“It can’t be overstated the impact the individuals he’s appointing will have on millions of people across the country and their children for a generation or two,” said Dan Goldberg, legal director at the liberal Alliance for Justice (AFJ).
“The Supreme court only hears about 80 cases a year. 99 percent of cases end in the federal courts of appeal or at the trial level.”
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Trump’s biggest achievement in office so far has been the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, for whom Republicans changed the Senate rules to proceed to a confirmation vote with a simple majority.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) — who refused to consider President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat, Merrick Garland, after Justice Antonin Scalia died in February 2016 — has repeatedly pointed to Gorsuch to rebut accusations that the GOP Congress has achieved little under Trump.
"Well, we have a new Supreme Court justice," McConnell said when asked how he’d explain to voters the party’s failure to repeal ObamaCare this summer.
"We have 14 repeals of regulations. And we're only six months into it. Last time I looked, Congress goes on for two years."
While another appointment to the high court in Trump’s presidency is possible or even likely, given the ages of several justices, it’s appointments to the lower district and circuit courts where the president is likely to have a bigger impact.
Ilya Shapiro, a member of the conservative Federalist Society and senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, said only one of the 13 federal circuit courts had a majority of judges appointed by Democrats when Obama took office.
When Obama left office, nine of the 13 courts had a majority of Democratic appointed judges, Shapiro said.
If I want to see a movie now, I wait until it hits Netflix. I saw "Fences" a few weeks ago. THAT was a good movie. And I got to be in the comfort of my home. I haven't been to a theater to see a movie in about 2 years. And I am perfectly OK with that.
Theaters just cost too much and the food prices are outrageous. Add to that the product on the screen usually stinks, and there you go. Much of red state America (like me) rarely goes to movies because we don't want to give our money to Liberals who hate us.
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Disney has their schedule up for the next three years of big movies. Out of something like 20-22 "blockbusters" only TWO are going to be new ideas. Everything else is sequels or remakes.
http://www.thisisinsider.com/disney-live-action-movies-through-2019-2017-7
They have nothing new to offer. It's just same old, same old.
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If "winning" is having the whole world laughing at you, Trump has knocked it out of the park.
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You too.
I cannot wait for the '18 elections. Libs are going to be even more depressed and suicidal than they are now.
[Months of post-election malaise hamstrung the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) fundraising over the first six months of 2017, creating a serious money gap with Republicans and raising questions about Democrats’ ability to take advantage of opportunities in the 2018 midterms.
The DNC raised $38.2 million in the first half of the year, compared with the Republican National Committee's (RNC) $75.4 million haul during that period — a $37.2 million difference. As of June 30, the RNC has almost $45 million in the bank, while the DNC has just under $7.5 million, along with $3 million in debt./B]
[Months of post-election malaise hamstrung the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) fundraising over the first six months of 2017, creating a serious money gap with Republicans and raising questions about Democrats’ ability to take advantage of opportunities in the 2018 midterms.
The DNC raised $38.2 million in the first half of the year, compared with the Republican National Committee's (RNC) $75.4 million haul during that period — a $37.2 million difference. As of June 30, the RNC has almost $45 million in the bank, while the DNC has just under $7.5 million, along with $3 million in debt./B]
My pic of the day for yinz that are tired of lookin' at 'snowflake' gibberish.....
OK, one more then I gotta go pee.
OK, one more then I gotta go pee.
They maybe losing support Indy but it's not because they ain'ta tryin'
You ever hear about a High School class called "Challenge Day" ?
Now we got an idea why our little crumb snatchers have come up with all these silly ideas and why they hate Trump. 'Cause they was taught that way by criminals and social parasites..,,,Feel better now ?
Ha ha ha! "Trump Stress" has the shrink business booming! Liberal *******. Talk it out, everything will be ok....
Therapists across the country say that business is booming from patients who say President Trump is the source of their “political anxiety.”
Deborah Cooper, a therapist based out of California, told the New York Daily News that business is so good that she is working overtime to accommodate all her patients.
“I have people I have not seen in literally 30 years that have called me to come back in because of trauma,” she said. “I am more than full. I am overworking.”
Cooper said that Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville was one anxiety-provoking event of many instances in Trump’s presidency that are coming “too fast and furious” for patients and therapists.
Therapists across the country say that business is booming from patients who say President Trump is the source of their “political anxiety.”
Deborah Cooper, a therapist based out of California, told the New York Daily News that business is so good that she is working overtime to accommodate all her patients.
“I have people I have not seen in literally 30 years that have called me to come back in because of trauma,” she said. “I am more than full. I am overworking.”
Cooper said that Trump’s response to the violence in Charlottesville was one anxiety-provoking event of many instances in Trump’s presidency that are coming “too fast and furious” for patients and therapists.
If you were to jump back in time 20-30 years and tell people this stuff, they wouldn't believe it. I don't know that I believe it myself.
How do people get so screwed up in the head to react like a 2 year old to everyday events ?
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Nice to see Canada start to understand the issue... ********* judge us about illegal immigration from their soap box.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3677129/asylum-seeker-numbers-quebec-canada/
http://globalnews.ca/news/3677129/asylum-seeker-numbers-quebec-canada/
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How funny is it that Canada gets 5000 undocumented immigrants and they already think (a majority) that their Government isn't doing enough to protect their borders, yet they call us racists and uncaring after allowing 11 MILLION illegals over decades and we finally start bitching....
Come on Tibs... you know that's kind of funny.
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Breitbart editor tweets: "WAR"
Joe Pollak, a senior Breitbart editor at large, tweeted this reaction after news of the Bannon firing:
Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
#WAR
August 18, 2017 1:18pm EDT
Joe Pollak, a senior Breitbart editor at large, tweeted this reaction after news of the Bannon firing:
Joel B. Pollak
@joelpollak
#WAR
August 18, 2017 1:18pm EDT