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The right-wing newscasters are in awe of Trump’s “accomplishments” VIDEO
President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days in office.
Source: Donald Trump says he thought being president would be easier than his old life
MSNBC outlined the major problems in President Donald Trump’s proposed tax cut plan, which drastically reduces the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent while lowering personal tax rates for high-income individuals at expense of almost all tax deductions that benefit the middle class.On the April 27 edition of MSNBC’s MSNBC Live,
Source: MSNBC’s Ali Velshi Outlines The “Built-In Unfairness” Of Trump’s Tax Plan
President Trump wants Republicans in Congress to cut deals — but they don’t seem particularly interested
Does the father come before the son is born?
Source: Trump Doesn’t Even Know Who Rules North Korea | Crooks and Liars
The Democrats’ “Russia-made-Hillary-lose” hysteria has pushed a weakened president toward hawks who support massive U.S. military intervention worldwide. (Pictured, at center, neocon Robert Kagan.)
Source: Neocons Have a Long List of Endless-War Ideas for Donald Trump to Implement – Truthdig
The president’s savaging of environmental safeguards is a direct attack on reason and research
The official investigation into relations between Donald Trump and Russia now has “specific, concrete and corroborative evidence of collusion”, it has been reported.
North Korea warns the US to end its “military hysteria” or face retaliation at military parade.
Source: World on edge as Kim Jong-un shows off North Korea’s missiles
After his U-turns at home and Dr Strangelove-style antics abroad, markets and investors are supposing that the president is making it up as he goes along
Source: Is business starting to get spooked about Donald Trump? | Larry Elliott | US news | The Guardian
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Former foreign minister Gareth Evans unloads on Donald Trump, describing him as the most psychologically ill-equipped president in US history.
The president earned neocon applause for his hasty decision to strike a Syrian airfield after a poison-gas incident, but his rash act has all the earmarks of an attention-diversion ploy.
Source: Donald Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment in Syria – Truthdig
In 2013, Trump tweeted—repeatedly—that Obama should do nothing in Syria.
Source: Trump Hypocrisy: Blaming Syrian Chemical Attack on Obama | Mother Jones
TeleSur | – – U.S. President Trump also greenlighted a group operation in Yemen in February that killed more than …
Source: Trump Ordered 70 Airstrikes in Yemen, Twice as Many as Last Year of Obama | Informed Comment
Republicans are ignoring the shameless self-dealing and graft of the Trump administration. They must pay a price
Trump needs a win badly, but he lacks many allies outside of his own immediate circle
Source: The loneliest president: Trump is increasingly without friends, even in his own party – Salon.com
Two Indian immigrants in Kansas shot by a man hurling anti-Muslim insults. Bomb threats and vandalism menacing Jewish community centers. Children bullying classmates of color with pro-Trump taunts.
Source: Donald Trump’s Rise Has Coincided With an Explosion of Hate Groups | The Nation
He is ridiculous.
Source: Trump Blames Democrats For Not Repealing Their Own Healthcare Bill | Crooks and Liars
The Time interview provides unusual insight into the principles and deep structure of Trumpspeak, the political discourse distorting our democracy
AJ+ | (Video Clip) “Former FBI undercover agent Mike German discusses the resurgence of the white supremacist movement now under …
Source: Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback? | Informed Comment
Deep cuts will affect health research, peacekeeping and climate change but record aid for Israel will not be touched.
Source: Trump budget slashes foreign aid, but not for Israel | The Electronic Intifada
The motorcycle manufacturer’s brand is ‘rugged, regular-guy, tough and not too elite’ – no wonder the pampered billionaire president wants to cosy up to them
Source: Trump loves Harley-Davidson. Do Harley riders love him back? | US news | The Guardian
Even if you’re not vaguely interested in the bond market or well-versed in financial vernacular, the markets (and the peso to a degree) can be read like tea leaves to predict how long President Trump may last in the top job.
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald Trump is angry at his predecessor, former president Barack Obama, …
Source: Trump covers The Police: Sometimes it Feels like, Obama’s Watching You
Monday 6 March 2017 There can be no doubt that the President of the United States of America is mentally deficient. Alarmingly so. “You’re fake news” he yells at a journalist. Then he proceeds to ban any media outlet from White House press conferences that doesn’t support his presidency. It was a press conference Quartz…
Donald Trump’s early-morning Twitter blitzkrieg accusing Barack Obama of a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap phones at Trump Tower raises very legitimate questions about his fitness to be the president of the US.
Source: Donald Trump’s tweets to deflect attention from ‘Russiagate’ are not working
In a new interview, Mr Trump said that he believes his predecessor is helping to organise the protests.
Source: Donald Trump says Barack Obama is helping to organise protests against his presidency
Trump’s approach to planting gossip in New York tabloids is proving poor training for wrestling with Washington reporters pursuing issues of national importance.
Source: Donald Trump on a slippery slope over Russiagate cover-up
Analysis by a Swedish newspaper came to the conclusion that refugees were responsible for only one per cent of all incidents.
Source: Trump said: ‘look at what’s happening in Sweden’ – here’s what’s happening there
The Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C. just gave President Trump a snarky offer to educate his administration on Swedish immigration policies. Trump said at a campaign-style rally in Melbourne on Saturday “When you look at what’s happening in Germany, when you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden — Sweden! Who would believe this? […]
Source: Sweden just trolled the sh*t out of Trump by teaching him about their immigration policies
It is clear that the president and his advisers despise Sweden and Germany for sheltering more than their fair share of refugees since the crisis began.
Past criticisms of Donald Trump are proving unacceptable among contenders for top jobs in his administration.
Source: President Donald Trump struggles to fill jobs when total loyalty is a must
It’s been one month of the Trump administration, and what a month it has been. Trump is already at 38 percent popularity in the polls. Usually presidents have to let a large American city drown after a hurricane to reach these levels of unpopularity.
Source: Everything Trump Did in His 4th Week That Actually Matters | The Nation
In the crazy cross-currents of the first weeks of the Trump administration, it is an absence that is most striking – trust is missing in action.
Source: Trust trumped as cracks and leaks appear in the White House
Donald Trump’s Deputy assistant, Sebastian Gorka, has appeared in multiple photographs wearing the medal of a Hungarian group that collaborated with the Nazis. By Eli Clifton The White House’s omission of Jewish victims of the Holocaust in its statement for Holocaust Remembrance Day raised objections from Jewish groups across the political spectrum but the Trump administration’s combative defense was perhaps the most surprising move by a presidency facing record low approval numbers. Last Monday, Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka refused to admit that that it may have been poor judgment not to specifically acknowledge the suffering of Jews in…
Source: Why is Trump’s adviser wearing a medal of Nazi collaborators? | +972 Magazine
Let’s hope people aren’t dumb enough to fall for it.
Source: Every Time Trump Says ‘FAKE NEWS!’ — This Is What It Means – US Uncut
George Orwell’s 1984 is flying off the shelves of bookstores across the country, as Americans explore the unsettling prospect that they are experiencing what Orwell only anticipated.
Source: Why Trump Lies | The Nation
At the end of a week in which he misplaced his national security adviser, and found a replacement who bolted, Trump said his administration “is running like a fine-tuned machine”.
Source: Donald Trump’s raving attempt at shifting blame an autocrat’s outing
Trump attacks media, leakers at combative press conference 2,607 reading now facebook SHARE twitter TWEET email
Source: US President Donald Trump attacks media, leakers at combative press conference
By James Moylan To understand this lesson, first we must put aside all of the bullshit journalistic clichés and begin to talk about the Trump phenomena in a realistic manner. This is essential if we do not want to see the same thing occurring in Australia, because our press is failing us in exactly the…
The Washington Post reported Omarosa Manigault, “who is now a communications official in the Trump administration,” had “physically intimidated” White House correspondent April Ryan and “made verbal threats, including the assertion that Ryan was among several journalists on whom Trump officials had collected dossiers’ of negative inform
While accepting an award at the Golden Globes, Meryl Streep decided to speak out against Donald Trump. Without mentioning the President of the United States by name, Streep spoke about being broken hearted after watching him mock a disabled reporter.
Funny thing, reality. Trump was so in the face of his opponents and the world, that his volte-faces are historically spectacular.
Source: Migrant travel ban: As Trump pivots, his administration gets a reality check
Actress Melissa McCarthy’s impression of Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live shows political satire has some power in the Trump era.
Australia’s grubby asylum seeker deal with the U.S. is now looking even more tawdry.
Source: EXCLUSIVE : Trump has no intention of allowing Aus refugees settle in U.S.
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel has said US President Donald Trump’s move to censor environmental data is ‘reminiscent’ of former Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s control of science in the USSR.
President Trump on Saturday morning ripped into a federal judge’s decision to temporarily block enforcement of his controversial travel ban.
Source: Donald Trump slams judge who blocked travel ban, vows to overturn ruling
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