Individual 1 is picking a fight with the Democratic mayor of Minneapolis because the mayor is demanding money from the election campaign to cover security costs for a campaign rally.
And no worries; after laying off something like 40% of their workforce, they were granted tariff waivers, hooray.
And here is why (aside from any potential political grandstanding motives on the part of the mayor):
Frankly, that should have been the second paragraph in the story, instead of all the reporting on the twitter fight.
Maybe Putin is pushing him to move faster on the to-do list for some reason.
Serious question. Could Trump call Putin on his personal phone, say at 3:00 in the morning, without anyone knowing? You know he has to have his private number.
I’d say it’s more like Putin has Trump’s number.
And I know you mean that in every sense of the phrase.
I wondered about this too. Trump said something to the effect that he’d have to be crazy to do anything underhanded on a phone call because there are people listening in. Well, yeah, there were people listening on the Zelensky call. But could he call someone without anyone knowing or listening? I read an article recently saying something about trump carrying two i-phones around.
Why would it have to be on “his” phone - surely it would be easy enough to get some sort of burner prepaid that he could call with if he has Putin’s number
I am not a spy. But I would speculate that the NSA must have some kind of surveillance monitoring system in place in the White House. It would be such an obvious target for foreign espionage to try to get a bug in there. So there must be systems that can detect any unauthorized transmissions that occur anywhere in the building.
That said, what would happen if the NSA detected unscheduled phone calls coming out of the White House at three in the morning (and going to Russia)? They would quickly investigate - and be told the President was making those calls. At that point, I assume the NSA would have to stand down. The presumption would be that any calls being made by the President are authorized no matter how unusual they might appear.
So my guess is that Trump could make calls like this but he couldn’t do it without somebody knowing.
Yep.
A federal judge is threatening Betsy DeVos with jail time for ignoring her order to stop trying to force students at a defunct school to pay their student loans.
Big deal. So do I.
Individual 1: veterans suffering from PTShttps://www.nbcnews.com/card/trump-implies-vets-suffering-ptsd-can-t-handle-war-n658706
D are not “strong” and “can’t handle” the stresses of war.
Link fix:
Cadet Bone Spurs* Implies Vets Suffering From PTSD ‘Can’t Handle’ War
*not actual headline
Jeez, I screwed that one up, too. Grrr. :smack:
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST! THIS HAPPENED THREE YEARS AGO! BEFORE HE WAS EVEN ELECTED! IT WAS DISCUSSED … AT LENGTH! WE* KNOW*!
I realize that posting ridiculously out-dated news is kind of your “brand”, but … could you maybe just stop that? Or just go the fuck away?
Oh, come on. He may have made this mistake before but posts tons of articles we all read and comment on when they’re current.
And that article wouldn’t shift the needle in any respect right now, so relax. FFS.
Rick: please post dates of the article like you usually do.
I’m sorry, but the reason he’s recently been posting the dates of articles is because he’s been called on this shit over and over and over again. Notice that he didn’t do it this time? Or here.
Fuck’s sake dude, get a grip. I for one appreciate Rick’s links, even if they aren’t timestamped and shit.
Go have a cuppa tea and a lie-down FFS.
Thirded