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Apr 14, 2019 16:43:43   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
DASHY wrote:
You're h*****g around with the wrong people. Try making some new friends.


Sorry, but I would never have a hard core progressive for a friend. They believe evil and perverted behavior is good.

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Apr 14, 2019 16:55:34   #
Trooper745 Loc: Carolina
 
rumitoid wrote:
Tragic. I pray for but hold little hope for that you may finally open your eyes. Your hatred has blinded you.


Don't pray for me, because you are praying to Satan. Your lies and deceit are the Devil's work. Also if like most liberals, you accept the a*********n of homosexuality, you are in love with Satan.

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Apr 14, 2019 16:56:11   #
rumitoid
 
padremike wrote:
Sorry, but I would never have a hard core progressive for a friend. They believe evil and perverted behavior is good.


Sorry, but I would have you as a friend, padre.

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Apr 14, 2019 17:01:45   #
rumitoid
 
Trooper745 wrote:
Don't pray for me, because you are praying to Satan. Your lies and deceit are the Devil's work. Also if like most liberals, you accept the a*********n of homosexuality, you are in love with Satan.


How wonderful it must be to be so right about everything and condemning of all differing views. Very freeing, I imagine. No quandaries. No doubts. No troubling bouts of conscience. All clear cut and ready for guillotine or approval. Is it peaceful?

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Apr 14, 2019 17:27:14   #
padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al
 
rumitoid wrote:
Sorry, but I would have you as a friend, padre.


I make a very good and faithful friend. That is because I believe in T***h.

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Apr 14, 2019 17:47:06   #
rumitoid
 
padremike wrote:
I make a very good and faithful friend. That is because I believe in T***h.


That was my understanding.

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Apr 14, 2019 21:09:19   #
JoyV
 
rumitoid wrote:
First this to consider: We should be paying all kinds of attention to Omar’s words and actions. She is principled and outspoken against all types of human rights abuses, having criticized Saudi Arabia for its war in Yemen, spoken out against Chinese repression of the Uighur population, stood with the Sudanese people in their uprising, opposed American intervention in Venezuela, grilled Elliott Abrams about his atrocious human rights record, and more. She is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and has already introduced the Protect Against Unlawful Lobbying Act of 2019, and the Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2019. Most recently, she cosponsored a bicameral bill to end Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. And she only began her job in January.

Which American politician publicly referred to the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks as “those folks who committed this act,” seemingly downplaying its horrors? Was it Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar? No. Try George W Bush.

Or how about this. Who said that “the Stephen Miller approach to immigration has no viability”, adding that “Mr Miller is well known…for having views that are outside the mainstream,” suggesting Miller is in reality a political extremist who doesn’t belong in government? Was it Ilhan Omar? Wrong again. It was the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

And here is Trump addressing Jewish supporters in America saying "your prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu," assumes that Jewish Americans carry a dual loyalty to both Israel and the United States. This has been attributed to Ilhan Omar.

Over and over again, Ilhan Omar’s detractors misrepresent her words and intentions, accusing her of saying things she didn’t say or condemning her for things that have been said before, even by Republicans themselves.

But the attacks continue. That’s why you could be forgiven for thinking that Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress, has said these – or even much worse – things. By now, she is accused so often of various speech and thought crimes that she almost seems like a figure in the Two Minutes H**e, the daily ritual used to whip party members into a frenzy in George Orwell’s novel 1984. In Orwell’s dystopia, the enemy of the people was the very Jewish-sounding Emmanuel Goldstein. If you believe some pundits, today’s enemy of the people is the very Muslim-looking Ilhan Omar.

And here is the BIG ONE: The latest manufactured outrage derives from a speech Omar gave last month to the Los Angeles branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. As the Washington Post noted, Omar’s 23 March speech was broadcast live (including on Fox News Online), but became controversial only days ago. In one phrase of her 20-minute talk, which was focused on Muslim Americans and civil rights, Omar says “some people did something” when referring to the September 11 attacks. (George W. said “those folks who committed this act.”) It’s abundantly clear by the context of the talk that Omar was saying that the actions of a few have distressingly enabled the threat to the civil rights of so many. To allege that Omar was minimizing the horrors of September 11 is to deliberately misconstrue the point of her comments. For those Christians and others who bemoan cherry-picked verses out of context, you should be sympathetic.
First this to consider: We should be paying all ki... (show quote)



She asked a judge to show leniency in sentencing a number of young men in Minnesota for trying to join ISIS.

She is pro-Iran and has stated that sanctions against Iran should be lifted.

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are opposed to her because of her connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, which they have been fighting.

She spoke out for freeing terrorists such as Abdelmonem. Her tweet; "I recently met with @jkbadawy and @thefreedomi to talk about Hoda Abdelmonem, a political prisoner in Egypt. I hope that Trump brings up her case in his meeting with the regime that has imprisoned her. We must work to #FreeHoda."

Minnesota State Rep. Ilhan Omar, 34, is a Somali refugee and one of only two members of his state government body to v**e against a bill that denies life insurance benefits to radical terrorist policyholders who k**l Americans. The bill came in response to the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, which k**led 14 people. Media: LifeZette Politics

She has been a speaker at CAIR events which support Hamas.

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And what Muslim ban?
Here are countries where Islam is the official state religion:
COUNTRY percent population Islam
Afghanistan 99.8
Iran 99.7
Mauritania 100
Pakistan 96.4
Saudi Arabia 97.1
Yemen 99
Algeria 98.2
Egypt 90
Iraq 98.9
Jordan 93.8
Kuwait 74.1
Libya 96.6
Malaysia 61.4
Maldives 100
Morocco 99
Somalia 98.9
Tunisia 99.8
United Arab Emirates 76
Brunei Darussalam 67
Lebanon 59.7

And then there are the countries which are Muslim majority but do not necessarily have an official state religion:
{some of thse are in both lists}
https://nosharia.wordpress.com/list-of-muslim-majority-countries-with-sectstategovernment/

Trump's Executive Order 13769, delays entry for 90 days, only covers Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and North Korea. If it were a Muslim ban, what about all the other Muslim countries and why include NK?

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. The visa-issuance process plays a crucial role in detecting individuals with terrorist ties and stopping them from entering the United States. Perhaps in no instance was that more apparent than the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when State Department policy prevented consular officers from properly scrutinizing the visa applications of several of the 19 foreign nationals who went on to murder nearly 3,000 Americans. And while the visa-issuance process was reviewed and amended after the September 11 attacks to better detect would-be terrorists from receiving visas, these measures did not stop attacks by foreign nationals who were admitted to the United States.

Numerous foreign-born individuals have been convicted or implicated in terrorism-related crimes since September 11, 2001, including foreign nationals who entered the United States after receiving visitor, student, or employment visas, or who entered through the United States refugee resettlement program. Deteriorating conditions in certain countries due to war, strife, disaster, and civil unrest increase the likelihood that terrorists will use any means possible to enter the United States. The United States must be vigilant during the visa-issuance process to ensure that those approved for admission do not intend to harm Americans and that they have no ties to terrorism.

In order to protect Americans, the United States must ensure that those admitted to this country do not bear hostile attitudes toward it and its founding principles. The United States cannot, and should not, admit those who do not support the Constitution, or those who would place violent ideologies over American law. In addition, the United States should not admit those who engage in acts of bigotry or hatred (including “honor” k*****gs, other forms of violence against women, or the persecution of those who practice religions different from their own) or those who would oppress Americans of any race, g****r, or sexual orientation.

Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to protect its citizens from foreign nationals who intend to commit terrorist attacks in the United States; and to prevent the admission of foreign nationals who intend to exploit United States i*********n l*ws for malevolent purposes.

Sec. 3. Suspension of Issuance of Visas and Other Immigration Benefits to Nationals of Countries of Particular Concern. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall immediately conduct a review to determine the information needed from any country to adjudicate any visa, admission, or other benefit under the INA (adjudications) in order to determine that the individual seeking the benefit is who the individual claims to be and is not a security or public-safety threat.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to the President a report on the results of the review described in subsection (a) of this section, including the Secretary of Homeland Security’s determination of the information needed for adjudications and a list of countries that do not provide adequate information, within 30 days of the date of this order. The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide a copy of the report to the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence.

(c) To temporarily reduce investigative burdens on relevant agencies during the review period described in subsection (a) of this section, to ensure the proper review and maximum utilization of available resources for the screening of foreign nationals, and to ensure that adequate standards are established to prevent infiltration by foreign terrorists or criminals, pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens from countries referred to in section 217(a)(12) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1187(a)(12), would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as immigrants and nonimmigrants, of such persons for 90 days from the date of this order (excluding those foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic visas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for travel to the United Nations, and G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4 visas).

(d) Immediately upon receipt of the report described in subsection (b) of this section regarding the information needed for adjudications, the Secretary of State shall request all foreign governments that do not supply such information to start providing such information regarding their nationals within 60 days of notification.

(e) After the 60-day period described in subsection (d) of this section expires, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the President a list of countries recommended for inclusion on a P**********l proclamation that would prohibit the entry of foreign nationals (excluding those foreign nationals traveling on diplomatic visas, North Atlantic Treaty Organization visas, C-2 visas for travel to the United Nations, and G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4 visas) from countries that do not provide the information requested pursuant to subsection (d) of this section until compliance occurs.

(f) At any point after submitting the list described in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security may submit to the President the names of any additional countries recommended for similar treatment.

(g) Notwithstanding a suspension pursuant to subsection (c) of this section or pursuant to a P**********l proclamation described in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may, on a case-by-case basis, and when in the national interest, issue visas or other immigration benefits to nationals of countries for which visas and benefits are otherwise blocked.

(h) The Secretaries of State and Homeland Security shall submit to the President a joint report on the progress in implementing this order within 30 days of the date of this order, a second report within 60 days of the date of this order, a third report within 90 days of the date of this order, and a fourth report within 120 days of the date of this order.

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Apr 14, 2019 21:13:07   #
JoyV
 
JoyV wrote:
She asked a judge to show leniency in sentencing a number of young men in Minnesota for trying to join ISIS.

She is pro-Iran and has stated that sanctions against Iran should be lifted.

Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states are opposed to her because of her connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, which they have been fighting.

She spoke out for freeing terrorists such as Abdelmonem. Her tweet; "I recently met with @jkbadawy and @thefreedomi to talk about Hoda Abdelmonem, a political prisoner in Egypt. I hope that Trump brings up her case in his meeting with the regime that has imprisoned her. We must work to #FreeHoda."

Minnesota State Rep. Ilhan Omar, 34, is a Somali refugee and one of only two members of his state government body to v**e against a bill that denies life insurance benefits to radical terrorist policyholders who k**l Americans. The bill came in response to the terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, which k**led 14 people. Media: LifeZette Politics

She has been a speaker at CAIR events which support Hamas.

*****

And what Muslim ban?
Here are countries where Islam is the official state religion:
COUNTRY percent population Islam
Afghanistan 99.8
Iran 99.7
Mauritania 100
Pakistan 96.4
Saudi Arabia 97.1
Yemen 99
Algeria 98.2
Egypt 90
Iraq 98.9
Jordan 93.8
Kuwait 74.1
Libya 96.6
Malaysia 61.4
Maldives 100
Morocco 99
Somalia 98.9
Tunisia 99.8
United Arab Emirates 76
Brunei Darussalam 67
Lebanon 59.7

And then there are the countries which are Muslim majority but do not necessarily have an official state religion:
{some of thse are in both lists}
https://nosharia.wordpress.com/list-of-muslim-majority-countries-with-sectstategovernment/

Trump's Executive Order 13769, delays entry for 90 days, only covers Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and North Korea. If it were a Muslim ban, what about all the other Muslim countries and why include NK?

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She asked a judge to show leniency in sentencing a... (show quote)


Sec. 4. Implementing Uniform Screening Standards for All Immigration Programs. (a) The Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall implement a program, as part of the adjudication process for immigration benefits, to identify individuals seeking to enter the United States on a fraudulent basis with the intent to cause harm, or who are at risk of causing harm subsequent to their admission. This program will include the development of a uniform screening standard and procedure, such as in-person interviews; a database of identity documents proffered by applicants to ensure that duplicate documents are not used by multiple applicants; amended application forms that include questions aimed at identifying fraudulent answers and malicious intent; a mechanism to ensure that the applicant is who the applicant claims to be; a process to evaluate the applicant’s likelihood of becoming a positively contributing member of society and the applicant’s ability to make contributions to the national interest; and a mechanism to assess whether or not the applicant has the intent to commit criminal or terrorist acts after entering the United States.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of State, the Director of National Intelligence, and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall submit to the President an initial report on the progress of this directive within 60 days of the date of this order, a second report within 100 days of the date of this order, and a third report within 200 days of the date of this order.

Sec. 5. Realignment of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for Fiscal Year 2017. (a) The Secretary of State shall suspend the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days. During the 120-day period, the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security and in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall review the USRAP application and adjudication process to determine what additional procedures should be taken to ensure that those approved for refugee admission do not pose a threat to the security and welfare of the United States, and shall implement such additional procedures. Refugee applicants who are already in the USRAP process may be admitted upon the initiation and completion of these revised procedures. Upon the date that is 120 days after the date of this order, the Secretary of State shall resume USRAP admissions only for nationals of countries for which the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Director of National Intelligence have jointly determined that such additional procedures are adequate to ensure the security and welfare of the United States.

(b) Upon the resumption of USRAP admissions, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, is further directed to make changes, to the extent permitted by law, to prioritize refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual’s country of nationality. Where necessary and appropriate, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security shall recommend legislation to the President that would assist with such prioritization.

(c) Pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the entry of nationals of Syria as refugees is detrimental to the interests of the United States and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I have determined that sufficient changes have been made to the USRAP to ensure that admission of Syrian refugees is consistent with the national interest.

(d) Pursuant to section 212(f) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), I hereby proclaim that the entry of more than 50,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and thus suspend any such entry until such time as I determine that additional admissions would be in the national interest.

(e) Notwithstanding the temporary suspension imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security may jointly determine to admit individuals to the United States as refugees on a case-by-case basis, in their discretion, but only so long as they determine that the admission of such individuals as refugees is in the national interest — including when the person is a religious minority in his country of nationality facing religious persecution, when admitting the person would enable the United States to conform its conduct to a preexisting international agreement, or when the person is already in t***sit and denying admission would cause undue hardship — and it would not pose a risk to the security or welfare of the United States.

(f) The Secretary of State shall submit to the President an initial report on the progress of the directive in subsection (b) of this section regarding prioritization of claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution within 100 days of the date of this order and shall submit a second report within 200 days of the date of this order.

(g) It is the policy of the executive branch that, to the extent permitted by law and as practicable, State and local jurisdictions be granted a role in the process of determining the placement or settlement in their jurisdictions of aliens eligible to be admitted to the United States as refugees. To that end, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall examine existing law to determine the extent to which, consistent with applicable law, State and local jurisdictions may have greater involvement in the process of determining the placement or resettlement of refugees in their jurisdictions, and shall devise a proposal to lawfully promote such involvement.

Sec. 6. Rescission of Exercise of Authority Relating to the Terrorism Grounds of Inadmissibility. The Secretaries of State and Homeland Security shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, consider rescinding the exercises of authority in section 212 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182, relating to the terrorism grounds of inadmissibility, as well as any related implementing memoranda.

Sec. 7. Expedited Completion of the Biometric Entry-Exit Tracking System. (a) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall expedite the completion and implementation of a biometric entry-exit tracking system for all travelers to the United States, as recommended by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the President periodic reports on the progress of the directive contained in subsection (a) of this section. The initial report shall be submitted within 100 days of the date of this order, a second report shall be submitted within 200 days of the date of this order, and a third report shall be submitted within 365 days of the date of this order. Further, the Secretary shall submit a report every 180 days thereafter until the system is fully deployed and operational.

Sec. 8. Visa Interview Security. (a) The Secretary of State shall immediately suspend the Visa Interview Waiver Program and ensure compliance with section 222 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1202, which requires that all individuals seeking a nonimmigrant visa undergo an in-person interview, subject to specific statutory exceptions.

(b) To the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary of State shall immediately expand the Consular Fellows Program, including by substantially increasing the number of Fellows, lengthening or making permanent the period of service, and making language training at the Foreign Service Institute available to Fellows for assignment to posts outside of their area of core linguistic ability, to ensure that non-immigrant visa-interview wait times are not unduly affected.

Sec. 9. Visa Validity Reciprocity. The Secretary of State shall review all nonimmigrant visa reciprocity agreements to ensure that they are, with respect to each visa classification, truly reciprocal insofar as practicable with respect to validity period and fees, as required by sections 221(c) and 281 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1201(c) and 1351, and other treatment. If a country does not treat United States nationals seeking nonimmigrant visas in a reciprocal manner, the Secretary of State shall adjust the visa validity period, fee schedule, or other treatment to match the treatment of United States nationals by the foreign country, to the extent practicable.

Sec. 10. T***sparency and Data Collection. (a) To be more t***sparent with the American people, and to more effectively implement policies and practices that serve the national interest, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall, consistent with applicable law and national security, collect and make publicly available within 180 days, and every 180 days thereafter:

(i) information regarding the number of foreign nationals in the United States who have been charged with terrorism-related offenses while in the United States; convicted of terrorism-related offenses while in the United States; or removed from the United States based on terrorism-related activity, affiliation, or material support to a terrorism-related organization, or any other national security reasons since the date of this order or the last reporting period, whichever is later;

(ii) information regarding the number of foreign nationals in the United States who have been radicalized after entry into the United States and engaged in terrorism-related acts, or who have provided material support to terrorism-related organizations in countries that pose a threat to the United States, since the date of this order or the last reporting period, whichever is later; and

(iii) information regarding the number and types of acts of g****r-based violence against women, including honor k*****gs, in the United States by foreign nationals, since the date of this order or the last reporting period, whichever is later; and

(iv) any other information relevant to public safety and security as determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General, including information on the immigration status of foreign nationals charged with major offenses.

(b) The Secretary of State shall, within one year of the date of this order, provide a report on the estimated long-term costs of the USRAP at the Federal, State, and local levels.

Sec. 11. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

DONALD J. TRUMP

https://www.whitehouse.gov/p**********l-actions/executive-order-protecting-nation-foreign-terrorist-entry-united-states/

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Apr 14, 2019 21:15:42   #
JoyV
 
Carol Kelly wrote:
Is that why he doesn’t take the P**********l salary? He’s looking to advance his personal wealth? It seems to me he’s done more for ordinary Americans of every color than any of his predecessors in most recent history.


Yup!

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Apr 14, 2019 21:26:14   #
JoyV
 
DASHY wrote:
Trump relies on preaching cruelty, lies and h**e to keep his hapless followers believing his promises. Most TV observers (except Fox) have noticed it's easy to fact check Trump's lies. He tells the same ones all the time. He lies within seconds of him telling a lie. When is Obamacare going to be fixed? Is it after the next e******n or the one after that? How is the Muslim ban coming along. Has "emergency" funding for the wall
making any headway through the courts?


Check the fact checkers by seeking out the details of what they say are lies. Most have been debunked. Some are clearly opinions so cannot be claimed as a lie or a t***h, but as an opinion! Why don't you post us his top 5 or 10 lies? Not that huge list which the MSM has published which would take too much time to go into item by item. But just the top 5 or 10. Then we can all search out the info and do our own fact checking.

What Muslim ban?

Wall is being built DESPITE congressional resistance.

And your last sentence gives the lie to the assertion that he doesn't keep his promises. You said it yourself. The courts! He has not ignored his promises but been blocked again and again. Yet he still hasn't given up. A politician would make lots of promises then once in office they are never addressed. Trump is no politician!!!!

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Apr 14, 2019 22:12:35   #
JoyV
 
DASHY wrote:
An announcement by our billionaire real estate developer, pretend president Trump that he will donate his meager annual $400,000 salary back to the government is a TV stunt to hoodwink his dopey followers into thinking he is a generous man. Just one of the boys! That amount would be a drop in the ocean in compensating the government (you and me) for the cost we pay for each trip to Mar-a-Lago. We are told one trip costs $3.4 MILLION. It is very likely he uses Mar-a-Lago as a place to conduct personal business.
It seems to me he has screwed more Americans than any president before him. (In more ways than one.)
An announcement by our billionaire real estate dev... (show quote)


And how much did each of Obama's trips cost (total of $114 million), let alone Michelle's? And during his vacations, including golf vacations; how many dignitaries did he meet with? How many cabinet meeting did Obama hold? Trump's trips to Mar-A-Lago have all been working ones. AND the money spent by the taxpayers on the Secret Service is then donated back to the government. The law doesn't allow them to accept free rooms, food, etc. By the way, your costs are greatly inflated. According to NYT, his Mar-a-Lago trips cost $1 million. Out of that $1 mil they include the pay for secret service despite that they are paid whether they are in DC or elsewhere. They also make no distinction between working trips and other.

In 2017, Trump made 9 trips to Mar-a-Lago. All but two were working trips.
In 2018 Trump made 14 trips. All but 4 were working trips.
In 2019 he made 5 trips so far. ALL were working trips!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p**********l_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2017)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p**********l_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2018)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p**********l_trips_made_by_Donald_Trump_(2019)

https://www.newsmax.com/tomfitton/national-debt-travel/2015/08/24/id/671575/

As for taxpayer funded trips by the Obamas, it isn't over yet. Former US Presidents and their families get a lifetime of secret service protection. Their jet setting ways are higher than ever and we taxpayers are footing the bill.

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Apr 14, 2019 22:14:54   #
JoyV
 
rumitoid wrote:
As our Native Americans aptly say, He speaks with forked-tongue.


No. Hollywood coined the phrase. We American Indians say no such thing.

Now if you want to say he lies -- back it up.

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Apr 15, 2019 05:36:14   #
America 1 Loc: South Miami
 
DASHY wrote:
An announcement by our billionaire real estate developer, pretend president Trump that he will donate his meager annual $400,000 salary back to the government is a TV stunt to hoodwink his dopey followers into thinking he is a generous man. Just one of the boys! That amount would be a drop in the ocean in compensating the government (you and me) for the cost we pay for each trip to Mar-a-Lago. We are told one trip costs $3.4 MILLION. It is very likely he uses Mar-a-Lago as a place to conduct personal business.
It seems to me he has screwed more Americans than any president before him. (In more ways than one.)
An announcement by our billionaire real estate dev... (show quote)


And our last president didn't wring every last penny out of us and continues to do so.

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Apr 15, 2019 06:52:22   #
badbob85037
 
rumitoid wrote:
First this to consider: We should be paying all kinds of attention to Omar’s words and actions. She is principled and outspoken against all types of human rights abuses, having criticized Saudi Arabia for its war in Yemen, spoken out against Chinese repression of the Uighur population, stood with the Sudanese people in their uprising, opposed American intervention in Venezuela, grilled Elliott Abrams about his atrocious human rights record, and more. She is a cosponsor of the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, and has already introduced the Protect Against Unlawful Lobbying Act of 2019, and the Federal Worker Childcare Protection Act of 2019. Most recently, she cosponsored a bicameral bill to end Donald Trump’s Muslim ban. And she only began her job in January.

Which American politician publicly referred to the terrorists who carried out the 9/11 attacks as “those folks who committed this act,” seemingly downplaying its horrors? Was it Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar? No. Try George W Bush.

Or how about this. Who said that “the Stephen Miller approach to immigration has no viability”, adding that “Mr Miller is well known…for having views that are outside the mainstream,” suggesting Miller is in reality a political extremist who doesn’t belong in government? Was it Ilhan Omar? Wrong again. It was the Republican Senator Lindsey Graham.

And here is Trump addressing Jewish supporters in America saying "your prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu," assumes that Jewish Americans carry a dual loyalty to both Israel and the United States. This has been attributed to Ilhan Omar.

Over and over again, Ilhan Omar’s detractors misrepresent her words and intentions, accusing her of saying things she didn’t say or condemning her for things that have been said before, even by Republicans themselves.

But the attacks continue. That’s why you could be forgiven for thinking that Ilhan Omar, one of the first two Muslim women ever elected to Congress, has said these – or even much worse – things. By now, she is accused so often of various speech and thought crimes that she almost seems like a figure in the Two Minutes H**e, the daily ritual used to whip party members into a frenzy in George Orwell’s novel 1984. In Orwell’s dystopia, the enemy of the people was the very Jewish-sounding Emmanuel Goldstein. If you believe some pundits, today’s enemy of the people is the very Muslim-looking Ilhan Omar.

And here is the BIG ONE: The latest manufactured outrage derives from a speech Omar gave last month to the Los Angeles branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. As the Washington Post noted, Omar’s 23 March speech was broadcast live (including on Fox News Online), but became controversial only days ago. In one phrase of her 20-minute talk, which was focused on Muslim Americans and civil rights, Omar says “some people did something” when referring to the September 11 attacks. (George W. said “those folks who committed this act.”) It’s abundantly clear by the context of the talk that Omar was saying that the actions of a few have distressingly enabled the threat to the civil rights of so many. To allege that Omar was minimizing the horrors of September 11 is to deliberately misconstrue the point of her comments. For those Christians and others who bemoan cherry-picked verses out of context, you should be sympathetic.
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Don't worry about it. Pelosi and Fenstine are going over her place and Fenstine is packing heat. I would be more worried those two are going to off her in a ditch to make it look like a poor, cut down in her prime, innocent, goodie two shoes , democrat k**led by a rabid patriot, rapist, r****t. dope smokin Republican.

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Apr 15, 2019 07:21:17   #
mongo Loc: TEXAS
 
Rose42 wrote:
The woman is reaping what she's sown. Too bad for her.


I fully agree with you.
She started this party and now she is reaping
the consequences of her actions!
I hope she enjoys her ride to Somalia!

SEMPER FI

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