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President Obama's even steady influence certainly is needed by the Democratic party. A party that is wading into the deep and troubling waters of socialism/communism. Communism is a total failure and socialism has its problem with extremism every bit as much as conservatism does. Lets hope President Obama can exert enough moderating influence to insure Trump's defeat in November 2020. He hasn't put his thumb on the scale for any one candidate in particular. But in two different speeches this month, he has made clear that presidential hopefuls would be wise to avoid moving too far to the left if they hope to win back the White House in 2020. Some party strategists and operatives say that by throwing the weight of his legacy and influence into the simmering ideological debate between the Democratic Party's progressive and moderate wings, the former president has the potential to reshape the dynamics of the primary race. His latest remarks came last we

Happy Thanksgiving to all as we count our many blessing and look forward to continued success and prosperity in 2020 Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2019 occurs on Thursday, November 28. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the  Civil War , that President  Abraham Lincoln   proclaimed  a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November. Thanksgiving Becomes a National Holiday

Possible, as well as likely, articles of impeachment #45 could have brought against him by the House of Representatives. A growing work in progress (as of 10/17/2019). Violation of Constitution on Domestic Emoluments Violation of Constitution on Foreign Emoluments Incitement of Violence Interference With Voting Rights Discrimination Based On Religion Illegal War Illegal Threat of Nuclear War Abuse of Pardon Power Obstruction of Justice Politicizing Prosecutions Collusion Against the United States with a Foreign Government Failure to Reasonably Prepare for or Respond to Hurricanes Harvey and Maria Separating Children and Infants from Families Illegally Attempting to Influence an Election Tax Fraud and Public Misrepresentation Assaulting Freedom of the Press Supporting a Coup in Venezuela Unconstitutional Declaration of Emergency Instructing Border Patrol to Violate the Law Refusal to Comply With Subpoenas Declaration of Emergency Without Basis In Order to Violate the

The  letter below was written and sent to Donald J. Trump demanding he remove Stephen Miller from his position as Trump's senior advisor. While it is unlikely Trump will act to remove, the request (demand) is totally proper. There is no place for bigotry, racism, hate, white supremacists, or neo-Nazis in our government.  All Americans who find the rhetoric of Stephen Miller, and DJT for that matter, reprehensible and unacceptable should take action in anyway possible for them to make their voices heard. Loud and clear. Bad people and bad policy succeed when good people do nothing. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ November 18, 2019 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and pr

America's present political system is not exactly the system our founders had in mind. I say this not because the framework itself   is corrupted. Rather the system has been corrupted by the influence of   big money and special interests . Donald Trump was elected to office with populist support. One of his selling points was that he was behind the middle class and he had their back. And, he did give that middle class tax cut that folks appreciated. But they were set to expire in what, 5 years? Still what's good now is god now. The future is the future. With Trump having your back middle America he proceeded to sign into law a corporate tax rate reduction to 21%. And he made it PERMANENT . BTW, do ya'all remember that Trump, who has your back middle America, promised to get rid of the ACA and REPLACE IT with a really good plan? Well, we're still waiting. Right? Meantime A significant amount of your fellow Americans (and perhaps you as well) remain without g

We are living in strange and interesting times. Whether they are more interesting than strange is, of course, up to the individual to determine for themselves. It has been told (by the media and think tanks etc.), and generally accepted, that America is a center-right nation. Which is very plausible because we are a pragmatic bunch and usually prefer the go slow and show me approach. As opposed to the lets change it because change in and of itself is good approach. Moderate/conservative -vs- Liberal/progressive might be an apt grouping. What has occurred over the prior 40 years in American politics is interesting as well as strange. Over the preceding 40 years our nation has morphed into essentially two armed political camps. Camps that have solidified around core ideologies of extreme right-wing thought and extreme left-wing thought. Leaving the more moderate and independent thinks in both camps to sort out realities and remained tethered to the same all by themselves. While

“I value loyalty above everything else—more than brains, more than drive and more than energy,” Trump  wrote  in his 2007 book “Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life.” Like an Italian Mafioso Don Trump knows that unflinching loyalty is the singularly most important job requirement of a capo. And, like the Mafioso Don he is relentless in his demand for it.  The Washington Post -  THE BIG IDEA: President Trump expects unflinching loyalty from those who work for him. The price of that loyalty can be quite high. So, too, can the costs of perceived disloyalty. A demand for devotion has been a recurring theme in almost every major scandal that has dogged and distracted this White House.   “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty,” Trump told then-FBI Director James Comey during a private dinner soon after taking office, according to Comey’s  sworn testimony . Sometimes it seems like no amount of loyalty is enough. With the exceptions of the daughter and son-in-law he installed

Trump's misguided and dishonest sycophantic supporters in the GOP, as well as his holier than thou hypocritical Evangelical cheerleaders are all about distractions, lies, and conspiracy theory in support of the man they love. All in the belief the narcissistic and immoral man they support is somehow America's savior selected by God. Something all sane folks know instinctively is pure delusional thinking. THE BULWARK - A s the House opened the first public impeachment hearings on Tuesday, we’ve already previewed a key line in Trump’s defense: the attempted  character assassination of impeachment witnesses. With the president, it’s always  a   game of loyaltie s , and if you’re not with him, you’re tainted.   The whistleblower   is a “partisan hack”;   Ambassador Bill Taylor   is a “Never Trumper”; and Never Trumpers are “human scum.” The federal government is saturated with dangerous “Obama holdovers” and “career bureaucrats” loyal to the dangerous “administrative state.”

“This will be a presidency where you can turn on the news, look at the White House and feel your blood pressure go down a little bit instead of up through the roof.”  Pete Buttigeigh 2019 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. (Associated Press) Wow! How very refreshing such a calming reassuring presence would be following the 4 years of chaotic, inept, anti American, and criminally corrupt "leadership" of Donald J. Trump. It is not too late to correct the grave and disastrously misguided mistake of 2016. Trump CAN be defeated. But ONLY if middle America turns out to vote in RECORD numbers to lampoon the narcisisstic hopes of Trump for reelection. America remains a center to slightly right of center nation. She is far from ready for the Sanders or Warren Medicare for All multi trillion dollar plans. No matter how one slices and dices the proposals they will not fly. Nor should anyone want them to. Like all fed

What follows is likely the scenario on, and end result of, impeaching Donald J. Trump. Odds are probably less than zero that the Senate's cultist Trump republicans would vote for removal of the most corrupt president of modern times. It is sad indeed. But understand this is no longer your parents or grandparents America. And if Trump is not removed and is reelected, a distivt possibility, America will never ever be that America again. A time when America really was GREAT . The evidence against Trump is overwhelming. This Ukraine quid pro quo wasn’t just a single reckless phone call. It was a multiprong several-month campaign to use the levers of American power to destroy a political rival. Republican legislators are being bludgeoned with this truth in testimony after testimony. They know in their hearts that Trump is guilty of impeachable offenses. It’s evident in the way they stare glumly at their desks during hearings; the way they flee reporters seeking comment; the way