President Trump said on Thursday that he would “almost definitely” declare a state of national emergency to build his border wall and fulfill a central promise of his campaign. Declaring a state of emergency would bypass the congressional process to construct a wall on the United States’ southern border. “If we don’t make a deal,…
Pulling out when you’re in the middle of action is a difficult thing for a lot of people. But here are 5 reasons why it’s often a good idea. 1) The Prospect of Financial Ruin The financial burden, especially over many years can be detrimental. In fact, this was a major (but underplayed) factor in…
Nick Givas on September 11, 2018 MSNBC host Joe Scarborough called President Donald Trump’s actions a “far graver threat to the idea of America” than the 9/11 attackers, Tuesday on “Morning Joe.” Scarborough claimed tragedies like 9/11 bring people closer together, while the president continues to tear them apart. “If you strip America of its ideas,…
Larry Summers, former President Barack Obama’s previous economic adviser, compared President Donald Trump’s treatment of Amazon to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Thursday on CNN’s “New Day.” “Picking winners and losers is problematic. Going on jihads with the power of the federal government against companies whose CEO’s private activity he doesn’t find congenial, that’s not…
Written by: Squiggly Line Guy Follow on Facebook or Twitter Political satire and parodies are my guilty pleasures on the Internet. The parody Facebook account for Donald Trump does not disappoint. The user took to Facebook asking followers to post a picture of themselves in the comments so they could be roasted. The results were…
Written by: Squiggly Line Guy Follow on Facebook or Twitter Americans care about Africa again. The last time we did was because of Kony 2012. The time before that was after Mufasa died in Disney’s The Lion King. President Donald Trump calling Haiti and African countries shitholes, if true, is beneath the office he holds….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By SAAGAR ENJETI Secretary of Defense James Mattis will establish an expert panel to develop recommendations on how to implement President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender personnel in the U.S. military, he said in a Tuesday statement. Mattis’s statement follows Trump’s official order to the U.S. military Friday barring any new transgender…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: If you watched the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary debates who you know, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham loves him some war talk. This morning on NBC’s Today Show Graham banged war drums again saying that military experts are wrong [about a North Korea nuclear threat] and that the only solution is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by: Henry Rodgers McCain was expected to speak of the importance of Australia’s important ties with the U.S. during a foreign policy speech Tuesday in Sydney, Sky News reported. “I realize that some of President Trump’s actions and statements have unsettled America’s friends. They have unsettled many Americans as well,” said McCain….
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