The most unreported thread ever. Trump thread 9

[amispartacus]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/2847535-Week-3-What-will-this-week-bring-Trump-thread

There are loads of other threads. But MN aren't highlighting them. Why not? I demand to know.

The New York Times ‏*@nytimes* 48m48 minutes ago
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President Trump’s FDA pick could undo decades of drug safeguards nyti.ms/2kb89Ri

The Independent ‏*@Independent* 58m58 minutes ago
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US and Turkey to 'work together' to fight Isis in Syria

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-trump-erdogan-turkey-work-together-fight-isis-syria-raqqa-al-bab-assad-a7568221.html

Wow. Just wow. At everything.

This placemark is unreported

The Associated Press ‏*@AP* 1h1 hour ago
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Huge numbers tune in to listen to court on Trump travel ban.

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The Independent ‏*@Independent* 1h1 hour ago
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Donald Trump: ‘I haven’t had one call’ complaining about Dakota Access Pipeline

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-i-havent-had-one-complaint-dakota-access-pipeline-standing-rock-latest-a7568216.html

Donald Trump: ‘I haven’t had one call’ complaining about Dakota Access Pipeline

Wasn't a PP saying all the comment lines & websites for the White House have been disabled since the inauguration? Hmmm. Perhaps they can't get in touch.

Donald Trump: ‘I haven’t had one call’ complaining about Dakota Access Pipeline

That is probably a true fact.

It's easy not to have a call if no one can speak to you.

I wish I hadnt looked this morning. So many republicans have been waiting to grab their chance to enact their version of world order. Trump has allowed them to do that. Never mind that the constitution is being ripped up and shredded like confetti. Never mind that they elected a crazed sociopath in order to do so. They don't care because while Trump takes the flak, they are doing exactly what they wanted to do behind the scenes.

Considering there have been pickets and marches (at the WH) and at the DAP site for months, and definitely since the inauguration (I remember posting a report of a march at the WH about it not long after the women's march), it's not like he wasn't aware. He DOES however have stake in the DAP.

Fake placemark, just Fake

Now he's attacking the sanctuary cities....

Washington Post ‏*@washingtonpost* 4m4 minutes ago
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Fact Checker: Trump's claim that sanctuary cities 'breed crime'

www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/08/trumps-claim-that-sanctuary-cities-breed-crime/?postshare=4511486541399941&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.14f1f3cb5e23

I am, however, reminded of the lovely late Carrie Fisher and her line in Star Wars about the more you tighten your grip, the more will slip through your fingers.

The Associated Press ‏*@AP* 7m7 minutes ago
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Trump administration has led news organizations to launch aggressive new fact-checking operations.

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Beautiful placemarking.

I can only see This American Life podcasts up to 5th Feb on iTunes (UK). Which date am I looking for?

Morning all! Phew, what a lot to catch up on today.

I noticed the post about net neutrality. I figured that would come up sooner or later. It could potentially be a serious issue if dismantling this would allow providers to actively disadvantage competitors and smaller sites that can't pay for faster speeds. It also opens the door to a sort of censorship by giving some content faster speeds and cheaper access (so you can access the sites we say for free on your mobile tarif but would pay extra to view the ones we don't like).

about the more you tighten your grip, the more will slip through your fingers
Thanks ginger that'll be today's mantra.

Newsweek ‏*@Newsweek* 8m8 minutes ago
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China tells U.S. to 'brush up on' South China Sea history bit.ly/2k1yIfG

Senate Republicans voted on Tuesday night to silence Elizabeth Warren for reading out a letter from the widow of Martin Luther King during a debate over Senator Jeff Sessions’ nomination for attorney general, eliciting furious response from Democrats
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/08/elizabeth-warren-mitch-mcconnell-silence-senate-debate-jeff-sessions-nomination
Sounds familiar, shutting down debate.
You know what sort of system would do that.

Washington Post ‏*@washingtonpost* 12m12 minutes ago
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Trump makes false statement about U.S. murder rate to sheriffs’ group

www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2017/02/07/trump-makes-false-statement-about-u-s-murder-rate-to-sheriffs-group/?tid=sm_tw&utm_term=.03cc31780e6b

President Trump met Tuesday morning with a group of sheriffs from the National Sheriffs Association, a group that consists of more than 3,000 sheriffs from around the country. And to this sworn group of law enforcement veterans, with reporters taking notes, he again repeated a falsehood about the murder rate in America.

Trump told the sheriffs, “the murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years.” He blamed the news media for not publicizing this development, then added, “But the murder rate is the highest it’s been in, I guess, 45 to 47 years.”

The country’s murder rate is not the highest it’s been in 47 years. It is almost at its lowest point, actually, according to the FBI, which gathers statistics every year from police departments around the country.

[What Trump says about crime in America and what is really going on]

The murder rate is defined as the number of murders and non-negligent homicides per 100,000 residents. Beginning in 1957, when the rate was 4.0 murders per 100,000 residents, the rate rose steadily to a high of 10.2 in 1980. It then steadily dropped, to 7.4 in 1996, to 6.1 in 2006, to 4.4 in 2014. It went up in 2015 to 4.9. But that is less than half the murder rate of 1980. The raw number of homicides in America has actually declined from 19,645 in 1996 to 15,696 in 2015, even while the population has risen from 265 million in 1996 to 321 million in 2015.

The violent crime rate in America also has plummeted over the years. Defined as murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, violent crimes peaked at a rate of 758 per 100,000 residents in 1991, and the rate was about 373 violent crimes per 100,000 in 2015, again a decline of more than half.

The statistics for 2016 are not yet available. Here is the FBI’s violent crime table for the years 1996 to 2015.

woman They've broken the barrier now. They've silenced opposition openly in the Senate. It will now be done more and more until it's SOP.

It's not like Trump didn't tell people what he was aiming for.

Here's some nice dictators he admires, just so that we know what we can expect.

Yes Prime Minister also teaches how to damn people with praise.

Oh yes, Betsy Devos. She's very religious, passionately believes that education can be used to expand God's Kingdom on Earth, is a very generous donor to Christian schools and strongly believes that education should be opened up to the private sector.

(And you say that to Republicans who are NOT very religious and have concerns over education and money)

Or:

Betsy Devos, wife of billionaire Richard Devos, who has little experience in working in the public school system was nominated today on a tie break vote with the support of the Vice President.

Trump makes false statement about U.S. murder rate to sheriffs’ group

This is what Kelly Anne Conway said:

Always was, when women speak