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Join the Schiffettes for covfefe in the SCIF as they await Comeys return from behind the curtains...Trump cont.

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MicrowaveSpy · 31/05/2017 23:41

Will get link to previous thread

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cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 14:17

Maybe we should all start referring to it - among ourselves - as the 'Pittsburgh Agreement'. Grin

lionheart · 02/06/2017 14:19

Sounds good. Smile

This does not:

thehill.com/homenews/administration/336023-epa-begins-offering-buyouts-to-cut-staff-report

Roussette · 02/06/2017 15:16

I found these facts fascinating...

President Donald Trump wants to stop contributing to the U.N.-managed Green Climate Fund, claiming that “nobody else is even close” to the $1 billion the U.S. has paid so far.

Yet other governments with smaller economies than the U.S. have invested significant amounts too.

The fund now has $694 million from Japan, $515 million from Britain, $460 million from Sweden and $420 million from Germany, in addition to contributions from dozens of other countries.

And per capita, some countries are promising much more than the U.S.

The U.S. pledges so far — including the $1 billion already paid and $2 billion promised by the Obama administration — add up to $9 per American, compared to $60 pledged from every Swede and $50 pledged from each Norwegian.

So he just lied in his speech yesterday, totally lied. The US does not pay more than anyone else.

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 15:17

NBC News PR‏Verified account @NBCNewsPR 3m3 minutes ago
.@NBCNews EXCLUSIVE: Russian banker Sergey Gorkov asked repeatedly by @KeirSimmons about Kushner meeting.

WATCH: nbcnews.to/2qJtvfU

cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 15:18

Interesting Newsweek article. Let me know if the link doesn't work.

Trump climate change

Roussette · 02/06/2017 15:32

That's an interesting article cozie

Roussette · 02/06/2017 15:37

This Wapo article is worth reading too.

So Pruitt and Bannon pushed and pushed with out of date and false information to make sure Trump pulled out of climate change.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-climate-decision-after-fiery-debate-he-stayed-where-hes-always-been/2017/06/01/e4acb27e-46db-11e7-bcde-624ad94170ab_story.html?utm_term=.7c22e97c3ebf

Lweji · 02/06/2017 15:38

So he just lied in his speech yesterday, totally lied. The US does not pay more than anyone else.

It's not a full lie. It's how it's presented.

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 15:41

The Hill‏Verified account @thehill 4m4 minutes ago
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Scarborough: Paris climate deal withdrawal proves Bannon is the real president hill.cm/ZmoT5aZ

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 15:46

Grant Stern‏Verified account @grantstern 17h17 hours ago
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Grant Stern Retweeted irina fowzry
Getty has a photo of Jeff Sessions and Russian Ambassador Kislyak at the Mayflower Hotel last April. It IS #REAL.

www.gettyimages.com/license/650653472

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They're still denying this took place, is this pic for sure from that meeting? If it is...this is monumental
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cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 15:47

Not for long, Ginger. (President B.)

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 15:48

CNN‏Verified account @CNN 46s47 seconds ago
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What does Trump believe about climate change? His aides won't say, and you can't ask him cnn.it/2qOfxV9

cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 15:49

It hardly matters.

originalbiglymavis · 02/06/2017 15:52

It's like a really bad movie plot. Stallone, Arnie, Snipes or Stephen Segal?

cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 16:00

It could get more bizarre still. 'could'.

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 16:17

Reuters Top News‏Verified account
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Trump to decide whether to block Comey testimony: White House adviser reut.rs/2s1qyqA

cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 16:30

He would be .......ill-advised to do that.

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 02/06/2017 16:39

Paul Ryan @SpeakerRyan

BREAKING NEWS → Next week, the House will vote to dismantle #DoddFrank. The era of taxpayer bailouts and #TooBigToFail is over.

Join the Schiffettes for covfefe in the SCIF as they await Comeys return from behind the curtains...Trump cont.
cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 16:43

They're going for what they think they can get?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 02/06/2017 16:45

Laurence Tribe @tribelaw
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Comey testimony re his communications w/ Trump can't be blocked by T because they became non-confidential once T discussed them publicly.

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 16:48

The Independent‏Verified account @Independent 22s22 seconds ago
Justin Trudeau has been quietly contacting US politicians about tackling climate change ind.pn/2qJzWQ9

GingerIvy · 02/06/2017 16:50

Pain that's good to know that he can't block it.

cozietoesie · 02/06/2017 16:53

Pittsburgh had to leave the lights on 24/7 due to (smoke)?

OnTheDarkSideOfTheSpoon · 02/06/2017 17:04

ginger Well in theory, no, but he pays no heed to the law nor accepts there are limits to his power so he may well try anyway.

In the mean time, I suppose we hope that though they may be more lumbering, the committees and the judiciary apply the brakes to any of his multiple offenses.

www.politico.com/story/2017/06/02/trump-tweets-russia-probes-239040

Trump’s tweets ‘a gold mine’ for Mueller probe
The president's running public commentary gives investigators real-time insight into the intent behind his actions – and could create problems for him or his aides.