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"There's a pony in there somewhere". Trump con't

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AcrossthePond55 · 16/08/2018 00:12

Title based on what a college professor used to tell us when the going got tough.

"Just remember when you're standing shoulder deep in horse shit, there's a pony in there somewhere. So just keep digging".

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mackerella · 17/08/2018 12:13

This is shameful - corrupt and sleazy and utterly swampy.

US interior secretary's school friend crippling climate research, scientists say

Prominent US climate scientists have told the Guardian that the Trump administration is holding up research funding as their projects undergo an unprecedented political review by the high school football teammate of the US interior secretary.

The US interior department administers over $5.5bn in funding to external organizations, mostly for research, conservation and land acquisition. At the beginning of 2018, interior secretary Ryan Zinke instated a new requirement that scientific funding above $50,000 must undergo an additional review to ensure expenditures “better align with the administration’s priorities”.

Steve Howke, one of Zinke’s high school football teammates, oversees this review. Howke’s highest degree is a bachelors in business administration. Until Zinke appointed him as an interior department senior adviser to the acting assistant secretary of policy, management and budget, Howke had spent his entire career working in credit unions.

Roussette · 17/08/2018 12:27

Has the world gone mad... Stormy Daniels now coming on Loose Women in a minute... she's pulled out of Big Brother, not enough money apparently.

sorry to lower the tone of the thread Grin

lionheart · 17/08/2018 12:31

edition.cnn.com/2018/08/16/app-politics-section/mueller-manafort-evidence-next-trial/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_content=2018-08-17T02%3A14%3A04&utm_term=image&utm_source=twCNN

'Mueller's team has 3 times the evidence for Paul Manafort's next trial than his current trial.'

lionheart · 17/08/2018 12:37

Woah.

www.newsweek.com/michigan-black-democrat-racist-asian-comments-ching-chong-1077578?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter

'A black Democrat who lost a state Senate primary has apologized after referring to her Asian rival as “the ching chong” to voters outside polling precincts.

Michigan state Rep. Bettie Cook Scott also called Rep. Stephanie Chang’s campaign volunteer an “immigrant” who she told “you don’t belong here” and “I want you out of my country.”

The comments sparked outrage from multiple community groups in the area, who demanded Scott apologize, which the Detroit legislator duly did Thursday.

In a statement made through her lawyer Bill Noakes, Scott said she “deeply regrets” making the comments.'

lionheart · 17/08/2018 13:21

Carol Leonnig (WP)
‏
Verified account

@CarolLeonnig
10m10 minutes ago

'Trump says he cancelled $92M miilitary parade. Hours after price tag is reavealed and top aides say it is postponed.'

Donald J. Trump
‏
Verified account

@realDonaldTrump
22m22 minutes ago

'The local politicians who run Washington, D.C. (poorly) know a windfall when they see it. When asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade, they wanted a number so ridiculously high that I cancelled it. Never let someone hold you up! I will instead...

....attend the big parade already scheduled at Andrews Air Force Base on a different date, & go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th. Maybe we will do something next year in D.C. when the cost comes WAY DOWN. Now we can buy some more jet fighters!'

PerkingFaintly · 17/08/2018 13:35

GrinGrinGrin at Trumpy volte face.

Someone's been on the ball handling him over this!

Including, "Aw, don't worry little man, you can still have fun at a big a parade. You remember how much you liked the one in Paris last year? You can go again this year! You'll like that, won't you! Oops, let me wipe that ketchup off your chin."

Roussette · 17/08/2018 14:09

Perking Grin oh yes!

He sounds like an 8 year old boy showing off his model aeroplanes to everyone. So glad his parade has been pissed on!

Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 14:29

go to the Paris parade, celebrating the end of the War, on November 11th.

Has anyone told the French?

Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 14:38

Yup, I’m Muriel Bowser, mayor of Washington DC, the local politician who finally got thru to the reality star in the White House with the realities ($21.6M) of parades/events/demonstrations in Trump America (sad). https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/10304234807251189766^

^twitter.com/MurielBowser/status/1030437239384403968^

Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 15:42

In a Divided Era, One Thing Seems to Unite: Political Anger

Disputes over politics have divided Americans’ homes, strained marriages, ruined friendships and invaded the workplace.

www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/us/politics/political-fights.html

cozietoesie · 17/08/2018 16:24

True.

lionheart · 17/08/2018 16:35

Too many dealbreakers.

Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 16:38

NEW: "I think the whole Manafort trial is very sad," Pres. Trump says. "I think it's a very sad day for our country."

"He happens to be a very good person, and I think it's very sad what they've done to Paul Manafort." abcn.ws/2nMyGaK twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1030471634145107969/video/1

twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1030471634145107969

lionheart · 17/08/2018 16:42

DC.

"There's a pony in there somewhere". Trump con't
Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 16:42

BREAKING: Trump says he expects to 'quickly' revoke security clearance for Justice Department official whose wife worked for Trump dossier firm

twitter.com/AP_Politics/status/1030470049935572993

Again, this is a CRIME.

Do NOT call this a political move or political calculation. It is a CRIME. The crime is WITNESS TAMPERING. You can't do it. People go to prison for it. Attorneys must SPEAK OUT now. His INTENT was published on Twitter. This is the ACT. And it's CRIMINAL.

twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1030479390004654080

Gumpendorf · 17/08/2018 16:44

Asked by @PeterAlexander if he would pardon Paul Manafort, President Trump says “I don’t talk about that now,” and asserts that Manafort, who worked for the Trump campaign for 5 months, “worked for me for a very short time” and “he happens to be a very good person.” twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1030479518333583361/video/1
twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1030479518333583361

cozietoesie · 17/08/2018 16:55

What would 'a very short time' signify to you? Grin

TheFrendo · 17/08/2018 16:57

...Below is a copy of the letter from Manigault Newman's book publisher, Simon and Schuster, responding to Charles Harder, who is litigation counsel for the Trump campaign, obtained by CNN's Kaitlan Collins...

edition.cnn.com/2018/08/16/politics/omarosa-publisher-responds-to-trump-camp/index.html?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral

cozietoesie · 17/08/2018 17:10

Oh Boy.

.... She explained to the incredulous veterans that she was qualified to do so because she once served as a chaplain with the California State Military Reserve.....