Government

American Tragedy

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A Valentines Day Massacre with yet another school shooting that caused 17 fatalities and mass murders for the 18 time this year. When will carnage the president referred to in his inaugural ever stop? Two tweets but no other comments from @POTUS?

14 were reported wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and the exact number of deaths are 17.

With more than a dozen injured inside a Florida school shooting, the suspect is in custody is a former student and identified as Nicolas Cruz, according to the sheriff's office.

Security Clearance

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Why does our national security appear to be in danger? How come are our nation's secrets are being shared with people who have not been vetted and issued a permanent security clearance? It is a national disgrace.

A security clearance is a status granted to individuals allowing them access to classified information, whether it be state or organizational secrets or to restricted areas, after completion of a thorough FBI background check.

Lawless GOP?

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Long-time Republican Senator and now US Attorney General Sessions is blasting a GOP Senator over a delay in DOJ nominations. During his speech at the National Sheriffs Association, he defended his marijuana policies and blamed Colorado's Cory Gardner for holding up high-ranking DOJ appointees in protest of those policies.
Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the National Sheriffs' Association https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-sessions-delivers-r…

Trump Budget

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President Trump's budget cuts necessary funding for Amtrak by half despite a string of deadly crashes. But it gets worse. Are you sitting down? Well, lay down for this one because there is a $554 billion cut in the US Medicare program in his released a $4.4 Trillion dollar budget.

Thos following are stories from the world's oldest news organizations and what they're reporting about the greatest and latest #Trump spending bill.

Trump's $4.4 trillion budget moves deficit sharply higher https://www.apnews.com/e50aec4820da4e30aed4bea9ff440e86

Trump budget cuts domestic programs, favors military and wall https://reut.rs/2G80m12

Trump says 'OK with me' if plan to rebuild roads founders https://www.apnews.com/d3ae66b59c8f461388d584a4bb33a322

Trump unveils infrastructure plan; uphill battle awaits in Congress https://reut.rs/2Bt54XU

Agency-by-agency highlights of Trump's 2019 budget https://www.apnews.com/56c0cf072a5446c295b179d069198e1b

Allegations or Facts?

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@POTUS tweets his concern that “lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation” Is this the same alligator, or crocodile who has been handing out a crock of pile his entire life by making outrageous, unsubstantiated claims about individuals or things, without showing any proof? http://politics.doseofnews.com/

Many would agree that his message should be constant - Domestic abuse is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated. A police report and a black eye cannot be considered allegations never ever. This I can tell you.

Working @Walmart

Why would Walmart hire a top DOJ official? The Justice Department’s third-ranking official, Rachel Brand has a job at Walmart adding trouble an agency with vacancies plus criticism from The White House?

Follow the signs and wonder what are they trying to prevent, or hide here? Four DOJ topper posts are vacant. Division heads at civil, criminal and national security, plus now #3 slot as leaves for Walmart? Thank you for shopping Walmart. https://youtu.be/g-XGv_BsAA0 https://youtu.be/CjSSj7-eyYk https://youtu.be/BV-F3lH3jO0

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US Distress SOS

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Some are characterizing it as irresponsible, impractical, unpredictable, and reprehensible so stick em up America, you're about to be ripped off to the max.

Following a military budget the likes of which the Pentagon has never ever seen. $700 billion is a whole lot more in defense spending than China and Russia.

And after strapping US taxpayers with an outrageous tax cut for big business which so far is not trickling down, is the GOP now plotting to remove Social Security benefits?

SS IS NOT A GIFT We and our employers paid 12.4% or more of our paychecks ALL OUR WORKING LIVES.

Chaotic Confusion

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Where does the buck really stop, folks? The Dow Jones industrials keep falling more than 1,150 points, making it the largest single-day point drop, erasing its gains for the year. What is @POTUS saying?

Is there one person, or any group responsible for creating chaos and confusion? @POTUS took credit when the market was up, so why is he not saying anything now? @realDonaldTrump regularly touts stock market gains. Why didn't he mention the sell-off at today's Ohio speech? Is he clueless?

As U.S. stocks plummet, Trump goes silent on role in markets http://reut.rs/2Ek05L3
Here's why markets and presidents have an uneasy relationship. http://bit.ly/2m7Gum9 pic.twitter.com/upHtn9SR8B Markets Right Now: Dow drops 1,175, biggest-ever point drop https://apnews.com/a3351cf3b8cc49bb8479e1b55803ed4a After bragging about Wall Street for more than a year, Trump has gone silent amid a plunging Dow http://trib.in/2GSzS4S

Meanwhile, how has the party of law and order become the party hostile to federal law enforcement Why is it attacking its own agencies and intelligence community? Will intelligence agencies stop confiding to Congress? https://www.apnews.com/c9b8a5b1f58f49baa14e815059ec18ec

Trump allows Putin and Russia off the hook, along with the large corporations and forgets all about the average American? Russia gets a pass in Trump's State of the Union speech: http://aol.it/2DMS5mm Trump choice for Russia ambassador: 'No question' Russia meddled https://reut.rs/2fxFe9q Senators urge Trump administration to resume Equifax probe https://reut.rs/2GPpI57

And what is the purpose of creating chaos and confusion? 'They certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much,' Trump says of Democrats' reactions during his State of the Union speech. http://apne.ws/6tjvXCV ' Trump needs to study the Constitution if he thinks Dems not applauding him is treason http://hill.cm/Jrd3MFF

Reporter: Trump health agency threatened to ban me from press calls because I wouldn't alter a story http://hill.cm/xOdSjUw

Congress Is Sleepwalking Toward Its Next Crisis http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/congress-is-sleepwalking-t…

Bait and Switch

Whatever happened to Mexico will pay for the wall... I'll drain the swamp and so many other so-called bait and switch moves... Has he hired the best people? Are these actions intended to build up or to destroy?

There have been massive firings from people chosen by @POTUS along with an amazing wave of Congressmen who are choosing to retire. Additionally, there is a lack of stability as one day its one thing and the next moment it is another. It appears that under the present administration, being a public servant is a not an easy job, and it’s not likely to improve.

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Putin On The Hit

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Actions over the past few days have undermined the right’s Trump-Russia conspiracy theory and its headed in the wrong direction.

Furthermore, a Nunes authored Congressional memo contradicts a right-wing belief about what prompted the investigation into the President’s ties to Russia.

A look at what the GOP memo says and doesn’t say. By @ChadSDay.http://apne.ws/I6YljQA

Explosive memo released as Trump escalates fight over Russia probe https://reut.rs/2Eah4PX