USA Trade Trap

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Whatever happened to the artful deal? Who claimed to be a star negotiator? Why does @POTUS like trade wars and is reportedly planning to impose up to 25% tariffs on imported steel and 10% on aluminum as his attempt to save US industry?

Tariffs may bring instant cheers but stoke industry full of fears of trade wars this year, rising costs and layoffs across #USA.

The fear is that it could raise costs on everything from airplanes to beer cans. The wider worry is the potential for retaliatory measures by other countries that could hurt exports and jobs.

'This is Me' Anthem

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I am not a stranger to the dark
Hideaway, they say
'Cause we don't want your broken parts
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Runaway, they say
No one'll love you as you are
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out 'cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh

Gridiron Dinner

POTUS went along for the ride with movers and shakers of the mainstream media he lashes out against at Washington’s annual Gridiron dinner last night.

A white-tie gala is the type of event he's shunned since taking office. But what was supposed to be a good-natured bread-breaking between the president and press could become a flashpoint if Trump, who has labeled reporters “fake news” and the enemies of the American people. His jokes may have rung true saying ‘I like chaos’

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Register and Vote

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This week was dominated by some talk of gun control measures, but no action and distraction about turmoil in Trump's White House.

Amid a renewed national conversation about gun control, #CItyImages offers a variety of opinions on the various facets of the national gun control debate that has swelled in the long wake of the Feb. 14 Parkland, Florida, shooting.

Teen shooting survivors leverage huge social media followings for gun control http://thehill.com/policy/technology/376530-teen-shooting-survivors-lev…

Slowly We Perish

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Why have Americans allowed chaos to become the new normal for our White House as President Trump's Tweets and comments about tariffs, taking guns away and so many other outrageous things to say? He has been making questionable decisions, attacking his chosen advisors and losing hope, while distracting the whole world from so many other important news coming out of the West Wing.

US Trade Tirade

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America’s steep steel and aluminum tariffs cause tensions with China which could lead to higher prices for all US consumers as well as companies.

Even his friends, advisors and supportrs are turning on him. @POTUS turbulence in trade tariffs are going to cost his base Bigly. The conservative-leaning newspaper Wall Street Journal has raked Trump over the coals for 'biggest policy blunder of his presidency'

Bombogenesis Nor'easter

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Northeastern US is expected to get slammed with another old-fashioned nor'easter over the next few days.

Last time this happened it could have killed me, as the outer wall of the penthouse apartment balcony above my private patio slammed into the pavement as I was about to remove a plastic container tumbling around the concrete floor. The time before that, the upstairs apartment window broke while no one was living there and water saturated the floor while droplets formed on my ceiling, so I had to call FDNY to bust the door down. Are you wondering if I live in a condo of misfits, or are they, clowns? Maybe both, but needless to say, I don't like these weather conditions.

The rain and high winds are expected to last throughout Friday, with three inches pouring down on the area, including heavy, wet snow entering the mix as temperatures drop into the 30s.

A large and cold weather system is slowly moving south along the west coast will bring heavy rains to the lower elevations, with potential for flash flooding and debris flows, especially over burn scars; and several additional feet of snow in the mountains. A significant coastal storm will bring wet, heavy snow; strong, gusty winds; coastal and inland flooding to the Middle Atlantic and Northeast. https://www.weather.gov/

The National Weather Service has also issued a high-wind watch and is projecting storm-force gusts of up to 70 miles per hour along the city’s waterways and coasts, as well as a coastal flood advisory for the entire region.

The rapidly intensifying storm is the product of “bombogenesis,” which occurs when a “midlatitude cyclone rapidly intensifies” and quickly drops in atmospheric pressure, according to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. http://www.noaa.gov/

You know what they say about March rolling in like a lion. So batten down the hatches, stock your home with plenty of food, some beer, grab a book, a heavy blanket to snuggle up with. https://youtu.be/ctt4HpnGzPo

White Lies Matter

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Some say white lies are harmless or a trivial lie, especially one told to avoid hurting someone's feelings. But when you're the Communications Director at The Whitehouse it altogether different. The white president apparently blew his orange top about it, which resulted in the top hick losing all hope.

Trump once had a confidant named Hope
She worked for an idiot and a dope.
Hicks admitted to white lies
Her boss berated her and she flies
When he asked her to stay Hope said no way.

Action Speak Volumes

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Actions speak louder than words. People make statements and promises they have no intention of following through. You can tell someone you will protect them and repeat it many times, but until your actions coincide your words, others will never believe you.

Who claimed that he would have charged into a Florida school during the shooting even if he were unarmed.
"I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon," @POTUS boasted during a meeting at the White House to discuss school safety. Honestly, really, where is any proof to support that statement?

All Talk No Action

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Let's talk about guns. While dozens of uniformed officers marched into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, just one aspect of the heavy security as classes resumed for the first time since 17 students and teachers were killed by a troubled teenager with an AR-15, thrusting them into the center of the nation’s gun debate. @POTUS placates lawmakers at the @WhiteHouse to talk about gun laws following the Parkland, Florida Valentines Day massacre.