WylieCat
@wyliecat
Writer, avid gardener, reader of poetry, dog lover, beekeeper, daily walker, trying to live a meaningful life in troubled times.
“You can’t lose that many people in that haphazard of a manner without an impact on services,” said Devin O’Connor, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group. “The question is where or when the harm will be felt.”
Off with the masks, on with the BODY CAMS. No more "arrests" until every ICE thug is forced to wear one.
A fed judge said in a scathing ruling #tRump’s lawsuit @ the IRS was an improper exercise in self-dealing. The ruling did not explicitly kill the settlement #tRump worked out with his own gov, but referred the attorney that brought the case to the Florida state bar for potential disciplinary action!
And now he's subpoenaing four New York Times reporters for reporting the story. His pride is dented - his glitzy new QATAR "gift" can't protect him from would-be assassins.
NYT attorney #DavidMcCraw: “This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.” Keep your eye on this one.
TIRED OLD MAN, increasingly befuddled. Instead of playing golf, he's cosplaying president. Laughable until he starts a war he doesn't know how to end..
It serves as a clearinghouse for election officials, helping to train them & provide info @ latest voting tech. It also manages the NATIONAL MAIL VOTER REGISTRATION FORM & oversees a voluntary testing & certification program for various voting machines. The EAC also distributes elec security grants.
Rohm Emanuel is in Israel this week to deliver a speech designed to be a thunderclap. The combination of message and messenger should produce a loud echo. He plans to say, Israelis should regard U.S. support as:
#tRump's increasingly transactional approach to some of America’s closest allies, risks muscling out discussions about how to expand membership or defend NATO’s eastern flank against Russia. And it is turning the alliance into one shaped more by national interest than shared ideals.
The object of this game is to make Americans distrust elections, which are the envy of the world for being free and fair. Be AWAKE and do everything you can to keep them that way because shit like this looms...
“He is leveraging the power of being president to launch currencies, when he seems trustworthy in the public’s eye. It is almost a legal scam.” “All actions by #tRump and his admin are taken in the best interest of the American people.” hahaha If you believe that, we have another scam to sell you.
That hasn’t stopped #tRump and #Republicans from continuing to try to prove their many baseless claims.
Far-right members of Congress, prominent media pundits & grass-roots activists have criticized #tRump’s war with Iran, demanded release of Epstein files & accused him of prioritizing his own interests over the needs of voters. They HAVE NOT criticized him over the scale of his personal haul.
YES, we know the old cliche - you can get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. But this former Olympic canoeist is being scapegoated. We ALL know he did not cause/further the damage to the Reflecting Pool. Dem lawyers, we need a PRO BONO powerhouse to please give this guy a hand!
#tR spent MONTHS harassing #GovJaredPolis - a DEM - and he caved. “He’s saying the public doesn’t have the right to know his own advisory board told him no — twice. He’s not protecting a process. He’s protecting himself from scrutiny.” Now we know.
AGAIN. For the second time in as many weeks, the House has simply given up and gone home. Last week, the Senate stalled out. Why? #tRump wants SAVE ACT. The emptying Capitol provides another snapshot of the imbalance of power in Washington as a headstrong president confronts a weakened Congress.