The CIA concluded that the Russian Federation interfered in this election by spreading misinformation about failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The Russian government aided by Wikileaks had infiltrated the private emails of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta's emails.
Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails. The reasons were to hurt Clinton and boost their puppet, the controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/immature fuhrer in waiting Donald J. Trump.
The Russian president Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin denies interfering in the election. Putin did say that Trump was a brilliant man who had the will of his people on his side.
In a secret briefing Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the inept Majority Leader voiced doubts that Russia had a hand in the hacking of the emails of Democratic leaders. So McConnell doesn't put his trust in the federal agencies that fight terrorism. He only believes the CIA when they can produce yellowcake uranium in Iraq. He doesn't seem to care where Osama bin Laden was. He believed President Barack Obama's predecessor George W. Bush when he said that bin Laden was probably hiding in a cave.
Me not know. Yet he gets intelligence briefings.
Even the fuhrer is denying he got a leg up from his buddy he can see from Sarah Palin's backyard.
Trump said no way. "I don't believe they interfered. it could be Russia. And it could be China. And it could be some guy in his home in New Jersey."
Trump already pissed of the Democratic People's Republic of China by taking a personal call from the president of Taiwan (the Republic of China).
White House and the CIA declined comment on the issue.
Fake news sites with ties to Russia include: The Drudge Report, InfoWars, Prison Planet, ZeroHedge, Daily Trump, BeforeItsNews and Corbett Report are named as websites that traffic propaganda.
Famed astronaut and former U.S. Senator John Glenn passed away.
Sad news to report. The legendary astronaut and former Democratic senator from Ohio, John Glenn passed away. Around that time, he was hospitalized at the Ohio State University James Cancer Center. A specific cause of death wasn't revealed but at the time of his death, the family confirmed he was in dire straits.
Buzz Aldrin is suffering from declining health issues as well. He was in Antarctica when he was getting ill and had to return back to the United States. He was told of the news while in the hospital.
President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump were notified of the passing.
Obama said that "with John's passing, our nation has lost an icon."
"When John Glenn blasted off from Cape Canaveral atop an Atlas rocket in 1962, he lifted the hopes of a nation," Obama said in a statement. "And when his Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down a few hours later, the first American to orbit the Earth reminded us that with courage and a spirit of discovery there’s no limit to the heights we can reach together."
Trump said in a tweet that the nation had lost "a great pioneer of air and space in John Glenn. He was a hero and inspired generations of future explorers."
Ohio governor John Kasich, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) were notified as well.
Glenn was the last survivor of the Mercury 7. He was selected in 1959 as NASA's first groups of astronauts. He became the first American to orbit the Earth on February 20th, 1962.
He was born on July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, Ohio to Clara and John H. Glenn, Sr. The family moved to New Concord when he was young. His father was involved in the business of plumbing. He didn't want to get into the business, he wanted to be an engineer.
He went to Muskingum College to study there. He dropped out to join the Navy. He was influenced to join after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In World War II, John flew 59 combat missions in the South Pacific as Marine aviator. He flew a further 90 combat missions during the Korean War. He survived skirts with enemy fire and lived to tell about it.
Around that time, he met his love Annie and she always had his back. They would have two children and live in Columbus, Ohio.
Glenn was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1974. Served from 1975 until 1999. He lost his first bid for the Senate from Ohio in 1970, after abandoning a race in 1964 because of a head injury suffered in a fall.
Glenn was briefly considered as a running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter in 1980. But a ponderous address at the Democratic National Convention – people walked out – caused Carter to remark that Glenn was "the most boring man I ever met."
Glenn sought the Democratic presidential nomination himself in 1984 but was quickly eliminated by eventual nominee Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president. His failure was all the more stinging because he had been touted as an early front-runner.
In the Senate, Glenn was respected as a thoughtful moderate with expertise in defense and foreign policy. But his career's luster was dulled by a Senate investigation of the "Keating Five" – five senators suspected of doing favors for campaign contributor Charles Keating Jr. The panel eventually found Glenn did nothing improper or illegal.
He took a leading role in seeking to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons, especially to Pakistan. He was the author of a law that forced the United States to impose sanctions on India and Pakistan in 1998 after both countries conducted nuclear tests.
He also was a staunch advocate of a strong military and took a keen interest in strategic issues. He retired from the Senate in 1999.
Thirty-six years after his maiden space voyage, Glenn became America's first geriatric astronaut on Oct. 29, 1998. He was 77 years old when he blasted off as a mission specialist aboard the shuttle Discovery. He saw it as a blow to stereotyping of the elderly.
"Maybe prior to this flight, we were looked at as old geezers who ought to get out of the way," Glenn said after his nine-day shuttle mission. "Just because you’re up in years some doesn't mean you don't have hopes and dreams and aspirations just as much as younger people do."
Recently the city of Columbus renamed its airport John Glenn Metro Columbus International Airport.
The former was Port Columbus.
The skies are the limit for a legend. He will be sorely missed. Godspeed John Glenn.
With the fuhrer coming into office, Republicans feel that they're confident to repeal the first term of President Barack Obama. With their top priorities including a Supreme Court nominee, repeal Obamacare, pass the Keystone XL pipeline, recognize the threat of "radical Islam", and pass anti-choice laws nationwide, Republicans believe this is going to be an easy ride for them.
Democrats are seething with rage over their defeat. They want revenge!
Republicans have demonized Obama for the two terms and now they're trying to normalize Donald J. Trump as a rational leader. He will pick a cabinet and his very words could jeopardize the world.
Republicans are still stuck in the 20th Century.
And they continue to promise to bring "real change" back to Washington while still doing nothing.
They will continue to be inept and worthless.
Democrats will continue to be worthless as well. They continue to pick Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as their House Minority Leader. And it's likely warmongering Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will be the Minority Leader of the U.S. Senate. Pelosi, Schumer and the Democrats weren't tough enough to stand against the onslaught of misinformation being spread around by websites like The Drudge Report, InfoWars, WorldNetDaily, ZeroHedge, and Breitbart.
Democrats are the party of diversity but it's losing support among those who felt that the party accommodating Republican policies.
We have a million problems in this country. About 1/3 of the problems will likely be solved. Most of these issues will be partisan rancor. I bet you money that the moment the Republicans get into power, they'll be drunk on it.
When the man-child take office, he'll inherit a low job rate. President Barack Obama leaves him 15.9 million jobs.
Bet you money, we won't hear conservatives bemoan and beeyotch about the jobs report once the dictator takes over. Like they've done to President Barack Obama, they would say that the jobs report were bogus and 95 million people aren't working. They don't care about the obvious reasons to why people aren't working.
For every the month of November, the jobs report comes with 178,000 jobs added. It drops the unemployment rate to 4.6 percent. With that drop, it begins the final month of Obama's term.
He will leave the controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/immature/reality television star a stable economy. The man-child will be our next president. Donald J. Trump will come in believing that his words helped the economy.
Let's break down the canard about 95 million people not working. Obviously in the minds of White extremists there are so many people lazy and living on the gubmint. They want drug tests for people who use the safety net.
I can only imagine that those who are suffering in the South weren't supporters of Obama's policies.
A large scale wildfire in Tennessee destroying homes and displacing people. Tennessee lawmakers are calling upon Congress to pass emergency relief before they take their umpteenth vacation. Once they return it will be the soon-to-be inept 115th Congress. The Republicans will have control of Congress and they will ignore the needs of the American people.
Reasons to why 95 million people not working. DEATH BIRTH RETIREMENT TERMINATION FROM JOB QUIT JOB ON OWN TERMS PRISON STAY AT HOME PARENT COLLEGE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY DISABLED
My vacation in Niagara Falls. I took a picture of the International Boundary Line at the Rainbow Bridge. Its one of the many border crossings that the United States and Canada share.
Our future dictator has one of his properties in Toronto.
Our neighbor to the north is concerned about the nationalist stance of your incoming dictator. His surprise win has concerns globally. He is not prepared for the job. The controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/reality television star who will become the 1st Dictator of the United States will take office in January along with his running mate the Christian extremist who is the outgoing Indiana governor. They promised that they will make America Great Again.
On his journey he may takedown many allies in his quest.
Canada our most reliable ally in the world is hoping that the incoming leader will not ruin a century's worth of trade and friendship.
If you didn't know this lovely fact, let me inform you about it. The U.S.-Canadian border is one of the longest boundary in the world. It's an invisible line that cuts through two countries and the U.S. Border Patrol and Canadian Border Service Agency monitor it 24/7, everyday. The International Boundary Commission is the agency that deals with maintaining the border. The IBC must cut through forests and mountains to maintain a clear path dividing the countries.
It spreads from Alaska in the extreme northwest with the Yukon and British Columbia. Then it starts from Washington state to Maine. It passes through the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
It pass through the U.S. States of Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan (water), Ohio (water), Pennsylvania (water), New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
It passes through forests, mountains, valleys, and water. However the border is complex. Some of the United States extends into Canadian mainland and vise versa. It's noted that some of the border does pass through buildings such as homes, businesses, and a library.
In the tiny town of Derby Line, Vermont, there is a handful residents who are literally neighbors to the people of the city of Stanstead, Quebec. The town was cut in half and the residents must apply for passports to see their neighbors. So if you live in Derby Line to get a fresh pizza from Stanstead, you better have a passport. If you from Stanstead and want to travel to the nearest Walmart 30 miles down the Interstate 91, better get a passport.
It's even rough for the residents of the tiny village of Estcourt Station, Maine. The town sits at the northernmost point of the United States. You have to drive through Canada to enter the tiny hamlet.
Only five people live there and they have the worst luck of border residents. Their homes are directly on the border. Those who live in the United States must travel through Canada to get back to the town of Fort Kent, Maine. Those who want to get gas from the Gulf station in Estcourt Station and live in the city of Pohenegamook, Quebec have to drive nearly a mile to border patrol before going to the gas station to fill up. That's if they're open. If the U.S. Custom and Border Patrol station isn't open, you're out of luck. Because if you have a home in the Canada but have to get through your driveway in United States, you're pretty much trapped in your home.
If you live in New York, you have the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. It is a Native American claim that cuts into both countries. Many residents can freely travel through the countries without being stopped. Although both government monitor the area, the area is independent governance.
If you live at the Northwest Angle in Minnesota, you have to travel through Manitoba to get to the area. You must contact the border patrol once you enter the Angle. If you fail to do so, within 30 minutes the border agents and the U.S. Coast Guard will appear and round you up.
If you live in Point Roberts, Washington, you have a rough way to the mainland. The city is part of the United States and it sits on the peninsula of British Columbia. You have only an elementary school in Point Roberts. Many residents who have children who are passed 5th grade have to go to either Canadian schools for education or take the hour ride from Surrey, British Columbia to Blaine, Washington for middle and high school education.
With the Republican Party fixated on building walls and having countries pay for it, I wonder if the Republicans are willing to pay the residents of the United State sand Canada to clear the way for that wall to the north.
The soon-to-be dictator wants to end trade agreements with countries that don't help America first.
But in the same breathe he wants the Keystone XL pipeline and Dakota Access Pipeline to carry forth. Those pipelines will cut through the United States from Canada.
The issues with legalization of marijuana is also divisive. Canada is going to legalize the weed nationwide. In the United States, a handful of states are legalizing the weed. The rest considers it a felony if you possess the weed.
Nonetheless, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with the guy in the coming month as a jester of goodwill. The two will have some tension on issues. His stance on refugees, the poor and the American-Canadian trade agreements are issues that the dictator may have to focus on.
Border security is truly a Republican issue. They want to ban Muslims from coming into the country.
They want to ship immigrants back to their nations (including Canada).
Did you know it's easier to get into Canada than it is the United States. The U.S. takes everything seriously and assured that you'll be banned from entry if you commit a felony in the country of your origin. Matter of fact, if you're an American cause an criminal incident in Canada, you could be banned from entry in the United States. You might have to face Canadian courts or detainment for an indefinite period.
President Barack Obama was notified of the mass shooting today. The governor of the state was notified as well. No statement from the Republican governor.
The blood of these people lie on Donald J. Trump, Mike Pence, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, and Kentucky governor Matt Bevin hands. Another mass shooting in America and your inept lawmakers in Congress refuse to pass comprehensive gun control.
I normally blame the shooter for every mass shooting. Now that political correctness is off the table, I will blame Republicans for the genocide of America.
By allowing firearms in the hands of everyone, it pretty much gives individuals the power to be executioner of those who wronged them. No matter what the reason!
Two people were killed and four others were injured after a mass shooting in Louisville, Kentucky.
Some will survive this encounter. Others may not survive the night.
This is the Juice Bowl. This event was held at Shawnee Park. This is an event where families come together to enjoy a game of youth football. This terrorist took that away for some petty bullshit.
On Thanksgiving of all things, a terrorist opened fire on a youth football game where many people were in attendance. Even worse, the mayor of Louisville Metro was there and was totally shocked and angered by the rash of violence on a day where we're supposed to be family.
Given that controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/reality television star will take office in January, the thoughts of coming together are over. There's no such thing as unity in Trump's America. He will make America great again on the
Wonder if disgraced news agitator Lauren Podell will hop on social media to rant about being tired of hearing about NIGGERS killing each other? After all she doesn't value the Black lives lost to gun violence.
Louisville Metro Police asks for tips to nab the terrorists involved in this mass shooting.
President-elect Donald Trump picks Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his Attorney General.
The controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/reality television star elected as our 45th President picks a controversial establishment lawmaker who is going to serve as the AG. He also picks an establishment Republican as his CIA-director. He picks an Islamophobe as his National Security. And the list of names are growing in this transition period.
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is going to be our next Attorney General of the United States. This squinty eyed pro-Confederate bigot was the first senator to come out in favor of the controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/reality television star Donald J. Trump.
Session is anti-immigrant. He's a climate change denier. He is a supporter of the losing side of the Civil War and is an obnoxious bigot.
He also got Stephen Bannon on his roster as his political strategist. Bannon is known to have White extremist views. The former president of Breitbart News has stroked "fake news" about President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for years.
Breitbart was at the forefront of bitching about Facebook removing conservative news from its viral feed. They believed its censorship.
Trump also picked Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) as his CIA-director. Pompeo supports torture and the Muslim ban.
Trump picked Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn as his National Security Adviser. Flynn is considered an Islamophobe.
These decision won praise from Republicans. Democrats and civil rights group denounces these decisions as examples of the divide.
George Carlin was right on politicians. Wish he was alive to see Trump as the president.
The late George Carlin hated politicians. He hated charlatans and if he was alive today, he would hate Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of The United States.
Trump and Mike Pence will take over on January 20th, 2017. For the next four or eight years, these two will run the country. Hope the best for them. But I don't consider them my leaders.
President-elect Donald Trump meets President Barack Obama.
So what should we talk about?
I don't know!
I am done watching CNN, HLN, Fox News, Fox Business, MSNBC, and Bloomberg. They are forever labeled the "liberal media". They missed the point. They gave Democrats and liberals false hope of an election victory for Hillary Clinton.
I give credit to not only the president-elect but that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and Matt Drudge. I want to congratulate them on their nonstop agitation this election season. They now made it easier for America to more divided.
There is so much going on in the world. I mean protests and unrest in America will now be apart of the norm now that the most divisive person to ever hold office is elected. A man with no experience or the temperament to lead is the president.
He will not be my president.
I will treat Donald J. Trump, Melania Trump and Mike Pence like they did the Obamas. I will show no respect to Trump and his family.
I bet you that 4 out of 10 are not happy about this election.
Nate Silver goes down in flames.
President Barack Obama and President-elect Donald Trump met today at the White House. Of course, bad blood will exist between two.
The first black president and the most polarizing in-coming leader traded barbs throughout the years.
Already I am planning on taking my frustrations to the town halls.
I don't want to post any videos with Trump in it until January 20th. I will hold my word to that.
Clinton is feeling like a winner. Conservatives are outraged.
Can we finally put to rest those goddamn emails?
Confirmed. The FBI stands firm in not indicting Hillary Clinton on the emails being held on a private server.
Two weeks since the bombshell, Donald Trump and his allies have push the notion that Clinton would be indicted for criminal acts. It turns out that Clinton followed the rules and is once again cleared of any criminal acts.
FBI director James Comey who is facing backlash for dropping a bombshell close to the election.
The FBI has cleared Clinton in the ongoing issue facing Huma Abedin's estranged husband Anthony Weiner. The disgraced congressman is accused of sending inappropriate sexting pictures to a minor.
He sought sexual treatment and is cooperating with the FBI.
Clinton's lead shrunk because of this FBI memo to Congress. Clinton blames Republicans and their obsession with issues that aren't important in this election.
Clinton's odds of winning the U.S. presidential election remain at 60% at present time.
Trump. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and RNC chief Reince Priebus condemn the decision and still believe that Clinton committed criminal acts.
On his way out, he will leave unemployment rate at the lowest.
President Barack Obama's final two months are here. The first African American president leaves the White House on January 20th, 2017. On his way out, he may leave his predecessor with the lowest unemployment rate in American history.
The job numbers for October are out. It nets 161,000 jobs, 73-months of job growth. It's amazing.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 161,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. August and September data was revised to show 44,000 more jobs created than previously reported.
The unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent, in part as people dropped out the labor force.
The closely watched employment report was published four days before the Nov. 8 presidential election. It came on the heels of data last week showing an acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter. But economists see little impact from the report on an increasingly bitter and divisive campaign.
“There is so much noise out there right now, everyone is screaming from the rooftops. I just don’t know that any particular data point is going to have a great bearing on the election, in and of itself,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Though the U.S. central bank is expected to increase borrowing costs next month, that decision will likely depend on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. The tight race between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump has rattled financial markets.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 175,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate falling one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent.
The Fed on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged but said its monetary policy-setting committee “judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen.” It lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate last December for the first time in nearly a decade.
“The election could still derail the Fed’s plans, particularly if a very close result led to one or both candidates contesting it via the courts,” said Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
TREND HAS SLOWED
The trend in employment growth has slowed as the labor market nears full employment and the economy’s recovery from the 2007-09 recession shows signs of aging.
Employment growth so far this year has averaged 181,000 jobs per month, down from an average gain of 229,000 per month in 2015. Still, the monthly job gains are more than enough to absorb new entrants into the labor market.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the work-age population.
The prospects of an interest rate hike next month were also bolstered by a solid rise in wages. Average hourly earnings increased 10 cents or 0.4 percent in October after advancing 0.3 percent in September.
The lift from a calendar quirk pushed the year-on-year increase to 2.8 percent, the biggest gain since June 2009, from 2.6 percent in September. The Fed on Wednesday struck a fairly upbeat note on inflation, saying price pressures had “increased somewhat since earlier this year.”
Despite the labor market nearing full employment, wage growth has been moderate. Economists blame this on a low labor force participation rate.
The participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.1 percentage point to 62.8 percent last month, not too far from multi-decade lows, in part reflecting demographic changes.
The solid payrolls gain accompanied by the surge in wages could support consumer spending heading into the holiday season, and in turn keep the economy on a relatively higher growth path.
While the household survey showed a increase in the number of people saying they could not get to work because of bad weather, the department said it was difficult to assess the impact of Hurricane Matthew on job growth last month. The storm lashed the east coast of the country last month, causing extensive flooding. The average workweek held steady at 34.4 hours.
Manufacturing employment fell 9,000 last month, falling for a third straight month. Construction payrolls increased 11,000, rising for a second straight month.
Retail sector employment surprising fell 1,100 jobs, despite expectations of a jump in early holiday season hiring.
Professional and business services payrolls rose 43,000.
Temporary-help jobs, a harbinger for future hiring, increased 6,400. Government employment rose by 19,000 jobs.
Hillary Clinton is working to help down ticket candidates. Will it help
Hillary Clinton celebrates her 69th birthday by campaigning in the crucial swing states. Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and North Carolina are the key to her victory. She sees an advantage in plucking away three states that normally goes to Republicans.
Republican in the Congress are by far the most inept ever to run government. Running on the narratives of agitators in the junk food media, these lawmakers are determined to create scandals where none existed.
Take for example, the John Podesta emails. I don't give a damn about those emails. They are not really important to me. Yeah, this is a scandal for the Democratic nominee, but this is cake compared to the nonsense coming out of Donald Trump's mouth. The Republican nominee and his party are determined to make life miserable for Clinton if she does win.
Right now over 200 days and counting since President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court. Republicans said that they will not take up any nominee until a new president is sworn in.
The most inept members of the Republican controlled Senate will fight President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to the bitter end.
Now that it's looking likely Clinton got this in the bag, Republicans are taking back their pledge.
Embattled Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is leading by five in state polls. The senator and former presidential nominee in 2008 said that he and Republicans will oppose any nominee Clinton lines up in her administration. He walked back the comments after the junk food media called him out on his bullshit.
He already let the cat out the bag. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Sen. Ted Cruz already planning an opposition tour. Lee will likely win his senate race. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) also likely to win signaled his opposition to a potential Clinton nominee.
Now Clinton, Obama and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick have seized upon those comments as a way to prove that Republicans can't govern. Democrats are hoping his "senile" moment will hurt him.
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) the Majority Leader has been awful stubborn about getting Garland through. Matter of fact, there are a handful of federal appointees wrangled up. It will Obama without most of his nominees confirmed.
Kate McKinnon (playing Hillary Clinton) and Alec Baldwin (playing Donald Trump) stole the election with their hilarious mocking of the two at the debates.
Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin have been on a roll with the parodies. McKinnon plays Hillary Clinton and Baldwin plays Donald Trump.
SNL recruited them to deliver.
So in the wake of Donald Trump's disastrous debate performances, we will take a moment to look at the SNL clips of the three debates. Plus the vice presidential debate mocking Tim Kaine and Mike Pence.
All videos are copyright by NBC Universal and SNL Studios, Inc.
John McCain is worthless. The "Maverick" said he and his fellow Republicans will oppose Hillary Clinton's nominees if she wins the election.
This is why Democrats need to retake Congress. Republican obstruction is too much. They have wasted over seven months holding off President Barack Obama's Supreme Court pick Merrick Garland.
Garland who was selected shortly after Antonin Scalia passed away was roundly praised for being fair but the Republicans fear that his confirmation could tip the Court to the left.
When Scalia passed away, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) remarked that no nominee will come forth until the next president is in office. That led to Republicans rallying around this notion that if they can delay the nominees of Obama, they score a victory.
The president is none too pleased about the hold up. He urges Democrats to come out swinging.
In private, he wants Republicans to buried. Donald Trump has single handedly fucked up the Republican Party. He is openly saying things that Republicans say when the cameras are off.
And by the look of things, it's going to be a longer wait for the ninth spot if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency.
The failed 2008 presidential nominee clapping his choppers. And it may put his crucial seat up for grabs.
He and his fellow Republicans will oppose any Supreme Court nominee, a President Clinton brings to the Senate.
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) distances himself from Donald Trump after the tapes were released earlier this month. Trump, the Republican nominee was pressured by RNC chief Reince Priebus to support McCain in his tough primary against Kelli Ward, a former state senator endorsed by many Republicans.
McCain roundly beaten her and is now facing a battle against Democratic challenger Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ).
The Democrats are pouring money into the Arizona race with senate candidate Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ). She is taking on worthless Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Hillary Clinton hopes to pick off Arizona from Donald Trump.
And unfortunately he's leading by eight in polls.
McCain who brands himself as a maverick and a bipartisan leader. McCain is hoping that his distance from Trump. He wants to win those who aren't familiar to Kirkpatrick.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) who is also facing reelection is mum on the comments. He believes that the president and future presidents deserve their nominee. However, he and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) held Obama's federal judges and Garland up for months.
The federal courts are in emergency crisis. Republicans on pace of having the fewest confirmations in the final term of Obama.
The Republicans are panicking. Donald Trump really fucked up!
He is going into Sunday's debate a wounded candidate. The Republican nominee got hit with his own words. He said some derogatory comments about an Access Hollywood reporter. It was revealed that then host Nancy O'Dell was the person Trump was talking about.
Now prominent Republicans are denouncing him and some are calling for him to exit stage right.
Not Conceding.
Trump refuses to concede. He warns that the gloves are off and he will play on Bill Clinton's affairs at the townhall debate. He will focus on Hillary Clinton's emails and the status quo.
Trump slams the junk food media for ignoring the Clinton email document drop. In reality, it wasn't ignored. Wikileaks obtained emails from John Podesta, Clinton's top political strategist.
Some of the emails have Clinton talking about her positions and how much she was paid for these speeches to Wall Street. Democrats and the intelligence community blame Russia for the leaks.
Podesta dismissed the leaks. He said that the emails are altered. Most Democrats aren't concerned about the emails. They're concerned about the nasty comments made by Trump.
Bill Clinton on the campaign trail was heckled by a person. The person shouted "rapist" and the audience booed him. Clinton wasn't even fazed by the comments. T he protester was removed.
Desperation hits the conservatives. The struggling Matt Drudge links a partial video of President Barack Obama talking to members of the Harvard Business Review. He reads quotes from Black leaders and Drudge posts "Gotta have them ribs and pussy tool" on the link.
Of course, the Republicans are falling flat on their face.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) was heckled by the protesters. He disinvited Trump from the annual picnic of Republicans, Pence also took a pass on the event. He went to Indianapolis to regroup.
Trump is imploding and he's gonna take Republicans with him.
Republicans will have to cut ties to Trump, The Drudge Report, Fox News, old fart Rush Limbaugh and Sean "Softball" Hannity. They're too damn toxic to the party. If they continue to listen, read or stay stuck in a bubble, prepare for more losses in the future.
As we enter the final weeks of the U.S. presidential election, the September's job report release makes strives. The month gave us 156,000 jobs. It also ticked the unemployment rate to 5 percent. It's starting to cool off again.
Once again, the jobs report becomes a partisan event. The conservatives will always deny the economy is improving. They will calculate the half truths about the 95 million Americans aren't working.
Americans are losing their homes to the wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and the looming Hurricane Matthew. Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States. Service jobs are stressing the working class. Wage theft and lots of Americans being overworked is an issue that conservatives ignore.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB) 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE) 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of that internet creeper Matt Drudge.
Yes, people are searching for the "right" job. There are plenty of jobs out there. Some are willing and some are giving up. It's a part of real world.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected employers to add 175,000 jobs last month.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create less than 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth.Average monthly job gains have been about 180,000 this year, which Yellen has described as “unsustainable.”
The unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent last month, though the increase was driven by Americans rejoining the labor force.
Friday’s employment report will be the last before the Fed’s Nov. 1-2 policy meeting. Investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at that meeting given how close it is to the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Yellen said last month that the Fed will likely raise rates once this year, but prices on fed funds futures suggest just above even odds the hike will come at the Fed’s last policy meeting for the year in December.
Hourly wages for private sector workers rose 2.6 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, in line with economists’ expectations. The annual growth rate has shown signs of accelerating over the last year although it remains slower than before the 2007-2009 recession.
Three Fed policymakers voted for a hike last month when the Fed kept rates steady. However, Friday’s data could boost the case of Fed policymakers who have vocally defended a go-slow approach to rate increases.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the Fed of playing politics by holding rates low, a charge Yellen and other Fed policymakers have denied.
Trump has also made reversing job losses at U.S. factories a central campaign promise. Manufacturing employment fell by 13,000 jobs in September and the sector has shed jobs in three of the last five months.
At the same time, the job market on balance continues to firm, even if at a slower pace, which could be an asset for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who has argued that President Barack Obama, also a Democrat, has helped the economy.
The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady so far this year amid concerns over persistently low inflation.
President Barack Obama address CNN's Jake Tapper in a town hall with the military.
Now the families of the 9/11 victims could sue the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for damages.
This decision came at the whims of Congress and they were pushing it through without thinking about the repercussions. Now this law could backfire. Many other countries that had been hurt by the United States would sue for damages.
The president first veto ever to be overridden by the Congress in the nearly 8 years of his presidency.
President Barack Obama done a town hall on CNN this week. He had this sit down with Jake Tapper on Wednesday. He was not too happy about the Congress overriding his veto of the 9/11 Saudi Bill.
The Congress overwhelmingly overridden the veto in a bipartisan vote.
"It's an example of why sometimes you have to do what's hard. And, frankly, I wish Congress here had done what's hard," said the president.
"If you're perceived as voting against 9/11 families right before an election, not surprisingly, that's a hard vote for people to take. But it would have been the right thing to do... And it was, you know, basically a 'political vote'."
The president cited his defense team. He said that Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's concerns as a reason to why he vetoed the bill.
The president said that Saudi Arabia could retaliate against the United States.
The president also addressed the issues in the United States from police brutality, Black Lives Matter and the phrase "radical Islam". He praised Colin Kaepernick for standing up for his beliefs in the face of great scrutiny.
Obama also blasted Congress for pushing bills at the final hour and then heading home for vacations.
Congress passed a stop gap measure that funds the government until December. The Congress also passed Zika funding and a proposals to helping the city of Flint. The Flint water crisis was left off the table and it forced Democrats to filibuster the bill in the senate. The Democrats managed to get some of the funding for Flint into the bill.
The Congress now has to figure out what could happen if a member of the Armed Forces commit an act of war against innocent victims.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) the Majority Whip of the Senate sponsored this bill and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY, Majority Leader) supported it. He managed to get the Democrats onboard. The only member of Congress to reject this was Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the outgoing minority leader of the senate.
Conservative billionaire could be a nominee for the Supreme Court if Donald Trump wins.
The guy who helped Hulk Hogan take down Gawker Media is a topper for a Donald Trump Supreme Court nominee. Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal is spreading the gospel of being a nominee for the highest court in the land.
Thiel, an openly gay Republican will be a disgrace to the rights of people who speak out against oppression.
Word on the street, that if Trump wins the presidency, that will be the first thing he will do to get the ball rolling with the conservatives. Of course, Thiel who is a billionaire is a libertarian/conservative who opposes LGBT rights. He is strongly against ambush journalism but is willing to fund organizations that attack politicians.
Trump had proposed 11 judges who could fill the void if any of the current eight justices would retire or die in office.
Its been seven months since President Barack Obama made his decision to pick Merrick Garland to replace Antonin Scalia for the court. Republicans vow to not pick a nominee until the next president is sworn in. That hasn't inspired Democrats to action. That was swept under the radar for the Republican debates and primaries.
Republicans are gambling with power. Cause if the Republicans take control of the White House and Congress, Democrats and their progressive allies will spark an all out war against them.
They will do the Republican like they've done Obama. They will grandstand, delay, stall and vote "NO" on everything. They will question the legitimacy of the president and the cycle will continue until the next election.
Ohio authorities end the food stamp lifestyle of a millionaire.
Conservatives are going bananas over an Ohio man whose home was raided this week after an investigation determined he swindled from charities and the state's safety net.
He boasted that his companies developed multi-million dollar properties from Ohio to the tax haven of St. Lucia. It's funny that the well-off do take advantage of the government as well.
Ali Pascal Mahvi lives in Russell Township, Geauga County, Ohio. For nearly two years, his family was given $300 a month in food stamps. They also got assistance in paying their gas and electric bills.
They also got Medicaid.
The feds and Ohio authorities said that this was an act to steal from the state and those in need.
Millionaire played the system like a fox. Ohio and the feds stopped it.
Detectives looking into Mahvi's books. They found that he's got nearly $20 million in earnings and living the life of luxury. He has a home worth $800K, a horse barn, a set of luxury cars, overseas bank accounts and good amount of excuses to why he's not a "bad guy".
A $4 million Swiss bank account and he's paying a monthly mortgage of $4,600. The Mahvi family had claimed nothing and it raised red flags.
He lives in the suburbs of Cleveland living on the lifestyle.
He is an American man of Iranian descent. Of course, you got a two-fer. A man with a funny name who took advantage of an issue conservatives long complained about. A man who steals from the safety net.
15 million jobs created so far under the nearly 8 years of Barack Obama's presidency.
So the jobs report is out for the month. For the month of August the jobs that were netted were 151,000. It gave the country over 1 million jobs so far.
The unemployment rate will stay at 4.9%. It fell below 5% earlier this year for the first time since 2008.
Wage growth slowed a bit after showing signs of momentum in previous months. Wages continue to stall and this is the reasons to why the U.S. economy recovery has not been felt by vast pockets of the population.
America's economic growth has averaged about 1% in the first half of this year. However, experts are hoping that growth will pick up in the second half.
The August job numbers are critical for the Federal Reserve, whose leaders hinted that they could use it as a guide in potentially raising the key interest rate.
When the conservative agitators say that 95 million Americans aren't working, I think about the actual reasons to why people aren't working.
For one thing, if you're not looking at the news lately, you're not noticing the wildfires, hurricane, floods, and tornadoes. You hear about the countless victims of gun violence. You hear about companies cutting
I think about the wildfires in Oregon, California, Wyoming, and Texas. I think about the floods in Louisiana. I think about the hurricanes hitting Florida and Hawaii. I think about the countless lives lost to gun violence in the United States. I think about the disastrous tornadoes tearing up the Midwest. I think about the lack of funding for roads and bridges.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB) 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE) 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of internet creeper Matt Drudge.
