President Donald Trump gave his second State of the Union Address last night, and it was full of lies, mistruths, and pure propaganda.
Trump claimed the economy has been brilliant under him, completely forgetting, conveniently, that the greatest economic revival from an economic downturn was under Barack Obama, who came in with 10 percent unemployment and brought it down below 5 percent; and the stock market having its greatest percentage growth ever under any President.
Trump claimed crime by undocumented immigrants was a massive problem, when the crime rate by American citizens is far higher, and crimes by undocumented immigrants, while sadly occurring and creating some victims, is NOT a major issue across the nation. It is white supremacists who are Americans, who are committing most crimes, and the victims are people of color.
Trump claimed that the Mexico border is seeing a massive flow of “caravans”, a claim which is totally created in his imagination, as the migration across the border is the lowest since the 1970s, but he has no issue in making Mexicans the enemy, and undermining relations with our neighbor, which shares a 2,000 mile border with us.
Trump talks about the need for infrastructure spending, and the issue of health care, but his administration has failed to deal with either issue, and instead has just been out to throw millions of Americans off the Affordable Care Act, without any alternative.
Trump speaks about the accomplishments of women, but it is because of his misogyny that we have seen the election of more women to Congress than ever before in American history, and they will not tolerate his sexism, and are working to fight for the rights of women, including to their own bodies.
Trump calls for the end of investigations, but it is the responsibility of Congress and the Justice Department to learn all of the facts about corruption and manipulations of the election, and Trump is on the Titanic, and the ship is sinking. His threat that no progress can be made is empty, as nothing positive has been accomplished in his first two years, and political scientists rate him after one year as number 44 out of 44 Presidents. Even conservatives and Republicans who are part of the American Political Science Association rate Trump only number 40 out of 44. So Trump will not survive his term and will be rated the absolutely worst President in US history, a well deserved conclusion.
‘[“APâ€] Source: Former US Rep. John Dingell in Hospice Care’
By Andrew Taylor and Jeff Karoub (“Associated Press,†02.06.2019)
http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2019-02-06/ap-source-former-us-rep-john-dingell-in-hospice-care
DETROIT (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says former U.S. Rep. John Dingell, the longest serving member of Congress in American history, is receiving hospice care.
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I live in the 12th Congressional District of Michigan. My representative is John Dingell’s wife, Debbie Dingell. Before Debbie, my representative was John. I also had as my representative, in the previous decade, John Conyers. This news is big here in Michigan as it is being covered by local news affiliates from my Designated Marketing Area (DMA) of Detroit, Michigan. John Dingell has historical record of being the longest-serving member of Congress (in the United States House of Representatives from December 13, 1955 to January 3, 2015). He was born July 8, 1926, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and before serving in the U.S. House, John’s father, John Dingell Sr. (February 2, 1884–September 19, 1955), also served in the U.S. House from what was the 15th Congressional District of Michigan from March 4, 1933 to September 19, 1955.
Thanks, D, for this sad information.
I hope John Dingell’s last days are comfortable! 🙁
Imagine 86 years of the Dingell family from 1933 to 2019!
One of the most egregious lies was Trump lying about late term abortion.
Late term abortions occur when a fetus is not viable.
Women who abort late term want a heathy baby but that dream has been shattered.
No woman should start the day wondering if the fetus she is carrying will die in her womb today and send her into a medical crisis that could result in sterility or death.
This is what late term abortion is about and the media is not adequately correcting the false arguments.
A fetus that will become a healthy baby will not be aborted at 7 months by a latte dah.
Abortions are expensive and not used as primary birth control by latte dahs.
Women who abort do not make the decision lightly as patriarchal religious misogynists mansplain.
Women who want a healthy baby but have severely deformed fetus are in enough mental anguish without holy joes piling on. The religious ideologues are being unnecessarily cruel and need to be smacked down.
Totally in agreement, Princess Leia!
Trump’s calls for unity are hypocritical. Hours before the speech, he was busy mocking his opponents.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-mocks-mccain-biden_us_5c5a315be4b0871047588d47
House intelligence chair announces sweeping investigation into Trump’s finances and Russia
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/house-intelligence-transcripts-mueller/index.html
The Most Iconic Moment Of The Night – Pelosi’s clap-back at Trump
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-state-of-the-union-memes_us_5c5a5731e4b0871047589ff9
People been photoshopping it. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/photoshop-battle-nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-clapping_us_5c5ae522e4b0871047597eb3
GOP political operative who was dating alleged Russian spy Maria Butina indicted.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/paul-erickson-indicted-russia-maria-butina/index.html
UPDATE: 02.07.2019 (10:40 p.m. ET): John Dingell has died at age 92. Here is the report from “Detroit Free Pressâ€:
‘Michigan’s John Dingell, longest-serving member in Congress, dies at 92’
By Todd Spangler (02.07.2019 @ 10:28 p.m. ET)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/02/07/john-dingell-michigan-dies-obituary/1339577002/
Former U.S. Rep. John David Dingell Jr., who was one of the U.S. House’s most powerful chairmen and helped write and pass some of the most consequential legislation in the nation’s history, died Thursday. He was 92.
Dingell, of Dearborn, served nearly 60 years in the House, making him the longest-serving member in Congress’ history. He stepped down in early 2015. His wife, U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, confirmed his death for the [“Free Pressâ€] at about 9:30 p.m. [ET].
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John Dingell was one of the all time greats in Congress.
Thanks, D, for sharing this with us!
Paul Manafort’s latest legal debacle deepens the core intrigue underlying the Mueller probe.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/politics/paul-manafort-donald-trump-russia-probe/index.html
Mueller recommends 24 years in jail for Manafort! 🙂
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/politics/paul-manafort-sentencing-hearing/index.html
Mueller has communications of Stone with WikiLeaks.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/15/politics/roger-stone-wikileaks/index.html