I've evolved Trump list. When I spent 42 hours one week calculating all the stupidity Trump, his family and his Administration was actively engaging in, things which undeniably would've brought down a President and his Administration prior to the modern incarnation of the GOP, the Greedy Obstructionist Party, I realized it was too much. Spending 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday was more than I'd bargained for.
The reason Trump List was taking so much time is simple; this is quite literally the worst President and Administration we've ever seen. It's the polar opposite of Lincoln and his 'Cabinet of Enemies,' a group of people who steered this country through our darkest internal conflict. It's worse than W. and his Administration of ulterior motives. It's worse than Reagan and his alpha males on steroids, "I'm in charge," group of power hunger jackasses. It's worse than Harding's Administration of thieves, hell bent on carving up this country, and it's resources, for personal gain. It's worse than the Presidencies and Administrations of Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan, four leaders who knew the country was coming to a head on the slavery issue, but decided to punt, hoping they could pass the issue off to the next guy (to be fair, Taylor died in office of intestinal issues, but even so, there was nothing which implied he would've dealt with the issue). No, there has never been a worse group of people, dumb, agenda driven, narcissistic, self worshiping morons, leading this country, and the fact the weekly Trump List of impeachable incompetency was getting as long as it was acts as the evidence; poof of the dark times we're in.
It wasn't easy to quit Trump list. I was usually getting 3000 to 5000 hits per week on those posts. People liked it. Thank you, but my family and my sanity were the priority. Still, I kept saying if there was a way to trim this down, to where it wasn't such a time whore, I'd love to revisit it.
I decided to do more of a countdown; 'a best of the worst!' Although it removes a lot of the bullet points, it does limit my daily work to less than two hours, and it's not like the orange buffoon doesn't deliver. All of these things would have undoubtedly gotten their own investigation under Obama, and at least eight of the top 10, up until November of 2016, would've been no brainer causes for an impeachment vote in the House. And a reminder, THIS IS ONLY ONE WEEK!
Enjoy the new format. Let me know what you think. A quick Google search will give you plenty of news options on all of these stories.
On with the Countdown!
20. First Daughter, and White House staffer doing...something, Ivanka Trump is being criticized for filling in (in an official capacity) for Trump and the Secretary of State, as she attended a conference in Peru in place of her father. It is extremely unusual to have an unqualified, unelected Presidential family member officially sit in for the State Department. (4/14)
19. After John Bolton took office as National Security Advisor on the 9th, there were multiple resignations from Trump's national security team. The official story all week long was that these resignations had nothing to do with Bolton. Now we understand these resignations have everything to do with Bolton, as he's purging anyone who doesn't agree with his pro war stances. (4/15)
18. Trump wakes up on Friday and rage tweets against James Comey after the initial revelations coming from Comey's book, 'A Higher Loyalty.' He called Comey a "Leaker and a Liar." Funny, I thought Trump loved leakers... (4/13)
17. It's revealed that Trump was intending to fire Special Council Robert Mueller in December, after the story came to light Mueller had subpoenaed Trump's Deutsche Bank account information. Trump's lawyers calmed him down by assuring him the story was incorrect. (4/10)
16. Trump's 2020 re-election campaign is burning through a stunning amount of cash for legal fees for Trump. 22% of their entire budget, for a fund which is supposed to be dedicated to getting him re-elected in 2 and a half years, is going to pay for his current legal quagmire. (4/15)
15. Trump's UN Ambassador Nikki Haley has said the reason the US doesn't take more refugees from war torn Syria is because the refugees would rather stay in their war torn land as opposed to come to the United States. Either that's a lame excuse for not caring for needy Syrians, or Trump's reputation has placed the US below war torn Syria as far as livable palatability. (4/15)
14. First Daughter, and White House staffer doing...something, Ivanka Trump is schooled by Ret. Gen. Mark Hertling. She implies the government doesn't look out for healthy lifestyles in America's youth. Hertling has to inform her of the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, an organization championed by all Presidents for over 60 years. Currently, of the 25 appointees to the Council, there are zero. (4/9)
12. Trump is reversing course on another one of his major campaign promises. He now wants National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow to ask about joining the Trans Pacific Partnership, the TPP, the Pacific nation's trade deal which Trump campaigned strongly against, a trade plan he called a "disaster," pushed by people "who want to rape [the United States]." The remaining countries, minus the USA, signed the deal in March. (4/12)
11. Trump went nutzoid, attacking everything and nearly everyone after the raid on his lawyer Micahel Cohen. He attacked Attorney general Jeff Sessions, went after Robert Mueller's investigation, threatened to fire Mueller directly, and attacked the FBI as a whole. Trump is seriously considering firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the first lynchpin he would need to accomplish in order to fire Mueller. For some reason, during his temper tantrum, Trump outright lied about when exactly he found out about the Cohen raid. (4/9)
10. Former FBI Director James Comey is about to go on his book tour and the book, 'A Higher Loyalty,' is a doozie! Chief of Staff John Kelly called Comey right after his firing and told him he was "sick" of the whole thing, "intended to quit", and referred to Trump as "dishonorable." The book hints Trump is obsessed with the (alleged) urine tape. Trump wanted the most salacious allegations dismissed by Comey, namely there's footage of Trump watching prostitutes urinate in the same Moscow hotel the Obama's stayed in. Trump also wasn't concerned in the slightest about the undeniable evidence Russia interfered in the Election of 2016. (4/12)
9. Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer, has been caught lying about a trip he made to the Czech capital of Prague. Why is this important? The Steele Dossier, opposition research done by Michael Steele during the 2016 campaign, reported that Michael Cohen met with Russian officials in Prague in 2016 to discuss helping Trump. Cohen had long denied the report saying he had never been to Prague, or the Czech Republic. Now it's confirmed that Cohen did indeed enter into the Czech Republic in August of 2016, directly contradicting Cohen's claims. (4/14)
8. Ignoring the old adage 'Loose lips sink ships,' Trump decided to inform Russia of an impending airstrike the US military was going to preform in Syria, VIA TWITTER. For the record, both Russia and Syria probably said thanks and prepared themselves. Less than an hour after Trump informed Russia and Syria of an impending attack of missiles in Syria, Trump tweeted out an olive branch to Russia, asking "Stop the arms race?" (4/11)
7. Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen arranged for a 1.6 million dollar hush money payout to a former Playboy model, on behalf of a top Republican Party member/donor, Elliot Broidy, who had impregnated the model last year, according to the Wall Street Journal. The model ended up getting an abortion. (4/13)
6. Trump son-in-law and Senior Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner received a miracle! The Kushner family property, 666 (!!!) 5th Ave. in Manhattan is grossly over priced, wallowing in debt, and was about to bankrupt the entire Kushner family, until a miracle filing with the SEC on 4/6 which shows someone fronting the money to not only overcome Kushner's debt, but to allow the Kushner's to buy out their partner Vornado's debt too. Neither the Kushners nor anyone at Vornado are talking about where the money came from. (4/9)
5. In what is clearly an attempt to change the subject, Trump pardoned former Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff Scooter Libby, in an attempt to take the spotlight off of his scandals. Trump's also attempting to send a message, albeit a lame one, to Comey and Mueller. A reminder; the 'hero' Trump pardoned outed undercover American agents across the globe in an attempt to discredit a main critic of the W. Bush era Iraq War agenda, a move which ended with numerous agents killed. Trump pardoned that guy. (4/13)
4. Trump's latest Judicial Nominee, Wendy Vitter, at her confirmation hearing in the Senate, refused to answer whether she agreed with the landmark ruling, Brown vs. Board of Education, which got rid of segregation in public schools. She basically admitted she's pro segregation. She also has definitively stated Planned Parenthood kills 150,000 women a year, but refused to answer if she still stands by the clearly made up number. (4/11)
3. The National Enquirer has been caught once again caught paying off a Trump story peddler, then burying the story to prevent it from getting out. This time it was the former doorman at the Trump World Tower Dino Sajudin. They paid him a total of 30K for the exclusive rights to rumors he'd heard about Trump fathering a baby with an employee. Putting aside the question, 'why would you pay 30K for only a rumor?', the Enquirer is claiming they tried to prove it, but it turned out to only be a rumor. The Enquirer's story was immediately contradicted by 4 former Enquirer employees who said they were following promising leads which would've proven the rumor to be true, and that top brass at the Enquirer had ordered them to stop. Since the original story, Sajudin has broken his silence and stated the rumor he heard was Trump had an illegitimate child with a housekeeper he employed. While working for Trump, he was told to not be too critical of the housekeeper as she had had an affair with Trump, and affair which produced a child. (4/12)
2. Trump takes credit for airstrikes in Syria, with a "Mission Accomplished" tweet and a lot of accolades for himself, but there are a few issues. It seems someone warned the Russians of the impending attack (specifically time and locations), hence warned the Syrians (Putin's close allies). The facilities were emptied out, so no one was at these facilities at the time of the airstrikes, with most materials and supplies also evacuated. England and France had warned the USA they were going to strike with or without Trump, so Trump is once again leading from behind. The missiles were reported to have struck most of their targets, but the Russians claim the majority were shot down prior to impact. Most military analysis of the strike says it did nothing to hurt the Syrian regime. And we still have nothing close to a comprehensive plan in Syria. (4/13-14)
1. Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, had his offices and personal residence raided by the FBI in conjunction with the Mueller investigation. The focus of the seizure are document related to payments to porn star Stormy Daniels along with other documents. Cohen's own words could get him into a lot of legal jeopardy in regards to the Daniels affair, but he's also reportedly being investigated for bank fraud and campaign finance violations. Also confiscated are numerous audio recordings of Cohen meeting with his clients. (4/9)
Remember #2018IsEverything. Make sure your registered to vote. Vote in every primary. Vote in ever special election. Vote for your local, statewide and national races. Know who your judicial candidates are. Know what ballot initiatives you're going to have a say in, and educate yourselves on what those issues will do. Vote in November.
2. Trump takes credit for airstrikes in Syria, with a "Mission Accomplished" tweet and a lot of accolades for himself, but there are a few issues. It seems someone warned the Russians of the impending attack (specifically time and locations), hence warned the Syrians (Putin's close allies). The facilities were emptied out, so no one was at these facilities at the time of the airstrikes, with most materials and supplies also evacuated. England and France had warned the USA they were going to strike with or without Trump, so Trump is once again leading from behind. The missiles were reported to have struck most of their targets, but the Russians claim the majority were shot down prior to impact. Most military analysis of the strike says it did nothing to hurt the Syrian regime. And we still have nothing close to a comprehensive plan in Syria. (4/13-14)
1. Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, had his offices and personal residence raided by the FBI in conjunction with the Mueller investigation. The focus of the seizure are document related to payments to porn star Stormy Daniels along with other documents. Cohen's own words could get him into a lot of legal jeopardy in regards to the Daniels affair, but he's also reportedly being investigated for bank fraud and campaign finance violations. Also confiscated are numerous audio recordings of Cohen meeting with his clients. (4/9)
That wasn't such a chore now, was it!
Remember #2018IsEverything. Make sure your registered to vote. Vote in every primary. Vote in ever special election. Vote for your local, statewide and national races. Know who your judicial candidates are. Know what ballot initiatives you're going to have a say in, and educate yourselves on what those issues will do. Vote in November.
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