So, buried in the news of Tuesday amid Bernie making his Presidential bid and raising over a $1 million within the first four hours, and a bombshell report out of the New York Times regarding Trump potentially committing Obstruction by ordering then acting-Attorney General Matt Whittaker to put in a Pro-Trump investigator to handle the New York prosecution working the Cohen case, and all sorts of random bits and bobbles, Trump getting his Space Force underway sort of went under the radar. One signed executive order appears to be all it took to get that ball rolling, and this new colossal waste of money, which could have been spent on actual, good space programs *cough* NASA *cough* is actually happening. And to what end? What is the point of a Space Military when our own tech for monitoring and exploring actual space has been going by the way side for 20+ years. This is just the height of wasteful spending, and with this President, that is actually saying something.
Donald Trump declared a National Emergency in an attempt to bypass Congress to get funding for his utterly pointless, needlessly divisive border wall. Now some people are concerned that Trump may set a bad precedent for making such declarations to get what he wants. I think whether that is true or not will ultimately depend on how successful his little run around is. And it might be successful. There does appear to be several avenues to challenge this decision. Already we’re seeing various states and civil liberties organizations turning to the courts to put a kibosh on this nonsense. The Pentagon itself may be able to refuse the allocate the funding. And there is definitely a contingent on both sides of Congress getting ready to battle this out. But even with this assault on multiple fronts, Trump might still end up the victor. And if he does…well I think we should all be concerned for what the means for future “National Emergencies”.
Andrew McCabe, Ex-Interim Head of the FBI, and Trump tantrum casualty, gave a pretty explosive interview to 60 Minutes that illuminates a lot of what was going on at the time during the initial days after the firing of James Comey, including his order to open investigations in Trump for obstructing justice, fearing that if he was next on the chopping block, he would want their to be wheels in motion that Trump couldn’t immediately interfere with. In light of the things McCabe revealed, Trump and his sycophants went on the warpath, aiming to discredit McCabe. Trump’s own tirade was hardly surprising, but watching people like Lindsey Graham slander the man was disgusting. He suggested that the interview served only to highlight McCabe’s own biases. Make no mistake, you sound like a fool for suggesting that a person has a bias against someone trying them in the back.
Donald Trump tried to take Representative Ilhan Omar for criticizing Israel, joining the bandwagon in calling her remarks Anti-Semitic. Now I’m not hear to judge her statements. That’s a can of worms I’ll let other folks debate. But for Donald Trump to criticize a public official for being prejudice and making insensitive statements, especially calling on them to resign…that’s bound to fall on some deaf ears. Especially when he couldn’t go 24 hours without calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas” again, and making a crude joke comparing a presidential campaign and the genocide of indigenous peoples. No, he doesn’t have much clout in the sensitivity department, I’m afraid.
So, there was another schedule leak for the President, and low and behold, something like 60% of his time is dominated by “executive time”, which as we’ve come to find out, basically means time the President spends acting like a teenager. He talks to friends, he tweets, he watches TV and he has his fast food. And Trump has spent the weekend swearing up and down that not only is he working like MEGA hard during his executive time, but he works harder than any other president ever, so you can all zip a lip! I’m pretty sure no one actually believes that. Indeed, the people who do believe him, I have a great real estate deal on the moon to talk to them about. But if people were to ask me how I feel about Trump taking so much executive time to not do his job? I gotta say I love it. You see, most wannabe fascists are highly motivated people, always working to get things done. If Trump wants to faff around and complain on Twitter while watching Fox News, then he’s not spending time ruining more people’s lives, and it may not be making the world a better place, but I’d consider that time something of a wash. So, yeah, you take your executive time, Mr. President. Don’t let anyone call you lazy, you old monster!
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