The Trump Card...

[Grizzly]

The courts/judges and the press ARE often times a joke.

Again, I'm in agreement ...
Trump needs to start acting like the President of the US! Hasn't he gotten the memo yet? He's the leader of the free world! He needs to get his head out of his butt & start leading. He's looking like a guy that doesn't know how to handle the responsibility or the job.
I give him a C grade so far & it's on the downward swing ...

 

[Turtle]

The courts/judges and the press ARE often times a joke.

They are far too political, more so the liberal judges who think it's their responsibility to broaden the scope of written legislation in order to "improve" it. That's not their job, that's the job of legislators.

The 9th Circuit's written ruling is laughable. And it's why they are overruled 80% of the time (in 2014 it was 91%). The 9th Circuit looks at the law within the context of the progressive liberal agenda, and creates rulings based on advocacy of that agenda.

Keep in mind that the reason Sen Harry Reid created the "nuclear option" for simple majority confirmations in the Senate was to allow Obama to stack the US District and Circuit courts with liberal, activist judges who would legislate the liberal agenda from the bench. And because Obama heartily embraced that opportunity, that's the reason the Republican's wouldn't allow him to appoint a Supreme Court Justice.

Incidentally, Trump isn't legitimizing the press. They have done that all on their own. Trump is merely calling them out on it. Trust of the press was at all-time highs throughout the 50s, 60s and 70s - upwards of 80%. But it began to slightly erode in the 80s, but still above 65%. But during the Bill Clinton years, especially as his tenure wore on and the press began to show more of an obvious bias, trust dropped to just barely over 50%. According to Gallup, who does these polls, since 2007, the majority of Americans have had little or no trust in the mass media with trust ratings in the low 40s. Trust has typically dipped in election years, including 2004, 2008, 2012, when the bias of the press becomes the most obvious.

The press has gotten so bad that Gallup's latest poll before the election shows that only 32 percent of Americans trusted them. And Emerson College, a very liberal college in Boston that is focused mostly on liberal arts communications,recently did an extensive poll of voters that showed 39% found the press to be honest, and the only reason it's that high is because Democrats trusted the press at a 69% clip. That's what happens when a liberal press takes sides and is largely preaching to the choir.

The astonishing finding in the poll was that Americans trust Trump at 49%.

Yes, Trump 49, Press 39.

There is no reason that any politician, least of all Trump, should be viewed as more trustworthy than the press, unless the press ceases to be honest brokers of the truth.

 

[Turtle]

Lots and lots of ICE raids on illegal aliens this past week. Part of it was routine, as they do several of those every year, but part of it was also a result of Trump removing the handcuffs from ICE so they can do their jobs. ICE went after illegals with criminal records, but any other illegals that got caught up in the raids were not spared, as t6hey would have been under Obama.

Immigrant communities are freaking out, and they plan protests (which will get them nothing).

I have been of the opinion for a long time now that the US needs to change our immigration policies to be more like (A) it used to be before Ted Kennedy got involved, and (B) Canada's immigration policy. Canada welcomes immigrants, and so do we, but the US and Canada have very different criteria and goals. Canada has a skills-based and knowledge-based immigration system, which basically asks, "What can you bring to Canada?" and "How will you make Canada better?" The US has a family-reunification based policy, which basically asks, "Do you have any relatives in the US?"

The Canadian immigration website has a questionnaire that is a point system, where you get various points for certain levels of education and knowledge, and for work and skills experience. to get into Canada you have to show what you can add to Canada, how you can improve Canada, and you will get preferred status as an immigrant. In the US, all you need to have is an immigrant relative in the country and you get preferred status so that liberals can feel warm and fuzzy in having played a part of reuniting a family, and isn't that wonderful. Doesn't matter if you have no skills and are dumb as a brick and instead of being an asset to the country you will be a drain on it, uniting families is the most important thing.

 

[muttly]

One thing you have to give Trump his due about, he's following through on what he promised during the campaign.

 

[scottm4211]

Lots and lots of ICE raids on illegal aliens this past week. Part of it was routine, as they do several of those every year, but part of it was also a result of Trump removing the handcuffs from ICE so they can do their jobs. ICE went after illegals with criminal records, but any other illegals that caught up in the raids were not spared, as they would have been under Obama.

Immigrant communities are freaking out, and they plan protests (which will get them nothing).

I have been of the opinion for a long time now that the US needs to change out immigration policies to be more like (A) it used to be before Ted Kennedy got involved, and (B) Canada's immigration policy. Canada welcomes immigrants, and so do we, but the US and Canada have very different criteria and goals. Canada has a skills-based and knowledge-based immigration system, which basically asks, "What can you bring to Canada?" and "How will you make Canada better?" The US has a family-reunification based policy, which basically asks, "Do you have any relatives in the US?"

The Canadian immigration website has a questionnaire that is a point system, where you get various points for certain levels of education and knowledge, and for work and skills experience. to get into Canada you have to show what you can add to Canada, how you can improve Canada, and you will get preferred status as an immigrant. In the US, all you need to have is an immigrant relative in the country and you get preferred status so that liberals can feel warm and fuzzy in having played a part of reuniting a family, and isn't that wonderful. Doesn't matter if you have no skills and are dumb as a brick and instead of being an asset to the country you will be a drain on it, uniting families is the most important thing.

Very true about Canadian immigration policy. It's no walk in the park but seems to work well for us. Canada also has welcomed a lot of refugees after properly vetting them. The community in which they arrive in plays a large part in sponsoring and support (if needed).

 

[Worn Out Manager]

Look out JuJu, I'm about to throw a curve ball........Why are so many people so upset because we are enforcing our laws. A person who committed a crime by just being a "Person Of Undocumented Persuasion" then uses someone else's SSN, a. felony I believe, and enjoys many years of freedom and protection here. Oh well, it's about time our government got some backbone

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[jujubeans]

Now you get it!!!

 

[jujubeans]

Lots and lots of ICE raids on illegal aliens this past week. Part of it was routine, as they do several of those every year, but part of it was also a result of Trump removing the handcuffs from ICE so they can do their jobs. ICE went after illegals with criminal records, but any other illegals that caught up in the raids were not spared, as they would have been under Obama.

Immigrant communities are freaking out, and they plan protests (which will get them nothing).

I have been of the opinion for a long time now that the US needs to change out immigration policies to be more like (A) it used to be before Ted Kennedy got involved, and (B) Canada's immigration policy. Canada welcomes immigrants, and so do we, but the US and Canada have very different criteria and goals. Canada has a skills-based and knowledge-based immigration system, which basically asks, "What can you bring to Canada?" and "How will you make Canada better?" The US has a family-reunification based policy, which basically asks, "Do you have any relatives in the US?"

The Canadian immigration website has a questionnaire that is a point system, where you get various points for certain levels of education and knowledge, and for work and skills experience. to get into Canada you have to show what you can add to Canada, how you can improve Canada, and you will get preferred status as an immigrant. In the US, all you need to have is an immigrant relative in the country and you get preferred status so that liberals can feel warm and fuzzy in having played a part of reuniting a family, and isn't that wonderful. Doesn't matter if you have no skills and are dumb as a brick and instead of being an asset to the country you will be a drain on it, uniting families is the most important thing.

Very true about Canadian immigration policy. It's no walk in the park but seems to work well for us. Canada also has welcomed a lot of refugees after properly vetting them. The community in which they arrive in plays a large part in sponsoring and support (if needed).

I got vetted! Living in Canada for well over 6 years!

 

[Worn Out Manager]

Now you get it!!!

It was a weak moment

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[OntarioVanMan]

Slowdown Mr Prez....

Trump Team Leery of Having Too Many ‘Goldman Guys’ in Top Posts

 

[Worn Out Manager]

Slowdown Mr Prez....

Trump Team Leery of Having Too Many ‘Goldman Guys’ in Top Posts

Yeah, you're about to overflow the swamp instead of draining it

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[Turtle]

Slowdown Mr Prez....

Trump Team Leery of Having Too Many ‘Goldman Guys’ in Top Posts

Yeah, you're about to overflow the swamp instead of draining it

It's a legitimate concern, I think, because a leopard doesn't change its spots. But it's also a prejudice. Just because someone worked on Wall Street, and did a good job in that position, doesn't mean they won't faithfully execute their oath of office and perform accordingly in their new position. Their new job is to fulfill the president's agenda in accordance with the law. We just need to watch them and make sure they do just that.

 

[xiggi]

It's a legitimate concern, I think, because a leopard doesn't change its spots. But it's also a prejudice. Just because someone worked on Wall Street, and did a good job in that position, doesn't mean they won't faithfully execute their oath of office and perform accordingly in their new position. Their new job is to fulfill the president's agenda in accordance with the law. We just need to watch them and make sure they do just that.

Like we do with moderators.

 

[Turtle]

The Press really doesn't like how Sean Spicer is handling the Press Room. I often listen to Julie Mason on POTUS on SiriusXM, her Press Pool show, where she talks mostly with the White House press pool journalists. Julie herself is a former longtime White House press reporter with the Houston Chronicle and later the Washington Examiner. You get to hear what these reporters really think about certain issues, individuals, etc.

A few are OK with it, but most really, REALLY, don't like Spicer taking questions off Skype from local reporters and radio talk show hosts, and from smaller non mainstream news outlets. The White House and national reporting is their domain. They even keep track of this stuff. It's hilarious.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive...s/sean-spicer-white-house-press-briefing.html

 

[Pilgrim]

The MSM and even the major cable news networks are exposing themselves on a daily basis to the American public that they're supposed to be the ONLY sources of truth and that ONLY their interpretation of it shall be regarded as the logos. Even some of the reporters on Fox News are aghast at the lack of deference and respect they get from the Trump administration; they still don't understand the worldview of Joe Six Pack and the everyday people that live in flyover country. Spicer seems to be the best act in town, and to see him tweak the noses of the MSM is a treat.

 

[Ragman]

 

[Turtle]

Spicer seems to be the best act in town, and to see him tweak the noses of the MSM is a treat.

The television ratings backs that up. Spicer’s White House briefings have been getting 4.3 million viewers on average, which is higher than real, actual soap operas like The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital, which air in the same 1-2 PM time slot. Cable news viewership as a whole since inauguration day, with Fox, CNN and MSNBC all seeing substantial increases in daytime audiences, although CNN's is not up nearly as much as the others, and each gets an average audience bump of 10 percent when Spicer comes onscreen for the briefings. Spicer's briefings are, in the words of the NY Times, "must-see-TV."

The funniest thing is, people aren't tuning in to see Spicer getting grilled by the press, they are tuning in for the exact opposite.

I either watch it live (YouTube White House channel, or any number of other YouTube channels that carry the live stream), or listen to it live on SiriusXM, or watch the video of it later on YouTube.

 

[Turtle]

And now for your moment of musical interlude zen.... Trump's theme song....

 

[muttly]

We shall see if there is more to this and Spicer is replaced.
Ex-Navy SEAL denies report he's in talks to replace Spicer as press secretary

 

[Turtle]

We shall see if there is more to this and Spicer is replaced.
Ex-Navy SEAL denies report he's in talks to replace Spicer as press secretary

It's nearly impossible to be both the White House press secretary and the Communications Director. I have no idea which job Spicer would prefer, but he's spent most of his career in the relative behind-the-scenes public affairs and communications director roles in the Navy and the RNC. The Press Pool doesn't like Spicer because he's too terse and cuts them off, and doesn't allow much in the way of followups. I do think someone from journalism, like a newspaper reporter or a news anchor, tends to make the better press secretaries. They understand what the people sitting in the briefing room wants, and how to give it to them.