Amerika du hast es besser

[Peiresc]

Und mag sein, dass uns diese Tage hier später ruhig und friedlich vorkommen werden.

"Die Amerikaner tun mir leid"

Der Handelsstreit zwischen den USA und China spitzt sich immer weiter zu. Der Pekinger Ökonom Mei Xinyu sieht die Schuld bei den Amerikanern - und spricht von einem möglichen "Finanzkrieg"
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/handelsstreit-zwischen-den-usa-und-china-oekonom-mei-xinyu-im-interview-a-1213873.html

Ich habe natürlich keine Ahnung, ob er nur droht. Aber eines halte ich für sicher: die Chinesen werden durchdacht und gezielt handeln, in einem völligen Gegensatz zur chaotischen Trump-Regierung.

[Peiresc]

Hard to imagine an incident that would be more helpful to Trump White House and more harmful to its critics than this refusal to serve a senior government official, however troubling her views.

Das glaube ich nicht. Wenn Trump sich mit keiner Art von noch so niedriger Bösartigkeit ruinieren kann, dann ist sein Potential auch ausgereizt. Sein Rückhalt wird sich nicht dadurch verbessern können, dass seine Sprechtüte friedlich eines Lokals verwiesen wird.

[Peiresc]

Es gibt keine Flüchtlingskrise. Die ist eine reine Erfindung der Trump-Camarilla.
Die Flüchtlingszahlen sind über Jahre rückläufig. Und



Kommentar James Fallows:

100% consistent with what @FallowsDeb and I found in travels 2013-2017.
You saw "build a wall" rallies or heard "they're invading our country" *ONLY* when cable news was on. Not from people in KS, SD, OH, PA, CA, MN, MI where lots of immig/ refugees had arrived.

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Fox host Jesse Watters: "A lot of people wish President Trump was a dictator, maybe we could repeal Obamacare"

Asha Rangappa:
But don't call them fascists because it gives them sad feels.

[Peiresc]

Chinesische Investitionen in den USA sind in diesem Jahr um 92% zurückgegangen.



http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/20/investing/chinese-investment-united-states-falls/index.html

[Peiresc]

[editiert]

President Trump has privately complained to aides about not being able to use an executive order to solve the ongoing crisis over immigration, according to The New York Times.

Zeit für einen Befreiungsschlag. Es könnte alles so einfach sein.

Donald J. Trump
Verifizierter Account
@realDonaldTrump
Vor 15 Stunden

We cannot allow all of these people to invade our Country. When somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no Judges or Court Cases, bring them back from where they came. Our system is a mockery to good immigration policy and Law and Order. Most children come without parents...

Der Präsident ruft offen zum Verfassungsbruch auf (Fifth Amendment, ,,due process", nach einer Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichts von 1953 auch für Nicht-US-Bürger gültig*). Nichts, worüber man sich groß aufregen muss.

The most insidious thing about the descent into illiberalism is that it is incremental. There's no dramatic moment, no Rubicon. Every step seems bad, but only a little worse than the previous step. Smart autocrats are careful not to provide that moment.

Now here we are with a president who very openly pines for tyranny, explicitly disregards laws & norms, is nakedly racist, lies as often as he breathes, and oh yeah, is now JAILING TODDLERS TO DETER LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
https://twitter.com/drvox/status/1010965890404216832

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Die Washington Post hat andere Probleme. Sie findet es unhöflich, dass sich Migranten und LBGT-Menschen nicht bereitfinden wollen, Sanders in einem Restaurant zu bedienen, und warnt hier vor einem "slippery slope". Nur ganz nebenbei: Sanders

thinks it's okay, for example, for a business to hang a sign in their window saying they won't serve gay couples.
[exzessiv dokumentiert, hier]

Dieweil erscheint auf TheHill eine neue Opinion über den dämonischen Strzok. Er wird zur grauen Eminenz aufgebaut, dem bösen Geist hinter der Mueller-Untersuchung. Bezeichnend: null neue Fakten. Null.

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* Bestätigt 2001. "Sir, your ignorance of the Constitution is stunning. Zadvydas v. David, 533 US 678 (2001):"the Due Process Clause applies to all persons within the United States, including aliens, whether their presence here is lawful or unlawful." Or maybe you "just don't care" what the law is?" [Norm Eisen]

[Peiresc]

Dieweil erscheint auf TheHill eine neue Opinion über den dämonischen Strzok.

Aber: stay tuned.

SEN. MARK WARNER (D-Va.) hosted a dinner Friday night for more than 100 guests at his house on Martha's Vineyard as part of the DSCC'S annual Majority Trust retreat. OVERHEARD: Warner, the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, joking to the crowd: "If you get me one more glass of wine, I'll tell you stuff only Bob Mueller and I know. If you think you've seen wild stuff so far, buckle up. It's going to be a wild couple of months."

[Peiresc]

Dem ehemaligen NATO-Generalsekretär Javier Solana ist die Einreise in die USA verwehrt.

The US is denying entry in the country to a former @NATO Secretary General (#ESTA denied). Reason? He visited Iran... while the US had a Treaty and no sanctions with that country. This is surreal. And a shame. https://politica.elpais.com/politica/2018/06/24/actualidad/1529848793_230488.html ... cc @PoliticoRyan @carlbildt @riotta

[celsus]

Das ist die Vergeltung für Sanders' Schmach in der Roten Henne.

[Peiresc]

Das ist die Vergeltung für Sanders' Schmach in der Roten Henne.

Aber das geht auch direkt. Ein wahrhaft treusorgender Landesvater, nichts ist ihm zu gering.

The Red Hen Restaurant should focus more on cleaning its filthy canopies, doors and windows (badly needs a paint job) rather than refusing to serve a fine person like Sarah Huckabee Sanders. I always had a rule, if a restaurant is dirty on the outside, it is dirty on the inside!

Man fragt sich gleich, was denn seine Sprechblase in diesem miesen Schuppen eigentlich zu suchen hatte. 

Also man muss schon sagen: selbst der Alte Fritz war aufmerksamer um sein Image besorgt.

[Peiresc]

At Truman Dinner, @clairecmc asks everyone to stand up who has a preexisting condition. Notes GOP wants to eliminate insurance coverage for them. Most of ballroom stands up:

[Peiresc]

Es gibt keinen Rassismus in den USA. Und im amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg ging es gar nicht um die Abschaffung der Sklaverei.

Republican Senate nominee Corey Stewart said that he doesn't believe that the Civil War was fought over the issue of slavery, arguing that it was mostly about states' rights.

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Trump's Roach-Infested Restaurants Are Vile Compared to the Red Hen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-roach-infested-restaurants-are-vile-compared-to-the-red-hen

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Der oberste Gerichtshof hat eine Klage gegen Gerrymandering abgelehnt.

SCOTUS mainly upholds Texas's gerrymander, which a lower court had found to be racially discriminatory. A 5-4 decision, with Gorsuch in the majority and authored by Alito.

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Harley Davidson geht ins Ausland, um den europäischen Zöllen zu entgehen.
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/harley-reagiert-auf-zoelle-und-verlagert-us-produktion-15658666.html

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Es deutet sich eine dramatische Umbildung (besser gesagt: Abschaffung) des Staatsapparats der USA an. Einstampfung und Zusammenlegung aller möglichen Behörden, Eliminierung von Aufsichtsgremien etc pp. Folgt scheinbar uralten Anarchoträumen des Koch Network. Ich habe ein grauenhaftes Papier des Bildungsministeriums gesehen, finde es aber momentan nicht wieder. Hoffentlich ist das alles nur Fake.

[Peiresc]

Die Heritage Foundation bejubelt den kommenden Handelskrieg:

Trump has one ace up his sleeve, which is that for all the moaning and complaining by the Europeans and the Chinese, all of these countries are vitally dependent on access to America's massive consumer market. It is the prize for all foreign producers. A tit-for-tat trade war hurts everyone, but it hurts our rivals far more than it hurts us.
[...]
China imposes price controls on American drugs and vaccines, which reduces profits for the industry and raises drug prices here at home. These and other examples of cheating and theft are unacceptable going forward. Period. End of argument. Trump is a new sheriff in town, and the rest of the world is pouting that they can't get away with it anymore.
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/393949-this-is-how-trump-can-win-on-trade

Völlig unbekümmert darum, ob die paar hier herumgereichten, herausgepickten oder erfundenen, Zahlen auch nur ein Fitzelchen mit Realität zu tun haben. Das mit den Pharmapreisen finde ich ja besonders skurril. Das wird die Farmer in Iowa entspannen, wenn sie hören, dass die Chinesen noch mehr leiden werden als sie. Übrigens, Iowa:

When Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann asked more than 1,100 delegates a defining question — who was still behind President Donald Trump? — there was no hesitation. In an exuberant display of unity, more than 1,100 delegates sprang to their feet, whistling, cheering and offering prolonged applause.

Nur über Zölle haben sie nicht gesprochen.

Donald Trump's trade war with China could cost Iowa farmers hundreds of millions of dollars and do untold damage to the state economy.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/25/iowa-republicans-trump-midterms-667171

Komisch, dass mir die Titanic einfällt. Amerika, wie wir es inzwischen kennen und lieben.

[Peiresc]

Dem ehemaligen NATO-Generalsekretär Javier Solana ist die Einreise in die USA verwehrt.

Für TheHill ist irgendwie Obama schuld.
http://thehill.com/policy/international/middle-east-north-africa/393901-ex-nato-chief-blocked-from-entering-us
Das ist wirklich Kunst. Die kriegen ihre Piepen nich für lau.

[Peiresc]

Im Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, spielt man beim "Tea for Trump" der Republican Women Baltimore County die nordkoreanische Nationalhymne.
https://twitter.com/RWofBC/status/1010944874575736837

New York Times's Elizabeth Williamson, who captured the scene:
[Organizer] Ms. [Alice] Butler-Short took the stage, her substantial, bejeweled gold lamé millinery bobbing. "That signified our great president and the negotiations he is having with North Korea," she said. The music, she explained, was the North Korean national anthem.

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Daniel Dale berichtet von der letzten "Rally". Skurril wie immer.
https://twitter.com/ddale8/status/1011380281742381061

After talking about North Korea - and himself, really - the president spent about 17 minutes speaking solely about himself, celebrities, and his wife, without even a hint of a policy issue.
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Trump says "15,000 or 20,000" people couldn't get into his Minnesota rally. He originally tweeted 10,000, then the next day said 15,000, now has added another 5,000.
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Trump says American air is better than ever. The American Lung Association tells me this might be true -- because of regulations put in place before Trump, none by Trump.

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Fazit:

They scream and shout, yell and cheer while they're losing their SS [Social Security, Rente] and Medicare and jobs. While this evil administration sells off our public lands and pollutes our air and water.

[Peiresc]

We Have a Crisis of Democracy, Not Manners
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/25/opinion/trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders-restaurant-civility.html
Ein richtiges Manifest über die Asymmetrie der Rhetorik

Whether or not you think public shaming should be happening, it's important to understand why it's happening. It's less a result of a breakdown in civility than a breakdown of democracy. Though it's tiresome to repeat it, Donald Trump eked out his minority victory with help from a hostile foreign power. He has ruled exclusively for his vengeful supporters, who love the way he terrifies, outrages and humiliates their fellow citizens. Trump installed the right-wing Neil Gorsuch in the Supreme Court seat that Republicans stole from Barack Obama. Gorsuch, in turn, has been the fifth vote in decisions on voter roll purges and, on Monday, racial gerrymandering that will further entrench minority rule.
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[...] millions and millions of Americans watch helplessly as the president cages children, dehumanizes immigrants, spurns other democracies, guts health care protections, uses his office to enrich himself and turns public life into a deranged phantasmagoria with his incontinent flood of lies.
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Faced with the unceasing cruelty and degradation of the Trump presidency, liberals have not taken to marching around in public with assault weapons and threatening civil war. I know of no left-wing publication that has followed the example of the right-wing Federalist and run quasi-pornographic fantasies about murdering political enemies. ("Close your eyes and imagine holding someone's scalp in your hands," began a recent Federalist article.) Unlike Trump, no Democratic politician I'm aware of has urged his or her followers to beat up opposing demonstrators.
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Sometimes, their [liberals'] strategies may be poorly conceived. But there's an abusive sort of victim-blaming in demanding that progressives single-handedly uphold civility, lest the right become even more uncivil in response.

Oder dasselbe in Kurzfassung:

If I can't go to Planned Parenthood for a routine pap smear without being screamed at and harassed by Christian protestors then Stephen Miller shouldn't be able to eat his fucking salad without being called an asshole.