Amerika du hast es besser

[Scipio]

Stimmt ich müsste noch Parameter angeben anhand derer man sie prüfen kann.

[Peiresc]

Immerhin:

16.085.577 $ des Ziels von 1.000.000.000 $
Gesammelt von 264.196 Personen in 6 Tagen

https://www.gofundme.com/TheTrumpWall

Trump ist das Symptom, nicht das Problem.

Update.

Shocker! The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust
And now, the donors to the effort are demanding answers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocker-the-gofundme-campaign-to-build-the-wall-is-a-bust

In der Tat, Überraschung.

Und

We Build the Wall didn't respond to requests for comment. In a Facebook comment this week, the group claimed, once again, that it was very close to building the wall. Conveniently, though, We Build the Wall claimed the information about the private wall's location had to be "secure" in order to confound liberal foes.

Klingt ein bisschen nach Skyway. 

[Belbo]

Klingt ein bisschen nach Skyway. 

...und wie immer, nichts was wir uns hier bei psiram glauben ausdenken zu können..... natürlich gibt es auch eine "military"- Variante.... 

...muss aber noch suchen...

Yunitsky und Trump, zwei "Dealmaker" .... ein Traum. 

[Peiresc]

After a North Korean missile test in 2017, McMaster sought options for an immediate military attack during a call with then-Defense Secretary James Mattis and then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

The Cabinet secretaries mistakenly believed that McMaster hung up after speaking, and shared surprisingly frank thoughts, not realizing they were on speakerphone in McMaster's office.

"They thought the White House hung up our side of the phone call," the former official said. "Mattis was like, 'Rex, are you still here?' [Mattis] was like, 'Oh my God, that moron is going to get us all killed. He is an unstable asshole.' McMaster was standing there over his desk. ... He was turning bright red."
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-voter-base-would-recoil-at-attack-on-venezuela-or-iran-backers-warn

Die Geschichte war im Wesentlichen schon bekannt, wenn auch ohne diese graphic Details.

Überhaupt, der Washington Examiner, was treibt den zu solchen Berichten? Die isolationistische Basis (die hatte ja auch über die Syrien-Rollfeldbombardierung gemurrt). Trump ist in den Augen des Examiner ein Sonderfall, was Kriege angeht. Sie würden schon gerne den Iran bombardieren, aber sie möchten sich nicht nass machen dabei.

Wars often rally the public around a president, but a Trump-led intervention might hurt him.
[...]
"There is a part of President Trump's base that is avowedly anti-intervention, and will strongly protest intervention in Venezuela or Iran. This strain runs from libertarians and paleoconservatives into the darker recesses of the alt-right," Hemmer said.
[...]
"Trump's aggressive toughness is part of his appeal, as long as it doesn't seem to boomerang," Betts said.

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POLITICO:
Trump told POLITICO on Friday that it would be "appropriate" for him to speak to Attorney General Bill Barr about launching an investigation into his potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/10/trump-biden-ukraine-barr-1317601

Susan Hennessey:
Does anyone really doubt that Trump would love to have the FBI investigating his opponent during the campaign? Does anyone doubt that he would abuse his office in attempting to initiate or direct such an investigation?

Does anyone doubt that this could have catastrophic consequences for democratic and electoral legitimacy? Yet we seem to be hurtling towards this possibility with no one, certainly not congressional Republicans, drawing the line.

This is an impeachable offense
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Mitchel Durnell:
Only 19 more and the Dems can have a meeting to discuss impeachment

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Ein linker Spinner wird von einem nüchternen Konservativen retweeted:

Tom Nichols hat retweetet

Yascha Mounk:
In 2016, a reporter asked me about some of the worst-case scenarios that a Trump presidency might bring.

"Trump could direct the Department of Justice to investigate his political opponents," I said, among other things.

The reporter looked at me like I was insane.

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DVS
@DVSblast

SO IF FELONS CANT VOTE...AND A MISCARRIAGE OR ABORTION IS A FELONY....WAIT IVE ALMOST GOT IT...HMMM

[Peiresc]

Nachdem sowohl der Präsident als auch sein Oberhofmarschall McConnell die Russland-Saga verzweifelt für aus und erledigt erklärt haben, wäre es klug, sich ausschließlich auf die 3,2% Wirtschaftswachstum* zu stürzen. Aber so viel Durchblick oder wenigstens Disziplin kann man einfach nicht erwarten.

Donald J. Trump
Verifizierter Account
@realDonaldTrump

I was NOT going to fire Bob Mueller, and did not fire Bob Mueller. In fact, he was allowed to finish his Report with unprecedented help from the Trump Administration. Actually, lawyer Don McGahn had a much better chance of being fired than Mueller. Never a big fan!

15:39 - 11. Mai 2019

Ein kurzer Blick in den Mueller-Report offenbart:

1. Phone records support McGahn's account of Trump calling him that day.
2. 3 witness confirmed McGahn's threat to resign, including Priebus and Bannon.
3. Christie confirmed that in the same time frame, Trump asked him about firing Mueller.
(Mueller report, vol. 2, pages 85-87)

Translate Trump:
So, Trump just took to Twitter to accuse Don McGahn of lying in his sworn testimony to Mueller.

...which means that the House Judiciary Committee now MUST subpoena McGahn to clear the record publicly.

...which means, Trump just played himself.

Natürlich totale Fehlanzeige, irgendeinen Kommentar von einem maßgeblichen Republikaner zu erwarten. Saturday Night Live ätzt:

The topic of discussion was "what would it take for President Trump to lose your support?"

Todd asked Collins what she would do if Robert Mueller found that 'Trump colluded with the Russians.'
'I'd have to write a strongly worded email and send it straight to my draft folder,' she said.
[...]
'Let's say Trump open hand slaps you in the face. What would you say then?' Todd asked.
'Harder, daddy,' Graham said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7019553/SNL-mocks-Republicans-unconditional-support-Trump-cold-open-spoofs-Meet-Press.html

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* 3,2%: bisher habe ich keine Meldung gesehen, die darauf hindeutet, dass die Zahl getürkt ist. Aber was sollte die Regierung davon abhalten; Skrupel jedenfalls nicht. Vor einigen Tagen habe ich einen Beitrag gelesen, dass in einem Ministeriumsbereich Wissenschaftler systematisch entlassen und Zahlen systematisch verfälscht werden. Leider habe ich mir keine Einzelheiten gemerkt, so dass ich ihn nicht wiederfinde.

[Peiresc]

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

Now I'm a political/editorial cartoon?  That would be a first....
@HoustonChron https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/

[Peiresc]

Lindsey Graham advises Donald Trump Jr. to 'call it a day' and ignore Senate subpoena
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/lindsey-graham-advises-donald-trump-jr-to-call-it-a-day-and-ignore-senate-subpoena/

In aller Öffentlichkeit. Der Partei von Recht und Gesetz, insbesondere dem Vorsitzenden des Justizausschusses des Senats, geht Recht und Gesetz so völlig am Arsch vorbei, dass sie nicht einmal mehr den Versuch macht, das irgendwie zu kaschieren.

Nur nebenbei: die zu ignorierende Strafandrohung wurde von seinem Senats- und Parteikollegen ausgesprochen, dem Vorsitzenden des Geheimdienstausschusses des Senats.

[celsus]

Shocker! The GoFundMe Campaign to Build the Wall Is a Bust
And now, the donors to the effort are demanding answers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/shocker-the-gofundme-campaign-to-build-the-wall-is-a-bust

Was macht man denn am besten mit dem ganzen Geld?

A source close to the Florida man who raised over $22 million on GoFundMe in the "We The People Will Build the Wall" campaign just revealed today in their opinion money may be diverted to pay for a 'million dollar' yacht and high-flying lifestyle.

https://thesternfacts.com/source-build-the-wall-gofundme-just-paid-for-a-nearly-1-million-yacht-not-a-wall-72958836bd0c

Sixtus dazu:

Great! Take the money from the xenophobic right and get yourself a yacht! This makes me feel what we call in Germany Schadenfreude.

https://twitter.com/sixtus/status/1127860808652865536

[Peiresc]

Many Democrats fear Trump is laying an impeachment trap
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/13/politics/trump-impeachment-democrats-thinking/index.html

Was ist das für eine Logik. Je unverschämter seine Lügen und je ungesetzlicher, korrupter, verbrecherischer seine Handlungen, umso unangreifbarer wird er?

Darin z. B.:

And like everyone else, he [Trump] reads polls that show that most Americans do not want to go through the trauma of an impeachment drama for the third time in 50 years.

Belegt ist das mit dem Beitrag:

CNN Poll: Support for impeachment falls among Democrats
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/cnn-poll-impeachment-trump-russia/index.html

Dieser Beitrag ist von March 20, 2019. Der Barr-Brief mit dem nothing-to-see-here wurde am 24.3. öffentlich. Die katastrophale (B. Witte) Barr-Anhörung im Kongress war am 1.5., und noch immer hatte der Kongress keine Einsicht in den unredigierten Mueller-Report. Wenn man nach ,,cnn poll support impeachment" googelt, dann ist der jüngste Treffer vom ...  20.3. In den letzten 2 Monaten war die Frage für CNN offenbar nicht mehr interessant.

Wenn wir ,,CNN" aus der Google-Anfrage weglassen, dann finden wir:

Americans' support for impeaching Trump rises: Reuters/Ipsos poll

May 9, 2019

[Peiresc]

Breaking

Two Saudi oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were sabotaged Sunday in attacks that caused "significant damage" to the ships, Saudi Arabia said Monday.

The Associated Press reports one of the tankers was on its way to Saudi Arabia to pick up oil to deliver to the United States.

Tonkin.

[Peiresc]

Sarah Parcak:

I sat in a @GOP led congressional science appropriations committee meeting 4 yrs ago, where multiple GOP buffoons said "I'm no scientist" when folks used basic English to describe climate change.

Now they're all gynecologists.

[Peiresc]

CBS This Morning:
"There will be some sacrifice on the part of Americans, I grant you that. But also that sacrifice is pretty minimal compared to the sacrifices that our soldiers make overseas that are fallen heroes or laid to rest," @SenTomCotton on trade war with China

Matthew Yglesias:
The case for Trump's economic policy is that it's better than dying.

Übrigens, Stand eben ist der Dow Jones zum Vortagsschluss knapp 700 Punkte gefallen. Nochmal Matt Yglesias:

I don't really understand why the stock market thinks tariffs on China are such a big deal.