AN UNDER-APPRECIATED PROBLEM WITH THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY IS HOW HE AND HIS STAFF CONTINUOUSLY NORMALIZE DISASTER. BECAUSE WE WITNESS NEW SCANDALS, GAFFES, COVERUPS, HYPOCRISY, MISDIRECTION, INCOMPETENCE, ATROCITY, CRONYISM, IGNORANCE, RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, TREASON, EMBARRASSMENT, LIES, DYSFUNCTION, POWER GRABS, WAR ESCALATIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSAULTS, MISOGYNY AND MORE ON A DAILY BASIS, THE MAGNITUDE OF EACH IS DIMINISHED IN OUR CONSCIOUSNESS BY THE SIMPLE VIRTUE THAT WE HAVE BECOME SATURATED. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE AT ZENRUPTION WILL BE PUBLISHING A DAILY CURATION OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED, FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, INCLUDING LEAKS WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE, SO THAT WE CAN FULLY EXPERIENCE THE LEVEL OF DISASTER OUR EXECUTIVE BRANCH HAS BECOME AND THE IMPLICATIONS IT HAS ON ALL OF US.
Today, April 26, 2017
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By Jerry Mooney
The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
...the Ninth Circuit, which has a terrible record of being overturned (close to 80%). They used to call this "judge shopping!" Messy system.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
Out of our very big country, with many choices, does everyone notice that both the "ban" case and now the "sanctuary" case is brought in ...
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
First the Ninth Circuit rules against the ban & now it hits again on sanctuary cities-both ridiculous rulings. See you in the Supreme Court!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2017
Two giant tax breaks for most Americans seem on the table:
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
1) the value of your mortgage deduction
2) tax breaks from your 401(k)
Protections for those w/ pre-existing conditions has always been one of the most popular parts of the ACA. 87% support in a March CNN poll. pic.twitter.com/axNl2K0HFR
— Nick Gourevitch (@nickgourevitch) April 20, 2017
^^^
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUAL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) April 26, 2017
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Via @AynRandPaulRyan ❤️ pic.twitter.com/UwT0rjHmml
— Alt_Dept. of Labor💃 (@alt_labor) April 26, 2017
Nothing says FREEDOM like taking away protections for people with pre-existing conditions...
— Rogue White House (@RogueWhiteHouse) April 26, 2017
...oh wait except for members of Congress. https://t.co/Y6odu9qbCs
RT- Fight back against #ACA repeal. Here's the list of potentially vulnerable GOP Reps based on Nov. election data. Call them.#RESIST NOW pic.twitter.com/VaufNAfmER
— State of Resistance (@AltStateDpt) April 26, 2017
Keep chipping away at it Trump.
— JΞSŦΞR ✪ ΔCŦUAL³³º¹ (@th3j35t3r) April 26, 2017
By 'it' I mean the law and the Constitution. pic.twitter.com/gPsfxbiBJM
House Freedom Caucus lining up behind revised healthcare bill https://t.co/WMIXLX2OaI
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
@realDonaldTrump Ok see you there!!! pic.twitter.com/f9M8sfen7g
— Alt_Dept. of Labor💃 (@alt_labor) April 26, 2017
Pres can't understand "...why there aren't more golf courses in national parks. Yellowstone would be so great to play." #AntiquitiesAct
— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) April 26, 2017
Does this make you as mad as it makes us?
— Rogue White House (@RogueWhiteHouse) April 26, 2017
Call your member of Congress and tell them to vote NO on Trumpcare: https://t.co/xeIZXIBnN6 pic.twitter.com/MfOeQNoQPl
My latest #USAToday column: four basic things the President could do to broaden his support https://t.co/xmFZBWMOXp https://t.co/DNNCR6jAsk
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
Ivanka is simply a version of her hypocritical father w/ a better grasp of sentence structure.
— State of Resistance (@AltStateDpt) April 26, 2017
Nothing more. Nothing less. https://t.co/NSnSYzYxEs
You know Obamacare wins when Reps are trying to replace it, but keep it for themselves. #thanksobama https://t.co/wslv9GMJND via @voxdotcom
— Alt Dept of ED (@Alt_DeptofED) April 26, 2017
Let's get on those phones today! Plz RT pic.twitter.com/7r84weNUiZ
— ALT DOJ (@ALT_DOJ) April 26, 2017
Pres has now tried 3 times to "fire all the judges" by calling "special meetings". We kind of just let him tire himself out, like a baby.
— Rogue WH Snr Advisor (@RogueSNRadvisor) April 26, 2017
Still safe... #resist #persist @KelliGoneRogue @Alt_DeptofED pic.twitter.com/STfLUOQCA2
— Robert Spence (@BurbankRob) April 26, 2017
Today POTUS will make his case for war. Not because it's necessary. Because he thinks it's what a President is supposed to do.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) April 26, 2017
Precisely. All the praise for being "Presidential" when he bombed Syria went to his head. Now he's looking for his next fix. https://t.co/1Rwhxf2IdD
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) April 26, 2017
President, who backed away from a trade war with China ("they're not currency manipulators," he now says) has turned his sights to Canada
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
Trump admin refuses to hand over documents about Michael Flynn to the House Oversight Committee. Sometimes silence speaks the loudest.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 25, 2017
Unusual event: As tensions w/North Korea rise, all 100 Senators have been invited to a White House briefing today. President will "drop by"
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
President has spoken of how big and important his tax plan is. But he won't be on hand for its formal unveiling today, his schedule shows
— West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) April 26, 2017
@realDonaldTrump You called Russian spy Mike Flynn in the middle of the night to ask if a strong dollar or weak dollar was good. lol.
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) April 26, 2017
YOU KNOW NOTHING.
@realDonaldTrump And for the record, did you just call it a ban?
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) April 26, 2017
@realDonaldTrump Challenging the judiciary? Keep dipping your toe in the authoritarian waters, Donald. We won't allow it. We will hand you your ASS.
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) April 26, 2017
@realDonaldTrump If your staff wasn't incompetent this wouldn't be happening. Thankfully, they are.
— Rogue CPI (@RogueCPI) April 26, 2017
Mike Flynn did not act alone!
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 25, 2017
Mike Flynn did not act alone!
Mike Flynn did not act alone!
Mike Flynn did not act alone!#trumprussia #resist pic.twitter.com/yKN5IHoKiC
NEW POLL: Majority says funding for Trump's border wall not worth a government shutdown https://t.co/9qj4gDGmvu pic.twitter.com/ES1smjjCw5
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
U.S. may need stronger defense against North Korea missiles: admiral https://t.co/euCnsjRKNT
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 26, 2017
BREAKING: Here that one-pager on the White House's tax reform plan just handed out by Spicer. pic.twitter.com/Ciu9DIPah9
— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) April 26, 2017
Playbook beyond the Beltway:
— POLITICO Playbook (@playbookplus) April 26, 2017
-The state of play on the shutdown
-HOUSE FREEDOM CAUCUS to support AHCAhttps://t.co/EwYGjDHBI5 pic.twitter.com/sBYC3UQgR6
LIVE: Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin and National Economic Director Gary Cohn unveil Trump's tax proposal https://t.co/K6ZyyxOaLt
— Reuters Live (@ReutersLive) April 26, 2017
Trump to LePage: "I knew him when he was heavy and now I know him when he was thin and I like him both ways, okay?” https://t.co/dLPWoQUgOd pic.twitter.com/zpKX4eOwop
— POLITICO (@politico) April 26, 2017
Republicans continue painting PR masterpiece by trying to exempt selves from Obamacare repeal: https://t.co/zeOU79eJDN pic.twitter.com/tmPkB7m6gc
— Slate (@Slate) April 26, 2017
Flynn stonewall underscores FBI/House/Senate Intel belief there is a Trump "Active Cover-up" on Russia pic.twitter.com/jDZM2LdKM5
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 26, 2017
The last thing we need is a tax code even more rigged in favor of billionaires and corporate insiders. #AgainstAllOdds https://t.co/7Z3yBAEEnr
— Demos (@Demos_Org) April 26, 2017
Trump's tax plan would repeal estate tax, reduce number of income tax brackets to three: report https://t.co/m5E1aRPpEw pic.twitter.com/4TN7GllGfD
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
Trumpcare just became even more cruel https://t.co/wG26gAYeTr pic.twitter.com/6Ga74IClPU
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 26, 2017
.@DouthatNYT makes the only honest case you can make in favor of Trump's 100 days: it could have been worse. https://t.co/kYmGSXnOcn
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) April 26, 2017
Trump is reportedly threatening to blow up Obamacare payments https://t.co/ftmsp8EsXD
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) April 26, 2017
Trump "is increasingly being treated as a normal president even though he is anything but," says @MaxBoot. https://t.co/6CeiNOuGnd
— Warren Bass (@warren_bass) April 26, 2017
Watch a GOP staffer go on a tirade about how doomed Donald Trump's corporate tax cut is: https://t.co/IjZ7jUPKYf pic.twitter.com/OOKUfvG846
— Slate (@Slate) April 26, 2017
Trump's hastily written tax plan could wind up alienating critical Hill Republicans https://t.co/poHx024q9r pic.twitter.com/mJzHlTw0tT
— POLITICO (@politico) April 26, 2017
WH has found a great formula for losing: issue questionable order, say things that hurt DOJ argument, & attack judges who control its fate. https://t.co/O7hbN0tL9S
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 26, 2017
WH has found a great formula for losing: issue questionable order, say things that hurt DOJ argument, & attack judges who control its fate. https://t.co/O7hbN0tL9S
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 26, 2017
Trump considering executive order to withdraw US from NAFTA https://t.co/Rjp0GGhUxY pic.twitter.com/XD6daCKEbD
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr has financial investment in Russia-tied oil drilling company https://t.co/YEkaLfN8xH #Russiagate
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 26, 2017
JUST IN: Freedom Caucus will support new ObamaCare repeal bill https://t.co/eL4uGrm6Qy pic.twitter.com/ogOz150YUS
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
Fate of AHCA in the house now rests w 23 reps from districts HRC won, where #resistance activism has greatest chance to have an effect.
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 26, 2017
Freedom Caucus endorses latest Republican plan to revise Obamacarehttps://t.co/igLdTpe5hu
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2017
Holder: Trump's voter fraud comments lay foundation for voter suppression https://t.co/3yzvH5ClZy pic.twitter.com/FeG9O05M9b
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
Steven Mnuchin thinks Trump can fix taxes, reports @gillianbwhite https://t.co/2o134BD63U pic.twitter.com/IFj08gDHQl
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 26, 2017
Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 believe Trump campaign helped Russia meddle in election https://t.co/8caRQABrbG pic.twitter.com/HSJzqEJX3G
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2017
Why it's impossible for Republicans to investigate the Trump-Russia scandal https://t.co/ZwlQjEqMQp pic.twitter.com/PsHV2EkRiW
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) April 26, 2017
Trump's mystical grasp of time is straining the limits of grammar: https://t.co/lsmPkrbT83 pic.twitter.com/iUWQfQkiMZ
— Slate (@Slate) April 26, 2017
See also at Jerry Mooney Books