Trump World -USA-2019
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House panel votes to subpoena former White House official who allegedly overturned security-clearance denials for Trump officials
The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted Tuesday to subpoena Carl Kline, who served as personnel security director at the White House during the first two years of the administration.
Tricia Newbold, a White House whistleblower, alleged that Kline, then her direct manager, overruled her clearance denials and then retaliated against her when she objected. Newbold told lawmakers that more than two dozen denials for security clearances have been overturned during the Trump administration.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
Canadian provinces vow to resist Trudeau's landmark carbon tax
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...st-trudeaus-landmark-carbon-tax-idUSKCN1RD2SE
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday imposed a landmark carbon tax on four provinces which had defied Ottawa’s push to combat climate change, prompting unhappy premiers to say they would challenge the measure.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, citing international commitments to fight global warming, had made clear for two years he would slap the tax on any of the 10 provinces that did not come up with their own plans by April 1.
The measure is opposed by Ontario, the most populous province, where Trudeau’s Liberals need to do well to stand a chance of retaining power in a federal election this October.
Carbon pollution will initially cost C$20 ($15) a tonne, rising by C$10 a year until it reaches C$50 in 2022. It also applies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
“As of today, it’s no longer free to pollute anywhere in Canada,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said on Twitter.
Official data regularly show Canada has little chance of meeting its climate change goals of reducing emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Canada will heat up twice as fast as the rest the world, with northern regions warming at an even greater pace, a Canadian environment ministry report said on Monday.
Smaller snow packs and a loss of glacier ice could mean water supply shortages in the summer, it added.
Trudeau says extreme weather events like forest fires and floods underline the need to combat global warming.
Although Ottawa says the money collected from the next tax will be returned to Canadians in the form of rebates, right-leaning parties portray it as a cash grab.
The Conservatives, who polls show could win the October election as a political scandal dogs Trudeau, promise to scrap the measure.
Ontario premier Doug Ford vowed to oppose what he called “the worst tax ever” in court.
“We’re going to keep fighting this carbon tax with every single tool at our disposal,” he said.
Trudeau’s other efforts to combat climate change are also proving a challenge.
Last year Ottawa unveiled plans to overhaul environmental assessments of energy projects, paying more attention to greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say this will deter investment at a time when existing projects are in trouble.
Canada bought Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd’s Trans Mountain crude pipeline for C$4.5 billion last year after the company expressed doubts it could proceed with plans to more than double the existing capacity.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-c...st-trudeaus-landmark-carbon-tax-idUSKCN1RD2SE
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada on Monday imposed a landmark carbon tax on four provinces which had defied Ottawa’s push to combat climate change, prompting unhappy premiers to say they would challenge the measure.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, citing international commitments to fight global warming, had made clear for two years he would slap the tax on any of the 10 provinces that did not come up with their own plans by April 1.
The measure is opposed by Ontario, the most populous province, where Trudeau’s Liberals need to do well to stand a chance of retaining power in a federal election this October.
Carbon pollution will initially cost C$20 ($15) a tonne, rising by C$10 a year until it reaches C$50 in 2022. It also applies in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.
“As of today, it’s no longer free to pollute anywhere in Canada,” Environment Minister Catherine McKenna said on Twitter.
Official data regularly show Canada has little chance of meeting its climate change goals of reducing emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.
Canada will heat up twice as fast as the rest the world, with northern regions warming at an even greater pace, a Canadian environment ministry report said on Monday.
Smaller snow packs and a loss of glacier ice could mean water supply shortages in the summer, it added.
Trudeau says extreme weather events like forest fires and floods underline the need to combat global warming.
Although Ottawa says the money collected from the next tax will be returned to Canadians in the form of rebates, right-leaning parties portray it as a cash grab.
The Conservatives, who polls show could win the October election as a political scandal dogs Trudeau, promise to scrap the measure.
Ontario premier Doug Ford vowed to oppose what he called “the worst tax ever” in court.
“We’re going to keep fighting this carbon tax with every single tool at our disposal,” he said.
Trudeau’s other efforts to combat climate change are also proving a challenge.
Last year Ottawa unveiled plans to overhaul environmental assessments of energy projects, paying more attention to greenhouse gas emissions. Critics say this will deter investment at a time when existing projects are in trouble.
Canada bought Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd’s Trans Mountain crude pipeline for C$4.5 billion last year after the company expressed doubts it could proceed with plans to more than double the existing capacity.
If government seriously wanted to reduce emissions they would reduce immigration.
Cannot AMERICA understand this is PURE EVIL?
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Trump wants to give 62 cents of every dollar to the military. That's immoral.
"One set of moral priorities – a different one – would end our endless wars and use the vast wealth of this nation to end poverty and lead to true security for all of us. It would invest in healthcare, well-paying jobs, affordable higher education, safe drinking water and clean air for all of us.
The proposed Trump budget drops bombs on that vision – almost literally.
With this budget, Trump takes more than $1tn in taxpayer money and disperses fully $750bn to the military. Out of every taxpayer dollar, in other words, 62 cents go to the military and our militarized Department of Homeland Security. (Veterans’ benefits take another seven cents.)
That leaves just 31 cents for all the rest: education, job training, community economic development, housing, safe drinking water and clean air, health and science research, and the prevention of war through diplomacy and humanitarian aid.
The budget also cuts billions from non-discretionary anti-poverty programs outside of this $1tn. Medicaid and food stamps would be cut and disfigured beyond recognition.
At every turn, the Trump budget finds vast billions for militarization, while it cuts much smaller poverty and other programs, claiming the goal is to save money.
It includes $164bn in war funding, but it cuts $4.7bn in economic development and food assistance to other nations. It finds $14bn for a vanity project military branch called the space force, while it cuts $1.2bn for a program that’s built and preserved more than 1m affordable homes. It includes $11bn for contractor Lockheed Martin to build more F-35 jet fighters, but it cuts $3.7bn in heating and cooling assistance for 6m poor households.
And it includes more than $12bn for a wall at our border, while it cuts $1bn for Job Corps, the program that provides yearly training and work experience to 50,000 poor (and mostly black) youths.
The budget falsely claims to adhere to strict spending limits set by Congress for the military. But it hides an extra $174bn for the Pentagon in plain sight by adding it to a war spending account – despite the fact that the president has said he wants to bring back thousands of troops from Syria and Afghanistan. This gimmick brings total military spending all the way up to $750bn, even while the administration claims it is cutting the base Pentagon budget.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/27/trump-budget-military-immoral
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Trump wants to give 62 cents of every dollar to the military. That's immoral.
"One set of moral priorities – a different one – would end our endless wars and use the vast wealth of this nation to end poverty and lead to true security for all of us. It would invest in healthcare, well-paying jobs, affordable higher education, safe drinking water and clean air for all of us.
The proposed Trump budget drops bombs on that vision – almost literally.
With this budget, Trump takes more than $1tn in taxpayer money and disperses fully $750bn to the military. Out of every taxpayer dollar, in other words, 62 cents go to the military and our militarized Department of Homeland Security. (Veterans’ benefits take another seven cents.)
That leaves just 31 cents for all the rest: education, job training, community economic development, housing, safe drinking water and clean air, health and science research, and the prevention of war through diplomacy and humanitarian aid.
The budget also cuts billions from non-discretionary anti-poverty programs outside of this $1tn. Medicaid and food stamps would be cut and disfigured beyond recognition.
At every turn, the Trump budget finds vast billions for militarization, while it cuts much smaller poverty and other programs, claiming the goal is to save money.
It includes $164bn in war funding, but it cuts $4.7bn in economic development and food assistance to other nations. It finds $14bn for a vanity project military branch called the space force, while it cuts $1.2bn for a program that’s built and preserved more than 1m affordable homes. It includes $11bn for contractor Lockheed Martin to build more F-35 jet fighters, but it cuts $3.7bn in heating and cooling assistance for 6m poor households.
And it includes more than $12bn for a wall at our border, while it cuts $1bn for Job Corps, the program that provides yearly training and work experience to 50,000 poor (and mostly black) youths.
The budget falsely claims to adhere to strict spending limits set by Congress for the military. But it hides an extra $174bn for the Pentagon in plain sight by adding it to a war spending account – despite the fact that the president has said he wants to bring back thousands of troops from Syria and Afghanistan. This gimmick brings total military spending all the way up to $750bn, even while the administration claims it is cutting the base Pentagon budget.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/27/trump-budget-military-immoral
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I can recognize it's a pure lie. Does that help?
Trump's budget proposal is 4.7 trillion, not one trillion.
Guess you got suckered, enit? Woulda taken you about ten seconds on google to check the numbers.
Maybe you should let these people know its bunk.
The authors of this piece, Reverend William Barber, Dr Liz Theoharis and Lindsay Koshgarian are American citizens
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Barber_II
http://liztheoharis.org/about/
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/about/team/lkoshgarian/
No answer again eh? Useless monkey . Grab another hunk of shit from between your legs , now roll it up and throw it. Good little George .
Fox fan?
From Wikipedia
“In an Ipsos MORI research poll in September 2018 designed to interrogate the public's trust of specific titles online, The Guardian scored highest for digital-content news, with 84% of readers agreeing that they "trust what [they] see in it". A December 2018 report of a poll by the Publishers Audience Measurement Company (PAMCo) stated that the paper's print edition was found to be the most trusted in the UK in the period from October 2017 to September 2018. It was also reported to be the most-read of the UK's "quality newsbrands", including digital editions; other "quality" brands included The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, and the i. While The Guardian's print circulation is in decline, the report indicated that news from The Guardian, including that reported online, reaches more than 23 million UK adults each month.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian
New book out: Commander in cheat
https://www.summerlandreview.com/news/commander-in-cheat-book-recounts-golf-misdeeds-by-trump/
Main thee... Trump's golfing prowess......NOT.
He cheats.... his caddie cheats.........for T.
You can tell a lot about a man from his golf game.....an old but truism.
https://www.summerlandreview.com/news/commander-in-cheat-book-recounts-golf-misdeeds-by-trump/
Main thee... Trump's golfing prowess......NOT.
He cheats.... his caddie cheats.........for T.
You can tell a lot about a man from his golf game.....an old but truism.
Trump’s worst enemy is the English language: Stephen Colbert
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/tr...tephen-colbert/?utm_source=push_notifications
There a fact that is obvious to all. ( or should be.....unless they speak in Trump dialect)
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/tr...tephen-colbert/?utm_source=push_notifications
There a fact that is obvious to all. ( or should be.....unless they speak in Trump dialect)