The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[tragabigzanda]

Didn't we all see this coming a few months ago though? US and Russia partner to colonize Muslim states and Eastern Europe under the guise of fighting terror?

[Strat]

US and Russia against the rest of the world for WW3, yea?

[Strat]

drill baby drill!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/politics/ ... index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/earth ... ing-water/

Fuck this shit.

[McParadigm]

drill baby drill!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/politics/ ... index.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/earth ... ing-water/

Fuck this shit.

WAPO: President Trump has vowed to revive oil and gas pipelines. But he just accidentally froze a bunch of them.

Here’s how. Trump elevated Cheryl A. LaFleur to the chairmanship of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. As a result, the sitting chairman Norman C. Bay, rather than remain an ordinary commission member, resigned effective Friday.

That wasn’t part of the plan. When Bay departs, the five-person commission, which already has two vacancies, will no longer have a quorum. No quorum means no approvals for contested issues including electric transmission lines, natural gas pipelines and utility plans. Any new member nominated by Trump must go through Senate confirmation, something that could take another four months.

[McParadigm]

The new authorization will allow US companies to pay up to $5,000 per year to the FSB - which oversees technology imports into Russia - to secure licenses from the security services to export information technology products to Russia, as long as other aspects of the sanctions order aren't violated, according to the document published by the Treasury.

[Strat]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/201 ... a-no-doubt

Bannon is clearly wary of China’s growing clout in Asia and beyond, framing the relationship as entirely adversarial, predicting a global culture clash in the coming years.

“You have an expansionist Islam and you have an expansionist China. Right? They are motivated. They’re arrogant. They’re on the march. And they think the Judeo-Christian west is on the retreat,” Bannon said during a February 2016 radio show.

On the day Trump was inaugurated, China’s military warned that war between the two countries was a real possibility.

RIP World

[Strat]

This could really backfire on the Ol' DJT

Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.

[Strat]

and yes, religious freedom is under threat. Christianity is not under threat, but religious freedom is, yes.

[Bi_3]

I agree with that too. While Trump intentionally tied his hands with replacing Scalia to appeal to conservatives that were skeptical of him on the campaign trail, that doesn't mean he has to do the same thing for any subsequent replacement. If Trump nominates a Trumpier justice with even larger stakes on the line (likely replacing Kennedy, Ginsburg or Breyer), Democrats have a better chance of actually succeeding in shooting that nominee down.

I think it's either going to be the nuclear option now, or the nuclear option with a future appointment, so I don't see what the difference is for the Democrats. I would imagine their thinking now is that this should be as painful as possible and as weakening for the Trump administration as can be as a response to what happened with Garland. If Republicans don't put into place the 51-seat passage for Gorsuch, they undoubtedly will for the next appointment.

They should force it now before everyone is over Trump.

[Strat]

lol

Sen. John McCain makes phone call to try to make amends with Australia after Trump's tense, shortened call with the country's prime minister.

[pepperwhiteMFC]

Trump is really just fricken opening the cage, isn't he?

[Green Habit]

This could really backfire on the Ol' DJT

Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.

That might violate the First Amendment anyway.

[Green Habit]

This one's for you, B.

[pepperwhiteMFC]

With their tax exempt status, is there any way to tax the sum of money they invest in lobbying the Government? Technically that money ("property") isn't being used for religious, educational or charitable purposes. It's being used for political activity.

[pepperwhiteMFC]

I went and looked up the specs. "Church" and "Religious Organization" mean different things.

[Strat]

Speaking to reporters in Tehran on Thursday, the top official, Ali Akbar Velayati, dismissed the US President's "baseless ranting" and said that even Americans were not satisfied with "Trump's extremism," according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency.
Velayati blasted Trump as lacking sufficient experience, saying he should take lessons from his predecessor, Barack Obama. Those who threaten the Muslim world should take a look at the US' failures in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, he added.
He said that all test-fired missiles were defensive and that Iran did not need to seek permission to carry out such activities.

[bune]

This could really backfire on the Ol' DJT

Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.

That might violate the First Amendment anyway.

That pesky old thing. I'm sure there's an EO coming soon to put it out of it's misery.

[wease]

This could really backfire on the Ol' DJT

Declaring that religious freedom is "under threat," President Donald Trump vowed Thursday to repeal a rarely enforced IRS rule that says pastors who endorse candidates from the pulpit risk losing their tax-exempt status.

That might violate the First Amendment anyway.

Trump really hasn't shown any concern about any other violations, why would he on this issue?

[dprival78]

[B]

This one's for you, B.

Fuck, both numbers are busy.