The 45th POTUS - Donald J. Trump

[bune]

After the week + that he's had, it may be the truth sooner rather than later.

[Norah]

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

[doug rr]

what a great time to be alive with a drink in hand

[McParadigm]

The amount of attention heaped on the inconsequential and impactless radar blip that is the Mooch, while actual and eventful moments tick by, drives me crazy...but it also tells you everything you need to know about American culture.

Ongoing legislation battles with real world consequences? International conflict? Worth a brief comment.

Asshole gets humiliated in public?

[McParadigm]

The Mooch is to politics what also Justin Bieber is to politics.

So if course we added more pages to this thread today than on any single day in the last month.

[Jorge]

Why would you want to stamp out the small burst of schadenfreudic joy we experienced today? Let us have this. Just for a little while.

[McParadigm]

[doug rr]

yeah mcp...cant we all just lay down in sheets of linen? its been a busy day

[Strat]

seriously McP. Fuck you.

[Strat]

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Umm, this feels like a big deal. Doesnt bode well for the whole obstruction of justice...

[BurtReynolds]

nice, but that seems a bit harsh on Hank

[malice]

The composite of Patrick Stewart and Bruce Willis is srsly creeping me out

[Anders]

[Bi_3]

[Biff Pocoroba]

Trump dictated son’s misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Umm, this feels like a big deal. Doesnt bode well for the whole obstruction of justice...

I would have thought it was a big deal too but have not heard much about it.

[Biff Pocoroba]

Should we really be surprised there's a Cabinet bible study group? From the CBN (Pat Robertson's) website


Bible Studies at the White House: Who's Inside This Spiritual Awakening?

WASHINGTON – A spiritual awakening is underway at the White House.

Some of the most powerful people in America have been gathering weekly to learn more about God's Word, and this Trump Cabinet Bible study is making history.

They've been called the most evangelical Cabinet in history – men and women who don't mince words when it comes to where they stand on God and the Bible.

Ralph Drollinger of Capitol Ministries told CBN News, "These are godly individuals that God has risen to a position of prominence in our culture."

They're all handpicked by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

"I don't think Donald Trump has figured out that he chained himself to the Apostle Paul," Drollinger laughed.

Drollinger is a former NBA-playing giant of a man with an even bigger calling. He founded Capitol Ministries with the idea that if you change the hearts of lawmakers, then their Christian world view will guide them to make good policies.

He's started Bible studies in 40 state capitols, a number of foreign capitols, teaches weekly studies in the U.S. House and Senate and now leads about a dozen members of President Trump's Cabinet in weekly studies of the scriptures.

Health Secretary Tom Price, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Agriculture Secretary Sunny Perdue, and CIA Director Mike Pompeo are just a few of the regulars.

"It's the best Bible study that I've ever taught in my life. They are so teachable; they're so noble; they're so learned," Drollinger said.

It's groundbreaking since he doesn't think a formal Bible study among executive Cabinet members has been done in at least 100 years.

America's top cop, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, also attends the study.

"He'll (Jeff Sessions) go out the same day I teach him something and I'll see him do it on camera and I just think, 'Wow, these guys are faithful, available and teachable and they're at Bible study every week they're in town,'" Drollinger said.

President Trump is invited to attend the Bible studies, too. Each week he receives a copy of Drollinger's teaching.

And Vice President Pence is also planning to join the study as his schedule permits. He also serves as a sponsor.

In Pence, Drollinger sees many similarities to biblical figures like Joseph, Mordecai and Daniel – all men who rose to the number two position in governments at different times in history.

"Mike Pence has respect for the office. He dresses right - like it says Joseph cleaned himself up before he went to stand before the Pharaoh," Drollinger told CBN News.

"Mike Pence has uncompromising biblical tenacity and he has a loving tone about him that's not just a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal," he continued. "And then fourthly, he brings real value to the head of the nation."

Like others, Drollinger often compares President Trump to biblical strongman Samson.

"I just praise God for them," he said. "And I praise God for Mike Pence, who I think with Donald Trump chose great people to lead our nation."

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In Pence, Drollinger sees many similarities to biblical figures like Joseph, Mordecai and Daniel – all men who rose to the number two position in governments at different times in history.

I know he tries to have his cake and eat it by saying Trump is Samson, but if Pence is Joseph, that would make Trump a Pharaoh; if he's Mordecai, then Trump is a king who was tricked by his top political advisor into codifying genocide against the Jews; if he's Daniel, well, then Trump is the guy who threw a huge drunken party and lost his empire in a single night.

[McParadigm]

NPR:

The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The explosive claim is part of the lawsuit filed against Fox News by Rod Wheeler, a longtime paid commentator for the news network. The suit was obtained exclusively by NPR.

Spoiler: show

Wheeler alleges Fox News and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from growing concern about the administration's ties to the Russian government. His suit charges that a Fox News reporter created quotations out of thin air and attributed them to him to propel her story.

Fox's president of news, Jay Wallace, told NPR Monday there was no "concrete evidence" that Wheeler was misquoted by the reporter, Malia Zimmerman. The news executive did not address a question about the story's allegedly partisan origins. Fox News declined to allow Zimmerman to comment for this story.

The story, which first aired in May, was retracted by Fox News a week later. Fox News has, to date, taken no action in response to what it said was a failure to adhere to the network's standards.

The lawsuit focuses particular attention on the role of the Trump supporter, Ed Butowsky, in weaving the story. He is a wealthy Dallas investor and unpaid Fox commentator on financial matters, who has emerged as a reliable Republican surrogate in recent years. Butowsky offered to pay for Wheeler to investigate the death of the DNC aide, Seth Rich, on behalf of his grieving parents in Omaha.

On April 20, a month before the story ran, Butowsky and Wheeler — the investor and the investigator — met at the White House with then Press Secretary Sean Spicer to brief him on what they were uncovering.

The first page of the lawsuit quotes a voicemail and text from Butowsky boasting that President Trump himself had reviewed drafts of the Fox News story just before it went to air and was published.

[bune]

In Pence, Drollinger sees many similarities to biblical figures like Joseph, Mordecai and Daniel – all men who rose to the number two position in governments at different times in history.

I know he tries to have his cake and eat it by saying Trump is Samson, but if Pence is Joseph, that would make Trump a Pharaoh; if he's Mordecai, then Trump is a king who was tricked by his top political advisor into codifying genocide against the Jews; if he's Daniel, well, then Trump is the guy who threw a huge drunken party and lost his empire in a single night.

Freud would probably have something to say about that.

[McParadigm]

NPR:

The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

The explosive claim is part of the lawsuit filed against Fox News by Rod Wheeler, a longtime paid commentator for the news network. The suit was obtained exclusively by NPR.

Spoiler: show

Wheeler alleges Fox News and the Trump supporter intended to deflect public attention from growing concern about the administration's ties to the Russian government. His suit charges that a Fox News reporter created quotations out of thin air and attributed them to him to propel her story.

Fox's president of news, Jay Wallace, told NPR Monday there was no "concrete evidence" that Wheeler was misquoted by the reporter, Malia Zimmerman. The news executive did not address a question about the story's allegedly partisan origins. Fox News declined to allow Zimmerman to comment for this story.

The story, which first aired in May, was retracted by Fox News a week later. Fox News has, to date, taken no action in response to what it said was a failure to adhere to the network's standards.

The lawsuit focuses particular attention on the role of the Trump supporter, Ed Butowsky, in weaving the story. He is a wealthy Dallas investor and unpaid Fox commentator on financial matters, who has emerged as a reliable Republican surrogate in recent years. Butowsky offered to pay for Wheeler to investigate the death of the DNC aide, Seth Rich, on behalf of his grieving parents in Omaha.

On April 20, a month before the story ran, Butowsky and Wheeler — the investor and the investigator — met at the White House with then Press Secretary Sean Spicer to brief him on what they were uncovering.

The first page of the lawsuit quotes a voicemail and text from Butowsky boasting that President Trump himself had reviewed drafts of the Fox News story just before it went to air and was published.

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Also, I love that they can't even get the interns in line.