What Did President Trump Do Now?

Trollheart · 01-20-2017, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And I'm assuming alphenor is talking about Richard Nixon.

Yeah I thought that but Nixon quit because he was about to be impeached, not simply because he was unpopular.

The Batlord · 01-20-2017, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yeah I thought that but Nixon quit because he was about to be impeached, not simply because he was unpopular.

We've never had another president resign though.

Trollheart · 01-20-2017, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

We've never had another president resign though.

I'm not up on the history of US presidents, so I thought maybe he was referring to an eighteenth or nineteenth century one I didn't know. I'm sure there are many.

Trollheart · 01-20-2017, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Andrew Johnson got impeached due to his overwhelming popularity.

Is that serious? As I say, I don't know much about presidents before say JFK (and even then, not that much) so if it's a joke I don't get it. If it's true then I must ask why? Was it his enemies trying to oust him? Afraid of his getting another term?

The Batlord · 01-20-2017, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

I'm not up on the history of US presidents, so I thought maybe he was referring to an eighteenth or nineteenth century one I didn't know. I'm sure there are many.

Considering our first president was elected in 1789 we have remarkably few 18th century presidents.

Chula Vista · 01-20-2017, 09:35 PM

There's 435 members of The House of Representatives, each of whom will be up for re-election in a couple of years. And their #1 priority in two years is to be re-elected. Right now the house is 241-194 in favor of the GOP. And unlike the Senate, the House is based on regional population. Those politicians seeing how many of their constituents are opposed to this new president is very important.

They will weigh their votes over the next two years very carefully based on self preservation. Look at what happened in the 2010 mid-term elections. The Democratic led house was decimated by voters because too many of them 100% jumped on Obama's coattails.

Protest right now is good. Not for me or you, or the nightly news, but for those who will be campaigning for their livelihoods in 24 months.

djchameleon · 01-21-2017, 06:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Terrible day for America

Yes and it already has begun.

To all the people like give him a chance. We already knew/saw this coming even without knowing the specific details.

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About an hour after President Donald Trump was sworn in on Friday, his administration suspended indefinitely a scheduled cut in mortgage insurance premiums—effectively raising costs for middle-class borrowers by about $500 a year.

In First Hour, President Trump Delivers 'Punch in the Gut to Middle Class' | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Also **** those people that were relying on ACA for healthcare. He signed an Executive Order to gut the ACA.

President Trump signs executive order to gut Obamacare - NY Daily News

OccultHawk · 01-21-2017, 06:28 AM

https://crimethinc.com/2014/12/10/why-break-windows

Anteater · 01-21-2017, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

In First Hour, President Trump Delivers 'Punch in the Gut to Middle Class' | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

There's more to the story of course, but as usual most of the media would rather fearmonger like idiots than talk about the bigger picture.

National Mortgage News - Trump Team Said to Plan Delay of FHA Premium Cut

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...the-government

**Frownland** · 01-21-2017, 09:58 AM

That's only after a massive pushback from the mortgage industry. He clearly only wanted to dismantle it because of the kneejerk contrarianism to Obama and every single one of his evil regulations. It was initially going to go into effect yesterday.

01-20-2017, 09:35 PM	#1216 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	There's 435 members of The House of Representatives, each of whom will be up for re-election in a couple of years. And their #1 priority in two years is to be re-elected. Right now the house is 241-194 in favor of the GOP. And unlike the Senate, the House is based on regional population. Those politicians seeing how many of their constituents are opposed to this new president is very important. They will weigh their votes over the next two years very carefully based on self preservation. Look at what happened in the 2010 mid-term elections. The Democratic led house was decimated by voters because too many of them 100% jumped on Obama's coattails. Protest right now is good. Not for me or you, or the nightly news, but for those who will be campaigning for their livelihoods in 24 months. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

01-21-2017, 09:58 AM	#1220 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	That's only after a massive pushback from the mortgage industry. He clearly only wanted to dismantle it because of the kneejerk contrarianism to Obama and every single one of his evil regulations. It was initially going to go into effect yesterday. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

01-21-2017, 06:28 AM	#1218 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,033	https://crimethinc.com/2014/12/10/why-break-windows