Y’know, at least when Nixon wanted to know what his opposition was up to, he hired Americans.

This President is WEAK. Inept, unable to hire people who know what to do (with perhaps Tillerson as an exemption). Brush up on the 25th Amendment, Longknife Bill, Article 4. Coup. American-style.

#2. Just watch. The govt owns much along the border already, and can “condemn” whatever else they need.
It is National Defense. Don’t be a DOOFUS!

Read it and weep. SMH.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/02/18/public-trusts-trump-over-media/
Swing-voting independents are twice as likely to trust President Donald Trump’s administration than to trust the media, according to a new poll by Fox News.

The lopsided 52 percent to 26 percent trust in Trump is hidden in the crosstabs of the poll, which was released Feb. 17. Overall, by a narrow margin of 45 percent to 42 percent, Americans think Trump is more likely to tell the truth than are reporters.
(The Dems like Media because it tells them what they want to hear. The Repubs KNOW the Media lies because we have been following it for years)

As the old saying goes….NEVER confuse a liberal with facts. A well thought out narrative that has NO logical contradiction. Of course, there will be those who will contradict, but NOT thru logic and/or reasoning. The facts will remain, and the facts are incontrovertible. Well done, “Longknife21”

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thank you “Mike” for your excellent comment and your kind words.
“There are none so blind as those that will not see.”
They can ignore the facts and the truth, but they can not ignore the consequences of their ignoring the facts.

SMH, Re: your concern for the Texas Beef Industry:
What’s the down side? Affordable beef for Texas working people? Never fear, with the scaling back of EPA and a hundred other Federal bureaucracies, Texas beef producers will continue to prosper. They produce a product of real value. Internationally recognized, with a real demand.
Also, do you think much quality Texas beef is actually exported to Mexico? Think again, and you will find far more Mexican cattle are imported here for ‘minimum finishing’ to produce the poor quality beef and hamburger that most of us can afford.
Your example is somewhat inverted and untrue, but you are a Liberal, with Liberal Sources, so that is to be expected.
Sorry ’bout that.

It never fails to astonish me as to the levels of self-deceit liberals go to in order to maintain and promote their illogical, twisted thought processes. Exact case in point with SMH, is his/her citing someone else’s opinion piece that actually provides no basis in fact, for a counterpoint in regards to an opinion piece that provides not only opinion, but also facts (read that as public LAW) to back up that opinion. If SMH actually cared about the TRUTH???, he/she would search for that truth. From the vary organization that represents the farmers, from their very own mouths regards TPP, we should go here:
https://www.farmaid.org/issues/industrial-agriculture/how-will-the-new-trade-deals-being-negotiated-affect-farmers/
President Trump is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, help the United States citizens as his primary goal. TPP did NOTHING to help the US, especially the farmers. Read the link, SMH.

Good luck with all of that. I’ve said it before, I will be very, very, very happy if ultimately Trump proves the pundits wrong and America succeeds. That being said, his first 30 days has been as big a cluster*uck as anything ever. His approval ratings (very important to a man with his particular psychosis) are lower than any previous President in history. His lies will go down in history as being the primary reason he is remembered. And the Republicans forget, that no matter how this gets resolved, it does not bode well at the polls in the next election.

Yes, his cabinet could decide that he is unable to perform his duties. Absolutely the Republican run Congress/Senate can decide if they are right or wrong. That is in the Constitution. The question is, can Trump piss them off to the point that they’d actually say “Goodbye?” I think his ties to Russia will lead to that.

Anyone need a recipe for borscht? I hear it’s a dish that’s trending.

https://www.thenation.com/article/democracy-wins-one-as-a-federal-court-strikes-a-big-blow-against-gerrymandering/

From Time magazine:
In his 1953 masterpiece, “The Captive Mind,” the Polish poet and dissident Czeslaw Milosz analyzed the psychological and intellectual pathways through which some of his former colleagues in Poland’s post-war Communist regime allowed themselves to be converted into ardent Stalinists. In none of the cases that Milosz analyzed was coercion the main reason for the conversion.
They wanted to believe. They were willing to adapt. They thought they could do more good from the inside. They convinced themselves that their former principles didn’t fit with the march of history, or that to hold fast to one’s beliefs was a sign of priggishness and pig-headedness. They felt that to reject the new order of things was to relegate themselves to irrelevance and oblivion. They mocked their former friends who refused to join the new order as morally vain reactionaries. They convinced themselves that, brutal and capricious as Stalinism might be, it couldn’t possibly be worse than the exploitative capitalism of the West.
I fear we are witnessing a similar process unfold among many conservative intellectuals on the right. It has been stunning to watch a movement that once believed in the benefits of free trade and free enterprise merrily give itself over to a champion of protectionism whose economic instincts recall the corporatism of 1930s Italy or 1950s Argentina. It is no less stunning to watch people once mocked Obama for being too soft on Russia suddenly discover the virtues of Trump’s “pragmatism” on the subject.
And it is nothing short of amazing to watch the party of onetime moral majoritarians, who spent a decade fulminating about Bill Clinton’s sexual habits, suddenly find complete comfort with the idea that character and temperament are irrelevant qualifications for high office.
The mental pathways by which the new Trumpian conservatives have made their peace with their new political master aren’t so different from Milosz’s former colleagues.
There’s the same desperate desire for political influence; the same belief that Trump represents a historical force to which they ought to belong; the same willingness to bend or discard principles they once considered sacred; the same fear of seeming out-of-touch with the mood of the public; the same tendency to look the other way at comments or actions that they cannot possibly justify; the same belief that you do more good by joining than by opposing; the same Manichean belief that, if Hillary Clinton had been elected, the United States would have all-but ended as a country.
This is supposed to be the road of pragmatism, of turning lemons into lemonade. I would counter that it’s the road of ignominy, of hitching a ride with a drunk driver.
So, then, to the subject that bring me here today: Maintaining intellectual integrity in the age of Trump.

You sound like a dude who the closest he comes to a pair of breasts is when he puts on his undershirt in the morning.

Am I a Liberal? No. I am a Capitalist. An unpaid, pussyhat wearing, Austin protesting Capitalist. And a millionaire. If Trump does what he promises, I win, if he doesn’t, I still win. Don’t you get that?

And as for your Liberal “Maintaining intellectual integrity”, it is mostly blind adherence to failed Marxist Theory and even ‘blinder’ following of the Leninist strategies defined in Cleon Skousen’s “The Naked Communist”, the 45 Goals of Communism. It reads like the last two decades of the “Democrat Party Platform”.
Your “Liberal Progressivism” has metastasized into mind numbing Political Correctness, demonizing anyone that produces facts instead of “The Holey Theories” (pun intended), and endless “propagandizing opinion” from over-indoctrinated and grossly under-experienced people that don’t know their ass from their elbow. They have managed to adopt all of the worst Totalitarian things from both Fascism and Communism without doing any of the ‘good’ things for their Citizens. All they do is push Globalism and another higher, more uncontrolled level of wasteful Gubbermint!
You have the freedom to spout your Internationalist Theories because Americans have fought for your Rights for centuries. But those you support only tolerate you (or anyone) as long as you agree with them.
Trump has actually accomplished more in 3 1/2 months for working people than the Dems did in 8 years. The constant battle currently is to get his people confirmed, and the time-wasting endless “ad hominim attacks” by the obstructionist Dems and the Media aided by Establishment RINOs, all of them fighting him for their power positions. And losing. So they hate him. They fear his success because it makes them look like fools, and kills many of their wasteful scams.
Trump’s power will grow, simply because he is trying to do what he said, to help all Americans. More realize it every day, and see the Obstructionists as fighting him for their own little political fiefdoms and special interests. “The Big Lie” still works in politics for the short run, but Truth, honest effort, and consistency will win in the long run. It is practically “Culture Shock” for a ‘Politician’ to actually do what they promise in a campaign, but Trump is not a politician, but a pragmatic businessman. His “stock in trade” is his ability, determination, and reputation. And his goal is to “Make America Great Again”. Not gonna be easy because too many people have interests in profiting from the Status Quo, or even the failure of America. But most will see the simple fact of “A rising tide lifts all boats”, just gotta caulk the leaks and pump ’em out to float.
And there are plenty “leaks” and a great deal of “crap” to pump out of the Fe(de)ral Govt and the endless bureaucracies.
But it is going to happen, big time.

And Check out:
Click here: PARIS AT WAR – MEDIA SILENCE – YouTube
Is Dearborn next? Or any of the Muzzie ghettos in many big cities. Or even Austin?
Murphy’s Law sez, “No good deed goes unpunished.”, and the goody-goody French are getting a huge dose of punishment for their “Good Deeds” for the Muzzies.
This is another terrible example of “Liberalism is a Mental Disease, and left untreated can be fatal.” The regular French have to suffer for the terrible decisions of their Liberal Globalist “leaders”! God help ’em!
To SMH,
If this is what you want, keep fighting Trump and support the Anti-Trumpers of all kinds. Coming soon to a Liberal city near you.
Maybe not too likely in Texas, because even the most radical of the Islamofascists don’t want to play “Cowboys and Muzzies” in Texas. Way too many “Serious Badasses” here. Many with lots of experience and little qualms of providing “The 72 Virgins Dating Service”.
I apologize for offending any “Moderate Muslims”, I know there are a few, but the big problem is there are damn few, and way too silent. They know that the Wahhabi led mosques will declare them “apostate” and probably kill them, so they stay silent. Proves my point though, doesn’t it.
I learned the “Shahada” at 15, 58 years ago, but my accent is terrible. But that was in Turkey, and the “Godless Soviets” were the enemy then. And America was their ally.
Now, thanks to Liberalism, we are probably more “Godless” than the Russians, and somewhat deserving of being called “The Great Shaitan”. But not my fault. I respect those that come here to live and prosper under our Constitution, but one mention of Sharia replacing our Constitutional Law, and I’m your enemy. Because you have then declared yourself the Enemy of our Constitution. I will never accept dhimmitude – from anyone or any group, “religious” or political.

“I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it looks like Trump is actually making America great again. Just look at the progress made since the election:
1. Unprecedented levels of ongoing civic engagement.
2. Millions of Americans now know who their state and federal representatives are without having to google.
3. Millions of Americans are exercising more. They’re holding signs and marching every week.
4. Alec Baldwin is great again. Everyone’s forgotten he’s kind of a jerk.
5. The Postal Service is enjoying the influx cash due to stamps purchased by millions of people for letter and postcard campaigns.
6. Likewise, the pharmaceutical industry is enjoying record growth in sales of anti-depressants.
7. Millions of Americans now know how to call their elected officials and know exactly what to say to be effective.
8. Footage of town hall meetings is now entertaining.
9. Tens of millions of people are now correctly spelling words like emoluments, narcissist, fascist, misogynist, holocaust and cognitive dissonance.
10. Everyone knows more about the rise of Hitler than they did last year.
11. Everyone knows more about legislation, branches of power and how checks and balances work.
12. Marginalized groups are experiencing a surge in white allies.
13. White people in record numbers have just learned that racism is not dead. (See #6)
14. White people in record numbers also finally understand that Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act.
15. Stephen Colbert’s “Late Night” finally gained the elusive #1 spot in late night talk shows, and Seth Meyers is finding his footing as today’s Jon Stewart.
16. “Mike Pence” has donated millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood since Nov. 9th.
17. Melissa FREAKING McCarthy.
18. Travel ban protesters put $24 million into ACLU coffers in just 48 hours, enabling them to hire 200 more attorneys. Lawyers are now heroes.
19. As people seek veracity in their news sources, respected news outlets are happily reporting a substantial increase in subscriptions, a boon to a struggling industry vital to our democracy.
20. Live streaming court cases and congressional sessions are now as popular as the Kardashians.
21. Massive cleanup of facebook friend lists.
22. People are reading classic literature again. Sales of George Orwell’s “1984” increased by 10,000% after the inauguration. (Yes, that is true. 10,000%. 9th grade Lit teachers all over the country are now rock stars.)
23. More than ever before, Americans are aware that education is important. Like, super important.
24. Now, more than anytime in history, everyone believes that anyone can be President. Seriously, anyone.”

The latest LibTARD “Tempest in a Teapot”, is about Snowflakes freaking out about a poster of General Mattis with the caption, “Making Killing Great Again”. Someone posted it in a V.A. Hospital!

Superficially, the poster is sarcastic military humor, but the deeper meaning is: Make killing the Enemy more efficient, easier, massively shocking, and as safe as possible for our side!

As the old Marine Gunnery Sargent joke sez: “If you find yourself in a ‘Fair Fight’, your tactics suck!”
Think about it. The purpose of the military when it comes to combat, is to kill the Enemy and break his toys. In the most efficient manner possible.
Or as General George S. Patton said, “Nobody ever won a war by dying for his country, the object is to make the other poor son-of-a-bitch die for HIS country.”

The Liberal “wussy-fication” of America has been to destroy our natural resistance to Tyranny by Govt and/or Anti-American groups espousing any form of Totalitarianism : Monarchy, slavery, Fascism, Nazism, Communism, theocracy like Islamofascism, or any of the many disguises of Marxism, Fabian Socialism, or other “World Domination” – the end result is the same – TYRANNY! Loss of Freedom and our Individual Rights.

Their “Kinder but Gentler”, “Political Correctness”, “It’s for the Children”, “It’s Not Who We Are”,and all the ‘de-masculinazation’ of everything from dodge ball to border security to even National Defense from terrorists is destroying this nation, culture, and even civilization. This may be an ‘unintended consequence” to many, even most of the “Liberals”, but not to the ‘Financiers’ and many of the ‘leaders’ of the current “Liberal/Progressive/Globalists”. It is all about “Control”!

Exciting weekend of tweets. Unfortunately not true. Laughing so hard……

And now, another sign this presidency is not ready for Prime Time. Michael Flynn, hired as National Security Advisor was actually a paid Foreign Agent for Turkey, being paid over 1/2 million $$$, until November 2016.

And nobody knew, nobody scratched the surface, and he never told Trump. Liars love suckers.