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Misschien dat er wat trump vriendjes wel westinghouse gaan opkopen en transformeren naar een bouwer van kolencentrales. Nieuwe Jobs het wiel opnieuw uitvinden.quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 10:03 schreef Ulx het volgende:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39424634
Westinghouse, een bouwer van kerncentrales in de VS gaat failliet. Dat kost dus veel JOBS! Welke idioot wil d'r nou inzetten op kolencentrales?
Ik kreeg ook al het nare gevoel dat het ook voor een groot deel gevoed is uit haat voor Obama. Voor de democratische keuzes. En dat land is zo vreemd dat ze álles van de tegenpartij haten en niet kijken naar het landsbelang. Dus moet alles van 8 jaar Obama worden weggevaagd en maakt niet uit dat er slechtere dingen voor in de plaats komen, als het maar Republikeinse dingen zijn.quote:
Het enige wat Trump tot nu toe aan het doen is, is elke wet die Obama heeft ingediend terugdraaien. Deze man is gedreven door twee zaken: persoonlijke eer, glorie en geld en wrok jegens al zijn (vermeende) tegenstanders.
Trump heeft ook wetgeving teruggedraaid die zorgt dat bedrijven die een anti-homo beleid hanteren niet in aanmerking kunnen komen voor federale aanbestedingen.
http://www.newnownext.com(...)l-employees/03/2017/
Friend of the gays...
"Dear life, When I said "can my day get any worse?" it was a rhetorical question, not a challenge."
De enige die dat soort dingen doet is Soros. Dus dan kun je beter al die werklozen voor lief nemen.quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 12:38 schreef Basp1 het volgende:
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Misschien dat er wat trump vriendjes wel westinghouse gaan opkopen en transformeren naar een bouwer van kolencentrales. Nieuwe Jobs het wiel opnieuw uitvinden.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Die werkelozen kosten de overheid in de VS natuurlijk stukken minder als in de moderne westerse verzorgingsstaten. Dus dat zal trump wel niet veel uitmaken. Dan nog wat met statistiek spelen en er zijn minder werkelozen en meer banen in de VS.quote:
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De enige die dat soort dingen doet is Soros. Dus dan kun je beter al die werklozen voor lief nemen.
Blijft er haast geen Westerse nucleaire industrie meer over, enkel het Franse Areva nog. Westinghouse was ook de enige niet-Russische fabrikant die fuel voor Sovjet design reactoren leverde, andere bedrijven waagden zich daar niet aan.quote:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-39424634
Westinghouse, een bouwer van kerncentrales in de VS gaat failliet. Dat kost dus veel JOBS! Welke idioot wil d'r nou inzetten op kolencentrales?
Ich glaube, dass es manchmal nicht genügend Steine gibt und
Ich bin mir sicher, dass auch schöne Augen weinen
Ich bin mir sicher, dass auch schöne Augen weinen
Vandaar dat de tandeloze president de afgelopen dagen zo tekeer gaat over uranium wat door de Clintons aan Rusland zou zijn verkocht.quote:
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Blijft er haast geen Westerse nucleaire industrie meer over, enkel het Franse Areva nog. Westinghouse was ook de enige niet-Russische fabrikant die fuel voor Sovjet design reactoren leverde, andere bedrijven waagden zich daar niet aan.
ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
By nullifying EO 13673... -------->quote:
Het enige wat Trump tot nu toe aan het doen is, is elke wet die Obama heeft ingediend terugdraaien. Deze man is gedreven door twee zaken: persoonlijke eer, glorie en geld en wrok jegens al zijn (vermeende) tegenstanders.
Trump heeft ook wetgeving teruggedraaid die zorgt dat bedrijven die een anti-homo beleid hanteren niet in aanmerking kunnen komen voor federale aanbestedingen.
http://www.newnownext.com(...)l-employees/03/2017/
Friend of the gays...
---> January 4 2017
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces is mostly gone — but not the pay transparency part
Federal contractors were thrilled when Judge Marcia Crone issued a preliminary injunction in late October against President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order.
But Judge Crone’s decision did not block the entire rule. Although the preliminary injunction kept the bulk of the rule from going into effect, the portion requiring pay transparency took effect on January 1.
quote:Friend of the gays...
President Donald J. Trump Will Continue to Enforce Executive Order Protecting the Rights of the LGBTQ Community in the Workplacequote:
Via FP.
Randy Berry, blijft in zijn functie als Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI op het departement van Buitenlandse Zaken.
Daarmee verliest Tony Perkins, directeur van het conservatieve 'Family Research Council', alweer zijn strijd tegen de LGBT agenda. Hij riep in December nog op tot een grote schoonmaak van alle LGBT elementen. Eerder was er al de bevestiging van Trump dat hij het Obama decreet van LGBT'ers op de werkvloer heeft overgenomen.
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Dat was alleen om aandacht van zijn Rusland-connecties weg te halen.quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 13:04 schreef xpompompomx het volgende:
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Vandaar dat de tandeloze president de afgelopen dagen zo tekeer gaat over uranium wat door de Clintons aan Rusland zou zijn verkocht.
Een vrij doorzichtige tactiek, waar alleen de heel verstokte fans nog intrappen.
Waar zet hij dan een krabbel onder die EO?quote:
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 14:01:52 Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse! reageer retweet
Remember when the failing @
Carpe Libertatem
Oh, even snel lezen dan.quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 14:16 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 14:01:52 Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse! reageer retweet
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Waar heeft hij het nu eigenlijk over? Dat de NYT schrijft dat de markt niet meer in steenkool geinteresseerd is?
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Wat mij niet raar lijkt want die hele markt is ingestort door de schalieboom.quote:
Waar heeft hij het nu eigenlijk over? Dat de NYT schrijft dat de markt niet meer in steenkool geinteresseerd is?
1/10 Van de rappers dankt zijn bestaan in Amerika aan de Nederlanders die zijn voorouders met een cruiseschip uit hun hongerige landen ophaalde om te werken op prachtige plantages.
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
hehetwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 14:21:02 If the people of our great country could only see how viciously and inaccurately my administration is covered by certain media! reageer retweet
Carpe Libertatem
Ja, ik hoorde laatst dat zijn Trumpcare een faal was. Die media weer. Het is een daverend succes!quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 14:31 schreef Boze_Appel het volgende:
hehetwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 14:21:02 If the people of our great country could only see how viciously and inaccurately my administration is covered by certain media! reageer retweet
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
WINNING BIGLY!quote:
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Ja, ik hoorde laatst dat zijn Trumpcare een faal was. Die media weer. Het is een daverend succes!
Carpe Libertatem
Former Trump University student seeks trial
Oh leuk. Ik pak de chips er maar vast bij.quote:Overall, the settlement offer has won support among many former Trump University students, who are slated to get anywhere from about $1,200 to $30,000, about 80 percent of what they paid.
Those who aren’t satisfied with the offer include Florida bankruptcy attorney Sherri Simpson, who says she paid nearly $19,000 in 2010 for seminars and a mentorship program. She’s arguing that she should be able to continue the litigation in order to see Trump’s alleged fraud publicly exposed.
“She wants to hold Donald Trump accountable for this fraud—this racketeering activity is really what it is,” Simpson’s attorney, Gary Friedman, said in an interview. “Our position is we just don’t like seeing this swept under the rug and it shouldn’t be. This is the most base kind of fraud.”
quote:What happens next with Simpson's objection is in the hands of someone Trump repeatedly attacked during the presidential campaign--often in crude racial terms: U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Are you tired of winning yet?quote:
Op
"The north remembers, Lord Davos. The north remembers, and the mummer’s farce is almost done.”
Ik las WHINING BIGLY!quote:
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
Over die muur gesproken: waarom worden er miljoenenmiljarden dollars geïnvesteerd in dat tamelijk nutteloze, vooral symbolische bouwwerk? En wordt er met geen woord meer gesproken over de verbetering van de (naar horen zeggen op instorten staande) Amerikaanse infrastructuur?
He's simple, he's dumb, he's the pilot.
Er wordt continu afgeleid van de echte problemen. Maar dat kunnen we in Europa ook primaquote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 15:26 schreef Ringo het volgende:
Over die muur gesproken: waarom worden er miljoenenmiljarden dollars geïnvesteerd in dat tamelijk nutteloze, vooral symbolische bouwwerk? En wordt er met geen woord meer gesproken over de verbetering van de (naar horen zeggen op instorten staande) Amerikaanse infrastructuur?
"Dear life, When I said "can my day get any worse?" it was a rhetorical question, not a challenge."
Wat ik van mijn vrienden in Florida begreep zijn veel van die zaken staatsaangelegenheden en geen federale taak.quote:
Over die muur gesproken: waarom worden er miljoenenmiljarden dollars geïnvesteerd in dat tamelijk nutteloze, vooral symbolische bouwwerk? En wordt er met geen woord meer gesproken over de verbetering van de (naar horen zeggen op instorten staande) Amerikaanse infrastructuur?
Ik vond het contrast tussen de kwaliteit van wegen bv best groot tussen NY en Florida. In Florida zag het merendeel er net zo uit als hier.
1/10 Van de rappers dankt zijn bestaan in Amerika aan de Nederlanders die zijn voorouders met een cruiseschip uit hun hongerige landen ophaalde om te werken op prachtige plantages.
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
"Oorlog is de overtreffende trap van concurrentie."
Klopt wel ja, California (met name rondom LA) is ook een drama terwijl Nevada bijvoorbeeld echt prima isquote:
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Wat ik van mijn vrienden in Florida begreep zijn veel van die zaken staatsaangelegenheden en geen federale taak.
Ik vond het contrast tussen de kwaliteit van wegen bv best groot tussen NY en Florida. In Florida zag het merendeel er net zo uit als hier.
Plusquote:
Trump agenda vandaag:
* Intelligence briefings
* Host an opioid and drug abuse listening and strategy session
* Visit the the Women’s Empowerment Panel (1)
* Sign Executive order on establishing the opioid commission
(1)
Moderated by Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida
with panelists
Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education
Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
and (Small) Business leaders, Students
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Senate vandaag:
* Business meeting to consider the nomination of Sonny Perdue, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Agriculture
* Hearings to examine closing the skills gap and boosting United States competitiveness
* Hearings to examine United State-Mexico relationship, focusing on advancing security and prosperity on both sides of the border
* Hearings to examine a review of the defense health program and military medicine funding
* Hearings to examine American leadership in the Asia-Pacific, focusing on security issues
* Hearings to examine civil society perspectives on Russia
* Hearings to examine the nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation
* Hearings to examine how small businesses confront and shape regulations
First Lady Melania en Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thom Shannon zullen op de State Department vanmiddag de "Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award 2017" uitreiken aan de volgende dames:
* Sharmin Akter (Bangladesh), activist against early/ forced marriage
* Malebogo Malefhe (Botswana), gender-based violence survivor and advocate
* Natalia Ponce de León (Colombia), human rights defender and acid attack survivor
* Rebecca Kabugho (Democratic Republic of Congo), political rights activist
* Jannat Al Ghezi (Irag), anti-trafficking and human rights activist
* Major Aïchatou Issaka Ousmane (Niger), peace-building activist
* Veronica Simogun (Papua New Guinea), activist against gender-based violence
* Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista (Peru), domestic violence survivor and advocate
* Sandya Eknelygoda (Sri Lanka), peace and reconciliation activist
* Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh (Syria), interfaith activist
* Saadet Özkan (Turkey), anti-child abuse activist
* Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Vietnam), blogger and environmental activist
* Fadia Najib Thabet (Yemen), children's rights advocate
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
gisteren nog:quote:
En wordt er met geen woord meer gesproken over de verbetering van de (naar horen zeggen op instorten staande) Amerikaanse infrastructuur?
Het 'grote trillion dollar' project moet nog komen en staat op stapel. Daar zal met het Huis over gesproken moeten worden. Laatste nieuws is dat men dat samen met Tax Reform wil gaan doen, in een koppeling.quote:
Inzake infrastructuur projecten waar weinig tot geen federale investeringen voor nodig zijn:
Labor unions representing construction workers have sent an infrastructure priority list to President Donald Trump at his request, as his White House searches for projects to greenlight that require little if any federal funding.
North America’s Building Trades Unions sent the White House the wish list of 26 projects, including more than $80 billion worth of energy transmission lines, water and wind projects, and pipelines across the country.
More than half of the projects on the list given to Trump aide Stephen Miller are privately financed. All but one are in the midst of permitting and could use the Trump administration’s help in the form of regulatory relief.
The lone project seeking taxpayer dollars is the $20 billion Gateway project, which would add passenger rail capacity between densely populated New Jersey and New York and replace 100-year-old rail tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
The unions’ president, Sean McGarvey, told McClatchy his organization gave the list to Trump’s team in mid-February following a meeting with the president on Jan. 23. Trump met that day with McGarvey and a dozen other leaders from the building trades’ affiliated unions.
If the Trump administration can clear the regulatory hurdles in the way of major infrastructure projects, the union officials told Trump, they can deliver the workers. Trump, in turn, could fulfill his pledge to create good-paying jobs for his working-class voters.
McGarvey said he had told Trump that the unions’ 14 affiliates around the country could train the skilled workers needed to get the projects moving — including the pipe fitters, boilermakers or underwater welders, jobs that pay anywhere from $20 to $100 per hour.
Hier de lijst van projecten plus alle details
Hier het document van de eerste 50 projecten:
Trump priority list
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"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Als Trump het zelf zou uitreiken staat hij voor lulquote:
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Plus
First Lady Melania en Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thom Shannon zullen op de State Department vanmiddag de "Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award 2017" uitreiken aan de volgende dames:
* Sharmin Akter (Bangladesh), activist against early/ forced marriage
* Malebogo Malefhe (Botswana), gender-based violence survivor and advocate
* Natalia Ponce de León (Colombia), human rights defender and acid attack survivor
* Rebecca Kabugho (Democratic Republic of Congo), political rights activist
* Jannat Al Ghezi (Irag), anti-trafficking and human rights activist
* Major Aïchatou Issaka Ousmane (Niger), peace-building activist
* Veronica Simogun (Papua New Guinea), activist against gender-based violence
* Cindy Arlette Contreras Bautista (Peru), domestic violence survivor and advocate
* Sandya Eknelygoda (Sri Lanka), peace and reconciliation activist
* Sister Carolin Tahhan Fachakh (Syria), interfaith activist
* Saadet Özkan (Turkey), anti-child abuse activist
* Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh (Vietnam), blogger and environmental activist
* Fadia Najib Thabet (Yemen), children's rights advocate
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
Ondertussen lijkt Trump wel aardig gunstig voor de Democraten waar het op fundraising aankomt:
En nog wat approval rating nieuws:
Politicoquote:Trump serves as rocket fuel for Democratic fundraising
Angry small donors plow millions into campaigns.
Democrats are on a torrid fundraising pace in the first months of the Donald Trump era, powered by enraged small donors who are plowing millions of dollars worth of online contributions into campaign and committee treasuries.
A POLITICO analysis of new federal disclosures suggests many Democratic Senate incumbents — particularly those who have been most outspoken in their resistance to Trump — are on a trajectory to raise more money online than ever before in a non-election year. That could help level the fundraising playing field at a time when Republicans are poised to reap the financial rewards of holding all the levers of power in Washington.
While comprehensive campaign finance data for both parties in the first quarter of 2017 won’t be released until next month, February figures reported to the Federal Election Commission by ActBlue, the left-leaning online fundraising platform, suggests both members of Congress and many progressive groups are harnessing the energy of town halls and marches and translating it into a surge of online fundraising well in advance of the 2018 election season.
Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate for an open House seat in Georgia, raised nearly $2.1 million online last month for his April special election. That’s more than Tom Price, the Republican who held the seat until his appointment as HHS Secretary, spent over the course of his entire 2016 campaign.
“Being in opposition tends to mobilize people, and being in opposition to a President Donald Trump tends to really mobilize people,” said Teddy Goff, a top digital aide to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, noting that online donors are often repeat contributors. “The heartening thing for the party — our candidates and incumbent office-holders, as well as new groups like Indivisible — is people aren’t just angry. They want to go out and do things, like marches around the country, and the fundraising numbers [reflect that]."
In February alone — and just online — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a top GOP target in 2018, brought in over $212,000 in donations of under $200 through ActBlue. That’s over four times as much as she raised in small donations across all platforms — online or through more traditional fundraising means — in the first quarter of 2011, the comparable period in her last re-election campaign.
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, meanwhile, raised at least $637,000 in small online donations last month — over six times more than she raised in total small-dollar contributions in the first quarter of 2011. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy has been informing his constituents that he’s getting close to receiving as many individual contributions as he did during his entire 2012 campaign, when he got 64,704. He earned nearly $650,000 online in February.
“The 2016 election was humbling for Claire, and she is doubling her efforts to travel to every corner of the state to listen and show her respect for Missouri voters. She’s way more focused on that than on raising money,” said Erika Brees, the McCaskill campaign’s finance director. “But she’s very excited about the energy she feels, which we hope will be reflected in her fundraising this quarter."
The hyperactivated online fundraising recorded by numerous senators has party leaders rethinking their original assumptions about 2018 Senate map, where Democrats will be defending 25 seats compared to just 9 for Republicans. Already, campaign officials are using the rarely-before-seen levels of online cash to rewrite their budgets and adjust their advertising and hiring timelines.
There’s no GOP version of ActBlue, so most of the Republican campaign fundraising figures — online and otherwise — will be released for the first time next month.
But with control of the House, Senate and the White House, Republicans currently occupy the commanding heights of fundraising. Early signs indicate that the Trump era has been lucrative for them, too — a dinner for the House GOP’s campaign wing featuring Trump last week brought in a record $30 million. The party’s Senate campaign group raised $9.3 million over January and February, compared to Democrats’ $7.5 million.
The National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee has seen its online revenue rise by 150 percent this cycle compared to 2015, and its number of online donations — 99 percent of which are under $200 — rose 205 percent compared to two years ago, according to a committee aide.
What’s not clear is whether there is the same across-the-board surge. On the Democratic side, a wide range of progressive groups are also reporting online fundraising spikes — mini-versions of the ACLU’s now-famous $24 million weekend in January after Trump’s initial travel ban was implemented. One group, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ BOLD PAC, raised at least $555,000 online in February — more than it collected from individual donors during the entire first quarter of last year.
“What we’re seeing is a massive number of people who are either scared or concerned or shocked [by] somebody like Donald Trump with all his vitriolic negativity and his attacks on people,” said California Rep. Tony Cardenas, BOLD PAC’s chairman, noting that his group’s average donation in February was $12. “People are blown away and surprised, and as a result they’re getting off their rear-end one way or another, and a way we’re seeing it is an influx of donations."
“Trump is the gift that keeps on giving,” he added.
The outpouring of cash can't come soon enough for the Democratic Party, which has sunk to one of its lowest levels in a century as Republicans control Washington, as well as 33 governors’ mansions and 66 of the country’s 99 state legislative bodies.
The biggest Democratic donors were demoralized by Hillary Clinton’s defeat, and many remain frustrated with politics after giving record amounts of cash to Clinton only to see her lose. Some of those contributors feel let down, and four months later, they are reluctant to fork over large sums in the absence of a formal campaign post-mortem report from either the Clinton campaign or the Democratic National Committee.
Small donors, however, have stepped into the void, enabling many Democrats to bust through their online goals in recent weeks — particularly when the Trump administration has high-profile missteps or moments that have captured the country’s attention.
Democrats minted money online in February -- which saw the beginning of the fight over Trump’s travel ban and individual moments such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s stand against now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, when she was silenced by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. As Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign demonstrated, individual rallying moments can create short-term, online fundraising bonanzas.
Warren raised over $1.1 million online over the course of the month. Gillibrand — who gained national attention for her opposition to nearly all of Trump’s cabinet picks — raked in $1.4 million online.
“It’s clear that there’s more energy at the grassroots level than I’ve seen in my lifetime, any election cycle — midterm or presidential,” said strategist Joe Trippi, who managed the 2004 Howard Dean presidential campaign that’s widely seen as the first such bid to begin harnessing online fundraising tools.
“This isn’t big donors giving Jeb Bush or a super PAC $100 million. [It’s] small donations from a lot of people who I’m sure have not given in a midterm election before [and] what it signals is not just money. You’re seeing more people volunteer. It’s not just donor activism."
En nog wat approval rating nieuws:
bronquote:Poll: Health care debacle takes toll on Trump
Voter perceptions of President Donald Trump’s job performance have eroded following the failure of a long-promised health care bill through Congress, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
Trump’s approval rating dropped to 46 percent in this week’s survey, the poll shows, down from 50 percent a week prior. For the first time in POLITICO/Morning Consult’s polling since Trump’s inauguration, more voters now disapprove of his job performance — 50 percent in this week’s poll — than approve.
While disapproval of Trump only narrowly exceeds his approval rating, the intensity gap between opponents and supporters of Trump is far wider. Overall, 38 percent of voters strongly disapprove of Trump, compared to only 23 percent who strongly approve.
Other polls have been consistently even more negative for Trump, who hasn’t benefited from the same honeymoon from Americans that other recent presidents have enjoyed. A sustained slide in Trump’s poll numbers after pulling the health care bill, however, could threaten Trump’s other legislative priorities, including his plans to overhaul the U.S. tax system.
"President Trump's approval ratings are at their lowest point since he took office, according to the weekly POLITICO/Morning Consult surveys," said Kyle Dropp, Morning Consult’s co-founder and chief research officer. "However, as this week's results represent a relatively sharp departure from the recent trendline, we will keep a close watch in subsequent weeks before drawing major conclusions."
The decline in Trump’s approval rating was sharper among Republicans and independents than among Democrats. In the latest survey, 81 percent of Republicans and 39 percent of independents approve of the job Trump is doing. A week prior, 85 percent of GOP voters and 44 percent approved. And among those who self-identified as Trump voters last year, the president’s approval rating shrunk from 90 percent last week to 84 percent this week.
Voters aren’t very assured that Trump will be able to get things done in the White House, the poll shows. Only 26 percent say they are “very confident” in his ability to serve as president, with another 21 percent saying they are “somewhat confident.” But 13 percent are “not too confident,” and 36 percent aren’t “at all” confident.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act, which Trump and congressional Republicans were seeking to replace, continues to increase in popularity. Half of voters now approve of the law, compared to 43 percent who disapprove. Approval for the law has increased 4 percentage points from last week, and 9 points from early January.
While Trump and House Republicans say they are regrouping after last week’s fiasco, only 37 percent of voters want the GOP to continue with their efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare — fewer than the 51 percent who want the party to move on to other things. But among Republican voters, there’s more appetite to keep fighting: twice as many want the GOP to keep trying, 62 percent, than the 30 percent who want the party to move on.
The poll was conducted March 24-25 — entirely after Trump and House Republicans canceled at the last moment a vote on the American Health Care Act, which was designed to replace many of the Obamacare provisions. The poll surveyed 1,991 voters and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage.
Trump’s presidency continues to be plagued by questions about links between his team and the Russian government. And while the investigations continue with little clarity, one measure suggests voters are more troubled by the allegations.
Twenty-nine percent of voters call Russia an “enemy” of the U.S., and 30 percent say it is an unfriendly nation. Only 7 percent call Russia an “ally,” and another 22 percent say it’s friendly but not an ally. Five weeks ago, voters were divided evenly on whether Russia was friendly toward the United States.
But voters are split on whether Russia “influenced the results” of the 2016 election: 41 percent say yes, while 40 percent say no.
One brighter spot for Trump in the poll are views of Neil Gorsuch, the federal appellate judge Trump has nominated to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court. A plurality of voters, 44 percent, think the Senate should confirm Gorsuch, while only 23 percent say they Senate shouldn’t confirm Gorsuch. With a vote on Gorsuch’s nomination tentatively slated for next week, a third of voters don’t know or don’t have an opinion on whether Gorsuch should be confirmed.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has vowed to force Gorsuch to earn a supermajority, and the poll shows voters support a 60-vote threshold. More than half, 55 percent, say a nominee to the high court should require 60 votes to be approved, while just 21 percent think the threshold should be lowered to a simple majority.
But while there’s little support for changing Senate rules, Dropp said there’s also limited opposition to Gorsuch among Democratic voters.
"As Senate Democrats are considering whether to dig-in their heels against Neil Gorsuch, many Democratic voters aren't actively opposed to his nomination,” said Dropp. “While 39 percent of Democrats do think Gorsuch should be blocked, 25 percent think he should be confirmed, and 36 percent don’t know or don’t have an opinion.”
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
Het 'grote trillion dollar' project moet nog komen en staat op stapel. Daar zal met het Huis over gesproken moeten worden. Laatste nieuws is dat men dat samen met Tax Reform wil gaan doen, in een koppeling.quote:
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gisteren nog:
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Inzake infrastructuur projecten waar weinig tot geen federale investeringen voor nodig zijn:
Labor unions representing construction workers have sent an infrastructure priority list to President Donald Trump at his request, as his White House searches for projects to greenlight that require little if any federal funding.
North America’s Building Trades Unions sent the White House the wish list of 26 projects, including more than $80 billion worth of energy transmission lines, water and wind projects, and pipelines across the country.
More than half of the projects on the list given to Trump aide Stephen Miller are privately financed. All but one are in the midst of permitting and could use the Trump administration’s help in the form of regulatory relief.
The lone project seeking taxpayer dollars is the $20 billion Gateway project, which would add passenger rail capacity between densely populated New Jersey and New York and replace 100-year-old rail tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
The unions’ president, Sean McGarvey, told McClatchy his organization gave the list to Trump’s team in mid-February following a meeting with the president on Jan. 23. Trump met that day with McGarvey and a dozen other leaders from the building trades’ affiliated unions.
If the Trump administration can clear the regulatory hurdles in the way of major infrastructure projects, the union officials told Trump, they can deliver the workers. Trump, in turn, could fulfill his pledge to create good-paying jobs for his working-class voters.
McGarvey said he had told Trump that the unions’ 14 affiliates around the country could train the skilled workers needed to get the projects moving — including the pipe fitters, boilermakers or underwater welders, jobs that pay anywhere from $20 to $100 per hour.
Hier de lijst van projecten plus alle details
Hier het document van de eerste 50 projecten:
Trump priority list
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Inzake die koppeling: daar kan hij volgens een analyse van CNBC (gisteravond) redelijk wat Dems mee over de streep trekken. Tumult rond deficit spending lijkt wat op de achtergrond te raken na Healthcare, GOP ziet dat men toch wat vorderingen moet gaan maken.
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Ik ben wel zeer benieuwd naar hoe dat zal gaan lopen. Hij heeft of the freedom caucus nodig of een aantal democraten; en in elk geval een flink deel van de gematigde republikeinen. Hoe dan ook zullen de steunende democraten daar eea voor terug willen natuurlijk, waar de freedom caucus aanhang weer op tegen zal zijn (bv. endownment of the arts, of PBS/NPR uitgaven, wat echt een kleine fractie van het budget is, maar wel van symbolische waarde kan zijn)
Hoe gaat hij én belastingen verlagen én een biljoen dollar vrijmaken voor infrastructuur, dan?quote:
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gisteren nog:
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Het 'grote trillion dollar' project moet nog komen en staat op stapel. Daar zal met het Huis over gesproken moeten worden. Laatste nieuws is dat men dat samen met Tax Reform wil gaan doen, in een koppeling.
Hier het document van de eerste 50 projecten:
Trump priority list
Hoeren neuken, nooit meer werken.
ACA schrapp... laat maar.quote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 16:34 schreef Ludachrist het volgende:
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Hoe gaat hij én belastingen verlagen én een biljoen dollar vrijmaken voor infrastructuur, dan?
Het budget van defensie gaat ook omhoog en de milieutax is al geschrapt.
Deze regering heeft ook een economische groei van jaarlijks vier procent begroot.
We zullen zijn of fiscally conservative nog iets betekent voor de GOP. Van se democraten hoeft Trump geen enkele steun te verwachten.
Het originele plan ging via repeal van Obamacare. Daar zit een enorm tax-gedeelte in dat gebruikt zou kunnen worden. Aangezien dat nu niet het geval is kijkt men naar plan B. Enkele vrijblijvende opmerkingen:quote:
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Hoe gaat hij én belastingen verlagen én een biljoen dollar vrijmaken voor infrastructuur, dan?
1) Niet alle infrastructuur is federaal, het zal een public-private plan worden
2) Belastingverlaging zal dan minder zijn dan origineel (origineel plan was naar bijv. een 15% corp. tarief, dus dan bijv. een 20%)
3) Repatriation. Ongeveer $2.5 trillion staat in het buitenland. Een Repatriation Holiday met een 10% tax kan een mooie influx zijn. Met als opmerking dat je dan wel de loopholes moet sluiten voor de toekomst, wel zo verstandig.
4) Deficit spending. Zoals in een eerdere post aangegeven.
Er zullen wel wat meer opties zijn. Waar een wil is, is een weg.
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"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Opioid commission:quote:
Trump agenda vandaag:
* Intelligence briefings
* Host an opioid and drug abuse listening and strategy session
* Visit the the Women’s Empowerment Panel (1)
* Sign Executive order on establishing the opioid commission
(1)
Moderated by Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida
with panelists
Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education
Linda McMahon, Administrator of the Small Business Administration
Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Seema Verma, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
and (Small) Business leaders, Students
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Senate vandaag:
* Business meeting to consider the nomination of Sonny Perdue, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Agriculture
* Hearings to examine closing the skills gap and boosting United States competitiveness
* Hearings to examine United State-Mexico relationship, focusing on advancing security and prosperity on both sides of the border
* Hearings to examine a review of the defense health program and military medicine funding
* Hearings to examine American leadership in the Asia-Pacific, focusing on security issues
* Hearings to examine civil society perspectives on Russia
* Hearings to examine the nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation
* Hearings to examine how small businesses confront and shape regulations
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will serve as chairman of the commission at the president's request.
Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a Democrat, are expected to also donate time to the effort.
The panel would be composed of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, and Defense Secretary James Mattis, according to the draft order. Another five members from state governments, law enforcement, and other groups would fill it out.
To also include input from other federal agencies, such as Customs and Border Patrol, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said in a statement he is encouraged by the White House’s action to address the epidemic. Last week, Brown announced a bipartisan bill he said would provide resources directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection “so agents can scan shipments for fentanyl and other dangerous synthetic substances at the border to stop these drugs from getting into our neighborhoods.”
Lijkt een beetje bipartisan te gaan worden. Kijken wat er uit komt.
"Marco Rubio is a choke artist, sweating all over the place. He was soaking wet, like he just came out of a swimming pool. We can't have that as a president". -Donald Trump
Nog een aardig stukje over Trump's kolenillusie:
https://fivethirtyeight.c(...)ecline/?ex_cid=538fb
https://fivethirtyeight.c(...)ecline/?ex_cid=538fb
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
Team Trump komt er vandaag achter dat als ze de muur bouwen, ze de Rio Grande feitelijk aan Mexico geven.
twitter:mattwhouse twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 16:03:25 These guys... now the wall is going to be IN Mexico, according to @Interior Secretary Zinke. https://t.co/DEWaIQrlQz reageer retweet
These guys... now the wall is going to be IN Mexico, according to @
Als ze 'm op nu op 20 meter van hun eigen oever bouwen, dan wil Mexico dat stuk land misschien wel kopen en betalen ze alsnog de muurquote:
Team Trump komt er vandaag achter dat als ze de muur bouwen, ze de Rio Grande feitelijk aan Mexico geven.twitter:mattwhouse twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 16:03:25 These guys... now the wall is going to be IN Mexico, according to @Interior Secretary Zinke. https://t.co/DEWaIQrlQz reageer retweet
in a crowd you lose humanity
Ik weet niet waarom zowel het huis van afgevaardigden als de senaat een intelligence-commissie heeft, maar het lijkt erop dat de senaat wel werk kan gaan maken van het onderzoek naar de Rusland-connecties van team-Trump.
Ze willen praten met Michael Steele en drie republikeinse senatoren zijn inmiddels voorstander van een onderzoek (McCain, Graham en Dent).
Ze willen praten met Michael Steele en drie republikeinse senatoren zijn inmiddels voorstander van een onderzoek (McCain, Graham en Dent).
Who knew that borders could be so complicated? And walls too...quote:
Team Trump komt er vandaag achter dat als ze de muur bouwen, ze de Rio Grande feitelijk aan Mexico geven.twitter:mattwhouse twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 16:03:25 These guys... now the wall is going to be IN Mexico, according to @Interior Secretary Zinke. https://t.co/DEWaIQrlQz reageer retweet
"He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither" Benjamin Franklin
November:quote:twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 14:01:52 Remember when the failing @nytimes apologized to its subscribers, right after the election, because their coverage was so wrong. Now worse! reageer retweet
Februaritwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 13-11-2016 om 15:43:09 The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it? reageer retweet
twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 04-02-2017 om 14:39:27 After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost! reageer retweet
Ongacht hoe vaak hij het herhaalt, het blijft False.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 07-02-2017 om 03:33:55 The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse! reageer retweet
Géén kloon van tvlxd!
Dat is een beetje flauw, die prijs werd in het verleden heel vaak door een First Lady uitgereikt.quote:
Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award
All the President’s Liesquote:Op woensdag 29 maart 2017 18:49 schreef Montov het volgende:
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November:Februaritwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 13-11-2016 om 15:43:09 The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it? reageer retweettwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 04-02-2017 om 14:39:27 After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost! reageer retweetOngacht hoe vaak hij het herhaalt, het blijft False.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 07-02-2017 om 03:33:55 The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse! reageer retweet
quote:But the current president of the United States lies. He lies in ways that no American politician ever has before. He has lied about — among many other things — Obama’s birthplace, John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Sept. 11, the Iraq War, ISIS, NATO, military veterans, Mexican immigrants, Muslim immigrants, anti-Semitic attacks, the unemployment rate, the murder rate, the Electoral College, voter fraud and his groping of women.
He tells so many untruths that it’s time to leave behind the textual parsing over which are unwitting and which are deliberate — as well as the condescending notion that most of Trump’s supporters enjoy his lies.
“The fundamental cause of the trouble in the modern world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.”— Bertrand Russell
de economische groei van 50% natuurlijkquote:
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Hoe gaat hij én belastingen verlagen én een biljoen dollar vrijmaken voor infrastructuur, dan?
04-08-11, 02-02-12, 20-06-14, 13-08-15
The New York Times heeft daags na de verkiezing wel een soort van excuses aangeboden aan de lezer:quote:
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November:Februaritwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zondag 13-11-2016 om 15:43:09 The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me. I wonder if it will change - doubt it? reageer retweettwitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op zaterdag 04-02-2017 om 14:39:27 After being forced to apologize for its bad and inaccurate coverage of me after winning the election, the FAKE NEWS @nytimes is still lost! reageer retweetOngacht hoe vaak hij het herhaalt, het blijft False.twitter:realDonaldTrump twitterde op dinsdag 07-02-2017 om 03:33:55 The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse! reageer retweet
Trump's manier van praten waar de anti-Trumpers keer op keer intrappen: iets claimen wat in de kern waar is maar wel overdreven -> sommige mensen worden boos want het is niet 100% accuraat -> normale mensen zijn het met de kernboodschap eens -> veel normale mensen stemmen Trump na te hebben gezien hoe een groot deel van links van het padje is geraakt.quote:As we reflect on the momentous result, and the months of reporting and polling that preceded it, we aim to rededicate ourselves to the fundamental mission of Times journalism. That is to report America and the world honestly, without fear or favor, striving always to understand and reflect all political perspectives and life experiences in the stories that we bring to you.
Truthful hyperbole noemt 'ie het. Bijzonder effectief.
Ik vrees dat jij die verklaring op je eigen manier leest.quote:
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The New York Times heeft daags na de verkiezing wel een soort van excuses aangeboden aan de lezer:
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Trump's manier van praten waar de anti-Trumpers keer op keer intrappen: iets claimen wat in de kern waar is maar wel overdreven -> sommige mensen worden boos want het is niet 100% accuraat -> normale mensen zijn het met de kernboodschap eens -> veel normale mensen stemmen Trump na te hebben gezien hoe een groot deel van links van het padje is geraakt.
Truthful hyperbole noemt 'ie het. Bijzonder effectief.
Op maandag 3 februari 2014 08:10 schreef Enchanter het volgende:[/b]
In discussie gaan met Koos Vogels :') , een grotere mongool is er niet :r
In discussie gaan met Koos Vogels :') , een grotere mongool is er niet :r
Ik denk door deze bril:quote:
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Ik vrees dat jij die verklaring op je eigen manier leest.
Carpe Libertatem
Klinkt als een mooi project waar de Nederlanders voor nodig zijn. De rivier versmallen en zo de muur toch op de grond kunnen zetten op Amerikaans grondgebiedquote:
Team Trump komt er vandaag achter dat als ze de muur bouwen, ze de Rio Grande feitelijk aan Mexico geven.twitter:mattwhouse twitterde op woensdag 29-03-2017 om 16:03:25 These guys... now the wall is going to be IN Mexico, according to @Interior Secretary Zinke. https://t.co/DEWaIQrlQz reageer retweet
De GAO gaat kijken naar de kosten en veiligheidsmaatregelen omtrent Trump's bezoekjes aan Mar-a-Lago:
http://www.npr.org/2017/0(...)utm_content=20170329
http://www.npr.org/2017/0(...)utm_content=20170329
Volkorenbrood: "Geen quotes meer in jullie sigs gaarne."
