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August 19, 2019
The Rude Pundit: Warren vs Trump
Elizabeth Warren said she was Native American. Takes a DNA test, which shows a small percentage of NA blood. She apologizes. Mockery never ends.
Donald Trump claims he's a billionaire. Never produces proof. Lies about why he can't produce proof. Everyone just moves on.
https://twitter.com/rudepundit/status/1163522725035565056
August 19, 2019
https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1163514717207441408
New Yorker re: Today's Recession Forecast...
https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1163514717207441408
August 19, 2019
Speaking before boarding Air Force One near his Bedminster club in New Jersey, Trump said, "I don't see a recession."
"I mean, the world is in a recession right now," he continued. "And although that's too big a statement, but if you look at China, China is doing very, very poorly. They've had, I just saw a report, they've had the worst year in 27 years because of what I've done."
When a reporter pointed out that some economists say Trump should prepare for a recession, Trump said, "I'm prepared for everything."
"Our consumers are rich," he added. "I gave a tremendous tax cut, and they’re loaded up with money."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-economic-advisers-dismiss-recession-fears-n1043691
Don the Con: "Consumer's are rich & loaded up with money"
"Our consumers are rich," Trump told reporters Sunday. "I gave a tremendous tax cut, and they’re loaded up with money."Speaking before boarding Air Force One near his Bedminster club in New Jersey, Trump said, "I don't see a recession."
"I mean, the world is in a recession right now," he continued. "And although that's too big a statement, but if you look at China, China is doing very, very poorly. They've had, I just saw a report, they've had the worst year in 27 years because of what I've done."
When a reporter pointed out that some economists say Trump should prepare for a recession, Trump said, "I'm prepared for everything."
"Our consumers are rich," he added. "I gave a tremendous tax cut, and they’re loaded up with money."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-economic-advisers-dismiss-recession-fears-n1043691
August 19, 2019
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Trump-Detective in Chief: "How can they be TERRORISTS--If they are WHITE?" - cartoon by Tom Tomorrow
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August 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/alexi/status/1163192990355136512
DonTheCon puts Rupert on notice
“My worst polls have been coming from Fox. There’s something going on with Fox, and I don’t like it,” President Trump says in NJ before heading back to DC. “Fox is making a big mistake because, you know, I’m the one who calls the shots” on the general election debates.https://twitter.com/alexi/status/1163192990355136512
August 18, 2019
RevAl: "No one wants to play with you, Mr. President, outside of your shrinking base & maybe...
.@TheRevAl: "No one wants to play with you, Mr. President, outside of your shrinking base and maybe a few dictators. Before you run crying to Fox News, remember their polling has you losing to no less than four Dem. contenders."
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1163170410978074624
August 18, 2019
Storm Lake Times
To set things straight: The people who want to deport the undocumented are the same people who wanted to bust the unions because they had too much power. Once busted, meatpackers were able to cut wages in half in the 1980s. The United Food and Commercial Workers is hamstrung by the dismantling of the National Labor Relations Act during the Reagan Administration. Since then, rural meatpacking communities have become weaker. Immigrants get blamed for taking jobs that resident citizens could have. But the jobs in Mississippi for poor people have always been exploitive. It’s a messed-up system: Put value on skills so no one wants to work in unskilled labor, recruit the unskilled to fill the jobs that Biff and Buffy who went off to college don’t want, exploit them, criminalize them, deport them, then complain about low wages brought by the great unwashed. The immigrants and poor black people do not set the wage. The boss does. He made sure the union went down. He made sure everyone thought that the Hygrade union man was getting paid too much. He convinced everyone that the union was stealing your paycheck. And now people complain that immigrants are ruining this country.
They didn’t break the unions, and they don’t set the wage. We want cheap food. Immigrants provide it, so we crucify them. Biff is learning arbitrage and hedging to be used later on livestock contracting.
We need a big change in this country.
MORE:
https://www.stormlake.com/articles/2019/08/16/blaming-poor
We want cheap food. Immigrants provide it, so we crucify them.
Storm Lake Times
To set things straight: The people who want to deport the undocumented are the same people who wanted to bust the unions because they had too much power. Once busted, meatpackers were able to cut wages in half in the 1980s. The United Food and Commercial Workers is hamstrung by the dismantling of the National Labor Relations Act during the Reagan Administration. Since then, rural meatpacking communities have become weaker. Immigrants get blamed for taking jobs that resident citizens could have. But the jobs in Mississippi for poor people have always been exploitive. It’s a messed-up system: Put value on skills so no one wants to work in unskilled labor, recruit the unskilled to fill the jobs that Biff and Buffy who went off to college don’t want, exploit them, criminalize them, deport them, then complain about low wages brought by the great unwashed. The immigrants and poor black people do not set the wage. The boss does. He made sure the union went down. He made sure everyone thought that the Hygrade union man was getting paid too much. He convinced everyone that the union was stealing your paycheck. And now people complain that immigrants are ruining this country.
They didn’t break the unions, and they don’t set the wage. We want cheap food. Immigrants provide it, so we crucify them. Biff is learning arbitrage and hedging to be used later on livestock contracting.
We need a big change in this country.
MORE:
https://www.stormlake.com/articles/2019/08/16/blaming-poor
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