General Trump Administration F**kery Thread (2017-2021)

[Secure Da Bag]

President Trump will hold an Oval Office event Thursday aimed at reminding public schools that students have constitutional rights to prayer – and that they could risk losing federal funds unless those rights are protected.

They do? Since when? Did something happen to the separation of church and state?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

They do? Since when? Did something happen to the separation of church and state?

You mean the part that says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech"?

Any reasonable reading of that pretty explicitly gives children the right to pray in school and prevents the federal government from taking that right away from them.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

"I'm a black male"

After causing a stir among the city hall’s meeting members, District 3 commissioner Keon Hardemon asked Ortiz about what he identified as years ago on official documentation.

“I think I put white male,” he responded.

“I don’t know if ... well I know I put white male, but I don’t know if I put Hispanic,” he continued, seemingly agitated.

“No, I know ... listen, I know who I am.

District 5 Commissioner Joe Carollo, interjected: “You put down Hispanic male, didn’t you?”

“As a man, I stand by it,” Ortiz responded.

“When did you have this, uh, coming to, uh, God moment that you were black. When did God tell you that?” Carollo probed.

“Well, I learned that there are people in my family that are mixed and that are black,” Ortiz replied.

Hardemon, Miami’s sole black commissioner and chairma, jumped back in telling him, “let’s not talk about the degree of blackness.”

“Oh, no, you’re blacker than me — that’s obvious,” Ortiz shot back. “And if you know anything about the one-drop rule, which started in the 20th Century, which is what identifies and defines what a black male is, or a negro, you would know that if you have one drop of black in you, you’re considered black.”

Claim the one-drop-rule applies to you when absolutely zero people including yourself knew about that one drop brehs.

 

[jj23]

Claim the one-drop-rule applies to you when absolutely zero people including yourself knew about that one drop brehs.

I am waiting for the news that he was racially profiled in his car then shot when he reached for his cellphone, before I pass judgement....

 

[Blackfyre]

kylegriffin

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is calling for ex-Energy Secretary Rick Perry to resign from a board seat overseeing the Dallas pipeline company Energy Transfer, calling his move into an industry that his agency oversaw "unethical." https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/energy/article/Warren-to-Perry-Resign-from-Energy-Transfer-14985204.php …

 

[Secure Da Bag]

You mean the part that says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech"?

Any reasonable reading of that pretty explicitly gives children the right to pray in school and prevents the federal government from taking that right away from them.

The GOP has made it no secret that they want children in public schools to have morning prayer. At one point, pushing Intelligent Design as well. So when Trump makes that sort of comment that's the type of thing he's referring to.

 

[Blackfyre]

@JenniferJJacobs
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White House homeland security adviser Pete Brown is leaving the post soon, after about half a year. He replaced Doug Fears, who replaced Tom Bossert.

There’s some question about whether the job will be refilled. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-19/white-house-homeland-security-adviser-being-shifted-out-of-job …

JenniferJJacobs

One of Pete Brown’s most prominent roles was during hurricane season last yr. He was one of Trump’s staunchest defenders after the president claimed that Hurricane Dorian might hit Alabama, despite meteorologist statements to the contrary. Brown released statement in support.
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2:26 PM - Jan 19, 2020

 

[Blackfyre]

kylegriffin
A House Oversight Committee review found the Trump EPA let political appointees take months to sign required ethics pledges and compile recusal lists, allowing leaders to work on issues where they had substantial conflicts of interest, the panel argued. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/478831-oversight-finds-epa-political-appointees-slow-walked-ethics …

https://t.co/pfSIlBWtns

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

‘Pretty nervy of you!’: Trump’s Palm Beach billionaire spat — POLITICO

 

[Blackfyre]

@AP
A White House adviser on Europe and Russian issues is the target of a security-related investigation. Two people with knowledge of the probe tell The Associated Press that Andrew Peek has been put on administrative leave. http://apne.ws/JoP9b7o

 

[ORDER_66]

Not a Joke: Trump Is Looking Into Making Bribery Legal

 

[Blackfyre]

@NatSecLisa
All I can say is this: I very much look forward to Rod’s deposition.

Keith Boykin

✔@keithboykin

Rod Rosenstein admits he authorized the public release of text messages between FBI agent Peter Strzok and FBI attorney Lisa Page but he claims he only did it to help them "avoid the additional harm of prolonged selective disclosures."

Yeah, right. Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts …

12:42 PM - Jan 18, 2020

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

House impeachment managers lay out case against Trump, calling him a threat to national security — The Washington Post

 

[Blackfyre]

@SpyTalker
Rumor inside NSC is that Peek ‘had relations with Russian hookers and could not locate his government cell phone,’ insider source tells me. AP sources: Security probe targets Trump's Russia adviser …

 

[Blackfyre]

@kylegriffin1
"Whatever the reason for Trump's discomfort ... several watching agreed on this much: He behaved like a brooding child, short-tempered, brittle, and quick to blame mystery distractions for the mistakes.

'I didn't expect this, but I felt sorry for him.'" “It’s Like a Foreign Language”: Donald Trump’s Encounter With the Constitution Did Not Go Well …