Trump Log #67: This Week in Hate

This week 11 people were killed in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, two black people were killed in a Kroger Grocery Store by a white supremacist in Kentucky and 14 Democrats were sent bombs in the mail by a man who thought of Trump as his father figure. Just another week in America? Maybe. The new normal? Perhaps.It doesn't have to be that way.

You cannot draw a direct line between Trump and these heinous acts, but the country's leader sets a tone so, perhaps a dotted line is more appropriate. He has advocated violence against his opposition a number of times at his rallies. He refers to a group of refugees as "America's greatest threat" and lies about there being Middle Easterners hiding among them ... as if being a Middle Easterner, itself, is a bad thing. He called white supremacist marchers "good people" in Charlottesville. His dog-whisper hate ridden rhetoric is a call to arms to every nutbag across the country.

You can help to stop this.  Please remember to vote next week. 

Trump Log:

Monday 10/22/18 - Trump threatens to cut off all aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. (Source: New York Times)

Tuesday 10/23/18 - Under Trump, everything is politicized. Now judges, who make rulings on the veterans disability claims, will be grilled about their political leanings before they are appointed. (Source: Washington Post)

Wednesday 10/24/18 - When Trump lies, often his staff have to scramble, attempting to reverse engineer the truth. (Source: Washington Post)

Thursday 10/25/18 - Do you remember Trump complaining about Hillary's unsecure email server and his supporters chanting "Lock her up!" He still hasn't given up his personal unsecure iPhone that is being hacked by the Chinese and Russians. (Source: New York Times)

Friday 10/26/18 - According to a Pew Research Center survey, more than half of Hispanics in the US feel that life has gotten worse for them under Trump. (Source: Washington Post)

Saturday 10/27/18 - There is no crisis on US's southern border, yet Trump is doubling down with his hateful narrative. (Source: Washington Post)

Sunday 10/28/18 - We can differ in our opinions on whether Trump should cancel a rally on the day of a synagogue shooting. But we can all agree that the president shouldn't lie when he justifies having it. No, the NYSE didn't open on 9/12/01. He lies about facts you can easily verify and yet his supporters don't seem to care. (Source: Slate)

Prior Trump Logs:
Issue # 1 - posted November 15th, 2016
Issue # 2 - posted November 22nd, 2016
Issue # 3 - posted November 29th, 2016
Issue # 4 - posted December 6, 2016
Issue # 5 - posted December 12, 2016
Issue # 6 - posted December 19, 2016
Issue # 7 - posted December 26, 2016
Issue # 8 - posted January 3, 2017
Issue # 9 - posted January 10, 2017
Issue #10 - posted January 17, 2017
Issue #11 - posted January 24, 2017
Issue #12 - posted January 31, 2017
Issue #13 - posted February 7, 2017
Issue #14 - posted February 14, 2017
Issue #15 - posted February 21, 2017
Issue #16 - posted February 28, 2017
Issue #17 - posted March 7, 2017
Issue #18 - posted March 14, 2017
Issue #19 - posted March 21, 2017
Issue #20 - posted March 28, 2017
Issue #21 - posted April 5, 2017
Issue #22 - posted April 11, 2017
Issue #23 - posted April 18, 2017
Issue #24 - posted April 25, 2017
Issue #25 - posted May 2, 2017
Issue #26 - posted May 9, 2017
Issue #27 - posted May 16, 2017
Issue #28 - posted May 23, 2017

Issue #29 - posted May 30, 2017

Issue #30 - posted June 6, 2017
Issue #31 - posted June 13, 2017
Issue #32 - posted June 20, 2017

Issue #33 - posted June 27, 2017
Issue #34 - posted March 12, 2018
Issue #35 - posted March 19, 2018
Issue #36 - posted March 26, 2018
Issue #37 - posted April 1, 2018
Issue #38 - posted April 8, 2018
Issue #39 - posted April 15, 2018
Issue #40 - posted April 22, 2018
Issue #41 - posted April 29, 2018
Issue #42 - posted May 6, 2018
Issue #43 - posted May 13, 2018
Issue #44 - posted May 20, 2018
Issue #45 - posted May 27, 2018
Issue #46 - posted June 3, 2018
Issue #47 - posted June 10, 2018
Issue #48 - posted June 17, 2018
Issue #49 - posted June 24, 2018
Issue #50 - posted July 1, 2018
Issue #51 - posted July 8, 2018
Issue #52 - posted July 15, 2018
Issue #53 - posted July 22, 2018
Issue #54 - posted July 29, 2018

Issue #55 - posted August 5, 2018
Issue #56 - posted August 12, 2018
Issue #57 - posted August 19, 2018
Issue #58 - posted August 26, 2018

Issue #59 - posted September 2, 2018
Issue #60 - posted September 9, 2018
Issue #61 - posted September 16, 2018
Issue #62 - posted September 23, 2018
Issue #63 - posted September 30, 2018
Issue #64 - posted October 7, 2018
Issue #65 - posted October 14, 2018
Issue #66 - posted October 21, 2018

Trump Log #66: Take The No-Republican Pledge #BlueWaveIsComing

It has been a long time since I have voted for a Republican. The last Republican I voted for was Vermont US Senator Jim Jeffords who eventually left the party. That was in 2002. That was back when there were still some moderate voices in the party. That is no more. Since then I have taken the No Republican Pledge where I will not vote for a Republican until their party becomes reasonable again.

Here are my two biggest reasons why:

Voter Suppression: For a party that claims to love democracies so much, they really don't act like it. The US population is getting browner. Within the next 35 years, we will be a minority majority country. This is not double talk; this basically means that we will have more minorities than non-minorities in our country . Next year, 2019, there will be more minorities children in the US than Caucasian children. They will be voting age within the next two decades. Most minorities tend to vote Democrats.  So Republicans has two choices, the high road, change their ways and appeal to minority voters. Or, the low road, suppress minority voters. They have chosen the low road. What's going on in the Georgia Governor's race is a perfect example. Stacey Abrams (D) is running against Brian Kemp (R) for Governor. Brian Kemp is the Secretary of State. Who is in charge of voter rolls in Georgia? You got it, the Secretary of State. GA's "exact match" law has removed 52,000 voters from the rolls, a vast majority of which are African Americans. The GOP justification for this nonsense is voter fraud which is a non-existent problem. We know what is going on here and it is going on all over the country.

Global Warming: The greatest problem facing humanity this century is global climate change. Only one party on this planet denies that it is happening: the American Republican party. Overwhelming scientific consensus says that not only does it exist, but it is being caused by humans. Even Al Qaeda acknowledges global warming is real, but not the GOP. You heard it here first: Al Qaeda is more liberal than the GOP. It affects our economy, our health, our children, our weather, national security and our existence in general, yet they ignore it.

The No Republican Pledge means that you will not vote for a Republican on any level whatsoever. Not for dog catcher, not for probate judge. Nothing. They want my vote: Change parties.

Trump Log:

Monday 10/15/18 - Trump claims that it may be "rogue killers" that killed Jamal Khashoggi even though there is zero evidence for this. (Source: Slate)

Tuesday 10/16/18 - Once again, the idea that Republicans are the fiscally responsible party is proven a myth. Trump's budget deficit increases nearly 17% mostly due to corporate tax cuts. (Source: New York Times)

Wednesday 10/17/18 -We've heard a lot about Russia owning Trump, but what about Saudi Arabia? (Source: The Intercept)

Thursday 10/18/18 - The US received a payment of $100 million from the Saudi Arabia on the same day that Secretary of State Pompeo arrives in Riyadh to discuss Kashoggi's disappearance. (Source: Washington Post)

Friday 10/19/18 - At a rally in Montana on Thursday, Trump praises a Congressman for committing violence against a reporter: “Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of — he’s my guy." (Source: Washington Post)

Saturday 10/20/18 - I remember when the US and Russia signed the INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty). I was a great sigh of relief. Now Trump wants to pull out of it.  (Source: New York Times)

Sunday 10/21/18 - In a rally in Nevada, Trump claims he is planning a new middle income tax cut before November, even though both houses of Congress will not be meeting until mid-November.  (Source: Washington Post)

Prior Trump Logs:
Issue # 1 - posted November 15th, 2016
Issue # 2 - posted November 22nd, 2016
Issue # 3 - posted November 29th, 2016
Issue # 4 - posted December 6, 2016
Issue # 5 - posted December 12, 2016
Issue # 6 - posted December 19, 2016
Issue # 7 - posted December 26, 2016
Issue # 8 - posted January 3, 2017
Issue # 9 - posted January 10, 2017
Issue #10 - posted January 17, 2017
Issue #11 - posted January 24, 2017
Issue #12 - posted January 31, 2017
Issue #13 - posted February 7, 2017
Issue #14 - posted February 14, 2017
Issue #15 - posted February 21, 2017
Issue #16 - posted February 28, 2017
Issue #17 - posted March 7, 2017
Issue #18 - posted March 14, 2017
Issue #19 - posted March 21, 2017
Issue #20 - posted March 28, 2017
Issue #21 - posted April 5, 2017
Issue #22 - posted April 11, 2017
Issue #23 - posted April 18, 2017
Issue #24 - posted April 25, 2017
Issue #25 - posted May 2, 2017
Issue #26 - posted May 9, 2017
Issue #27 - posted May 16, 2017
Issue #28 - posted May 23, 2017

Issue #29 - posted May 30, 2017

Issue #30 - posted June 6, 2017
Issue #31 - posted June 13, 2017
Issue #32 - posted June 20, 2017

Issue #33 - posted June 27, 2017
Issue #34 - posted March 12, 2018
Issue #35 - posted March 19, 2018
Issue #36 - posted March 26, 2018
Issue #37 - posted April 1, 2018
Issue #38 - posted April 8, 2018
Issue #39 - posted April 15, 2018
Issue #40 - posted April 22, 2018
Issue #41 - posted April 29, 2018
Issue #42 - posted May 6, 2018
Issue #43 - posted May 13, 2018
Issue #44 - posted May 20, 2018
Issue #45 - posted May 27, 2018
Issue #46 - posted June 3, 2018
Issue #47 - posted June 10, 2018
Issue #48 - posted June 17, 2018
Issue #49 - posted June 24, 2018
Issue #50 - posted July 1, 2018
Issue #51 - posted July 8, 2018
Issue #52 - posted July 15, 2018
Issue #53 - posted July 22, 2018
Issue #54 - posted July 29, 2018

Issue #55 - posted August 5, 2018
Issue #56 - posted August 12, 2018
Issue #57 - posted August 19, 2018
Issue #58 - posted August 26, 2018

Issue #59 - posted September 2, 2018
Issue #60 - posted September 9, 2018
Issue #61 - posted September 16, 2018
Issue #62 - posted September 23, 2018
Issue #63 - posted September 30, 2018
Issue #64 - posted October 7, 2018
Issue #65 - posted October 14, 2018

Trump Log #65: No Common Ground

Facts are our common ground. If Fact A plus Fact B therefore Fact C.  C is where the debate happens. We used to agree on the A's and B's and had fine discourse over the C. C is where the fun happens. But if we don't agree on what the facts are then there is no common ground. In a post-fact world there is no common ground. There is no A or B, there is no equation whatsoever. Democracy's foundation is the solid ground of consensus, not the muddy haze of dissension.

Some fear the next Trump. The damage that he does in office may be to the office itself. Each breach of decorum and each envelope he pushes, sets a precedence for future presidents. When discord becomes acceptable and the norm, Democracy itself is in trouble.

Trump Log:
Monday 10/8/18 - The environmental state of the planet is worst than we thought. Trump doubts the validity of the report from the IPCC (the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (Source: Washington Post)

Tuesday 10/9/18 - Nikki Haley resigns as Trump's U.N. Ambassador. She is one of that last moderate voices in his administration. (Source: Washington Post)

Wednesday 10/10/18 - Trump still has not filled 22 leadership roles in FEMA ... as Hurricane Michael starts to barrel down on the Southeast coast of America. (Source: Bloomberg)

Thursday 10/11/18 - Trump still has no problem doing business with Saudi Arabia as they bomb the shit out of Yemen causing a massive famine and assassinate one of our journalists. (Source: Washington Post)

Friday 10/12/18 - Trump write an Op-Ed in USA Today in which almost every lie contains a lie. (Source: Washington Post)

Saturday 10/13/18 -In a secret deal between and Catholic colleges, 74 Catholic institutions are denying students access to birth control. (Source: The Intercept)

Sunday 10/14/18 - In a speech in Ohio, Trump says that black people should "honor" Republicans with votes and then praises Confederate generals. (Source: Washington Post)

Prior Trump Logs:
Issue # 1 - posted November 15th, 2016
Issue # 2 - posted November 22nd, 2016
Issue # 3 - posted November 29th, 2016
Issue # 4 - posted December 6, 2016
Issue # 5 - posted December 12, 2016
Issue # 6 - posted December 19, 2016
Issue # 7 - posted December 26, 2016
Issue # 8 - posted January 3, 2017
Issue # 9 - posted January 10, 2017
Issue #10 - posted January 17, 2017
Issue #11 - posted January 24, 2017
Issue #12 - posted January 31, 2017
Issue #13 - posted February 7, 2017
Issue #14 - posted February 14, 2017
Issue #15 - posted February 21, 2017
Issue #16 - posted February 28, 2017
Issue #17 - posted March 7, 2017
Issue #18 - posted March 14, 2017
Issue #19 - posted March 21, 2017
Issue #20 - posted March 28, 2017
Issue #21 - posted April 5, 2017
Issue #22 - posted April 11, 2017
Issue #23 - posted April 18, 2017
Issue #24 - posted April 25, 2017
Issue #25 - posted May 2, 2017
Issue #26 - posted May 9, 2017
Issue #27 - posted May 16, 2017
Issue #28 - posted May 23, 2017

Issue #29 - posted May 30, 2017

Issue #30 - posted June 6, 2017
Issue #31 - posted June 13, 2017
Issue #32 - posted June 20, 2017

Issue #33 - posted June 27, 2017
Issue #34 - posted March 12, 2018
Issue #35 - posted March 19, 2018
Issue #36 - posted March 26, 2018
Issue #37 - posted April 1, 2018
Issue #38 - posted April 8, 2018
Issue #39 - posted April 15, 2018
Issue #40 - posted April 22, 2018
Issue #41 - posted April 29, 2018
Issue #42 - posted May 6, 2018
Issue #43 - posted May 13, 2018
Issue #44 - posted May 20, 2018
Issue #45 - posted May 27, 2018
Issue #46 - posted June 3, 2018
Issue #47 - posted June 10, 2018
Issue #48 - posted June 17, 2018
Issue #49 - posted June 24, 2018
Issue #50 - posted July 1, 2018
Issue #51 - posted July 8, 2018
Issue #52 - posted July 15, 2018
Issue #53 - posted July 22, 2018
Issue #54 - posted July 29, 2018

Issue #55 - posted August 5, 2018
Issue #56 - posted August 12, 2018
Issue #57 - posted August 19, 2018
Issue #58 - posted August 26, 2018

Issue #59 - posted September 2, 2018
Issue #60 - posted September 9, 2018
Issue #61 - posted September 16, 2018
Issue #62 - posted September 23, 2018
Issue #63 - posted September 30, 2018
Issue #64 - posted October 7, 2018

Trump Log #64: We Pay For This

The New York Times has been uncovering things about Trump's past, on how he has made his money, that is a little disturbing but is no surprise. It just confirms what we already knew about him.  His story of being a self made man is a lie, imagine that. He lied. These stories of his tax fraud will change no one's mind about him. Those of us who hate him, already suspected this. Those you like him, like him because of this, and will continue to like him ... even though it is them (us), the tax payer, that he screwed when he made his millions. Interesting times we live in.

When a millionaire or billionaire cheats on their taxes, we pay for it in many ways. For one, our government doesn't get the money that it needs so it raises taxes, hence we pay. But we also pay for it in loss of services. Next time you hit a pothole on a federal road or a program you need is cut, please remember tax cheating assholes like Trump and his father. Their lives are so comfortable yet, they will do their best to take food off your table to make a few extra bucks.

You pay for tariffs as well. When the President increases a tariff on Chinese products, they don't pay the tariffs, you do. When you buy any of these products, the company that imports them has to pay the tariff, but they recoup that cost by raising the price.  We pay for the higher price not China. China gets hurt because we will by less because of the higher price.

The tax cuts for billionaires, we pay for them as well.

It is high comedy, this administration. It is the type of comedy that makes you cry along with your laughter. The working class people who voted for him, they are being hurt the most and most of them will never blame Trump.

Trump Log:

Monday, October 1: The state of California passed the strongest net neutrality law ensuring large internet companies will not monopolize the internet. But of course, the Trump administration wouldn't have that. The US Justice department is suing California. (Source: Washington Post)

Tuesday, October 2: The US has never gotten into a trade agreement that wasn't strongly in our favor. Trump's complaints about how horrible NAFTA is/was is his usual nonsense ... appealing to the fears of the clueless. The changes he bartered for are mostly bad. (Source: New York Times)

Wednesday, October 3: Our sexual predator president mocked a sexual assault victim at one of his rallies and they laughed and cheered.  (Source: Washington Post)

Thursday, October 4: Trump limits the scope of the FBI probe into Kavaunagh's background. (Source: Washington Post)

Friday, October 5: Washington Post journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, disappears in Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration couldn't care less. (Source: TheIntercept)

Saturday, October 6: Trump's Education Secretary, Devos, has been delaying the implementation of some Obama era programs that would assist student in regaining their money from predatory for-profit colleges. (Source: NPR)

Sunday, October 7: The White House daily briefings are no more. (Source: Washington Post)

Prior Trump Logs:
Issue # 1 - posted November 15th, 2016
Issue # 2 - posted November 22nd, 2016
Issue # 3 - posted November 29th, 2016
Issue # 4 - posted December 6, 2016
Issue # 5 - posted December 12, 2016
Issue # 6 - posted December 19, 2016
Issue # 7 - posted December 26, 2016
Issue # 8 - posted January 3, 2017
Issue # 9 - posted January 10, 2017
Issue #10 - posted January 17, 2017
Issue #11 - posted January 24, 2017
Issue #12 - posted January 31, 2017
Issue #13 - posted February 7, 2017
Issue #14 - posted February 14, 2017
Issue #15 - posted February 21, 2017
Issue #16 - posted February 28, 2017
Issue #17 - posted March 7, 2017
Issue #18 - posted March 14, 2017
Issue #19 - posted March 21, 2017
Issue #20 - posted March 28, 2017
Issue #21 - posted April 5, 2017
Issue #22 - posted April 11, 2017
Issue #23 - posted April 18, 2017
Issue #24 - posted April 25, 2017
Issue #25 - posted May 2, 2017
Issue #26 - posted May 9, 2017
Issue #27 - posted May 16, 2017
Issue #28 - posted May 23, 2017

Issue #29 - posted May 30, 2017

Issue #30 - posted June 6, 2017
Issue #31 - posted June 13, 2017
Issue #32 - posted June 20, 2017

Issue #33 - posted June 27, 2017
Issue #34 - posted March 12, 2018
Issue #35 - posted March 19, 2018
Issue #36 - posted March 26, 2018
Issue #37 - posted April 1, 2018
Issue #38 - posted April 8, 2018
Issue #39 - posted April 15, 2018
Issue #40 - posted April 22, 2018
Issue #41 - posted April 29, 2018
Issue #42 - posted May 6, 2018
Issue #43 - posted May 13, 2018
Issue #44 - posted May 20, 2018
Issue #45 - posted May 27, 2018
Issue #46 - posted June 3, 2018
Issue #47 - posted June 10, 2018
Issue #48 - posted June 17, 2018
Issue #49 - posted June 24, 2018
Issue #50 - posted July 1, 2018
Issue #51 - posted July 8, 2018
Issue #52 - posted July 15, 2018
Issue #53 - posted July 22, 2018
Issue #54 - posted July 29, 2018

Issue #55 - posted August 5, 2018
Issue #56 - posted August 12, 2018
Issue #57 - posted August 19, 2018
Issue #58 - posted August 26, 2018

Issue #59 - posted September 2, 2018
Issue #60 - posted September 9, 2018
Issue #61 - posted September 16, 2018
Issue #62 - posted September 23, 2018
Issue #63 - posted September 30, 2018