Trump’s Bonfire of Certainties 11: http://goo.gl/YWcnte
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5001 to 5500:
5063. “Barrack Obama’s Legacy is Integrity In Word and in Deed” (Financial Times, 1/15/2017): http://goo.gl/exwZES
5064. “Liberals and Conservatives agree that Obama’s had a massive impact in 8 years.” (Vox, 1/18/2017): http://goo.gl/D1lmfP
5065. “10 Historians on What Will Be Said About President Obama’s Legacy” (Time, 1/18/2017): http://goo.gl/GKMcKm
5066. “The Most Successful Democrat Since F.D.R.” by David Leonhardt (NYT, 1/17/2017): http://goo.gl/auSrJf
5067. “Barack Obama departs with legacy of accomplishment: Rachel Maddow runs through the litany of extraordinary accomplishments that mark Barack Obama’s presidential legacy as he prepares to leave office.Duration: 9:34” (TRMS, 1/19/2017): http://on.msnbc.com/2kbVKzR
5068. “Today belongs to Trump, but Obama’s vision will win in the end > Only an inclusive politics can make America great.” by Matthew Yglesias (Vox, 1/20/2017): http://goo.gl/fjdXBb
5069. “Barack Obama’s Legacy Is More Secure Than You, or the GOP, Think” by Jonathan Chait (NYMag, 1/10/2017): http://goo.gl/JlInHF
5070. “Why Obama Will Go Down as One of the Greatest Presidents of All Time” (GQ, 4/16/2016): http://goo.gl/LyDfCU > Author is GQ Editor-in-Chief
5071. “The ‘most successful’ Dem president since FDR ends on a high note” by Steve Benen (TRMS, 1/18/2017): http://goo.gl/7E7DJp
5072. “The Obama Legacy: A Promise of Hope > A Look Back at Eight Years of Victories and Defeats” (ABC, 1/10/2017): http://goo.gl/ifepes
5073. “Missing Barack Obama Already” by Nicholas Kristoff (NYT, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/JDPviu > “A president inevitably is not just commander in chief, but also a role model, a symbol of American values around the world. We won the Cold War not only with American missiles, but also with American “soft power,” and one element of our soft power arsenal is a president who commands respect and admiration at home and abroad. We want our children and the world’s to admire our president — and that is where Obama is strongest and Trump weakest.”
5074. “Editorial: The legacy of President Barack Obama” (National Catholic Reporter, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/qDl5ZT
5075. “President Obama’s Tenure Has Been More “Christian” Than His Critics Will Ever Admit” (John Pavlovich, 1/6/2017): http://goo.gl/h8jrGz
5076. “Thanks For Everything, President Obama. We’re Going to Miss You.” by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/Tu0JZc
5077. “Financial Crisis, Regulatory Agenda Shaped Obama’s Economic Legacy > President Obama leaves office with stocks near record highs and 75 straight months of job creation, but economy is also plagued by slow wage growth and low worker productivity” (WSJ, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/vYShwS > “An estimate from the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, suggested budget cuts subtracted between 1 and 2 percentage points in economic growth each year from 2011 through 2014. Had the economy grown 2 percentage points faster during this period, overall output would be more than $1 trillion greater today than it is.”
5078. “18 Great Trends of the Obama Administration—And 2 Terrible Ones” by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones, 1/17/2017): http://goo.gl/cmGwnQ
5079. “Obama’s Economic Record: An Assessment” by John Cassidy (New Yorker, 1/9/2016): http://goo.gl/6mIdmo
5080. “Ellen DeGeneres Just Released A HEARTBREAKING Tribute To The Obama’s, You MUST Watch This!” (TruthExaminer, 1/22/2017): http://goo.gl/1VZXJK
5081. “Barack Obama: A presidency in pictures” (Yahoo, 1/18/2017): http://goo.gl/SKnWnx
5082. “33 Pictures Of The Obama’s That Will Restore Your Faith In Love” (Buzzfeed, 1/18/2017): http://goo.gl/rwabns
5083. “100 moments from Obama’s presidency” (CNN, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/sWGIkK
5084. “The Photos We Loved: President Obama Through Pete Souza’s Lens” (Time, 1/19/2017): http://goo.gl/rqhfID
5085. “Drudge Dumps Trump After Charlottesville Riots and Deadly Racist Attack” (GP, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/dz8tQ1
5086. “It’s No Longer About Southern Heritage. In Fact, It Never Was. > It’s time Southerners recognize the lies we’ve been telling ourselves for over a century.” (Esquire, 8/12/2017): http://goo.gl/WSgHq5
5087. “Trump’s Easing of Postcrisis Wall Street Rules Gains Momentum > Plan to restrict bonuses has been dropped, and some limits on banks’ trading are under review” (WSJ, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/HRNkBc
> Volcker Rule re-examination
> 18-mo delay of fiduciary rule
> swaps rule
> stress tests
> leverage ratio
> various SEC
5088. “After six months of Trump, Obama’s legacy holds on > Trump promised to reverse his predecessor’s policies. From health care to the Iran deal, they’re largely intact.” (Politico, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/X3MKYr
> ObamaCare: The Birther’s sabotage;
> Paris Accord: real withdrawal after 11/2020 unless he withdraw from the UN Framework master;
> Iran Nuclear Deal: recertified. The Birther is asking (a la Iraq War) for justification for withdrawal;
> Clean Power Plan: on-hold;
> Immigration: DACA still in place;
> Cuba: largely intact;
> Dodd-Frank: buzzcut changes, except for the Choice Cut through Reconciliation;
> But on regulations: 14 Congressional Review Act bills.
5089. “Obama tweets Mandela quotes after Charlottesville clashes” (CBSNews, 8/12/2017): http://goo.gl/zaVj4T
5090. “GOP Leaders Criticize Trump’s Response to Charlottesville Violence > Leaders of white nationalist movement have sought to align themselves with Mr. Trump, Republican party” (WSJ, 8/12/2017): http://goo.gl/EizgJ2
5091. “Top South Korean official: Trump comments ‘very worrisome,’ causing ‘confusion'” (ABCNews, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/QoZ9KX
5092. “Donald Trump Is Giving North Korea Exactly What It Wants” (NYT, 8/12/2017): http://goo.gl/Ug7GJU
> NK is the most nationalistic nation. They welcome taunts.
5093. “Senators come out in support of Mitch McConnell following Trump’s Twitter attack” (DenverChannel, 8/11/2017): http://goo.gl/MZSzAh
5094. “Mullen: Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea ‘has taken away options'” (Politico, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/2vgYsV
5095. “It’s Up To Congress to Call Trump to Account > A bipartisan vote condemning the president’s failure to distance himself from white supremacism could provide the leadership he has failed to offer.” (The Atlantic, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/FkQ2Ed
> Censure.
5096. “”Fox News Has Completed Its Transformation Into Trump TV > Who needs state-owned propaganda when the president has friends like these?” by Max Boot (Foreign Policy, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/9KmfYo
> “While other networks are covering Trump’s myriad setbacks and scandals, Fox presents an alternative reality in which the bumbling president is close to infallible (except when he splits with fellow populist Jeff Sessions), his critics are “snowflakes,” and the biggest threat facing America is, depending on the day of the week, either the Hillary Clinton email scandal, “the war on Christmas,” or “political correctness.” It’s all too reminiscent of the Soviet-era TV stations that ran stories about record grain harvests even as grocery shelves were bare.”
> “Every night Hannity will peddle whatever line serves Dear Leader’s interests, no matter how risible or odious. Lately, for example, he has been accusing Robert Mueller — a decorated Marine combat veteran who is universally revered for his service as a prosecutor and FBI director — of committing crimes that would justify his ouster as the Kremlingate special counsel. Mueller’s biggest sin? Hiring a few prosecutors who donated to Democratic campaigns — even though Trump himself has given four times as much to Democrats as all of Mueller’s lawyers combined.”
> “As Dartmouth professor Brendan Nyhan notes, it’s a “perpetual motion machine of bullshit.”” (Fox => Birther => Conned; Fox => Conned; “People say…)
5097. “Dartmouth professor Brendan Nyhan notes, it’s a “perpetual motion machine of bullshit.”” (Fox => Birther => Conned; Fox => Conned; “People say…) (Twitter (Brendan Nyhan), 7/29/2017): http://goo.gl/guGv2o
5098. “Charlottesville mayor largely blames Trump for white supremacist violence” (Yahoo, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/kSWA4Q
5099. “It is crunch time for Donald Trump on trade” (Financial Times, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/ZHjrzT > Gifted.
> War on US Steel salient exemplar (a la War on Coal) contra Creative Destruction
> Feel-good nationalistic fervor wreaking havoc on global supply chains
> Smaller trade deficits are not indicative of a robust economy (e.g. Great Depression)
> Trade Deficit Con (bilateral agreements) dovetail to the Putin-Birther Hegemonic aims.
5100. “Ted Cruz, Republican Senators: Charlottesville Car Attack is ‘Domestic Terrorism’” (Breitbart, 8/13/2017): http://trib.al/5UEDmBv
5101. “We can live with a nuclear North Korea” (NYDailyNews, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/XVnBNU
5102. “Trump plans to make China very angry at the worst possible time” (Business Insider, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/kU3K9t
5103. “Trump babbles in the face of tragedy” by Michael Gerson (Washington Post, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/bQ1bSp
5104. “59% of Americans think Trump’s presidency has been a failure” (Axios, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/pTQQVz
5105. “Chinese state newspaper says Trump trade probe will ‘poison’ relations” (Reuters, 8/13/2017): http://reut.rs/2vToNhf
>”The move, which could eventually lead to steep tariffs on Chinese goods, comes at a time when Donald Trump has asked China to do more to crack down on North Korea’s nuclear missile program as he threatens possible military action against Pyongyang.”
5106. “The Axis of Climate Evil” by Paul Krugman (NYT, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/G5Uk48
5107. “About that Explosive Trump Story: Take a Deep Breath” (LawfareBlog, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/SIy0Bm
5108. “Editors: Condemn the White Supremacists, Mr. President” (National Review, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/v2wLQu
5109. “Republicans desperately want to be united. Trump just won’t let them.” (McClatchyDC, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/2Xts4U
5110. “DONALD TRUMP, SWAMP KING, IS OFFICIALLY SWIMMING IN WASHINGTON MONEY > Profits at Trump’s D.C. hotel are exceeding even his own expectations.” (VanityFair, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/LXYuJg
5111. “Business Rivals Agree on Policy > Simplify taxes, invest in transport infrastructure, and expand international trade while keeping it fair.” (WSJ O, 8/13/2017): http://goo.gl/fUdg1m
5112. “Trump won’t condemn white supremacists or Vladimir Putin — and the 2 are closely linked” (BusinessInsider, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/kBz1QQ
> A 2013 paper from the Center for Strategic Communications, a pro-Kremlin think tank, concluded that the Global Financial Crisis (Capitalism’s crisis) gave Putin his opening to be “The New World Leader of Conservatism.”” 1068. http://goo.gl/d4yPx3
> Article (5112.) only focuses on White Supremacists.
> 4782. “The emerging alliance between Putin and Trump’s God squad > The unlikely partnership is years in the making.” (ThinkProgress, 7/31/2017): http://goo.gl/7UuQNm
> Putin is mimicking the Cult’s Big Tent: authoritarianism (cough, Religious Right) and the Southern Strategy — two sides of the same coin (disapproval of others at a time of social/cultural/economic anxiety): 4462. http://goo.gl/ztHpUh
> Putin is effectively co-opting Capitalism’s Plutocrats (Pluto-populism 1653. FT: http://goo.gl/gNxteS ) in the aftermath of Capitalism’s crisis (Global Financial Crisis) wreak havoc from within.
5113. “The Trump Tango is tiresome and pointless > A half-hearted disavowal way too late is something we’ve seen before.” by Matthew Yglesias (Vox, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/7fgWYo
5115. “Trump denounces extremism 48 hours after fatal protests > President speaks after business leaders join criticism of White House” (Financial Times, 8/14/2017): http://on.ft.com/2hZmPq0 > Free to read.
5116. “America is now a dangerous nation > The president may exploit an overseas conflict to distract from problems at home” by Gideon Rachman (Financial Times, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/tT4hK5 > Free to read.
5117. “Why the Federal Reserve’s job will get harder > Janet Yellen’s successor faces a series of political and economic challenges” by Lawrence Summers (Financial Times, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/rfkUai > Free to read.
5118. “FTView: Violence in Virginia, void in the White House > A terrible moment confirms the worst fears about US administration” (Financial Times, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/EbvQVW > Free to read.
5119. “Putin’s Game” (IRFB, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/DmRCCG
5120. “The long and painful journey to world disorder: As the era of globalisation ends, will protectionism and conflict define the next phase?” By Martin Wolf (Financial Times, 1/5/2017): http://goo.gl/EDaEDw > Gifted.
5121. “Top CEOs from Intel, Merck and Under Armour quit Trump advisory panel over Charlottesville controversy” (LA Times, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/kj4TZT
5122. “Obama team was warned in 2014 about Russian interference > In 2014, the administration got a report of Russia’s intention to disrupt Western democracies, including the United States.” (Politico, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/7GBrJk
5123. “He Sat On This’: Judge Nap Reacts to Reports Obama Knew Russia Meddled in 2014” (Fox News, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/DjP6x2
5124. “Obama on Dallas: ‘Vicious, calculated, despicable attack on law enforcement'” (TIME, 7/8/2016): http://goo.gl/uAiyWv
> Was on European trip.
> Ordered flags at half-mast.
> Immediate condemnation of attacks on policemen.
> Black Lives Matter, like Gay Pride, is not to say Blue Lives don’t matter. Blue Lives are already accepted to matter just as straight people don’t need a Pride Day.
5125. “‘The Right Thing For Me to Do’: Fourth Business Leader Quits WH Council After Trump Slams Defectors” (Mediate, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/Yye881
5126. “Alt-Right Leaders Aren’t Alienated by Donald Trump’s Criticism > Richard Spencer calls president’s words ‘so hollow’; Peter Brimelow dismisses comments as ‘boring boilerplate’” (WSJ, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/HWyTVK
5127. “North Korea Follows Familiar Playbook With Guam Reversal > Cycle of tensions is set for another jolt with next week’s U.S.-South Korea military exercises” (WSJ O, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/HjBTG5
> Obama’s Strategic Patience was meant to ignore a preternaturally trolling Kim.
5128. “South Korean President Claims Veto Power Over Any Military Action on Peninsula” (NBCNews, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/PzFS4t
5129. “Slash Immigration, and GDP Is the Victim, Research Finds” (NBCNews, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/UfxNDm
5130. “Why don’t all CEOs quit Trump’s advisory councils?” by Lawrence Summers (Financial Times, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/zGtFx2 > Free to read.
5131. “Insurance Premiums and Deficit Would Soar if Trump Cuts Obamacare Subsidies, C.B.O. Says” (NYT, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/RCtSSP > 20%
5132. “The Sane Way to Live With North Korea’s Nukes > A Cold War playbook for dealing with Kim Jong Un’s inevitable arsenal.” (BloombergView, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/64Chnf
5133. “Already stuck in a hole, Trump finds a shovel, keeps digging” by Steve Benen (TRMS, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/sA7bcN
> The worst press conference in history.
5134. “At home with Richard Spencer, champion of America’s alt-right > Extremist groups are surfing Donald Trump’s nationalist wave” (Financial Times, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/NCkRTG > Free to read.
> They are doubling down.
5135. “Trump eliminated funding for group countering white radicalization prior to Charlottesville > Warnings that white supremacist groups are a real and present threat have gone ignored by the White House.” (ThinkProgress, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/DXsvGv
5136. “Adviser to South Korea’s president issues sick burn on Trump over North Korea policy” (BusinessInsider, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/Aqtgje
“”We are very much confused,” Moon Jung In, a special policy adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae In, told ABC News on Sunday. “Therefore, we think that now the American development has moved from strategic patience of Obama administration into strategic confusion.””
“”Military action on the Korean Peninsula can only be decided by South Korea, and no one else can decide to take military action without the consent of South Korea,” Moon said in televised remarks, according to Reuters.”
5137. “Union head Tromka latest to quit panel” (PPG, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/9nyDT8
5138. “Why Trump Can’t Respond to Charlottesville > It’s not politics. It’s his long history of race-baiting.” by Timothy O’Brien (BloombergView, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/NTEhL2
“Remember, our president is the same man who took out full-page newspaper ads in 1989 condemning black and Latino teenagers accused of assaulting a white jogger in Central Park. Trump had no need to insert himself in that event, other than to stir up the racial animosities brewing around it and then to exploit them for his own publicity. Even after the teenagers were fully exonerated, including by DNA evidence proving they weren’t the assailants, Trump continued to insist on their guilt as recently as last year.”
“Our president is the same man who embraced birtherism as a way to hound Barack Obama during his presidency, an effort that also kept Trump in the public eye. He’s the same man who attacked a federal judge overseeing fraud litigation involving Trump University by highlighting his Mexican heritage. He’s the same man who ran a housing and real-estate business with his father that was investigated and sanctioned by the Justice Department in the 1970s for discriminating against prospective tenants of color. He’s the same man who brought Steve Bannon, the former boss of Breitbart, the white-nationalist tribune, into the White House.”
5139. “Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling.” (Vox, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/aY5wzT
> Unabashed in voicing views.
> Gross dehumanizers (pathway to hate crimes and genocides).
> Not worried about economy.
> Worried about being victims of displacement.
> Authoritarian, psychopathy, Machiavellian, narcissist.
> Aggressive in behavior (populist > alt-right > supremacist).
> Vocal of prejudice.
> Perception on national direction: depends on the race of the president.
5140. “Trump Asks, ‘What About the Alt-Left?’ Here’s an Answer” (NYT, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/eRu47d
> Excluding 9/11 and radicalized Islamic terrorism, CATO’s database shows 228 right-wing incidents to 16 left-wing.
> RW incidents involve harming people; LW involve harming property.
> RW groups number in the hundred of thousands.
> LW groups number in the thousands.
5141. “Trump blamed Charlottesville violence on the ‘alt-left’ — but what exactly is that?” (BusinessInsider, 8/15/2017): http://goo.gl/UP3VbX
5142. “The Birther is a Racist” (IRFB, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/WjscBB
5143. “Donald Trump believes he has superior genes, biographer claims > Republican nominee follows ‘racehorse theory’ of genetics” (The Independent, 9/7/2016): http://goo.gl/swibdc
5144. “Donald Trump’s apologists have nowhere to hide > Republicans cannot disown what the president is doing without repudiating themselves” by Edward Luce (Financial Times, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/fJ276U > Free to read.
5145. “GOP senator: I wish Republicans had stood up to birtherism” (The Hill, 8/6/2017): http://goo.gl/YCHc4L
5146. “Trump disbands business councils after run of resignations” (Financial Times, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/NMt5t8 > Free to read.
> Executives, in call with Stephen Schwartzman (Blackstone), said they would resign if councils were not disbanded.
5147. “Evangelical leader praises Trump’s ‘bold, truthful’ statement about Charlottesville” (Washington Examiner, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/GPLD81 > Jerry Falwell.
5148. “Trump is Totally Wrong, Anti-Racist Protesters Actually Did Have Permits” (LawNewz, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/GfBpCL
5149. “It sure looks like Trump’s Charlottesville talking points came straight from Fox News > A video compares what Trump said to what Fox News said.” (Vox, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/vh2LBv
5150. “Why you see swastikas in America but not Germany > It has a lot to do with our different views on free speech — and our different relationship to our histories.” (Vox, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/AScX3d
5151. “Military chiefs condemn racism in disavowal of Trump” (Politico, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/t3Niyr
5152. “CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC Anchors Say They Haven’t Been Able to Book a Single Republican” (Mediate, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/XqUFuW > Post-Charlottesville
5153. “DISMAYED AND DEMORALIZED, WHITE HOUSE STAFFERS ARE STILL STANDING BY TRUMP > Advisers have found themselves grappling, suddenly, with a stark moral choice.” (Vanity Fair, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/BrS57v
> Political “bank run”?
> The “Useful Idiot” just shot his usefulness. The base, now more than pre-Charlottesville, protects the Birther who, left alone, will start a Trade War or a Nuclear War. The “adults” are not pleased.
5154. “Here’s how Trump’s council of business titans fell apart” (BusinessInsider, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/fcvRYw
> The “CEO President” is no more.
5155. “FACT CHECK: ‘Whatabout’ Those Other Historical Figures? Trump’s Question Answered” (NPR, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/ZakKWL
> Lee resigned from the Army to fight his country after Abraham Lincoln was elected.
> Statues were erected during the Jim Crow era.
> “Ulysses S. Grant, the general who defeated him, gave the best epitaph of Lee, saying the Confederate general “had fought so long and valiantly, and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, one of the worst for which a people ever fought.””
> Germany has no statues of Hitler and Goebells. Holocaust denialism is criminalized. 5150. http://goo.gl/AScX3d
5156. “Editors: Cabinet Members: Don’t Quit on Trump > Defend America from an indefensible leader.” (BloombergView, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/eRwUXv
> The Babysitter needs babysitting.
5157. “An awful day for Trump’s presidency” (Axios, 8/16/2017): http://goo.gl/ovn13b
> The executive told me: “Everyone knew, going in, that this was the way the guy was. They were just hoping that if he got the right people and decisionmaking processes in place, he could grow into the job. He proved he has no capability to do that.” Yesterday’s presser about Charlottesville was the last straw.
> “Hedid have those business leaders, who he needs: He’s about to do tax reform! He’s about to ask them to spend money, to spend political capital, to spend time to go get tax reform done.””
5158. “Goldwater Girl > Hillary Clinton supported Barry Goldwater in 1964, but she didn’t vote for a candidate who vowed to “re-segregate” America.” (Snopes, 1/19/2016): http://goo.gl/x2qw8B
> It is true that Hillary was once a Goldwater girl. Her father was Conservative. But as she matured, she became a liberal by her third year in college.
> Hillary’s politics were not Byrd’s after her third year in college.
5159. “Birth of the Southern Strategy” (Bloomberg, 2014): http://goo.gl/PLuyhM
5160. “Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president > U-turns, self-regard and equivocation are not what it takes” (The Economist, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/SaAP5P
5161. “Fired White House staffer argued “deep state” attacked Trump administration because the president represents a threat to cultural Marxist memes, globalists, and bankers.” (Foreign Policy, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/VLXpE9
5162. “Poll: 67% of Republicans agree with how Trump handled Charlottesville > But most Americans disagree with Trump’s response.” (Vox, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/N4FSna
5163. “Charlottesville’s Realities” (IRFB, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/EBR6QG
5164. “These 18 CEOs had strong words for President Trump’s Charlottesville Response” (Fortune, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/TnfdBE
5165. “In One Tweet, Donald Trump just spread fake history, libeled a hero and admired an alleged war crime” (National Review, 8/17/2017): http://bit.ly/2wkm1Bi
5166. “CEO: I tried to give Trump a chance. But after Charlottesville, it’s over” (Yahoo, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/zFELjm
5167. “Trump’s attacks could leave him friendless if impeachment comes” (Reuters, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/CSn4Ps
> The race is on: Birther removed before 2018 or base voters punish senators attacked by the Birther. (Eric Erickson: 3636. http://goo.gl/Z7xPBa )
> This benefits Democrats.
5168. “Trump sure seems slower to call out terrorism when a white supremacist is behind it > It didn’t take Trump long to “know the facts” to condemn an attack in Barcelona.” (Vox, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/jDTDcT
5169. “Carl Paladino kicked off Buffalo school board” (NYDailyNews, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/efA3FU
5170. “Keynesian Economics Is Hot Again > For years, economists believed government couldn’t stimulate growth. The Great Recession changed a lot of minds.” (Bloomberg, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/Cbpzx4
5171. “Removing Confederate Monuments Doesn’t ‘Erase’ History. It Fact-Checks It” (TIME, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/L4bQ98
> Monuments were built 40 years after the war, placed in the most prominent visage, to commemorate heroism in a war that descendants of insurrectionists think they should have won.
> They belong in a museum, to be remembered but not revered.
5172. “The Wisdom of Pelosi’s Poise on Impeachment > What worked for Tip O’Neill during Watergate can work for the nation again.” by Jonathan Bernstein (BloombergView, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/8NEKCH
5173. “Here’s where the Confederate memorials are across the US – all 1,501 of them.” (Financial Times, 8/17/2017): on.ft.com/2wTO7kN
5174. “Donald Trump’s long history of racism, from the 1970s to 2017 > Trump has repeatedly claimed he’s “the least racist person.” The record suggests otherwise.” (Vox, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/tMOs43
> In addition to usual ones:
> Ground zero mosque
> Japan zapping the US’ wealth
> Servers
> Apprentice black contestant and a Black v. White pitched episode.
5175. “Charlottesville Victim’s Mother: ‘I’ve Had Death Threats'” (NBCNews, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/U95tNo
5176. “White House Pulls Plug on Infrastructure Advisory Panel > After two other panels disbanded, plans for another are shut down after Charlottesville furor” (WSJ, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/JPcZGc
5177. “Charlottesville Victim’s Mother on Trump: ‘I’m Not Talking to the President Now’” (FreeBacon, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/rtmrqS
5178. “Limbaugh insists on Charlottesville Conspiracy” (Conservative Tribune, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/PEcyaL
5179. “Sean Hannity has been dumpster diving with conspiracy theorists again > Fringe claim that Charlottesville counterprotesters were paid actors jumps to Hannity’s radio show” (MMFA, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/yCEp2T
5180. “Franklin Graham: ‘Shame on Politicians’ for Blaming Trump” (NewsMax, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/XXmfHL
5181. “AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE: Seven key Nazis and their links to Putin & Trump” (DailyKos, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/7Ytn5r
5182. “Internal FBI surveys show high support for ex-FBI head Comey” (Yahoo, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/RoFahP
5183. “The Sheer Number Of Democrats Running For Congress Is A Good Sign For The Party” (538, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/RRn32v
5184. “Trump’s Embrace of Racially Charged Past Puts Republicans in Crisis” (NYT, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/DD4Zz4
> The Base cheers the Birther as the General Electorate is horrified.
> Bushes, McConnell, Ryan criticize the many sides comment but not the Birther.
5185. “Both former President Bushes speak out over Charlottesville, condemn bigotry” (The Telegraph, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/pfZzeB
5186. “How Robert E. Lee Went From Hero To Racist Icon” (CBS Miami, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/YQvY5t
> Lee didn’t want to be memorialized.
> Descendants’ “Lost Cost” view during the Jim Crow era erected monuments.
5187. “Donald Trump reels from an executive exodus” (Financial Times, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/3PwFms > Free to Read.
5189. “The Trump Team” (SPLC, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/hTqJNN > Bigots
> Jeff Sessions
> Kris Kobach
> Betsy Devos
> Julie Kirchner
> Sebastian Gorka
5190. “No More Fair-Weather Federalism” by Ilya Somin (National Review, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/g3bMJZ
> The Executive cannot attach strings to a Congress appropriated program
> Sanctuary Cities
> Immigration
> Law Enforcement
> Medical Marijuana
5191. “Lessons from the Quant Quake resonate a decade later > Risk of overcrowding remains while spectre of ‘tail risk’ has not gone away” (Financial Times, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/2gcpCJ > Not Gifted.
> Model Risk compounded by everyone using the same model.
5192. “Fed’s Fischer attacks moves to unwind regulations > Top policymaker criticises Republican reforms as ‘extremely short-sighted’” (Financial Times, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/gxhu9F > Gifted.
5193. “‘Donald has no principles — no moral core’: Biographer warns Trump is just a ‘con man’ at heart” (RawStory, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/V85A2X
> “Johnston brought up Trump’s father, who was arrested in 1927 in a battle between about 1,000 KKK members and police. His father was arrested but never charged.”
5194. “Trump’s Son In Crosshairs Of Special Counsel Mueller > Prosecutors investigating possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign are bearing down on the president’s son, attempting to figure out his intent when he attended a meeting in which he was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton as part of Russia’s support for Trump’s campaign. The question of intent could be crucial in determining if Donald Trump Jr. violated the law.” (Buzzfeed, 8/19/2017): http://goo.gl/vYNdPE
> Determining criminal intent and value. (>25k merits 5 years in prison)
> What’s the value of a presidency?
> Browder implied he talked to Mueller.
5195. “Donald Trump puts the great “Cohn trade” in doubt” (Financial Times, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/1k84bj > Free to read.
5196. “Trump: “Who the f@&$ does this guy think he is?”” (Axios, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/jhpd3z
5197. “Trump is considering pulling US troops out of Afghanistan. Russians now supporting Taliban. A coincidence? I report. You decide.” (Twitter(Max Boot), 8/2/2017): http://goo.gl/Z9Qu14
5198. “Inside Trump’s Tortured Search for a Winning Strategy in Afghanistan > Can Trump close the deal in Afghanistan?” (Foreign Policy, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/28WDZ6
> 16 years, $1T cost.
> Afghanistan has rare earth minerals.
> 3 Options: First is the Mattis/ McMaster/ Kelly plan (same as Obama’s): troop surge, training of Afghan troops.
> Second is Erik Prince (Betsy Devos’ brother)’s private mercenary proposal.
> Third is complete withdrawal (sympathetic to Putin). 5197. http://goo.gl/Z9Qu14
5199. “Trump Tears Down LBJ’s Great Society Piece by Piece > How the Trump election commission could corrode our civil rights from within.” (BillMoyers, 8/19/2017): http://goo.gl/SBwrfx
5200. “Romney To Trump: You Must Say Racists Are 100% To Blame For Charlottesville” (TPM, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/T77J8u
5201. “Bannon’s Chaos Had No Place at Any White House > He had big, destructive plans. Luckily, he had no idea how to execute them.” by Jonathan Bernstein (BloombergView, 8/19/2017): http://goo.gl/KyQH4Z
5202. “The misplaced arguments against Black Lives Matter” (The Economist, 8/19/2017): http://goo.gl/BZkT3b
“Richard Cohen, who heads the SPLC, defines hate groups as “those that vilify entire groups of people based on immutable characteristics such as race or ethnicity”. BLM does not fit the bill: it welcomes white supporters, has condemned violence and addresses structural racial inequities.”
“Jacob Levy, a political philosopher, argues that BLM is “one of the most significant political mobilisations in defence of freedom” in decades. Its supporters oppose police brutality, mass incarceration, America’s drug war, police militarisation and civil-forfeiture abuses. All of those are causes that liberals, libertarians and conservatives—anyone who fears unchecked state power—ought to cheer.”
5203. “After Charlottesville, Republicans remain stymied over what to do about Trump” (Washington Post, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/81Ktwz
5204. “‘Boston does not want you here,’ Walsh says of hate groups” (Boston Globe, 8/14/2017): http://goo.gl/BNjS6x
5205. “A New Poll Of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania Voters Just Terrified Trump” (PoliticsUSA, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/5MxXuB
> 64% are embarrassed by the Birther.
> Voters prefer a Democratic Congress by a 10 point margin.
5206. “What Confederate Monument Builders Were Thinking > Southern leaders made it clear that statues were part of their early-20th-century effort “to establish white supremacy.”” by Justin Fox (BloombergView, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/ChyUZJ
> Monument building was contemporaneous with depriving African Americans the right to vote using state constitutions.
> Such prohibitions were invalidated by the LBJ’s Great Society legislation.
> The Birther is dismantling LBJ’s legacy: 5199. http://goo.gl/SBwrfx
5207. “Carl Icahn’s Failed Raid on Washington > Was President Trump’s richest adviser focussed on helping the country—or his own bottom line?” (New Yorker, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/phn16N
> The Birther’s Atlantic City Casinos were bailed out by Icahn.
> Quid pro quo 25 years in the making.
5208. “How to Give Jeff Flake’s Senate Seat to a Democrat” (National Review, 8/18/2017): http://goo.gl/ndUcbP
5209. “Study Says White Extremists Have Killed More Americans in the U.S. Than Jihadists Since 9/11” (Time, 6/24/2017): http://goo.gl/q4dTvs
> Far Right Wing Extremists: 68 Instances
– Black Supremacists: 6 Cases.
5210. “Ex-Trump official issues cheeky apology for remarks about Obamas: ‘I certainly am not a racist'” (Business Insider, 12/27/2016): http://goo.gl/rgynBP
5211. “Mitch McConnell: ‘Zero Chance’ U.S. Fails to Raise Debt Ceiling > GOP Senate leader expressed confidence in Congress’s ability to avoid missing federal payments” (WSJ, 8/21/2017): http://goo.gl/7fDpv4
5212. “USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills” (USA Today, 6/12/2016): http://goo.gl/GdrnsP
5213. “Donald Trump’s lawsuits” (USA Today, 8/21/2017): http://goo.gl/PpSjOk > 4195 + lawsuits
5214. “Bannon exit a reminder of China’s success in ‘containing Trump’ > Beijing economic strategy has also benefited from that most precious commodity — luck” (Financial Times, 8/21/2017): http://goo.gl/MK99gF > Free to read.
> TPP withdrawal was the biggest gift to China. If TPP went through, China will eventually ask for membership, whereby the US can extract concessions.
> Xi’s political fortunes depended on no fires before autumn. The Birther lost this leverage.
5215. “Trump’s large family and frequent travels are blowing through the Secret Service’s budget > USA Today reports that the Secret Service is running out of money to pay its agents.” (Vox, 8/21/2017): http://goo.gl/ZaD7U6
> 53 trips to Birther properties.
> It may not be bankrupting the Secret Service, but it is fair to say this problem never occurred with Obama in 8 years. It took 7.5 months in the Birther’s *first* year to have this problem with the Birther.
> Secret Service morale is low.
> The ROI on the Birther is embarrassingly abysmal.
5216. “Here is the big reason banks are safer than a decade ago > Institutions rely less on wholesale funding of the kind that seized up in the crisis” (Financial Times, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/K7Dnzu > Free to read.
> China is the next contagion concern.
5217. “Martin Wolf: Nothing like this has happened in 323 years > Financial Times columnists pick their charts of the credit crisis on the decade anniversary” (Financial Times, 8/17/2017): http://goo.gl/Uwynwe
> Gifted.
5218. “Trump administration disbands federal advisory committee on climate change” (Tampa Bay Times, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/JRgA2T
5219. “Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say” (NYT, 8/21/2017): http://goo.gl/Uiw1vf
> Scott Pruitt’s crackdown at the EPA continues. Since taking office, he has begun to roll back everything from safe drinking water protections to clean air laws, but he doesn’t want the public to know about it. Pruitt has gone to unprecedented lengths to maintain secrecy:
1) EPA employees now need an escort to reach his office on the top floor.
2) Senior staff give verbal orders on major policy decisions as not to create a paper trail.
3) Employees are often asked not to take notes during meetings and leave their cellphones at the door.
4) Pruitt avoids making calls on his office phone.
5) His schedule has been removed from the EPA’s website.
6) He has requested 24/7 armed guards, unprecedented for an administrator.
7) Congressional oversight inquiries have gone unanswered.
8) Requests for public information have been delayed.
5220. “Trump cuts funding for Obama’s teen pregnancy program” (Axios, 8/20/2017): http://goo.gl/wNMz3L
5221. “Big Read: With alumni in the White House, Goldman sees an opening” (Financial Times, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/TMWeSa > Free to Read.
> Efforts through SIFMA.
> Volcker Rule abolition is unlikely (requires Congress).
> The Cult deprived Obama the Fed nominee for banking supervision. Quarles is the first nominee.
> Goldman’s proprietary trading was $16B in 2007 and $7B in 2016.
> The Financial Crisis cost $21T.
> Mnuchin and Cohn’s idea, leveraging Community Bank complaints, is multi-track regulation.
> As Investment Banks, Goldman and Morgan Stanley were ineligible for Federal Reserve bailouts (Last Resort).
> They were allowed to magically convert. Morgan Stanley changed its focus to Wealth Management.
> Mnuchin and Cohn’s idea reverts to pre-crisis regulation. With less FOMC oversight and the weakening of OFR, this will result in an ever widening intentional blindspot for macro prudential regulation (contra guarding against Minsky Moments).
5222. “The conflict at the heart of Donald Trump’s foreign policy > His aim is a political realignment achieved by voicing the grievances of his voters” by Robert Zoellick (Financial Times, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/mTMLZR > Gifted.
> Author is a former head of the World Bank.
> Governing by Salient Exemplar on the base’s prejudices. 4764. http://goo.gl/dHSsLs
> Prejudice was seeded, farmed and regurgitated. 2044. http://goo.gl/F6b2Xn
> No grand vision. Transactional based on realities of the moment. 5163. http://goo.gl/EBR6QG
> Aims are, not coincidently, in furtherance of Putin’s aims. 5119. http://goo.gl/DmRCCG
> To the extent it doesn’t materially affect Putin’s aims, policy is to aggrandize or protect the Birther. (e.g. Afghan Policy).
> The Birther sees himself as the State. Global Liberal Order Foreign Policy is deemed “Deep State”.
5223. “Newish Afghan Policy, Same Old Trump > The generals prevailed over the president, and for at least a day he was willing to read off the Teleprompter.” by Jonathan Bernstein (BloombergView, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/JyxU7w
5224. “McConnell, in private, unsure Trump can salvage his presidency” (NYT, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/gFVFPK
> The Birther’s only asset is the Base. He’s basically useless.
> Bullying tactics have alienated Cult Senators. The Cult and the Birther are locked in a Mexican Standoff.
> Flake, Heller, Caputo, Murkowski, Collins, Graham, Corker mention.
5225. “Rush Limbaugh: ‘We Are on the Cusp of a Second Civil War’ – Breitbart” (Breitbart, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/cDjAie
5226. “President Trump’s list of false and misleading claims tops 1,000” (Washington Post, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/Jrn4D2
5227. “Here Are The Wildest Moments From Trump’s Wild Arizona Rally. There were a lot.” (HP, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/ubHQWB
5228. “The Confederate flag is a symbol of hate, not heritage > Events across America show that racism does not belong to the South alone” (Financial Times, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/D6eZYN
> “Lost Cause” documents were saved prior to 1860.
> Monuments were erected between 1890-1910.
5229. “Trump and the Dark Art of Bad Publicity > In one lurid, scandalous month in 1990 he learned a lesson that helped forge his whole candidacy.” (Politico, 7/21/2016): http://goo.gl/uR9XmT
5230. “Trump keeps angrily calling Republican senators about the Russia scandal” (Business Insider, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/Hs9fd1
> Angry at veto-proof (no legislative carveout) Russia sanctions.
> Angry at protection of Mueller.
5231. “Virtually no one thinks Trump has discouraged white supremacists, new poll indicates” (CNN, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/kz1Gcm > Quinnipiac Poll: 3%
5232. “The Birther’s Charlottesville Base Protection Play” (IR, 8/23/2017): http://goo.gl/HbDqww
5233. “Britain’s one-sided Special Relationship with America” (Financial Times, 8/25/2017): http://goo.gl/kFFzXR > Free to read.
> Author misreads the Birther (Autarky, Commercial Pragmatism and Economic Nationalism)
> Just a limited attention span racist Dunning Kruger con man who governs via Salient Exemplar whose policies are transactional and make no cohesive sense.
5234. “Mexico isn’t taking Trump’s threats seriously now” by Lawrence Summers (Financial Times, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/NFSwr1 > Free to read.
5235. “Editors: Beating His Own Head Against the Wall” (WSJ O, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/Km7Kxc
5236. “Breitbart, other ‘alt-right’ websites are the darlings of Russian propaganda effort” (USA Today, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/TGus7x
5237. “Russian treason arrests stemmed from intel official helping US catch criminal hackers” (The Hill, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/VAH79f
5238. “The Birther and the Dark Art of Bad Publicity” (IRFB, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/K2GspU
5239. “Russia’s Putin calls Donald Trump ‘a clever man’ who will learn” (BBC, 12/5/2016): http://goo.gl/ennLBu
5240. “Roger Stone: Politicians voting for Trump’s impeachment ‘endangering their own lives'” (The Hill, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/1Ahp5W
5241. “Hannity and the Deep State” (MMFA, 8/11/2017): http://goo.gl/aiCDwt
5242. “Trump slams McConnell, Ryan, Clapper, the ‘Fake News’ in series of tweets” (FoxNews, 8/24/2017): http://goo.gl/9LnQ1Z
5243. “Trump’s campaign pollster: McConnell’s favorability collapses among Republicans, now -17” (Hot Air, 8/22/2017): http://goo.gl/GmNuc
5244. “This Joke Was Off-limits at Donald Trump’s Comedy Central Roast” (Vulture, 8/3/2016): http://goo.gl/nghZbe
5245. “Cosy ties mar Clinton foundation’s message > In a populist election, CGI’s melding of businesses and activists has proven politically troublesome” (Financial Times, 9/29/2016): http://goo.gl/xie5HL
5246. “Trump Pardons Joe Arpaio, Who Became Face of Crackdown on Illegal Immigration” (NYT, 8/25/2017): http://goo.gl/nsHo41
Interesting Read 