February 27, 2019

Rich Heiress Ivanka Thinks People Don't Want Free Money

Hello, steerage! It is I, Ivanka Trump, financial advisor! I did an interview for State TV that is airing on Sunday and I wanted to give you, the teeming filthy masses, a preview. Fox News' Steve Hilton asked me about my opinions on Alexadria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal. Oh, excuse me, I am contractually obligated to go to a balcony and scream every time I hear those words. One second please.

My apologies. Where was I? Oh, yes. Hilton said, "You’ve got people who will see that offer from the Democrats... ‘Here’s the Green New Deal, here’s the guarantee of a job,’ and think, ‘yeah, that’s what I want,'" I appreciate Steve Hilton asking me this question because it is a widely held belief that no one is more attuned to the wants and wishes of the proletariat than I.

I replied, in all seriousness, "I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something. I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last 4 years. People want to work for what they get.”

Now, I know what you may be thinking: "Why does Ivanka Trump not have a three-hour block on morning TV to dispense wisdom and wit?" I know, right? Genuine laugh! That is Hollyweird for you. Also, I do not have time to take on any new projects since I am very busy in the White House doing whatever it is that I do.

Some—a very small number, I am sure—may also question why I, a wealthy person since birth thanks to the tireless grifting of my father and a minuscule loan from his father, would be against people getting anything for free. Some—one or two people at most—may find it ironic that I, a person who was given a high-ranking and totally undefined job in the administration of my father—would suggest that a guarantee of a job for other Americans would be a bad idea. And yet, here I am, a study of contradictions in earth tones. What a delight!

https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a26532791/ivanka-trump-green-new-deal-comments/

February 27, 2019

"people gaped at oddity of pro-Trump pro-wall rally in the heart of SF" - 4 people.

Once and future mayoral candidate Ellen Lee Zhou’s noon City Hall pro-Trump, pro-wall rally — for the immigrants — was attended by a crowd of, say, four people which, at times, dipped to two and, at others, rose to six.

Passers-by gaped and laughed at the oddity of a pro-Trump rally in the heart of San Francisco, as well as the jarring sight of a dozen demonstrators demonstrating in front of a far smaller number of demonstration-watchers. The crowd of two-to-six included at least one reporter and several men or women recording the event who were, potentially, adjuncts of the demonstrators.

https://missionlocal.org/2019/02/crowd-of-4-shows-up-for-pro-trump-pro-wall-rally-on-san-francisco-city-hall-steps/

February 26, 2019

up close video of Trump getting schooled.. About "MOU"

i know this was posted a few days ago. But this closeup version shows the wheels in Trump's head turning "how do I recover from sounding like an idiot...?"

https://twitter.com/Freedland/status/1099828279417204736

February 24, 2019

Trump without his bronzer

This is an untanned as I have seen him.

February 24, 2019

Trump tried to bribe 50 Cent to be his black friend for $500,000

Trump tried to hire a black friend for half a million dollars. He was rejected.

According to rapper and actor 50 Cent (real name: Curtis Jackson), Trump offered him $500,000 to appear at his poorly attended inauguration. 50 Cent turned him down because “all money is not good money.”

50 Cent told the story during an appearance Tuesday on CBS’ “The Late Late Show,” sitting next to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Host James Corden asked him, “Has any politician tried to get your support? Have they courted you?”

https://shareblue.com/trump-50-cent-inauguration-500000-dollars/

February 24, 2019

Trump's July 4th celebration sounds like a salute to Trump

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/24/opinions/donald-trump-july-4th-salute-to-america-obeidallah/index.html

I think it's safe to say that President Donald Trump wants this July 4th to be all about him. At least that's the impression I got reading his Sunday morning tweet about the summer holiday celebration he is planning: "HOLD THE DATE! We will be having one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C., on July 4th. It will be called "A Salute To America" and will be held at the Lincoln Memorial. Major fireworks display, entertainment and an address by your favorite President, me!"

While it'd be wonderful if Trump's proposed event was actually about celebrating the founding of our country, given Trump's tendency to make nearly everything about himself, this seems highly unlikely.

Trump's tweet reveals details about the celebration he has in mind. He's promising to organize "one of the biggest gatherings in the history of Washington, D.C." at the Lincoln Memorial -- complete with a "Major fireworks display" and "entertainment." And if you had any doubt what this so-called "Salute to America" is really all about, Trump made it clear by telling us how this event will be headlined -- with "an address by your favorite President, me!"

Trump's tweet about his planned July 4th rally was followed a short time later by tweets about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a man who imprisons, tortures and kills those accused of "political crimes." In one such tweet, Trump bragged that he has a "Great relationship with Chairman Kim!! "

Trump's call for the "biggest gathering in the history of Washington," where he can address thousands of Americans at once, made me think of Kim's massive rally in 2017, where thousands of North Koreans gathered to hear Kim speak and pledge their loyalty to him. Perhaps, come July 4th, Trump wants the American people to show him the same "love" and "great fervor," as Trump put it, that North Koreans have for Kim?!

February 22, 2019

Porn star paying off president expresses sadness over Kraft soliciting sex???

Trump on Kraft: "It's very sad. I was very surprised."
President Trump, a longtime friend of Robert Kraft, reacted Friday to accusations the Patriots owner solicited sex.

“Well it’s very sad, I was very surprised to see it,” Trump said.

February 22, 2019

The Obama Bomber Jacket Moment happened at a Duke-UNC basketball game.

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People Are Extremely Into Barack Obama’s Bomber Jacket With ‘44’ On The Sleeve
The Obama Bomber Moment happened at a Duke-UNC basketball game.

By Jenna Amatulli
The former president and one of America’s many dads Barack Obama wore a black bomber jacket with “44” embroidered on the sleeve Wednesday night, and the internet is extremely amped about it.

The Obama Bomber Moment™, as it will henceforth be called, happened at the basketball game between celebrated rivals Duke and the University of North Carolina.

While it’s immediately obvious that the “44” is a reference to the 44th U.S. president, the jacket’s origin was not. GQ tracked down the bomber and found that it retails for $595 from Rag & Bone.

Marcus Wainwright, the founder and chief brand officer at Rag & Bone, told the publication that the company custom-made the jacket for Obama toward the end of his second term and “wasn’t expecting him to wear it in public.”

However, after Wainwright saw The Obama Bomber Moment™, he told GQ: “Making a jacket for the president, that’s fucking awesome. How else can you put it? When they look good in it, it’s even more gratifying.”

And, truly, Obama looked good. The internet was overjoyed. Mothers were (probably) crying, children were (likely) celebrating.

February 22, 2019

"at first I thought oh my goodness we're getting $8k back & then I realized it was the wrong color"

Isadora Bielsky's tax bill this year brought her to tears. Last year, her family of four's refund topped $3,600. This year, the Colorado family owed in the thousands.

"I plugged it all in and at first I thought oh my goodness we're getting $8,000 back and then I realized it was the wrong color … so I went back in and checked everything and then I started to cry," Bielsky said.

Many Americans are learning their tax refund is not as much as they expected, or they are receiving a big tax bill. The average refund compared to last year has dropped nearly nine percent, according to the IRS. This is the first tax season since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act went into effect.

Owing just over $8,000 was bad enough but Bielsky said it felt even worse because last year, she went on the IRS website to make sure the government withheld enough taxes from her and her husband's paychecks.

"I have a PhD in neuroscience, my husband had an MD. If we can't figure this out, and we can't rely on the IRS and their calculators to give us the right information, what are we supposed to do?" Bielsky said.

William Gale, the co-director of the Tax Policy Center, said many Americans did get a tax cut but unless they made the correct changes to their withholding, the money may have wound up in their paychecks last year in smaller amounts.

"A lot of households live paycheck to paycheck and the refund is the single largest payment they get all year," Gale said. "The IRS had to tell people what to withhold and it's a difficult problem for tax payers, but it's even difficult for tax experts at the IRS."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/federal-tax-refund-2019-irs-colorado-woman-tax-bill-left-her-in-tears/

February 21, 2019

'That was my idea': How Trump claims credit for nearly everything including the word "caravan"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/20/that-was-my-idea-how-trump-claims-credit-nearly-everything/?utm_term=.522d16f43ba3

‘That was my idea’: How Trump claims credit for nearly everything


Forty-eight minutes into his freewheeling 75-minute rally last week, President Trump made a curious claim.

“How about the word ‘caravan?’ ” he said. “ ‘Caravan.’ I think that was one of mine.”

Claiming credit for a word first used in 1588 seems like another example of Trump’s braggadocio, and another indication that his 2020 strategy will revolve around touting real and made-up accomplishments that appeal to his base, as you can see in the video above.

In office, Trump has taken credit for solving crises he himself created and sometimes skirted responsibility when things go wrong. Things the president has claimed credit for include:

The economy (“I get no credit for it”)
Bailing out farmers affected by his trade policies (“That was my idea”)
Health care (“People haven’t given us too much credit”)
Reducing health-care premiums (“I don’t know if Obama is going to get the credit. I think we should get the credit.”)
Repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate (“We got no credit, but that’s okay”)
A “great” White House staff (“They don’t get enough credit”)
Decades-old border barriers (“It has been very effective”)
Legislation (“I’m given no credit in the mainstream media”)
“Foreign” (“I’m getting a lot of credit for what we’re doing foreign”)
“Chemistry with all of the leaders” (“People have given me credit”)
“The Middle East” (“‘Trump gets no credit’”)
“Decimating” the Islamic State (“Everybody gives me credit”)
Stopping an attack in Syria (“Nobody is going to give me credit, but that’s okay”)
His relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (“We’re given no credit for it”)
Moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem (“Do I get credit for saving a billion bucks? Not really.”)
Getting NATO countries to pay what they had already been paying (NATO’s secretary general “gave me all of the credit”)
GOP’s retaining the Senate in 2018 (“I won the Senate — meaning we won the Senate altogether — but we get no credit for that.”)
Winning 41 percent of female voters (“Nobody wants to give me credit for that, as you know.”)
Inflating the cost reduction of Air Force planes (“Do they give me credit? No, but that’s okay.”)
Growth in Hispanic-owned businesses (“I’d like to take full credit … I wasn’t the one getting up at 5 o’clock in the morning to go to work, I know that.”)
An idea for something that was already law (“I said, ‘Oh, so it wasn’t my idea.’ But you know what? I’m the only one that got it passed.”)
Taking a company’s idea to add solar panels to a southern border wall (“Pretty good imagination, right? My idea.”)
A decade-long airline trend (“Since taking office I have been very strict on Commercial Aviation”)
Dismissing CEOs who had already quit his advisory council
Taking former president Ronald Reagan’s slogan (“He didn’t trademark it”)
The success of the 2018 Winter Olympics (“We’ve been given tremendous credit”)
The 2026 World Cup (“I worked hard on this”)
Playing an Elvis Presley song to honor Elvis (“That was my idea”)
Contributing to the crazy ending of the 89th Academy Awards (“I think they were focused so hard on politics that they didn’t get the act together at the end”)
The phrase “Merry Christmas” (“Only because of our campaign”)
A word first used in that sense in the 18th century (“One of the greatest of all terms I’ve come up with is ‘fake’ ”)
A word first used in the 16th century (“‘Caravan.’ I think that was one of mine.”)
A phrase first used in the 20th century (“Prime the pump … I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good”)
Abraham Lincoln’s political party (“People never give us credit for this”)
The president isn’t always eager to claim success, though.

When asked last month about the National Football League’s national anthem controversy, which he has repeatedly wielded as a political cudgel, Trump demurred.

“I don’t want to take credit for that.”