I bought the Bob Woodward book (via kindle) which released today. I'm looking forward to being properly horrified by it.
I preordered it from Amazon so I'm hoping it arrives today. My pile of books about this presidency just keeps growing and its kind of insane.
ETA Amazon says its not shipped yet. Boo. Amazon also says that I preordered two copies of it. Um, oops. I'm afraid to cancel one order though in case that's a mistake.
Use their chat help client. They should be able to help you make sure you just cancel one order. I'm always surprised by how helpful they are
Post by downtoearth on Sept 11, 2018 12:35:56 GMT -5
Twitter is going to town on Trump's 9/11 tweet...
A synopsis here of some of them - from lambasting him for his lack of donations after 9/11 and lying about it to his inability to be somber with the "!" to sarcastically congratulating him on being able to count to 17.
Trump just told reporters that the admin's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was "incredibly successful." He continues, "it was an incredible, unsung success."
Puerto Rico just changed the death toll from Maria from 64 to 2,975.
Trump just told reporters that the admin's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was "incredibly successful." He continues, "it was an incredible, unsung success."
Puerto Rico just changed the death toll from Maria from 64 to 2,975.
That bloated orange stain on humanity dwells only in the upside down if he thinks that mess was a success.
Trump just told reporters that the admin's response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was "incredibly successful." He continues, "it was an incredible, unsung success."
Puerto Rico just changed the death toll from Maria from 64 to 2,975.
You know who led an amazing response to Hurricane Maria? José Andrés, the chef who backed out of running the newest Trump Hotel restaurant in response to Trump's racist remarks.
President Trump on Hurricane Florence: "They haven't seen anything like what's coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. It's tremendously big and tremendously wet."
President Trump on Hurricane Florence: "They haven't seen anything like what's coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. It's tremendously big and tremendously wet."
President Trump on Hurricane Florence: "They haven't seen anything like what's coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. It's tremendously big and tremendously wet."
Harvey? Sandy?? Andrew??? Katrina?
He's referring to the Carolina coast. They haven't seen storms like this since Hugo/Hazel and this one's bigger than both of those were.
Between his excited exclamation here and the thumbs-up/goofy-face in PA, does he even know or remember what the fuck happened seventeen years ago? What an absolute pig of a person. I can't believe he's our elected representative on the world stage. (I hate typing his actual title because it was not earned. He'll always be an asterisk or FOTUS.)
Rachel Maddow just reported that Adolf Orange moved $10 mil out of FEMA this summer and into ICE to lock up more kids.
Jeff Merkeley was on with recipes. The actual documents he got a hold of (because he’s been active on the kids in ages) prove it. DHA has confirmed and is claiming money isn’t coming out of disaster assistance but Merkeley’s docs show some of it is.
The horribleness of this administration knows no bounds.
Rachel Maddow just reported that Adolf Orange moved $10 mil out of FEMA this summer and into ICE to lock up more kids.
Jeff Merkeley was on with recipes. The actual documents he got a hold of (because he’s been active on the kids in ages) prove it. DHA has confirmed and is claiming money isn’t coming out of disaster assistance but Merkeley’s docs show some of it is.
The horribleness of this administration knows no bounds.
Rachel talked about the book and had Woodward on. Holy shit to the stuff she talked about. I’m on my phone but you all need to track down that segment online and watch it.
Rachel talked about the book and had Woodward on. Holy shit to the stuff she talked about. I’m on my phone but you all need to track down that segment online and watch it.
So. Much. Cray.
It’s posted as an audio podcast at midnight for anyone who wants to catch it tomorrow.
Rachel Maddow just reported that Adolf Orange moved $10 mil out of FEMA this summer and into ICE to lock up more kids.
Jeff Merkeley was on with recipes. The actual documents he got a hold of (because he’s been active on the kids in ages) prove it. DHA has confirmed and is claiming money isn’t coming out of disaster assistance but Merkeley’s docs show some of it is.
The horribleness of this administration knows no bounds.
OH MY FUCKING GOD ARE YOU KIDDING ME
There are not enough caps or exclamation points in the world to express my rage!!
A not-insignificant chunk of that federal funding, $2 billion, was earmarked for distribution by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the Empire State Development Corporation. About a quarter of that – some $500 million – was explicitly set aside for helping small businesses in the area recover. Among the 8,214 early recipients was 40 Wall Street LLC, the most valuable building in Donald Trump’s portfolio of properties, a skyscraper that sits less than a mile from Ground Zero. (An additional $350 million was later allocated to the same cause, bringing the total number of businesses impacted to more than 14,000.)
Trump applied for and accepted the money, despite the fact that – as he acknowledged in an interview with a German news show immediately after the attacks – the property “wasn’t, fortunately, affected by what happened to the World Trade Center.”
Technically, 40 Wall Street LLC (if not its parent company, the Trump Organization) did meet the criteria for the funds: It had fewer than 500 employees, and was located south of 14th Street. And, as the agency that administered the funds said, eligibility wasn’t necessarily determined based on damage incurred; rather, the goal was “to keep businesses and jobs from deserting the city and moving to other States or overseas.”
Still, Trump’s decision to take in recovery funds left some with a bad taste in their mouths. The New York Daily News ran an exposé on the subject in 2006, and earlier this year Rep. Jerrold Nadler, whose district includes Ground Zero, wrote an open letter to Trump demanding he return the money.
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In response, Trump said, according to The New York Times, “For many months, I allowed people to stay in the building, use the building and store things in the building …. I was happy to do it and to this day I am still being thanked for the many people I helped. The value of what I did was far greater than the money talked about.” (Trump did not respond to Rolling Stone‘s request for comment. The Clinton campaign declined to comment.)
He also claimed he helped with recovery efforts at Ground Zero:
Stormy Daniels says on @theview she has a book coming out on Oct. 2. Asked whether it includes details on her time with Trump she writes, "It's full disclosure"