45th President of the United States, Donald Trump (Vol. 9)
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Another loss in court
The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court has ruled in a stunning defeat for the Trump admin and oil industry.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the project for years.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the Energy Transfer Partners LP project for years. It comes just a day after developers scuttled another project, the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline, after years of legal delays.
Pipeline opponents have increasingly taken to the courts to oppose fossil fuel infrastructure projects, claiming at least three big victories this year.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said a crucial federal permit for Dakota Access fell too far short of National Environmental Policy Act requirements to allow the pipeline to continue operating while regulators conduct a broader analysis the court ordered in a previous decision.
The ruling scraps a critical permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and requires the pipeline to end its three-year run of delivering oil from North Dakota shale fields to an Illinois oil hub. Judge James E. Boasberg said Dakota Access must shut down the pipeline and empty it of oil by Aug. 5.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-ener...
The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court has ruled in a stunning defeat for the Trump admin and oil industry.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the project for years.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the Energy Transfer Partners LP project for years. It comes just a day after developers scuttled another project, the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline, after years of legal delays.
Pipeline opponents have increasingly taken to the courts to oppose fossil fuel infrastructure projects, claiming at least three big victories this year.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said a crucial federal permit for Dakota Access fell too far short of National Environmental Policy Act requirements to allow the pipeline to continue operating while regulators conduct a broader analysis the court ordered in a previous decision.
The ruling scraps a critical permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and requires the pipeline to end its three-year run of delivering oil from North Dakota shale fields to an Illinois oil hub. Judge James E. Boasberg said Dakota Access must shut down the pipeline and empty it of oil by Aug. 5.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-ener...
Nigel_O said:
Hmmm - this isn't going to pan out well for Trump - he's already been branded a "rancid racist" of the back of one of his latest tweets
Why does the president think Bubba Wallace personally has to apologize for a crew member finding a noose in a garage and bringing it to NASCAR’s attention, prompting NASCAR to notify Wallace and launch an investigation?Is this trump proving the point about not speaking until you know the facts. Were the facts in his daily briefing he never reads?
Here’s the NASCAR president’s timeline of events:
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nascar/news/bubba-...
On Sunday, after initial inspection and prior to the race, a member of the 43 team noticed the noose in the garage stall.
"At roughly 4:30, NASCAR was alerted to the presence of the noose. At that point we did a full sweep of the garage by our security team, and only the rope of the 43 team stall was a noose. All the others were regular ropes.
"At about 6 o’clock, NASCAR senior leadership met and immediately determined this needed to be investigated and began those initial steps in the investigation.
"At approximately 7:30, I notified Bubba Wallace of what was found in the garage. After that, we continued to gather facts and conduct our investigation.
Still nothing like the POTUS trying to appeal more to his white supremacist base...
Perhaps he's just pissed that the NASCAr carrying the Trump 2020 logo crashed out in the pitroad - a prophetic metaphor
https://dknation.draftkings.com/2020/7/5/21314089/...
Edited by Byker28i on Monday 6th July 15:57
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeffrey-eps...
Fox News edits Trump out of photo with Epstein. Could they really not find another photo of Epstein without going to all this effort for the article.
Fox News edits Trump out of photo with Epstein. Could they really not find another photo of Epstein without going to all this effort for the article.
VeeDubBigBird said:
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jeffrey-eps...
Fox News edits Trump out of photo with Epstein. Could they really not find another photo of Epstein without going to all this effort for the article.
They left Melania in though...Fox News edits Trump out of photo with Epstein. Could they really not find another photo of Epstein without going to all this effort for the article.
Edit: Now apologising having been caught out...
“On Sunday, July 5, a report on Ghislaine Maxwell during FOX News Channel’s America’s News HQ mistakenly eliminated President Donald Trump from a photo alongside then Melania Knauss, Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell. We regret the error.”
Edited by Byker28i on Monday 6th July 17:46
The publisher of a book on President Donald Trump and his family announced Monday they are moving up the publication date to July 14 due to "high demand and extraordinary interest" in the tell-all tome by Mary Trump.
The president's niece, embroiled in a legal battle over the book with her uncles, including the president's brother Robert Trump, issued an email statement to USA TODAY through her spokesman, Chris b
di.
“The act by a sitting president to muzzle a private citizen is just the latest in a series of disturbing behaviors which have already destabilized a fractured nation in the face of a global pandemic," the statement said. "If Mary cannot comment, one can only help but wonder: what is Donald Trump so afraid of?”
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebr...
The president's niece, embroiled in a legal battle over the book with her uncles, including the president's brother Robert Trump, issued an email statement to USA TODAY through her spokesman, Chris b
di.“The act by a sitting president to muzzle a private citizen is just the latest in a series of disturbing behaviors which have already destabilized a fractured nation in the face of a global pandemic," the statement said. "If Mary cannot comment, one can only help but wonder: what is Donald Trump so afraid of?”
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebr...
New Gallup poll: Trump approval
38% approve
57% disapprove
Trump's approval rating dropped among independents, from 39% to 33%, as well as among Democrats, from 5% to 2%.
Gallup: "The current 89-point difference between Republicans' and Democrats' ratings of Trump is the largest partisan gap Gallup has ever measured for a presidential approval rating in a single survey."
https://news.gallup.com/poll/313454/trump-job-appr...
As all the White House officials can hope is that Americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day, according to people familiar with the White House's thinking.
Trump’s advisers are seeking ways to reframe his response to the coronavirus — even as the president himself largely seeks to avoid the topic because he views it as a political loser. They are sending health officials to swing states, putting doctors on TV in regional markets where the virus is surging, crafting messages on an economic recovery and writing talking points for allies to deliver to potential voters.
The goal is to convince Americans that they can live with the virus — that schools should reopen, professional sports should return, a vaccine is likely to arrive by the end of the year and the economy will continue to improve.
White House officials also hope Americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day, according to three people familiar with the White House’s thinking, who requested anonymity to reveal internal deliberations. Americans will “live with the virus being a threat,” in the words of one of those people, a senior administration official.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-...
38% approve
57% disapprove
Trump's approval rating dropped among independents, from 39% to 33%, as well as among Democrats, from 5% to 2%.
Gallup: "The current 89-point difference between Republicans' and Democrats' ratings of Trump is the largest partisan gap Gallup has ever measured for a presidential approval rating in a single survey."
https://news.gallup.com/poll/313454/trump-job-appr...
As all the White House officials can hope is that Americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day, according to people familiar with the White House's thinking.
Trump’s advisers are seeking ways to reframe his response to the coronavirus — even as the president himself largely seeks to avoid the topic because he views it as a political loser. They are sending health officials to swing states, putting doctors on TV in regional markets where the virus is surging, crafting messages on an economic recovery and writing talking points for allies to deliver to potential voters.
The goal is to convince Americans that they can live with the virus — that schools should reopen, professional sports should return, a vaccine is likely to arrive by the end of the year and the economy will continue to improve.
White House officials also hope Americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day, according to three people familiar with the White House’s thinking, who requested anonymity to reveal internal deliberations. Americans will “live with the virus being a threat,” in the words of one of those people, a senior administration official.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-...
Edited by Byker28i on Monday 6th July 17:45
President Trump mounted an explicit defense of the Confederate flag on Monday, suggesting that NASCAR had made a mistake in banning it from its auto racing events, while falsely accusing a top Black driver, Bubba Wallace, of perpetrating a hoax involving a noose found in his garage.
Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
FourWheelDrift said:
On that flag issue, has anyone over there tried to mind-fk them by reminding them that the Confederate flag was the flag of a southern democrat led secession from a republican held Union north?
Presumably that only works if you have a functioning mind to start off with. k them by reminding them that the Confederate flag was the flag of a southern democrat led secession from a republican held Union north?FourWheelDrift said:
On that flag issue, has anyone over there tried to mind-fk them by reminding them that the Confederate flag was the flag of a southern democrat led secession from a republican held Union north?
That's a little too intellectually challenging for the vast majority there.k them by reminding them that the Confederate flag was the flag of a southern democrat led secession from a republican held Union north?Cognitive dissonance rules, Ra Ra Trump !!
Byker28i said:
President Trump mounted an explicit defense of the Confederate flag on Monday, suggesting that NASCAR had made a mistake in banning it from its auto racing events, while falsely accusing a top Black driver, Bubba Wallace, of perpetrating a hoax involving a noose found in his garage.
Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
I quite liked the comments on Twitter that NASCAR still uses the last flag the Confederates flew. It's the white flag waved at the start of the final lap. Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
Byker28i said:
Another loss in court
The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court has ruled in a stunning defeat for the Trump admin and oil industry.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the project for years.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the Energy Transfer Partners LP project for years. It comes just a day after developers scuttled another project, the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline, after years of legal delays.
Pipeline opponents have increasingly taken to the courts to oppose fossil fuel infrastructure projects, claiming at least three big victories this year.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said a crucial federal permit for Dakota Access fell too far short of National Environmental Policy Act requirements to allow the pipeline to continue operating while regulators conduct a broader analysis the court ordered in a previous decision.
The ruling scraps a critical permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and requires the pipeline to end its three-year run of delivering oil from North Dakota shale fields to an Illinois oil hub. Judge James E. Boasberg said Dakota Access must shut down the pipeline and empty it of oil by Aug. 5.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-ener...
Not sure how much of an environmental win this is; if the wells are still in business the oil and gas still needs to get to market, rail and road transport is an order of magnitude more environmentally damaging and dangerous than shoving it through a pipe. The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court has ruled in a stunning defeat for the Trump admin and oil industry.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the project for years.
The decision is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed the Energy Transfer Partners LP project for years. It comes just a day after developers scuttled another project, the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline, after years of legal delays.
Pipeline opponents have increasingly taken to the courts to oppose fossil fuel infrastructure projects, claiming at least three big victories this year.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said a crucial federal permit for Dakota Access fell too far short of National Environmental Policy Act requirements to allow the pipeline to continue operating while regulators conduct a broader analysis the court ordered in a previous decision.
The ruling scraps a critical permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and requires the pipeline to end its three-year run of delivering oil from North Dakota shale fields to an Illinois oil hub. Judge James E. Boasberg said Dakota Access must shut down the pipeline and empty it of oil by Aug. 5.
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-ener...
hidetheelephants said:
ot sure how much of an environmental win this is; if the wells are still in business the oil and gas still needs to get to market, rail and road transport is an order of magnitude more environmentally damaging and dangerous than shoving it through a pipe.
Unless the pipe bursts in your back yard.hidetheelephants said:
ot sure how much of an environmental win this is; if the wells are still in business the oil and gas still needs to get to market, rail and road transport is an order of magnitude more environmentally damaging and dangerous than shoving it through a pipe.
It was more to do with team trump railroading through the decision to allow it because the companies using it were trump/GOP donors. The Army Corps who did the survey ignored environmental impact in their report. Remember Obama blocked it, so it was one of the first things trump didhttps://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/us-army-cor...
It's only this pipeline, pushed through because trump donors and Obama blocked it, others are still going ahead
The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for several pipeline projects to proceed under a fast-track permitting process but excluded the controversial Keystone XL expansion from their ruling, forcing major delays.
Though the case is a partial win for the Trump administration, the exclusion of Keystone XL is a major defeat for a President who made good on a campaign promise to move forward with the project through executive order.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/politics/keysto...
This was one of trumps early executive orders. Despite trumps efforts (well a couple of tweets and decisions) renewable energy has grown and the coal sector has fallen under trump.
Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 7th July 05:59
Byker28i said:
President Trump mounted an explicit defense of the Confederate flag on Monday, suggesting that NASCAR had made a mistake in banning it from its auto racing events, while falsely accusing a top Black driver, Bubba Wallace, of perpetrating a hoax involving a noose found in his garage.
Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
I find it odd that Trump is seemingly going all-in with his chips and placing them so far right that they’re nearly falling off the table. Surely the numbers cannot stack up to give him a win doing this, as he will eliminate too much of the swing-vote?Mr. Trump’s reference to the Confederate flag, and its role in a sport whose mostly white fans Mr. Trump remains popular with, was the latest remark by the president focused on culture wars as he tries to rally his culturally conservative base behind his struggling re-election effort.
The president has increasingly used racist language and references in his appeals to supporters as he portrays himself as a protector of the history of the American South. He has called the phrase “Black Lives Matter” a “symbol of hate,” and he has repeatedly tried to depict pockets of violence during protests against entrenched racism as representative of the protest movement as a whole.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/us/politics/tru...
Just appealing to his white supremacist base, thinking it will save him...
Are we all missing something here, and there’s a very clever play going on that will grasp victory from the jaws of
Edited by Leins on Tuesday 7th July 06:02
Leins said:
I find it odd that Trump is seemingly going all-in with his chips and placing them so far right that they’re nearly falling off the table. Surely the numbers cannot stack up to give him a win doing this, as he will eliminate too much of the swing-vote?
Are we all missing something here, and there’s a very clever play going on that will grasp victory from the jaws ofdeceit defeat at the last minute?
trump doesn't have Bannon, doesn't have the same clever team he had for 2016, so trump is running the campaign backed by Kushner. He has no new ideas so thinks his base won it for him, backed by his yes men who are running him TV ads praising him on TV channels he watches, not giving him bad news, giving him fake polls etc, so he truely believes he is winning.Are we all missing something here, and there’s a very clever play going on that will grasp victory from the jaws of
It's why there was so much fall out over Tulsa, they couldn't spin that
Swamp news
Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump’s own ethics policy, according to a report.
The lobbyists identified Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen either worked in the Trump executive branch, served on his campaign, were part of the committee that raised money for inaugural festivities or were part of his presidential transition. Many are donors to Trump’s campaigns, and some are prolific fundraisers for his reelection.
https://apnews.com/2edf8670a491a702ecfb7312f507f83...
Trump pledged to clamp down on Washington’s influence peddling with a “drain the swamp” campaign mantra. But during his administration, the lobbying industry has flourished, a trend that intensified once Congress passed more than $3.6 trillion in coronavirus stimulus.
While the money is intended as a lifeline to a nation whose economy has been upended by the pandemic, it also jump-started a familiar lobbying bonanza.
“The swamp is alive and well in Washington, D.C.,” said Mike Tanglis, one of the report’s authors. “These (lobbying) booms that these people are having, you can really attribute them to their connection to Trump.”
Remember, $349 billion was allocated for distribution through the PPP, the program ran out of money less than two weeks after it launched, frustrating small business owners who were unable to receive loan approval before the funds dried up.
https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnells-wifes-family-b...
There's details of some of the payments available here
https://sba.app.box.com/s/tvb0v5i57oa8gc6b5dcm9cyw...
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/06/coronavirus-stimul...
Edit: Remember team trump released these but are keeping Mnuchin’s much larger, totally non transparent bailout program that isn’t tethered to employment, hidden
Forty lobbyists with ties to President Donald Trump helped clients secure more than $10 billion in federal coronavirus aid, among them five former administration officials whose work potentially violates Trump’s own ethics policy, according to a report.
The lobbyists identified Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen either worked in the Trump executive branch, served on his campaign, were part of the committee that raised money for inaugural festivities or were part of his presidential transition. Many are donors to Trump’s campaigns, and some are prolific fundraisers for his reelection.
https://apnews.com/2edf8670a491a702ecfb7312f507f83...
Trump pledged to clamp down on Washington’s influence peddling with a “drain the swamp” campaign mantra. But during his administration, the lobbying industry has flourished, a trend that intensified once Congress passed more than $3.6 trillion in coronavirus stimulus.
While the money is intended as a lifeline to a nation whose economy has been upended by the pandemic, it also jump-started a familiar lobbying bonanza.
“The swamp is alive and well in Washington, D.C.,” said Mike Tanglis, one of the report’s authors. “These (lobbying) booms that these people are having, you can really attribute them to their connection to Trump.”
Remember, $349 billion was allocated for distribution through the PPP, the program ran out of money less than two weeks after it launched, frustrating small business owners who were unable to receive loan approval before the funds dried up.
https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnells-wifes-family-b...
There's details of some of the payments available here
https://sba.app.box.com/s/tvb0v5i57oa8gc6b5dcm9cyw...
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/06/coronavirus-stimul...
Edit: Remember team trump released these but are keeping Mnuchin’s much larger, totally non transparent bailout program that isn’t tethered to employment, hidden
Edited by Byker28i on Tuesday 7th July 06:17
Another day, another trump court case
Democratic lawmakers are appealing their emoluments case against President Trump to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled that they lacked standing to sue over alleged constitutional violations.
The 215 members of Congress are accusing Trump of violating the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause, which prohibits federal officials from receiving gifts or money from foreign governments without congressional approval, by continuing to operate and profit from his hotel chain while in office.
The brief says Trump has been "violating this critical constitutional prohibition for his entire term in office." It was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday.
"By maintaining ownership of his companies while they conduct business with foreign governments — without seeking or obtaining congressional consent for these transactions — the President is accepting unauthorized financial benefits from foreign states," it states.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506081...
Democratic lawmakers are appealing their emoluments case against President Trump to the Supreme Court after a federal appeals court ruled that they lacked standing to sue over alleged constitutional violations.
The 215 members of Congress are accusing Trump of violating the Constitution's Foreign Emoluments Clause, which prohibits federal officials from receiving gifts or money from foreign governments without congressional approval, by continuing to operate and profit from his hotel chain while in office.
The brief says Trump has been "violating this critical constitutional prohibition for his entire term in office." It was filed with the Supreme Court on Monday.
"By maintaining ownership of his companies while they conduct business with foreign governments — without seeking or obtaining congressional consent for these transactions — the President is accepting unauthorized financial benefits from foreign states," it states.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/506081...
You see, trump knows all about testing, how important is is for him, just not for anyone else...
“The president is tested constantly, has tested negative, and those around him are tested as well,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.
This was in answer questions on why South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied Trump to Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday night despite having had close contact with Kimberly Guilfoyle, who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020...
“The president is tested constantly, has tested negative, and those around him are tested as well,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said.
This was in answer questions on why South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem accompanied Trump to Washington aboard Air Force One on Friday night despite having had close contact with Kimberly Guilfoyle, who had tested positive for the coronavirus.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020...
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