U.S. Politics

[vincemunday]

Ha ha @ Jim Acosta whining on CNN that an 80 year old grandma told him to leave, what a twonk.... #MAGA

[Jello]

the trump will get in a second term.

A second term? Too soon to tell, but if the election were today, maybe not.

Trump changed the electoral map; new polling shows it’s changing back
The Midwest doesn’t like Trump anymore; the South likes him fine.
Donald Trump changed the electoral map in 2016, but state-by-state polling from Morning Consult suggests that it’s changing back rather quickly.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics ... te-polling

41% approval according to gallup two days ago.
Higher than his 38.5% approval rating for his first yeae in office.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/203207/tru ... edium=copy


The unemployment rate has been in a steady fall since 2008.
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost

Wages have been on a steady rise since 2013.
https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000032

However, they are not keeping up with inflation.

Bureau of Labor Statistics issued a new release detailing the “real earnings summary” through May 2018.
The true revelation was tucked away at the bottom of the release, in the “Production and nonsupervisory employees” section: “From May 2017 to May 2018, real average hourly earnings decreased 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted,” it read. In today’s dollars, that’s a change from making an average of $22.62 per hour last May to making $22.59 per hour this May.
https://thinkprogress.org/wages-down-fo ... 56113144b/

Will his trade policies work?

Trump responds to Harley-Davidson, says it's waving the 'White Flag' by moving production out of US because of tariffs
Trade experts say that Harley's move is likely the first of many production moves by US companies.
http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-ha ... ove-2018-6

Canadians are stealing our shoes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn-vGfl1qo8

"It's called the bowling ball test. Do you know what that is?" Trump said, according to a recording obtained by the Washington Post. "That's where they take a bowling ball from 20 feet up in the air, and they drop it on the hood of the car. And if the hood dents, then the car doesn't qualify. Well, guess what, the roof dented a little bit, and they said, nope, this car doesn't qualify. It's horrible, the way we're treated. It's horrible."
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... ball-test/

Because you never know when this might happen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... cceA03RHOU

[vlad]

Well he has not made the Grade for Harley Davidson the iconic American dream. Harley have just decided to move a part of there Business out of the USA and what was Trumps Answer " the first to fly the white flag " lol.

[Lone Star]

Over $300 billion was repatriated to the US in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Companies moving funds back to the US hand over fist.

That is the greatest amount on record.

STEADY WINNING.

[Lone Star]

US Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban.

The POTUS has vast authority over immigration policy. It's in the US Constitution. Because of the fact that immigration policy burdens NON-citizens, the courts follow the law and defer to the executive. There is a similar "vast authority" when it comes to crossing the border. Get ready.

STEADY WINNING.

[Lone Star]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/p ... trump.html

Henry McMaster Wins Governor’s Primary in South Carolina After Boost From Trump

STEADY WINNING.

[vincemunday]

This has got to be killing the doom mongers, just about everything POTUS promised is coming to fruition, I heard some chump on the TV bleating it was cyclical and short term, I guess time will tell but my money isn’t on the chump #MAGA

[Lone Star]

This has got to be killing the doom mongers, just about everything POTUS promised is coming to fruition, I heard some chump on the TV bleating it was cyclical and short term, I guess time will tell but my money isn’t on the chump #MAGA

Yes, they keep predicting doom based on . . . their personal hope for failure. Nothing else. All the data points to the opposite. Could things change? Sure. Always possible in a free society with individual liberty and free markets.

I'll remain hopeful that things continue in ways that are good for all Americans.

[Jello]

Over $300 billion was repatriated to the US in the first quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Companies moving funds back to the US hand over fist.

That is the greatest amount on record.

STEADY WINNING.

the last time repatriation funds saw a notable spike was in 2005, following passage the year before of the American Jobs Creation Act, which offered a tax holiday, among other tax benefits, under President George W. Bush. Yet, Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, tells FOX Business, at that time the benefit to the economy was minimal and will likely be the same this time around. “The repatriated cash will go to more stock repurchases, dividend increases, and paying for mergers and acquisitions. All of this has no significant impact on the economy” he said.
However, there are some differences between then and now. Some of America's biggest companies celebrated the tax reform plan in concert by offering one-time bonus payments to employees, along with enhanced benefits and other financial perks.

Before tax reform was enacted in December 2017, U.S. companies had an estimated $2.6 trillion parked in overseas accounts, as tracked by the United States Public Interest Research Group.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ame ... to-america

Hopefully more of the remaining 2.3 trillion will be coming back. Some big tax money there.

[Jello]

US Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban.

The POTUS has vast authority over immigration policy. It's in the US Constitution. Because of the fact that immigration policy burdens NON-citizens, the courts follow the law and defer to the executive. There is a similar "vast authority" when it comes to crossing the border. Get ready.

STEADY WINNING.

The third diluted version of the travel ban:

President Donald Trump on Tuesday reacted to news that the Supreme Court voted to uphold a third, diluted version of his travel ban, calling the ruling the “final word,” despite his initial irritation with the more muted measure.
Proclaiming it a “big victory for our country,” Trump answered a reporter’s questions on whether the decision was “final.” He said it was “pretty much” final and claimed that the administration was just “waiting” for the Supreme Court to make a decision, despite being forced by federal courts to change the executive order several times after facing a slew of legal challenges.
“Well I think it is pretty much the final word, it’s the Supreme Court, ya know?” he said. “We went up, we’d win it, we’d lose it, we just waited for the Supreme Court, so yeah, that’s the final word, that’s Supreme Court.
“Now, do I want to go in with a different one, maybe a different variety? I don’t think there’s any reason,” he continued. “That’s a very strong victory.”
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled to uphold a thinner version of Trump’s original travel ban. The current iteration bans immigrants and refugees from Libya, Iran, Somalia, Syria, Yemen, North Korea, Venezuela and Chad. http://api.talkingpointsmemo.com/livewi ... much-final

[vincemunday]

More great news coming out of America, there are 2,200,000 less people claiming food stamps just 18 months into the Trump administration! #MAGA

https://www.facebook.com/FoxBusiness/vi ... 712500699/

[Doodoo]

Great news anytime
But if one looks at the statistics for the past number of years the numbers float between 40,000,000 to 46,000,000 But since December 2012 the numbers have decreased a whooping 6.2 Million
Also to look behind the number and as to WHY, this can be explained as new rules have been put in place disallowing individuals to be on the program

The hungry and still hungry but are just on a different piece of paper

[Jello]

At the end of FY 2018 the total government debt in the United States, including federal, state, and local, is expected to be $24.6 trillion.
It was $19.54 trillion at the end of FY2016. http://usgovernmentdebt.us/
This year, FY 2018, the federal government in its latest budget has estimated that the deficit will be $833 billion.
It was $585 billion in 2016. http://usgovernmentdebt.us/federal_deficit

From the Congressional Budget Office website-

The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
In CBO’s projections, federal budget deficits grow substantially over the next several years in relation to the size of the economy, stabilize for a few years, and then grow again over the rest of the 30-year period. If current laws generally remained unchanged, the growing deficits would raise federal debt held by the public from 78 percent of gross domestic product this year to nearly 100 percent by the end of the next decade and 152 percent by 2048. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53651

[FrazeeDK]

and neither political party really gives a crap about fixing the problem.. Spending is out of control and the tax system needs reforming.. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budg ... /spending/

[Jello]

President Trump on the deficit during the campaign:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVdDX_PLINY

[Jello]

Food stamps fact check here:

Q: Did “two million people leave the food stamp rolls in Trump’s first year”?
A: No. That’s the decline in average monthly enrollment in fiscal year 2017, including almost four months when Trump wasn’t president.
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/03/oh-sn ... nrollment/

Food stamp participation numbers have been declining since 2013. Check the numbers for yourself here: https://www.fns.usda.gov/pd/supplementa ... ogram-snap

[Lone Star]

Justice Kennedy retiring in July from the Supreme Court. Trump gets another opportunity to appoint a constitutionalist.

STEADY WINNING.

[Lone Star]

And it's all in the Left's OWN WORDS. Nothing better.

The Left is at War. They have less political control than at any time since the 1920s. With a platform like this, I don't blame them for their frustration.
- Impeach Trump
- Open Borders
- Sanctuary Cities
- Restore ODontCare
- Take Away the Tax Cuts

The Left is at war with the Constitution, with the Rule of Law, with Free Market Economics and with American Values.

They are losing. The Left is losing in both policy and politically. So they are resorting to the most extreme rhetoric and action to divert attention from the fact that their agenda has failed.

In a word, the Left is pushing for anarchy. Democrats are imploding, and that is good for America.

[Giggle]

I haven't been this proud to be American since November 3, 2008.

[Doodoo]

Alright let us in on the story What happened November 3 2008