Thursday, December 22, 2016

Two Trump Companies Discovered In Cyprus, EU’s Russian Off-Shore Banking Haven

Oh My...

The Democratic Coalition uncovered two Trump companies registered in Cyprus, the tax haven and money laundering center serving Vladimir Putin and Russian oligarchs.
Notably, Cyprus is the only EU country which has given the Russia military and Navy the right to freely use their bases for operations.
Senior Advisor Scott Dworkin released the information on Trump’s Cyprus shell companies for the Democratic Coalition via Twitter as part of his #TrumpLeaks investigations:
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Millionaires the Big Winners From Repealing the Affordable Care Act, New Data Show

Chye-Ching Huang
Paul N. Van de Water

Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would provide large, lopsided tax cuts to households with annual incomes over $1 million, just-released data from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (TPC) show.  TPC also finds ACA repeal would significantly raise taxes on about 7 million low- and moderate-income families due to the loss of their premium tax credits to buy health coverage through the marketplace.  These tax increases would compound the harm to low- and moderate-income families from repealing the ACA’s other coverage provisions — cost-sharing assistance and the Medicaid expansion — and would add tens of millions of people to the ranks of the uninsured.
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Insurance Industry Mercenary Paul Ryan

6.4 million sign up for Affordable Care Act plans, more than in ...

 

From The Right, Critics Hit Paul Ryan's Obamacare Repeal Plan

 

Trump could quickly doom ACA cost-sharing subsidies for millions of ...

 

Obamacare enrollment surges ahead of possible ACA repeal by Congress

 

 

Nice Time! Trump Beaten By Union Maids In Vegas Hotel Labor Fight

Your Nice Time today comes from Sin City itself, Las Vegas, Nevada, where union workers have been fighting for two years to organize workers at the incredibly tacky not-even-on-the-Strip Trump International Hotel. Wednesday, they finally reached a contract agreement with Trump and the hotel’s co-owner, Phillip Ruffin. You can’t scare them, Donnie, they’re in the union! Next target for organizing: Trump’s newly opened (and probably illegal) hotel in Washington DC. Tell us more, HuffPo!
Read more at http://wonkette.com/609600/nice-time-trump-beaten-by-bunch-of-housekeepers-in-vegas-hotel-union-fight#RB42YPummpjLGg8j.99

Rachel Maddow says it looks like a giant tacky knife hilt stabbed into the desert. Good call.
I think it looks like Trump's homage to the Tang tinted erect penis.

Trump Suggests Berlin Attack Affirms His Plan to Bar Muslims






Trump: Europe attacks proved me right

Trump suggests he may go ahead with Muslim ban after Berlin attack

Donald Trump on Proposed Muslim Ban: 'You Know My Plans'

Is Donald Trump a traitor? His path to the White House suggests a pattern of profound disloyalty

There's a word for someone who colludes with a foreign power to subvert democracy and overthrow political norms 

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Republican nominee Donald Trump urged a foreign power, Russia, to interfere in the American election in order to undermine his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. Russia complied. The American intelligence community, including the CIA and FBI, has reached a “strong consensus” that the Russians interfered with the presidential election in order to help Donald Trump win.

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Is John McCain Right About Civilization Unraveling?

Published on Dec 19, 2016
The relative comfort most Americans have known is less stable and permanent than we'd like to think. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. http://tytnetwork.com

“He now says it was cute, but he doesn’t want to use it anymore.” Drain The Swamp

Cute????

Trump adviser says he is ditching 'drain the swamp'

CNBC-17 hours ago
Trump adviser says he is ditching 'drain the swamp' ... Gingrich, a vice chairman of the transition team, also predicted there would be "constant ..

Drain the swamp' promise gets complicated

Press Herald-10 hours ago
Newt Gingrich, a transition team official, predicts 'constant fighting' over ... the president-elect's promises to “drain the swamp” of Washington.

NPR Podcast of Gingrich interview with other fascinating revelations,.


Vladimir Putin- “Make America Great Again”

Trump posse browbeats Hill Republicans

Come on...grow a pair. We got your back.

Lawmakers are loath to say anything remotely critical, fearful they might set off the president-elect or his horde of enforcers.





Veterans and refugees are not just political talking points

Those Are Real People: Veterans & Refugees Edition | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS 

Published on Dec 19, 2016
Did you know veterans and refugees are not just political talking points, but actual people too? Allana Harkin investigates.



Please visit  Vets for American Ideals

Where Liberals And Progressives Should And Shouldn’t Spend Their Money

December 21, 2015 by Mindy Fischer

One of the best ways to fight right wing extremism in our daily lives is with our wallets. You and I may not be able to make million dollar donations to our favorite causes, but we can still make our voices heard by choosing where we spend our hard earned dollars….and where we don’t.

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Mitch McConnell, A Modern-Day Machiavelli

Sold out democracy for his own lust for power. Public enemy No. One, even beyond Trump and Putin. He enabled it on his watch and he even blackmailed the President of the United States to keep things under wraps. Thug politics orcastrator.

The Kentucky senator stood to be a big loser in the 2016 elections. Instead, he emerged more powerful than ever.

12/21/2016 04:19 pm ET
 
“I think Machiavelli had at least a little bit of heart,” he said. “I don’t think McConnell does.”
 
   
 
 
  
 
 

How Our New Corporate Overlords Plan to Thrive ~ The Resistance

Published on Dec 21, 2016
The part-time president and the plot to pilfer Social Security

Watch the Bizarre Videos That Cops Made About the North Dakota Pipeline Protesters

Sheriff Paul D. Laney makes series of rationalizing videos, "Know the Truth" where his officers show " Restraint in the Face of Protest."

Nice tactical gear ya got there Buddy.

A gonzo propaganda series presents the sheriff's side of the DAPL clashes.



Know the Truth Morton Co. - video series kickoff