Rogue POTUS staff and the Unholy Trinity

But yes, `elsewhere` is the keyword.
The wh has plenty of comm sec measures they dont have, say in Syria or Iraq.

a reply to: Nyiah

Seen some guy following this on FB. Something about an anti-gay EO coming this week.

That's my litmus test, the tweet said by the end of the week.

originally posted by: chris_stibrany
But yes, `elsewhere` is the keyword.
The wh has plenty of comm sec measures they dont have, say in Syria or Iraq.

a reply to: Nyiah

On the grounds, yes. But I didn't mean to imply tweeting from the WH itself, sorry if it came off that way. What about those who run errands, come and go all day, break for lunch & go to a restaurant? That's who I'm referring to, not literally in the building at the time of tweeting.

Either way, I give this account a week for anything to come to fruition before I discount them. In the meantime, it's a neat little "Hmm" blip out there.

a reply to: The GUT

The GUT...

Trump's open nature...

When a man is quiet and thoughtful, one can imagine him to be intelligent. When he opens his mouth, and sends every such notion fleeing for the hills in chagrin, however, one cannot imagine him to be anything more than an idiot. And again and again I am confronted with one simple fact about Trump which eliminates any worth his "plain speaking" might have.

When an honest man who is wise makes a statement of truth, you can be sure of two things. First, that the statement is made from the heart, and second that it is accurate. With Mr Trump, neither thing is the case. His simple language cannot hide the fact that every word out of his mouth has all the legitimacy of a sales pitch, containing little substance, and getting wrong most of the important details, or simply failing to even recognise that any are necessary.

Trump is not a man familiar with, or a particular fan of the Truth. In this day and age, it is more vital than ever that the truth be spoken by those in high places, and as long as Trump and his creatures occupy high office, those truths will go unvoiced. That is the meaning of this presidency. How can you hold out hope in the face of that? How can you even begin to suggest that a man who does not value truth, values the constitution? He clearly does not, his actions thus far make a nonsense of the notion.

He may seem easy to read, but that is because he is shallow and foolish, not because he is honest.

originally posted by: The GUT
It is scary to contemplate that they might possibly be as evil, unholy, destructive, corrupt, and divisive as Obama/Soros/Clintons. Then I'm like, "Nah, no way that could happen."

I'm always bewildered at the fact that people can be so entrenched, that they think this administration could EVER be as bad as the Obama administration....

Failing to keep a critical and balanced eye, is EXACTLY how this sort of thing could be made possible....

Are we going to be lead like sheep or keep an eye out for the wolves should they come in sheeps clothing?

a reply to: JinMI

Without audio or video to substantiate the claims it's just more BS.

a reply to: desert

Did you spell his name correctly? I thought it was spelled "Rasputin".

He definitely has that vibe :-)

In my head I have a kind of earworm - it keeps repeating how is this happening...how is this happening...

So the big LGBT EO not going to come out now apparently. I waver between believing this account is real (because I so want it to be) :-)

Or it's a Milo Yiannopoulos kind of thing. He would so love this

Still hooked

This thread proves that Trump is on the right track.

originally posted by: jellyrev
Seen some guy following this on FB. Something about an anti-gay EO coming this week.

That's my litmus test, the tweet said by the end of the week.

Trump will be keeping obama's EO on LBGTQ+-?. This was likely what that tweet was about.
I would guess this rogue account is a lefty political analyst or political journalist.

Or course it could always be a 4channer, who was trying to troll the left and was going to lead them into a big lie and then laugh.

They are now claiming Trump has settled on Gorsuch for SCOTUS nomination. That should be an interesting test of their veracity. (The account has already had to backtrack on the LGBTQ executive order, which he said was all but confirmed, but then that due to political pressure, Trump reversed course. While that could be, it's still a point against the reliability of this account imho. So we shall see.)

Peace.

a reply to: AceWombat04

Gorsuch is being named by several sources now.

originally posted by: Kali74
a reply to: AceWombat04

Gorsuch is being named by several sources now.

He is the nominee as 20 minutes ago.

That makes this potential leak more interesting.

Very interesting.

Peace.

Just caught this.

Trump administration clampdowns on research agencies worry scientists

Chaos, confusion reign over how far-reaching, long-lasting directives are

Some restrictions are normal in a transition, …Putting a hold on making policy statements is one of those.

Withholding scientific results is not, and that fear looms, says Rosenberg, who now directs the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists in Cambridge, Mass. Banning the release and discussion of research and data would directly violate the various scientific integrity policies that guide federal agencies. Among other things, these policies state that federal scientists may speak to the media and public about their work. The EPA’s policy also says: “To operate an effective science and regulatory agency like the EPA, it is also essential that political or other officials not suppress or alter scientific findings.”

“Science isn’t intended to reflect a new administration. Science is intended to reflect data and evidence,” Rosenberg says.

.....

a reply to: soficrow

When that scientific data is being called into question a stop is reasonable. How much of that data was manipulated by the previous administration to support their policy agenda (yes the same argument could be made in reverse)?

Given the examples of how these executive agencies are openly attacking the President I think its pretty evident they might undermine the Presidents agenda based on politics or simply because they dont like him instead of doing it based on solid facts / info / data.

The firing of the AAG is a prime example of rogue holdover staff undermining the President.

a reply to: Xcathdra

That's why scientists put their findings up for discussion - to weed out the mistakes, bias, bs. ...But if there's nothing to discuss or criticize it's all just over.

I'll say this much: I HOPE this source is fake.

Currently it's tweeting about discussions over how to ensure Iran crosses the line and future military action in response. Prior to that, it tweeted about discussions on new Iran sanctions... which the MSM is now picking up apparently.

Again... I hope this source is fake.

Peace.

a reply to: AceWombat04

I know what you mean . I've been laughing at some, horrified at some, appalled at some. This thing about Iran.... it unfortunately does sound, at the minimum, plausible. This is afterall the party that hated the Iran deal, the party of war hawks now.

I wonder what President Ban...Trump will do after putting Iran "on notice". Now I wish Trump had built a Trump Tehran Tower! Barring that, I hope people google a Middle East map and notice the sizes of Iraq and Iran. Maybe it will turn out that the Iraq invasion really was a "cakewalk" compared to war or "military action" with Iran.

Hopefully this is a good sign at least.

www.reuters.com...

And from another article...

... formulated in a way that would not violate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated by Trump’s predecessor Barack Obama ...

www.reuters.com...

So at the very least, they appear to not want to be the ones who violate the agreement. Hopefully the leak is fake and/or they were reporting something discussed, but not decided.

Peace.

a reply to: AceWombat04

Thanks for the reassuring info. Having grown up in the more politically stable times of the Cold War (Viet Nam aside), I find the unstable politics of our time and its unstable White House players perhaps not capable of rational thinking and restraint when it comes to "military action". Tactical nukes were not to be used back then, period... now I'm not so sure. At the very least, Trump's "bombing the # out of" someone brought back memories of the North Viet Nam (and elsewhere) bombings.

I must say, however, the post

"POTUS seems to honestly think Putin is his friend. Says Russia will "fight with us when the time comes" against Iran." funny, horrific, and appalling all at once.