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Post by nashville11 on Jan 22, 2019 22:04:31 GMT
And under the heading of things I've learned today that I never wanted to know, the JA uses Tresemme hair spray. Note to self: Never ever buy that brand.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 15:53:54 GMT
I hope it's only "a little bit of pain" for Lara Trump when her husband, & the whole darn family ends up broke, in jail or whatever. We'll see how much of a little bit of pain her family can endure then. Shame on her!........................
Lara Trump, the wife of President Donald Trump’s son Eric, has a message for the more than 800,000 federal workers going without pay amid the ongoing partial government shutdown: It’s “a little bit of pain” but your children will thank you later.
The host of “Real News Insights,” a webcast funded by Trump’s re-election campaign, told digital news network Bold TV on Monday that the president is doing “everything he can” to resolve the federal budget impasse.
“Listen, it’s not fair to you and we all get that,” Lara Trump said. “But this is so much bigger than any one person. It is a little bit of pain but it’s going to be for the future of our country. And their children and their grandchildren and generations after them will thank them for their sacrifice right now.”
The shutdown ― the longest such closure in U.S. history ― entered its 33rd day on Wednesday with no end in sight. The president has vowed to veto a spending bill that would reopen federal agencies affected by the shutdown if it does not include $5.7 billion toward his long-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats have steadfastly denied his demand, calling the wall ineffective and immoral.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of federal employees have been furloughed or, if deemed essential, continue to work without pay. Though they will likely receive back pay once the government reopens, many are struggling to pay rent or buy necessities in the interim. And it’s estimated hundreds of thousands ― if not millions ― of government contractor workers will likely never receive retroactive pay.
Workers across several federal agencies ― including Coast Guard members, Transportation Security Administration screeners and others ― have been consumed with anxiety as they struggle to put food on their tables, afford their medicines and pay their mortgages.
Lara Trump on Monday said she understands their hardships but hopes they realize this is the Trump administration’s “one opportunity” to fix the country’s immigration issues.
“I know it’s hard,” she told Bold TV. “I know they have bills to pay, they have mortgages, they have rents that are due, but the president is trying every single day to come up with a good solution here. The reality is it’s been something that has gone on for too long and been unaddressed ― our immigration problem. If we do nothing right now, it’s never going to get fixed. This is our one opportunity.”
“I would just tell them, please stay strong,” she continued. “We appreciate everything that you’re sacrificing. We’re behind you and we are going to do everything that we can, I know the president is doing everything he can, to resolve this quickly.”......................Huff Post
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 16:07:10 GMT
Makes you just want to reach through the screen and slap her doesn't it! She never went through a financial hardship in her life, and she never will. How callous and arrogant! Sounds like Marie Antoinette saying let them eat cake if they have no bread. This morning I was listening to an interview with an IRS worker who's landlord is threatening eviction. What a hard-hearted landlord as well. (Maybe they rent from the Trumps! ) I don't understand people like that landlord either. We have rental property, and while we're not major real estate people by any means, we would never, ever do that.
Another thing I don't understand is I thought it was illegal to require people to work without pay. So how are they getting around that? Is it legal if it is the Federal government doing it? Evidently I guess it must be. Requiring people to work without pay, not allowing people to work and putting them in serious financial jeopardy, government employees having to utilize soup kitchens, etc. It is such a national disgrace! Unfortunately, it's not even the first national disgrace we have since this JA took office, and even worse it won't be the last one.
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 16:09:33 GMT
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Post by DotRen on Jan 23, 2019 16:58:04 GMT
Lara Trump: "let them eat cake"...
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Post by luanne on Jan 23, 2019 16:58:31 GMT
Another thing I don't understand is I thought it was illegal to require people to work without pay. So how are they getting around that? Is it legal if it is the Federal government doing it? Evidently I guess it must be. Requiring people to work without pay, not allowing people to work and putting them in serious financial jeopardy, government employees having to utilize soup kitchens, etc. It is such a national disgrace! Unfortunately, it's not even the first national disgrace we have since this JA took office, and even worse it won't be the last one.
There are already a couple of suites being brought forward on this issue by federal employee labor unions.
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Post by DotRen on Jan 23, 2019 17:01:02 GMT
I saw a pretty good option from a FB friend who shared it: want the Trump backers (aka the wealthy business people) to get Trump to settle this? Let every TSA worker go on strike until it's settled. Shutting down the airports would hit them right in the pocket book, the only thing they care about.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 17:01:15 GMT
POLITICS 01/23/2019 11:34 am ET Updated 6 minutes ago Sarah Huckabee Sanders Ripped For Defense Of MAGA Teens “The idea anybody could take joy in the destruction of young kids is absolutely outrageous to me,” she said of the Covington Catholic students.......Huff Post
SHS actually makes me gag!...What a Trump Stooge she is!...I'm sure her daddy Mike is so proud of his daughters comments since she falls not far from the family tree of stupidity!
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 21:56:02 GMT
Gee, according to the Prez we Democrats don't want to stop crime, and birdgal you are really bad because those of you on Long Island (I think you're on Long Island) don't want to curtail MS-13. Shame on us all! It must be true if the President of the United States says so on national TV. Not! LOL! This guy is totally bonkers. And Nancy Pelosi just doesn't want to hear the truth, but lots of Democrats are now switching over and becoming Republicans. He knows of a lot of them who are doing this. Why should he be given a captive audience to stand up and rant and rave, lying with every breath in the House of Representatives. The Constitution just says he has to give a report on the state of the union. It doesn't say when, how, or where. I could give the report on the state of the union right now myself just like each one of you could do. We all know it's in a MESS! Put the government back to work.
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 22:13:02 GMT
Did you ever in your wildest imagination prior to 2016 think that you would hear someone say they want to postpone their testimony before Congress because of threats being made against their family by the President of the United States and his lawyer? It's like we're living in the Twilight Zone.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2019 22:30:11 GMT
I have been just shaking my head today with all that is going on & wondering what the heck is happening!!...This is NOT the country i grew up in. Right in front of everyone's nose, Putin's puppet is bringing chaos to every corner of this country he can & the GOP is silent!!!....McConnell is a scum!....a spineless one at that. Everyone that stood silent & enabled JA should be charged as well. Preferably Treason, IMHO!....I'm just mad & cranky today!
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 22:35:57 GMT
Linda, I think we are all mad and cranky with good reason. You are absolutely right that our country is being destroyed before our eyes while Republicans cheer on the destruction. There evidently is not a single patriot on the right side of the aisle, and McConnell as you said truly is spineless scum.
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Post by nashville11 on Jan 23, 2019 23:18:03 GMT
I think I may have smoke coming out of my ears. I just saw a FB post by an older woman in her late 80s. She was hoping the shutdown would end soon, as people are hurting. She did not place blame anywhere although I happen to know she is Republican. Someone she knows, I do not, responded saying that this person does not believe people are hurting that badly. If they are in need they can always deliver pizzas. IDIOT!!! And by the way, evidently she doesn't know pizza delivery drivers have to furnish their own gas and cars, they make very little, and why should a government employee have to do this in the first place. I don't know the person who said this,but I would be willing to bet she is living pretty comfortably and not worrying about how her bills are going to be paid.
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Post by birdgal on Jan 24, 2019 0:41:11 GMT
Nancy Pelosi, imho, is the only one with the balls to stand up to the thug in the WH, and she doesn't even have any!
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Post by yogamama007 on Jan 24, 2019 2:30:36 GMT
Why would she want balls?
As Betty White says: “Why do people say "grow some balls"? Balls are weak and sensitive. If you wanna be tough, grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.” ― Betty White
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