This will be very brief because I am without power again, and am operating on a generator that is undoubtedly keeping the neighbors awake. Today, the Department of Justice ruled that the Treasury Department can release to Congress six years of former president Trump’s tax returns. Trump was the first president since Richard M. Nixon to refuse to disclose his taxes, and the House Ways and Means Committee requested them in April 2019.
In what world will djt not contest the ruling to release his tax returns? He will tie this up in court as long as the law allows....and then some. He has been abusing the court system his entire adult life.
Today my concern lies with the 6 million plus households facing eviction as the moratorium ends. This has been an untenable situation for both sides. Funds have been hard to obtain due to red tape. Landlords are refusing government payouts because of the strings attached and because they think they can find more stable tenants. Tenants being evicted are still on the hook for back rent even if their landlords refused government funds. Evicted tenants are effectively black listed and can’t find landlords who will accept them.
These are families already struggling and now facing homelessness in the middle of a surging pandemic where affordable housing has dried up.
As a landlord, I understand how difficult this year has been. When our tenant had her hours cut she called us in a panic. We agreed to cut her rent in hall until her employment improved. Now a year later, she’s fully employed and we’re raising her rent gradually until she’s back to full rent.
Deferring rent doesn’t work, it only digs a deeper and deeper hole for those least able to pay it back. States were allotted funds to distribute and many have slow walked that distribution. The money sits in state coffers while their citizens face eviction.
The 2020 attempted coup may not have been successful, but the enemy is already setting the game so they can do it successfully in 2024. Things are more dangerous now than they were a year ago.
And the pandemic is doing a great job of tearing us apart socially, so that it will be even easier politically.
There are times when the only way I can be an optimist is to just say "fuck it." We HAVE to win.
Tя☭mp may try to contest the release of his tax returns to Congress by the Treasury department but will learn he lacks standing for such a suit. The order by DoJ and the cited law that requires the release of the returns is about the Treasury department not Tя☭mp releasing the returns. Sorry Tя☭mp but you are just not involved and SOL.
Tя☭mp’s criminality is now being addressed by many judicial and legal authorities and that list will only continue to grow. He will be a defendant in legal proceedings for whatever remains of his miserable life. Based on his losing streak in those heard to date, undoubtedly many of those will not go well for him. Is this crook really the person the Republican party wants as its leader?
As I watch this blatant act of deceit by the former President play out, I still don't feel he or his accomplices will be properly punished.
I am reminded of the lawyer phrase, never ask a question you don't already know the answer to. Never do an insurrection that you know you can't get away with. The biggest attempted heist of the US administration in plan view happened January 6th. There is no question.. All the expected GOP participants are clamoring to the press to spin their perverted version of the day. As long as they spin this bullshit, their followers will continue to build momentum.
How much more does one need to hear from the police officers, under oath, that the insurrectionists were yelling " Trump sent us" ?
I go back to my often stated, "if President Obama did this can you imagine what the GOP would do?
If Rep. Jim Jordan is any indication, the R Congressmen who aided and abetted DT in ways that fomented the Jan 6 Insurrection are feeling scared out of their minds tonight. Rep. Jordan stuttered and squirmed in great anxiety and looked like a deer trapped in the headlines (pun intended) when asked the question if he had talked with DT on Jan. 6th. Before, during or after the insurrection...? You could see his brain spinning searching for the safe answer -- after I think... Whoa. He knows he's not going to get away with that answer. He knows the answer. He now fears he will be under oath in front of the Special Committee the next time he is asked that question. I hope these R MoCs responsible for The Insurrection are seeing their careers in Congress about to end and knowing it might be too late to save themselves. The order to release the DT tax returns was a nice little nail for their coffins. I keep thinking about how this time will be viewed in another generation or two. Will this be one of the turning points? The Insurrection is seeing the The now capitalized and emphasized as a very significant historical event. The 9/11 equivalent turning the country upside down on 1/6 by domestic terrorists. A day of infamy with President Biden as the new FDR or better the JRB - Joseph Robinette Biden, a man in his finest hour.
I wish I could say this is shocking. It would make me sleep better, but it's not going to. The Orang attempted...fill in the blank...It's the way it was. My hat is tipped to those who were brave enough to say, "no," to this National embarrasment... THEY are heroes.
"Sedition; noun: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority." Miriam Webster, Collegiate Edition.
Donaghue, Rosen, and the ex-president, especially the ex-president, must be called before the House Jan. 6th commission, with a subpoena if necessary, sworn in, and grilled on the conversation described above, and any other discussion or communication that might be germane to the Jan. 6th insurrection.
If the conversation described by HCR this morning took place, a president of the United States committed the crime of sedition while sitting in the Oval Office.
Are we not confounded as Americans, day after day, in this time of tumult and uncertainty? Yesterday, justice began to be served on Donald J. Trump, and we received some depressing news about the Delta variant.
Our plans are now disrupted and our health is further challenged, Can our hearts still be merry?
'I have understood well that the duty of self-preservation rests solely with the American people'.
--Abraham Lincoln's January 19, 1863 Letter to the Workingmen of England
These words might sound threatening if they were spoken by some of the folks I know locally, or out in East Texas.
But, coming from Donald Trump?
I have to smile broadly. Maybe even laugh out loud.
Everything, I mean everything that was ever "left to Trump"? Failed spectacularly.
Let's consider, for example, his Capitol "insurrection". Calling on a bunch of older, out of shape, white, male, SSD and Welfare recipients, sitting in their basements watching Fox News, to take over the Congress?
50 or so Capital police held them off, distracted them and saved every last person in Congress from contact with them.
Not exactly George Washington is Trump.
I think we will be OK folks. When someone who has failed at every last thing they have ever done in their life, and backstopped that failure with bankruptcy law, takes up anything at all, the probability of failure is nearly 1.0.
Could he succeed if someone else takes over? Sure.
But, as long as Trump is driving? Just laugh like you are driving in a convertible on a nice sunny day.
Ms. Richardson, can you give us an explanation for why more funding for the IRS was removed from the current infrastructure legislation? Persons like me asking my congresspersons to raise taxes on the most fortunate and on whatever corporate earnings that didn't get shipped to Ireland for a green-time of some sort. Proponents of lowering taxes often claim more money would be available if existing tax laws were enforced which could get people to pay their share, but cutting taxes, then underfunding the tax inspectors and regulators calls for saying "Do you think I'm as stupid as I look?" Through 3-D glasses, this kind of free-market looks more like a "free ride system." I've been accused of too little faith in the justice of trickle-down economics, but I got very suspicious when I found some secret documents which showed trickle-down to be crossed out and outhouse substituted in its place. Most of us have mastered intuitive reasoning enough to know the relative benefit difference between sitting in the outhouse and sitting underneath. It's the kind of truth that is said to just "hit you in the face," to coin a phrase.
“Don’t expect you to do that, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the (Republican) Congressmen.”
I'm sure the traitors have all met and agreed on their story. We'll hear the denials from their lying mouths. Meanwhile they continue their heinous plot to destroy American democracy as we know and knew it. Lock them up where they belong.
Trump, Trump, Trump: the Chinese Water Treatment, with dirty water. It’s all over but the shouting. The FBI got Capone on taxes. Elliot Ness, as I recall. One L or two.
In what world will djt not contest the ruling to release his tax returns? He will tie this up in court as long as the law allows....and then some. He has been abusing the court system his entire adult life.
Today my concern lies with the 6 million plus households facing eviction as the moratorium ends. This has been an untenable situation for both sides. Funds have been hard to obtain due to red tape. Landlords are refusing government payouts because of the strings attached and because they think they can find more stable tenants. Tenants being evicted are still on the hook for back rent even if their landlords refused government funds. Evicted tenants are effectively black listed and can’t find landlords who will accept them.
These are families already struggling and now facing homelessness in the middle of a surging pandemic where affordable housing has dried up.
As a landlord, I understand how difficult this year has been. When our tenant had her hours cut she called us in a panic. We agreed to cut her rent in hall until her employment improved. Now a year later, she’s fully employed and we’re raising her rent gradually until she’s back to full rent.
Deferring rent doesn’t work, it only digs a deeper and deeper hole for those least able to pay it back. States were allotted funds to distribute and many have slow walked that distribution. The money sits in state coffers while their citizens face eviction.
This is an unfolding tragedy.
The 2020 attempted coup may not have been successful, but the enemy is already setting the game so they can do it successfully in 2024. Things are more dangerous now than they were a year ago.
And the pandemic is doing a great job of tearing us apart socially, so that it will be even easier politically.
There are times when the only way I can be an optimist is to just say "fuck it." We HAVE to win.
Tя☭mp may try to contest the release of his tax returns to Congress by the Treasury department but will learn he lacks standing for such a suit. The order by DoJ and the cited law that requires the release of the returns is about the Treasury department not Tя☭mp releasing the returns. Sorry Tя☭mp but you are just not involved and SOL.
Tя☭mp’s criminality is now being addressed by many judicial and legal authorities and that list will only continue to grow. He will be a defendant in legal proceedings for whatever remains of his miserable life. Based on his losing streak in those heard to date, undoubtedly many of those will not go well for him. Is this crook really the person the Republican party wants as its leader?
Quick, turn off the generator, eat the ice cream before it melts and listen to the quiet.
Thank you Heather.
As I watch this blatant act of deceit by the former President play out, I still don't feel he or his accomplices will be properly punished.
I am reminded of the lawyer phrase, never ask a question you don't already know the answer to. Never do an insurrection that you know you can't get away with. The biggest attempted heist of the US administration in plan view happened January 6th. There is no question.. All the expected GOP participants are clamoring to the press to spin their perverted version of the day. As long as they spin this bullshit, their followers will continue to build momentum.
How much more does one need to hear from the police officers, under oath, that the insurrectionists were yelling " Trump sent us" ?
I go back to my often stated, "if President Obama did this can you imagine what the GOP would do?
Be safe, be well.
If Rep. Jim Jordan is any indication, the R Congressmen who aided and abetted DT in ways that fomented the Jan 6 Insurrection are feeling scared out of their minds tonight. Rep. Jordan stuttered and squirmed in great anxiety and looked like a deer trapped in the headlines (pun intended) when asked the question if he had talked with DT on Jan. 6th. Before, during or after the insurrection...? You could see his brain spinning searching for the safe answer -- after I think... Whoa. He knows he's not going to get away with that answer. He knows the answer. He now fears he will be under oath in front of the Special Committee the next time he is asked that question. I hope these R MoCs responsible for The Insurrection are seeing their careers in Congress about to end and knowing it might be too late to save themselves. The order to release the DT tax returns was a nice little nail for their coffins. I keep thinking about how this time will be viewed in another generation or two. Will this be one of the turning points? The Insurrection is seeing the The now capitalized and emphasized as a very significant historical event. The 9/11 equivalent turning the country upside down on 1/6 by domestic terrorists. A day of infamy with President Biden as the new FDR or better the JRB - Joseph Robinette Biden, a man in his finest hour.
Keeping the pressure on in Texas
Justice Department sues Governor Abbott over executive order on migrants: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/politics/greg-abbott-justice-department-lawsuit.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20210730&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=103820600&segment_id=64980&user_id=c2f4f50a36dc90a23a014672d0f1f5b5
Poor People's Campaign will hold rally today, July 31, after moral march from Georgetown to Austin:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/georgetown-to-austin-march-for-democracy
Whoa! To read the words, "...leave the rest to me."
I wish I could say this is shocking. It would make me sleep better, but it's not going to. The Orang attempted...fill in the blank...It's the way it was. My hat is tipped to those who were brave enough to say, "no," to this National embarrasment... THEY are heroes.
"Sedition; noun: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority." Miriam Webster, Collegiate Edition.
Donaghue, Rosen, and the ex-president, especially the ex-president, must be called before the House Jan. 6th commission, with a subpoena if necessary, sworn in, and grilled on the conversation described above, and any other discussion or communication that might be germane to the Jan. 6th insurrection.
If the conversation described by HCR this morning took place, a president of the United States committed the crime of sedition while sitting in the Oval Office.
Are we not confounded as Americans, day after day, in this time of tumult and uncertainty? Yesterday, justice began to be served on Donald J. Trump, and we received some depressing news about the Delta variant.
Our plans are now disrupted and our health is further challenged, Can our hearts still be merry?
'I have understood well that the duty of self-preservation rests solely with the American people'.
--Abraham Lincoln's January 19, 1863 Letter to the Workingmen of England
Trump said: "leave the rest to me".
Hmmm.
These words might sound threatening if they were spoken by some of the folks I know locally, or out in East Texas.
But, coming from Donald Trump?
I have to smile broadly. Maybe even laugh out loud.
Everything, I mean everything that was ever "left to Trump"? Failed spectacularly.
Let's consider, for example, his Capitol "insurrection". Calling on a bunch of older, out of shape, white, male, SSD and Welfare recipients, sitting in their basements watching Fox News, to take over the Congress?
50 or so Capital police held them off, distracted them and saved every last person in Congress from contact with them.
Not exactly George Washington is Trump.
I think we will be OK folks. When someone who has failed at every last thing they have ever done in their life, and backstopped that failure with bankruptcy law, takes up anything at all, the probability of failure is nearly 1.0.
Could he succeed if someone else takes over? Sure.
But, as long as Trump is driving? Just laugh like you are driving in a convertible on a nice sunny day.
Anything Trump does has failed, and will fail.
Ms. Richardson, can you give us an explanation for why more funding for the IRS was removed from the current infrastructure legislation? Persons like me asking my congresspersons to raise taxes on the most fortunate and on whatever corporate earnings that didn't get shipped to Ireland for a green-time of some sort. Proponents of lowering taxes often claim more money would be available if existing tax laws were enforced which could get people to pay their share, but cutting taxes, then underfunding the tax inspectors and regulators calls for saying "Do you think I'm as stupid as I look?" Through 3-D glasses, this kind of free-market looks more like a "free ride system." I've been accused of too little faith in the justice of trickle-down economics, but I got very suspicious when I found some secret documents which showed trickle-down to be crossed out and outhouse substituted in its place. Most of us have mastered intuitive reasoning enough to know the relative benefit difference between sitting in the outhouse and sitting underneath. It's the kind of truth that is said to just "hit you in the face," to coin a phrase.
“Don’t expect you to do that, just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the (Republican) Congressmen.”
I'm sure the traitors have all met and agreed on their story. We'll hear the denials from their lying mouths. Meanwhile they continue their heinous plot to destroy American democracy as we know and knew it. Lock them up where they belong.
Trump, Trump, Trump: the Chinese Water Treatment, with dirty water. It’s all over but the shouting. The FBI got Capone on taxes. Elliot Ness, as I recall. One L or two.
In Single Tweet, Stefanik Celebrates Medicare And Medicaid, Rejects ‘Socialist’ Healthcare
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So much for thinking she's "smart". The replies to her tweet are Hall of Famers
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-single-tweet-stefanik-celebrates-medicare-and-medicaid-rejects-socialist-healthcare