January 24, 2017
I cannot recall either hearing or hearing of an American
president issuing a “decree.” That is precisely what I heard from the 45th
president the other day. Hair Chrump issued a decree. He used that word. It was
childish and meaningless, and he probably does not know what a decree is, but a
decree it was. He thinks he is the king. Making decrees. Other than his
(first?) decree, his administration is off to a running start: making
affordable housing less affordable, erring on the side of voter suppression in
Texas, scrubbing the White House website of any mention of climate change,
civil rights and healthcare, mortally wounding the Affordable Care Act. Now Der
Furor has closed the White House switchboard comments line. A man of the people. Just
not any people you know. Chrump
retroactively issued a proclamation declaring January 20, 2017 a National Day
of Patriotic Devotion because, "A new national pride [It is easy to
understand how Chrump would mistake panic for pride.] stirs the American soul
and inspires the American heart. We are one people, [Wrong] united by a common
destiny and a shared purpose." Wrong. SAD!
Do Not Forget the
Cabinet of Doom
While
J. Beauregard Sessions was hiding under a table somewhere to avoid facing John
Lewis’s testimony against Sessions’ appointment as Contemptable Attorney
General another hearing was going on for Contemptable Secretary of State. One
of the wealthiest and arguably the most heinous corporations on the planet –
the folks who brought you severely doctored research on global climate change
back in the 1970s, the folks who brought you Valdez, Alaska (did you think we
forgot that you filthy murdering bastards?) – whose CEO has been tapped by
Chrump as Secretary of State, under whose leadership his company violated trade
embargos with Iran (did I say IRAN? (yes I believe I did)), and which owns
almost five times more oil-soaked real estate in Russia than it does in the
United States (remember the United States?) but cannot drill any oil on thanks
to sanctions, is poised to have its CEO become the one person in the United
States who can, ensure these sanctions are rescinded? That company is Exxon and
its shameless Putin-loving, Earth-killing CEO is Rex Tillerson, whose sole
purpose in life since he was 23 years old was the addition of commas and zeros
to his beloved company’s (and his own) bottom line to exclusion of any other
earthly consideration. I am as certain as I can be regarding this man’s
allegiances as he commits perjury regarding Exxon’s provable lobbying of
Congress during the hearing to approve his nomination. After all, he is the CEO
of the company, what possible motivation could he have to use the second most
powerful position in the “government” to help Exxon at the expense of nation?
Nobody has to tell Americans to
go f*#k themselves…we did it voluntarily
How many billionaires
can dance on the heads of the poor?
Chrump crowed about having a cabinet with “by far the
highest IQ of any Cabinet ever assembled.” Naturally Chrump has no idea what
the IQ scores of his or any other cabinet ever assembled might or might not be. It is likely that
Chrump equates dollars with IQ points. He probably does have the wealthiest cabinet
ever dissembled. Combined (there are 17 of them) they have greater wealth than
one third of actual everyday Americans, you know the kind of people that voted
for Chrump because he was just plain folk, fighting for the little guy and
draining the swamp. Did you not get the memo? Chrump
like any good fascist, tries to hide behind claims he is a man of the people. He does not know any
people. Spending all of his time with his family and other sycophants, Chrump
would not know actual people if they bit him the leg.
The Chrump administration looks to be flush with
billionaires - with or without an IQ. After all, who understands the needs and feelings of the average
Joe better than those who have spent years stepping on, over and past him with
nary a glance?
Steven Mnuchin
(Goldman Sachs) Net Worth: At least $166 million and as much as
$500 million
Secretary of Commerce: Wilbur Ross Jr. Net Worth: around $2.5
billion
Secretary of Labor: Andrew Puzder (fast food CEO)Net
Worth: $45 million
Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson (EXXON CEO) Net Worth: $325
million, including $240 million in Exxon stock.
Secretary of Education: Betsy DeVos (heiress) Net
Worth: $1.25 billion, with family wealth adding up to $3.85 billion more.
She’s currently a member of three yacht clubs, three golf clubs, and one
“premier private business and social club.”
Chrump’s cabinet so far – there are still two openings – is worth an
estimated $4.5 billion, 60% higher than the combined wealth of Barack Obama’s
current cabinet. Democracy Now estimates Chrump’s cabinet’s worth at $11 billion.
Chrump himself claims to be a billionaire. There is absolutely no proof
of this. Given his propensity (to say the least) deal in alternative facts we
can be certain he is using his own special facts. And you can’t have them. No facts for you!
Fun Non-Alternative Fact: Despite Chrump’s constant slamming of his
opponents for palling around with Goldman Sachs, and now much to no one's surprise, he has five people from Goldman Sachs in high places
in his administration.
Take that swamp!
I. Mangrey reporting.
Mad in USA
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