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Friday, February 15, 2019

Bears . . .

. . . repeating . . .

No.	Claim	Fact or Explanation
1	launched an unprecedented economic boom rarely seen before	GDP increased by 4.2% in Q2 of 2018, a high under Trump. Obama surpassed that 4 times during his presidency.
2	created 5.3 million new jobs	Jobs actually increased 4.9 million.
3	added 600,000 new manufacturing jobs	454,000 new manufacturing jobs were added.
4	everyone’ said above would be ‘impossible’ to do	Manufacturing jobs grew at a similar rate under Obama and significantly faster during the 1990s (Clinton and Bush presidencies)
5	nearly 5 million Americans have been ‘lifted off’ food stamps	3.5 million Americans have gotten off food stamps. During Obama’s second term 5 million Americans got off food stamps.
6	passed a massive tax cut for working families	Over 75% of the Trump tax cut went to the wealthy
7	virtually ended the estate tax, or death tax	Only 0.2% of very wealthy Americans pay estate tax
8	U.S. is now the #1 producer of oil and natural gas in the world	This has been true since 2013 during Obama’s second term.
9	our economy is thriving like never before	The economy is not the ‘best’ in history and is currently showing signs of slowing.
10	“I want people to come into our country in the largest numbers ever”. . . legally	Trump supports a bill which would sharply reduce legal immigration. In 2019 he cut refugee admissions to the lowest level in 49 years.
11	year after year, countless Americans are murdered by criminal illegal aliens	Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans.
12	San Diego used to have the most illegal border crossings in our country . . . a strong security wall was put in place . . . almost completely ended illegal crossings	The barrier ‘did not have a discernible impact’ on border crossings according to the Congressional Research Service (non-partisan).
13	El Paso used to have extremely high rates of violent crime . . . and considered one of our nation’s most dangerous cities	El Paso was never one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S.
14	(after building a barrier) El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country	El Paso had the second-lowest crime rate of cities its size before the barrier.
15	my budget will ask Democrats and Republicans to make the needed commitment to eliminate the HIV epidemic in the United States within 10 years	Trump’s 2019 budget slashed $123 million from AIDS programs
16	Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments from birth	There is no such thing as abortion ‘moments from birth.’ NY law does not allow abortion after a woman is twenty-four weeks pregnant, unless the mother’s life is in immediate jeopardy.
17	I withdrew the United States from the ‘disastrous’ Iran nuclear deal	The UN’s nuclear watchdog said the Iran deal WAS working and Trump’s intel chief says Iran is still complying without the U.S.

. . . you figure out which high-profile person posited these gems at his 2019 state-of-the-union address.

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Thursday, February 14, 2019

Don't . . .

. . . we deserve (at the very least) a president who actually 'Talks Good'?. . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-he-doesn-t-have-agree-his-intelligence-officials-n966341)

". . . "We have very fast airplanes, we have very good cargo planes," the president said. "We can come back very quickly, and I'm not leaving. We have a base in Iraq, and the base is a fantastic edifice.". . . Brennan pointed out that Trump had criticized former President Barack Obama for announcing military moves and asked if Trump likewise was telegraphing the U.S. retreat. . . "I'm not telegraphing anything," Trump said. "No, no, no. There's a difference. When President Obama pulled out of Iraq, in theory we had Iraq. In other words, we had Iraq. We never had Syria because President Obama never wanted to violate the red line in the sand.". . ."Being in Iraq was a mistake, okay," he added. "Being in Iraq — it was a big mistake to go — one of the greatest mistakes going into the Middle East that our country has ever made. One of the greatest mistakes that we've ever made.". . ."

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Comparison . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/watergate-2-0-trump-s-presidency-may-end-nixon-s-ncna947976?icid=related)
". . . For all the comparisons made between the scandals, much separates them. Nixon’s fall was a classic tragedy. He was a man of substance, with immense political experience and a record of presidential achievement in both domestic politics and foreign policy. His own resentments and paranoia about his perceived enemies propelled him into Watergate. . .There’s no such substance with Trump. His presidency has been one piece of tawdriness after another. To see the Trump tragedy, look to the Americans who are so estranged from the country’s institutions that they seem willing to risk blowing them up in order to be heard. . ."

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

One . . .

. . . of the 'good' things done by this president ? . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/big-businesses-promised-wage-hikes-trump-s-tax-cuts-what-n970081)

". . . Emerson's (Electric Co. of Sydney, OH) and other companies' payments (Emerson made a $1,000 "special contribution" to each employee's 401(k) retirement account) were a publicity bonanza for the Trump administration and the then-Republican-controlled Congress. Back in 2017, as the tax bill moved on the Hill, lawmakers claimed the cut they proposed in the corporate tax rate to 21 percent from 35 percent would trickle down to workers in the form of higher wages and bonuses. Emerson's action, and similar bonuses and wage increases, trumpeted by hundreds of companies like AT&T Corp. and Walmart Corp., provided proof the Republicans had their economic theory right. . . Or did they? For many of those same companies, a tiny fraction of the total number of U.S. businesses, executives haven't yet announced another round of bonuses or wage increases with the same fanfare — even though the tax law continues to mean billions for their bottom lines. Several advocacy groups that tracked the announcements said no new proclamations have been issued. Americans for Tax Reform, a conservative anti-tax group run by Grover Norquist which boasted last year of ongoing "good news" in bonuses and benefit increases, hasn't reported any announcement for three months. Americans for Tax Reform didn't respond to requests for comment. . . Most American businesses that announced bonuses and wage increases seem to be more like Emerson, which has "no plans to make an additional 401(k) contribution this year," a company spokeswoman said. . . That's what has made the promise of higher compensation so far elusive. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported nominal wages increased 3.2 percent in January year over year, and by less than one percent — three cents to $27.56 — month over month. While some economists have voiced enthusiasm about the improvement, other economists note that wages must grow for a sustained period to offset decades of stagnation. . ."

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Monday, February 11, 2019

Additional . . .

. . . troublesome FACTS . . .

". . .Violent crime has been dropping in El Paso since its modern-day peak in 1993 and was at historic lows before a fence was authorized by Congress in 2006. Violent crime actually ticked up during the border fence's construction and after its completion, according to police data collected by the FBI. . . Democratic officials immediately took issue with the picture Trump painted Tuesday night, saying the president was using their city to justify a pointless and unnecessary wall. . ."The facts are clear. While it is true that El Paso is one of the safest cities in the nation, it has never been '...considered one of our Nation’s most dangerous cities,'" the city's sheriff, Richard Wiles, an Democrat, said in a statement after Trump concluded his address. "And, El Paso was a safe city long before any wall was built.”. . ."

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Sunday, February 10, 2019

Nothing . . .

. . . that I, or anyone else, does musically hasn't already been done before

(from https://www.complex.com/music/2013/08/how-to-sound-smart-about-music/)
"This is so derivative."

"I like their older stuff better."

"They're okay, but they're not artists."

"This album was recorded in a barn in Marrakech."

"They're good, but [insert artist name]'s solo album is better."

"They're good on a 'technical' level."

"All of the songs sound the same."

"You've got to hear them live to understand."

"Pitchfork gave it an 8.4."

"It sounds like a hurricane punching a Dracula in the solar plexus."

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Saturday, February 9, 2019

Nixon-esque. . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-goes-sweeping-house-investigation-russia-his-finances-n968701)

". . . Trump, in Nixon-esque fashion, attacked the ongoing investigations he faces during his State of the Union address. . ."If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation," he said. "It just doesn't work that way!" In his last State of the Union address, in 1974, President Richard Nixon called for an end to the Watergate probe. He would resign as a result of it later that year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters after a Democratic Caucus meeting on Wednesday that Trump's comment "was a threat." "The president should not bring threats to the floor of the House," she said, adding, "He said he wasn’t going to cooperate unless we didn’t exercise our constitutional responsibility to oversight." "The bottom line is that we are as a country, we've always had Congress do oversight over the executive branch," (Chuck) Schumer said. "That's how the Founding Fathers set it up.". . . "And the president says if you investigate me I'm not going to make progress," he said. "That's already doing what he did with the shutdown. Holding the American people hostage. He's got something to hide. Because if he had nothing to hide, he'd just shrug his shoulders and let these investigations go forward. He's afraid of them.". . . "

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