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THE (DIS)GRACE OF AMERICA (Continues)

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from How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt:

"..we have developed a set of four behavioral warning signs that can help us know

  an authoritarian when we see one. We should worry when a politician 1) rejects, in words or action, the democratic rules of the game, 2) denies the legitimacy of opponents, 3) tolerates or encourages violence, or 4) indicates a willingness to curtail the civil liberties of opponents, including the media."

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Donald J. TrumpAug 31 Being scolded by failed former “Intelligence” officials, like James Clapper, on my condolences to Iran on their failed Rocket launch. Sadly for the United States, guys like him, Comey, and the even dumber John Brennan, don’t have a clue. They really set our Country back,....

 
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More....but now we are moving forward like never before. We are winning again, and we are respected again!

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No-we're not This is just Fake Twittering. The fake news would just call it lies. But all is not lost- If you really want to be re-elected do this ONE thing - Rescind that stupid decree to deport Isabel Bueso & others & then publicly apologize for causing so much unnecessary pain

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HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN MONTANA

And in Montana they know a bison's ass when they see one

From the Billings Gazette, August 23, 2019

 




 Trump needs to be impeached

I for, the umpteenth time, see Marian Keller of Glendive bashing Democrats and protecting the racist scoundrel, in the illegitimate office of the president.

Number one, we will put back the State Department to its high level and be back in good grace with the world.

Yes the president in office right now needs to be impeached, to charge him with his “high crimes and misdemeanors” against our United States. We need to have him charged. He thinks he’s gotten away with his misdeeds. Not!

That disgrace on the 4th of July cannot be repeated, ever. No Roosevelt, Eisenhower and Kennedy ever put on a disgrace such as that.

Don’t bash older Americans, like she did Joe Biden. The man has served his country with honor and respect for a long many years. He is the person who can right the ship of state.

Older persons of the Republican Party will never vote for Trump, such as the Bushes and Teddy Roosevelt clan. This president gained power by using nastiness and a “sworn enemy of America” to gain access, for shame.

Nancy Wilson Coleman

Billings

HON. AL GREEN -REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS RISES---YET AGAIN

 CALLING ON THE HOUSE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT

CALLING ON THE HOUSE TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 115

(House of Representatives - July 10, 2019)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Green) for 5 minutes.

  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, still I rise. It has been some 84 

days since the Mueller report was made public, some 84 days now that 

the Chief Executive Officer of this country has been above the law, 

some 84 days that we are aware of since the Mueller report. But in 

truth and in fact, before the Mueller report was presented, we knew 

that the Chief Executive Officer was behaving in a fashion that would 

indicate that he thought he was above the law, 84 days above the law, 

84 days disrespecting the law.

  He disrespects the Supreme Court of the United States of America. 

After it makes a ruling on the Census, he decides to just simply 

disregard that. ``Maybe I will use an executive order.''

  The Supreme Court has already spoken. There was a time when the 

President of the United States of America would respect a decision of 

the Supreme Court.

  He disrespects Congress, encourages witnesses not to testify, and 

refuses to surrender proper documents after they have been properly 

subpoenaed.

  He has no respect for the Court and no respect for Congress.

  Eighty-four days above the law since the Mueller report was 

presented--as heartbreaking as that is, I would also add many days 

since these babies at the border were separated from their parents.

  What kind of country are we allowing ourselves to metamorphose into 

when we will allow this to go unchecked, when we will allow babies to 

be taken from their parents? What kind of a country are we 

metamorphosing into?

  We have a responsibility, a duty, and an obligation to ensure that no 

one is above the law. Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution is the 

law. We in this House have the responsibility to enforce that law. If 

we do not enforce that law, there will be no guardrails. A ruthless, 

reckless, and lawless Chief Executive will continue to disobey the law, 

knowing that he can do what he will and what he may and that we will 

not challenge him.

  But I do believe this: I believe that time is running out. I believe 

that there be will be a vote to remove this Chief Executive. Let me 

correct that: a vote to impeach.

  I don't know what the Senate will do, but I believe he will be 

impeached. I believe he will be impeached not because of but in spite 

of a good many people who hold public trust, I might add. In spite of 

them, he is going to be impeached. Because of some who hold public 

trust and in spite of some others who hold public trust, he will be 

impeached.

  The tintinnabulations of history, the bells of history, are sounding. 

History is starting to drive this, and history will drive some people. 

There are people who make history, and there are people whom history 

will make. History is going to make some people assume their 

responsibilities and take up the challenge that the Framers of the 

Constitution have afforded us.

  I believe that this is going to take place in the near future. I 

believe that this House is going to do what it is supposed to do, that 

we are not going to place the blame on others and that we will take up 

our responsibilities.

  I believe that when it happens, America is going to be on a proper 

course. We will set a proper course so that we will show that no one is 

above the law.

  Let the Senate do what it may, but the House will have taken up its 

responsibilities and placed an indelible stain on the Chief Executive 

Officer for his attempts to remain above the law and to abuse these 

children with policies that would separate them from their parents.

  No one is above the law, not even the Chief Executive Officer in the 

most powerful country in the world.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to refrain from 

engaging in personalities toward the President.

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A SUPPLICATION AND A HOPE

From the Congressional Record

RECOGNIZING JUNETEENTH

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The Hon Antonio Delgado of New York Rises (another voice that will help redeem America's future )
in the house of representatives
                        Thursday, June 13, 2019



  Mr. DELGADO. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize Juneteenth, the 
oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United 
States.
   At its core, Juneteenth is a bittersweet celebration of deferred 
liberation.
   While the Civil War ended at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, it took 
more than two months for word of General Robert E. Lee's surrender to 
reach Texas. When General Gordon Granger, stationed in Galveston, heard 
the news on June 19th, he issued a proclamation that announced the 
freedom of 250,000 slaves in the state. By that time, more than two and 
a half years had passed since the Emancipation Proclamation took effect 
on January 1, 1863.
   Speaking at Gettysburg, President Abraham Lincoln had prophesized 
that the Civil War would bring a new birth of freedom to America. 
However, for the quarter of a million slaves in Texas that freedom 
would come much later. And for millions of black Americans, the end of 
slavery meant new forms of oppressive labor practices, racial violence, 
police brutality, and the Jim Crow era.
   While there have been tremendous strides for racial equality in the 
last 70 years including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights 
Act, affirmative action, and the election of our first black president, 
we know that we have a long way to go. We must continue to uphold our 
enduring commitment to equality and strive for a more just society for 
people of all creeds and colors.
   On Juneteenth, we remember the untold millions who suffered the 
horrors of slavery and celebrate the liberation of a people. We do so 
while keeping our eyes toward tomorrow, knowing that our best days as a 
nation are still ahead of us.

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