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1. Joe: Michael Flynn Registered As Foreign Agent For Turkey ‘Shocking’ | Morning Joe | MSNBC (2017-03-10) 145,696 views MSNBC – “Vice President Mike Pence has now weighed in on the revelation that former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn performed more than half a million dollars’ worth of lobbying for Turkey before election day. Morning Joe discusses the confusing nature behind whether Flynn resigned or was fired by the White House.” |
1. Vice President Mike Pence on Michael Flynn’s Resignation (2017-03-09) 9,587 views Fox News Insider – “Vice President Mike Pence joins Bret Baier tonight from Capitol Hill to discuss a range of issues surrounding the Trump administration.” |
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2. HHS Secy. Tom Price: We Don’t Believe People Will Lose Health Coverage | Morning Joe | MSNBC (2017-03-10) 53,671 views MSNBC – “U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price talks about the GOP health care bill and shares why he believes Americans will not lose health care due to this new plan.” |
2. Speaker Ryan’s Presentation on the American Health Care Act (2017-03-09) 10,184 views Speaker Paul Ryan – “News & Politics.” |
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3. Administration asks 46 US attorneys to resign (2017-03-10) 19,881 views CNN – “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has asked for the resignations of 46 US attorneys, the Justice Department announced Friday. CNN’s Erin Burnett and Scott Glover discuss.” |
3. AG Sessions asks 46 U.S. attorneys appointed by Obama to resign (2017-03-10) 4,782 views Fox Business – “Former federal prosecutor Michael Wildes, political analyst Gina Loudon, FNC Contributor Rich Lowry and Conservative commentator Kirsten Haglund on whether it was right for the Trump administration to ask Obama appointed attorney generals to resign..” |
* Erik’s Editorial: Donald Trump bans migrants from 6 countries (too Muslim), Erik Heels bans Fox News (too conservative) and The Young Turks (too liberal), Why Trump needs pets (2017-03-08)
Day 48 of Donald Trump, the 45th and worst President of the United States.
By Erik J. Heels
First published 3/8/2017; FailedPols.com; publisher: GiantPeople.
Muslim Ban 2.0
On 03/06/17, Donald Trump issued (minus the photo op and speech) his Muslim ban 2.0 as Executive Order 13780 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_executive_actions_by_Donald_Trump). What puzzles me about most of Trump’s executive orders is that it is easy to figure out who is HARMED by the order (those from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen), but it is very difficult to figure out who BENEFITS from the order. Racists? White supremacists? The alt-right? All of the above? You tell me.
In any event, Hawaii has already sued, seeing a temporary restraining order (TRO) before the executive order goes into effect on 03/16/17 (http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/07/politics/hawaii-travel-ban-lawsuit/).
Erik Heels seeks to moderate the Failed Pols project
It is extraordinarily difficult to get principled content on political issues. Since I started the Failed Pols project (https://www.failblog.com/), I have been consuming a lot of news from many sources in a multitude of formats.
But one day after Trump’s latest “travel ban,” I felt compelled to block (i.e. unsubscribe from) both Fox News (https://www.youtube.com/user/FoxNewsChannel) and The Young Turks (https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks) for being too far right and left, respectively. Fox News and The Young Turks are guilty of the same sin (albeit on different ends of the political spectrum), namely sensationalizing and trivializing the news for ratings.
It should come as no surprise that Fox News focuses on entertainment instead of substance, since it is part of the Fox Entertainment Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News). But the real problem with Fox is that is has no real competition on the right. So Fox News focuses on short pithy segments designed for the short-attention-span market. Notably, there are no hour-long news programs on Fox. (NB both the BBC Newshour and the PBS NewsHour on the left.)
And The Young Turks does the same thing from the left.
So in an attempt to keep the coverage – shall we say – fair and balanced, I’ll be cutting out two of the most extreme viewpoints.
Why Trump Needs Pets
Trump strikes me as a mean-spirited individual. One who appears to have lied, cheated, and stolen his way to the top (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump).
So when I was thinking about the caring people that I know, it occurred to me that most (if not all) of them have pets. And it turns out that the former Presidents of the United States in the top quartile had, on average, 10 pets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_pets). In fact, all but one former POTUS (Polk) have owned pets.
So maybe that’s why Trump lacks compassion for human beings.
