Machiavellian view of why Rep. Devin Nunes may have aided President Trump.

Machiavellian view of why Rep. Devin Nunes may have aided President Trump.

I propose a Machiavellian explanation why the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation chairman, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), went to the White House without telling his committee colleagues he was to meet with a secret source.  Quite a few reporters, congress people, and citizens share the view that Nunes may be sabotaging his committee’s efforts.  Why?  One possible explanation is by rendering his committee invalid and thus furthering the possibility of a special prosecutor being appointed.  Here is the Machiavellian reason:  A special prosecutor should delay any investigation, maybe years.  President Trump may have a way better chance to stay president for a much longer time.  So far, his leadership is incredibly flawed in so many ways.  If the House of Representatives investigation is “sabotaged” this will work way better, for Trump.  If we then see the senate investigation also get derailed, get cynical.  If there is a derail effort by the administration to  kill the senate investigation, this should be taken as a despicable effort to keep an unqualified man in the oval office.

The Cuts In Education Spending.

The Cuts In Education Spending.

Some of the rust belt states, controlled by Republican governors, have cut the money spent on junior colleges and universities.   The last presidential election really drove home that the rust belt states are struggling.  A lot of people are out of work across the United States.  The prior job base occupations have disappeared for blue collar workers.  The new reality is people may need to be retrained.  The businesses that once populated the rust belt are gone.  More technical skilled workers are required as our economy moves away from a blue collar work force and toward technical skilled jobs.  Current workers in the rust belt may need to be retrained.  To place reeducation out of the economic reach of these workers is simply awful.

 

http://www.cbpp.org/research/state-budget-and-tax/years-of-cuts-threaten-to-put-college-out-of-reach-for-more-students

 

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Revamp Medicaid

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Revamp Medicaid

“President” Trump and the Republicans have found a way to cut funding for Medicaid.  The alleged scam is to create block grants, another word for capped spending.  Each state would get a FIXED amount of money for Medicaid.  The money runs out in your state and you do not get covered.  Pretty neat trick for screwing the working class.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-ramps-up-effort-to-transform-medicaid-into-block-grants-1486659826

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

“President” Trump and Republicans Secretly Hurt The Working Class: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The CFPB implements and enforces federal consumer financial laws to ensure that all consumers have access to markets for consumer financial products and services that are fair, transparent, and competitive.
CFPB rule changes will hurt the working class by:

  • Forstall the CFPB plans to require prepaid-card companies to provide detailed fee disclosure.
  • Forstall the CFPB plans to require prepaid-card companies to place limits on consumer losses on lost or stolen cards.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/prepaid-card-companies-may-get-reprieve-on-cfpb-rule-1486465203

Wall Street Journal Wednesday, February 8, 2017 Page B7 “Congress Takes Up Card Rule by Anna Maria Andriotis.

 

Republican Banned Coretta Scott King Letter

Republican Banned Coretta Scott King Letter

The Republican Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) muzzled Senator Elizabeth Warren (February 7, 2017) from reading the Coretta Scott King Letter (1989) that recommended Jeff Sessions not be confirmed as a federal judge.

  • The letter was written by a women.
  • Coretta Scott King was the wife of a civil rights champion.
  • Elizabeth Warren is a women.
  • This took place during Black History week.

Possible summary view of this act:  White supremacist, racist, misogynist, deny free speech, fascist act.

Because the oligarch boot licking Republicans do not want you to read this document, we provide it here:

The full letter can be viewed here:  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3259988-Scott-King-1986-Letter-and-Testimony-Signed.html#document/p1

Help The United States From Slipping Into A Fascist State

Help The United States From Slipping Into A Fascist State

Help The United States From Slipping Into A Fascist State

#1 Become well informed.  Watching FOX “News”, the propaganda arm of the oligarch class and near fascist state, is not the way.  Watching MSNBC and CNN, who have pandered to this alleged flimflam president, from the start, will only be partly successful. For closer to the truth and deeper inspection, consider the following:

  • The real deep truthful view of our national politics is listening to Background Briefing with Ian Masters.  This is free, no cost.  He interviews a whole range of knowledgeable people and asks real important questions.    The podcasts are quite similar to being in college as the information you are exposed to is the truth and not the lies vomiting from the flimflam man, obfuscations from his cabinet, or the pandering slant from Republican congress.  If you find these podcasts of value, as I have, consider donating money to keep this national asset going.
  • Subscribe and read The New York Times.  This newspaper seems to have a good set of ethics and seems to want a better country.  It thus reports the lies of the flimflam man and calls him out on issues that the radio, TV and cable news shows don’t have the balls to do.
  • Subscribe and read The Economist Magazine.  I would start by buying an issue on the news stand, if you can find it, to test this approach out.  This magazine covers the whole world and only partly gives insight into the United States.  But, because the huge changes that the flimflam man is making, more of the world is being hurt and it seems more world articles come back to the flimflam politics.

#2 Support Democratic politicians when they fight against President, (alleged flimflam), Trump.  The Democrats need to get tough and nasty against the oligarch boot licking Republicans when the Republicans work against the working class.  Tell your Democratic representative to be firm and give no ground to the oligarch agenda which is corporate interests over the working class.

#3 Pressure the Republican politicians to stop the flimflam man’s agenda when it deviates from what is best for the USA.  I tried to use 5 Calls web site but the phone numbers, that showed for each congressperson, was busy.  I then went to each web site for the congressperson and used that method to send him/her an e-mail.

#4 Go to the 5 Calls web site.  The web site should explain itself.  Look at the left side of the web page and you will see a list of possible concerns that you might share.  You can now become involved.  Just select one option at a time and the web page will change to reveal action that you can take.  When I tried to make the recommended phone calls for a particular issue, I kept getting busy signals.  Do not get frustrated but realize that there are a LOT of really pissed off citizens that are taking action and choking the phone lines.

 

 

Updated September 26, 2020