Perspective
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No change to mortgage interest deduction in Trump tax plan: Mnuchinhttp://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-taxes-idUSKBN1685QC
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More nonsense, fake news. Sessions was head of the Armed Services Committee and not in the Trump Admin at that time. He was a Senator and doing his job. That position meets regularly with foreign reps of all stripes and countires. He met with the Russian Ambasador to discuss issues that are pertinent to committee business...not the election. Nothing to see here, this is a non-issue but it's all the Dems have left to grasp for.
I think Trump, or his team, has suggested they might limit the deduction to $500K of indebtedness, rather than $1M.
This will be an interesting tax plan. The scoring will need to be very creative if the rates come down much.
Fair enough, but then why did he lie about it under oath? He could have just said that he DID meet with Russian representatives in the capacity of a member of the armed services committee. A simple answer would have sufficed and he would still have gotten confirmed. Now the GOP has to defend their hypocrisy while defending someone that has lied under oath.
Nothing fake about these news. Session DID answer NOs. Session DID meet with the Russian Ambassador.
He answered truthfully. Any meetings he had had nothing to do with Trump people as Frankin asked him..
Franken: "CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week that included information that quote, ?Russian operatives claimed to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.? These documents also allegedly say quote, ?There was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump's surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.?
"Now, again, I'm telling you this as it's coming out, so you know. But if it's true, it's obviously extremely serious and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"
Sessions: "Senator Franken, I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn't have ? did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."
Do you have inside info, or just speculating?
I'm trying confirm what state any investigation is in. CNBC reported that a special prosecutor will now need to be appointed, but wouldn't this wait 'til the intelligence community completed its investigation, if there even is one?
Thanks for making the topic about me again, rather than the topic.
...any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government.
A spokeswoman for Sessions confirmed the contact with Kislyak, saying the attorney general spoke on the phone with the ambassador from his office in September.
In September Sessions was affiliated with the Trump campaign.
The first lady seems like a crazy snowflake Trump supporter. It is so crazy that it seems fake. This can't be real, can it? Was this a setup? No, it can't be. That lady is insane. What the hell was that lady even doing there? The joke wasn't even insulting yet. It was something completely appropriate for standup. I can't label her anything but an idiot snowflake.
I think the second lady got violent because the comic insulted the first lady. She took that personal and felt the need to defend her friend or family. That's the only conclusion I can come up for her throwing the glass at him.
Agreed. I found it funny 'cause the joke seemed pretty tame, relative to the reaction. These comedy clubs have required minimum drinks, and many folks become angry drunks. She's probably been defending her Trump enthusiasm for months, and when drunk and offended, reacted wildly.
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Movingup said:
More nonsense, fake news. Sessions was head of the Armed Services Committee and not in the Trump Admin at that time. He was a Senator and doing his job. That position meets regularly with foreign reps of all stripes and countires. He met with the Russian Ambasador to discuss issues that are pertinent to committee business...not the election. Nothing to see here, this is a non-issue but it's all the Dems have left to grasp for.
Perspective
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morekaos said:
I think Trump, or his team, has suggested they might limit the deduction to $500K of indebtedness, rather than $1M.
This will be an interesting tax plan. The scoring will need to be very creative if the rates come down much.
morekaos said:
Fair enough, but then why did he lie about it under oath? He could have just said that he DID meet with Russian representatives in the capacity of a member of the armed services committee. A simple answer would have sufficed and he would still have gotten confirmed. Now the GOP has to defend their hypocrisy while defending someone that has lied under oath.
Nothing fake about these news. Session DID answer NOs. Session DID meet with the Russian Ambassador.
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*Trigger Warning* - Sexism in Trump's America. Video below:
https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/1470322146334224/
https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/1470322146334224/
morekaos
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peppy said:
He answered truthfully. Any meetings he had had nothing to do with Trump people as Frankin asked him..
Franken: "CNN just published a story alleging that the intelligence community provided documents to the president-elect last week that included information that quote, ?Russian operatives claimed to have compromising personal and financial information about Mr. Trump.? These documents also allegedly say quote, ?There was a continuing exchange of information during the campaign between Trump's surrogates and intermediaries for the Russian government.?
"Now, again, I'm telling you this as it's coming out, so you know. But if it's true, it's obviously extremely serious and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do?"
Sessions: "Senator Franken, I'm not aware of any of those activities. I have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and I didn't have ? did not have communications with the Russians, and I'm unable to comment on it."
Perspective
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Whoever had "fewer than two months" in the over/under office pool for how long it would take the Trump administration to be under investigation by a special prosecutor, please step forward and claim your pot.
Perspective
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morekaos said:
Do you have inside info, or just speculating?
I'm trying confirm what state any investigation is in. CNBC reported that a special prosecutor will now need to be appointed, but wouldn't this wait 'til the intelligence community completed its investigation, if there even is one?
Perspective
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Movingup said:
Thanks for making the topic about me again, rather than the topic.
morekaos said:
...any evidence that anyone affiliated with the Trump campaign communicated with the Russian government.
A spokeswoman for Sessions confirmed the contact with Kislyak, saying the attorney general spoke on the phone with the ambassador from his office in September.
In September Sessions was affiliated with the Trump campaign.
Perspective
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Will a Republican have a Pelosi moment, on ACA "repeal" or on tax reform, where they'll need to sign it asap, in order to know what's in it.
The GOP is battling internally over one critical tax, and the divisions run deep
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gop-battling-internally-over-one-153728954.html
The more Speaker Paul Ryan tries to will the House border adjustment tax into existence as part of corporate tax reform, the more Senate Republicans push back.
Ryan sees border adjustment, which taxes imports 20 percent while exempting exports , as the linchpin of his plan for corporate tax reform. The $1 trillion it would raise over 10 years would help to partially finance a cut in the top corporate rate from the current 35 percent to 20 percent, allowing the House to avoid ballooning the budget deficit.
House GOP leaders thought they heard an endorsement of their idea in President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Later they seized on reports that a group of conservatives was told at the White House that the administration backs the House plan.
Not so fast, Senate Republicans say. For one thing, sources familiar with the matter say Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has told Senate Banking Committee Republicans that he opposes the border adjustment tax. The Treasury has not yet commented.
To make matters more complicated, Trump advisor Steve Bannon has aligned himself with Ryan on the tax, according to reports.
For another, Senate aides now believe at least six Republican senators oppose border adjustment. If they hold firm, that would be enough to kill the idea in a chamber where the GOP holds a bare 52-seat majority.
On CNBC earlier this week , Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said only that he would "look" at the House idea.
One GOP senator who hasn't yet taken a public position told me he considers the idea not only wrong-headed but "lunatic." While Ryan argues that shifting currency values would offset price increases for imported products, the senator responded that those effects would vary by industry, creating losers as well as winners in different states. What if the House sends the idea to the Senate anyway?
"DOA," the senator said.
The GOP is battling internally over one critical tax, and the divisions run deep
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gop-battling-internally-over-one-153728954.html
The more Speaker Paul Ryan tries to will the House border adjustment tax into existence as part of corporate tax reform, the more Senate Republicans push back.
Ryan sees border adjustment, which taxes imports 20 percent while exempting exports , as the linchpin of his plan for corporate tax reform. The $1 trillion it would raise over 10 years would help to partially finance a cut in the top corporate rate from the current 35 percent to 20 percent, allowing the House to avoid ballooning the budget deficit.
House GOP leaders thought they heard an endorsement of their idea in President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night. Later they seized on reports that a group of conservatives was told at the White House that the administration backs the House plan.
Not so fast, Senate Republicans say. For one thing, sources familiar with the matter say Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has told Senate Banking Committee Republicans that he opposes the border adjustment tax. The Treasury has not yet commented.
To make matters more complicated, Trump advisor Steve Bannon has aligned himself with Ryan on the tax, according to reports.
For another, Senate aides now believe at least six Republican senators oppose border adjustment. If they hold firm, that would be enough to kill the idea in a chamber where the GOP holds a bare 52-seat majority.
On CNBC earlier this week , Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said only that he would "look" at the House idea.
One GOP senator who hasn't yet taken a public position told me he considers the idea not only wrong-headed but "lunatic." While Ryan argues that shifting currency values would offset price increases for imported products, the senator responded that those effects would vary by industry, creating losers as well as winners in different states. What if the House sends the idea to the Senate anyway?
"DOA," the senator said.
Perspective
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Demands for a Special Counsel to Investigate Trump?s Russia Ties Just Got Louder
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/demands-special-counsel-investigate-trump-130100278.html
The odds of a Special Counsel being appointed to investigate the alleged ties between Donald Trump?s presidential campaign and Russian intelligence services just improved dramatically, with the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled the Senate Judiciary Committee over his contacts with the Russian government during his confirmation hearing.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/demands-special-counsel-investigate-trump-130100278.html
The odds of a Special Counsel being appointed to investigate the alleged ties between Donald Trump?s presidential campaign and Russian intelligence services just improved dramatically, with the revelation that Attorney General Jeff Sessions apparently misled the Senate Judiciary Committee over his contacts with the Russian government during his confirmation hearing.
I try approach these things with critical thinking.Perspective said:
The first lady seems like a crazy snowflake Trump supporter. It is so crazy that it seems fake. This can't be real, can it? Was this a setup? No, it can't be. That lady is insane. What the hell was that lady even doing there? The joke wasn't even insulting yet. It was something completely appropriate for standup. I can't label her anything but an idiot snowflake.
I think the second lady got violent because the comic insulted the first lady. She took that personal and felt the need to defend her friend or family. That's the only conclusion I can come up for her throwing the glass at him.
Perspective
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spootieho said:
Agreed. I found it funny 'cause the joke seemed pretty tame, relative to the reaction. These comedy clubs have required minimum drinks, and many folks become angry drunks. She's probably been defending her Trump enthusiasm for months, and when drunk and offended, reacted wildly.
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Sorry, Coal. Solar Is Where the Jobs Arehttp://fortune.com/2017/02/21/donald-trump-jobs-coal-mining-solar-energy/
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump donned a miner?s hat and promised to bring coal jobs back. ?Get ready,? he told the embattled industry, ?you?re going to work your asses off!? Those pledges helped win over voters in the nation?s Rustbelt, but they ignore America?s new energy reality: The jobs aren?t in coal.
According to a recent report from the Energy Department, the coal electric generation sector employed just 86,035 people?57,325 of them miners?in 2016. That?s far fewer than the number who now work in solar: 370,000, up 25% from 2015. The wind-energy workforce, meanwhile, ballooned 32%, to 101,738, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics pronounced ?wind turbine service technician? the nation?s fastest-growing occupation, projecting 108% growth between 2014 and 2024.
Compare that with the fate of coal miners, whose number dwindled by 24% last year. There are lots of reasons for that?the shale gas boom, declining demand, Obama-era regulations, and automation. Even for those in the industry, it?s hard to imagine all those coal jobs coming back. Luke Popovich of the National Mining Association has upgraded the industry outlook from ?not great? to ?improving,? in light of Trump?s early days in the White House.
Bringing back coal jobs, though, may prove a Pyrrhic victory. Loosening regulations and ending solar subsidies are unlikely to stop its slow decline.
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump donned a miner?s hat and promised to bring coal jobs back. ?Get ready,? he told the embattled industry, ?you?re going to work your asses off!? Those pledges helped win over voters in the nation?s Rustbelt, but they ignore America?s new energy reality: The jobs aren?t in coal.
According to a recent report from the Energy Department, the coal electric generation sector employed just 86,035 people?57,325 of them miners?in 2016. That?s far fewer than the number who now work in solar: 370,000, up 25% from 2015. The wind-energy workforce, meanwhile, ballooned 32%, to 101,738, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics pronounced ?wind turbine service technician? the nation?s fastest-growing occupation, projecting 108% growth between 2014 and 2024.
Compare that with the fate of coal miners, whose number dwindled by 24% last year. There are lots of reasons for that?the shale gas boom, declining demand, Obama-era regulations, and automation. Even for those in the industry, it?s hard to imagine all those coal jobs coming back. Luke Popovich of the National Mining Association has upgraded the industry outlook from ?not great? to ?improving,? in light of Trump?s early days in the White House.
Bringing back coal jobs, though, may prove a Pyrrhic victory. Loosening regulations and ending solar subsidies are unlikely to stop its slow decline.