April 4th in TrumpWorld
Let's see how fast I can cover April 4th for the 4 years Trump was in office.
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April 4, 2017
"In report after report in the Obama years, Justice Department lawyers found patterns of eye-popping rights violations and used them as leverage to force local departments to agree to major policing overhauls. But the Trump administration announced this week that it was backing away from that tough-minded approach, a move that prompted fierce debate on Tuesday in cities across the country."
Police Unions Hail Trump’s Easing of Scrutiny. Local Officials Worry
Were you like me? Or is it just the public policy nerd in me shining through? Immediately I asked, "When was George Floyd murdered?" May 25, 2020.
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April 4, 2018
"Lately, Mr. Trump’s
antibusiness rants have become particularly menacing and caused the
stocks of some companies to plunge. His Twitter posts have carried with
them the threat, sometimes explicit, that he is prepared to use the
power of the presidency to undermine the companies that anger him.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, long a booster of Republican presidents, is not happy."
Amazon
Has Lots of Company as Trump Slams ‘Stupid’ Businesses
You thought it was just left-wing radicals that thought his presidency was chaotic?
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April 4, 2019
"At
stake in the dispute — the first evidence of tension between Mr. Barr
and the special counsel’s office — is who shapes the public’s initial
understanding of one of the most consequential government investigations
in American history. Some members of Mr. Mueller’s team are concerned
that, because Mr. Barr created the first narrative of the special
counsel’s findings, Americans’ views will have hardened before the
investigation’s conclusions become public.
Mr. Barr has said he
will move quickly to release the nearly 400-page report but needs time
to scrub out confidential information."
Some on Mueller’s Team Say Report Was More Damaging Than Barr Revealed
Barr has been sitting on
the report since March 22 -- 14 days now. Insiders have already figured
out he's misleading the Public. And some of the Public are still
deceived -- 5 years later.
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April 4, 2020
"Rarely
has the schism between President Trump and his own public health
advisers over the coronavirus pandemic been put on display quite so
starkly. Even as he announced a new federal recommendation on Friday
that Americans wear masks when out in public, he immediately disavowed
it: “I am choosing not to do it.”"
Tensions Persist Between Trump
and Medical Advisers Over the Coronavirus
Leading by example. He caught COVID on October 2nd (a Friday) and was in the hospital for the weekend. Just think, if he hadn't been President, with access to the best healthcare in the world, he might have died. You know, like all those supporters of his out in the boonies without a hospital or maybe even a doctor because he had a better plan than "Obamacare".
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April 4, 2021 -- Trump is gone but not forgotten
As a matter of fact, he's still on the front page.
"Stacy
Blatt was in hospice care last September listening to Rush Limbaugh’s
dire warnings about how badly Donald J. Trump’s campaign needed money
when he went online and chipped in everything he could: $500.
It
was a big sum for a 63-year-old battling cancer and living in Kansas
City on less than $1,000 per month. But that single contribution —
federal records show it was his first ever — quickly multiplied. Another
$500 was withdrawn the next day, then $500 the next week and every week
through mid-October, without his knowledge — until Mr. Blatt’s bank
account had been depleted and frozen. When his utility and rent payments
bounced, he called his brother, Russell, for help."
How Trump
Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations
I've
told you, in this series, I'm not trying to be "fair". I will always
try to be truthful. But the New York Times was trying to be fair. The
problem is, even that makes Trump (and the Republican National
Committee) look bad.
"The sheer magnitude of the money involved
is staggering for politics. In the final two and a half months of 2020,
the Trump campaign, the Republican National Committee and their shared
accounts issued more than 530,000 refunds worth $64.3 million to online
donors. All campaigns make refunds for various reasons, including to
people who give more than the legal limit. But the sum the Trump
operation refunded dwarfed that of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign and
his equivalent Democratic committees, which made 37,000 online refunds
totaling $5.6 million in that time."
530,000 vs. 37,000. And just in case it hasn't hit you...
"In
effect, the money that Mr. Trump eventually had to refund amounted to
an interest-free loan from unwitting supporters at the most important
juncture of the 2020 race."
A 64 million dollar loan. Interest
free. Imagine what you could do with your business if you had a $454 million
interest-free loan. Imagine if you didn't have to pay taxes on it
too. Do you think you could out-compete your rivals with that
advantage? Do you think they would consider that a "victimless crime"?
Do you think the taxpayers that have to make up the difference would
consider themselves non-victims? Must be the reason we call it fraud.
This is what you're going to vote for? Really? A liar. A thief. A tax cheat. Really? For President?
Vote. For the best person.
Don Brown
April 4, 2024
(I was under an hour until a read that last story. Curses!)
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