Here here!
It really is tiring dealing with the endless, perpetual loser, we just can’t do anything, we are so sorry that we exist but won’t you please try and find a way to like us mentality of the GOP.
It is also tiring that the GOP continues to put non-leader and non-conservative people such as McConnell and Ryan in leadership positions, but I guess I can understand why they do this considering that the GOP is not a leader, and the GOP is not conservative.
They got dragged kicking and screaming into controlling all three branches of government, and it is very clear that they do not want that responsibility and have zero idea what to do with it.
My criticisms in this post are not aimed at President Trump at all.
I simply mean to say that the GOP friggin’ sucks.
Extreme Vetting is coming. I’m convinced of it.
GOPe aka RINOs ...
We sent Republicans, certainly.
But more than enough sent people they knew were RINOs. South Carolina, Arizona, Kentucky, Utah, Texas, and people in supposedly red states just went with whomever had the thickest country accent, could recite enough Bible verses, posed well with a gun, took enough photos with vets, played the most country music at rallies, and otherwise put on the best act.
A bunch of the so-called conservatives gladly put the RINO leadership back into power.
We have only Trump at this point, and at least a congress that isn’t run by Democrats. Maybe if we get on the rears of Congress can that mule start pulling the cart, but it will be difficult.
Amen, brother!
The inmates took over and are now in charge of the asylum
Trouble is - the inmates know no more about running the insane asylum (Washington DC) than did the guards.
Elections will not fix what is broke in America because the scum in DC do not think it is broke.
There is only one fix for me. #TEXIT
Same here!!! The slowdown is depressing! Someone tell Trump he can pull rank.. please!
Paul Ryan repeatedly used the words “we can’t” on every single issue... “the dems will just filibuster”. So they did nothing. He is saying the same thing now on repealing obamacare.
This guy is a rapid anti Trump guy.
Nailed it! To squander this power and opportunity would be devastating. This is a pinnacle point in our nations history and the conservative clean slate to save its future from the left and Islam.
Amen!
I just did. Sent my critter a blistering e-mail to get his weekend off to a good start.
The Republicans are not Republicans.
They are Democrats who need Republican votes.
Good, Jim, thanks for posting.
The Republicans are like Gen. George McClellan in the Civil War. He was afraid to go all in against Lee because he felt that he faced overwhelming numbers, even though he always had numerical superiority on his side.
What do groundhogs and Republicans have in common?
Both are scared silly of their shadows.
To make things work for America’s benefit a couple of mobsters need to take the geek from Kentucky for a ride.
We need to keep perspective on things. The best way to do this is to create a *timetable* of how things *have* to happen in Washington, D.C.
To start with, congress has a time limit in which they can easily repeal the huge number of EOs signed by Obama while heading out the door. If they do it in the time limit, it just takes a resolution in both houses. If they don’t make the time limit, these millstones are much, much harder to get rid of.
Congress has been too busy to even list what they have done so far.
Back to President Trump (I’m sure I’ve missed a bunch of things):
Day 1: an EO aimed at rolling back Obamacare. A Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies — An order to halt any new federal regulations until they can be reviewed by the new administration. (1 EO, 1 Memo)
Day 3: Reinstates a policy that restricts US funding to nongovernmental organizations that provide abortions. And Withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Agreement (TPP). And Institutes a freeze on the hiring of new federal workers, except for the military. (3 Memos)
Day 4: Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals for High-Profile Infrastructure Projects. 3 Memos expediting pipelines. Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens for Domestic Manufacturing. (4 Memos)
Day 6: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements. And Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States. (2 EOs).
Day 7: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States (overturned by federal courts).
Day 9: Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Appointees (limits on lobbying). Rebuilding the US Armed Forces — begin “developing a plan for new planes, new ships, new resources and new tools for our men and women in uniform.”
(1 EO, 1 Memo)
January 20: Declaring President Trump’s intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Regulatory freeze directing agency heads not to send new regulations to the Office of the Federal Register until the administration has leaders in place to approve them.
January 23: Reinstating the ‘Mexico City policy’ (abortion).
January 25: Cutting funding for sanctuary cities.
January 26: National School Choice Week Proclamation.
January 27: More intensive security checks for foreign nationals seeking U.S. travel visas.
January 28: Plan to Defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Signed a bill nullifying an Obama-era rule aimed at blocking gun sales to people taking Social Security.
Day 11: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs. Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. (1 EO, 1 Memo)
January 30: CIA added to NSC.
January 31: Trump nominates federal appellate Judge Neil McGill Gorsuch.
February
Day 15: Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System. Repeal of Obama Fiduciary Duty Rule.
Day 18: Task Force on Crime Reduction and Public Safety. And Enforcing Federal Law with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations and Preventing International Trafficking. And Preventing Violence Against Federal, State, Tribal, and Local Enforcement Officers. (3 EOs)
February 3: Reviewing Wall Street regulations. (EO)
February 9: Changing the order of succession in the Department of Justice. Combating foreign criminal organizations engaged in drug and human trafficking. Reducing crime. Protecting law enforcement. (4 EO)
February 14: Signed House Joint Resolution 41, which wipes away a federal rule that requires energy companies to disclose royalties and government payments.
February 16: Signed bill to end the Obama coal waste rule.
February 24: Enforcing regulatory reform. Review of existing regulations for elimination. (EO)
Feb 28: Directed the EPA and the Army Corp of Engineers to reconsider the Waters of the United States rule. Promoting Historically Black Colleges and Universities. (2 EO)
March 1: Signs bills to promote women in STEM.
March 6: A new travel ban. Guidance for agencies to implement the new travel ban. (1 EO, 1 Memo)
March 8: (congress) Formal drafting of the repeal of the Affordable Care Act begins.
March 9: Pledges to remove certain regulations pertaining to the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
