Repost: My fellow Americans, your current President... Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces, chief of state, chief administrator, etc..

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FWIW: Very nice job↓. Good summation and commentary. Parental guidance suggested:

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Blunder-boy: Our "..like, really smart", mentally stable" Prez inserts foot-in-mouth again (on 'state TV' no less (i.e., Fox))

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(As referenced in the title above.. Copy:)

....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018

(A pertinent article link: https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-01-06/trump-says-hes-like-really-smart-a-very-stable-genius)
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Reposted news article excerpts from Thursday, 4/26/18. Source is linked below. No affiliation:

"President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time Thursday that his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is representing him with regards to legal matters involving Stormy Daniels, the porn star who says she had an affair with Trump.

 On Cohen, the President both solidified his link with Cohen on the Stormy Daniels matter and distanced himself from his personal attorney, whom Trump said has overseen "a tiny, tiny little fraction" of his legal work..... 

[Trump quoted, re Cohen:]..."He has a percentage of my overall legal work, a tiny, tiny little fraction, but Michael would represent me and represent me on some things. He represents me like with this crazy Stormy Daniels deal, he represented me. You know, from what I see, he did absolutely nothing wrong...."

....Federal prosecutors quickly seized on Trump's comments in a court filing Thursday morning, arguing that because Cohen preformed only a "tiny, tiny little fraction" of Trump's legal work, the documents seized by FBI officials earlier this month are "unlikely to contain voluminous privileged documents....""

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Also this. Copy, no affiliation:

Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen previously represented to the American people that Mr. Cohen acted on his own and Mr. Trump knew nothing about the agreement with my client, the $130k payment, etc. As I predicted, that has now been shown to be completely false. #basta

— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018

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Donald Trump's amazing golf swing #CrookedHillary pic.twitter.com/vKhxxFCBV1

— Mike (@Fuctupmind) September 14, 2017

Working to find a bit of good news....

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It's often difficult for the generally-sane and generally-sober...  to find much to be positive about here in the second year of the corrupt, chaotic Trump regime. 

...A couple of (recent) "glimmers of hope" though, reposted:

 ↓↓↓↓ Click for a current YouTube video article (link). (You may encounter an advert. at first..): https://youtu.be/w5R0peVXSuw

(More in-depth: The related (published) article (link):

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-23/electric-buses-are-hurting-the-oil-industry)

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Oh: ..For the James Inhofe's of the world; i.e., those who find the above much too distressingly revolutionary/disruptive/advanced to bear, here's a "comfort video" clip:





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Retired Justice Stevens is correct. Again. (Updated)

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FWIW (not too much, unfortunately), been saying something like - part of - the following (ref. the Stevens quotation below) whenever/wherever I'm able to.  (Even more is near the end of the post, if you dare.)

4/4/18 update: Facts are still being gathered at this point re the YouTube workplace gun-shooting. Early indications though are that the (alleged) perpetrator COULD be an example of one of those "490" (or so) dangerous AND armed "everyday" Americans that I speculate about near the end of this post.

Note that family members very recently expressed concerns (reportedly) to authorities about the (YouTube) shooter....and (the) gun-mayhem still occurred. ..Perhaps because the perpetrator had something of a plan (including the crucial element of 'surprise'..).  ..Plus a gun.... (News story link:)  

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youtube-shooter-nasim-aghdam-thought-company-was-ruining-her-life-family-members-say/

(Another 4/4/18 article link for consideration:  

 https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/trauma-surgeon-youtube-hq-shooting/index.html)

4/23/18 update: Details are still emerging, but early appearances are that the alleged Waffle House (Tennessee) killer could be yet another example of the (estimated) "490" or so dangerous and armed U.S. inhabitants typically inside this country's huge population. Please see further below near the end of this post for more information (about this assertion) if interested. Terrible shootings like this latest one will keep occurring absent major societal/cultural changes in the U.S.  Per below... they are inevitable (at this point). Really hate to say that...

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((Previously written text:) Insert: Before (possibly) dismissing this post out-of-hand, take a look at the America that poorly controlled guns/gun-related violence (..including threats of..) has helped create: (Link)  https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/17/us/other-school-incidents-since-florida-shooting-trnd/index.html)

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3/27/18 article excerpt (retired Justice Stevens quotation), source link follows. Emphasis added:

"...Concern that a national standing army might pose a threat to the security of the separate states led to the adoption of that amendment, which provides that "a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." Today that concern is a relic of the 18th century," wrote Stevens." 

(Source article link. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retired-supreme-court-justice-john-paul-stevens-calls-for-repeal-of-second-amendment/
Original source link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/opinion/john-paul-stevens-repeal-second-amendment.html)

More (via the original article source listed above. Yes, it kind of goes without saying that repeal of the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment is currently very unlikely..):

"....During the years when Warren Burger was our chief justice, from 1969 to 1986, no judge, federal or state, as far as I am aware, expressed any doubt as to the limited coverage of that amendment. When organizations like the National Rifle Association disagreed with that position and began their campaign claiming that federal regulation of firearms curtailed Second Amendment rights, Chief Justice Burger publicly characterized the N.R.A. as perpetrating “one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American public by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.”

"In 2008, the Supreme Court overturned Chief Justice Burger’s and others’ long-settled understanding of the Second Amendment’s limited reach by ruling, in District of Columbia v. Heller, that there was an individual right to bear arms. I was among the four dissenters....

That decision — which I remain convinced was wrong and certainly was debatable — has provided the N.R.A. with a propaganda weapon of immense power...."

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(Comment:)

...Those advocating or "justifying" civilian possession of military-style automatic weapons and/or large caches of guns and bullets (etc. etc.), in order to (if 'necessary') "rise up" and combat - or "overthrow" - a tyrannical  government (...or similar):

You're "thinking" is a relic of the 18th century....

(E.g., ...better possess a significant number of these↓, too.....No civilians (esp. sporadic groups, marginally-trained (at best)) would be able to "out-gun" an advanced country's military -- if it ever came to that.)

(Insert: BTW, if interested, have a read of the following linked commentary article re the U.S Constitution's Second Amendment:  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-americas-gun-fanatics-wont-tell-you-2016-06-14)

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Simple ( - yes, a natural for me - ) exercise:

Current U.S population = approximately 326 million

Multiplied by my own hypothetical, estimated, conservative percentage of those old enough, capable enough, "interested" enough, and able to own/operate some kind of GUN  = .15 (15 percent.)

(Insert: For this, we assume/understand how ridiculously easy it is to obtain a gun in the U.S.)


326,000,000 X .15 = 49,000,000 (approximately)

"But the vast majority (so, let's estimate... 99.999 percent) of gun-owners are safe and responsible (with their weapons)...!"

Remainder of 99.999 percent: 1 - .99999 = 0.00001

Estimated 49 million U.S inhabitants capable of operating a gun, having access, etc. multiplied by the ".00001" that - perhaps - could/would do so unsafely or maliciously. (We'll assume, at any given moment in the vast U.S.A.:)

49,000,000 X .00001 = 490 (dangerous-with-guns people)

...Yes:  A "back-of-the napkin" estimate. Change some of the assumptions if you might care to. 
But always begin with the actual, 326 million total population figure... 

Some real-life factors to bear in mind, esp. when looking at (the conservative, IMO) assumptions above. Links:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/249740/percentage-of-households-in-the-united-states-owning-a-firearm/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country

The year 1800 U.S. census, showing total surveyed population estimate. I.e., shortly after the Second Amendment was adopted:  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800_United_States_Census

Hint: The total U.S. population in 1800 was (about) 1.6% of today's population ...of this now-huge country!

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P.S. No one will EVER "reach" every one of those 490 (or so, estimated above) very dangerous AND ARMED people in the U.S., with "mental health" services. 
Or any other services...
"Only takes one." (Especially with the lethal weapons of today, plus some kind of advance plan.)

Parental guidance suggested↓:


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Reposted: National reporting and investigative reporting Pulitzers

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(4/16/18 tiny-blog..) Congratulations to The "Failing" New York Times and The "Amazon" Washington Post:

2018 Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting (on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election contest, shared by both news sources), and for investigative reporting (revealing allegations of past sexual misconduct against Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama, won by the Post). 

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The New York Times shares the Pulitzer in National Reporting with The @WashingtonPost for coverage that unearthed possible ties between Russia and President Trump’s inner circle https://t.co/l4rodIjHy3

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 16, 2018

(Other Pulitzers announced (article link):) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/pulitzer-prize-winners.html)


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"The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people."  -- Hugo Black

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"We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital." -- John McCain

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...Compare and contrast (with the above...):

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Self-deluded, unchecked autocrat Trump doesn't care about the majority of Americans..:

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4/10/18 news reports (links follow): Trump is considering firing Rob Rosenstein, and has already considered firing Robert Mueller:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/trump-rod-rosenstein-robert-mueller/index.html

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-sought-robert-muellers-ouster-in-december-report/

 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/politics/trump-russia-mueller-rosenstein.html

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(Comment:) ...Likely at his (i.e., Trump's) peril..... (And perhaps his party's..):

Update/insert: Off-site link to a 4/10/18 editorial from The New York Times. (No affiliation.): 

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/opinion/trump-michael-cohen-raid.html

Also: A worthwhile, pertinent commentary article (4/11/18). Off-site link, no affiliation:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/opinion/fire-mueller-trump.html

4/12/18 update: Trump claims (his) "agreement" with White House cooperation on Mueller probes. (Off-site article link:) https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/12/politics/donald-trump-fire-robert-mueller-tweet/index.html

Another update (ref. the 4/12 item, above):...But nothing is "straight" (or honest) with this president, of course. (Off-site news report link, no affilation:) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-asked-source-to-go-on-tv-to-call-on-him-to-fire-robert-mueller/

(Comment (ref. above):) Who's the 'slimeball'..?? (BTW, labeling someone else with a name exactly the opposite of what they really are and/or a name actually more descriptive of yourself: A tactic straight out of the Roy Cohn 'playbook'.)

....Also, FWIW (off-site link):
 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/13/poll-james-comey-trump-truthful-522054)

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/382509-poll-nearly-70-percent-of-americans-say-trump-shouldnt-fire-mueller

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/poll-most-americans-want-robert-mueller-to-complete-his-russia-probe

http://www.newsweek.com/americans-trust-mueller-investigation-more-trumps-no-collusion-denials-poll-821486

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/chuck-grassley-firing-mueller-suicide/index.html

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Ignoring or disregarding Trump is essentially (the same as) enabling him

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If you haven't been paying attention, an increasingly significant issue is if - or how - the United States as a country will (attempt to) manage, control an increasingly "rogue" president.

(BTW: A top definition of the word "rogue" is:.. "a dishonest or worthless person")

FWIW: 'Stormy Daniels' was on-target with the (initial) way she handled Mr. Skeevy-Trump/Dennison. (Even if it "earned" her some unwanted immediate consequences.)

Trump will - at least initially - listen to someone 'gutsy' and assertive enough to stand up to him. (...No different from many other bullies. I.e., it's mostly bluster.) 

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That's why the following news/news commentary articles (links) are not untroubling....for many.

*Who is managing Donald Trump, arguably the most powerful person in the world?*

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-freezes-out-chief-of-staff-john-kelly-says-hes-tired-of-being-told-no/

4/8/18 update: Donald Trump -- the historically unpopular, serial "fabricator" (ref. links) -- has now denied that John Kelly has "lost influence" (or similar). News commentary article link:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-sort-of-goes-to-bat-for-john-kelly.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/05/politics/trump-policy-scramble/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/01/politics/hope-hicks-role-trump-confidante/index.html

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-goes-rogue-finally-becoming-the-president-he-said-hed-be-2018-03-02

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/on-his-way-out-mcmaster-tells-the-truth-trump-should-listen/2018/04/04/7319ff08-3826-11e8-9c0a-85d477d9a226_story.html

http://time.com/5232039/epa-chief-spent-millions-scott-pruitt/

https://www.thenation.com/article/just-when-you-thought-trumps-cabinet-couldnt-get-any-more-dangerous/

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..OH. Maybe he↓ -- on the left below ..and those of his ilk..  -- will (assert themselves and) 'save' the rest of us. (You know: Their country?!?)...........:

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...AhhhhhhhhhHAhAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Hah?....

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Ending with three fitting images of your president; the strange, increasingly-wayward 'Despot-in-Chief':

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Trump is having another hair raising experience 🌬#maga #trumphair #inners #maddow #amjoy @andylassner pic.twitter.com/nbVPacG594

— Chinchuleen 🌏 (@Chinchuleen) April 5, 2018

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P.S. ...Here -- depicted via the graph below -- may be the main "saviors" that remain. (It's the red line, duh...):

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