More to come.  Hand completely bandaged due to accident and surgery,  Can't type worth a ----.

U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the beauty of this administration is that all bets are off.  I would guess that the impeachment bet is still on.

1 in 3 Americans said the President earned an F.  I would say he earns an F you.

Every president since Richard Nixon has published their tax return…except Donald Trump.  Kellyanne Conway says nobody cares.  However, over a million of us have signed a petition, insisting he publish his returns.  We will be marching for the same purpose – more about the march later.

So, why should he release his returns?  There are a number of pressing reasons, but a primary one is to determine if the President is telling the truth.  Is he really worth what he says he is?  Are his business interests really successful?  Has he paid the tax liability he claims?  Has he made the charitable contributions he takes credit for?

Here are a few things we know that call his honesty into question:

His prior released tax returns in the 70s and 90s show 0% tax paid due to casino and hotel losses.

He doesn’t even rank in the top 20% of New York real estate developers.

His tax strategies are often “creative,” to say the least, such as putting goats on a golf course to qualify for a farmland tax deduction.

Many banks will no longer lend to him because of his bankruptcy maneuvers.

Trump claims his net worth is in excess of $10 billion.  Forbes says $3.9 billion; Bloomberg says $2.9 billion.

For several years, he qualified for New York tax credits designed for married couples with annual income under ½ million dollars.

He has made no charitable contributions personally, only from his foundation which is funded by others.  In some cases, the donations amounted to free rounds of golf.

 

If President Trump has lied to the Federal Election Commission about any of these items, he has violated a federal criminal statute, with prison terms up to 5 years.

On April 15^th, we are marching in more than 100 cities to show that we do care about Trump’s taxes, and that we are not going away.  For information on how to join your local march, go to www.taxmarch.org.

President Trump’s approval rating falls again.  Soon it will be lower than Trump University graduates’ success rate.

The number of potential conflicts of interest that entangles this president is astonishing.  Here are just a small fraction of the issues:

Instead of putting his assets into a real blind trust with the trustees having no financial relationship to him, as former presidents did, Trump turned his company over to his 3 children.

Rudy Giuliani said using a blind trust would put his children out of work.  No problem there – he’ll just hire them.

Anyone wishing to influence U.S. government policy can now do so indirectly by benefitting Trump holdings.

The National Labor Relations Board enforces labor laws.  Since Trump properties have ongoing fights with labor unions, and the Board has previously ruled against him, he could reverse this because he appoints all 5 board members.

Foreign support seekers could show their appreciation for any help Trump could give by staying at the Washington, D.C. Trump International Hotel, at up to $20,000 a night.

He has business deals with foreign governments and individuals and 100 companies in 18 countries.  Helping them could help him.

An anti-nepotism law was passed in 1967, and yet Ivanka and Jared play major administration roles.

He owes hundreds of millions of dollars to foreign financial interests – including the Bank of China and DeutscheBank, which could influence U.S. economic policy.

He owns a vineyard that hires foreign workers.

He has said that “his brand is hotter than ever.”

He has said that the President is allowed to have whatever conflicts of interest he wants.  This actually is true, but other presidents in modern times acted as if the law did apply to them.

With his business interests spanning the globe, he can be influenced by allies, dictatorships and anti-American interests.

The Office of Government Ethics says he has not solved the problem of his conflicts of interest.

Because he needs real estate loans, he needs easy money from banks.  This is the reason he wants to dismantle Dodd-Franks.

 

It is painfully evident that the President is in it for one thing – enriching himself.

The President drove a truck the other day.  He found out that being in the driver’s seat scares the crap out of him.

Continuing on a bit from the last blog, although he speaks of mainstream media being “fake news,” President Trump’s favorite source of live news is Fox News.  Here are some of their fake news:

Asians aren’t liberals because they are hardworking.

Men should “dominate” women.

Fox commentator says she would look “fabulous” on food stamps because she would be so skinny.

Americans aren’t “pure” like Swedes because they marry “other species and other ethnics.”

The push for gender equality is no longer necessary.

Jesus and Santa are both white.

Infidelity can make a better president.

Poor people aren’t really poor, because they have refrigerators.

Liberal women should not be able to hold office.

Sponge Bob pushes global warming agenda.

Mr. Rogers was evil for calling kids special.

Rape doesn’t happen on college campuses.

Told a black Columbia University professor he looked like a cocaine dealer.

Young women interested in politics should go back to dating apps.

Obama will introduce Sharia law.

Servicewomen should expect to be raped.

World War II Japanese internment camps were successful.

Obamacare includes death panels.

 

The saddest thing is that so many people use Fox as their only source of (mis)information and believe this stuff.

Republican Senators passed the “Sell Your Privacy bill.”  Now Russia is even freer to check your internet history.

President Trump is always talking about “fake news.”  Apparently, his version of real news comes from two of his favorite journalistic paragons – Breitbart News (formerly headed by Steve Bannon) and the National Enquirer.  Here are a few of the headlines from each:

 Breitbart News – try not to gag:

Women suck at interviews.

The Planned Parenthood body count is up to ½ a holocaust.
Birth control makes women unattractive and crazy.
Donald Trump praises Breitbart’s political editor. (Gosh, really?)
Planned Parenthood has pro-Nazi roots.
Bill Kristol is a renegade Jew.
The Confederate flag proclaims a glorious history.
Would you rather your child have feminism or cancer?
Marxist global extremists control the Vatican.
Science proves it – fat shaming works.

 National Enquirer – try not to laugh hysterically:

For 2 years, Rita Hayworth was a zombie.

Fidel Castro said, “I killed JFK.”
Ted Cruz’s father linked to JFK assassination.
Michelle Obama’s 95 lb. weight gain.
Hillary gains 103 pounds.
Adam and Eve were astronauts.
Elvis and his mom were lovers.
Arizona man captured by UFO.
Carol Burnett was drunk with Henry Kissinger. (She won a libel suit for
    this.)
Princess Diana’s body is missing.
Hillary blackmailed the FBI.
Bigfoot found.
Bill Cosby had his son murdered.
Kris Jenner hid O.J.’s murder weapon.

Sure explains a lot, doesn’t it.

President Trump says big crowds won’t show up unless the Trumpcare bill passes.  Wait until he sees the crowds if it does pass.

With more revelations recently that the Gang of Trump has attempted to create the United States of Russia, let’s take a brief look at Putin’s Russia and see if we can find any parallels (taken from a variety of sources):

Putin suggests that the opposition undermines the country.

There has been a huge increase in Russian defense spending.

Putin has changed the political system and government structure to benefit his personal interests.

Russia’s money goes to Putin and his associates – not to the average Russian.

Putin promotes news reports that fail to comply with impartiality rules.

Russian laws have been passed that have led to LGBT harassment.

Putin has been accused of being fundamentally dishonest.

The Russian government has raised fines for those taking part in protests.

Putin canceled an agreement on the disposal of weapons grade plutonium.

Russia wanted to confuse and discredit the American election process.

Putin created a plan of fighting enemies to keep people from turning on him and saying, “Why don’t we have medicine and you’re rich?”

Putin wants more and more money so that he can be richer than anyone else.

Putin came to power under the guise of being a reformer.

 

We have to keep fighting to prevent the final outrage happening in Putin’s Russia:

Anyone who has the ability and popularity to challenge Putin is either exiled, arrested or killed.

The Budget Director said that it’s a “fairly compassionate budget.”  Marie Antoinette must have called the guillotine a "fairly compassionate haircut.”

Since virtually everyone on earth has discredited the President’s wiretapping claim, I thought it was time to revisit some of his ridiculous claims, tweets and promises:

President Obama wiretapped me.  WRONG

Mexico will pay for the wall.  WRONG

I will enact ethics reform to end government corruption.  WRONG  (ha, ha)

All undocumented immigrants will be out on day 1.  WRONG

I will prosecute Hillary Clinton.  WRONG

I will absolutely release my tax documents.  WRONG

I will stop North Korea’s nuclear program.  WRONG (but he did say N. Korea was behaving very badly – shame on them.)

I will drain the swamp and prevent conflict of interest. WRONG

All cabinet choices are “at the highest levels.” WRONG

There will be health insurance for everybody.  WRONG

There has been no contact between Trump associates and Russia.  WRONG

I don’t know Putin.  I do have a relationship with Putin.  I spoke directly and indirectly with Putin.  Take your pick on which is WRONG

Thousands of people were bussed to New Hampshire to vote illegally.  WRONG

I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.  WRONG

Inauguration drew largest attendance ever.  WRONG

The administration is running like a fine tuned machine.  WRONG

Any negative polls are fake news.  WRONG

I will be taken completely out of my business operations.  WRONG

Sessions didn’t say anything wrong.  WRONG

 

There is so much WRONG with this administration, it cannot even be quantified.