Vindictive and petty, part 2... White House threatens to veto House bill to aid Puerto Rico earthquake recovery https://thehill.com/homenews/admini...reatens-to-veto-house-bill-to-aid-puerto-rico
Its a given that trump is in no way a religious person, but only fakes it to get the support of conservative voters. That said, he continues to find new ways to offend... this time, to use a National Prayer Breakfast to attack political opponents...
Interesting PRRI poll results on trump, behavior, and support through the lens of religion: Nearly three in four (73%) Americans say they wish Trump’s speech and behavior were more consistent with past presidents, but opinion is polarized. Less than half (46%) of Republicans say they wish Trump’s behavior was more consistent with past presidents, compared to 74% of independents and 88% of Democrats who say the same. A majority (52%) of white evangelical Protestants say they wish Trump’s speech and behavior were like past presidents, the lowest of any religious group. About seven in ten other Christians (68%) and Catholics (70%) say they wish Trump behaved more like past presidents, as do 72% of white mainline Protestants, 74% of Hispanic Protestants, and 81% of black Protestants. Around seven in ten (69%) non-Christian religious Americans say they wish he were more like past presidents, and religiously unaffiliated Americans (85%) are even more likely to say so. Republicans and Republican-leaning independents who prefer someone else to be the Republican nominee overwhelmingly (83%) say they wish Trump’s speech and behavior were more in line with past presidents, while only 37% of those who prefer Trump to be the nominee want his speech and behavior to resemble past presidents. Almost two-thirds (65%) of Americans say that Trump has damaged the dignity of the presidency, while 35% say he has not. Democrats are in near-universal agreement (92%), and more than seven in ten (72%) of independents agree that the dignity of the office of the presidency has suffered under Trump. By contrast, more than three-quarters (76%) of Republicans say Trump has not damaged the dignity of the presidency. Again, white evangelical Protestants express strikingly different opinions about the president, compared to all other religious groups. Nearly two-thirds (63%) of white evangelical Protestants say Trump has not damaged the dignity of the office. Majorities of all other major religious groups agree that Trump has damaged the dignity of the presidency. A majority (62%) of Americans say that Trump’s personal conduct and behavior makes them less likely to support him, while 30% say his conduct makes no difference to them, and 8% say it makes them more likely to support him. Majorities of nearly every demographic group, with the exception of white evangelical Protestants and Republicans, say Trump’s conduct makes them less likely to support him. While more than one-third (36%) of white evangelical Protestants say Trump’s conduct makes them less likely to support him, a plurality (47%) of white evangelical Protestants say Trump’s conduct makes no difference to them, and 16% say it actually makes them more likely to support him. A majority (55%) of Republicans say Trump’s conduct makes no difference to them, while one in four (25%) say it makes them less likely to support him, and 20% say Trump’s conduct makes them more likely to support him. Trump’s conduct may prove challenging for him electorally: Two-thirds (66%) of independents say they are less likely to support him because of his personal conduct, as do two-thirds (66%) of Americans who say their vote will depend on who wins the Democratic nomination. https://www.prri.org/research/fract...nd-key-issues-in-2020-presidential-elections/
The voters are there to hammer Mr trump and his (he apparently "owns" it) Republican Party in November. Assuming trump and his allies, both overseas and domestic, are unable to "fix" the election enough to make a significant difference, not a sure thing at all now that the Republicans in the Senate and the House have pissed on the Constitution and turned their backs on preventing foreign interference in our democratic elections, getting those who want to see the backs of trump and his allies simply have to get to the polls and vote. The majority needed is there. Having someone at the top of the ticket who has broad appeal is of paramount importance. I don't know who that will be, but no one has proven to me that they have what it takes, not yet. If ever there was an election that demanded that people come out and vote, regardless of how enamored they are with the candidate, this is it. Our Republic's system of government is literally at stake. Things have become that bad. Shockingly bad. Worse than I could have imagined just a few years ago, and I can imagine a lot.
Seems more complicated than that. New York's new law stops them from sharing data DHS requires for the program. I don't know how you can really have a Trusted Traveler when their data is withheld. There should be some inter-agency collaboration here, but our continued dysfunction on immigration policy seems to make that impossible.
Correct, its very complex. I moved this discussion to the "Solving Immigration" thread... here's a twitter thread from a former DSH and CBP official...
Oh great, thanks to trump, we are now 8th place. Soon we will be out of the playoffs... US drops to 8th on 'best countries' list https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/370298-us-drops-to-8th-on-best-countries-list
lol U.S. News and World Report rankings. here's another one: https://news.gallup.com/poll/284285/new-high-americans-satisfied-personal-life.aspx
