From the Desk of Donald J Trump
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Donald J Trump
Wacko Bette Midler said horrible things about the great people of West Virginia and Joe Manchin, but when I say much less offensive things about her, everybody goes wild. Don’t worry, I’ll tell the real facts about her in my book. I love you, West Virginia!
the 45th President
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Quote:Would it have been too much for Trump to actual know what he is talking about before talking? This is what Trump was whining about:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Donald J Trump
Wacko Bette Midler said horrible things about the great people of West Virginia and Joe Manchin, but when I say much less offensive things about her, everybody goes wild. Don’t worry, I’ll tell the real facts about her in my book. I love you, West Virginia!
the 45th President https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-qmxsrvtge40
“What #JoeManchin, who represents a population smaller than Brooklyn, has done to the rest of America, who wants to move forward, not backward, like his state is horrible,” she tweeted. “He sold us out. He wants us all to be just like his state West Virginia. Poor, illiterate and strung out.”
“I apologize to the good people of WVA for my last outburst. I’m just seeing red; #JoeManchin and his whole family are a criminal enterprise. Is he really the best WV has to offer its own citizens? Surely, there’s someone there who has the state’s interests at heart, not his own!”
- Bette Midler.
I wonder what Bette Midler knew about Joe Manchin? This she knew:
Joe Manchin took back an explicit promise he made to President Biden. Naively, I thought that even in this era of norm-breaking, honoring a deal Manchin just made would be one of the last norms to go, since a reputation for keeping your word once given is useful even to highly cynical politicians.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/1
9/statement-from-press-secretary-jen-psaki-4/
The letter Manchin released to explain why he said what he said on Fox News doesn’t read like a carefully worked-out policy statement; it doesn’t even read like a coherent ideological manifesto. Indeed, it feels rushed — a grab bag of Republican talking points hastily trotted out in an attempt to justify his abrupt betrayal and to portray himself as a victim.
https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-stateme
nt-on-build-back-better-act
Manchin is Manchin. But what kind of healthy democracy is structured in a way that can allow one man elected by 290,510 voters in one of the least populous states to thwart the agenda of his party and the President who was elected with 81 million votes??
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_West_Virginia
,_2018
Joe Manchin accepted over $1,500,000 from GOP & corporate interests bent on killing Build Back Better.
He & his wife earn $1.1 million a year in coal dividends from his son’s coal company.
His daughter, former Mylan CEO, jacked up the price of EpiPens by 500%.
A family of grifters.
5:53 PM · Dec 19, 2021 from Philadelphia, PA·Twitter for iPhone
https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1472716842942750728
And Bette Midler wasn't wrong about the people of West Virginia being "Poor, illiterate and strung out." -- https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/west-virginia
West Virginia isn't the absolute worst state--that dishonor goes to Louisiana--but being close to the worst is shameful. West Virginians should not direct their anger at Bette Midler, but at Senator Joe Manchin because he put them close to the bottom, then lied about what he did. Bette Midler didn't lie to them to get their votes. -- https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Trump claiming victory in 2020
12/23/21
The people being persecuted by the January 6th Unselect Committee should simply tell the truth, that they are angry about the RIGGED Presidential Election of 2020. People are entitled to Freedom of Speech, and perhaps there has been no time in our Country’s history where Freedom of Speech has been so totally violated. They don’t want to talk about election results because they know they can’t win.
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-me378nmwyc0
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Trump claiming victory in 2020
12/23/21
Has it been at all noticed that I offered to debate anybody, on television or otherwise, about the RIGGED Presidential Election of 2020. This was a publicly stated challenge—I have been called a “ratings machine,” and therefore would be good for television economics—which have not been doing so well lately. With all the bravado out there, I have not had one credible person willing to stand up and debate me in order to defend the CROOKED election. All involved, like those on the Unselect Committee of January 6th, know that it is a losing proposition for them. The election numbers are not defensible. Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, and probably New Hampshire, Minnesota, New Mexico, and others were all won, and in some cases big, by a certain Republican Presidential Candidate, me. So, after one month, a very public offer to debate, I have no takers—not even the sleazebags you see on the January 6th Commission who speak with such fake reverence about the day. This is Cancel Culture. They think they got away with the Crime of the Century, and they don’t want it to be talked about or discussed. Look at what has happened to our Country, and what a shame it is!
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-z3byhtbapu1320
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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Does anybody REALLY care about what Bette Midler has to say about anything?
I know I don't, beyond a half-hearted 'oh, she's still alive?' moment.
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Quote:Bette Midler has 2,000,000 followers at https://twitter.com/BetteMidler
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Does anybody REALLY care about what Bette Midler has to say about anything?
I know I don't, beyond a half-hearted 'oh, she's still alive?' moment.
And this happened to Midler this month:
Melissa Manchester honors Bette Midler | 44th Kennedy Center Honors
Bette Midler tweeted out this (Trump is opposed to every part of BBB):
The hidden, ugly truth behind Joe Manchin’s stance on BBB’s climate provisions
What’s really driving Sen. Joe Manchin III’s opposition to the Build Back Better package?
We know the West Virginia Democrat is exaggerating the threat from inflation and has relied on bogus numbers to inflate BBB’s deficit impact. We know he reportedly thinks the expanded child tax credit could create a class of welfare moochers when it would be empowering for millions.
All that reminds us that the Democratic agenda is largely at the mercy of one man who is relying on terribly wrongheaded policy arguments and priorities.
But our planetary future is also to some degree at the mercy of that same one man. The precise nature of Manchin’s stance on BBB’s climate provisions is difficult to pin down, but two new developments help illuminate it.
First, the United Mine Workers of America just called on Manchin to reconsider his opposition to BBB. Second, the New York Times just published an expose of the coal industry’s apparent success in shaping Manchin’s stances.
Why do the mine workers want Manchin to support BBB? I talked to Phil Smith, the union’s chief lobbyist. The short answer: Some of its provisions provide a better chance of helping workers who will be dislocated by our transition to a decarbonized future — a dislocation that will likely continue either way — than not passing BBB will.
This notion undermines Manchin’s posture. His most fundamental argument on BBB’s climate agenda is that it will transition us to decarbonization too quickly, threatening extensive collateral damage.
But, given the miners’ belief that BBB is needed to mitigate this transition, this raises questions about whose interests Manchin, in making that argument, is really representing.
The Times piece reports that coal interests have heavily lobbied Manchin throughout BBB negotiations. Manchin himself personally profits off industry holdings, per the Times.
In his statement announcing opposition, Manchin made specific claims about its climate provisions. None hold up under scrutiny, but they appear to reflect arguments coming from the industry.
For instance, Manchin argues BBB will threaten the “reliability of our electric grid,” because BBB will transition us too fast, leading to consequences that “we have seen in both Texas and California.”
Here Manchin is referring to BBB’s hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives for manufacturers and purchasers of power generated by alternative sources such as wind and solar. But as the Times reports, Manchin is echoing what coal industry lobbyists argue.
That claim is that subsidizing renewable energy will jeopardize the electric grid by leading to the retirement of coal and natural gas plants too quickly. Translation: It’s bad for business.
But the blackouts in Texas and California resulted from other causes, such as lack of extreme weather preparation. And scientists are loudly warning that the threat of climate change catastrophe demands faster action, not slower.
Manchin also argues that BBB’s tax incentives will “increase our dependence on foreign supply chains.” As the Times suggests, that echoes the coal industry’s argument that a subsidized expansion of U.S. solar power could benefit China, given its dominance of the supply chain in solar components.
So Manchin seems to be trading on fears of China to discourage investments in renewable energy. And here is where the position of the miners union gets interes
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2,000,000 Bette Midler followers is, I assume, a global figure? Do they depend on her for their political pov as well? Just curious.
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So I looked it up whether people took her comments to heart. And even Midler's fans disapproved: The "Wind Beneath My Wings" singer had fans voicing their disappointment.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bette-midler-west-virginia_n_61c1a83ee4
b04b42ab643e9c
I guess that's why she felt the need to apologize, as back-stabbing as the non-apology-apology was. I'm certain she's going to lose at least a few fans and followers after that (she might gain a few, too, with people being as partisan as they are. Tribe before all else!!).
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Donald Trump
Merry Christmas to all. We will Make America Great Again!
45th President of the United States
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Quote:Are you certain that Trump believes in Christ and Christmas? Trump says he believes many things. He says that he believes he won. Or at least he is pretending to believe he won. For example of a statement about what he may or may not believe, there is this one from 12/23/21
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Donald Trump
Merry Christmas to all. We will Make America Great Again!
45th President of the United States
Has it been at all noticed that I offered to debate anybody, on television or otherwise, about the RIGGED Presidential Election of 2020. This was a publicly stated challenge—I have been called a “ratings machine,” and therefore would be good for television economics—which have not been doing so well lately. With all the bravado out there, I have not had one credible person willing to stand up and debate me in order to defend the CROOKED election. All involved, like those on the Unselect Committee of January 6th, know that it is a losing proposition for them. The election numbers are not defensible. Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Nevada, and probably New Hampshire, Minnesota, New Mexico, and others were all won, and in some cases big, by a certain Republican Presidential Candidate, me. So, after one month, a very public offer to debate, I have no takers—not even the sleazebags you see on the January 6th Commission who speak with such fake reverence about the day. This is Cancel Culture. They think they got away with the Crime of the Century, and they don’t want it to be talked about or discussed. Look at what has happened to our Country, and what a shame it is!
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/news/news-z3byhtbapu1320
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two
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