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Offline msj

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Ladies and Gents, the FLOTUS!!!!
« on: February 06, 2017, 10:38:14 pm »
Lets not lose sight of Melania.

According to a lawsuit with respect to defamation, she must prove damages from the defamation in some way.

Her lawyers now claim the damages relate to her using her position to sell clothes and perfume.

That is contrary to the Emoluments Clause - a law that is supposed to prevent such enrichment.


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/melania-trumps-lawyers-admit-she-hoped-to-cash-in-on-being-first-lady-by-selling-clothes-and-fragrances/

But we already know what the Trumps are and we already know the price, so no surprise here.

The only thing that will surprise me is if there is an impeachment.




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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2017, 08:12:33 am »
The only thing that will surprise me is if there is an impeachment.
There was an interesting opinion piece from a couple legal scholars in TIME that made the case for impeachment.

http://time.com/4658633/impeach-donald-trump-congress/

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The Trump Organization does or has done business in Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, St. Martin, St. Vincent, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and Uruguay. And, while serving as President, Trump, through his interest in the Trump Organization, will continue to receive monetary and other benefits from these foreign powers and their agents.

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Re: Ladies and Gents, the FLOTUS!!!!
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2017, 04:12:29 pm »
I have to wonder if melania is truly honoured to serve as the First Lady as she has admitted once in twitter. Perhaps she is quite content to let Ivanka fulfil the role. It's certainly bizarre. Mind you, she would be stepping down in luxurious living by moving to the White House.
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« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2017, 09:27:32 pm »
Going from what she said during he campaign, I thought her focus as FLOTUS was going to be cyber bullying. Considering who she is married to, I wasn't sure whether she is for it or against it. But apparently not, what a surprise.
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« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2017, 09:33:19 am »
Ivanka's failing, low-selling clothing line got dropped! Sad and pathetic!


We now have the President attacking a retailer for making a business decision to drop a brand.

We now have the White House Press Secretary going to a press conference and blasting a retailer for dropping a brand. Is sticking up for Ivanka's brand during work hours really part of the White House Press Secretary's job?

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« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2017, 10:44:22 am »
This is truly pathetic. The President of the United States defending a brand. Would he defend other brands or is it just because it's his daughter's? Is this really so important that the president needs to address it?

There's just so much wrong with this, where do you even begin?

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« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2017, 12:23:17 pm »
More on this topic, Kellyanne Conway told Americans they need to go out and buy Ivanka's stuff. http://www.businessinsider.com/kellyanne-conway-go-buy-ivankas-stuff-2017-2

The White House literally just advertised for a private company.

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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2017, 12:57:48 pm »
At least he didn't take a ride on a private helicopter. 

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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2017, 01:25:57 pm »
So the Whitehouse staff are now just shills for Trump family companies. Shocking.
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2017, 03:33:19 pm »
There are now calls from within the GOP to launch an ethics investigation of this.

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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2017, 03:50:16 pm »
As damn well there should be. Impeachment proceedings should follow shortly thereafter. This is completely unethical to use the office of the president to shill for a family business.

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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2017, 10:50:40 am »
I am wondering about where all the fiscal conservatives are wrt FLOTUS refusing to live at the WH which is costing millions more per month.

Seems like an unnecessary taxpayer expenditure.

But I should give her credit for her reluctance to kick a black family out of their home which proves she is not an elitist.

More like a cadillac fascist.
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2017, 01:46:21 pm »
On the subject of the cost burden of the Trump lifestyle, Senator Marcus Rubius also complaining about cost of Trump's frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago resort (now dubbed "the Winter White House") to local economy.

http://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/02/10/marco-rubio-says-trumps-frequent-trips-to-florida-are-a-burden-on-local-economy

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« Reply #13 on: February 14, 2017, 09:26:14 am »
It is a burden on local businesses. We have been spending part of our winter about half way between Palm Springs and LA. Our Sunday routine takes us to the local airport for breakfast. A great little mom and pop operation that is very popular with locals and visiting aircraft. One beautiful Sunday morning a couple of years ago, we went and the place was dead. No visiting aircraft. When I asked why, the answer was Obama is arriving in Palm Springs and all the airspace within about 30 miles is shut down, even where we were on the other side of the mountains.

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