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sheshe2

(83,785 posts)
Wed May 10, 2017, 10:29 PM May 2017

Yesterday, this happened in Trump's America

FBI Director, James Comey, was fired while his agency was investigating Trump and his administration for possible collusion in a hostile foreign government's interference with the 2016 presidential election.

Washington Post:

Comey's dismissal may turn the anti-Trump wave into a tsunami.

The timing of his firing of James Comey proves [Trump] is a tin-pot tyrant.

And this:


Reporter arrested for asking HHS Tom Price this forbidden question on Trumpcare and domestic violence


A reporter in West Virginia was arrested on Tuesday after attempting to ask a Trump official about the administration's plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Dan Heyman, a reporter for Public News Service, says he asked Price repeatedly about whether domestic violence is considered a preexisting condition under the new GOP healthcare bill.

Dana Milbank:
Many of us feared during the campaign that Trump would be a threat to democracy, operating outside the Constitution, using demagoguery to turn white Americans against immigrants and religious and racial minorities. That hasn’t happened, though not for lack of trying on Trump’s part. His instincts are authoritarian, but the Trump presidency has been one pratfall after another. He has proved to be a blundering bully and an inept autocrat….


http://progressiveerupts.blogspot.com/2017/05/yesterday-this-happened-in-trumps.html

A reporter arrested for asking a question. He asked
he asked Price repeatedly about whether domestic violence is considered a preexisting condition under the new GOP healthcare bill.


Be afraid, Then RESIST!
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