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The Petty Tyrant
Author: BobR    Date: 08/16/2018 12:53:36

It seems like so long ago, but was in fact maybe less than a week, that representatives and supporters of pResident tRump suggested that being interviewed under oath by Mueller would be a "perjury trap". The absurdity of that notion is that there is no such thing. The only way it would be a "trap" is if tRump planned on lying. If he tells the truth - there is no "trap".

Earlier this week, former reality start Omarosa played a tape of herself being fired by Kelly. She indicated she has other tapes, and has since then played one of her talking with tRump after the firing. This REALLY seems to have upset the White House. When asked if there was a tape of tRump using the "n-word", press secretary Sanders indicated she couldn't say "no" for certain. A friend on the Book of Faces mused "Why would the president need to be told “no tapes exist” of him using racial slurs if he never used racial slurs?" (thanks David).

In response, the tRump campaign has threatened a lawsuit against her for violating an NDA she signed. There are two problems with that - the tapes in question were not recorded during the campaign; they were recorded in the tRump White House. Secondly, for anything occurring while she was working there, she is covered by the Whistlecblower Act:
In 2012, Congress unanimously passed the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA), introduced by the Oversight Committee leadership, to prohibit agencies from implementing or enforcing “any non-disclosure policy, form or agreement” that did not specifically include the following language: “These provisions are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights or liabilities created by existing statute or Executive order relating to (1) classified information, (2) communications to Congress, (3) the presorting to an Inspector General of a violation of any law, rule or regulation, or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or (4) any other whistleblower protection…”

Simply put, it is illegal for anyone in the Trump administration to impose a nondisclosure agreement on a member of the federal government that in any way limits that person’s ability to communicate with Congress and expose waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement.

In another act of desperate deflection, they revoked Brennan's security clearance. Much worse, though, is that they are threatening to revoke the clearances of other former security staff if they deign to criticize tRump.

These are all the acts of a stupid desperate petty tyrant, trying to keep his power, influence, and legacy intact. It seems to me to be the signs of his career's death spiral beginning to accelerate.

Soon.

 
 

22 comments (Latest Comment: 08/17/2018 01:15:27 by livingonli)
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Comment by wickedpam on 08/16/2018 13:24:34
Morning

You forgot - whiny, moldy orange

Comment by Scoopster on 08/16/2018 13:26:41
Good Abuse of Powe.. err i mean Morning!

Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/16/2018 13:37:54
Good morning, fuck the GOP!

Comment by Will in Chicago on 08/16/2018 14:03:03
Good morning, bloggers!!

The Clod Emperor is at it again.

Comment by wickedpam on 08/16/2018 14:03:22
OMG GUYS! Aretha Franklin has died!

Comment by TriSec on 08/16/2018 14:09:47
Well folks, the height of the season, and the city is completely devoid of tourists. I’m ‘waiting’, since there aren’t enough riders to fill the trolleys.

I’ve put a couple of resumes back in the healthcare game.

I’m glad Trump made us great again; everybody is visiting!

Comment by wickedpam on 08/16/2018 14:14:11
Quote by TriSec:
Well folks, the height of the season, and the city is completely devoid of tourists. I’m ‘waiting’, since there aren’t enough riders to fill the trolleys.

I’ve put a couple of resumes back in the healthcare game.

I’m glad Trump made us great again; everybody is visiting!



Are people just not going to Boston this year? Seems like it should still be a good place for summer vacation.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/16/2018 14:17:07
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by TriSec:
Well folks, the height of the season, and the city is completely devoid of tourists. I’m ‘waiting’, since there aren’t enough riders to fill the trolleys.

I’ve put a couple of resumes back in the healthcare game.

I’m glad Trump made us great again; everybody is visiting!

Are people just not going to Boston this year? Seems like it should still be a good place for summer vacation.

I've heard the same thing from our clients. Tourism is down because of a dropoff in international tourism. That along with the reduced seasonal workforce because migrant work visas are being choked off.

Comment by wickedpam on 08/16/2018 14:36:06
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by wickedpam:
Quote by TriSec:
Well folks, the height of the season, and the city is completely devoid of tourists. I’m ‘waiting’, since there aren’t enough riders to fill the trolleys.

I’ve put a couple of resumes back in the healthcare game.

I’m glad Trump made us great again; everybody is visiting!

Are people just not going to Boston this year? Seems like it should still be a good place for summer vacation.

I've heard the same thing from our clients. Tourism is down because of a dropoff in international tourism. That along with the reduced seasonal workforce because migrant work visas are being choked off.



ugh - it makes sense. No one wants to come here because of the whiner.

Comment by livingonli on 08/16/2018 14:36:23
And international tourism has dropped off because people don't want to come here while Trump is president.

Comment by livingonli on 08/16/2018 14:37:57
And the FCC has shut down the pirate radio station that was the flagship for Alex Jones in Austin.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/16/2018 15:22:20
Quote by livingonli:
And the FCC has shut down the pirate radio station that was the flagship for Alex Jones in Austin.

Man I read that story and I was just like "really?"

That reminds me of something I thought about a few weeks ago too. In order to broadcast over radio or television, whether it's commercial band or HAM, you need to have a FCC license & follow a set of rules while on the air (like announcing your station's call sign once an hour) and follow their rules about what you broadcast. When I got into game streaming online, I noticed that there was no such requirements. I can't help but think that this information & broadcast openness that we've all come to embrace & take as granted has also bred this wave of nobodies making a name for themselves by broadcasting hatred, and that if the same licensing requirements & station rules were in place they might not have bothered.

Comment by trojanrabbit on 08/16/2018 15:26:39
Quote by Scoopster:
Quote by livingonli:
And the FCC has shut down the pirate radio station that was the flagship for Alex Jones in Austin.

Man I read that story and I was just like "really?"

That reminds me of something I thought about a few weeks ago too. In order to broadcast over radio or television, whether it's commercial band or HAM, you need to have a FCC license & follow a set of rules while on the air (like announcing your station's call sign once an hour) and follow their rules about what you broadcast. When I got into game streaming online, I noticed that there was no such requirements. I can't help but think that this information & broadcast openness that we've all come to embrace & take as granted has also bred this wave of nobodies making a name for themselves by broadcasting hatred, and that if the same licensing requirements & station rules were in place they might not have bothered.

Thing is, I've seen nothing that actually links this pirate to Jones himself, seems like the owners are a couple of "sov cits" playing his show and a bunch of other libertarian nonsense podcasts (unless there's another "Liberty Radio).

Comment by Scoopster on 08/16/2018 15:39:29
Comment by livingonli on 08/16/2018 15:55:23

After all, the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

Comment by Scoopster on 08/16/2018 20:12:55


Comment by TriSec on 08/16/2018 20:53:54
I would like to invite the President to have sex with himself. As far as I am concerned, that is something he can go and do.

Comment by BobR on 08/16/2018 21:06:41
Sorry the the blog diva and I were no-shows today. We were busy this morning....

BUYING A HOUSE

Yes indeedy - we are now homeowners (once again for each of us individually; first time for both of us together).

Comment by TriSec on 08/16/2018 23:20:40
So....the Boston Globe led a national editorial charge today defending freedom of the press.

Naturally, assclown had to attack and accuse the Globe of some kind of collusion.

The Globe received a bomb threat, and there were military and news helicopters flying around downtown Boston all day.

Fucking buffoon.



Comment by Raine on 08/17/2018 00:51:19
Quote by BobR:
Sorry the the blog diva and I were no-shows today. We were busy this morning....

BUYING A HOUSE

Yes indeedy - we are now homeowners (once again for each of us individually; first time for both of us together).

We have the keys.

still not absorbing this.

Comment by Raine on 08/17/2018 00:52:07
Quote by TriSec:
So....the Boston Globe led a national editorial charge today defending freedom of the press.

Naturally, assclown had to attack and accuse the Globe of some kind of collusion.

The Globe received a bomb threat, and there were military and news helicopters flying around downtown Boston all day.

Fucking buffoon.




HE;s going to pass away one day.

Comment by livingonli on 08/17/2018 01:15:27
Quote by Raine:
Quote by TriSec:
So....the Boston Globe led a national editorial charge today defending freedom of the press.

Naturally, assclown had to attack and accuse the Globe of some kind of collusion.

The Globe received a bomb threat, and there were military and news helicopters flying around downtown Boston all day.

Fucking buffoon.




HE;s going to pass away one day.

If the only cult goes away when he finally does.