The left is running an absolutely 100% full time disinformation campaign. It's stunning really. The sad part is with as much as it has been going on, and as long as they will be doing it, it will actually start to affect votes in the next election I believe. Trump needs to just stop answering these silly questions (like the one about firing Mueller too). Just ignore them because every time you answer, even in the negative, it keeps the story out there. Just make a blanket statement about how you will not answer absurd questions about fake news and be done with it. When the question is asked, move onto the next topic. Yes, the left will use this as "confirmation", but when these things never come to pass they will start to look as foolish as they are acting.

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Originally posted by mbinky:
The left is running an absolutely 100% full time disinformation campaign. It's stunning really. The sad part is with as much as it has been going on, and as long as they will be doing it, it will actually start to affect votes in the next election I believe. Trump needs to just stop answering these silly questions (like the one about firing Mueller too). Just ignore them because every time you answer, even in the negative, it keeps the story out there. Just make a blanket statement about how you will not answer absurd questions about fake news and be done with it. When the question is asked, move onto the next topic. Yes, the left will use this as "confirmation", but when these things never come to pass they will start to look as foolish as they are acting.

Look how many times Rex Tillerson has been fired, or resigned.

These stories are so stupid, they don't matter even if true. So, he thought about rescinding a SC nomination, so what?

He thought about firing Tillerson, ok, so?

Not even fake news; stupid and trivial fake news.

House passed Tax Cuts And Jobs Act 227-203

no DEM support

Senate may vote on it tonight

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Originally posted by mbinky:

The left is running an absolutely 100% full time disinformation campaign.

^^^THIS

Just saw a NYT article that boldly declares that this impending tax cut is "highly unpopular with people"

WTF, over?

Maybe highly unpopular with NYT liberals who blanch at the thought of Mr. Joe Public having more money in his take-home pay instead of having to fork it over to Big Gov't, but not with most normal average people I know.

http://www.foxnews.com/politic...nsition-records.html

The chairman of the Senate's homeland security committee is demanding information from the General Services Administration about why it turned over Trump transition documents to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team for its Russia investigation – something lawyers for the transition team have called “unlawful.”

Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson, Republican chairman of the Committee on Homeland Securty and Government Affairs, requested a variety of information from the GSA director, including a description of the steps taken by the agency to determine if it was appropriate to provide the documents to the special counsel’s office.

Johnson also asked for the name of the GSA staff member who authorized handing the documents over to Mueller.

“GSA’s alleged actions could have serious ramifications for presidential transitions in the future,” Johnson wrote in the letter. “An incoming administration must be ready to govern on Day 1. Any threat to the close coordination between the transition and outgoing administration could create vulnerabilities to governance, readiness and national security.”

The GSA, a government agency, provided the transition team with office space and hosted its email servers.

In his letter to the agency, Johnson said the GSA did not have “authority” over transition documents. He said that the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 gave the GSA a prominent role in the transition process, but that it “acts merely as a facilitator of office space, supplies and services.”

“The National Archives and Records Administration considers records of the presidential transition team to be private records – not federal or presidential records," Johnson said. "GSA does not have authority over the transition’s operations, its employees or its records.”

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from National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/memos/ac09-2017

The President-elect’s Transition Team (PETT) represents the President-elect during the 2016-2017 Presidential transition.

The materials that PETT members create or receive are not Federal or Presidential records, but are considered private materials.

I'm sure the Obama-bots in the GSA were falling all over themselves to hand the emails over, just as I am sure that ultimately no one will be held accountable for those actions.

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Originally posted by mbinky:
I'm sure the Obama-bots in the GSA were falling all over themselves to hand the emails over, just as I am sure that ultimately no one will be held accountable for those actions.

You mean the same ones that draaaaaaggggggged their feet when it came to the Hillary emails?

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... liberals’ selective outrage is appalling. Moveon.org, the organization behind the protests, made their motto “nobody is above the law.” Ostensibly, that’s an idea that both sides of the aisle could get behind. Patriotic Americans would agree that all citizens are equal under the law. But to many who hold progressive political views, that idea only applies to one side of the political spectrum. ...

It is impossible to reason with the progressive liberals. They have been completely brainwashed. I lost a now "progressive liberal" friend-of-sort trying to assure him that President Trump was not evil at all. And I also lost an important connection to "The Resistance" in Austin. I may try to repair that damage, as I want intel from the "The Resistance".

Senator Johnson sends a ltr to GSA

http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...ittle-surprise-4.php

Dear Administrator Murphy:

I write concerning allegations that General Services Administration (GSA) personnel, prior to your confirmation as Administrator, failed to recognize and protect the privileged and confidential nature of materials generated during the presidential transition and provided them to the Special Counsel’s Office without the consent of or notice to the transition entity that owns these records, Trump for America, Inc. (TFA)

These allegations raise concerns that GSA personnel disregarded federal statutes governing presidential transitions, thereby potentially undermining the framework for future presidential transitions. As chairman of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over presidential transitions, I appreciate your assistance with this matter.

While the Act provides GSA a prominent role in the transition process, GSA acts merely as a facilitator of office space, supplies, and services. The Act permits presidential transition teams to operate as a private entity rather than a government component. The National Archives and Records Administration considers records of the presidential transition team to be private records—not federal or presidential records. GSA does not have authority over the transition’s operations, its employees, or its records.

...

in order to understand GSA’s response to the Special Counsel’s request for TFA’s private records, I respectfully request that you please provide the following information:

1. A description of steps taken by GSA to determine the appropriateness of providing privileged TFA documents to the Special Counsel’s Office, including the identity of the GSA staff member who authorized the production of TFA documents to the Special Counsel’s Office, and the identity of the GSA staff member designated as the Federal Transition Coordinator;

2. A copy of the Memorandum of Understanding to which TFA and GSA entered to guide the transition process from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration;

3. Any training or guidance provided to GSA and career staff assisting presidential transition teams on the private nature of transition team’s records and the legal protections of these private materials;

4. All documents and communications between or among GSA, the Department of Justice, and the Special Counsel’s Office, referring or relating to the production of records generated during the presidential transition for President-elect Donald J. Trump;

5. All documents and communications between or among GSA and TFA referring or relating to the production of records generated during the presidential transition for President-elect Donald J. Trump; and

6. All documents and communications between GSA employees or contractors referring or relating to the production of records generated during the presidential transition for President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Please provide the requested information no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

Senate voting on the tax reform bill now.

Protesters yelling from the gallery. VP Pence has ordered the Sgt at Arms to restore order several times.

Bill passes Senate. 51 to 48. Straight party lines.

House will vote tomorrow.

House will revote tomorrow because three minor aspects of bill to not meet Senate parliamentarian's "Byrd Rule" that measures passed by reconciliation must have an effect on the budget, is my understanding.
The Senate was the real hurdle, passage of the Senate-revised bill by the House is a foregone conclusion.

Not tired of winning.

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House will revote tomorrow because three minor aspects (d)o not meet Senate parliamentarian's "Byrd Rule" that measures passed by reconciliation must have an effect on the budget, is my understanding.
The Senate was the real hurdle, passage of the Senate-revised bill by the House is a foregone conclusion.

Not tired of winning.

But the local channel 5 news-cutie said the discrepancies in the bills were serious enough to have the Republicans re-draft the bill. You don't think she would have over-stated her story do you?

Honestly, I never get tired of this shit. I believe the lefties are running in circles so hard and so fast they will soon soar up their own fundaments and disappear in a miasma of lies, mis-statements, falsehoods, fake news, canards, bullshit, quibbling, falsehoods and outright evil; and I'm taking better care of my health so I'll be around to see the whole thing.

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I'm taking better care of my health so I'll be around to see the whole thing.

So am I

Sarah Sanders listed some of President Trump's achievements

Nearly 1.7 million new jobs have been created, and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1 percent, the lowest rate in 17 years. The stock market reached a record high more than 60 times and closed above 24,000 for the first time in history.

We’ve rolled back twenty-two regulations for every one new regulation, saving taxpayers over $8 billion and liberating America’s economy from the grip of bloated government.

We’ve withdrawn from, or began renegotiating the trade deals that once threatened to destroy American industry and shipped our jobs around the world.

We finally set up our nation on a path to not only energy independence, but energy dominance. We approved the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, directed the EPA to end the job-killing war on coal, and upon the tax bill’s passage, will have opened up ANWR to responsible energy exploration.

The President has protected America’s communities. We’ve seen the lowest level of illegal border crossings on record. We ended the Obama administration’s dangerous catch-and-release policies, restoring law and order both on the border and in the interior. …

And we’ve promoted peace through strength. Under the President’s leadership, ISIS has lost nearly all of its territory and its most important strongholds in Iraq and Syria.

We’ve restored old alliances, forged new ones, begun rebuilding our military, and made it clear to the world that there is no greater ally, no more fearsome adversary than the United States of America.

We’ve reshaped the American judiciary for generations. Justice Gorsuch was confirmed to the Supreme Court, and 22 judges have been confirmed, including a record-setting 12 circuit judges. …

And this evening, hopefully upon passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the President will have delivered the most significant tax cut in the history of the nation and repealed the Obamacare individual mandate .


http://www.powerlineblog.com/a...trump-get-credit.php
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I think Sanders is doing a great job as press secretary. President Trump has moved past "at least he isn't Hillary" and into a major force to restore our country to prosperity, power, and fair play for all Americans.

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/memos/ac09-2017

November 16, 2016

MEMORANDUM TO FEDERAL AGENCY RECORDS OFFICERS: Guidance Relating to President-Elect Transition Team Materials

The President-elect’s Transition Team (PETT) represents the President-elect during the 2016-2017 Presidential transition. The materials that PETT members create or receive are not Federal or Presidential records, but are considered private materials.

However, transition briefing materials created by a Federal agency and agency communications with the PETT are Federal records and must be managed in accordance with an approved agency records schedule.

If a PETT member is appointed to an agency position as part of the new Administration, the status of PETT materials that the individual brings to the agency may change at that time. If PETT materials are incorporated as agency working files, they become records under either the Federal Records Act (FRA), for individuals working at Federal agencies, or the Presidential Records Act (PRA), for individuals working in PRA creating entities of the Executive Office of the President.

If the PETT materials are kept separate from Federal agency files or from files of a PRA entity, then they remain private materials.

If you have any questions concerning this guidance, please contact the appraisal archivist assigned to work with your agency.

LAURENCE BREWER
Chief Records Officer
for the U.S. Government

The above is about what constitutes an official "record" and does not have anything to do with privacy in terms of being subject to monitoring, etc. fearsum dreadnaught's legal post is so far the best on the privacy issue.

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I think Sanders is doing a great job as press secretary

So do I!

And I find it truly refreshing that she takes no prisoners when doing her press briefings. Those libtard "press" representatives (used to be REPORTERS) start their shit, and she shuts them down.

IMO, those assholes should be given one warning about disruptive conduct and on second attempt be removed from the press pool.

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The above is about what constitutes an official "record" and does not have anything to do with privacy in terms of being subject to monitoring

Disagree. It is the key to the argument.

"Mueller’s problem here is these were not even government employee emails; they were the emails of private individuals stored temporarily on a government server, and publicly declared to be “private materials” as a matter of custom, practice and the public policy of the National Archives .

As Professor Jonathan Turley identifies, the National Archives recognize transition email records “are not federal or presidential records, but considered private materials.” "

Yeah, wave your hands some more, Frank. That's a signal that you're lying, you fucking fraud.

You've got a lot of nerve to even show your face in public after you were proven to be incompetent and a complete fraud.

It’s beginning to look as though the Plumbers unit has moved down the road to DOJ.