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"Oh, and by the way, building aircraft carriers is not a jobs program. It's a war plan." (Photo: U.S. Pacific Fleet/flickr/cc)
Making people "Look over there!" is a classic magician's trick. The magician misdirects the audience's attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket. Misdirection is also used by con men far and wide.
Making people "Look over there!" is a classic magician's trick. The magician misdirects the audience's attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket. Misdirection is also used by con men far and wide.
The public is being misdirected by the spectacle thus far of Trump's presidency. While we recoil from his latest nasty tweet, count how many lies he put into a speech or wonder if the teleprompter will keep him from biting the head off a bat, Trump's loyalists are busy rushing to roll out his far-right agenda, destroying our government out from under us.
Trump provides the bizarre behavior that will get us to "Look over there!" And while we're all gazing at the shiny object, the pro-corporate and anti-worker agenda unfolds:
The Trump administration has begun pulling pending nominees from various federal commissions in a manner that has left Hill Democrats concerned that the practice of bipartisan inclusion on regulatory panels will be upended.
The administration's efforts, these sources told The Huffington Post, could result in commissions tasked with overseeing trade enforcement, election law, and financial and energy regulation being stacked with nominees sympathetic to the president.
These are just a few of the things Trump and the Republicans in Congress are doing to destroy our government. All this, and he's only been office a little over a month.
Oh, and by the way, building aircraft carriers is not a jobs program. It's a war plan.
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Making people "Look over there!" is a classic magician's trick. The magician misdirects the audience's attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket. Misdirection is also used by con men far and wide.
The public is being misdirected by the spectacle thus far of Trump's presidency. While we recoil from his latest nasty tweet, count how many lies he put into a speech or wonder if the teleprompter will keep him from biting the head off a bat, Trump's loyalists are busy rushing to roll out his far-right agenda, destroying our government out from under us.
Trump provides the bizarre behavior that will get us to "Look over there!" And while we're all gazing at the shiny object, the pro-corporate and anti-worker agenda unfolds:
The Trump administration has begun pulling pending nominees from various federal commissions in a manner that has left Hill Democrats concerned that the practice of bipartisan inclusion on regulatory panels will be upended.
The administration's efforts, these sources told The Huffington Post, could result in commissions tasked with overseeing trade enforcement, election law, and financial and energy regulation being stacked with nominees sympathetic to the president.
These are just a few of the things Trump and the Republicans in Congress are doing to destroy our government. All this, and he's only been office a little over a month.
Oh, and by the way, building aircraft carriers is not a jobs program. It's a war plan.
Making people "Look over there!" is a classic magician's trick. The magician misdirects the audience's attention, while palming a coin or putting a dove in a pocket. Misdirection is also used by con men far and wide.
The public is being misdirected by the spectacle thus far of Trump's presidency. While we recoil from his latest nasty tweet, count how many lies he put into a speech or wonder if the teleprompter will keep him from biting the head off a bat, Trump's loyalists are busy rushing to roll out his far-right agenda, destroying our government out from under us.
Trump provides the bizarre behavior that will get us to "Look over there!" And while we're all gazing at the shiny object, the pro-corporate and anti-worker agenda unfolds:
The Trump administration has begun pulling pending nominees from various federal commissions in a manner that has left Hill Democrats concerned that the practice of bipartisan inclusion on regulatory panels will be upended.
The administration's efforts, these sources told The Huffington Post, could result in commissions tasked with overseeing trade enforcement, election law, and financial and energy regulation being stacked with nominees sympathetic to the president.
These are just a few of the things Trump and the Republicans in Congress are doing to destroy our government. All this, and he's only been office a little over a month.
Oh, and by the way, building aircraft carriers is not a jobs program. It's a war plan.