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Note to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer! Stop the impeachment insane waste of our time and money and energy. Read what POTUS Trump said. You have no case. Get on with the inauguration. Focus Nancy. Focus Chuck. Be a stateswoman Nancy. Be a statesman Chuck. Forget this impeachment drivel. Help us be free, safe, and prosperous. Make sure there is enough security and get Joe and Kamala sworn in a few days from now. And send out the $2000 checks.

A Note to Nancy Pelosi. A Note to Chuck Schumer.

  1. Nancy, stop the impeachment insanity now.
  2. Chuck, stop the impeachment insanity now.
  3. Be a stateswoman. Be a statesman.
  4. For 4 years you and half the nation have wasted the time and emotions of the whole nation beating up on POTUS Trump.
  5. Nancy and Chuck, stop wasting our time and money and energy.
  6. Do something positive to help us be free, safe, and prosperous.
  7. Stop blocking the COVID payments.
  8. President Trump addressed supporters near the White House on January 6th 2021.
  9. FACT CHECK, NANCY.
  10. FACT CHECK, CHUCK.
  11. Did POTUS Trump advocate or encourage violence?
  12. Did POTUS Trump encourage anyone to enter the Capitol building?
  13. No he did not Nancy.
  14. Not one whit.
  15. You can read.
  16. Have you taken the time to read what he said?
  17. You have no case.
  18. Those who entered the capitol deserve to be found and prosecuted, to be sure.
  19. Likewise, those who rioted and looted in the past deserve to be found and prosecuted as well.
  20. Violence and trespass are not to be condoned in any fashion.
  21. Our nation functions because we are a nation of LAW and ORDER.
  22. POTUS Trump is home free on this one.
  23. He told his supporters to go home.
  24. He stands firm and has always stood firm against violence.
  25. POTUS Trump’s speech includes no calls or encouragement whatsoever for anyone to trespass and enter the Capitol.
  26. POTUS Trump’s speech includes no calls or encouragement whatsoever for anyone to use violence.
  27. In fact, indication is that those who entered were coordinating with inside persons and already entering the Capitol during POTUS Trump’s speech.
  28. Read what he said.
  29. To the contrary, POTUS Trump says states want to revote now that they have seen the voter fraud.
  30. He contrasts his peaceful followers with those who were lawless and earlier rioted and burned and looted in our cities.
  31. He says there would be hell to pay if what happened to him happened to democrats.
  32. He asks those who support him to fight by using the primary and by voting those who did not help us be free, safe, and prosper out of office.
  33. Here are POTUS Trump’s words. Read them, Nancy. Read them Chuck.
  34. And then stop this impeachment insanity immediately.
  35. And FOCUS.
  36. Get enough security and get Joe and Kamala installed.
  37. The following are POTUS TRUMP’S WORDS:
  38. Media will not show the magnitude of this crowd.
  39. Even I, when I turned on today, I looked, and I saw thousands of people here, but you don’t see hundreds of thousands of people behind you because they don’t want to show that.
  40. We have hundreds of thousands of people here, and I just want them to be recognized by the fake news media. 
  41. Turn your cameras, please, and show what is really happening out here, because these people are not going to take it any longer, they’re not going to take it any longer.
  42. Go ahead, turn your cameras, please.
  43. Would you show they came from all over the world actually, but they came from all over our country.
  44. I just really want to see what they do.
  45. I just want to see how they cover it.
  46. I’ve never seen anything like it, but it would be really great if we could be covered fairly by the media.
  47. The media is the biggest problem we have as far as I’m concerned, single biggest problem.
  48. The fake news and the big tech, big tech, is now coming into their own.
  49. We beat them four years ago, we surprised them.
  50. We took him by surprise and this year they rigged an election, they rigged it like they have never rigged an election before, and by the way, last night, they didn’t do a bad job either, if you notice.
  51. I am honest, and I just again, I want to thank you.
  52. It’s just a great honor to have this kind of crowd and to be before you and hundreds of thousands of American patriots who are committed to the honesty of our elections and the integrity of our glorious Republic.
  53. All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by bold and radical left Democrats, which is what they are doing, and stolen by the fake news media.
  54. That is what they have done and what they are doing.
  55. We will never give up.
  56. We will never concede.
  57. It doesn’t happen.
  58. You don’t concede when there’s theft involved.
  59. Our country has had enough. 
  60. We will not take it anymore, and that is what this is all about.
  61. And to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with, we will stop the steal.
  62. Today I will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election and we won it by a landslide.
  63. This was not a close election.
  64. You know I say sometimes jokingly, but there’s no joke about it.
  65. I have been in two elections.
  66. I won them both and the second one I won much bigger than the first, okay?
  67. Almost 75 million people voted for our campaign, the most of any incumbent president by far in the history of our country; 12 million more than four years ago.
  68. And I was told by the real pollsters; we do have real pollsters.
  69. They know that we were going to do well and we were going to win.
  70. What I was told, if I went from 63 million, which we had four years ago, to 66 million, there was no chance of losing.
  71. Well, we didn’t go to 66, we went to 75 million, and they say we lost.
  72. We didn’t lose.
  73. And by the way, does anybody believe that Joe had 80 million votes?
  74. Does anybody believe that?
  75. He had 80 million computer votes.
  76. It’s a disgrace.
  77. There’s never been anything like that.
  78. You can take Third World countries, just take a look, take Third World countries, their elections are more honest than what we have been going through in this country.
  79. It’s a disgrace.
  80. It’s a disgrace.
  81. Even when you look at last night, they were all running around like chickens with their heads cut off with boxes, and nobody knows what the hell is going on.
  82. There’s never been anything like this.
  83. We will not let them silence your voices.
  84. We’re not going to let it happen.
  85. Not going to let it happen.
  86. Thank you.
  87. And I would love to have, if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed, the military, the Secret Service and we want to thank you — and the police and law enforcement — great, you’re doing a great job.
  88. But I would love it if they could be allowed to come up with us. Is that possible?
  89. Can you just let them, please?
  90. And Rudy [Giuliani], you did a great job.
  91. He’s got guts.
  92. You know what?
  93. He’s got guts, unlike a lot of people in the Republican Party, he’s got guts, he fights, he fights.
  94. [How did Rudy fight? He filed lawsuits and addressed legislatures and the public.]
  95. And I will tell you thank you very much, John [Eastman], fantastic job. I watched — that’s a tough act to follow those two.
  96. John is one of the most brilliant lawyers in the country and he looked at this, and he said what an absolute disgrace that this could be happening to our Constitution, and he looked at Mike Pence, and I hope Mike is going to do the right thing.
  97. I hope so.
  98. I hope so because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election.
  99. All he has to do — all — this is — this is from the number one or certainly one of the top constitutional lawyers in our country.
  100. He has the absolute right to do it.
  101. We’re supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution and protect our Constitution.
  102. States want to revote, the states got defrauded.
  103. They were given false information, they voted on it.
  104. Now they want to recertify; they want it back.
  105. All Vice President Pence has to do is send it back to the states to recertify, and we become president, and you are the happiest people.
  106. And I actually, I just spoke to Mike. 
  107. I said, Mike, that doesn’t take courage, what takes courage is to do nothing.
  108. That takes courage, and then we are stuck with a president who lost the election by a lot, and we have to live with that for four more years.
  109. We’re just not going to let that happen.
  110. Many of you have traveled from all across the nation to be here, and I want to thank you for the extraordinary love.
  111. That is what it is; there’s never been a movement like this ever, ever for the extraordinary love for this amazing country.
  112. And this amazing movement.
  113. Thank you.
  114. By the way, this goes all the way back past the Washington Monument.
  115. Do you believe this? Look at this.
  116. Unfortunately, they gave the press the prime seats.
  117. I can’t stand that.
  118. No, but you look at that behind.
  119. I wish they would flip those cameras and look behind you.
  120. That is the most amazing site.
  121. When they make a mistake, you get to see it on television, amazing. Amazing.
  122. All of the way back and don’t worry.
  123. We will not take the name off the Washington Monument.
  124. We will not.
  125. Cancel culture.
  126. They wanted to get rid of the Jefferson Memorial, either take it down or just put somebody else in there.
  127. I don’t think that’s going to happen.
  128. It damn well better not, even though with this administration if this happens, it could happen.
  129. You will see some really bad things happen.
  130. They will knock out Lincoln, too, by the way.
  131. They have been taking his statute down, but then we signed a little law, you hurt our monuments, you hurt our heroes, you go to jail for 10 years, and everything stopped.
  132. You notice that it stopped?
  133. It all stopped, and they could use Rudy back in New York City, Rudy.
  134. They could use you.
  135. Your city is going to hell.
  136. They want Rudy Giuliani back in New York.
  137. We will get a little younger version of Rudy.
  138. Is that okay, Rudy?
  139. We’re gathered together in the heart of our nation’s capital for one very, very basic and simple reason, to save our democracy.
  140. You know most candidates on election evening, and of course, this thing goes on so long they still don’t have any idea what the votes are.
  141. We still have congressional seats under review.
  142. They have no idea.
  143. They have totally lost control;
  144. they have used the pandemic as a way of defrauding the people in a proper election,
  145. but you know, you know when you see this and when you see what is happening, number one they all say, sir, we will never let it happen again. I said that’s good, but what about eight weeks ago?
  146. You know they try and get you to go, they say, sir, in four years you are guaranteed.
  147. I said, I’m not interested right now.
  148. Do me a favor. Go back eight weeks.
  149. I want to go back eight weeks.
  150. Let’s go back eight weeks.
  151. We want to go back, and we want to get this right, because we’re going to have somebody in there that should not be in there, and our country will be destroyed. And we’re not going to stand for that.
  152. For years, Democrats have gotten away with election fraud and weak Republicans.
  153. And that’s what they are.
  154. There’s so many weak Republicans.
  155. And we have great ones.
  156. Jim Jordan and some of these guys, they are out there fighting.
  157. The House guys are fighting, but it’s — it’s incredible.
  158. Many of the Republicans, I helped them get in.
  159. I helped them get elected.
  160. I helped Mitch get elected. I helped —
  161. I could name 24 of them, let’s say. I won’t bore you with it.
  162. And then all of a sudden, you have something like this.
  163. There is like oh, gee, maybe I’ll talk to the president sometime later.
  164. No, it’s amazing.
  165. The weak Republicans.
  166. They’re pathetic Republicans, and that’s what happens.
  167. If this happened to the Democrats, there’d be hell all over the country going on.
  168. There’d be hell all over the country. 
  169. But just remember this, you’re stronger, you’re smarter.
  170. You’ve got more going than anybody, and they try and demean everybody having to do with us, and you’re the real people.
  171. You’re the people that built this nation.
  172. You’re not the people that tore down our nation.
  173. The weak Republicans — and that’s it, I really believe it.
  174. I think I’m going to use the term.
  175. The weak Republicans.
  176. You’ve got a lot of them and you’ve got a lot of great ones.
  177. But you’ve got a lot of weak ones.
  178. They’ve turned a blind eye.
  179. Even as Democrats enacted policies that
  180. shipped away our jobs,
  181. weakened our military,
  182. threw open our borders,
  183. and put America last.
  184. Did you see the other day where Joe Biden said I want to get rid of the America-first policy.
  185.  What’s that all about?
  186. Get rid of — how do you say I want to get rid of America first?
  187. Even if you’re going to do it, don’t talk about it, right?
  188. Unbelievable, what we have to go through.
  189. What we have to go through — and you have to get your people to fight.
  190. And if they don’t fight, we have to primary the hell out of the ones that don’t fight. We primary them.
  191. We’re going to — we’re going to let you know who they are.
  192. I can already tell you, frankly.
  193. But this year, using the pretext of the China virus and the scam of mail-in ballots, Democrats attempted the most brazen and outrageous election theft.
  194. And there’s never been anything like this.
  195. It’s a pure theft in American history.
  196. Everybody knows it.
  197. That election, our election was over at 10 in the evening.
  198. We’re leading Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia.
  199. By hundreds of thousands of votes, and then late in the evening or early in the morning, boom. 
  200. These explosions of bullshit, and all of the sudden —all of a sudden, it started to happen.
  201. Don’t forget, when Romney got beat — Romney. Did you see his —
  202. I wonder if he enjoyed his flight in last night.
  203. But when Romney got beat, you know, he stands up like your more typical — well, I’d like to congratulate the victor.
  204. The victor.
  205. Who was the victor, Mitt?
  206. I’d like to congratulate.
  207. They don’t go in and look at the facts.
  208. Oh, I don’t know. You’ve got — he got slaughtered, probably.
  209. Maybe it was okay, maybe it was — that’s what happened.

Nancy and Chuck, stop the impeachment insane waste of our time and money and energy. You have no case. You are trying to manufacture a case when there isn’t one. Get on with the inauguration. Focus Nancy. Be a stateswoman. Focus Chuck. Be a statesman. Make sure there is enough security and get Joe and Kamala sworn in a few days from now.

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POTUS TRUMP’S MASTERPIECE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS FEBRUARY 4TH 2020

1.       BARREL, here is POTUS TRUMP’S FEBRUARY 4TH 2020 STATE OF THE UNION speech.

2.       Thanks, PORK. It is a masterpiece. 

      POTUS TRUMP has kept more promises and done more for us BLACKS, WHITES, NATIVE AMERICANS, ASIANS, HISPANICS to help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS than any other POTUS except Lincoln and Washington.                                                                                                              

3.       Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and my fellow citizens:

4.       Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback. Tonight, I stand before you to share the incredible results. Jobs are booming, incomes are soaring, poverty is plummeting, crime is falling, confidence is surging, and our country is thriving and highly respected again! America’s enemies are on the run, America’s fortunes are on the rise, and America’s future is blazing bright.

5.       The years of economic decay are over. The days of our country being used, taken advantage of, and even scorned by other nations are long behind us. Gone too are the broken promises, jobless recoveries, tired platitudes, and constant excuses for the depletion of American wealth, power, and prestige.

6.       In just 3 short years, we have shattered the mentality of American decline, and we have rejected the downsizing of America’s destiny. We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back!

7.       I am thrilled to report to you tonight that our economy is the best it has ever been. Our military is completely rebuilt, with its power being unmatched anywhere in the world — and it is not even close. Our borders are secure. Our families are flourishing. Our values are renewed. Our pride is restored. And for all these reasons, I say to the people of our great country, and to the Members of Congress before me: The State of our Union is stronger than ever before!

8.       The vision I will lay out this evening demonstrates how we are building the world’s most prosperous and inclusive society — one where every citizen can join in America’s unparalleled success, and where every community can take part in America’s extraordinary rise.

9.       From the instant I took office, I moved rapidly to revive the United States economy — slashing a record number of job-killing regulations, enacting historic and record-setting tax cuts, and fighting for fair and reciprocal trade agreements. Our agenda is relentlessly pro-worker, pro-family, pro-growth, and, most of all, pro-American. We are advancing with unbridled optimism and lifting high our citizens of every race, color, religion, and creed.

10.   Since my election, we have created 7 million new jobs — 5 million more than Government experts projected during the previous administration.

11.   The unemployment rate is the lowest in over half a century.

12.   Incredibly, the average unemployment rate under my Administration is lower than any administration in the history of our country. If we had not reversed the failed economic policies of the previous administration, the world would not now be witness to America’s great economic success.

13.   The unemployment rates for African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and Asian-Americans have reached the lowest levels in history. African-American youth unemployment has reached an all-time low.

14.   African-American poverty has declined to the lowest rate ever recorded.

15.   The unemployment rate for women reached the lowest level in almost 70 years — and last year, women filled 72 percent of all new jobs added.

16.   The veterans’ unemployment rate dropped to a record low.

17.   The unemployment rate for disabled Americans has reached an all-time low.

18.   Workers without a high school diploma have achieved the lowest unemployment rate recorded in United States history.

19.   A record number of young Americans are now employed.

20.   Under the last administration, more than 10 million people were added to the food stamp rolls. Under my Administration, 7 million Americans have come off of food stamps, and 10 million people have been lifted off of welfare.

21.   In 8 years under the last administration, over 300,000 working-age people dropped out of the workforce. In just 3 years of my Administration, 3.5 million working-age people have joined the workforce.

22.   Since my election, the net worth of the bottom half of wage-earners has increased by 47 percent — 3 times faster than the increase for the top 1 percent. After decades of flat and falling incomes, wages are rising fast — and, wonderfully, they are rising fastest for low-income workers, who have seen a 16 percent pay-increase since my election. This is a blue collar boom.

23.   Real median household income is now at the highest level ever recorded!

24.   Since my election, United States stock markets have soared 70 percent, adding more than $12 trillion to our Nation’s wealth, transcending anything anyone believed was possible — this, as other countries are not doing well. Consumer confidence has reached amazing new heights.

25.   All of those millions of people with 401(k)s and pensions are doing far better than they have ever done before with increases of 60, 70, 80, 90, and even 100 percent.

26.   Jobs and investment are pouring into 9,000 previously-neglected neighborhoods thanks to Opportunity Zones, a plan spearheaded by Senator Tim Scott as part of our great Republican tax cuts. In other words, wealthy people and companies are pouring money into poor neighborhoods or areas that have not seen investment in many decades, creating jobs, energy, and excitement. This is the first time that these deserving communities have seen anything like this. It is all working!

27.   Opportunity Zones are helping Americans like Army Veteran Tony Rankins from Cincinnati, Ohio. After struggling with drug addiction, Tony lost his job, his house, and his family — he was homeless. But then Tony found a construction company that invests in Opportunity Zones. He is now a top tradesman, drug-free, reunited with his family, and he is here tonight. Tony: Keep up the great work.

28.   Our roaring economy has, for the first time ever, given many former prisoners the ability to get a great job and a fresh start. This second chance at life is made possible because we passed landmark Criminal Justice Reform into law. Everybody said that Criminal Justice Reform could not be done, but I got it done, and the people in this room got it done.

29.   Thanks to our bold regulatory reduction campaign, the United States has become the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, by far. With the tremendous progress we have made over the past 3 years, America is now energy independent, and energy jobs, like so many elements of our country, are at a record high. We are doing numbers that no one would have thought possible just 3 years ago.

30.   Likewise, we are restoring our Nation’s manufacturing might, even though predictions were that this could never be done. After losing 60,000 factories under the previous two administrations, America has now gained 12,000 new factories under my Administration with thousands upon thousands of plants and factories being planned or built. We have created over half a million new manufacturing jobs. Companies are not leaving; they are coming back. Everybody wants to be where the action is, and the United States of America is, indeed, where the action is.

31.   One of the single biggest promises I made to the American people was to replace the disastrous NAFTA trade deal. In fact, unfair trade is perhaps the single biggest reason that I decided to run for President. Following NAFTA’s adoption, our Nation lost one in four manufacturing jobs. Many politicians came and went, pledging to change or replace NAFTA — only to do absolutely nothing. But unlike so many who came before me, I keep my promises. Six days ago, I replaced NAFTA and signed the brand new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) into law.

32.   The USMCA will create nearly 100,000 new high-paying American auto jobs, and massively boost exports for our farmers, ranchers, and factory workers. It will also bring trade with Mexico and Canada to a much higher degree, but also to a much greater level of fairness and reciprocity. This is the first major trade deal in many years to earn the strong backing of America’s labor unions.

33.   I also promised our citizens that I would impose tariffs to confront China’s massive theft of American jobs. Our strategy worked. Days ago, we signed the groundbreaking new agreement with China that will defend our workers, protect our intellectual property, bring billions of dollars into our treasury, and open vast new markets for products made and grown right here in the United States of America. For decades, China has taken advantage of the United States, now we have changed that but, at the same time, we have perhaps the best relationship we have ever had with China, including with President Xi. They respect what we have done because, quite frankly, they could never believe what they were able to get away with year after year, decade after decade, without someone in our country stepping up and saying: Enough. Now, we want to rebuild our country, and that is what we are doing.

34.   As we restore American leadership throughout the world, we are once again standing up for freedom in our hemisphere. That is why my Administration reversed the failing policies of the previous administration on Cuba. We are supporting the hopes of Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to restore democracy. The United States is leading a 59-nation diplomatic coalition against the socialist dictator of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro. Maduro is an illegitimate ruler, a tyrant who brutalizes his people. But Maduro’s grip of tyranny will be smashed and broken. Here this evening is a man who carries with him the hopes, dreams, and aspirations of all Venezuelans. Joining us in the gallery is the true and legitimate President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó. Mr. President, please take this message back to your homeland. All Americans are united with the Venezuelan people in their righteous struggle for freedom! Socialism destroys nations. But always remember, freedom unifies the soul.

35.   To safeguard American Liberty, we have invested a record-breaking $2.2 trillion in the United States Military. We have purchased the finest planes, missiles, rockets, ships, and every other form of military equipment — all made in the United States of America. We are also finally getting our allies to help pay their fair share. I have raised contributions from the other NATO members by more than $400 billion, and the number of allies meeting their minimum obligations has more than doubled.

36.   And just weeks ago, for the first time since President Truman established the Air Force more than 70 years earlier, we created a new branch of the United States Armed Forces, the Space Force.

37.   In the gallery tonight, we have one of the Space Force’s youngest potential recruits: 13-year-old Iain Lanphier, an eighth grader from Arizona. Iain has always dreamed of going to space. He was first in his class and among the youngest at an aviation academy. He aspires to go to the Air Force Academy, and then, he has his eye on the Space Force. As Iain says, “most people look up at space, I want to look down on the world.”

38.   Sitting beside Iain tonight is his great hero. Charles McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio, one century ago. Charles is one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen — the first black fighter pilots — and he also happens to be Iain’s great-grandfather. After more than 130 combat missions in World War II, he came back to a country still struggling for Civil Rights and went on to serve America in Korea and Vietnam. On December 7th, Charles celebrated his 100th birthday. A few weeks ago, I signed a bill promoting Charles McGee to Brigadier General. And earlier today, I pinned the stars on his shoulders in the Oval Office. General McGee: Our Nation salutes you.

39.   From the pilgrims to our Founders, from the soldiers at Valley Forge to the marchers at Selma, and from President Lincoln to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Americans have always rejected limits on our children’s future.

40.   Members of Congress, we must never forget that the only victories that matter in Washington are victories that deliver for the American people. The people are the heart of our country, their dreams are the soul of our country, and their love is what powers and sustains our country. We must always remember that our job is to put America first!

41.   The next step forward in building an inclusive society is making sure that every young American gets a great education and the opportunity to achieve the American Dream. Yet, for too long, countless American children have been trapped in failing government schools. To rescue these students, 18 States have created school choice in the form of Opportunity Scholarships. The programs are so popular, that tens of thousands of students remain on waiting lists. One of those students is Janiyah Davis, a fourth grader from Philadelphia. Janiyah’s mom Stephanie is a single parent. She would do anything to give her daughter a better future. But last year, that future was put further out of reach when Pennsylvania’s Governor vetoed legislation to expand school choice for 50,000 children.

42.   Janiyah and Stephanie are in the gallery this evening. But there is more to their story. Janiyah, I am pleased to inform you that your long wait is over. I can proudly announce tonight that an Opportunity Scholarship has become available, it is going to you, and you will soon be heading to the school of your choice!

43.   Now, I call on the Congress to give 1 million American children the same opportunity Janiyah has just received. Pass the Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act — because no parent should be forced to send their child to a failing government school.

44.   Every young person should have a safe and secure environment in which to learn and grow. For this reason, our magnificent First Lady has launched the “Be Best” initiative — to advance a safe, healthy, supportive, and drug-free life for the next generation, online, in school, and in our communities. Thank you, Melania, for your extraordinary love and profound care for America’s children.

45.   My Administration is determined to give our citizens the opportunities they need regardless of age or background. Through our Pledge to American Workers, over 400 companies will also provide new jobs and education opportunities to almost 15 million Americans.

46.   My Budget also contains an exciting vision for our Nation’s high schools. Tonight, I ask the Congress to support our students and back my plan to offer vocational and technical education in every single high school in America.

47.   To expand equal opportunity, I am also proud that we achieved record and permanent funding for our Nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

48.   A good life for American families also requires the most affordable, innovative, and high-quality healthcare system on Earth. Before I took office, health insurance premiums had more than doubled in just 5 years. I moved quickly to provide affordable alternatives. Our new plans are up to 60 percent less expensive. I have also made an ironclad pledge to American families: We will always protect patients with pre-existing conditions — that is a guarantee. And we will always protect your Medicare and your Social Security.

49.   The American patient should never be blindsided by medical bills. That is why I signed an Executive Order requiring price transparency. Many experts believe that transparency, which will go into full effect at the beginning of next year, will be even bigger than healthcare reform. It will save families massive amounts of money for substantially better care.

50.   But as we work to improve Americans’ healthcare, there are those who want to take away your healthcare, take away your doctor, and abolish private insurance entirely. One hundred thirty-two lawmakers in this room have endorsed legislation to impose a socialist takeover of our healthcare system, wiping out the private health insurance plans of 180 million Americans. To those watching at home tonight, I want you to know: We will never let socialism destroy American healthcare!

51.   Over 130 legislators in this chamber have endorsed legislation that would bankrupt our Nation by providing free taxpayer-funded healthcare to millions of illegal aliens, forcing taxpayers to subsidize free care for anyone in the world who unlawfully crosses our borders. These proposals would raid the Medicare benefits our seniors depend on, while acting as a powerful lure for illegal immigration. This is what is happening in California and other States — their systems are totally out of control, costing taxpayers vast and unaffordable amounts of money. If forcing American taxpayers to provide unlimited free healthcare to illegal aliens sounds fair to you, then stand with the radical left. But if you believe that we should defend American patients and American seniors, then stand with me and pass legislation to prohibit free Government healthcare for illegal aliens!

52.   This will be a tremendous boon to our already very-strongly guarded southern border where, as we speak, a long, tall, and very powerful wall is being built. We have now completed over 100 miles and will have over 500 miles fully completed by early next year.

53.   My Administration is also taking on the big pharmaceutical companies. We have approved a record number of affordable generic drugs, and medicines are being approved by the FDA at a faster clip than ever before. I was pleased to announce last year that, for the first time in 51 years, the cost of prescription drugs actually went down.

54.   And working together, the Congress can reduce drug prices substantially from current levels. I have been speaking to Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa and others in the Congress in order to get something on drug pricing done, and done properly. I am calling for bipartisan legislation that achieves the goal of dramatically lowering prescription drug prices. Get a bill to my desk, and I will sign it into law without delay.

55.   With unyielding commitment, we are curbing the opioid epidemic — drug overdose deaths declined for the first time in nearly 30 years. Among the States hardest hit, Ohio is down 22 percent, Pennsylvania is down 18 percent, Wisconsin is down 10 percent — and we will not quit until we have beaten the opioid epidemic once and for all.

56.   Protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the Coronavirus outbreak in China. My Administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat.

57.   We have launched ambitious new initiatives to substantially improve care for Americans with kidney disease, Alzheimer’s, and those struggling with mental health challenges. And because the Congress funded my request, we are pursuing new cures for childhood cancer, and we will eradicate the AIDS epidemic in America by the end of the decade.

58.   Almost every American family knows the pain when a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness. Here tonight is a special man, someone beloved by millions of Americans who just received a Stage 4 advanced cancer diagnosis. This is not good news, but what is good news is that he is the greatest fighter and winner that you will ever meet. Rush Limbaugh: Thank you for your decades of tireless devotion to our country. Rush, in recognition of all that you have done for our Nation, the millions of people a day that you speak to and inspire, and all of the incredible work that you have done for charity, I am proud to announce tonight that you will be receiving our country’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I will now ask the First Lady of the United States to please stand and present you with the honor. Rush, Kathryn, congratulations!

59.   As we pray for all who are sick, we know that America is constantly achieving new medical breakthroughs. In 2017, doctors at St. Luke’s hospital in Kansas City delivered one of the earliest premature babies ever to survive. Born at just 21 weeks and 6 days, and weighing less than a pound, Ellie Schneider was born a fighter. Through the skill of her doctors — and the prayers of her parents — little Ellie kept on winning the battle for life. Today, Ellie is a strong, healthy 2-year-old girl sitting with her amazing mother Robin in the gallery. Ellie and Robin: We are so glad you are here.

60.   Ellie reminds us that every child is a miracle of life. Thanks to modern medical wonders, 50 percent of very premature babies delivered at the hospital where Ellie was born now survive. Our goal should be to ensure that every baby has the best chance to thrive and grow just like Ellie. That is why I am asking the Congress to provide an additional $50 million to fund neo-natal research for America’s youngest patients. That is also why I am calling upon the Members of Congress here tonight to pass legislation finally banning the late-term abortion of babies.

61.   Whether we are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, surely we must all agree that every human life is a sacred gift from God!

62.   As we support America’s moms and dads, I was recently proud to sign the law providing new parents in the Federal workforce paid family leave, serving as a model for the rest of the country. Now, I call on the Congress to pass the bipartisan Advancing Support for Working Families Act, extending family leave to mothers and fathers all across the Nation.

63.   Forty million American families have an average $2,200 extra thanks to our child tax credit. I have also overseen historic funding increases for high-quality child care, enabling 17 States to serve more children, many of which have reduced or eliminated their waitlists altogether. And I sent the Congress a plan with a vision to further expand access to high-quality childcare and urge you to act immediately.

64.   To protect the environment, days ago, I announced that the United States will join the One Trillion Trees Initiative, an ambitious effort to bring together Government and the private sector to plant new trees in America and around the world.

65.   We must also rebuild America’s infrastructure. I ask you to pass Senator Barrasso’s highway bill — to invest in new roads, bridges, and tunnels across our land.

66.   I am also committed to ensuring that every citizen can have access to high-speed internet, including rural America.

67.   A better tomorrow for all Americans also requires us to keep America safe. That means supporting the men and women of law enforcement at every level, including our Nation’s heroic ICE officers.

68.   Last year, our brave ICE officers arrested more than 120,000 criminal aliens charged with nearly 10,000 burglaries, 5,000 sexual assaults, 45,000 violent assaults, and 2,000 murders.

69.   Tragically, there are many cities in America where radical politicians have chosen to provide sanctuary for these criminal illegal aliens. In Sanctuary Cities, local officials order police to release dangerous criminal aliens to prey upon the public, instead of handing them over to ICE to be safely removed.

70.   Just 29 days ago, a criminal alien freed by the Sanctuary City of New York was charged with the brutal rape and murder of a 92-year-old woman. The killer had been previously arrested for assault, but under New York’s sanctuary policies, he was set free. If the city had honored ICE’s detainer request, his victim would be alive today.

71.   The State of California passed an outrageous law declaring their whole State to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants — with catastrophic results.

72.   Here is just one tragic example. In December 2018, California police detained an illegal alien with five prior arrests, including convictions for robbery and assault. But as required by California’s Sanctuary Law, local authorities released him.

73.   Days later, the criminal alien went on a gruesome spree of deadly violence. He viciously shot one man going about his daily work; he approached a woman sitting in her car and shot her in the arm and the chest. He walked into a convenience store and wildly fired his weapon. He hijacked a truck and smashed into vehicles, critically injuring innocent victims. One of the victims of his bloody rampage was a 51-year-old American named Rocky Jones. Rocky was at a gas station when this vile criminal fired eight bullets at him from close range, murdering him in cold blood. Rocky left behind a devoted family, including his brothers who loved him more than anything. One of his grieving brothers is here with us tonight. Jody, would you please stand? Jody, our hearts weep for your loss — and we will not rest until you have justice.

74.   Senator Thom Tillis has introduced legislation to allow Americans like Jody to sue Sanctuary Cities and States when a loved one is hurt or killed as a result of these deadly policies. I ask the Congress to pass the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act immediately. The United States of America should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans — not criminal aliens!

75.   In the last 3 years, ICE has arrested over 5,000 wicked human traffickers — and I have signed 9 pieces of legislation to stamp out the menace of human trafficking, domestically and around the globe.

76.   My Administration has undertaken an unprecedented effort to secure the southern border of the United States.

77.   Before I came into office, if you showed up illegally on our southern border and were arrested, you were simply released and allowed into our country, never to be seen again. My Administration has ended Catch-and-Release. If you come illegally, you will now be promptly removed. We entered into historic cooperation agreements with the Governments of Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. As a result of our unprecedented efforts, illegal crossings are down 75 percent since May — dropping 8 straight months in a row. And as the wall goes up, drug seizures rise, and border crossings go down.

78.   Last year, I traveled to the border in Texas and met Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz. Over the last 24 months, Agent Ortiz and his team have seized more than 200,000 pounds of poisonous narcotics, arrested more than 3,000 human smugglers, and rescued more than 2,000 migrants. Days ago, Agent Ortiz was promoted to Deputy Chief of Border Patrol — and he joins us tonight. Chief Ortiz: Please stand — a grateful Nation thanks you and all the heroes of Border Patrol.

79.   To build on these historic gains, we are working on legislation to replace our outdated and randomized immigration system with one based on merit, welcoming those who follow the rules, contribute to our economy, support themselves financially, and uphold our values.

80.   With every action, my Administration is restoring the rule of law and re-asserting the culture of American freedom. Working with Senate Majority Leader McConnell and his colleagues in the Senate, we have confirmed a record number of 187 new Federal judges to uphold our Constitution as written. This includes two brilliant new Supreme Court Justices, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh.

81.   My Administration is also defending religious liberty, and that includes the Constitutional right to pray in public schools. In America, we do not punish prayer. We do not tear down crosses. We do not ban symbols of faith. We do not muzzle preachers and pastors. In America, we celebrate faith. We cherish religion. We lift our voices in prayer, and we raise our sights to the Glory of God!

82.   Just as we believe in the First Amendment, we also believe in another Constitutional right that is under siege all across our country. So long as I am President I will always protect your Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

83.   In reaffirming our heritage as a free Nation, we must remember that America has always been a frontier nation. Now we must embrace the next frontier, America’s manifest destiny in the stars. I am asking the Congress to fully fund the Artemis program to ensure that the next man and the first woman on the moon will be American astronauts — using this as a launching pad to ensure that America is the first nation to plant its flag on Mars.

84.   My Administration is also strongly defending our national security and combating radical Islamic terrorism. Last week, I announced a groundbreaking plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Recognizing that all past attempts have failed, we must be determined and creative in order to stabilize the region and give millions of young people the change to realize a better future.

85.   Three years ago, the barbarians of ISIS held over 20,000 square miles of territory in Iraq and Syria. Today, the ISIS territorial caliphate has been 100 percent destroyed, and the founder and leader of ISIS — the bloodthirsty killer Al‑Baghdadi — is dead!

86.   We are joined this evening by Carl and Marsha Mueller. After graduating from college, their beautiful daughter Kayla became a humanitarian aid worker. Kayla once wrote, “Some people find God in church. Some people find God in nature. Some people find God in love; I find God in suffering. I’ve known for some time what my life’s work is, using my hands as tools to relieve suffering.” In 2013, while caring for suffering civilians in Syria, Kayla was kidnapped, tortured, and enslaved by ISIS, and kept as a prisoner of Al-Baghdadi himself. After more than 500 horrifying days of captivity, Al-Baghdadi murdered young Kayla. She was just 26 years old.

87.   On the night that United States Special Forces Operators ended Al‑Baghdadi’s miserable life, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, received a call in the Situation Room. He was told that the brave men of the elite Special Forces team, that so perfectly carried out the operation, had given their mission a name — “Task Force 8-14.” It was a reference to a special day: August 14th — Kayla’s birthday. Carl and Marsha, America’s warriors never forgot Kayla — and neither will we.

88.   Every day, America’s men and women in uniform demonstrate the infinite depths of love that dwells in the human heart.

89.   One of these American heroes was Army Staff Sergeant Christopher Hake. On his second deployment to Iraq in 2008, Sergeant Hake wrote a letter to his 1-year-old son, Gage: “I will be with you again,” he wrote to Gage. “I will teach you to ride your first bike, build your first sand box, watch you play sports and see you have kids also. I love you son, take care of your mother. I am always with you. Dad.” On Easter Sunday of 2008, Chris was out on patrol in Baghdad when his Bradley Fighting Vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. That night, he made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. Sergeant Hake now rests in eternal glory in Arlington, and his wife Kelli is in the gallery tonight, joined by their son, who is now 13 years old. To Kelli and Gage: Chris will live in our hearts forever.

90.   The terrorist responsible for killing Sergeant Hake was Qasem Soleimani, who provided the deadly roadside bomb that took Chris’s life. Soleimani was the Iranian Regime’s most ruthless butcher, a monster who murdered or wounded thousands of American service members in Iraq. As the world’s top terrorist, Soleimani orchestrated the deaths of countless men, women, and children. He directed the December assault on United States Forces in Iraq, and was actively planning new attacks. That is why, last month, at my direction, the United States Military executed a flawless precision strike that killed Soleimani and terminated his evil reign of terror forever.

91.   Our message to the terrorists is clear: You will never escape American justice. If you attack our citizens, you forfeit your life!

92.   In recent months, we have seen proud Iranians raise their voices against their oppressive rulers. The Iranian regime must abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons, stop spreading terror, death, and destruction, and start working for the good of its own people. Because of our powerful sanctions, the Iranian economy is doing very poorly. We can help them make it very good in a short period of time, but perhaps they are too proud or too foolish to ask for that help. We are here. Let’s see which road they choose. It is totally up to them.

93.   As we defend American lives, we are working to end America’s wars in the Middle East.

94.   In Afghanistan, the determination and valor of our warfighters has allowed us to make tremendous progress, and peace talks are underway. I am not looking to kill hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan, many of them innocent. It is also not our function to serve other nations as a law enforcement agency. These are warfighters, the best in the world, and they either want to fight to win or not fight at all. We are working to finally end America’s longest war and bring our troops back home!

95.   War places a heavy burden on our Nation’s extraordinary military families, especially spouses like Amy Williams from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and her 2 children — 6-year-old Elliana and 3-year-old Rowan. Amy works full time, and volunteers countless hours helping other military families. For the past 7 months, she has done it all while her husband, Sergeant First Class Townsend Williams, is in Afghanistan on his fourth deployment to the Middle East. Amy’s kids have not seen their father’s face in many months. Amy, your family’s sacrifice makes it possible for all of our families to live in safety and peace — we thank you.

96.   As the world bears witness tonight, America is a land of heroes. This is the place where greatness is born, where destinies are forged, and where legends come to life. This is the home of Thomas Edison and Teddy Roosevelt, of many great Generals, including Washington, Pershing, Patton, and MacArthur. This is the home of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Harriet Tubman, the Wright Brothers, Neil Armstrong, and so many more. This is the country where children learn names like Wyatt Earp, Davy Crockett, and Annie Oakley. This is the place where the pilgrims landed at Plymouth and where Texas patriots made their last stand at the Alamo.

97.   The American Nation was carved out of the vast frontier by the toughest, strongest, fiercest, and most determined men and women ever to walk the face of the Earth. Our ancestors braved the unknown; tamed the wilderness; settled the Wild West; lifted millions from poverty, disease, and hunger; vanquished tyranny and fascism; ushered the world to new heights of science and medicine; laid down the railroads, dug out canals, raised up the skyscrapers — and, ladies and gentlemen, our ancestors built the most exceptional Republic ever to exist in all of human history. And we are making it greater than ever before!

98.   This is our glorious and magnificent inheritance.

99.   We are Americans. We are the pioneers. We are the pathfinders. We settled the new world, we built the modern world, and we changed history forever by embracing the eternal truth that everyone is made equal by the hand of Almighty God.

100.           America is the place where anything can happen! America is the place where anyone can rise. And here, on this land, on this soil, on this continent, the most incredible dreams come true!

101.           This Nation is our canvas, and this country is our masterpiece. We look at tomorrow and see unlimited frontiers just waiting to be explored. Our brightest discoveries are not yet known. Our most thrilling stories are not yet told. Our grandest journeys are not yet made. The American Age, the American Epic, the American Adventure, has only just begun!

102.           Our spirit is still young; the sun is still rising; God’s grace is still shining; and my fellow Americans, the best is yet to come!

103.           Thank you. God Bless You. God Bless America.

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Grade A+ for POTUS TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH AND PERFORMANCE TO-DATE HELPING US BE FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS.

1.      BARREL, what grade do you give POTUS TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TO THE NATION and his performance to-date?

2.      PORK, POTUS TRUMP is a STATESMAN and a POLITICAL GENIUS. I give him an A+.

3.       Why do you say that, BARREL?

4.       Despite overwhelming odds, opposition, and unwarranted, harshest partisan abuse to himself and his family, POTUS TRUMP HAS KEPT MORE POLITICAL PROMISES at home and abroad that help us Americans be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS than any other POTUS in history. 

5. I agree, BARREL. Despite suffering immense partisan abuse, POTUS TRUMP has done more to help –

Blacks. 

Hispanics. 

Native Amerians.

Caucasian Americans. 

Asians. 

Catholics.

Methodists.

Presbyterians. 

Protestants/Evangelicals. 

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

Seventh Day Adventists. 

Salvation Army.

Team Rubicon.

Church of Scientology.

Federal and State workers.

Members of labor unions.

Farmers.

Large and small business people.

Women.

Families.

Single mothers.

Children.

The Unborn.

LGBTQ.

Football and other Sports enthusiasts.

Entrepreurs.

Lovers of the environment.

Members of our military.

Police and Firefighters – First Responders.

Border Patrol and ICE.

Legal immigrants.

And even illegal immigrants.

Republicans.

Democrats.

Independents.

be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS than any other POTUS in HISTORY with the exceptions Lincoln and Washington.

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Mitt Romney’s Faustian Bargain with the democrats? BARREL & PORK.

1. So PORK, what do you think of Mitt Romney’s vote for witnesses, and for conviction of POTUS TRUMP?

2. Well, BARREL, I think Mitt Romney is an interesting study in human nature.

3. How so, PORK.

4. BARREL, Mitt is handsome. He is smart. He is well dressed in his navy suit. He has held significant offices. He ran for POTUS. He gives every appearance of having a strong religious moral compass. Notwithstanding, and I could be wrong, it does look like Mitt has a tragic fatal flaw.

5. What is a tragic fatal flaw, PORK?

6. Well, BARREL, a tragic fatal flaw is what is called hamartia or hamartanein, which means “to err.”

7. This is a fatal personality deficiency that ultimately leads to the loss of influence and the downfall of the tragic hero.

8. This hamartia, this fatal flaw, fault, failure, guilt, is revealed in Greek tragedy by what the protagonist does and what he or she says.

9. This tragic flaw can be such things as ambition, cowardice, over-protectiveness, or self-sacrifice.

10. Actually, this tragic fatal flaw may be many different character traits if they become responsible for failure, self or other destruction, or death.

11. In a nutshell, a tragic fatal flaw is a character defect that leads to a person’s marginalization, self-destruction, and downfall.

12. Lack of self-knowledge or awareness, lack of good judgment are tragic fatal flaws; but most often hubris or pride  provides the seedbed for or is in fact the central core tragic fatal flaw.

13. So how does this work, PORK?

14.  Well, BARREL, think about Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

15. One of Hamlet’s tragic fatal flaws is indecisiveness which is seen in his thinking about whether vengeance is wrong or right and this “back and forth nature” determines Hamlet’s downfall.

16. Hamlet wavers back and forth: “To be, or not to be – that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune Or to take arms against a sea of troubles And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep … No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. To die, to sleep …”

10. Goethe’s Dr. Faustus’ tragic flaw is his overweening ambition which leads to what has come to be called a Fautian bargain with the Devil.

11. Because Faust was so ambitious, wanting unlimited knowledge and unlimited pleasures, he made a contract with Satan and sold his soul for short term gains and pottage.

12. Finally, when his soul is taken to hell, Faust realizes his sin, tries to repent, but it was too late. Lucifer, the ruler of hell, had encircled him in his chains and diabolical control.

11. Othello killed his faithful Desdemona and self-destructed kills himself because of his tragic fatal flaw of jealousy.

12. And of course you know Sophocle’s Oedipus the King was beset with pride which was his tragic fatal flaw.

13. And in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, prideful John Proctor goes to his death because of his pride.

14. So what you are saying, PORK, is that Mitt Romney has a tragic fatal flaw despite the fact that he was elected governor and senator and has great wealth and a beautiful family.

15. What is it, PORK? What is Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw?

16. BARREL, I do not think I am wrong.

17.  I think Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw is best identified and defined by how Mitt treated and treats POTUS TRUMP; best defined by Mitt’s election loss contrasted with POTUS TRUMP’S election win.

18. Remember these facts which were all over the papers and tabloids and television and radio.

19. Mitt asked POTUS TRUMP to support him when Mitt ran for POTUS.

20. Mitt and his wife dined with POTUS TRUMP, schmoozed POTUS TRUMP and Melania, and POTUS TRUMP graciously and with largeness of soul gave Mitt his unwavering support.

21. Juxtapose when POTUS TRUMP ran for office and POTUS TRUMP asked Mitt for his support.

22. Mitt refused to give POTUS TRUMP his unwavering support; in fact, Mitt trashed POTUS TRUMP and has continued to trash POTUS TRUMP repeatedly.

23. So I think this says it all.

24. Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw is the tragic fatal flaw violation and continued violation of the American, indeed world-wide, honor code of reciprocity.

25. Today in the Senate trial, given Mitt’s vocal penchant for witnesses, and Mitt’s leaning toward voting against POTUS TRUMP, it would appear that Mitt egotistically is doing the same thing again to POTUS TRUMP.

16. So PORK, you are just saying that Mitt was and is willing to take but was and is unwilling to give. You are just saying that Harvard millionaire Bain Capital Mitt felt pridefully entitled to Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP’S support because Harvard Millionaire Bain Capital Mitt was one of the moral elite and thus so much “better than Builder Entrepreneur billionaire POTUS TRUMP.”

17. Yes, BARREL. Recognizing the perils of judging, and admitting I could be wrong, Harvard Mitt’s tragic fatal flaw appears to be his pride and lack of humility. It appears to those of us deplorables watching from the sidelines that at the heart of this matter, Harvard Mitt’s conduct is not in reality based on moral principle; instead it is a continuing expression not of caring and love for POTUS TRUMP but rather that of enmity and antipathy toward POTUS TRUMP.

18. It appears to us deplorables that Harvard Mitt apparently thought and thinks he was and is somehow better than POTUS TRUMP and that he Harvard Bain Capital Mitt is deserving of POTUS TRUMP’S support; while at the same time Harvard Bain Capital Mitt appears to believe that POTUS TRUMP for whatever reason did not and does not rise to Mitt’s high standard as being worthy and deserving of Mitt’s support. What Mitt is apparently unwilling to recognize is that POTUS TRUMP attended Kew-Forest School, Fordham University, New York Military Academy, and Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a billionaire which last count I believe ecclipses millionaire. And if I’m not mistaken, POTUS TRUMP, Warren Buffett, Ivanka Trump, Elon Musk, Peter Lynch, Jon Huntsman Sr, are but a few of Wharton’s distinguished alumni. And I think Penn has produced the most billionaires on Forbe’s 400 Richest List.

19. So is there reconciliation between the two men, PORK? And if so, how so PORK?

20.Sure, BARREL. There can be reconciliation but such reconciliation is more than likely not on POTUS TRUMP’S side of the ledger.

21. I mean, look at it, BARREL. POTUS TRUMP offered Mitt his support. And Mitt refused to reciprocate.

22. Next, POTUS TRUMP has gone on to keep more political promises and do more for the American people than any president since Lincoln and before him Washington. In no way can millionaire Mitt match POTUS TRUMP’S billionaire political performance.

23. Seems to me that Mitt may want to rethink how he is perceived and what he is doing. He may just want to swallow his pride and jump on the POTUS TRUMP band wagon, say I’m sorry, and campaign and labor diligently to help POTUS TRUMP and the Republicans succeed in a second term and throughout the nation rather than kowtowing to the partisan democrats including of all people Adam Schiff who has blatantly lied about POTUS TRUMP repeatedly; keeping in mind, Mitt, that any bargain with the democrats is Faustian at best.

24. Yes, PORK. And while we are having this discussion, it certainly looks like the Utah electorate, most of whom are trending pro-TRUMP now, will have been hoodwinked by Mitt because he appears to have carpet bagged into Utah to run for Orrin Hatch’s Senate Seat; and this is especially true now that Mitt has voted turncoat to the Republicans and POTUS TRUMP after claiming he Mitt prolonged this tedious partisan, unconstitutional impeachment by calling for witnesses and then voted against POTUS TRUMP after citing specious moral grounds.

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White House POTUS TRUMP Counsel humorously wins case by skewering Democrats Nadler and Lofgren and Menendez and Schumer with their own words.

1. So PORK, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone concluded opening arguments in the president’s defense in the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday afternoon by playing video clips of Democrats arguing against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998. 


2. Take a look at the video, PORK. 


3. You do have to wade thru an ad or two but it is worth it. 


4. This will go down in history as the greatest “gotcha” in the history of political and legal defense. 


5. Some of those Democrats — such as Reps. 

6. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and 

7. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) — 

8. are among the House managers urging the Senate to remove Trump from office. 

6. Others — such as then-Rep. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) — are now in the Senate themselves.

7. And of course we have Chuck Schumer as well.


8. These Democrats made the case for the Republicans.


9. What more is there to say? Nothing.


10. Senators need to ask their questions, vote to acquit and be done!


11. I know we the American people would welcome this. 

Video for YouTube White House Counsel Pat Cipollone concluded opening arguments in the president’s defense in the Senate impeachment trial on Tuesday afternoon by playing video clips of Democrats arguing against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998.

Click on this link https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/28/white-house-counsel-concludes-argument-by-playing-video-of-democrats-attacking-impeachment-1998/

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Don’t underestimate POTUS TRUMP and his family. Barrel & Pork.

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BARREL, SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS AND DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS UNDERESTIMATE POTUS TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY? 


NO, PORK. Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family at your own risk and peril!

WINNING TRUMP CARDS

Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family

at your own risk and peril!

129.        WINNING TRUMP CARDS IN POTUS TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

130.        STATE OF THE UNION. “President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

131.        BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOUR FUTURE, IN AMERICA. “”Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.”

132.        ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. “Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America:

133.        WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month,

134.        WE ARE REMINDED OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE WORK THAT STILL REMAINS. “we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains.  

135.        THREATS AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND JEWISH CEMETARIES, AND SHOOTING IN KANSAS CITY REMIND US THAT WE CONDEMN HATE AND EVIL IN ALL ITS FORMS. “Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.

136.        WE HOLD UP THE TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE HANDED DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION. “Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice –- in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present.

137.        WE WILL LIGHT THE WORLD WITH THAT TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. “That torch is now in our hands.  And we will use it to light up the world.

138.        FROM MY HEART I DELIVER A MESSAGE OF UNITY AND STRENGTH. “I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart.

139.        THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER OF AMERICAN GREATNESS. “A new chapter of American Greatness is now beginning.

140.        THIS IS A NEW NATIONAL PRIDE SWEEPING THE NATION. “A new national pride is sweeping across our Nation.Paragraph

141.        THIS IS A NEW SURGE OF OPTIMISM ENSURING IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS ARE REACHED. “And a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp.

142.        THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “What we are witnessing today is the Renewal of the American Spirit.

143.        ALLIES FIND AMERICA IS LEADING. “Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead.Paragraph

144.        ALL NATIONS FIND AMERICA IS STRONG, PROUD, AND FREE. “All the nations of the world — friend or foe — will find that America is strong, America is proud, and America is free.

145.        IN 9 YEARS IT WILL BE 250 YEARS SINCE WE DECLARED OUR INDEPENDENCE. “In 9 years, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding — 250 years since the day we declared our Independence.

146.        THAT 250TH ANNIVERSARY WILL BE A GREAT MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. “It will be one of the great milestones in the history of the world.

147.        WHAT WILL AMERICA LOOK LIKE THEN? WHAT LEGACY WILL WE LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN? “But what will America look like as we reach our 250th year? What kind of country will we leave for our children?

148.        I, DONALD J. TRUMP, WILL NOT ALLOW THE MISTAKE OF RECENT DECADES TO DEFINE THE COURSE OF OUR FUTURE. “I will not allow the mistakes of recent decades past to define the course of our future.

149.        FOR TOO LONG WE WATCHED OUR MIDDLE CLASS SHRINK FOR LOSS OF JOBS AND WEALTH TO FOREIGN NATIONS. “For too long, we’ve watched our middle class shrink as we’ve exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries.

150.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE FINANCED GLOBAL PROJECT AFTER GLOBAL PROJECT, IGNORING THE FATES OF OUR CHILDREN IN INNER CITY CHICAGO, BALTIMORE, DETROIT, AND MANY OTHER AMERICAN CITIES. “We’ve financed and built one global project after another, but ignored the fates of our children in the inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit — and so many other places throughout our land.Paragraph

151.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE DEFENDED BORDERS OF OTHER NATIONS AND LEFT OUR BORDERS WIDE OPEN, FOR ANYONE TO CROSS, FOR DRUGS TO POUR IN AT UNPRECEDENTED RATE. “We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.

152.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE SPENT TRILLIONS OVERSEAS AND ALLOWED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CRUMBLE. “And we’ve spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.Paragraph

153.        NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF ALL COLORS AND CREEDS HAVE REBELLED, PROTESTED, AND SPOKEN WITH THEIR VOTES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. “Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath our feet.  The rebellion started as a quiet protest, spoken by families of all colors and creeds -– families who just wanted a fair shot for their children, and a fair hearing for their concerns.

154.        AMERICA’S QUIET VOICES BECAME A LOUD CHORUS. “But then the quiet voices became a loud chorus — as thousands of citizens now spoke out together, from cities small and large, all across our country.

155.        AMERICA’S SHOUT CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE. “Finally, the chorus became an earthquake – and the people turned out by the tens of millions,Paragraph

156.        THEY WERE UNITED BY ONE GREAT DEMAND. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. “and they were all united by one very simple, but crucial demand, that America must put its own citizens first … because only then, can we truly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

157.        DYING INDUSTRIES ARE COMING ROARING BACK TO LIFE. “Dying industries will come roaring back to life.  

158.        HEROIC VETERANS ARE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESPERATELY NEED. “Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need.

159.        OUR MILITARY IS GIVEN THE RESOURCES ITS BRAVE WARRIORS DESERVE. “Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve.

160.        CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING REPLACED WITH NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AIRPORTS. “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land.

161.        OUR TERRIBLE DRUG EPIDEMIC IS SLOWED AND STOPPED. “Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately, stop.

162.        OUR NEGLECTED INNER CITIES ARE REBORN IN HOPE, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY. “And our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety, and opportunity.Paragraph

163.        I DONALD J. TRUMP AND MY ADMINISTRATION WILL KEEP OUR PROMISES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. “Above all else, we will keep our promises to the American people.

164.        I DONALD J. TRUMP UP-DATE THE NATION REGARDING WHAT I HAVE DONE TO KEEP MY PROMISES TO YOU. “It’s been a little over a month since my inauguration, and I want to take this moment to update the Nation on the progress I’ve made in keeping those promises.Paragraph

165.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL INVEST BILLIONS IN THE U.S. AND CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOGS.

166.        FORD.

167.        FIAT-CHRYSLER

168.        GENERAL MOTORSParagraph

169.        SPRINT

170.        SOFTBANK

171.        LOCKHEED

172.        INTEL

173.        WALMART

174.        MANY OTHERS.Paragraph

175.        “Since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs.

176.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE STOCK MARKET HAS GAINED ALMOST 3 TRILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE. “The stock market has gained almost three trillion dollars in value since the election on November 8th, a record.  Paragraph

177.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE SAVED TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BY BRINGING DOWN THE PRICE OF THE FANTASTIC NEW F-35 JET FIGHTER. “We’ve saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the price of the fantastic new F-35 jet fighter, and will be saving billions more dollars on contracts all across our Government.  

178.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE PLACED A HIRING FREEZE ON NON-MILITARY AND NON-ESSENTIAL FEDERAL WORKERS. “We have placed a hiring freeze on non-military and non-essential Federal workers.Paragraph

179.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE BEGUN TO DRAIN THE SWAMP OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION BY IMPOSING A 5 YEAR BAN ON LOBBYING BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS – AND A LIFETIME BAN ON BECOMING LOBBYISTS FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a 5 year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials –- and a lifetime ban on becoming lobbyists for a foreign government.

180.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ELIMINATED JOB-CRUSHING REGULATIONS IN HISTORIC PROPORTION. “We have undertaken a historic effort to eliminate job‑crushing regulations,

181.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CREATED A DEREGULATION TASK FORCE INSIDE EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. “creating a deregulation task force inside of every Government agency;

182.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED A RULE MANDATING THAT FOR EVERY 1 NEW REGULATION, 2 OLD REGULATIONS MUST BE ELIMINATED. “imposing a new rule which mandates that for every 1 new regulation, 2 old regulations must be eliminated;

183.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE STOPPED A REGULATION THREATENING THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR GREAT COAL MINERS. “and stopping a regulation that threatens the future and livelihoods of our great coal miners.Paragraph

184.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CLEARED THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE AND DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINES. “We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines — thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs –

185.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THAT NEW AMERICAN PIPELINES BE MADE WITH AMERICAN STEEL. “and I’ve issued a new directive that new American pipelines be made with American steel.Paragraph

186.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM JOB-KILLING TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. “We have withdrawn the United States from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership.

187.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WITH PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, I HAVE FORMED A COUNCIL WITH CANADA TO ENSURE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS NETWORKS, MARKETS, CAPITAL THEY NEED TO START A BUSINESS. “With the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a Council with our neighbors in Canada to help ensure that women entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they need to start a business and live out their financial dreams.Paragraph

188.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME. “To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime.

189.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND JUSTICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO DISMANTLE CRIMINAL CARTELS. “I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.

190.        WE WILL STOP DRUGS FROM POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY AND POISONING OUR YOUTH. “We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth –

191.        WE WILL EXPAND TREATMENT FOR THOSE SO BADLY ADDICTED. “and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly addicted.Paragraph

192.        WE WILL ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW AND ENSURE BORDER SECURITY. “At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. 

193.        ENFORCEMENT OF OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS WILL RAISE WAGES, HELP THE UNEMPLOYED, SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. “By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. Paragraph

194.        WE WILL END LAWLESS CHAOS AND HELP ALL AMERICAN SUCCEED. “We want all Americans to succeed –- but that can’t happen in an environment of lawless chaos. 

195.        WE WILL RESTORE INTEGRITY AND THE RULE OF LAW TO OUR BORDERS. “We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders.

196.        WE WILL CONSTRUCT A GREAT WALL ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. “For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border.

197.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE ARE REMOVING GANG MEMBERS, DRUG DEALERS AND CRIMINALS THAT THREATEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PREY ON OUR CITIZENS. “As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens.  Paragraph

198.        SINCE MY ELECTION, AS I PROMISED, BAD ONES ARE BEING DEPORTED OR JAILED. “Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.

199.        SOME IN CONGRESS DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENFORCE OUR LAWS. “To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws,

200.        I ASK THESE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS AND ANY OTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME MINDSET THIS QUESTION. “I would ask you this question:  Paragraph

201.        WHAT CAN I OR YOU SAY TO THE AMERICAN FAMILY THAT LOSES JOBS, INCOME, OR A LOVED ONE, BECAUSE AMERICA REFUSES TO UPHOLD ITS LAWS AND DEFEND ITS BORDERS? “what would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income, or a loved one, because America refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?

202.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO SERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. “Our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States.  

203.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO PROTECT OUR NATION FROM RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. “We are also taking strong measures to protect our Nation from Radical Islamic Terrorism.

204.        THE VAST MAJORITY OF TERRORISM-RELATED OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE U.S. WERE PERPETRATED BY PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY. “According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country.  Paragraph

205.        BOSTON, SAN BERNARDINO, THE PENTAGON, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TERRORIST ATTACKS OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks at home -– from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and yes, even the World Trade Center.

206.        ATTACKS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, AND ELSEWHERE OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.

207.        IT IS RECKLESS TO ALLOW UNCONTROLLED ENTRY FROM PLACES WHERE PROPER VETTING CANNOT OCCUR. “It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. Paragraph

208.        IT IS A HIGH HONOR FOR ANYONE TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE GAINING SUCH HONOR MUST SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY, LOVE ITS PEOPLE, AND UPHOLD ITS VALUES. “Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.

209.        I WILL NOT ALLOW A BEACHHEAD OF TERRORISM TO FORM INSIDE AMERICA. “We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America –

210.        I WILL NOT ALLOW OUR NATION TO BECOME A SANCTUARY FOR EXTREMISTS. “we cannot allow our Nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.Paragraph

211.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE HAVE IMPROVED VETTING PROCEDURES. “That is why my Administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our Nation safe — and to keep out those who would do us harm.

212.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO DEMOLISH AND DESTROY ISIS, THIS NETWORK OF LAWLESS SAVAGES THAT HAVE SLAUGHTERED MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS, AND MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS AND BELIEFS. “As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS — a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs. 

213.        WE WILL WORK WITH OUR ALLIES, INCLUDING OUR FRIENDS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, TO EXTINGUISH THIS VILE ENEMY FROM OUR PLANET. “We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.

214.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED NEW SANCTIONS ON ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. “I have also imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals who support Iran’s ballistic missile program,

215.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE REAFFIRMED OUR UNBREAKABLE ALLIANCE WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. “and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the State of Israel.

216.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE TO APPOINT A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHO WILL DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. “Finally, I have kept my promise to appoint a Justice to the United States Supreme Court — from my list of 20 judges — who will defend our Constitution.Paragraph

217.        I AM HONORED MAUREEN SCALIA IS WITH US. “I am honored to have Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight. 

218.        ANTONIN SCALIA WILL FOREVER BE A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN JUSTICE. “Her late, great husband, Antonin Scalia, will forever be a symbol of American justice. 

219.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CHOSEN JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH TO FILL JUSTICE SCALIA’S SEAT. “To fill his seat, we have chosen Judge Neil Gorsuch, a man of incredible skill, and deep devotion to the law.  He was confirmed unanimously to the Court of Appeals, and I am asking the Senate to swiftly approve his nomination.

220.        NEXT STEPS WE MUST TAKE. “Tonight, as I outline the next steps we must take as a country, we must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited.Paragraph

221.        94,000,000 AMERICANS ARE OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE. “Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force.

222.        43,000,000 ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. “Over 43 million people are now living in poverty,

223.        43,000,000 ARE ON FOOD STAMPS. “and over 43 million Americans are on food stamps.Paragraph

224.        1 IN 5 IN THEIR PRIME WORKING YEARS ARE NOT WORKING. “More than 1 in 5 people in their prime working years are not working.

225.        THIS IS THE WORST FINANCIAL RECOVERY IN 65 YEARS. “We have the worst financial recovery in 65 years.

226.         THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUT ON MORE DEBT IN THE LAST 8 YEARS THAN NEARLY ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS COMBINED. “In the last 8 years, the past Administration has put on more new debt than nearly all other Presidents combined.

227.        SINCE NAFTA WAS APPROVED WE’VE LOST MORE THAN ONE-FOURTH OF OUR MANUFACTURING JOBS. “We’ve lost more than one-fourth of our manufacturing jobs since NAFTA was approved,

228.        SINCE CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001 WE’VE LOST 60,000 FACTORIES. “and we’ve lost 60,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

229.        LAST YEAR UNDER OBAMA OUR TRADE DEFICIT IN GOODS WITH THE WORLD WAS NEARLY $800 BILLION, THAT’S $800,000,000,000. “Our trade deficit in goods with the world last year was nearly $800 billion dollars.

230.        FROM OBAMA WE INHERITED A SERIES OF TRAGIC FOREIGN POLICY DISASTERS. “And overseas, we have inherited a series of tragic foreign policy disasters.

231.        TO SOLVE THESE REQUIRES WORKING PAST PARTY DIFFERENCES. “Solving these, and so many other pressing problems, will require us to work past the differences of party.  

232.        WE MUST TAP THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “It will require us to tap into the American spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history.Paragraph

233.        WE MUST RESTART THE ENGINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. “But to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the American economy –

234.        WE MUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO DO BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES. “making it easier for companies to do business in the United States,

235.        WE MUST MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO LEAVE AMERICA. “and much harder for companies to leave.Paragraph

236.        UNDER OBAMA, AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE BEEN TAXED AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE WORLD. THIS MUST STOP. “Right now, American companies are taxed at one of the highest rates anywhere in the world.

237.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX REFORM. “My economic team is developing historic tax reform

238.        THIS HISTORIC TAX REFORM WILL REDUCE THE TAX RATE ON OUR COMPANIES SO THEY CAN COMPETE AND THRIVE ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE. “that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. 

239.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. “At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the middle class.

240.        WE WILL LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES AND WORKERS. “We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers.

241.        UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE SHIPPED PRODUCTS OUT OF AMERICA, MANY OTHER COUNTRIES MAKE US PAY VERY HIGH TARIFFS AND TAXES. THIS MUST STOP. “Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes –

242.        WHEN FOREIGN COMPANIES SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS TO AMERICA, WE CHARGE THEM NEXT TO NOTHING. THIS TOO MUST STOP. “but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them almost nothing.

243.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS A GREAT AMERICAN COMPANY. I JUST MET WITH THEIR OFFICIALS AND WORKERS. “I just met with officials and workers from a great American company, Harley-Davidson.  In fact, they proudly displayed five of their magnificent motorcycles, made in the USA, on the front lawn of the White House.

244.        THEY SAID BUSINESS IS GOOD. “At our meeting, I asked them, how are you doing, how is business?  They said that it’s good. 

245.        THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED BY OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE TAXED AT SUCH A HIGH RATE. “I asked them further how they are doing with other countries, mainly international sales.  They told me — without even complaining because they have been mistreated for so long that they have become used to it — that it is very hard to do business with other countries because they tax our goods at such a high rate. 

246.        THEY TOLD ME ONE COUNTRY TAXED THEIR MOTORCYCLES 100 PERCENT. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. “They said that in one case another country taxed their motorcycles at 100 percent.

247.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON WASN’T ASKING FOR A CHANGE. I AM. “They weren’t even asking for change.  But I am.

248.        I BELIEVE FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TRADE. “I believe strongly in free trade but it also has to be FAIR TRADE.

249.        PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID WANT AND RUIN WOULD RESULT WHEN AMERICAN ABANDONED ITS PROTECTIVE POLICIES. THAT HAS HAPPENED JUST AS HE SAID. “The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the “abandonment of the protective policy by the American Government [will] produce want and ruin among our people.”

250.        WE MUST HEED LINCOLN’S WORDS. AMERICA AND ITS GREAT COMPANIES WILL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANY MORE. “Lincoln was right — and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore.

251.        I WILL BRING BACK MILLIONS OF JOBS. “I am going to bring back millions of jobs.  

252.        I WILL PROTECT OUR WORKERS BY REFORMING OUR SYSTEM OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION. “Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. 

253.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM DEPRESSES WAGES FOR OUR POOREST WORKERS, AND PUTS GREAT PRESSURE ON OUR TAXPAYERS. “The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers.

254.        I WILL IMPLEMENT A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. “Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others –- have a merit-based immigration system. 

255.        THOSE WHO ENTER OUR COUNTRY MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY. “It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. 

256.        I WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE. I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO STRAIN PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT OUR POOREST CITIZENS RELY ON. “Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. 

257.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM COSTS AMERICA’S TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. “According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America’s taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.

258.        WE WILL ADOPT A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR PEOPLE. “Switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based system, will have many benefits:  

259.        A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WILL SAVE COUNTLESS DOLLARS. “it will save countless dollars,

260.        IT WILL RAISE WORKERS’ WAGES. “raise workers’ wages, and

261.        IT WILL HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES. “help struggling families –-

262.        IT WILL HELP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AS WELL. “including immigrant families –-

263.        IT WILL HELP OUR PEOPLE ENTER THE MIDDLE CLASS. “enter the middle class.

264.        I WILL IMPLEMENT ANOTHER GREAT NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM LIKE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER DID. “Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program –- the building of the interstate highway system. 

265.        WE WILL REBUILD OUR NATION. “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.

266.        AMERICA HAS SPENT 6 TRILLION DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHILE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING. THIS MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY. “America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. 

267.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA TWICE. “With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice. 

268.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA THREE TIMES USING PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE. “And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

269.        I ASK CONGRESS TO APPROVE A $1 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE. “To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States –

270.        FINANCING WILL COME FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL. “financed through both public and private capital –-

271.        THIS WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS. “creating millions of new jobs.

272.        THIS EFFORT WILL BE GUIDED BY TWO PRINCIPLES. “This effort will be guided by two core principles:  

273.        BUY AMERICAN. “Buy American, and

274.        HIRE AMERICAN. “Hire American.

275.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW. “Tonight, I am also calling on this Congress to repeal

276.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW. “and replace

277.        Obamacare

278.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT EXPAND CHOICE. “with reforms that expand choice,

279.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT INCREASE ACCESS. “increase access,

280.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT LOWER COSTS NOW. “lower costs,

281.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT PROVIDE AMERICANS WITH BETTER HEALTHCARE. “and at the same time, provide better Healthcare.

282.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW BECAUSE IT IS WRONG TO MANDATE EVERY AMERICAN MUST BUY GOVERNMENT-APPROVED HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION. “Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for America. 

283.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW AND IN THE PROCESS MAKE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE BY LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE. “The way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance,

284.        I AM COMMITTED. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO. “and that is what we will do.

285.        OBAMACARE PREMIUMS NATIONWIDE HAVE INCREASED DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIGITS. “Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits.

286.         ARIZONA PREMIUMS WENT UP 116 PERCENT LAST YEAR ALONE. “As an example, Arizona went up 116 percent last year alone.

287.        OBAMACARE IS FAILING IN KENTUCKY. “Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky just said Obamacare is failing in his State –

288.        OBAMACARE IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND COLLAPSING. “it is unsustainable and collapsing.

289.        ONE THIRD OF COUNTIES HAVE BUT ONE INSURER. “One third of counties have only one insurer on the exchanges –-

290.        MANY AMERICANS HAVE NO CHOICE WHATSOEVER. “leaving many Americans with no choice at all.

291.        POTUS OBAMA TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD KEEP YOUR DOCTOR AND KEEP YOUR PLAN. “Remember when you were told that you could keep your doctor, and keep your plan?

292.        HE KNEW BETTER AND BROKE HIS PROMISES. “We now know that all of those promises have been broken.

293.        OBAMACARE IS COLLAPSING. “Obamacare is collapsing –-

294.        CONGRESS MUST ACT DECISIVELY TO PROTECT ALL AMERICANS. “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans. 

295.        I SAY TO CONGRESS, ACTION IS NOT A CHOICE. IT IS A NECESSITY. “Action is not a choice –- it is a necessity.

296.        I CALL ON DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO WORK WITH MY ADMINISTRATION TO SAVE AMERICANS FROM THIS IMPLODING OBAMACARE DISASTER. “So I am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.

297.        THESE PRINCIPLES MUST GUIDE PROVIDING BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. “Here are the principles that should guide the Congress as we move to create a better healthcare system for all Americans:

298.        THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO COVERAGE. “First, we should ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage,

299.        THERE MUST BE A STABLE TRANSITION FOR AMERICANS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGES. “and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in the healthcare exchanges.

300.        WE MUST HELP AMERICANS PURCHASE THEIR OWN COVERAGE. “Secondly, we should help Americans purchase their own coverage,

301.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH TAX CREDITS. “through the use of tax credits

302.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH EXPANDED HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. “and expanded Health Savings Accounts –-

303.        THE PLAN MUST BE THE PLAN THE PEOPLE WANT. “but it must be the plan they want,

304.        THE PLAN, UNLIKE OBAMACARE, MUST NOT BE FORCED ON THE PEOPLE BY THE GOVERNMENT. “not the plan forced on them by the Government.

305.        STATE GOVERNORS MUST MEET NEED WITH MEDICAID SO NO ONE IS LEFT OUT. “Thirdly, we should give our great State Governors the resources and flexibility they need with Medicaid to make sure no one is left out.

306.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT PATIENTS AND DOCTORS FROM UNNECESSARY COSTS THAT DRIVE THE PRICE OF INSURANCE UP. “Fourthly, we should implement legal reforms that protect patients and doctors from unnecessary costs that drive up the price of insurance –

307.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICE OF DRUGS. “and work to bring down the artificially high price of drugs

308.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST MANDATE THAT ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICES OF DRUGS BE BROUGHT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. “and bring them down immediately.

309.        AMERICANS MUST BE PERMITTED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES. “Finally, the time has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance across State lines –-

310.        WE MUST CREATE A COMPETITIVE NATIONAL MARKETPLACE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. “creating a truly competitive national marketplace

311.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL BRING COSTS DOWN. “that will bring cost way down

312.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL PROVIDE FAR BETTER CARE. “and provide far better care.

313.        ALL THAT IS BROKEN IN OUR COUNTRY CAN BE FIXED. “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. 

314.        ALL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED. “Every problem can be solved. 

315.        ALL HURTING FAMILIES CAN FIND HEALING AND HOPE. “And every hurting family can find healing, and hope.

316.        OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS DESERVE THIS AND MORE. “Our citizens deserve this, and so much more –-

317.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO JOIN FORCES TO GET THIS DONE NOW. “so why not join forces to finally get it done?  

318.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET TOGETHER, TO UNITE, FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE. “On this and so many other things, Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country, and for the good of the American people.

319.        MY ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES. “My administration wants to work with members in both parties

320.        WE WILL DO SO TO MAKE CHILDCARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. “to make childcare accessible and affordable,

321.        WE WILL DO SO TO HELP ENSURE NEW PARENTS HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE. “to help ensure new parents have paid family leave,

322.        WE WILL DO SO TO INVEST IN WOMEN’S HEALTH. “to invest in women’s health,

323.        WE WILL DO SO TO PROMOTE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAR WATER. “and to promote clean air and clear water,

324.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY. “and to rebuild our military

325.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. “and our infrastructure.

326.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE FIND COMMON GROUND. “True love for our people requires us to find common ground,

327.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD. “to advance the common good,

328.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE COOPERATE ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN CHILD BECAUSE EACH DESERVES A BRIGHTER FUTURE. “and to cooperate on behalf of every American child who deserves a brighter future.

329.        INCREDIBLE MEGAN CROWLEY IS WITH US TODAY. An incredible young woman is with us this evening who should serve as an inspiration to us all. Today is Rare Disease day, and joining us in the gallery is a Rare Disease Survivor, Megan Crowley.  Megan was diagnosed with Pompe Disease, a rare and serious illness, when she was 15 months old.  She was not expected to live past 5. On receiving this news, Megan’s dad, John, fought with everything he had to save the life of his precious child.  He founded a company to look for a cure, and helped develop the drug that saved Megan’s life.  Today she is 20 years old – and a sophomore at Notre Dame. Megan’s story is about the unbounded power of a father’s love for a daughter. 

330.        FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL PROCESSES MUST BE ACCELERATED NOW. “But our slow and burdensome approval process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many advances, like the one that saved Megan’s life, from reaching those in need. If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our Government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles like Megan.


331.        WE MUST ENRICH THE MIND AND SOUL OF EACH AMERICAN CHILD. I ASK MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES TO PASS AN EDUCATION BILL THAT FUNDS SCHOOL CHOICE TO PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, MAGNET, RELIGIOUS, OR HOME SCHOOL FOR ALL YOUTH, FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, INCLUDING MILLIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO CHILDREN. “In fact, our children will grow up in a Nation of miracles. But to achieve this future, we must enrich the mind –- and the souls –- of every American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time. I am calling upon Members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African-American and Latino children.  These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.

332.        DENISHA MERRIWEATHER IS WITH US TONIGHT. WE MUST BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. “Joining us tonight in the gallery is a remarkable woman, Denisha Merriweather.  As a young girl, Denisha struggled in school and failed third grade twice. But then she was able to enroll in a private center for learning, with the help of a tax credit scholarship program. Today, she is the first in her family to graduate, not just from high school, but from college.  Later this year she will get her masters degree in social work. We want all children to be able to break the cycle of poverty just like Denisha. But to break the cycle of poverty, we must also break the cycle of violence.

333.        THE MURDER RATE IS HORRIFIC. MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone –- and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not acceptable in our society.

334.        EVERY AMERICAN CHILD MUST BE ABLE TO GROW UP IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, ATTEND A GREAT SCHOOL, AND HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH-PAYING JOB. “Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to attend a great school, and to have access to a high-paying job.

335.        WE MUST WORK WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. “But to create this future, we must work with –- not against -– the men and women of law enforcement.

336.        WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES OF COOPERATION AND TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. “We must build bridges of cooperation and trust –-

337.        WE MUST NOT DRIVE THE WEDGE OF DISUNITY AND DIVISION. “not drive the wedge of disunity and division.

338.        WE MUST HONOR AND SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND SHERIFFS. “Police and sheriffs are members of our community. They are friends and neighbors, they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – and they leave behind loved ones every day who worry whether or not they’ll come home safe and sound. We must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement.

339.        WE MUST SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME. “And we must support the victims of crime.

340.        I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO CREATE AN OFFICE TO SERVE AMERICAN VICTIMS. I WILL NOT FORGET THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. ‘I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE –- Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests. Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans whose government failed them. Their names are Jamiel Shaw, Susan Oliver, Jenna Oliver, and Jessica Davis. Jamiel’s 17-year-old son was viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, who had just been released from prison. Jamiel Shaw Jr. was an incredible young man, with unlimited potential who was getting ready to go to college where he would have excelled as a great quarterback.  But he never got the chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a good friend of mine. Also with us are Susan Oliver and Jessica Davis. Their husbands –- Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver and Detective Michael Davis –- were slain in the line of duty in California. They were pillars of their community. These brave men were viciously gunned down by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record and two prior deportations. Sitting with Susan is her daughter, Jenna. Jenna:  I want you to know that your father was a hero, and that tonight you have the love of an entire country supporting you and praying for you. To Jamiel, Jenna, Susan and Jessica:  I want you to know –- we will never stop fighting for justice. Your loved ones will never be forgotten, we will always honor their memory.

341.        I AM ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE MY BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PREVENT, FIGHT, AND WIN WAR – TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY, TO ELIMINATE THE DEFENSE SEQUESTER, TO INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SPENDING NEEDED, AND TO FUND HELP FOR OUR VETERANS. I WILL REMEMBER, WITH ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES, U.S. NAVY SPECIAL OPERATOR, SENIOR CHIEF WILLIAM “RYAN” OWENS.“Finally, to keep America Safe we must provide the men and women of the United States military with the tools they need to prevent war and –- if they must –- to fight and to win. I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history. My budget will also increase funding for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this Nation –- and now we must deliver for them. The challenges we face as a Nation are great. But our people are even greater. And none are greater or braver than those who fight for America in uniform. We are blessed to be joined tonight by Carryn Owens, the widow of a U.S. Navy Special Operator, Senior Chief William “Ryan” Owens. Ryan died as he lived:  a warrior, and a hero –- battling against terrorism and securing our Nation. I just spoke to General Mattis, who reconfirmed that, and I quote, “Ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemies.” Ryan’s legacy is etched into eternity. For as the Bible teaches us, there is no greater act of love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Ryan laid down his life for his friends, for his country, and for our freedom –- we will never forget him.

342.        OUR FOREIGN POLICY CALLS FOR DIRECT, ROBUST, MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD. “To those allies who wonder what kind of friend America will be, look no further than the heroes who wear our uniform. Our foreign policy calls for a direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is American leadership based on vital security interests that we share with our allies across the globe.

343.        WE SUPPORT NATO. “We strongly support NATO, an alliance forged through the bonds of two World Wars that dethroned fascism, and a Cold War that defeated communism.

344.        OUR PARTNERS IN NATO AND OTHER THEATERS MUST MEET THEIR FINANCIAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. THEY MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COST. “But our partners must meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. We expect our partners, whether in NATO, in the Middle East, or the Pacific –-  to take a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations, and pay their fair share of the cost.

345.        WE RESPECT HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS, BUT WE RESPECT SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF NATIONS. FREE NATIONS MUST CHART THEIR OWN COURSE. “We will respect historic institutions, but we will also respect the sovereign rights of nations. Free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people –- and America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path.  

346.        I DO NOT REPRESENT THE WORLD. I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT IS MY JOB. “My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America.

347.        AMERICA IS BETTER OFF WHEN THERE IS LESS CONFLICT. “But we know that America is better off, when there is less conflict — not more.

348.        WE MUST LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. “We must learn from the mistakes of the past –- we have seen the war and destruction that have raged across our world.

349.        IN THESE HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS, DISPLACED PERSONS MUST BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO RETURN HOME. “The only long-term solution for these humanitarian disasters is to create the conditions where displaced persons can safely return home and begin the long process of rebuilding.

350.        AMERICA IS WILLING TO FIND NEW FRIENDS, FORGE NEW PARTNERSHIPS, WHERE SHARED INTERESTS ALIGN. AMERICA WANTS PEACE. WE WANT JUSTICE. WE WANT FREEDOM. “America is willing to find new friends, and to forge new partnerships, where shared interests align.  We want harmony and stability, not war and conflict. We want peace, wherever peace can be found. America is friends today with former enemies. Some of our closest allies, decades ago, fought on the opposite side of these World Wars. This history should give us all faith in the possibilities for a better world. Hopefully, the 250th year for America will see a world that is more peaceful, more just and more free.

351.        WE MUST SET FREE THE DREAMS OF OUR PEOPLE TO BUILD, PAINT, INVENT, CURE ILLNESSES, AND SET FOOT ON DISTANT WORLDS. “On our 100th anniversary, in 1876, citizens from across our Nation came to Philadelphia to celebrate America’s centennial. At that celebration, the country’s builders and artists and inventors showed off their creations. Alexander Graham Bell displayed his telephone for the first time. Remington unveiled the first typewriter. An early attempt was made at electric light. Thomas Edison showed an automatic telegraph and an electric pen. Imagine the wonders our country could know in America’s 250th year. Think of the marvels we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people. Cures to illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope. American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream. Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. And streets where mothers are safe from fear – schools where children learn in peace – and jobs where Americans prosper and grow – are not too much to ask. When we have all of this, we will have made America greater than ever before.

352.        THIS IS OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION FOR ALL AMERICANS. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. WE BLEED THE SAME BLOOD. WE SALUTE THE SAME FLAG. WE ARE MADE BY THE SAME GOD. WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF GLORIOUS FREEDOM. THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER IN AMERICAN GREATNESS. THE TIME FOR SMALL THINKING IS PAST. WE NEED COURAGE. WE NEED CONFIDENCE. WE MUST BE INSPIRED BY THE FUTURE, NOT BOUND BY THE FAILURES OF THE PAST, GUIDED BY OUR VISION, NOT BLINDED BY OUR DOUBTS. “For all Americans. This is our vision. This is our mission. But we can only get there together. We are one people, with one destiny. We all bleed the same blood. We all salute the same flag. And we are all made by the same God. And when we fulfill this vision; when we celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of American Greatness began. The time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. The bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls. And the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams to action. From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears –- inspired by the future, not bound by the failures of the past –- and guided by our vision, not blinded by our doubts.

353.        I ASK YOU ALL TO EMBRACE THIS RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA. “I am asking all citizens to embrace this Renewal of the American Spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country. And I am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment and — Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.

354.        THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE USA. “Thank you, God bless you, and God Bless these United States.

Critical democrats and disaffected republicans and much of the media, are focused on criticizing, finding fault, and the negatives of life.


POTUS Trump and his administration are focused on the positives of life – helping us — helping to

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1. GUARANTEE OUR FREEDOMS. *Freedom of Religion; *Freedom of Speech; *Freedom of Assembly; *Right to bear arms; *Eliminate as much political correctness as possible. *Cut government bureaucracy and regulations!

2. GUARANTEE OUR SAFETY and PEACE. *Support Law and Order; *Support police officers and our military and border patrol; *Uphold our Right to bear arms; *Protect our borders; *Build the wall; *Vet immigrants and visitors stringently; *Eliminate ISIS/al Qaeda; *get rid of gangs; *Ensure no NK/Iran nukes; *Care for our Vets; *Strengthen our military.

3. INCREASE OUR PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. *Create 25 million new jobs; *Enhance U.S. manufacturing; *Establish Energy independence; *Foster Technology advances; *Push Space exploration; *Work with other countries so long as the deal is fair; *Eliminate the national debt; Ensure clean air and water and care for our environment.

4. IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. Establish *Better roads; *Better pipe system; *Better airports; *Better ports; *Better bridges; *Better secure free enhanced internet.

5. REPEAL AND REPLACE FAILED DEMOCRAT OBAMACARE AND PROVIDE LOW COST HEALTH CARE. *Repeal and Replace failed Democrat OBAMACARE; *Lower health care cost; *Give us doctors of our choice; *Cover pre-existing conditions, *Provide competition through more health care providers.

6. ELIMINATE ABORTION WHILE HONORING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. *300,000,000 unborn American babies have been killed surgically and chemically since 1973 Roe vs Wade (50,000,000+ Black babies killed; 50,000,000+ Hispanic babies murdered, killed, dismembered, flushed, poisoned, sent to landfills, millions of lives wasted ) Fix it now! Promote adoption. Abortion, the killing of our infants, is collective insanity.

7. RESPECT AND HONOR AND HELP THOSE OF ALL CREEDS, NATIONALITIES, PERSUASIONS. *Respect and Honor All as long as they are common law abiding! *Same with countries, so long as they are peaceful, pro-USA, and not bent on harming each other and Israel.

8. SO STOP ALL NEGATIVE ANTI-POTUS ADMINISTRATION NARRATIVES NOW! *Democrats and Republicans and Media stop all negative POTUS narratives and help us voters and viewers be FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS NOW! *Stop all Russia and Climate Change and other diversionary negative narratives NOW! HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS be FREE, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS NOW!

9. WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CABINET. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS DELIVERING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD AND THEY ARE FACILITATING HIS AGENDA. *President Trump and his cabinet are focused to accomplish his campaign promises. *TIME FOR CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND WORK WITH HIM TO HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS BE FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS. *Stop bashing him and wasting our time and money; stop sitting on your hands; stop stonewalling; stop playing dog in the manger; TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI AND THE OTHER NAYSAYERS, PUT ON YOUR WORK GLOVES and help us or get out of the way! Because you critics have been acting like spoiled children, wasting our resources, you can count on it! We will vote you democrats and disaffected republicans out of office for years to come unless you straighten out and focus and help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS. That is all we want from you. That is why we voted for you in the first place.

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PATRIOTISM. July 4th, 2017.

1.    The word “patriotism” derives from the Middle French, Late Latin, “patriota” which means “countryman.”

2.    Patriotism is being patriotic.

3.    Patriotism is intense support of your country.

4.    Patriotism is love of your homeland and the people of your homeland.

5.    Patriotism is the positive feelings of attachment you have for your country and its people.

6.    Patriotism is appreciation of your country’s culture and values.

7.    Patriotism is respecting your country’s ethnicities, religions, and differences of opinion. It is freedom of speech. It is freedom of assembly. It is freedom of religion.

8.    Patriotism involves knowing and appreciating and not rewriting the history of your country.

9.    Patriotism includes understanding and supporting your country’s religious and political and cultural heritage.

10.           Patriotism includes understanding and helping solve the issues that affect your country and us its people. 

11.           Patriotism is your actions taken in support of your country, not vapid, time and resources wasting critical talk. 

12.           Patriotism is your willingness to put on your gloves and work to help your country continue.

13.           Patriotism is devotion to your “Fatherland.”

14.           Patriotism is defending your country.

15.           Patriotism is supporting your country.

16.           Patriotism is being loyal to your country.

17.           Patriotism is loving your country.

18.           Patriotism eschews any thought or action traitorous to your country.

19.           Patriotism is found in your actions and your respect for others not in your hollow words.

20.           Patriotism is found in your good works.

21.           Patriotism is found in your efforts to uphold your country’s legacy.

22.           For an American, patriotism is to uphold and honor the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution and the rule of law.

23.           For an American, patriotism is to honor those brave men and women in military, law enforcement, paramedics, firefighters, and others who put their lives on the line, yes, even gave their limbs and lives, for you.

24.           For an American, patriotism is to honor America’s flag, its Courts of Law, its Congress, its state governments.

25.           For an American, patriotism is to champion the rights of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and the freedoms promised to all including the unborn.


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FYI to Senate. Text of Censure and Condemnation of Adam Schiff in the House of Representatives. Barrel & Pork.


BARREL, have you read the House of Representatives censure and condemnation of Adam Schiff for lying to Congress and the American People about POTUS TRUMP?

No, PORK, I have not.

Here is the Bill censuring and condemning Adam Schiff which was Introduced Session: 116th Congress

Bill TEXT. Introduced in House (09/27/2019)

116th CONGRESS 1st Session

H.   RES.   604

          Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 27, 2019

          Mr. Biggs submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics

RESOLUTION

         Condemning and censuring Adam Schiff, Representative of California’s 28th Congressional District.

Whereas, President Trump released the transcript of a call between him and the President of Ukraine;

Whereas, President Trump subsequently released the whistleblower complaint of August 12, 2019;

Whereas, in a September 26, 2019, hearing on the whistleblower complaint, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff purported to relay the content of the phone call to the American people;

Whereas, instead of quoting directly from the available transcript, Chairman Schiff manufactured a false retelling of the conversation between President Trump and President Zelensky;

Whereas, this egregiously false and fabricated retelling had no relationship to the call itself;

Whereas, these actions of Chairman Schiff misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment process, one of this chamber’s most solemn constitutional duties;

Whereas, for more than two years, Chairman Schiff has spread false accusations that the Trump Campaign colluded with Russia;

Whereas, on March 20, 2017, then-Ranking Member Schiff read out false allegations from the Steele dossier accusing numerous Trump associates of colluding with Russia;

Whereas, then-Ranking Member Schiff falsely claimed in a March 2017 interview to have “more than circumstantial evidence” of collusion with Russia;

Whereas, then-Ranking Member Schiff negotiated with Russian comedians who he believed to be Ukrainian officials to obtain materials to damage the President of the United States politically;

Whereas, members of the Intelligence Committee have lost faith in his objectivity and capabilities as Chairman, with every Republican member on the Committee having signed a letter calling for his immediate resignation as Chairman; and

Whereas, Chairman Schiff has hindered the ability of the Intelligence Committee to fulfill its oversight responsibilities of the Intelligence Community, an indispensable pillar of our national security: Now therefore, be it

Resolved, That—

(1) the House of Representatives censures and condemns Representative Adam Schiff for conduct that misleads the American people in a way that is not befitting an elected Member of the House of Representatives;

(2) Representative Adam Schiff will forthwith present himself in the well of the House for the pronouncement of censure; and

(3) Representative Adam Schiff will be censured with the public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.

43.  Sponsors (152):

44.  Andy Biggs (R)*, Ralph Abraham Jr. (R), Rick Allen (R), Kelly Armstrong (R), Jodey Arrington (R), Brian Babin (R), Don Bacon (R), Jim Baird (R), Troy Balderson (R), Jim Banks (R), Andy Barr IV (R), Jack Bergman (R), Gus Bilirakis (R), Dan Bishop (R), Rob Bishop (R), Mike Bost (R), Kevin Brady (R), Mo Brooks (R), Susan Brooks (R), Larry Bucshon (R), Ted Budd (R), Tim Burchett (R), Mike Burgess (R), Bradley Byrne (R), Ken Calvert (R), Buddy Carter (R), John Carter (R), Steve Chabot (R), Liz Cheney (R), Ben Cline (R), Michael Cloud (R), Doug Collins (R), James Comer Jr. (R), Paul Cook (R), Rick Crawford (R), Daniel Crenshaw (R), Warren Davidson (R), Scott DesJarlais (R), Jeff Duncan (R), Neal Dunn (R), Tom Emmer Jr. (R), Ron Estes (R), Drew Ferguson IV (R), Brian Fitzpatrick (R), Chuck Fleischmann (R), Bill Flores (R), Virginia Foxx (R), Russ Fulcher (R), Matt Gaetz (R), Greg Gianforte (R), Bob Gibbs (R), Louie Gohmert Jr. (R), Anthony Gonzalez (R), Lance Gooden (R), Paul Gosar (R), Kay Granger (R), Sam Graves Jr. (R), Tom Graves Jr. (R), Mark Green (R), Morgan Griffith (R), Brett Guthrie (R), Jim Hagedorn (R), Andy Harris (R), Vicky Hartzler (R), Kevin Hern (R), Jody Hice (R), Captain Higgins (R), French Hill (R), Trey Hollingsworth III (R), Richard Hudson Jr. (R), Bill Huizenga (R), Duncan Hunter (R), Bill Johnson (R), Mike Johnson (R), Jim Jordan (R), John Joyce (R), Fred Keller (R), Trent Kelly (R), Mike Kelly Jr. (R), Steve King (R), David Kustoff (R), Darin LaHood (R), Doug LaMalfa (R), Doug Lamborn (R), Bob Latta (R), Debbie Lesko (R), Billy Long (R), Barry Loudermilk (R), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R), Roger Marshall (R), Thomas Massie (R), Brian Mast (R), Kevin McCarthy (R), Patrick McHenry (R), David McKinley (R), Mark Meadows (R), Dan Meuser (R), Carol Miller (R), Paul Mitchell III (R), John Moolenaar (R), Alex Mooney (R), Markwayne Mullin (R), Greg Murphy (R), Dan Newhouse (R), Ralph Norman Jr. (R), Pete Olson (R), Steven Palazzo (R), Gary Palmer (R), Scott Perry (R), Bill Posey (R), Aumua Amata Radewagen (R), Guy Reschenthaler (R), Tom Rice Jr. (R), Denver Riggleman III (R), Phil Roe (R), Mike Rogers (R), John Rose (R), David Rouzer (R), Chip Roy (R), John Rutherford (R), Steve Scalise (R), David Schweikert (R), Austin Scott (R), Jim Sensenbrenner Jr. (R), John Shimkus (R), Mike Simpson (R), Adrian Smith (R), Jason Smith (R), Lloyd Smucker (R), Ross Spano (R), Elise Stefanik (R), Greg Steube (R), Chris Stewart (R), Steve Stivers (R), G.T. Thompson Jr. (R), William Timmons IV (R), Scott Tipton (R), Fred Upton (R), Tim Walberg (R), Mark Walker (R), Mike Waltz (R), Steve Watkins (R), Randy Weber (R), Dan Webster (R), Brad Wenstrup (R), Bruce Westerman (R), Roger Williams (R), Rob Wittman (R), Steve Womack (R), Ron Wright (R), Ted Yoho (R), Lee Zeldin (R)

45.  Last Action:

46.  Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.  (on 9/27/2019)

47.  Official Document:

48.  https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/604/all-info

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Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi and Jerry Nadler do nothing democrats produce no legal cause of action against POTUS Trump. Barrel & Pork.

PORK, I have heard a great deal about the Telephone Conversation POTUS Trump had with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine on July 25, 2019, 9:03 – 9:33 a.m. EDT. What do you think? Does it incriminate POTUS TRUMP?

BARREL, I have just now taken the time to analyze the conversation. My conclusion? We have another Adam Schiff nothingburger! There is nothing with which to impeach POTUS Trump – nothing with which to charge him with a crime – the Adam Schiff hearings are indeed a hoax. Take a look at the following.

    1.       UNCLASSIFIED.

    2.       https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf

    3.       “The President: Congratulations on a great victory. We all watched from the United States and you did a terrific job. The way you came from behind, somebody who wasn’t given much of a chance, and you ended up winning easily. It’s a fantastic achievement. Congratulations.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

    4.       “President Zelenskyy: You are absolutely right Mr. President. We did win big and we worked hard for this. We worked a lot but I would like to confess to you that I had an opportunity to learn from you. We used quite a few of your skills and knowledge and were able to use it as an example for our elections and yes it is true that these were unique elections. We were in a unique situation that we were able to achieve a unique success. I’m able to tell you the following; the first time, you called me to congratulate me when I won my presidential election, and the second time you are now calling me when my party won the parliamentary election. I think I should run more often so you can call me more often and we can talk over the phone more often.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

    5.       “The President: [laughter] That’s a very good idea. I think your country is very happy about that.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

    6.       “President Zelenskyy: Well yes, to tell you the truth, we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country. We brought in many many new people. Not the old politicians, not the typical politicians, because we want to have a new format and a new type of government. You are a great teacher for us and in that.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.       NO EXTORTION.

g.      NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.       NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.       NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      President Zelenskyy says “we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country.”

    7.       “The President: Well it’s very nice of you to say that. I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Much more than the European countries are doing and they should be helping you more than they are. Germany does almost nothing for you. All they do is talk and I think it’s something that you should really ask them about. When I was speaking to Angela Merkel she talks Ukraine, but she doesn’t do anything. A lot of the European countries are the same way so I think it’s something you want to look at but the United States has been very good to Ukraine. I wouldn’t say that it’s reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.        The President makes his point that “the United States has been very very good to Ukraine” while Germany and other European countries have not helped Ukraine.

    8.       “President Zelenskyy: Yes you are absolutely right. Not only 100%, but actually 1000% and I can tell you the following; I did talk to Angela Merkel and I did meet with her. I also met and talked with Macron and I told them that they are not doing quite as much as they need to be doing on the issues with the sanctions. They are not enforcing the sanctions. They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine. It turns out that even though logically, the European Union should be our biggest partner but technically the United States is a much bigger partner than the European Union and I’m very grateful to you for that because the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine. Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation. I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      President Zelenskyy agrees with POTUS Trump about Germany’s and Frances’ and the European Union in general lack of help and confirms that “the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine. Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation.” Next, he states that Ukraine is “ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.”

    9.       “The President” I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people … The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      POTUS Trump asks President Zelenskyy “to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it.” Then he says he would “like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it.” Then the POTUS emphasizes the importance of such. “Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.” e.g. Look into corruption. Look into Crowdstrike. Look into Biden.

    10.   “President Zelenskyy: Yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier. For me as a President, it is very important and we are open for any future cooperation. We are ready to open a new page on cooperation in relations between the United States and Ukraine. For that purpose, I just recalled our ambassador from United States and he will be replaced by a very competent and very experienced ambassador who will work hard on making sure that our two nations are getting closer. I would also like and hope to see him having your trust and your confidence and have personal relations with you so we can cooperate even more so. I will personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with Mr. Giuliani just recently and we are hoping very much that Mr. Giuliani will be able to travel to Ukraine and we will meet once he comes to Ukraine. I just wanted to assure you once again that you have nobody but friends round us. I will make sure that I surround myself with the best and most experienced people. I also wanted to tell you that we are friends. We are great friends and you Mr. President have friends in our country so we can continue our strategic partnership. I also plan to surround myself with great people and in addition to that investigation, I guarantee as the President of Ukraine that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly. That I can assure you.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      President Zelenskyy confirms his friendship with POTUS Trump. He states that he will receive Mr. Giuliani. He states that he will carry out “all the investigations … openly and candidly.”

    11.   “The President: Good because I heard you had a prosecutor who was very good and he was shut down and that’s really unfair. A lot of people are talking about that, the way they shut your very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people involved. Mr. Giuliani is a highly respected man. He was the mayor of New York City, a great mayor, and I would like him to call you. I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General. Rudy very much knows what’s happening and he is a very capable guy. If you could speak to him that would be great. The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news and the people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news so I just want to let you know that. The other thing, There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it … It sounds horrible to me.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      POTUS Trump again asks President Zelenskyy to receive Rudy Giuliani and the Attorney General Bill Barr and to investigate the allegations regarding Biden corruption quid pro quo extortion.

    12.   “Pesident Zelenskyy: I wanted to tell you about the prosecutor. First of all I understand and I’m knowledgeable about the situation. Since we have won the absolute majority in our Parliament, the next prosecutor general will be 100% my person, my candidate, who will be approved by the parliament and will start as a new prosecutor in September. He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. The issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue of making sure to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and will work on the investigation of the case. On top of that, I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us, it would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country with regard to the Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine as far as I recall her name was Ivanovich. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      President Zelenskyy has his own opinion of Ambassador Ivanovich while agreeing with POTUS Trump about the ambassador  – “It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President  and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.”

    13.   “The President: Well, she’s going to go through some things. I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it. I’m sure you will figure it out. I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fair prosecutor so good luck with everything. Your economy is going to get better and better I predict. You have a lot of assets. It’s a great country. I have many Ukrainian friends, their incredible people.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      The President reinforces that Mr. Giuliani and Attorney General Barr will be in touch. And says “we will get to the bottom of it.”

    14.   “President Zelenskyy: I would like to tell you that I also have quite a few Ukrainian friends that live in the United States. Actually last time I traveled to the United States, I stayed in New York near Central Park and I stayed at the Trump Tower. I will talk to them and I hope to see them again in the future. I also wanted to thank you for your invitation to visit the United States, specifically Washington DC. On the other hand, I also want to ensure you that we will be very serious about the case and will work on the investigation. As to the economy, there is much potential for our two countries and one of the issues that is very important for Ukraine is energy independence. I believe we can be very successful and cooperating on energy independence with United States. We are already working on cooperation. We are buying American oil but I am very hopeful for a future meeting. We will have more time and more opportunities to discuss these opportunities and get to know each other better. I would like to thank you very much for your support.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      In fact, just the oppositie. President Zelenskyy says “I would like to thank you very much for your support.”

    15.   “The President: Good. Well, thank you very much and I appreciate that. I will tell Rudy and Attorney General Barr to call. Thank you. Whenever you would like to come to the White House, feel free to call. Give us a date and we’ll work that out. I look forward to seeing you.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

    16.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you very much. I would be very happy to come and would be happy to meet with you personally and get to know you better. I am looking forward to our meeting and I also would like to invite you to visit Ukraine and come to the city of Kyiv which is a beautiful city. We have a beautiful country which would welcome you. On the other hand, I believe that on September 1 we will be in Poland and we can meet in Poland hopefully. After that, it might be a very good idea for you to travel to Ukraine. We either take my plane and go to Ukraine or we can take your plane, which is probably much better than mine.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

    17.   “The President: Okay, we can work that out. I look forward to seeing you in Washington and maybe in Poland because I think we are going to be there at that time.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       NO CAUSE FOR CENSURE.

    18.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you very much Mr. President.”

    19.   “The President: Congratulations on a fantastic job you’ve done. The whole world was watching. I’m not sure it was so much of an upset but congratulations.

    20.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you Mr. President bye-bye.

    21.   End of Conversation.

    22.   UNCLASSIFIED.

    23.   https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf

    24.   CONCLUSION:

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.       NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

l.      NO INDICATION POTUS TRUMP withheld military aid or anything from President Zelenskyy and Ukraine in return for an investigation of corruption – including an investigation into X company and Joe Biden.

m.        In fact, President Zelenskyy says he is just about ready to buy Javelins.

n.    Both men have a very low opinion of Ambassador Ivanovich.

o.      We have a mutual effort on the part of POTUS TRUMP and President Zelenskyy to work together and to reign in and eliminate corruption – and this with the help of prosecutor(s) in Ukraine and Mr. Giuliani and AG Barr — looking into corruption including looking into Crowdstrike and Bidens.

p.      This phone call exonerates POTUS TRUMP completely. Why? Because there is:

                1.      NO HIGH CRIME.

2.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

3.      NO COLLUSION.

4.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

5.      NO  QUID PRO QUO.

6.      NO EXTORTION.

7.      NO BRIBERY.

8.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

9.      NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

10.    NO ABUSE OF POWER.

11.    NO CAUSE FOR IMPEACHMENT OR CENSURE.

What we do have is Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Nadler, Adam Schiff and other do nothing democrats, together with certain disaffected republicans, who have wasted millions of our dollars and years of our precious time in their investigations, all the while doing nothing to help their own constituencies – doing nothing to help us the American voters – be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS since POTUS Trump was elected; while all the while POTUS Trump has eliminated hundreds of onerous regulations, created the best economy in U.S. history, helped eliminate much of the wealth transfer from middle class America to Europe and China, while at the same time keeping more than 300 promises to help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS that POTUS Trump made to the American people. 

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TRUMP ZELENSKYY CONVERSATION AND ANALYSIS NOTHINGBURGER. BARREL & PORK.


PORK, I have heard a great deal about the Telephone Conversation POTUS Trump had with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine on July 25, 2019, 9:03 – 9:33 a.m. EDT. What do you think? Does it incriminate POTUS TRUMP?

BARREL, I have just now taken the time to analyze the conversation. My conclusion? We have another Adam Schiff nothingburger. There is nothing with which to impeach POTUS Trump. Take a look at the following.

1.       UNCLASSIFIED.

2.       https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf

3.       “The President: Congratulations on a great victory. We all watched from the United States and you did a terrific job. The way you came from behind, somebody who wasn’t given much of a chance, and you ended up winning easily. It’s a fantastic achievement. Congratulations.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

4.       “President Zelenskyy: You are absolutely right Mr. President. We did win big and we worked hard for this. We worked a lot but I would like to confess to you that I had an opportunity to learn from you. We used quite a few of your skills and knowledge and were able to use it as an example for our elections and yes it is true that these were unique elections. We were in a unique situation that we were able to achieve a unique success. I’m able to tell you the following; the first time, you called me to congratulate me when I won my presidential election, and the second time you are now calling me when my party won the parliamentary election. I think I should run more often so you can call me more often and we can talk over the phone more often.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

5.       “The President: [laughter] That’s a very good idea. I think your country is very happy about that.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

6.       “President Zelenskyy: Well yes, to tell you the truth, we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country. We brought in many many new people. Not the old politicians, not the typical politicians, because we want to have a new format and a new type of government. You are a great teacher for us and in that.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.       President Zelenskyy says “we are trying to work hard because we wanted to drain the swamp here in our country.”

7.       “The President: Well it’s very nice of you to say that. I will say that we do a lot for Ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Much more than the European countries are doing and they should be helping you more than they are. Germany does almost nothing for you. All they do is talk and I think it’s something that you should really ask them about. When I was speaking to Angela Merkel she talks Ukraine, but she doesn’t do anything. A lot of the European countries are the same way so I think it’s something you want to look at but the United States has been very good to Ukraine. I wouldn’t say that it’s reciprocal necessarily because things are happening that are not good but the United States has been very very good to Ukraine.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      NO REQUEST FOR ANYTHING.

l.        The President makes his point that “the United States has been very very good to Ukraine” while Germany and other European countries have not helped Ukraine.

8.       “President Zelenskyy: Yes you are absolutely right. Not only 100%, but actually 1000% and I can tell you the following; I did talk to Angela Merkel and I did meet with her. I also met and talked with Macron and I told them that they are not doing quite as much as they need to be doing on the issues with the sanctions. They are not enforcing the sanctions. They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine. It turns out that even though logically, the European Union should be our biggest partner but technically the United States is a much bigger partner than the European Union and I’m very grateful to you for that because the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine. Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation. I would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. We are ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      President Zelenskyy agrees with POTUS Trump about Germany’s and Frances’ and the European Union in general lack of help and confirms that “the United States is doing quite a lot for Ukraine. Much more than the European Union especially when we are talking about sanctions against the Russian Federation.” Next, he states that Ukraine is “ready to continue to cooperate for the next steps specifically we are almost ready to buy more Javelins from the United States for defense purposes.” No quid pro quo withholding U.S. military equipment or aid in return for corruption investigations.

9.       “The President” I would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and Ukraine knows a lot about it. I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people … The server, they say Ukraine has it. There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation. I think you’re surrounding yourself with some of the same people. I would like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it. As you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named Robert Mueller, an incompetent performance, but they say a lot of it started with Ukraine. Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      POTUS Trump asks President Zelenskyy “to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine, they say Crowdstrike… I guess you have one of your wealthy people… The server, they say Ukraine has it.” Then he says he would “like to have the Attorney General call you or your people and I would like you to get to the bottom of it.” Then the POTUS emphasizes the importance of such. “Whatever you can do, it’s very important that you do it if that’s possible” – e.g. looking into corruption including looking into Crowdstrike and Bidens with help of Giuliani and AG Barr.

10.   “President Zelenskyy: Yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier. For me as a President, it is very important and we are open for any future cooperation. We are ready to open a new page on cooperation in relations between the United States and Ukraine. For that purpose, I just recalled our ambassador from United States and he will be replaced by a very competent and very experienced ambassador who will work hard on making sure that our two nations are getting closer. I would also like and hope to see him having your trust and your confidence and have personal relations with you so we can cooperate even more so. I will personally tell you that one of my assistants spoke with Mr. Giuliani just recently and we are hoping very much that Mr. Giuliani will be able to travel to Ukraine and we will meet once he comes to Ukraine. I just wanted to assure you once again that you have nobody but friends round us. I will make sure that I surround myself with the best and most experienced people. I also wanted to tell you that we are friends. We are great friends and you Mr. President have friends in our country so we can continue our strategic partnership. I also plan to surround myself with great people and in addition to that investigation, I guarantee as the President of Ukraine that all the investigations will be done openly and candidly. That I can assure you.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      President Zelenskyy confirms his friendship with POTUS Trump. He states that he will receive Mr. Giuliani. He states that he will carry out “all the investigations … openly and candidly.”

11.   “The President: Good because I heard you had a prosecutor who was very good and he was shut down and that’s really unfair. A lot of people are talking about that, the way they shut your very good prosecutor down and you had some very bad people involved. Mr. Giuliani is a highly respected man. He was the mayor of New York City, a great mayor, and I would like him to call you. I will ask him to call you along with the Attorney General. Rudy very much knows what’s happening and he is a very capable guy. If you could speak to him that would be great. The former ambassador from the United States, the woman, was bad news and the people she was dealing with in the Ukraine were bad news so I just want to let you know that. The other thing, There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it … It sounds horrible to me.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      POTUS Trump again asks President Zelenskyy to receive Rudy Giuliani and the Attorney General Bill Barr and to investigate the allegations regarding Biden corruption quid pro quo extortion.

12.   “Pesident Zelenskyy: I wanted to tell you about the prosecutor. First of all I understand and I’m knowledgeable about the situation. Since we have won the absolute majority in our Parliament, the next prosecutor general will be 100% my person, my candidate, who will be approved by the parliament and will start as a new prosecutor in September. He or she will look into the situation, specifically to the company that you mentioned in this issue. The issue of the investigation of the case is actually the issue of making sure to restore the honesty so we will take care of that and will work on the investigation of the case. On top of that, I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us, it would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country with regard to the Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine as far as I recall her name was Ivanovich. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      President Zelenskyy has his own opinion of Ambassador Ivanovich while agreeing with POTUS Trump about the ambassador  – “It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous President  and she was on his side. She would not accept me as a new President well enough.”

13.   “The President: Well, she’s going to go through some things. I will have Mr. Giuliani give you a call and I am also going to have Attorney General Barr call and we will get to the bottom of it. I’m sure you will figure it out. I heard the prosecutor was treated very badly and he was a very fair prosecutor so good luck with everything. Your economy is going to get better and better I predict. You have a lot of assets. It’s a great country. I have many Ukrainian friends, their incredible people.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      The President reinforces that Mr. Giuliani and Attorney General Barr will be in touch. And says “we will get to the bottom of it.”

14.   “President Zelenskyy: I would like to tell you that I also have quite a few Ukrainian friends that live in the United States. Actually last time I traveled to the United States, I stayed in New York near Central Park and I stayed at the Trump Tower. I will talk to them and I hope to see them again in the future. I also wanted to thank you for your invitation to visit the United States, specifically Washington DC. On the other hand, I also want to ensure you that we will be very serious about the case and will work on the investigation. As to the economy, there is much potential for our two countries and one of the issues that is very important for Ukraine is energy independence. I believe we can be very successful and cooperating on energy independence with United States. We are already working on cooperation. We are buying American oil but I am very hopeful for a future meeting. We will have more time and more opportunities to discuss these opportunities and get to know each other better. I would like to thank you very much for your support.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      In fact, just the oppositie. President Zelenskyy says “I would like to thank you very much for your support.”

15.   “The President: Good. Well, thank you very much and I appreciate that. I will tell Rudy and Attorney General Barr to call. Thank you. Whenever you would like to come to the White House, feel free to call. Give us a date and we’ll work that out. I look forward to seeing you.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

16.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you very much. I would be very happy to come and would be happy to meet with you personally and get to know you better. I am looking forward to our meeting and I also would like to invite you to visit Ukraine and come to the city of Kyiv which is a beautiful city. We have a beautiful country which would welcome you. On the other hand, I believe that on September 1 we will be in Poland and we can meet in Poland hopefully. After that, it might be a very good idea for you to travel to Ukraine. We either take my plane and go to Ukraine or we can take your plane, which is probably much better than mine.

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

17.   “The President: Okay, we can work that out. I look forward to seeing you in Washington and maybe in Poland because I think we are going to be there at that time.”

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.        NO ABUSE OF POWER.

18.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you very much Mr. President.”

19.   “The President: Congratulations on a fantastic job you’ve done. The whole world was watching. I’m not sure it was so much of an upset but congratulations.

20.   “President Zelenskyy: Thank you Mr. President bye-bye.

21.   End of Conversation.

22.   UNCLASSIFIED.

23.   https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Unclassified09.2019.pdf

24.   CONCLUSION:

a.       NO HIGH CRIME.

b.      NO MISDEMEANOR.

c.       NO COLLUSION.

d.      NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.

e.       NO  QUID PRO QUO.

f.        NO EXTORTION.

g.       NO BRIBERY.

h.      NO VIOLATION OF OATH OF OFFICE.

i.        NO WITHHOLDING OF AID TO UKRAINE.

j.       NO ABUSE OF POWER.

k.      NO INDICATION POTUS TRUMP withheld military aid or anything from President Zelenskyy and Ukraine in return for an investigation of corruption – including an investigation into X company and Joe Biden.

l.        In fact, President Zelenskyy says he is just about ready to buy Javelins.

m.    Both men have a low opinion of Ambassador Ivanovich.

n.      We have a mutual effort on the part of POTUS TRUMP and President Zelenskyy to work together and to reign in and eliminate corruption – and this with the help of prosecutor(s) in Ukraine and Mr. Giuliani and AG Barr – – e.g. looking into corruption including looking into Crowdstrike and Bidens with help of Giuliani and AG Barr.

o.      This phone call exonerates POTUS TRUMP completely.

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WHAT CAN NANCY PELOSI DO TO BE A GREAT STATESWOMAN?

PORK, HOW DO YOU THINK NANCY PELOSI CAN BE A GREAT STATESWOMAN which is much better than being a third, second, or first rate politician.

BARREL, she simply needs to stand up and:

1.       Make a short but carefully crafted speech to all congresswomen and congressmen and the nation and demand civility.

2.       Censure Adam Schiff for conducting hearings in secret and for lying about what the President said and remove him as head of the Judiciary Committee.

3.       Being unwilling to put the nation through further trauma, formally accept the Mueller report that there was no collusion or obstruction, and at the same time terminate all hint of impeachment.

4.       Set forth a three point power plan to help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS.

5.       Support Elizabeth Warren for President against POTUS Trump or

6.       Step in at the last moment and run for President.

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Eradicate mosquitoes today? Democrats and Republicans could be helping us be free, safe, and prosperous instead of bashing POTUS and FLOTUS Trump.


        So, BARREL, think about how important eradicating mosquitoes will be?


Think about how democrats and republicans should and could  be focused on helping us be free, safe, and prosperous instead of wasting time and energy and money castigating POTUS Trump and FLOTUS Trump?


Read — quote:

Buzz off: breakthrough technique eradicates mosquitoes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-breakthrough-technique-eradicates-mosquitoes.html, quote:

1.     A breakthrough technique harnessing two methods to target disease-carrying mosquitoes was able to effectively eradicate buzzing biters in two test sites in China, according to research published on Thursday.

2.     The mosquitoes targeted are a type that is particularly difficult to control called Aedes albopictus—more popularly known as the Asian tiger mosquito—which are a major vector for diseases including Zika and dengue.

3.     The study “demonstrates the potential of a potent new tool”, wrote Peter Armbruster, a professor at Georgetown University’s department of biology, in a review of the work.

4.     Researchers harnessed two population control methods: the use of radiation—which effectively sterilises mosquitoes—and a strain of bacteria called Wolbachia that leaves mosquito eggs dead on arrival.

5.     They conducted a two-year trial at two sites on river islands in Guangzhou, where Asian tiger mosquitoes are to blame for the highest dengue transmission rate in China.

6.     The results were “remarkable”, wrote Armbruster: the number of hatched mosquitoes eggs plunged by 94 percent, with not a single viable egg recorded for up to 13 weeks in some cases.

7.     And the average number of female mosquitoes—which transmit disease to humans when they bite—caught by traps fell by between 83 and 94 percent.

8.     In some cases, none were detected at all for up to six weeks.

9.     The results were also borne out by a decline of nearly 97 percent in bites suffered by locals—which in turn shifted attitudes among residents, who were initially sceptical of the project’s plan to release more mosquitoes into the local area.

10. Radiation and bacteria

11. The research builds on two existing methods: radiation-based sterile insect technique (SIT) and incompatible insect technique (IIT).

12. SIT works by releasing radiation-sterilised male mosquitoes into an environment to mate with wild female mosquitoes, reducing the size of the population over time as females fail to reproduce.

13. But irradiation of male mosquitoes tends to reduce both their mating competitiveness and their survival rates, undermining the technique’s effectiveness.

14. The IIT method involves a bacteria called Wolbachia. When males infected with it mate with female mosquitoes that aren’t infected, their eggs don’t hatch.

15. The technique doesn’t work if the female mosquitoes are infected with the same Wolbachia strain, and successful mating by mosquitoes that both carry the bacteria undermines the technique by producing more female mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia that are resistant to the process.

16. Preventing the release of Wolbachia-infected female mosquitoes is difficult, with sex-sorting techniques usually resulting in a “female contamination rate” of about 0.3 percent.

17. To overcome that, researchers decided to subject their Wolbachia-infected lab-reared mosquitoes to low-level irradiation, which rendered the females sterile but left the males able to reproduce.

18. This allowed the team to avoid the onerous sex-screening process and meant they could release significantly more mosquitoes at a time: in some cases more than 160,000 male mosquitoes per hectare, per week.

19. ‘Striking results’

20. Lead researcher Zhiyong Xi, a professor at Michigan State University’s department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, compared the technique to “producing insecticide”.

21. “Our goal is to use this technique to build a protected area that is disease vector-free,” Xi told AFP.

22. Armbruster, in a review commissioned by the journal Nature that published the research on Thursday, said the study produced “striking results”.

23. That the trial “almost eliminated notoriously difficult-to-control vector mosquitoes from the test sites is remarkable,” he wrote.

24. The results weren’t a universal success—populations in areas with more traffic, near construction or roads, shrank less than those in isolated zones, likely as mosquitoes migrated in from elsewhere.

25. But Xi said the technique still holds promise if “natural barriers” like highways are used to limit the arrivals of outside mosquitoes.

26. And he said it could be used against mosquitoes that carry disease, including malaria.

27. The next steps will involve developing a “highly effective and practical release strategy” suited for urban settings,” he said.

PORK, I can’t agree more. This kind of work is millennial in nature. 

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https://www.ob.org/mosquitoweek/?mot=045064&cpid=ppc_ob_goog_grant&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=grant&gclid=CjwKCAjwscDpBRBnEiwAnQ0HQEDDrPvguI21A_qANNyxTCJXFX7cLecGxPCpQdZZWsZ-m73WoprTvxoCNGoQAvD_BwE

1.     Think about this!

2.     While television viewers across the country bask in the excitement of #SkharkWeek, the truth is that sharks are far from the world’s most dangerous creatures.

3.     That distinction belongs to the tiny mosquito.

4.     Packing a laundry list of dangerous diseases, these miniscule pests outrank all other animals in their threat to human life.

5.     They might not seem as terrifying as sharks at first glance, but their stealthy bite is far more deadly.

6.     The fact is, no other animal is responsible for more human suffering than the mosquito.

7.     HOW DOES THE KILLER KILL?

8.     While shark attacks are violent, terrifying and send beach goers scrambling to shore, here in the United States mosquito bites are usually just a minor annoyance.

9.     However, in the developing world, those itchy red bumps can harbor a menace far deadlier than all the world’s sharks combined.

10. The list of mosquito-transmitted diseases is a long one, but malaria remains the primary threat for many of the world’s most vulnerable, especially children.

11. Worldwide there were an estimated 214 million Malaria cases resulting in 438,000 deaths in 2015 alone.

12. Malaria is far from the only weapon in the mosquito’s arsenal.

13. Yellow fever, dengue,

14. West Nile virus,

15. chikungunya,

16. Zika

17. and a variety of other maladies

18. all cause untold amounts of suffering throughout the world.

19. Think about this:

20. THE TRUE MENACE TO SOCIETY

21. Films like Jaws and Sharknado have incited shark phobia for generations of moviegoers.

22. In truth, the odds of being killed by a shark attack are a miniscule 1 in 3,748,067.

23. Meanwhile, for individuals living in Sub-Saharan Africa, the chance of contracting a mosquito-borne disease like malaria might be as high as 1 in 5 depending on location!

24. Not only can malaria be deadly if not properly treated, it often takes a huge economic toll on the communities it invades.

25. As T. H. Weller, a Nobel laureate in medicine, noted,

26. “It has long been recognized that a malarious community is an impoverished community.”

27. Both individuals and governments are burdened with expensive medical care, loss of work and education hours and the high cost of preventative programs and premature death.

28. Altogether it’s estimated to cost at least $12 billion a year.

29. Economic growth is stunted by the disease and tourism dollars move elsewhere.

30. Think about this!

31. STANDING UP TO THE BULLY

32. Fifty years ago, deadly mosquitoes were thought to be best controlled by chemical agents like DDT.

33. However, these tricky little creatures grew more resilient and resistant, rendering the dangerous chemicals ineffective and no longer worth the many risks such as cancer, infertility, miscarriage, developmental delay and damage to the nervous system and liver.

34. Today, prevention focuses on fogging insecticides, repellants, bed nets and removing standing water where mosquitoes can breed. While these techniques can reduce the mosquito threat, better methods are still needed to control their population long term and stop the deadly illnesses they carry in their tracks.

35. As we move into the future, the best methods of mosquito eradication will likely be biological ones.

36. Operation Blessing first utilized mosquito larvae eating fish as a means of battling mosquitoes in post-Katrina New Orleans.

37. After the hurricane, thousands of swimming pools across the city had been abandoned, creating the perfect mosquito breeding ground.

38. Operation Blessing placed larvae eating fish in the pools, drastically reducing the mosquito population and averting further crisis.

39. New Orleans would later credit Operation Blessing with preventing epidemics of West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis from breaking out.

40. Since then we have continued our biological mosquito control research around the globe with mosquito-eating fish, juvenile turtles and small crustaceans called copepods, creating our “Bug-Busters Dream Team.”

41. Operation Blessing conducted a pilot study in Honduras to test the effectiveness of these animals and to help establish the first ever mosquito control department in the country.

42. Now, we’re taking all that we learned and applying to new communities to help protect vulnerable families.

43. All of these creatures are powerful weapons against mosquitoes, devouring their larvae before they can grow into deadly adults.

44. Unlike chemical agents with their dangerous side effects these animals can be safely introduced into human environments.

45. In fact, copepods have nearly eradicated the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that were responsible for spreading dengue fever in Vietnam—the same mosquito behind the current Zika outbreak in Latin America.

46. Operation Blessing and our Bug-Busters team are now working to perfect these biological mosquito control methods and put an end to the mosquito’s worldwide reign of terror.

47. Sources: WHO, CDC, Weller, TH. Encyclopedia Britannica. Chicago: William Bennet; 1958. Tropical medicine; pp. 495–497, Oxford Journals, www.mosquitoworld.net.

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Who can beat POTUS TRUMP in 2020? BARREL & PORK.

BARREL, are you interested in voting for Joe Biden? No, PORK. I have 103 reasons not to. Then BARREL, who has a chance of beating POTUS Trump in 2020?

PORK, I follow the news regularly – Fox, Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Drudge, Breitbart,  New York Times, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc., and I have no interest whatsoever in voting for Joe. I find the following negatives about Joe in the news in one form or another:

1.       Joe is a gaffe disaster waiting to happen.

2.       He’s a career federal government  politician.

3.       Amy Lappos, the congressional aide accused him of inappropriately touching her.

4.       He’s ancient.

5.       Anita Hill sexual harassment inquisition on his watch was a debacle.

6.       He apologizes for mishandling things thereby admitting he mishandled things.

7.       His apologies are too little too late.

8.       Biden’s brother and the $1.5 billion government contract conflict of interest looms large.

9.       Biden’s son, Hunter, joining the board of the Ukrainian gas producer conflict of interest looms way large.

10.   Biden’s son Hunter’s conflicts of interest especially intersect Joe’s political position according to Peter Sweizer.

11.   He is big on paid speaking gigs.

12.   He bragged about his role in policies that have devastated black communities.

13.   Caitlyn Caruso is on record that he inappropriately touched her.

14.   He can’t keep his hands off young girls.

15.   His China conflicts are fatal.

16.   He claimed he was a civil rights activist when he wasn’t.

17.   Now he’s tied to a climate plan plagiarism “scandal.”

18.   He had to know and thus was complicit in FISA surveillance of POTUS Trump.

19.   He was complicit in all of Obama’s failed policies.

20.   He apparently unsuccessfully considered running for president five times.

21.   He carries the name Creepy Uncle Joe.

22.   Creepy is a hard one live down.

23.   D.J. Hill is another woman who is on record accusing him.

24.   He packs decades of negative political baggage.

25.   He can’t point to anything of real value he did while he was Vice President.

26.   He failed in his run for President in 1984.

27.   He failed in his run for President in 1988.

28.   He failed in his run for President in 2008.

29.   The party just did not rise to the occasion and support him which tells me they won’t do so this time either.

30.   He now pushes the false narrative that he is “the most progressive candidate” which he is not.

31.   Per Peter Sweizer, he is really just focused on money making ventures.

32.   He can’t help drain the swamp and get rid of corruption in Washington because he is the inside player who is up to his elbows in the swamp of corruption in Washington.

33.   He can’t fix the mess in Washington because he is the mess in Washington.

34.   He can’t run on Obama’s legacy because Obama thinly endorses him and Obama has a highly questionable legacy.

35.   He failed in Iraq.

36.   He failed in Libya Ben Ghazi.

37.   One news account says he helped give us ISIS.

38.   He did indeed given the fact that he helped Obama give the Iranians billions which they use to fund their military and fight us by sponsoring terrorism.

39.   He is a repeat of the H. Clinton debacle.

40.   He is an Iraq hawk guilty of spending trillions of our money down the middle east military industrial complex rat hole.

41.   He is in the banking industry pockets.

42.   He is old.

43.   He is the Bill Clinton look alike although without the cigar.

44.   He is the Democratic party run by and for white men.

45.   He is the Hillary Clinton failed candidate.

46.   He is the worst candidate for democrats.

47.   He is too little too late when it comes to reinventing himself.

48.   He keeps showing pictures of himself when he was young as though he wants us to think of him as young.

49.   He is uniquely ill-suited as a leader.

50.   Because he symbolizes the old Democratic party.

51.   One news source says he’s another buckraker like the Clintons.

52.   His contrived “will-he-won’t-he” announcement was a joke.

53.   Again, his last presidential campaign crashed and burned.

54.   His presidential campaign before that crashed and burned.

55.   His promises are not worth much. Just look at:

56.   His record on abortion

57.   His record on busing

58.   His record on civil liberties

59.   His record on immigration

60.   His record on mass incarceration

61.   His record on war

62.   He is the horrible inappropriate touching Presidential candidate.

63.   He is the insider veteran who is part of the problem not part of the solution.

64.   He kissed senator’s teenage daughter on side of head.

65.   He leaned on the Ukrainians to fire their top prosecutor just as their top prosecutor was set to investigate the gas company which included his son Hunter.

66.   Lucy Flores is on record accusing him.

67.   Through the years he has moaned about government spending yet has done nothing to curb it.

68.   He can’t point to his past and say “I am a statesman.”

69.   In fact, he has a muddy past.

70.   He has a murky past.

71.   He carries no future media $ value to Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, Drudge, Breitbart, Infowars while POTUS Trump is worth billions and billions to them.

72.   He is not a fresh face.

73.   He is not a reformer.

74.   He simply is not inspiring.

75.   He was not especially popular during Obama’s time in office.

76.   He is one of the oldest candidates.

77.   He is one of the worst candidates.

78.   He is part of the deep establishment state.

79.   He is a professional politician.

80.   He has a questionable endorsement from Obama.

81.   He is ridiculed for his many gaffes.

82.   He is ridiculed for his political machismo.

83.   He is a senior citizen.

84.   He is a stereotypical old school Democrat.

85.   There is nothing extraordinary about his career.

86.   His Ukrainian conflicts are fatal.

87.   His Chinese conflicts are fatal.

88.   He is Uncle Joe.

89.   He is uniquely ill-suited as a leader.

90.   He used his office to enrich himself and his family.

91.   He voted for NAFTA.

92.   He voted for Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which put an inordinate number of people of color in jails for drug-related offenses.

93.   He voted to support the ill-conceived invasion of Iraq in 2002 that cost America untold treasure.

94.   His voting record is discriminatory

95.   He is best known for whispering in the ear of a senator’s teenage daughter.

96.   It looks like he may be in bed with the DNC which is again seeking to marginalize Bernie.

97.   He has no capacity to go toe to toe with the young candidates.

98.   He has no capacity to keep us stay free.

99.   He has no capacity to help keep us safe.

100.           He has no capacity to help us be prosperous.

101.           He is running on the tired, worn out, negative, wasteful Schumer and Pelosi platform of bashing POTUS Trump.

102.           His thought about mediating between republicans and democrats and “calming the nation” is eyewash.

103.           PORK, these above thoughts are the messages I am finding in the media.

104.           He has no chance of beating POTUS Trump because POTUS Trump has kept more than 300 of his campaign promises.

105.           My conclusion, PORK, is this.

106.            Joe has no chance of beating POTUS Trump because Joe can’t point to one positive promise he has kept over his long career that helps us be free, safe, and prosperous today.

107.           He has no chance of beating POTUS Trump because the media is making billions of dollars if not trillions collectively off the POTUS Trump gravy train.

108.           And a number of the same thoughts apply to Bernie.

109.           BARREL, who then among democrats can beat POTUS Trump in 2020, BARREL?

110.           Well, I’m not certain anyone can. But let’s at least look at the others in the democrat field.

111.            PORK. I will narrow the field to my four picks.

112.           I think the democrats need to take a hard look at Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Jay Inslee, and Amy Klobuchar not in that order.

113.           And of the four, BARREL?

114.           I think the democrats will be well advised to field Jay Inslee for President with Amy Klobuchar or Julian Castro as Vice President.

115.           The current list:

116.           Michael Bennet.

117.           Bill de Blasio

118.           Cory Booker

119.           Steve Bullock

120.           Pet Buttigieg

121.           Julian Castro

122.           John Delaney

123.           Tulsi Gabbard

124.           Kirsten Gillibrand

125.           Mike Gravel

126.           Kamala Harris

127.           John Hickenlooper

128.           Jay Inslee

129.           Amy Klobuchar

130.           Wayne Messam

131.           Seth Moulton

132.           Beto O’Rourke

133.           Tim Ryan

134.           Bernie Sanders

135.           Eric Swalwell

136.           Elizabeth Warren

137.           Bill Weld

138.           Marianne Williamson

139.           Andrew Yang

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Why democrats and disaffected republicans should never underestimate POTUS TRUMP and his family?

BARREL, SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS AND DISAFFECTED REPUBLICANS UNDERESTIMATE POTUS TRUMP AND HIS FAMILY? 


NO, PORK. Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family at your own risk and peril!

Richard W. Linford

WINNING TRUMP CARDS

Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family

at your own risk and peril!

1st Edition

© Copyright 2017

Linford Corporation

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WINNING TRUMP CARDS

Underestimate POTUS Donald Trump and FLOTUS Melania Trump and their family

at your own risk and peril!

CHAPTER 2.

129.        WINNING TRUMP CARDS IN POTUS TRUMP’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.

130.        STATE OF THE UNION. “President Trump’s Joint Address to Congress

131.        BELIEVE IN YOURSELF, YOUR FUTURE, IN AMERICA. “”Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.”

132.        ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. “Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States, and Citizens of America:

133.        WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. “Tonight, as we mark the conclusion of our celebration of Black History Month,

134.        WE ARE REMINDED OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE WORK THAT STILL REMAINS. “we are reminded of our Nation’s path toward civil rights and the work that still remains.  

135.        THREATS AGAINST JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERS AND JEWISH CEMETARIES, AND SHOOTING IN KANSAS CITY REMIND US THAT WE CONDEMN HATE AND EVIL IN ALL ITS FORMS. “Recent threats targeting Jewish Community Centers and vandalism of Jewish cemeteries, as well as last week’s shooting in Kansas City, remind us that while we may be a Nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all its forms.

136.        WE HOLD UP THE TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE HANDED DOWN GENERATION TO GENERATION. “Each American generation passes the torch of truth, liberty and justice –- in an unbroken chain all the way down to the present.

137.        WE WILL LIGHT THE WORLD WITH THAT TORCH OF TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. “That torch is now in our hands.  And we will use it to light up the world.

138.        FROM MY HEART I DELIVER A MESSAGE OF UNITY AND STRENGTH. “I am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart.

139.        THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER OF AMERICAN GREATNESS. “A new chapter of American Greatness is now beginning.

140.        THIS IS A NEW NATIONAL PRIDE SWEEPING THE NATION. “A new national pride is sweeping across our Nation.

141.        THIS IS A NEW SURGE OF OPTIMISM ENSURING IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS ARE REACHED. “And a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp.

142.        THIS IS THE RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “What we are witnessing today is the Renewal of the American Spirit.

143.        ALLIES FIND AMERICA IS LEADING. “Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead.

144.        ALL NATIONS FIND AMERICA IS STRONG, PROUD, AND FREE. “All the nations of the world — friend or foe — will find that America is strong, America is proud, and America is free.

145.        IN 9 YEARS IT WILL BE 250 YEARS SINCE WE DECLARED OUR INDEPENDENCE. “In 9 years, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of our founding — 250 years since the day we declared our Independence.

146.        THAT 250TH ANNIVERSARY WILL BE A GREAT MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. “It will be one of the great milestones in the history of the world.

147.        WHAT WILL AMERICA LOOK LIKE THEN? WHAT LEGACY WILL WE LEAVE FOR OUR CHILDREN? “But what will America look like as we reach our 250th year? What kind of country will we leave for our children?

148.        I, DONALD J. TRUMP, WILL NOT ALLOW THE MISTAKE OF RECENT DECADES TO DEFINE THE COURSE OF OUR FUTURE. “I will not allow the mistakes of recent decades past to define the course of our future.

149.        FOR TOO LONG WE WATCHED OUR MIDDLE CLASS SHRINK FOR LOSS OF JOBS AND WEALTH TO FOREIGN NATIONS. “For too long, we’ve watched our middle class shrink as we’ve exported our jobs and wealth to foreign countries.

150.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE FINANCED GLOBAL PROJECT AFTER GLOBAL PROJECT, IGNORING THE FATES OF OUR CHILDREN IN INNER CITY CHICAGO, BALTIMORE, DETROIT, AND MANY OTHER AMERICAN CITIES. “We’ve financed and built one global project after another, but ignored the fates of our children in the inner cities of Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit — and so many other places throughout our land.

151.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE DEFENDED BORDERS OF OTHER NATIONS AND LEFT OUR BORDERS WIDE OPEN, FOR ANYONE TO CROSS, FOR DRUGS TO POUR IN AT UNPRECEDENTED RATE. “We’ve defended the borders of other nations, while leaving our own borders wide open, for anyone to cross — and for drugs to pour in at a now unprecedented rate.

152.        FOR TOO LONG WE’VE SPENT TRILLIONS OVERSEAS AND ALLOWED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO CRUMBLE. “And we’ve spent trillions of dollars overseas, while our infrastructure at home has so badly crumbled.

153.        NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AMERICAN INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OF ALL COLORS AND CREEDS HAVE REBELLED, PROTESTED, AND SPOKEN WITH THEIR VOTES. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. “Then, in 2016, the earth shifted beneath our feet.  The rebellion started as a quiet protest, spoken by families of all colors and creeds -– families who just wanted a fair shot for their children, and a fair hearing for their concerns.

154.        AMERICA’S QUIET VOICES BECAME A LOUD CHORUS. “But then the quiet voices became a loud chorus — as thousands of citizens now spoke out together, from cities small and large, all across our country.

155.        AMERICA’S SHOUT CAUSED AN EARTHQUAKE. “Finally, the chorus became an earthquake – and the people turned out by the tens of millions,

156.        THEY WERE UNITED BY ONE GREAT DEMAND. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. “and they were all united by one very simple, but crucial demand, that America must put its own citizens first … because only then, can we truly MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

157.        DYING INDUSTRIES ARE COMING ROARING BACK TO LIFE. “Dying industries will come roaring back to life.  

158.        HEROIC VETERANS ARE GETTING THE CARE THEY DESPERATELY NEED. “Heroic veterans will get the care they so desperately need.

159.        OUR MILITARY IS GIVEN THE RESOURCES ITS BRAVE WARRIORS DESERVE. “Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve.

160.        CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE IS BEING REPLACED WITH NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, TUNNELS, AIRPORTS. “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land.

161.        OUR TERRIBLE DRUG EPIDEMIC IS SLOWED AND STOPPED. “Our terrible drug epidemic will slow down and ultimately, stop.

162.        OUR NEGLECTED INNER CITIES ARE REBORN IN HOPE, SAFETY, AND OPPORTUNITY. “And our neglected inner cities will see a rebirth of hope, safety, and opportunity.

163.        I DONALD J. TRUMP AND MY ADMINISTRATION WILL KEEP OUR PROMISES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. “Above all else, we will keep our promises to the American people.

164.        I DONALD J. TRUMP UP-DATE THE NATION REGARDING WHAT I HAVE DONE TO KEEP MY PROMISES TO YOU. “It’s been a little over a month since my inauguration, and I want to take this moment to update the Nation on the progress I’ve made in keeping those promises.

165.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL INVEST BILLIONS IN THE U.S. AND CREATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOGS.

166.        FORD.

167.        FIAT-CHRYSLER

168.        GENERAL MOTORS

169.        SPRINT

170.        SOFTBANK

171.        LOCKHEED

172.        INTEL

173.        WALMART

174.        MANY OTHERS.

175.        “Since my election, Ford, Fiat-Chrysler, General Motors, Sprint, Softbank, Lockheed, Intel, Walmart, and many others, have announced that they will invest billions of dollars in the United States and will create tens of thousands of new American jobs.

176.        SINCE MY ELECTION, THE STOCK MARKET HAS GAINED ALMOST 3 TRILLION DOLLARS IN VALUE. “The stock market has gained almost three trillion dollars in value since the election on November 8th, a record.  

177.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE SAVED TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS BY BRINGING DOWN THE PRICE OF THE FANTASTIC NEW F-35 JET FIGHTER. “We’ve saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by bringing down the price of the fantastic new F-35 jet fighter, and will be saving billions more dollars on contracts all across our Government.  

178.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE PLACED A HIRING FREEZE ON NON-MILITARY AND NON-ESSENTIAL FEDERAL WORKERS. “We have placed a hiring freeze on non-military and non-essential Federal workers.

179.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE BEGUN TO DRAIN THE SWAMP OF GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION BY IMPOSING A 5 YEAR BAN ON LOBBYING BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS – AND A LIFETIME BAN ON BECOMING LOBBYISTS FOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. “We have begun to drain the swamp of government corruption by imposing a 5 year ban on lobbying by executive branch officials –- and a lifetime ban on becoming lobbyists for a foreign government.

180.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ELIMINATED JOB-CRUSHING REGULATIONS IN HISTORIC PROPORTION. “We have undertaken a historic effort to eliminate job‑crushing regulations,

181.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CREATED A DEREGULATION TASK FORCE INSIDE EVERY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. “creating a deregulation task force inside of every Government agency;

182.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED A RULE MANDATING THAT FOR EVERY 1 NEW REGULATION, 2 OLD REGULATIONS MUST BE ELIMINATED. “imposing a new rule which mandates that for every 1 new regulation, 2 old regulations must be eliminated;

183.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE STOPPED A REGULATION THREATENING THE LIVELIHOODS OF OUR GREAT COAL MINERS. “and stopping a regulation that threatens the future and livelihoods of our great coal miners.

184.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CLEARED THE WAY FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE KEYSTONE AND DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINES. “We have cleared the way for the construction of the Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines — thereby creating tens of thousands of jobs –

185.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THAT NEW AMERICAN PIPELINES BE MADE WITH AMERICAN STEEL. “and I’ve issued a new directive that new American pipelines be made with American steel.

186.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE WITHDRAWN FROM JOB-KILLING TRANSPACIFIC PARTNERSHIP. “We have withdrawn the United States from the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership.

187.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WITH PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, I HAVE FORMED A COUNCIL WITH CANADA TO ENSURE WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS NETWORKS, MARKETS, CAPITAL THEY NEED TO START A BUSINESS. “With the help of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, we have formed a Council with our neighbors in Canada to help ensure that women entrepreneurs have access to the networks, markets and capital they need to start a business and live out their financial dreams.

188.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO FORM A TASK FORCE TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIME. “To protect our citizens, I have directed the Department of Justice to form a Task Force on Reducing Violent Crime.

189.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND JUSTICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE TO DISMANTLE CRIMINAL CARTELS. “I have further ordered the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice, along with the Department of State and the Director of National Intelligence, to coordinate an aggressive strategy to dismantle the criminal cartels that have spread across our Nation.

190.        WE WILL STOP DRUGS FROM POURING INTO OUR COUNTRY AND POISONING OUR YOUTH. “We will stop the drugs from pouring into our country and poisoning our youth –

191.        WE WILL EXPAND TREATMENT FOR THOSE SO BADLY ADDICTED. “and we will expand treatment for those who have become so badly addicted.

192.        WE WILL ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW AND ENSURE BORDER SECURITY. “At the same time, my Administration has answered the pleas of the American people for immigration enforcement and border security. 

193.        ENFORCEMENT OF OUR IMMIGRATION LAWS WILL RAISE WAGES, HELP THE UNEMPLOYED, SAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. “By finally enforcing our immigration laws, we will raise wages, help the unemployed, save billions of dollars, and make our communities safer for everyone. 

194.        WE WILL END LAWLESS CHAOS AND HELP ALL AMERICAN SUCCEED. “We want all Americans to succeed –- but that can’t happen in an environment of lawless chaos. 

195.        WE WILL RESTORE INTEGRITY AND THE RULE OF LAW TO OUR BORDERS. “We must restore integrity and the rule of law to our borders.

196.        WE WILL CONSTRUCT A GREAT WALL ALONG OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. “For that reason, we will soon begin the construction of a great wall along our southern border.

197.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE ARE REMOVING GANG MEMBERS, DRUG DEALERS AND CRIMINALS THAT THREATEN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PREY ON OUR CITIZENS. “As we speak, we are removing gang members, drug dealers and criminals that threaten our communities and prey on our citizens.  

198.        SINCE MY ELECTION, AS I PROMISED, BAD ONES ARE BEING DEPORTED OR JAILED. “Bad ones are going out as I speak tonight and as I have promised.

199.        SOME IN CONGRESS DO NOT BELIEVE WE SHOULD ENFORCE OUR LAWS. “To any in Congress who do not believe we should enforce our laws,

200.        I ASK THESE PEOPLE IN CONGRESS AND ANY OTHER PERSON WITH THE SAME MINDSET THIS QUESTION. “I would ask you this question:  

201.        WHAT CAN I OR YOU SAY TO THE AMERICAN FAMILY THAT LOSES JOBS, INCOME, OR A LOVED ONE, BECAUSE AMERICA REFUSES TO UPHOLD ITS LAWS AND DEFEND ITS BORDERS? “what would you say to the American family that loses their jobs, their income, or a loved one, because America refused to uphold its laws and defend its borders?

202.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO SERVE, PROTECT, AND DEFEND THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. “Our obligation is to serve, protect, and defend the citizens of the United States.  

203.        I AM DUTY BOUND TO PROTECT OUR NATION FROM RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM. “We are also taking strong measures to protect our Nation from Radical Islamic Terrorism.

204.        THE VAST MAJORITY OF TERRORISM-RELATED OFFENSES COMMITTED IN THE U.S. WERE PERPETRATED BY PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE FROM OUTSIDE OUR COUNTRY. “According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted for terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country.  

205.        BOSTON, SAN BERNARDINO, THE PENTAGON, THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TERRORIST ATTACKS OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks at home -– from Boston to San Bernardino to the Pentagon and yes, even the World Trade Center.

206.        ATTACKS IN FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, AND ELSEWHERE OCCURRED. “We have seen the attacks in France, in Belgium, in Germany and all over the world.

207.        IT IS RECKLESS TO ALLOW UNCONTROLLED ENTRY FROM PLACES WHERE PROPER VETTING CANNOT OCCUR. “It is not compassionate, but reckless, to allow uncontrolled entry from places where proper vetting cannot occur. 

208.        IT IS A HIGH HONOR FOR ANYONE TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES AND THOSE GAINING SUCH HONOR MUST SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY, LOVE ITS PEOPLE, AND UPHOLD ITS VALUES. “Those given the high honor of admission to the United States should support this country and love its people and its values.

209.        I WILL NOT ALLOW A BEACHHEAD OF TERRORISM TO FORM INSIDE AMERICA. “We cannot allow a beachhead of terrorism to form inside America –

210.        I WILL NOT ALLOW OUR NATION TO BECOME A SANCTUARY FOR EXTREMISTS. “we cannot allow our Nation to become a sanctuary for extremists.

211.        SINCE MY ELECTION, WE HAVE IMPROVED VETTING PROCEDURES. “That is why my Administration has been working on improved vetting procedures, and we will shortly take new steps to keep our Nation safe — and to keep out those who would do us harm.

212.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I DIRECTED THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO DEMOLISH AND DESTROY ISIS, THIS NETWORK OF LAWLESS SAVAGES THAT HAVE SLAUGHTERED MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS, AND MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN OF ALL FAITHS AND BELIEFS. “As promised, I directed the Department of Defense to develop a plan to demolish and destroy ISIS — a network of lawless savages that have slaughtered Muslims and Christians, and men, women, and children of all faiths and beliefs. 

213.        WE WILL WORK WITH OUR ALLIES, INCLUDING OUR FRIENDS IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, TO EXTINGUISH THIS VILE ENEMY FROM OUR PLANET. “We will work with our allies, including our friends and allies in the Muslim world, to extinguish this vile enemy from our planet.

214.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE IMPOSED NEW SANCTIONS ON ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT IRAN’S BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM. “I have also imposed new sanctions on entities and individuals who support Iran’s ballistic missile program,

215.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE REAFFIRMED OUR UNBREAKABLE ALLIANCE WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL. “and reaffirmed our unbreakable alliance with the State of Israel.

216.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE KEPT MY PROMISE TO APPOINT A JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT WHO WILL DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION. “Finally, I have kept my promise to appoint a Justice to the United States Supreme Court — from my list of 20 judges — who will defend our Constitution.

217.        I AM HONORED MAUREEN SCALIA IS WITH US. “I am honored to have Maureen Scalia with us in the gallery tonight. 

218.        ANTONIN SCALIA WILL FOREVER BE A SYMBOL OF AMERICAN JUSTICE. “Her late, great husband, Antonin Scalia, will forever be a symbol of American justice. 

219.        SINCE MY ELECTION, I HAVE CHOSEN JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH TO FILL JUSTICE SCALIA’S SEAT. “To fill his seat, we have chosen Judge Neil Gorsuch, a man of incredible skill, and deep devotion to the law.  He was confirmed unanimously to the Court of Appeals, and I am asking the Senate to swiftly approve his nomination.

220.        NEXT STEPS WE MUST TAKE. “Tonight, as I outline the next steps we must take as a country, we must honestly acknowledge the circumstances we inherited.

221.        94,000,000 AMERICANS ARE OUT OF THE LABOR FORCE. “Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force.

222.        43,000,000 ARE LIVING IN POVERTY. “Over 43 million people are now living in poverty,

223.        43,000,000 ARE ON FOOD STAMPS. “and over 43 million Americans are on food stamps.

224.        1 IN 5 IN THEIR PRIME WORKING YEARS ARE NOT WORKING. “More than 1 in 5 people in their prime working years are not working.

225.        THIS IS THE WORST FINANCIAL RECOVERY IN 65 YEARS. “We have the worst financial recovery in 65 years.

226.         THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PUT ON MORE DEBT IN THE LAST 8 YEARS THAN NEARLY ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS COMBINED. “In the last 8 years, the past Administration has put on more new debt than nearly all other Presidents combined.

227.        SINCE NAFTA WAS APPROVED WE’VE LOST MORE THAN ONE-FOURTH OF OUR MANUFACTURING JOBS. “We’ve lost more than one-fourth of our manufacturing jobs since NAFTA was approved,

228.        SINCE CHINA JOINED THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION IN 2001 WE’VE LOST 60,000 FACTORIES. “and we’ve lost 60,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001.

229.        LAST YEAR UNDER OBAMA OUR TRADE DEFICIT IN GOODS WITH THE WORLD WAS NEARLY $800 BILLION, THAT’S $800,000,000,000. “Our trade deficit in goods with the world last year was nearly $800 billion dollars.

230.        FROM OBAMA WE INHERITED A SERIES OF TRAGIC FOREIGN POLICY DISASTERS. “And overseas, we have inherited a series of tragic foreign policy disasters.

231.        TO SOLVE THESE REQUIRES WORKING PAST PARTY DIFFERENCES. “Solving these, and so many other pressing problems, will require us to work past the differences of party.  

232.        WE MUST TAP THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. “It will require us to tap into the American spirit that has overcome every challenge throughout our long and storied history.

233.        WE MUST RESTART THE ENGINE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. “But to accomplish our goals at home and abroad, we must restart the engine of the American economy –

234.        WE MUST MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMPANIES TO DO BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES. “making it easier for companies to do business in the United States,

235.        WE MUST MAKE IT HARDER FOR COMPANIES TO LEAVE AMERICA. “and much harder for companies to leave.

236.        UNDER OBAMA, AMERICAN COMPANIES HAVE BEEN TAXED AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE WORLD. THIS MUST STOP. “Right now, American companies are taxed at one of the highest rates anywhere in the world.

237.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX REFORM. “My economic team is developing historic tax reform

238.        THIS HISTORIC TAX REFORM WILL REDUCE THE TAX RATE ON OUR COMPANIES SO THEY CAN COMPETE AND THRIVE ANYWHERE WITH ANYONE. “that will reduce the tax rate on our companies so they can compete and thrive anywhere and with anyone. 

239.        WE WILL IMPLEMENT HISTORIC TAX RELIEF FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS. “At the same time, we will provide massive tax relief for the middle class.

240.        WE WILL LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR AMERICAN COMPANIES AND WORKERS. “We must create a level playing field for American companies and workers.

241.        UNDER THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE SHIPPED PRODUCTS OUT OF AMERICA, MANY OTHER COUNTRIES MAKE US PAY VERY HIGH TARIFFS AND TAXES. THIS MUST STOP. “Currently, when we ship products out of America, many other countries make us pay very high tariffs and taxes –

242.        WHEN FOREIGN COMPANIES SHIP THEIR PRODUCTS TO AMERICA, WE CHARGE THEM NEXT TO NOTHING. THIS TOO MUST STOP. “but when foreign companies ship their products into America, we charge them almost nothing.

243.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON IS A GREAT AMERICAN COMPANY. I JUST MET WITH THEIR OFFICIALS AND WORKERS. “I just met with officials and workers from a great American company, Harley-Davidson.  In fact, they proudly displayed five of their magnificent motorcycles, made in the USA, on the front lawn of the White House.

244.        THEY SAID BUSINESS IS GOOD. “At our meeting, I asked them, how are you doing, how is business?  They said that it’s good. 

245.        THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE BEEN MISTREATED BY OTHER COUNTRIES. THEY TOLD ME THEY ARE TAXED AT SUCH A HIGH RATE. “I asked them further how they are doing with other countries, mainly international sales.  They told me — without even complaining because they have been mistreated for so long that they have become used to it — that it is very hard to do business with other countries because they tax our goods at such a high rate. 

246.        THEY TOLD ME ONE COUNTRY TAXED THEIR MOTORCYCLES 100 PERCENT. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. “They said that in one case another country taxed their motorcycles at 100 percent.

247.        HARLEY-DAVIDSON WASN’T ASKING FOR A CHANGE. I AM. “They weren’t even asking for change.  But I am.

248.        I BELIEVE FREE TRADE MUST BE FAIR TRADE. “I believe strongly in free trade but it also has to be FAIR TRADE.

249.        PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID WANT AND RUIN WOULD RESULT WHEN AMERICAN ABANDONED ITS PROTECTIVE POLICIES. THAT HAS HAPPENED JUST AS HE SAID. “The first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln, warned that the “abandonment of the protective policy by the American Government [will] produce want and ruin among our people.”

250.        WE MUST HEED LINCOLN’S WORDS. AMERICA AND ITS GREAT COMPANIES WILL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ANY MORE. “Lincoln was right — and it is time we heeded his words. I am not going to let America and its great companies and workers, be taken advantage of anymore.

251.        I WILL BRING BACK MILLIONS OF JOBS. “I am going to bring back millions of jobs.  

252.        I WILL PROTECT OUR WORKERS BY REFORMING OUR SYSTEM OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION. “Protecting our workers also means reforming our system of legal immigration. 

253.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM DEPRESSES WAGES FOR OUR POOREST WORKERS, AND PUTS GREAT PRESSURE ON OUR TAXPAYERS. “The current, outdated system depresses wages for our poorest workers, and puts great pressure on taxpayers.

254.        I WILL IMPLEMENT A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. “Nations around the world, like Canada, Australia and many others –- have a merit-based immigration system. 

255.        THOSE WHO ENTER OUR COUNTRY MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES FINANCIALLY. “It is a basic principle that those seeking to enter a country ought to be able to support themselves financially. 

256.        I WILL ENFORCE THIS RULE. I WILL NOT CONTINUE TO STRAIN PUBLIC RESOURCES THAT OUR POOREST CITIZENS RELY ON. “Yet, in America, we do not enforce this rule, straining the very public resources that our poorest citizens rely upon. 

257.        OUR CURRENT IMMIGRATION SYSTEM COSTS AMERICA’S TAXPAYERS BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. “According to the National Academy of Sciences, our current immigration system costs America’s taxpayers many billions of dollars a year.

258.        WE WILL ADOPT A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR PEOPLE. “Switching away from this current system of lower-skilled immigration, and instead adopting a merit-based system, will have many benefits:  

259.        A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM WILL SAVE COUNTLESS DOLLARS. “it will save countless dollars,

260.        IT WILL RAISE WORKERS’ WAGES. “raise workers’ wages, and

261.        IT WILL HELP STRUGGLING FAMILIES. “help struggling families –-

262.        IT WILL HELP IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AS WELL. “including immigrant families –-

263.        IT WILL HELP OUR PEOPLE ENTER THE MIDDLE CLASS. “enter the middle class.

264.        I WILL IMPLEMENT ANOTHER GREAT NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM LIKE PRESIDENT EISENHOWER DID. “Another Republican President, Dwight D. Eisenhower, initiated the last truly great national infrastructure program –- the building of the interstate highway system. 

265.        WE WILL REBUILD OUR NATION. “The time has come for a new program of national rebuilding.

266.        AMERICA HAS SPENT 6 TRILLION DOLLARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHILE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS CRUMBLING. THIS MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY. “America has spent approximately six trillion dollars in the Middle East, all this while our infrastructure at home is crumbling. 

267.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA TWICE. “With this six trillion dollars we could have rebuilt our country –- twice. 

268.        WITH 6 TRILLION DOLLARS WE COULD HAVE REBUILT AMERICA THREE TIMES USING PEOPLE WHO KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE. “And maybe even three times if we had people who had the ability to negotiate.

269.        I ASK CONGRESS TO APPROVE A $1 TRILLION INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE. “To launch our national rebuilding, I will be asking the Congress to approve legislation that produces a $1 trillion investment in the infrastructure of the United States –

270.        FINANCING WILL COME FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CAPITAL. “financed through both public and private capital –-

271.        THIS WILL CREATE MILLIONS OF NEW JOBS. “creating millions of new jobs.

272.        THIS EFFORT WILL BE GUIDED BY TWO PRINCIPLES. “This effort will be guided by two core principles:  

273.        BUY AMERICAN. “Buy American, and

274.        HIRE AMERICAN. “Hire American.

275.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL OBAMACARE NOW. “Tonight, I am also calling on this Congress to repeal

276.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW. “and replace

277.        Obamacare

278.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT EXPAND CHOICE. “with reforms that expand choice,

279.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT INCREASE ACCESS. “increase access,

280.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT LOWER COSTS NOW. “lower costs,

281.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW WITH REFORMS THAT PROVIDE AMERICANS WITH BETTER HEALTHCARE. “and at the same time, provide better Healthcare.

282.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW BECAUSE IT IS WRONG TO MANDATE EVERY AMERICAN MUST BUY GOVERNMENT-APPROVED HEALTH INSURANCE. THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION. “Mandating every American to buy government-approved health insurance was never the right solution for America. 

283.        I ASK CONGRESS TO REPEAL AND REPLACE OBAMACARE NOW AND IN THE PROCESS MAKE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE BY LOWERING THE COST OF HEALTH INSURANCE. “The way to make health insurance available to everyone is to lower the cost of health insurance,

284.        I AM COMMITTED. THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO. “and that is what we will do.

285.        OBAMACARE PREMIUMS NATIONWIDE HAVE INCREASED DOUBLE AND TRIPLE DIGITS. “Obamacare premiums nationwide have increased by double and triple digits.

286.         ARIZONA PREMIUMS WENT UP 116 PERCENT LAST YEAR ALONE. “As an example, Arizona went up 116 percent last year alone.

287.        OBAMACARE IS FAILING IN KENTUCKY. “Governor Matt Bevin of Kentucky just said Obamacare is failing in his State –

288.        OBAMACARE IS UNSUSTAINABLE AND COLLAPSING. “it is unsustainable and collapsing.

289.        ONE THIRD OF COUNTIES HAVE BUT ONE INSURER. “One third of counties have only one insurer on the exchanges –-

290.        MANY AMERICANS HAVE NO CHOICE WHATSOEVER. “leaving many Americans with no choice at all.

291.        POTUS OBAMA TOLD YOU THAT YOU COULD KEEP YOUR DOCTOR AND KEEP YOUR PLAN. “Remember when you were told that you could keep your doctor, and keep your plan?

292.        HE KNEW BETTER AND BROKE HIS PROMISES. “We now know that all of those promises have been broken.

293.        OBAMACARE IS COLLAPSING. “Obamacare is collapsing –-

294.        CONGRESS MUST ACT DECISIVELY TO PROTECT ALL AMERICANS. “and we must act decisively to protect all Americans. 

295.        I SAY TO CONGRESS, ACTION IS NOT A CHOICE. IT IS A NECESSITY. “Action is not a choice –- it is a necessity.

296.        I CALL ON DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO WORK WITH MY ADMINISTRATION TO SAVE AMERICANS FROM THIS IMPLODING OBAMACARE DISASTER. “So I am calling on all Democrats and Republicans in the Congress to work with us to save Americans from this imploding Obamacare disaster.

297.        THESE PRINCIPLES MUST GUIDE PROVIDING BETTER HEALTHCARE FOR ALL AMERICANS. “Here are the principles that should guide the Congress as we move to create a better healthcare system for all Americans:

298.        THOSE WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS MUST HAVE ACCESS TO COVERAGE. “First, we should ensure that Americans with pre-existing conditions have access to coverage,

299.        THERE MUST BE A STABLE TRANSITION FOR AMERICANS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGES. “and that we have a stable transition for Americans currently enrolled in the healthcare exchanges.

300.        WE MUST HELP AMERICANS PURCHASE THEIR OWN COVERAGE. “Secondly, we should help Americans purchase their own coverage,

301.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH TAX CREDITS. “through the use of tax credits

302.        WE MUST DO SO THROUGH EXPANDED HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS. “and expanded Health Savings Accounts –-

303.        THE PLAN MUST BE THE PLAN THE PEOPLE WANT. “but it must be the plan they want,

304.        THE PLAN, UNLIKE OBAMACARE, MUST NOT BE FORCED ON THE PEOPLE BY THE GOVERNMENT. “not the plan forced on them by the Government.

305.        STATE GOVERNORS MUST MEET NEED WITH MEDICAID SO NO ONE IS LEFT OUT. “Thirdly, we should give our great State Governors the resources and flexibility they need with Medicaid to make sure no one is left out.

306.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT PATIENTS AND DOCTORS FROM UNNECESSARY COSTS THAT DRIVE THE PRICE OF INSURANCE UP. “Fourthly, we should implement legal reforms that protect patients and doctors from unnecessary costs that drive up the price of insurance –

307.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST PROTECT OUR PEOPLE FROM ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICE OF DRUGS. “and work to bring down the artificially high price of drugs

308.        LEGAL REFORMS MUST MANDATE THAT ARTIFICIALLY HIGH PRICES OF DRUGS BE BROUGHT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. “and bring them down immediately.

309.        AMERICANS MUST BE PERMITTED TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE ACROSS STATE LINES. “Finally, the time has come to give Americans the freedom to purchase health insurance across State lines –-

310.        WE MUST CREATE A COMPETITIVE NATIONAL MARKETPLACE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE. “creating a truly competitive national marketplace

311.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL BRING COSTS DOWN. “that will bring cost way down

312.        NATIONWIDE COMPETITION WILL PROVIDE FAR BETTER CARE. “and provide far better care.

313.        ALL THAT IS BROKEN IN OUR COUNTRY CAN BE FIXED. “Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. 

314.        ALL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED. “Every problem can be solved. 

315.        ALL HURTING FAMILIES CAN FIND HEALING AND HOPE. “And every hurting family can find healing, and hope.

316.        OUR AMERICAN CITIZENS DESERVE THIS AND MORE. “Our citizens deserve this, and so much more –-

317.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO JOIN FORCES TO GET THIS DONE NOW. “so why not join forces to finally get it done?  

318.        I ASK DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS TO GET TOGETHER, TO UNITE, FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA AND ITS PEOPLE. “On this and so many other things, Democrats and Republicans should get together and unite for the good of our country, and for the good of the American people.

319.        MY ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH BOTH PARTIES. “My administration wants to work with members in both parties

320.        WE WILL DO SO TO MAKE CHILDCARE ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE. “to make childcare accessible and affordable,

321.        WE WILL DO SO TO HELP ENSURE NEW PARENTS HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE. “to help ensure new parents have paid family leave,

322.        WE WILL DO SO TO INVEST IN WOMEN’S HEALTH. “to invest in women’s health,

323.        WE WILL DO SO TO PROMOTE CLEAN AIR AND CLEAR WATER. “and to promote clean air and clear water,

324.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY. “and to rebuild our military

325.        WE WILL DO SO TO REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. “and our infrastructure.

326.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE FIND COMMON GROUND. “True love for our people requires us to find common ground,

327.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE ADVANCE THE COMMON GOOD. “to advance the common good,

328.        TRUE LOVE FOR OUR AMERICAN PEOPLE MANDATES THAT WE COOPERATE ON BEHALF OF EVERY AMERICAN CHILD BECAUSE EACH DESERVES A BRIGHTER FUTURE. “and to cooperate on behalf of every American child who deserves a brighter future.

329.        INCREDIBLE MEGAN CROWLEY IS WITH US TODAY. An incredible young woman is with us this evening who should serve as an inspiration to us all. Today is Rare Disease day, and joining us in the gallery is a Rare Disease Survivor, Megan Crowley.  Megan was diagnosed with Pompe Disease, a rare and serious illness, when she was 15 months old.  She was not expected to live past 5. On receiving this news, Megan’s dad, John, fought with everything he had to save the life of his precious child.  He founded a company to look for a cure, and helped develop the drug that saved Megan’s life.  Today she is 20 years old – and a sophomore at Notre Dame. Megan’s story is about the unbounded power of a father’s love for a daughter. 

330.        FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION APPROVAL PROCESSES MUST BE ACCELERATED NOW. “But our slow and burdensome approval process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many advances, like the one that saved Megan’s life, from reaching those in need. If we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our Government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles like Megan.

331.        WE MUST ENRICH THE MIND AND SOUL OF EACH AMERICAN CHILD. I ASK MEMBERS OF BOTH PARTIES TO PASS AN EDUCATION BILL THAT FUNDS SCHOOL CHOICE TO PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, MAGNET, RELIGIOUS, OR HOME SCHOOL FOR ALL YOUTH, FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, INCLUDING MILLIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND LATINO CHILDREN. “In fact, our children will grow up in a Nation of miracles. But to achieve this future, we must enrich the mind –- and the souls –- of every American child. Education is the civil rights issue of our time. I am calling upon Members of both parties to pass an education bill that funds school choice for disadvantaged youth, including millions of African-American and Latino children.  These families should be free to choose the public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home school that is right for them.

332.        DENISHA MERRIWEATHER IS WITH US TONIGHT. WE MUST BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN ORDER TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY. “Joining us tonight in the gallery is a remarkable woman, Denisha Merriweather.  As a young girl, Denisha struggled in school and failed third grade twice. But then she was able to enroll in a private center for learning, with the help of a tax credit scholarship program. Today, she is the first in her family to graduate, not just from high school, but from college.  Later this year she will get her masters degree in social work. We want all children to be able to break the cycle of poverty just like Denisha. But to break the cycle of poverty, we must also break the cycle of violence.

333.        THE MURDER RATE IS HORRIFIC. MORE THAN 4,000 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN CHICAGO LAST YEAR. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. “The murder rate in 2015 experienced its largest single-year increase in nearly half a century. In Chicago, more than 4,000 people were shot last year alone –- and the murder rate so far this year has been even higher. This is not acceptable in our society.

334.        EVERY AMERICAN CHILD MUST BE ABLE TO GROW UP IN A SAFE COMMUNITY, ATTEND A GREAT SCHOOL, AND HAVE ACCESS TO A HIGH-PAYING JOB. “Every American child should be able to grow up in a safe community, to attend a great school, and to have access to a high-paying job.

335.        WE MUST WORK WITH THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. “But to create this future, we must work with –- not against -– the men and women of law enforcement.

336.        WE MUST BUILD BRIDGES OF COOPERATION AND TRUST WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. “We must build bridges of cooperation and trust –-

337.        WE MUST NOT DRIVE THE WEDGE OF DISUNITY AND DIVISION. “not drive the wedge of disunity and division.

338.        WE MUST HONOR AND SUPPORT OUR POLICE AND SHERIFFS. “Police and sheriffs are members of our community. They are friends and neighbors, they are mothers and fathers, sons and daughters – and they leave behind loved ones every day who worry whether or not they’ll come home safe and sound. We must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement.

339.        WE MUST SUPPORT VICTIMS OF CRIME. “And we must support the victims of crime.

340.        I HAVE ORDERED THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO CREATE AN OFFICE TO SERVE AMERICAN VICTIMS. I WILL NOT FORGET THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN KILLED BY AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. ‘I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American Victims. The office is called VOICE –- Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests. Joining us in the audience tonight are four very brave Americans whose government failed them. Their names are Jamiel Shaw, Susan Oliver, Jenna Oliver, and Jessica Davis. Jamiel’s 17-year-old son was viciously murdered by an illegal immigrant gang member, who had just been released from prison. Jamiel Shaw Jr. was an incredible young man, with unlimited potential who was getting ready to go to college where he would have excelled as a great quarterback.  But he never got the chance. His father, who is in the audience tonight, has become a good friend of mine. Also with us are Susan Oliver and Jessica Davis. Their husbands –- Deputy Sheriff Danny Oliver and Detective Michael Davis –- were slain in the line of duty in California. They were pillars of their community. These brave men were viciously gunned down by an illegal immigrant with a criminal record and two prior deportations. Sitting with Susan is her daughter, Jenna. Jenna:  I want you to know that your father was a hero, and that tonight you have the love of an entire country supporting you and praying for you. To Jamiel, Jenna, Susan and Jessica:  I want you to know –- we will never stop fighting for justice. Your loved ones will never be forgotten, we will always honor their memory.

341.        I AM ASKING CONGRESS TO APPROVE MY BUDGET TO PROVIDE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY WITH THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO PREVENT, FIGHT, AND WIN WAR – TO REBUILD OUR MILITARY, TO ELIMINATE THE DEFENSE SEQUESTER, TO INCREASE THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SPENDING NEEDED, AND TO FUND HELP FOR OUR VETERANS. I WILL REMEMBER, WITH ALL WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES, U.S. NAVY SPECIAL OPERATOR, SENIOR CHIEF WILLIAM “RYAN” OWENS.“Finally, to keep America Safe we must provide the men and women of the United States military with the tools they need to prevent war and –- if they must –- to fight and to win. I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history. My budget will also increase funding for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this Nation –- and now we must deliver for them. The challenges we face as a Nation are great. But our people are even greater. And none are greater or braver than those who fight for America in uniform. We are blessed to be joined tonight by Carryn Owens, the widow of a U.S. Navy Special Operator, Senior Chief William “Ryan” Owens. Ryan died as he lived:  a warrior, and a hero –- battling against terrorism and securing our Nation. I just spoke to General Mattis, who reconfirmed that, and I quote, “Ryan was a part of a highly successful raid that generated large amounts of vital intelligence that will lead to many more victories in the future against our enemies.” Ryan’s legacy is etched into eternity. For as the Bible teaches us, there is no greater act of love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. Ryan laid down his life for his friends, for his country, and for our freedom –- we will never forget him.

342.        OUR FOREIGN POLICY CALLS FOR DIRECT, ROBUST, MEANINGFUL LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WORLD. “To those allies who wonder what kind of friend America will be, look no further than the heroes who wear our uniform. Our foreign policy calls for a direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world. It is American leadership based on vital security interests that we share with our allies across the globe.

343.        WE SUPPORT NATO. “We strongly support NATO, an alliance forged through the bonds of two World Wars that dethroned fascism, and a Cold War that defeated communism.

344.        OUR PARTNERS IN NATO AND OTHER THEATERS MUST MEET THEIR FINANCIAL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. THEY MUST PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE OF THE COST. “But our partners must meet their financial obligations. And now, based on our very strong and frank discussions, they are beginning to do just that. We expect our partners, whether in NATO, in the Middle East, or the Pacific –-  to take a direct and meaningful role in both strategic and military operations, and pay their fair share of the cost.

345.        WE RESPECT HISTORIC INSTITUTIONS, BUT WE RESPECT SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF NATIONS. FREE NATIONS MUST CHART THEIR OWN COURSE. “We will respect historic institutions, but we will also respect the sovereign rights of nations. Free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people –- and America respects the right of all nations to chart their own path.  

346.        I DO NOT REPRESENT THE WORLD. I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT IS MY JOB. “My job is not to represent the world. My job is to represent the United States of America.

347.        AMERICA IS BETTER OFF WHEN THERE IS LESS CONFLICT. “But we know that America is better off, when there is less conflict — not more.

348.        WE MUST LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST. “We must learn from the mistakes of the past –- we have seen the war and destruction that have raged across our world.

349.        IN THESE HUMANITARIAN DISASTERS, DISPLACED PERSONS MUST BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO RETURN HOME. “The only long-term solution for these humanitarian disasters is to create the conditions where displaced persons can safely return home and begin the long process of rebuilding.

350.        AMERICA IS WILLING TO FIND NEW FRIENDS, FORGE NEW PARTNERSHIPS, WHERE SHARED INTERESTS ALIGN. AMERICA WANTS PEACE. WE WANT JUSTICE. WE WANT FREEDOM. “America is willing to find new friends, and to forge new partnerships, where shared interests align.  We want harmony and stability, not war and conflict. We want peace, wherever peace can be found. America is friends today with former enemies. Some of our closest allies, decades ago, fought on the opposite side of these World Wars. This history should give us all faith in the possibilities for a better world. Hopefully, the 250th year for America will see a world that is more peaceful, more just and more free.

351.        WE MUST SET FREE THE DREAMS OF OUR PEOPLE TO BUILD, PAINT, INVENT, CURE ILLNESSES, AND SET FOOT ON DISTANT WORLDS. “On our 100th anniversary, in 1876, citizens from across our Nation came to Philadelphia to celebrate America’s centennial. At that celebration, the country’s builders and artists and inventors showed off their creations. Alexander Graham Bell displayed his telephone for the first time. Remington unveiled the first typewriter. An early attempt was made at electric light. Thomas Edison showed an automatic telegraph and an electric pen. Imagine the wonders our country could know in America’s 250th year. Think of the marvels we can achieve if we simply set free the dreams of our people. Cures to illnesses that have always plagued us are not too much to hope. American footprints on distant worlds are not too big a dream. Millions lifted from welfare to work is not too much to expect. And streets where mothers are safe from fear – schools where children learn in peace – and jobs where Americans prosper and grow – are not too much to ask. When we have all of this, we will have made America greater than ever before.

352.        THIS IS OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION FOR ALL AMERICANS. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. WE BLEED THE SAME BLOOD. WE SALUTE THE SAME FLAG. WE ARE MADE BY THE SAME GOD. WE CELEBRATE 250 YEARS OF GLORIOUS FREEDOM. THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER IN AMERICAN GREATNESS. THE TIME FOR SMALL THINKING IS PAST. WE NEED COURAGE. WE NEED CONFIDENCE. WE MUST BE INSPIRED BY THE FUTURE, NOT BOUND BY THE FAILURES OF THE PAST, GUIDED BY OUR VISION, NOT BLINDED BY OUR DOUBTS. “For all Americans. This is our vision. This is our mission. But we can only get there together. We are one people, with one destiny. We all bleed the same blood. We all salute the same flag. And we are all made by the same God. And when we fulfill this vision; when we celebrate our 250 years of glorious freedom, we will look back on tonight as when this new chapter of American Greatness began. The time for small thinking is over. The time for trivial fights is behind us. We just need the courage to share the dreams that fill our hearts. The bravery to express the hopes that stir our souls. And the confidence to turn those hopes and dreams to action. From now on, America will be empowered by our aspirations, not burdened by our fears –- inspired by the future, not bound by the failures of the past –- and guided by our vision, not blinded by our doubts.

353.        I ASK YOU ALL TO EMBRACE THIS RENEWAL OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. I ASK ALL OF YOU TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA. “I am asking all citizens to embrace this Renewal of the American Spirit. I am asking all members of Congress to join me in dreaming big, and bold and daring things for our country. And I am asking everyone watching tonight to seize this moment and — Believe in yourselves. Believe in your future. And believe, once more, in America.

354.        THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS THE USA. “Thank you, God bless you, and God Bless these United States.

Critical democrats and disaffected republicans and much of the media, are focused on criticizing, finding fault, and the negatives of life.


POTUS Trump and his administration are focused on the positives of life – helping us — helping to

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1. GUARANTEE OUR FREEDOMS. *Freedom of Religion; *Freedom of Speech; *Freedom of Assembly; *Right to bear arms; *Eliminate as much political correctness as possible. *Cut government bureaucracy and regulations!

2. GUARANTEE OUR SAFETY and PEACE. *Support Law and Order; *Support police officers and our military and border patrol; *Uphold our Right to bear arms; *Protect our borders; *Build the wall; *Vet immigrants and visitors stringently; *Eliminate ISIS/al Qaeda; *get rid of gangs; *Ensure no NK/Iran nukes; *Care for our Vets; *Strengthen our military.

3. INCREASE OUR PROSPERITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE. *Create 25 million new jobs; *Enhance U.S. manufacturing; *Establish Energy independence; *Foster Technology advances; *Push Space exploration; *Work with other countries so long as the deal is fair; *Eliminate the national debt; Ensure clean air and water and care for our environment.

4. IMPROVE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. Establish *Better roads; *Better pipe system; *Better airports; *Better ports; *Better bridges; *Better secure free enhanced internet.

5. REPEAL AND REPLACE FAILED DEMOCRAT OBAMACARE AND PROVIDE LOW COST HEALTH CARE. *Repeal and Replace failed Democrat OBAMACARE; *Lower health care cost; *Give us doctors of our choice; *Cover pre-existing conditions, *Provide competition through more health care providers.

6. ELIMINATE ABORTION WHILE HONORING THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN. *300,000,000 unborn American babies have been killed surgically and chemically since 1973 Roe vs Wade (50,000,000+ Black babies killed; 50,000,000+ Hispanic babies murdered, killed, dismembered, flushed, poisoned, sent to landfills, millions of lives wasted ) Fix it now! Promote adoption. Abortion, the killing of our infants, is collective insanity.

7. RESPECT AND HONOR AND HELP THOSE OF ALL CREEDS, NATIONALITIES, PERSUASIONS. *Respect and Honor All as long as they are common law abiding! *Same with countries, so long as they are peaceful, pro-USA, and not bent on harming each other and Israel.

8. SO STOP ALL NEGATIVE ANTI-POTUS ADMINISTRATION NARRATIVES NOW! *Democrats and Republicans and Media stop all negative POTUS narratives and help us voters and viewers be FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS NOW! *Stop all Russia and Climate Change and other diversionary negative narratives NOW! HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS be FREE, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS NOW!

9. WORK WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CABINET. WHY? BECAUSE HE IS DELIVERING WHAT HE SAID HE WOULD AND THEY ARE FACILITATING HIS AGENDA. *President Trump and his cabinet are focused to accomplish his campaign promises. *TIME FOR CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA TO STEP TO THE PLATE AND WORK WITH HIM TO HELP US VOTERS AND VIEWERS BE FREE, SAFE, AND PROSPEROUS. *Stop bashing him and wasting our time and money; stop sitting on your hands; stop stonewalling; stop playing dog in the manger; TO CHUCK SCHUMER AND NANCY PELOSI AND THE OTHER NAYSAYERS, PUT ON YOUR WORK GLOVES and help us or get out of the way! Because you critics have been acting like spoiled children, wasting our resources, you can count on it! We will vote you democrats and disaffected republicans out of office for years to come unless you straighten out and focus and help us be FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS. That is all we want from you. That is why we voted for you in the first place.

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PATRIOTISM. July 4th, 2017.

1.    The word “patriotism” derives from the Middle French, Late Latin, “patriota” which means “countryman.”

2.    Patriotism is being patriotic.

3.    Patriotism is intense support of your country.

4.    Patriotism is love of your homeland and the people of your homeland.

5.    Patriotism is the positive feelings of attachment you have for your country and its people.

6.    Patriotism is appreciation of your country’s culture and values.

7.    Patriotism is respecting your country’s ethnicities, religions, and differences of opinion. It is freedom of speech. It is freedom of assembly. It is freedom of religion.

8.    Patriotism involves knowing and appreciating and not rewriting the history of your country.

9.    Patriotism includes understanding and supporting your country’s religious and political and cultural heritage.

10.           Patriotism includes understanding and helping solve the issues that affect your country and us its people. 

11.           Patriotism is your actions taken in support of your country, not vapid, time and resources wasting critical talk. 

12.           Patriotism is your willingness to put on your gloves and work to help your country continue.

13.           Patriotism is devotion to your “Fatherland.”

14.           Patriotism is defending your country.

15.           Patriotism is supporting your country.

16.           Patriotism is being loyal to your country.

17.           Patriotism is loving your country.

18.           Patriotism eschews any thought or action traitorous to your country.

19.           Patriotism is found in your actions and your respect for others not in your hollow words.

20.           Patriotism is found in your good works.

21.           Patriotism is found in your efforts to uphold your country’s legacy.

22.           For an American, patriotism is to uphold and honor the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution and the rule of law.

23.           For an American, patriotism is to honor those brave men and women in military, law enforcement, paramedics, firefighters, and others who put their lives on the line, yes, even gave their limbs and lives, for you.

24.           For an American, patriotism is to honor America’s flag, its Courts of Law, its Congress, its state governments.

25.           For an American, patriotism is to champion the rights of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, and the freedoms promised to all including the unborn.

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What have democrats done since POTUS Trump took office? Answer: Criticize POTUS Trump. Better answer: Nothing.

SINCE POTUS TRUMP TOOK OFFICE, BARREL, WHAT HAVE THE DEMOCRATS DONE FOR BLACK, HISPANIC, LATINO, JEWISH, CAUCASIAN, ASIAN AMERICANS?

PORK, All the democrats have done during the same time frame is criticize and investigate POTUS Trump. 


That’s all.

BARREL, Since he took office, what has POTUS Trump done? For Black, Hispanic, and Latino Americans? Jewish Americans? Native Americans? Asian Americans? Caucasian Americans?

PORK, he has already kept most all of his several hundred campaign promises. 

1.       Freedom of Religion. He is helping us worship how, where, or what we pleases so long as we do not infringe on rights of others.

2.       Freedom of Speech and Education. He is helping us speak without censure of political correctness. Helping us receive all education possible.

3.       Freedom to bear arms. He is helping us to protect self, family, and community.

4.       Safety. He is improving our military. He is reducing threat and actual terrorism and wars.

5.       Safety. He is improving wall and other security at the borders together with a call for more immigrants to come through the front door.

6.       Safety. He is improving security by bolstering police forces cross country.

7.       Safety. He is protecting against democrat abortion. 50,000,000+ Black unborn babies and 50,000,000+  surgically and 200,000,000+ Native American, Jewish American, Asian American, Caucasian American unborn babies have been chemically killed since democrat Roe v Wade in 1973. NO BLACK OR HISPANIC OR LATINO OR NATIVE AMERICAN OR JEWISH AMERICAN OR ASIAN AMERICAN OR CAUCASIAN AMERICAN, NO ONE, WILL VOTE DEMOCRAT UNTIL THEY JETTISON THEIR HATE CRIME GENOCIDE CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY CRIMINAL POLICY OF KILLING OUR UNBORN CHILDREN.

8.       Prosperity. He is generating millions of jobs and a robust economy with fewer regulations and manufacturing in the U.S.

9.       Prosperity. He is lowering taxes

10.   Prosperity. He is increasing wages and income significantly.

What have democrats done to help us be free? Answer. Nothing.

What have democrats done to help us be safe? Answer. Nothing.

What have democrats done to help us be prosperous? Answer. Nothing.

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What 5 Steps can POTUS Trump take to guarantee he will only serve one term? BARREL & PORK

PORK, what steps can POTUS Trump take to guarantee that he will be a one term president?


BARREL, I think POTUS Trump can guarantee that he will be a one term president if he fails to keep us FREE, SAFE, and PROSPEROUS, if he fails to clearly show the nation all the promises he has kept. 


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In particular, he can guarantee that he will be a one term president simply by taking all or some combination of the following five steps:


STEP 1. IMMIGRATION. Fail to control the border and stop the invasion and fail to build the wall as he promised. 


STEP 2. ABORTION. Fail to protect the BLACK, HISPANIC, JEWISH, NATIVE AMERICAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, CAUCASIAN AMERICAN unborn as he promised.** 


3. JOBS AND TAXES. Fail to keep front and center the message to BLACKS and HISPANICS and ALL OTHER AMERICAS that he is helping them with jobs and tax breaks as he promised. 


4. RULE OF LAW. Fail to indict and prosecute and bring to justice those including rich and famous who have aggrandized and enriched themselves by prostituting their elected or appointed offices as he promised. 


5. MESSAGE. Fail to show and teach the nation’s Republican and Democrat WOMEN, MEN, YOUTH, BLACKS, HISPANICS, JEWISH AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS, ASIAN AMERICANS, CAUCASIAN AMERICANS all of the promises he has kept and the immense good he has done during his term in office.


** Since democrat founded Roe v Wade in 1973 more than 300,000,000+ unborn American babies have been surgically and chemically murdered, killed, flushed, sent to land fills, sold for body parts, aborted: 50,000,000+ of the 300,000,000+ were BLACK babies. 50,000,000+ were HISPANIC babies.


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Was AG Sessions’ recusal falsely engineered to the extreme harm of Jeff Sessions and POTUS TRUMP? Yes.  Should Acting AG Whitaker recuse himself? No.

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RECUSAL OF JEFF SESSIONS! RECUSAL OF MATTHEW WHITAKER? 

Was the AG Sessions’ recusal falsely engineered to the extreme harm of Jeff Sessions and POTUS TRUMP? Yes. Should Acting AG Whitaker recuse himself? No.

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Foreword. Some accept Jeff Sessions’ recusal at face value while such should not be the case. Judging Jeff Sessions’ recusal by what politicians and political groups did and do, by the effect of their votes and actions, not simplistically by what they say, suggests that AG Sessions’ recusal was  engineered to the extreme harm of POTUS TRUMP.  Acting AG Matthew Whitaker would be remiss to recuse himself and POTUS Trump would be remiss to let him.

RECUSAL OF JEFF SESSIONS! OF MATTHEW WHITAKER?

Was the AG Sessions’ recusal falsely engineered to the extreme harm of Jeff Sessions and POTUS TRUMP? Yes. Should Acting AG Whitaker recuse himself? No.

 

  1. RECUSAL DEFINED?
  2. “Judicial disqualification, also referred to as recusal, is the act of abstaining from participation in an official action such as a legal proceeding due to a conflict of interest of the presiding court official or administrative officer. “
  3. https://www.google.com/search?q=recusal&oq=Recusal&aqs=chrome.0.0l6.1520j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification
  4. Another definition. “The verb recuse is used in legal situations and means to remove someone from a position of judicial authority, either a judge or a member of a jury, who is deemed unacceptable to judge, usually because of some bias.” “The Latin recusare, meaning “to refuse” is the place to start in the history of recuse. You can recuse someone else, but also yourself.
  5. https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/recuse
  6. Recusal “… means to disqualify oneself as a judge in a particular case. It means to remove oneself from participation in a situation in order to avoid a conflict of interest.”
  7. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recuse

 

  1. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DEFINED?
  2. A conflict of interest is “a situation in which the concerns or aims of two different parties are incompatible.” A conflict of interest is a situation in which a person is in a position to derive personal benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity.” https://www.google.com/search?ei=C0TrW_HRAfHBjgTT66LoBQ&q=conflict+of+interest&oq=conflict+of+interest&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0i20i263j0j0i20i263j0l7.6693.9500..9771…0.0..0.125.2180.1j19……0….1..gws-wiz…….35i39j0i131j0i67j0i131i67.DJJsVT6g4OM
  3. A conflict of interest “is a situation in which an individual has competing interests or loyalties. Conflicts of interest involve dual relationships; one person in one relationship and a relationship in another situation.
  4. https://www.thebalancesmb.com/what-is-a-conflict-of-interest-give-me-some-examples-398192

 

  1. HOW ARE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST RESOLVED?
  2. Through recusal. Either a person recuses himself or herself, as in the U.S. Supreme Court justices, or a person can be compelled to recuse himself by virtue of administrative decree, edict, order, command, or injunction.

 

  1. Through waiver. The opposition can waive any conflict of interest.

 

  1. Through contract. Parties can agree to terms of a recusal.

 

  1. Through insurance. The party with the alleged conflict of interest can provide a pledge or insurance guaranteeing he or she will not permit earlier or present conflicts to make a difference in decisions or actions.

 

  1. The party with the alleged conflict of interest can refuse to accept a recusal, thereby setting the stage for litigation of the matter before a court of law or administrative judicial body.

 

 

  1. WHAT ARE JUDICIAL EXAMPLES OF RECUSAL?
  2. Clarence Thomas recused himself in a case involving Virginia because his son attended Virginia Military Institute.
  3. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner recused herself from participation in telecommunications cases. Why? Because she owned stock in telecommunications companies.
  4. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recused himself from participation in insurance related matters because of a connection he had to Lloyd’s of London.
  5. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist recused himself from several cases Arizona attorney James Brosnahan argued before the Supreme Court because James Brosnahan gave testimony against Justice Rehnquist during his confirmation hearing.
  6. Three Supreme Court Justices – Scalia, Souter, and Thomas recused themselves in a death penalty appeal because they knew the victim’s son.
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification. Legal Citations provided at this URL.

 

  1. WHAT ARE JUDICIAL EXAMPLES OF REFUSAL TO RECUSE?
  2. Justice Hugo Black did not recuse himself in the Jewell Ridge Coal case.
  3. Even though in the past he opined that arrests were valid, Associate Justice Rehnquist refused to recuse himself in a case involving validity of certain arrests.
  4. Justice Scalia refused to recuse himself in a case involving VP Dick Cheney as a party even though Justice Scalia was a participant in a hunting trip with Mr. Cheney.
  5. Justice Scalia refused to recuse himself in a Pledge of Allegiance-related case, notwithstanding Justice Scalia stated his view that a party’s claims had no merit.
  6. There are a number of other federal cases where judges refused to recuse themselves, one involving federal judge Leon Higginbotham, one involving Paul Borman, one involving Michael Mukasey.
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_disqualification.  Legal Citations provided at this URL.

 

  1. RECUSAL IN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES?
  2. The concept of recusal applies to administrative agencies.
  3. Perhaps the most famous recusal to-date is that of US Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
  4. He recused himself from matters relative to “Russian interference in the 2016 election.”
  5. Sessions claims he did not give up his responsibility to serve as the nation’s law enforcement officer.
  6. Sessions claims he merely ceded control of “Russia investigations” to Assistant Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
  7. https://www.romper.com/p/what-does-recuse-mean-jeff-sessions-is-stepping-away-from-russia-investigations-41995

 

  1. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REGULATION MR. SESSIONS RELIED UPON AS LEGAL SUPPORT FOR HIS RECUSAL?
  2. He relied on Department of Justice regulation: Title 28, Chapter I, Section 45.2, Code of Federal Regulation, title “Disqualification arising from personal or political relationship.”
  3. 2(a) and (b) read:
  4. (a) Unless authorized under paragraph (b) of this section, no employee shall participate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with:
  5. (1) Any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution; or
  6. (2) Any person or organization which he knows has a specific and substantial interest that would be directly affected by the outcome of the investigation or prosecution.
  7. (b) An employee assigned to or otherwise participating in a criminal investigation or prosecution who believes that his participation may be prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section shall report the matter and all attendant facts and circumstances to his supervisor at the level of section chief or the equivalent or higher. If the supervisor determines that a personal or political relationship exists between the employee and a person or organization described in paragraph (a) of this section, he shall relieve the employee from participation unless he determines further, in writing, after full consideration of all the facts and circumstances, that:
  8. (1) The relationship will not have the effect of rendering the employee’s service less than fully impartial and professional; and
  9. (2) The employee’s participation would not create an appearance of a conflict of interest likely to affect the public perception of the integrity of the investigation or prosecution.
  10. ( c) For the purposes of this section:
  11. (1) Political relationship means a close identification with an elected official, a candidate (whether or not successful) for elective, public office, a political party, or a campaign organization, arising from service as a principal adviser thereto or a principal official thereof; and
  12. (2) Personal relationship means a close and substantial connection of the type normally viewed as likely to induce partiality. An employee is presumed to have a personal relationship with his father, mother, brother, sister, child and spouse. Whether relationships (including friendships) of an employee to other persons or organizations are “personal” must be judged on an individual basis with due regard given to the subjective opinion of the employee.
  13. (d) This section pertains to agency management and is not intended to create rights enforceable by private individuals or organizations.

 

  1. DID MR. SESSIONS COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THE REGULATION UPON WHICH HE RELIED? ANSWER: IT APPEARS THAT HE DID NOT.
  2. Paragraph b) of the DOJ regulation reads: An employee assigned to or otherwise participating in a criminal investigation or prosecution who believes that his participation may be prohibited by paragraph (a) of this section shall report the matter and all attendant facts and circumstances to his supervisor at the level of section chief or the equivalent or higher.
  3. Sessions was obligated to “report the matter and all attendant facts and circumstances to his supervisor [POTUS Trump].” Did he do this? No he did not.

 

  1. UNLIKE RECUSAL IN THE MATTER OF A SUPREME COURT OR OTHER JUDGE WHEREIN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL OR WILL NOT RECUSE THEMSELVES, WHOSE CHOICE WAS IT WHETHER MR. SESSIONS RECUSE HIMSELF OR NOT?
  2. According to the DOJ regulation Mr. Sessions relied upon, the choice as to whether Mr. Sessions should recuse himself belonged to POTUS Trump.
  3. Why? Because The DOJ regulation reads:
  4. If the supervisor determines that a personal or political relationship exists between the employee and a person or organization described in paragraph (a) of this section, he shall relieve the employee from participation unless he determines further, in writing, after full consideration of all the facts and circumstances, that:
  5. (1) The relationship will not have the effect of rendering the employee’s service less than fully impartial and professional; and
  6. (2) The employee’s participation would not create an appearance of a conflict of interest likely to affect the public perception of the integrity of the investigation or prosecution.
  7. Who was Mr. Sessions’ supervisor?
  8. Answer: POTUS Trump.
  9. Again, whose choice was it whether Mr. Sessions recuse himself?
  10. Answer: POTUS Trump’s choice.
  11. Session arbitrarily decided to and then announced that he was recusing himself.

 

  1. WHAT DIFFERENCE DID MR. SESSIONS’ RECUSAL MAKE?
  2. Sessions said it was “absurd” to suggest that his recusal would render him unable to manage the Department of Justice?
  3. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/13/heres-the-regulation-that-sessions-said-required-him-to-quit-probe.html
  4. Was it absurd to suggest that his recusal would render him unable to manage the Department of Justice?
  5. Was he in fact able to manage the Department of Justice?
  6. The answer is no.
  7. He was only able to manage a part of the Department of Justice.
  8. For his work combating gangs, dealing with drug and immigration issues, and DOJ related matters other than “Russians involved in influencing the U.S. election,” Mr. Sessions is
  9. He focused his administration on “rolling back the work of the Obama administration in liberalizing drug laws, reducing mass incarceration, and ending federal monitoring of troubled police departments.
  10. With all the good work he did, however, did his recusal make it impossible for him to manage and direct matters pertaining to the “Russian interference in the 2016 election”?
  11. Did his recusal make it –
  12. (1) impossible for him to manage and direct and call grand juries and investigate and indict and prosecute those involved in “Russian” connections to the democratic party including the Clintons and the Podestas? and
  13. (2) impossible for him to manage and direct and call grand juries and investigate and indict and prosecute those involved in “Russian” connections to Hillary Clinton including investigating whether she misused her office and colluded with the Russians and took vast sums of money from the Russians and others as campaign funds or otherwise in return for influence, whether she paid a million dollars for the “Russian dossier, “whether she took control of democratic party funds to the harm of Bernie Sanders, whether she colluded with others, including perhaps then POTUS Obama, to damage a sitting president POTUS Trump by using ill-gotten FISA warrants?
  14. Did his recusal make it (3) impossible for him to manage and direct and call grand juries and investigate and indict and prosecute those involved in the “Russian” elements of the Mueller investigation(s)?
  15. His recusal made such impossible. There is no indication Mr. Sessions provided management and direction to matters pertaining to “Russian interference in the 2016 election.”
  16. This was left to Assistant AG Rod Rosenstein who had oversight for the “Russian investigation.” Mr. Rosenstein apparently appointed and gave Mr. Mueller the investigative latitude he enjoys.
  17. Today Matthew J. Whitaker serves as acting Attorney General. He has not recused himself and any recusal would be determined by POTUS Trump if there is a continued call for recusal.
  18. Looking at the political landscape, what appears to a reasonable person, to a reasonable investigative journalist, to a reasonable special counsel, is this:
  19. It would appear that the democrats manufactured the “Russians” did it narrative as a smokescreen to cover their own perfidy in dealing with the Russians.
  20. To-date there is no indication the Russians colluded with POTUS Trump.
  21. There is a reasonable conclusion that the Democrats, including Hillary Clinton and Mr. Podesta and others, including the complicit media on the left, manufactured the “Russians influenced the 2016 election” narrative.
  22. If Mr. Sessions knew the Democrats manufactured the “Russians influenced the 2016 election” narrative, then he is either a closet liberal and party to the elaborate, far reaching fraud on the Republican party and the nation, and his recusal was intentionally designed to hamstring POTUS Trump and prevent POTUS Trump from carrying out his duty as regards criminal actions, OR
  23. If Mr. Sessions did not know that the Democrats manufactured the “Russians influenced the 2016 election” narrative, then he has been deceived by the Democrats. In this case, Mr. Sessions’ recusal was misinformed.
  24. Either way, as a consequence of the Democrat falsehood, and the subsequent Sessions recusal,
  25. (1) we the American people are not just saddled with the multi-million dollar Mueller special investigation,
  26. (2)We are saddled with a two tier justice system where the rich and famous commit felonies and escape grand jury indictment and subsequent arrest, prosecution, fines, and imprisonment.

 

  1. CONSEQUENCES OF THE SESSIONS RECUSAL?
  2. To-date, after all this time, we the people still have no answers to critical questions.
  3. Did the Democrats collude with the Russians?
  4. Did the Democrats receive funds from the Russians?
  5. Did the Democrats manufacture the “Russians interfered in the 2016 election” narrative?
  6. Did they, including then Barack Obama, and closet or open liberals in the Republican Party, engineer Mr. Sessions’ recusal and the “Mueller special counsel” in order to marginalize a duly elected sitting president POTUS Trump?
  7. Have they aggressively followed the Saul Alinsky principle of accusing your opponent of the very same thing you are guilty of?
  8. Did Hillary Clinton and her campaign wrongfully confiscate millions of dollars of Democratic national committee funds to the great harm of Bernie Sanders and others?
  9. Did Hillary Clinton with give or take a million dollars fund the fake “Russian” dossier denigrating POTUS Trump and do so through a Democrat law firm and fusion GPS and operatives?
  10. Did Hillary Clinton use her private email and servers and Blackberries to knowingly, or unknowingly, transfer classified information to the Russians and Chinese and others? Either way, this is felonious conduct.
  11. To what degree were the FBI leadership and other FBI persons complicit in activities that harmed and still harm POTUS Trump? Mr. Comey? Mr. Clapper? Media personalities? Others?
  12. Had Mr. Sessions failed to “recuse himself,” had he adhered to the policy and given POTUS Trump his right to choose, would we have answers to each of these questions?
  13. Is it reasonable to conclude that indictments would have been issued beyond the few seeming inconsequential indictments issued by Mr. Mueller to-date?

 

  1. FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS, MARK LEVIN, AMONG OTHERS, CALLED FOR JEFF SESSIONS TO RESIGN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL.
  2. In April of 2018, MARK said: “The buck stops on the Attorney General’s desk, even if he recused himself as he did with the Russian matter. This is not the Russian matter. And the entire [Justice] Department is out of control now and its country first, over any politician, even if I’ve known that politician for a long, long time, his attorney general now.“I watch the president of the United States here now. He doesn’t deserve any of this. He didn’t do anything. He didn’t do anything. What do you think it is, Chappaquiddick?

    “And so it’s time for the Attorney General to step aside and for the president of the United States, he can make a recess appointment, … [of] somebody … who’s going to take … charge over what’s going on in this country.

    (Real Clear Politics, Mark Levin: Time For Jeff Sessions To Resign, Posted by Ian Schwartz, April 9, 2018. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/04/09/mark_levin_time_for_jeff_sessions_to_resign.html)

 

  1. WHAT ABOUT MR. SESSIONS’ RESIGNATION AS ATTORNEY GENERAL?
  2. Sessions’ resignation was made according to Mr. Sessions at POTUS Trump’s instance.
  3. His letter of resignation reads:
  4. “Dear Mr. President,
  5. “At your request, I am submitting my resignation.
  6. “Since the day I was honored to be sworn in as Attorney General of the United States, I came to work at the Department of Justice every day determined to do my duty and serve my country.
  7. “I have done so to the best of my ability, working to support the fundamental legal processes that are the foundation of justice.
  8. “The team we assembled embraced your directive to be a law and order Department of Justice.
  9. “We prosecuted the largest number of violent offenders and firearm defendants in our country’s history.
  10. “We took on transnational gangs that are bringing violence and death across our borders and protected national security.
  11. “We did our part to restore immigration enforcement.
  12. “We targeted the opioid epidemic by prosecuting doctors, pharmacists, and anyone else who contributed to this crisis with new law enforcement tools and determination.
  13. “And we have seen results.
  14. “After two years of rising violent crime and homicides prior to this administration, those trends have reversed – thanks to the hard work of our prosecutors and law enforcement around the country.
  15. “I am particularly grateful to the fabulous men and women in law enforcement all over this country with whom I have served.
  16. “I have had no greater honor than to serve alongside them.
  17. “As I have said many times, they have my thanks and I will always have their backs.
  18. “Most importantly, in my time as Attorney General we have restored and upheld the rule of law – a glorious tradition that each of us has a responsibility to safeguard.
  19. “We have operated with integrity and have lawfully and aggressively advanced the policy agenda of this administration.
  20. “I have been honored to serve as Attorney General and have worked to implement the law enforcement agenda based on the rule of law that formed a central part of your campaign for the Presidency.
  21. “Thank you for the opportunity, Mr. President.
  22. “Sincerely, Jeffery B. Sessions
  23. (CNN politics, Read Jeff Sessions’ resignation letter, Wednesday, November 7, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/sessions-resignation-letter/index.html)
  24. Again, I for one praise Mr. Sessions for the good that he has done.
  25. What is missing from his letter is any indication whatsoever that he helped resolve the serious issues raised by the above questions.

 

  1. SHIFTING GEARS, WHAT OF MATTHEW J. WHITAKER’S APPOINTMENT AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL? WHAT OF THE CALL BY DEMOCRATS AND OTHERS FOR MR. WHITAKER TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM GIVING OVERSIGHT TO THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION?
  2. POTUS Trump appointed Matthew J. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General and this despite the fact Rod Rosenstein was Assistant Attorney General.
  3. POTUS Trump is authorized to make the appointment of Mr. Whitaker to serve as Acting Attorney General.
  4. You can read the Department of Justice Memorandum justifying Mr. Whitaker’s appointment. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5113276/Read-the-Justice-Department-Memo-defending.pdf.
  5. This document is also included herein as APPENDIX A.
  6. One might have thought Mr. Rosenstein had a shot at being chosen to succeed Mr. Sessions but Mr. Rosenstein didn’t get the nod from POTUS Trump.
  7. Why not?
  8. Who knows for certain?
  9. Perhaps because Mr. Rosenstein was complicit in the appointment of Mr. Mueller.
  10. Perhaps because Mr. Rosenstein has not helped resolve the issues set forth in the above list of questions.
  11. Perhaps because Mr. Rosenstein was part of the problem not part of the solution.
  12. The fact is “Mr. Rosenstein was not chosen by POTUS Trump.”
  13. Matthew George Whitaker chosen.
  14. Whitaker was born October 29, 2969 in Des Moines, Iowa.
  15. He is an American lawyer and politician.
  16. He is now Acting United States Attorney General, Appointed November 7, 2018 pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.
  17. He was appointed after resignation of then AG Jeff Sessions at POTUS Trump’s instance.
  18. Whitaker was appointed by POTUS Donald Trump.
  19. At time of appointment, Mr. Whitaker was serving as Chief of Staff to AG Jeff Sessions.
  20. Earlier he served as a U.S. Attorney during the Bush Administration.
  21. He is a graduate of Ankeny High School and University of Iowa.
  22. He holds these degrees –
  23. a bachelor’s in communications,
  24. an MBA, and
  25. A Juris Doctorate Law Degree.
  26. He played tight end for U of Iowa Hawkeyes football team.
  27. He played in Iowa’s Rose Bowl game 1991.
  28. Whitaker worked for regional law firms; served as corporate counsel for a national grocery company; was a small businessman; served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa; served as managing partner of a law firm; served as chairman of several political campaigns; ran for U.S. Senate in Iowa; served as executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust; served as a CNN contributor; then he joined the Department of Justice.
  29. He is an evangelical Christian.
  30. He obviously got along well enough with POTUS Trump.
  31. He does not support the Mueller investigation.
  32. He is in favor of prosecuting Hillary Clinton.
  33. He has no legal or ethical obligation or reason to step aside from giving oversight to the Mueller investigation or from prosecuting Mrs. Clinton.
  34. As is to be expected, he has garnered his share of criticism.
  35. The Wikipedia article about him is obviously a “left” biased hit piece designed to highlight all of Mr. Whitaker’s faults and establish in a public record the negative reasons why Mr. Whitaker should be rejected as Acting AG and AG and why he should recuse himself from giving oversight to the Mueller investigation.
  36. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Whitaker_(attorney)

 

  1. A FEW CONCLUSIONS? Does investigative journalism and forensic evidence support the following? If so, the DOJ and Mr. Mueller need to indict and prosecute.
  2. 1) Was the fake “Russians influenced the 2016 election and POTUS Trump colluded with the Russians” narrative manufactured by the Democrats including Hillary Clinton and John Podesta and others as an excuse for their overwhelming, unexpected 2016 loss to POTUS Trump?
  3. 2) Following the classic Saul Alinsky Rule for Radicals which is to “attack your opponent for anything wrong you are doing,” have the Democrats including Hillary Clinton and John Podesta and others including complicit media outlets and personalities manufactured and promoted the fake “Russians influenced the 2016 election and POTUS Trump colluded with the Russians” narrative and foisted which is to say wrongfully imposed the same off on the nation and world? Was this a great lie created to cover up the actual felonious collusion by the Democrats and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton campaign and others including actors like John McCain with the Russians?
  4. 3) Was the Democrat false narrative and great lie created to cover up the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party collusion with and funding to and funding from the Russians? Did Hillary Clinton and the Clinton campaign people pay Russians give or take a million dollars for a false dossier denigrating POTUS Trump? Did the Clintons receive serious hundreds of thousands of dollars and even millions in money from the Russians and other country representatives in return for influence including giving away 20-50 percent of U.S. uranium to the Russians? And if the latter is true, does such rise to the level of treason?
  5. 4) Have the Russians been attempting to influence our elections for years and is this an old accusation pre-dating POTUS Trump’s election, a Russian activity well known by then POTUS Obama and his administration? Did the Russians have any influence on the 2016 election? Is there any indication that votes were influenced by the Russians?
  6. 5) Did POTUS Trump collude with the Russians to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton or was it the other way around? Did Hillary Clinton and her campaign operatives collude with the Russians to steal the 2016 election from POTUS Trump?
  7. 6) Did POTUS Trump work with the Russians and change the outcome of the 2016 election in his favor? Or is it just the opposite. Did Hillary Clinton and her operatives and the Democratic Party work with the Russians and promote the false “Russians influenced our elections and Donald Trump colluded with the Russians” narrative to the harm of POTUS Trump and the Republic Party and thereby cause the immense turmoil we have experienced in the country?
  8. 7) Did Jeff Sessions meet with the Russians in order to influence the election?
  9. 8) Was and on a continuing basis is still the tragic fallout from the Democrat false narrative the Jeff Sessions misinformed recusal? In other words, did the Democrats falsely engineer the Jeff Sessions recusal?
  10. 9) Did the Russians initiate the Assange Wikileaks hacking and leaking of emails? Or did Mark Rich or another inside the Democratic National Committee office offload hacked emails to Wikileaks?
  11. 10) As a consequence of Mr. Sessions’ recusal, are we the American people now saddled with a two tiered justice system? Have the rich and famous who allegedly did collude with the Russians and pay the Russians for a fake dossier and receive thousands if not millions of dollars from the Russians in return for influence and 20-50 percent of U.S. uranium, to-date, escaped indictment and prosecution for their felonies?
  12. 11) If it is true that the “Russians influenced the 2016 election and POTUS Trump colluded with the Russians” narrative was feloniously manufactured by the Democrats and disaffected Republicans and is overwhelmingly false, is it not then time for Acting AG Whitaker, and any new AG if Mr. Whitaker is not so appointed at a later date, and for Mr. Mueller, to unseal any additional indictments they may have from grand juries, assuming they have such indictments under seal, and answer these many questions and indict those including the rich and famous who have used their offices to enrich themselves, those who have lied to the nation, those who have feloniously enriched themselves and broken election laws to the tune of millions of dollars?
  13. 12) Is it true or false that Mr. Mueller has given the nation value for his work? Is it true or false that he has issued a few minor indictments to-date which in the grand political scheme are of little or no value and which suggests that his investigation may turn out to be a colossal boondoggle wherein he and high priced attorneys have banked serious millions of dollars while their work product to-date is not worth the fortune paid them?
  14. 13) In other words, will Mr. Mueller’s far reaching investigation uncover answers to the heretofore stated questions including those found in paragraphs 92 thru 103?
  15. 14) If Mr. Mueller’s work is in fact laudatory, which hopefully it is, is it possible we will soon be pleasantly surprised by an AG Whitaker and Mr. Mueller joint press conference wherein they disclose a number of indictments and arrests?
  16. 15) Is it possible that the grand jury has been called and has deliberated and all we are waiting for is the right time for Mr. Mueller and Mr. Whitaker to unseal and issue the indictments, make the arrests, and surprise us by letting the nation know which party and which individuals actually colluded with the Russians and committed felonies?

 

  1. A CONCLUDING THOUGHT?
  2. There are a great number of us Americans, who work hard at being law abiding and who labor to conduct their lives based on a fairness ethic, who are discouraged because of the lack of answers and the drawn out nature of matters.
  3. We believe Mr. Whitaker would be remiss to recuse himself.
  4. We believe POTUS Trump would be remiss to permit such to take place.
  5. As for recusal, by appointing Mr. Whitaker, we hope POTUS Trump is saying to the Democrats, “burn me once by engineering the Jeff Sessions AG recusal, fie on me.”
  6. Burn me twice by once again trying to engineer an AG recusal, fie on thee.
  7. Hopefully, recusal of Mr. Whitaker isn’t going to happen. Hopefully, there will be no recusal this time around.
  8. Hopefully, those who have enriched themselves at the expense of the people, those who have feloniously broken election and other laws, will now be held accountable.
  9. We believe POTUS Trump when he says he wouldn’t have picked Jeff Sessions as Attorney General had he known that Mr. Sessions was going to recuse himself.
  10. Today the corollary is also true. We believe POTUS Trump would not have picked Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General if there were a hint that he would recuse himself.
  11. Should there be any kind of a change of heart on the part of Mr. Whitaker, which is unlikely, keep in mind the Federal Regulation section (b).
  12. Read paragraph (b) again. Title 28, Chapter I, Section 45.2, Code of Federal Regulation, title “Disqualification arising from personal or political relationship” 45.2(b) which reads in full:

 

  1. “(b) An employee assigned to or otherwise participating in a criminal investigation or prosecution who believes that his participation may be prohibited by paragraph [in this situation Mr. Whitaker] (a) of this section shall report the matter and all attendant facts and circumstances to his supervisor at the level of section chief or the equivalent or higher [in this situation POTUS Trump is Mr. Whitaker’s supervisor]. If the supervisor [POTUS Trump] determines that a personal or political relationship exists between the employee and a person or organization described in paragraph (a) of this section, he shall relieve the employee from participation unless he determines further, in writing, after full consideration of all the facts and circumstances, that:
  2. (1) The relationship will not have the effect of rendering the employee’s service less than fully impartial and professional; and
  3. (2) The employee’s participation would not create an appearance of a conflict of interest likely to affect the public perception of the integrity of the investigation or prosecution.
  4. ( c) For the purposes of this section:
  5. (1) Political relationship means a close identification with an elected official, a candidate (whether or not successful) for elective, public office, a political party, or a campaign organization, arising from service as a principal adviser thereto or a principal official thereof; and
  6. (2) Personal relationship means a close and substantial connection of the type normally viewed as likely to induce partiality. An employee is presumed to have a personal relationship with his father, mother, brother, sister, child and spouse. Whether relationships (including friendships) of an employee to other persons or organizations are “personal” must be judged on an individual basis with due regard given to the subjective opinion of the employee.
  7. (d) This section pertains to agency management and is not intended to create rights enforceable by private individuals or organizations.
  8. [Private individuals or organizations have no cause of action against Mr. Whitaker or POTUS Trump if Mr. Whitaker or POTUS Trump does not recuse Acting AG Whitaker.]

 

  1. WHEN MUCH IS SAID AND LESS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DONE TO PROVIDE SERIOUS ANSWERS, PERHAPS THE WASHINGTON POST STATES IT BEST:
  2. “Acting attorney general Matthew G. Whitaker has no intention of recusing himself from overseeing the special-counsel probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to people close to him who added they do not believe he would approve any subpoena of President Trump as part of that investigation.” (National Security, Acting attorney general Whitaker has no intention of recusing himself from Russia probe, associates say, By Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotsky and Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, November 8, 2018.)

 

 

 

  1. APPENDIX A
  2. Department of Justice
  3. Office of Legal Counsel
  4. Office of the Assistant Attorney General Washington, D. C. 20530
  5. November 14, 2018

 

  1. S. Department of Justice
  2. Office of Legal Counsel
  3. Office of the Assistant Attorney General
  4. Washington DC 20530
  5. November 14, 2018

 

  1. MEMORANDUM FOR EMMET T. FLOOD
  2. COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT

 

  1. Re: Designating an Acting Attorney General

 

  1. After Attorney General Jefferson B. Sessions 111 resigned on November 7, 2018, the President designated Matthew G. Whitaker, Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to the Attorney General, to act temporarily as the Attorney General under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349d. This Office had previously advised that the President could designate a senior Department of Justice official, such as Mr. Whitaker, as Acting Attorney General, and this memorandum explains the basis for that conclusion.

 

  1. Whitaker’s designation as Acting Attorney General accords with the plain terms of the Vacancies Reform Act, because he had been serving in the Department of Justice at a sufficiently senior pay level for over a year. See id. 3345(a)(3). The Department’s organic statute provides that the Deputy Attorney General (or others) may be Acting Attorney General in the case of a vacancy. See 28 U.S.C. 508. But that statute does not displace the President’s authority to use the Vacancies Reform Act as an alternative. As we have previously recognized, the President may use the Vacancies Reform Act to depart from the succession order specified under section 508. See Authority of the President to Name an Acting Attorney General, 31 Op. O.L.C. 208 (2007) (“2007 Acting Attorney General”).

 

  1. We also advised that Mr. Whitaker’s designation would be consistent with the Appointments Clause of the US. Constitution, which requires the President to obtain “the Advice and Consent of the Senate” before appointing a principal officer of the United States. US. Const. art. 11, 2, cl. 2. Although an Attorney General is a principal officer requiring Senate confirmation, someone who temporarily performs his duties is not. As all three branches of government have long recognized, the President may designate an acting official to perform the duties of a vacant principal office, including a Cabinet office, even when the acting official has not been confirmed by the Senate.

 

  1. Congress did not first authorize the President to direct non-Senate-confirmed officials to act as principal officers in 1998; it did so in multiple statutes starting in 1792. In that year, Congress authorized the President to ensure the government’s uninterrupted work by designating persons to perform temporarily the work of vacant offices. The President’s authority applied to principal offices and did not require the President to select Senate-confirmed officers. In our brief survey of the history, we have identified over 160 times before 1860 in which non-Senate-confirmed persons performed, on a temporary basis, the duties of such high offices as Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior, and Postmaster General. While designations to the office of Attorney General were less
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  1. frequent, we have identified at least one period in 1866 when a non-Senate-confirmed Assistant Attorney General served as Acting Attorney General. Mr. Whitaker’s designation is no more constitutionally problematic than countless similar presidential orders dating back over 200 years.

 

  1. Were the long agreement of Congress and the President insufficient, judicial precedent confirms the meaning of the Appointments Clause in these circumstances. When Presidents appointed acting Secretaries in the nineteenth century, those officers (or their estates) sometimes sought payment for their additional duties, and courts recognized the lawfulness of such appointments. The Supreme Court confirmed the legal understanding of the Appointments Clause that had prevailed for over a century in United States v. Eaton, 169 US. 331 (1898), holding that an inferior officer may perform the duties of a principal officer “for a limited time[] and under special and temporary conditions” without “transform[ing]” his office into one for which Senate confirmation is required. Id. at 343. The Supreme Court has never departed from Eaton’s holding and has repeatedly relied upon that decision in its recent Appointments Clause cases.

 

  1. In the Vacancies Reform Act, Congress renewed the President’s authority to designate non-Senate-confirmed senior officials to perform the functions and duties of principal offices. In 2003, we reviewed the President’s authority in connection with the Director of the Officer of Management and Budget who is a principal officer, and concluded that the President could designate a non-Senate-confirmed official to serve temporarily as Acting Director. See Designation of Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 27 Op. O.L.C. 121 (2003) (“Acting Director of Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama placed non-Senate-confirmed officials in several lines of agency succession and actually designated unconfirmed officials as acting agency heads. President Trump, too, has previously exercised that authority in other departments; Mr. Whitaker is not the first unconfirmed official to act as the head of an agency in this administration.

 

  1. It is no doubt true that Presidents often choose acting principal officers from among Senate-confirmed officers. But the Constitution does not mandate that choice. Consistent with our prior opinion and with centuries of historical practice and precedents, we advised that the President’s designation of Mr. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General on a temporary basis did not transform his position into a principal office requiring Senate confirmation.

 

  1. The Vacancies Reform Act

 

  1. Whitaker’s designation as Acting Attorney General comports with the terms of the Vacancies Reform Act. That Act provides three mechanisms by which an acting officer may take on the functions and duties of an office, when an executive officer who is required to be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate “dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office.” 5 U.S.C. 3345(a). First, absent any other designation, the first assistant” to the vacant office shall perform its functions and duties. Id. 3345 Second, the President may depart from that default course by directing another presidential appointee, who is already Senate confirmed, to perform the functions and duties of the vacant office. Id. 3345(a)(2). Or, third, the President may designate an officer or employee within the same agency to perform the functions and duties of
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  1. the vacant office, provided that he or she has been in the agency for at least 90 days in the 365 days preceding the vacancy, in a position for which the rate of pay is equal to or greater than the minimum rate for GS-15 of the General Schedule. Id 3345(a)(3). Except in the case of a vacancy caused by sickness, the statute imposes time limits on the period during which someone may act. Id. 3346. And the acting officer may not be nominated by the President to fill the vacant office and continue acting in it, unless he was already the first assistant to the office for at least 90 days in the 365 days preceding the vacancy or is a Senate-confirmed first assistant. Id. 3345(b)(1)-(2); see also Nat’l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW General, Inc, 137 S. Ct. 929, 941 (201 7).

 

 

  1. The Vacancies Reform Act unquestionably authorizes the President to direct Mr. Whitaker to act as Attorney General after the resignation of Attorney General Sessions on November 7, 2018.1 Mr. Whitaker did not fall within the first two categories of persons made eligible by section 3345(a). He was not the first assistant to the Attorney General, because 28 U.S.C. 5 08(a) identifies the Deputy Attorney General as the first assistant to the Attorney General” “for the purpose of section 3345.” Nor did Mr. Whitaker already hold a Senate-confirmed office. Although Mr. Whitaker was previously appointed, with the advice and consent of the Senate, as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, he resigned from that position on November 25, 2009. At the time of the resignation of Attorney General Sessions, Mr. Whitaker was serving in a position to which he was appointed by the Attorney General.

 

  1. In that position, Mr. Whitaker fell squarely within the third category of officials, identified in section 3345(a)(3). As Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor, he had served in the Department of Justice for more than 90 days in the year before the resignation, at a GS-15 level or higher. And Mr. Whitaker has not been nominated to be Attorney General, an action that would render him ineligible to serve as Acting Attorney General under section 3345(b)(l). Accordingly, under the plain terms of the Vacancies Reform Act, the President could designate

 

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  1. 1 Attorney General Sessions submitted his resignation “[a]t [the President’s] request,” Letter for President Donald J. Trump, from Jefferson B. Sessions Attorney General, but that does not alter the fact that the Attorney General “resign[ed]” within the meaning of section 3345(a). Even if Attorney General Sessions had declined to resign and was removed by the President, he still would have been rendered “otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office” for purposes of section 3345(a). As this Office recently explained, “an officer is “unable to perform the functions and duties of the office” during both short periods of unavailability, such as a period of sickness, and potentially longer ones, such as one resulting from the officer’s removal (which would arguably not be covered by the reference to “resign[ation]. Designating an Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 41 Op. O.L.C. at *4 (2017); see also Guidance on Application of Federal Vacancies Reform Act of1998, 23 Op. O.L.C. 60, 61 (1999) (“In floor debate, Senators said, by way of example, that an officer would be “otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the office” if he or she were fired, imprisoned, or sick”). Indeed, any other interpretation would leave a troubling gap in the ability to name acting officers. For most Senate-confirmed offices, the Vacancies Reform Act is “the exclusive means” for naming an acting officer. 5 U.S.C. 3347(a). If the statute did not apply in cases of removal, then it would mean that no acting officer – not even the first assistant – “could take the place of a removed officer, even where the President had been urgently required to remove the officer, for instance, by concerns over national security, corruption, or other workplace misconduct.
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  1. Whitaker to serve temporarily as Acting Attorney General subject to the time limitations of section 3346.

 

 

  1. The Vacancies Reform Act remains available to the President even though 28 U.S.C. 508 separately authorizes the Deputy Attorney General and certain other officials to act as Attorney General in the case of a vacancy.2 We previously considered whether this statute limits the President’s authority under the Vacancies Reform Act to designate someone else to be Acting Attorney General. 2007 Acting Attorney General, 31 Op. O.L.C. 208. We have also addressed similar questions with respect to other agencies’ succession statutes. See Designating an Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, 41 Op. O.L.C. (2017) (“Acting Director of Acting Director of 0MB, 27 Op. O.L.C. at 121 n.1. In those instances, we concluded that the Vacancies Reform Act is not the “exclusive means” for the temporary designation of an acting official, but that it remains available as an option to the President. We reach the same conclusion here: Section 508 does not limit the President’s authority to invoke the Vacancies Reform Act to designate an Acting Attorney General.

 

  1. We previously concluded that section 508 does not prevent the President from relying upon the Vacancies Reform Act to determine who will be the Acting Attorney General. Although the Vacancies Reform Act, which “ordinarily is the exclusive means for naming an acting officer,” 2007 Acting Attorney General, 31 Op. O.L.C. at 209 (citing 5 U.S.C. 3347), makes an exception for, and leaves in effect, statutes such as section 508, “[t]he Vacancies Reform Act nowhere says that, if another statute remains in effect, the Vacancies Reform Act may not be used.” Id. In fact, the structure of the Vacancies Reform Act makes clear that office-specific provisions are treated as exceptions from its generally exclusive applicability, not as provisions that supersede the Vacancies Reform Act altogether.3 Furthermore, as we noted, “the Senate Committee Report accompanying the Act expressly disavows” the View that, where another statute is available, the Vacancies Reform Act may not be used. Id. (citing S. Rep. No. 105-250, at 17 (1998)). That report stated that, “with respect to the specific positions in which temporary officers may serve under the specific statutes this bill retains, the Vacancies [Reform] Act would continue to provide an alternative procedure for temporarily occupying the office.” Id. We therefore concluded that the President could direct the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division to act as Attorney General under the Vacancies Reform Act, even though the incumbent Solicitor General would otherwise have served under the chain of succession specified in section 508 (as supplemented by an Attorney General order).
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  1. 2 Under 28 U.S.C. 508(a), in the case of a vacancy in the office of Attorney General, “the Deputy Attorney General may exercise all the duties of that office, and for the purpose of [the Vacancies Reform Act] the Deputy Attorney General is the first assistant to the Attorney General.” If the offices of Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General are both vacant, “the Associate Attorney General shall act as Attorney General,” and “[t]he Attorney General may designate the Solicitor General and the Assistant Attorneys General, in further order of succession, to act as Attorney General.” Id. 508(b).

 

  1. 3 One section (entitled “Exclusion of certain offices”) is used to exclude certain offices altogether. 5 U.S.C. 3349c. Office-specific statutes, however, are mentioned in a different section (entitled “Exclusivity”) that generally makes the Vacancies Reform Act “the exclusive means” for naming an acting officer but also specifies exceptions to that exclusivity. Id. 3347(a)(l).
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  1. At the time of our 2007 Acting Attorney General opinion, the first two offices specified in section 508(a) and (b)”Deputy Attorney General and Associate Attorney General” were both vacant. See 31 Op. O.L.C. at 208. That is not currently the case; there is an incumbent Deputy Attorney General. But the availability of the Deputy Attorney General does not affect the President’s authority to invoke section 3345(a)(3). Nothing in section 508 suggests that the Vacancies Reform Act does not apply when the Deputy Attorney General can serve. To the contrary, the statute expressly states that the Deputy Attorney General is the first assistant to the Attorney General” “for the purpose of section 3345 of title 5” the provision of the Vacancies Reform Act providing for the designation of an acting officer). 28 U.S.C. 508(a). It further provides that the Deputy Attorney General “may” serve as Acting Attorney General, not that he “must,” underscore that the Vacancies Reform Act remains an alternative means of appointment. 4 These statutory cross-references confirm that section 508 works in conjunction with, and does not displace, the Vacancies Reform Act.

 

  1. Although the Deputy Attorney General is the default choice for Acting Attorney General under section 3345(a)(1), the President retains the authority to invoke the other categories of eligible officials, “notwithstanding [the first-assistant provision in] paragraph 5 U.S.C. 3345(a)(2), (3). Moreover, there is reason to believe that Congress, in enacting the Vacancies Reform Act, deliberately chose to make the second and third categories of officials in section 3345(a) applicable to the office of Attorney General. Under the previous Vacancies Act, the first assistant to an office was also the default choice for filling a vacant Senate-confirmed position, and the President was generally able to depart from that by selecting another Senate-confirmed officer. See 5 U.S.C. 3347 (1994). That additional presidential authority, however, was expressly made inapplicable “to a vacancy in the office of Attorney General.” See also Rev. Stat. 179 (2d ed. 1878). Yet, when Congress enacted the Vacancies Reform Act in 1998, it did away with the exclusion for the office of Attorney General. See 5 U.S.C. 3349c (excluding certain other officers).5

 

  1. Our conclusion that the Vacancies Reform Act remains available, notwithstanding section 508, is consistent with our prior opinions. In Acting Director of OMB, we recognized that an OMB-specific statute, 31 U.S.C. 502(f), did not displace the President’s authority under the Vacancies Reform Act. See 27 Op. O.L.C. at 121 n.1 (“The Vacancies Reform Act does not provide, however, that where there is another statute providing for a presidential designation, the Vacancies Reform Act becomes unavailable?). More recently, we confirmed that the President could designate an Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (“CFLPB”).

 

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  1. 4 We do not mean to suggest that a different result would follow if section 508 said “shall” instead of “may,” since as discussed at length in Acting Director such mandatory phrasing in a separate statute does not itself oust the Vacancies Reform Act. See 41 Op. O.L.C. *7-9 n.3, The point is that, in contrast with the potential ambiguity arising from the appearance of “shall” in the CFPB-specific statute, section 508 expressly acknowledges that the Deputy Attorney General is the first assistant but will not necessarily serve in the case of a vacancy in the office of Attorney General. 5 When it reported the Vacancies Reform Act, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs contemplated that the Attorney General would continue to be excluded by language in a proposed section 3345(c) that would continue to make section 508 “applicable” to the office. See S. Rep. No. 105-250, at 13, 25; 144 Cong. Rec. 12,433 (June 16, 1998). But that provision “was not enacted as part of the final bill, and no provision of the Vacancies Reform Act bars the President from designating an Acting Attorney General under that statute.” 2007 Acting Attorney General, 31 Op. O.L.C. at 209 n.1.
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  1. notwithstanding 12 U.S.C. 5491(b)(5), which provides that the Deputy Director of the CFPB “shall” serve as Acting Director when the Director is unavailable. See Acting Director of CFPB, 41 Op. O.L.C. We reasoned that the CFPB-specific statute should “interact with the Vacancies Reform Act in the same way as other, similar statutes providing an office-specific mechanism for an individual to act in a vacant position.” Id at *7-9 n.3. We noted that the Vacancies Reform Act itself provides that a first assistant to a vacant office “shall perform the functions and duties” of that office unless the President designates someone else to do so, 5 U.S.C. 3345(a), and that mandatory language in either the CF PB-specific statute or the Vacancies Reform Act does not foreclose the availability of the other statute. Acting Director of CFPB, 41 Op. O.L.C. at *7-8.

 

  1. Courts have similarly concluded that the Vacancies Reform Act remains available as an alternative to office-specific statutes. See Hooks v. Kitsap Tenant Support Servs., Inc. 816 F.3d 550, 55 5-56 (9th Cir. 2016) (General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, which has its own office-specific statute prescribing a method of filling a vacancy); English v. Trump, 279 F. Supp. 3d 307, 323?24 (D.D.C. 2018) (holding that the mandatory language in the CFPB-specific statute is implicitly qualified by the Vacancies Reform Act’s language providing that the President also “may direct” qualifying individuals to serve in an acting capacity), appeal dismissed upon appellant’s motion, No. 18?5007, 2018 WL 3526296 (DC. Cir. July 13, 2018).

 

  1. For these reasons, we believe that the President could invoke the Vacancies Reform Act in order to designate Mr. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General ahead of the alternative line of succession provided under section 508.

 

  1. The Appointments Clause
  3. While the Vacancies Reform Act expressly authorizes the President to select an
  4. unconfirmed official as Acting Attorney General, Congress may not authorize an appointment mechanism that would conflict with the Constitution. See Freytag v. Commissioner, 501 U.S. 868, 883 (1991). The Appointments Clause requires the President to “appoint” principal officers, such as the Attorney General, “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate.” U.S. Const., art. 11, 2, cl. 2. But for “inferior Officers,” Congress may vest the appointment power “in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.” Id.

 

  1. The President’s designation of Mr. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General is consistent with the Appointments Clause so long as Acting Attorney General is not a principal office that requires Senate confirmation. If so, it does not matter whether an acting official temporarily filling a vacant principal office is an inferior officer or not an “officer” at all within the meaning of the Constitution, because Mr. Whitaker was appointed in a manner that satisfies the requirements for an inferior officer: He was appointed by Attorney General Sessions, who was the Head of the Department, and the President designated him to perform additional duties. See Acting Director of OMB, 27 Op. O.L.C. at 124-25. If the designation constituted an appointment to a principal office, however, then section 3345(a)(3) would be unconstitutional as applied, because Mr. Whitaker does not currently occupy a position requiring Senate confirmation.
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  1. For the reasons stated below, based on long-standing historical practice and precedents, we do not believe that the Appointments Clause may be construed to require the Senate’s advice and consent before Mr. Whitaker may be Acting Attorney General.

 

 

  1. The Attorney General is plainly a principal officer, who must be appointed with the advice and consent of the Senate. See Edmond v. United States, 520 U.S. 651, 662-63 (1997); Morrison v. Olson, 487 U.S. 654, 670-72 (1988). The Attorney General has broad and continuing authority over the federal government’s law-enforcement, litigation, and other legal functions. See, e. g, 28 U.S.C. 516, 533. The Supreme Court has not “set forth an exclusive criterion for distinguishing between” inferior officers and principal officers. Edmond, 520 U.S. at 661. “Generally speaking, the term “inferior officer” connotes a relationship with some higher ranking officer or officers below the President.” Id at 662. There is no officer below the President who supervises the Attorney General.

 

  1. Although the Attorney General is a principal officer, it does not follow that an Acting Attorney General should be understood to be one. An office under the Appointments Clause requires both a “continuing and permanent” position and the exercise of “significant authority pursuant to the laws of the United States.” Lucia v. SEC, 138 S. Ct. 2044, 2051 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted); see also Officers of the United States within the Meaning of the Appointments Clause, 31 Op. O.L.C. 73, 74 (2007). While a person acting as the Attorney General surely exercises sufficient authority to be an “Officer of the United States,” it is less clear whether Acting Attorney General is a principal office.

 

  1. Because that question involves the division of powers between the Executive and the Legislative Branches, “historical practice” is entitled to “significant weight.” Nat’l Labor Relations Bd v. Noel Canning, 134 S. Ct. 2550, 2559 (2014); see also, e. The Pocket Veto Case, 279 U.S. 655, 689 (1929). That practice strongly supports the constitutionality of authorizing someone who has not been Senate-confirmed to serve as an acting principal officer. Since 1792, Congress has repeatedly legislated on the assumption that temporary service as a principal officer does not require Senate confirmation. As for the Executive Branch’s practice, our non-exhaustive survey has identified over 160 occasions between 1809 and 1860 on which non-Senate-confirmed persons served temporarily as an acting or ad interim principal officer in the Cabinet.

 

  1. Furthermore, judicial precedents culminating in United States v. Eaton, 169 U.S. 331 (1898), endorsed that historical practice and confirm that the temporary nature of acting service weighs against principal-officer status. The Supreme Court in Eaton held that an inferior officer may perform the duties of a principal officer “for a limited time [ ] and under special and temporary conditions” without “transform[ing]” his office into one for which Senate confirmation is required. Id. at 343. That holding was not limited to the circumstances of that case, but instead reflected a broad consensus about the status of an acting principal officer that the Supreme Court has continued to rely on in later Appointments Clause decisions.
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  1. Since the Washington Administration, Congress has “authoriz[ed] the President to direct certain officials to temporarily carry out the duties of a vacant PAS office one requiring Presidential Appointment and Senate confirmation] in an acting capacity, without Senate confirmation.” SW General, 137 S. Ct. at 934; see also Noel Canning, 134 S. Ct. at 2609 (Scalia J., dissenting in relevant part) (observing that the President does not need to use recess appointments to “fill vacant offices because “Congress can authorize “acting” officers to perform the duties associated with a temporarily vacant office” – “and has done that, in one form or another, since 1792”). Those statutes, and evidence of practice under them during the early nineteenth century, did not limit the pool of officials eligible to serve as an acting principal officer to those who already have Senate-confirmed offices. This history provides compelling support for the conclusion that the position of an acting principal officer is not itself a principal office.

 

  1. In 1792, Congress First “authorized the appointment of ‘any person or persons’ to fill specific vacancies in the Departments of State, Treasury, and War.” SW General, 137 S. Ct. at 935 (quoting Act of May 8, 1792, ch. 37, 8, 1 Stat. 279, 281). Although the statute expressly mentioned vacancies in the position of Secretary in each of those Departments, the President was authorized to choose persons who held no federal office at all – much less one requiring Senate confirmation. Although the 1792 statute “allowed acting officers to serve until the permanent Officeholder could resume his duties or a successor was appointed,” Congress “imposed a six-month limit on acting service” in 1795. Id. at 935 (citing Act of Feb. 13, 1795, ch. 21, Stat. 415). In 1863, in response to a plea from President Lincoln, see Message to Congress (Jan. 2, 1863), Cong. Globe, 37th Cong, 3d Sess. 185 (1863), Congress extended the provision to permit the President to handle a vacancy in the office of “the head of any Executive Department of the Government, or of any officer of either of the said Departments whose appointment is not in the head thereof.” Act of Feb. 20, 1863, ch. 45, 1, 12 Stat. 656, 656. The 1863 statute allowed the duties of a vacant office to be performed for up to six months by “the head of any other Executive Department” or by any other officer in those departments “whose appointment is vested in the President.” Id.

 

  1. In 1868, Congress replaced all previous statutes on the subject of vacancies with the Vacancies Act of 1868. See Act of July 23, 1868, ch. 227, 15 Stat. 168. That act provided that, “in case of the death, resignation, absence, or sickness of the head of any executive department of the government, the first or sole assistant thereof shall . . . perform the duties of such head until a successor be appointed or the absence or sickness shall cease.” Id, 1, 15 Stat. at 168. In lieu of elevating the first or sole assistant,” the President could also choose to authorize any other officer appointed with the Senate’s advice and consent to perform the duties of the vacant office until a successor was appointed or the prior occupant of the position was able to return to his post. Id 3, 15 Stat. at 168. In cases of death or resignation, an acting official could serve for no longer than ten days. Id. The 1868 act thus eliminated the President’s prior discretion to fill a vacant office temporarily with someone who did not hold a Senate-confirmed position. Yet, it preserved the possibility that a non-Senate-confirmed first assistant would serve as an acting head of an executive department.
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  1. Over the next 120 years, Congress repeatedly amended the Vacancies Act of 1868, but it never eliminated the possibility that a non-Senate-confirmed first assistant could serve as an acting head of an executive department. In 1891, it extended the time limit for acting service in cases of death or resignation from ten to thirty days. Act of Feb. 6, 1891, ch. 113, 26 Stat. 733. In 1966, it made minor changes during the course of re-codifying and enacting title 5 of the United States Code. See S. Rep. No. 89-1380, at 20, 70-71 (1966); 5 U.S.C. 3345-3349 (1970). Congress amended the act once more in 1988, extending the time limit on acting service from 30 to 120 days and making the statute applicable to offices that are not in “Departments” and thus are less likely to have Senate-confirmed first assistants. Pub. L. No. 100-398, 102 Stat. 985, 988 (1988).

 

  1. Accordingly, for more than two centuries before the Vacancies Reform Act, Congress demonstrated its belief that the Appointments Clause did not require Senate confirmation for temporary service in a principal office, by repeatedly enacting statutes that affirmatively authorized acting service – even in principal offices at the heads of executive departments – by persons who did not already hold an appointment made with the Senate’s advice and consent.

 

 

  1. Not only did Congress authorize the Presidents to select officials to serve temporarily as acting principal officers, but Presidents repeatedly exercised that power to fill temporarily the vacancies in their administrations that arose from resignations, terminations, illnesses, or absences from the seat of government. In providing this advice, we have not canvassed the entire historical record. But we have done enough to confirm that Presidents often exercised their powers under the 1792 and 1795 statutes to choose persons who did not hold any Senate-confirmed position to act temporarily as principal officers in various departments. In the Washington, Adams, and Jefferson Administrations, other Cabinet officers (or Chief Justice John Marshall) were used as temporary or “ad interim” officials when offices were vacant between the departure of one official and the appointment of his successor. See, e. Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1 774497], at 13??14 (1971); see id at 12 (explaining that the list of Cabinet officers excludes “[s]ubordinates acting temporarily as heads of departments” and therefore lists only those who served ad interim after an incumbent’s departure).

 

  1. President Jefferson made the first designation we have identified of a non-Senate-confirmed officer to serve temporarily in his Cabinet. On February 17, 1809, approximately two weeks before the end of the Jefferson Administration, John Smith, the chief clerk of the Department of War, was designated to serve as Acting Secretary of War. See id. at 14; Letter from Thomas Jefferson to the War Department (Feb. 17, 1809), Founders Online, National Archives, (“Whereas, by the resignation of Henry Dearborne, late Secretary at War, that office is become vacant. I therefore do hereby authorize John Smith, chief clerk of the office of the Department of War, to perform the duties of the said office, until a successor be appointed”). As chief clerk, Smith was not a principal officer. He was instead “an inferior officer . . . appointed by the [Department’s] principal officer.” Act of Aug. 5, 1789, ch. 6, 2, 1 Stat. 49, 50. The next Secretary of War did not enter upon duty until April 8, 1809, five weeks after the beginning of the Madison Administration. See Biographical Directory at 14.
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  1. Between 1809 and 1860, President Jefferson’s successors designated a non-Senate-confirmed officer to serve as an acting principal officer in a Cabinet position on at least 160 other occasions. We have identified 109 additional instances during that period where chief clerks, who were not Senate confirmed, temporarily served as ad interim Secretary of State (on 51 occasions), Secretary of the Treasury (on 36 occasions), or Secretary of War (on 22 occasions). See id. at 15-19; 1 Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, Before the Senate of the United States, on Impeachment by the House of Representatives for High Crimes and Misdemeanors, 575?81, 585-88, 590-91 (Washington, GPO 1868); In re Asbury Dickins, 34th Cong, Sess., Rep. CC. 9, at 4?5 (Ct. C1. 1856) (listing 18 times between 1829 and 1836 that chief clerk Asbury Dickins was “appointed to perform the duties of Secretary of the Treasury” or Secretary of State “during the absence from the seat of government or sickness” of those Secretaries, for a total of 359 days).6 Between 1853 and 1860 there were also at least 21 occasions on which non-Senate-confirmed Assistant Secretaries were authorized to act as Secretary of the Treasury.7

 

  1. We have also identified instances involving designations of persons who apparently had no prior position in the federal government, including Alexander Hamilton’s Son, James A. Hamilton, whom President Jackson directed on his first day in office to “take charge of the Department of State until Governor [Martin] Van Buren should arrive in the city” three weeks later. 1 Trial of Andrew Johnson at 575; see Biographical Directory at 16. President Jackson also twice named William B. Lewis, who held no other government position, as acting Secretary of War. See 1 Trial of Andrew Johnson at 575. Moving beyond the offices expressly covered by the 1792 and 1795 statutes, there were at least 23 additional instances before 1861 in which Presidents authorized a non-Senate-confirmed chief clerk to perform temporarily the duties of the Secretary of the Navy (on 21 occasions), or the Secretary of the Interior (on 2 occasions).8

 

  1. At the time, it was well understood that when an Acting or ad interim Secretary already held an office such as chief clerk, he was not simply performing additional duties, but he was deemed the Acting Secretary. We know this, because the chief clerks sometimes sought

 

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  1. 6 See also Act of July 27, 1789, ch. 4, 2, 1 Stat. 28, 29 (providing that the chief clerk in what became the Department of State was “an inferior officer, to be appointed by the [Department’s] principal officer”); Act of Sept. 2, 1789, ch. 12, 1, 1 Stat. 65, 65 (providing for an “Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury,” later known as the chief clerk, who “shall be appointed by the said Secretary”). The sources cited in the text above indicate that (1) the following chief clerks served as ad interim Secretary of State: Aaron Ogden Dayton, Aaron Vail (twice), Asbury Dickins (ten times), Daniel Carroll Brent (five times), Daniel Fletcher Webster, Jacob L. Martin (three times), John Appleton, John Graham, Nicholas Philip Trist (four times), Richard K. Cralle, William S. Derrick (fifteen times), William Hunter (seven times); (2) the following chief clerks served as ad interim Secretary of the Treasury: Asbury Dickins (eight times), John McGinnis, and McClintock Young (twenty-seven times); and (3) the following chief clerks (or acting chief clerks) served as ad interim Secretary of War: Albert Miller Lee, Archibald Campbell (five times), Christopher Vandeventer, George Graham, John D. McPherson, John Robb (six times), Philip G. Randolph (five times), Samuel J. Anderson, and William K. Drinkard.

 

  1. 7 See 1 Trial of Andrew Johnson at 580-81, 590-91 (entries for William L. Hodge and Peter Washington); Act of Mar. 3, 1849, ch. 108, 13, 9 Stat. 395, 396-97 (providing for appointment by the Secretary of an “Assistant Secretary of the Treasury”).

 

  1. 8 See Biographical Directory at 14-17 (chief clerks of the Navy in 1809, 1814-15, 1829, 1831, and 1841); id. at 18 (chief clerk of the Department of the Interior, Daniel C. Goddard, in 1850 (twice)); In re Cornelius Boyle, 34th Cong, 3d Sess., Rep. CC. 44, at 3, 12-13 (Ct. C1. 1857) (identifying 13 times between 1831 and 1838 that chief clerk John Boyle was appointed as Acting Secretary of the Navy, for a total of 466 days).
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  1. payment for the performance of those additional duties. Attorney General Legare concluded that Chief Clerk McClintock Young had a claim for compensation as “Secretary of the Treasury ad interim.” Pay of Secretary of the Treasury ad Interim, 4 Op. Att’y Gen. 122, 122-23 (1842). And the Court of Claims later concluded that Congress should appropriate funds to compensate such officers for that service. See, e. g, In re Cornelius Boyle, 34th Cong, 3d Sess., Rep. CC. 44, at 9, 1857 WL 4155, at *4 (Ct. C1. 1857) (“The office of Secretary ad interim being a distinct and independent office in itself, when it is conferred on the chief clerk, it is so conferred not because it pertains to him ex officio, but because the President, in the exercise of his discretion, sees fit to appoint Dickins, 34 Cong. Rep. CC. 9, at 16, 1856 WL 4042, at *3.

 

  1. Congress not only acquiesced in such appointments, but also required a non-Senate-confirmed officer to serve as a principal officer in some instances. In 1810, Congress provided that in the case of a vacancy in the office of the Postmaster General, “all his duties shall be performed by his senior assistant.” Act of Apr. 30, 1810, ch. 37, 1, 2 Stat. 592, 593. The senior assistant was one of two assistants appointed by the Postmaster General. Id. When I Congress reorganized the Post Office in 1836, it again required that the powers and duties of the Postmaster General would, in the case of “death, resignation, or absence” “devolve, for the time being on the First Assistant Postmaster General,” who was still an appointee of the Postmaster General. Act of July 2, 1836, ch. 270, 40, 5 Stat. 80, 89. On four occasions before 1860, a First Assistant Postmaster General served as Postmaster General ad interim. See Biographical Directory at 17-19 (in 1841 (twice), 1849, and 1859).

 

  1. On the eve of the Civil War in January 1861, President Buchanan summarized the Chief Executive’s View of his authority to designate interim officers in a message submitted to Congress to explain who had been performing the duties of the Secretary of War:

 

  1. The practice of making . . . appointments [under the 1795 statute], whether in a vacation or during the session of Congress, has been constantly followed during every administration from the earliest period of the government, and its perfect lawfulness has never, to my knowledge, been questioned or denied. Without going back further than the year 1829, and without taking into the calculation any but the chief officers of the several departments, it will be found that provisional appointments to fill vacancies were made to the number of one hundred and seventy-nine . . . . Some of them were made while the Senate was in session, some which were made in vacation were continued in force long after the Senate assembled. Sometimes, the temporary officer was the commissioned head of another department, sometimes a subordinate in the same department.

 

  1. Message from the President of the United States, 36th Cong, 2d Sess., Exec. Doc. No. 2, at 1-2 (1861) (emphases added).

 

 

  1. When it comes to vacancy statutes, the office of Attorney General presents an unusual case, albeit not one suggesting any different constitutional treatment. The office was established in the Judiciary Act of 1789, see Act of Sept. 24, 1789, ch. 20, 35, 1 Stat. 73, 93, and the Attorney General was a member of the President’s Cabinet, see Office and Duties of Attorney
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  1. General, 6 Op. Att’y Gen. 326, 330 (1854). But the Attorney General did not supervise an “executive department,” and the Department of Justice was not established until 1870. See Act of June 22, 1870, ch. 150, 1, 16 Stat. 162, 162. Thus, the terms 0fthe 1792, 1795, and 1863 statutes, and of the Vacancies Act of 1868, did not expressly apply to vacancies in the office of the Attorney General.

 

  1. Even so, the President made “temporary appointment[s]” to the office of Attorney General on a number of occasions. In 1854, Attorney General Cushing noted that “proof exists in the files of the department that temporary appointment has been made by the President in that office.” Office and Duties of Attorney General, 6 Op. Att’y Gen. at 352. Because the 1792 and 1795 statutes did not provide the President with express authority for those temporary appointments, Cushing believed it “questionable” whether the President had the power, but he also suggested that “[p]erhaps the truer view of the question is to consider the two statutes as declaratory only, and to assume that the power to make such temporary appointment is a constitutional one.” Id Cushing nonetheless recommended the enactment of “a general provision . . . to remove all doubt on the subject” for the Attorney General and “other non-enumerated departments.” Id.

 

  1. Congress did not immediately remedy the problem that Cushing identified, but Presidents designated Acting Attorneys General, both before and after the Cushing opinion. In some instances, the President chose an officer who already held another Senate-confirmed office. See Acting Attorneys General, 8 Op. O.L.C. 39, 40-41 (1984) (identifying instances in 1848 and 1868 involving the Secretary of the Navy or the Secretary of the Interior).9 In other instances, however, non-Senate-confirmed individuals served. After the resignation of Attorney General James Speed, for instance, Assistant Attorney General J. Hubley Ashton was the ad interim Attorney General from July 17 to July 23, 1866. See id. at 41; Biographical Directory at 20. At the time, the Assistant Attorney General was appointed by the Attorney General alone. See Act of March 3, 1859, ch. 80, 11 Stat. 410, 420 Attorney-General is hereby[] authorized to appoint one assistant in the said office, learned in the law, at an annual salary of three thousand dollars[x]”).10

 

  1. On other occasions between 1859 and 1868, Ashton and other Assistant Attorneys General who had not been Senate confirmed also signed several formal legal opinions as “Acting Attorney General,” presumably when their incumbent Attorney General was absent or otherwise

 

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  1. 9 This list is almost certainly under-inclusive because the published sources we have located identify only those who were Acting Attorney General during a period between the resignation of one Attorney General and the appointment of his successor. They do not identify individuals who may have performed the functions and duties of Attorney General when an incumbent Attorney General was temporarily unavailable on account of an absence or sickness that would now trigger either 28 U.S.C. 508(a) or 5 U.S.C. 3345(a).

 

  1. 10 In 1868, Congress created two new Assistant Attorneys General positions to be “appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate,” and specified that those positions were “in lieu of,” among others, “the assistant attorney-general now provided for by law,” which was “abolished” effective on July 1, 1868. Act of June 25, 1868, ch. 71, 5, 15 Stat. 75, 75. A few weeks later, Ashton was confirmed by the Senate as an Assistant Attorney General. See 18 Sen. Exec. J. 369 (July 25, 1868). He was therefore holding a Senate-confirmed office when he served another stint as Acting Attorney General for several days at the beginning of the Grant Administration in March 1869, see Biographical Directory at 21, and when he signed five opinions as “Acting Attorney General” in September and October 1868.
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  1. See Case of Colonel Gates, 11 Op. Att’y Gen. 70, 70 (1864) (noting that the question from the President “reached this office in [the Attorney General’s] absence”). 11 In 1873, when Congress reconciled the Vacancies Act of 1868 with the Department of Justice’s organic statute, it expressly excepted the office of Attorney General from the general provision granting the President power to choose who would temporarily fill a vacant Senate-confirmed office. See Rev. Stat. 179 1st ed. 1875). There is accordingly no Attorney General-specific practice with respect to the pre-1998 statutes.

 

 

  1. Well before the Supreme Court’s foundational decision in Eaton in 1898, courts approved of the proposition that acting officers are entitled to payment for services during their temporary appointments as principal officers. See, e. g. United States v. White, 28 F. Cas. 586, 587 (C.C.D. Md. 1851) (Taney, Circuit J.) often happens that, in unexpected contingencies and for temporary purposes, the appointment of a person already in office, to execute the duties of another office, is more convenient and useful to the public, than to bring in a new officer to execute the Dickins, 34 Cong. Rep. CC. 9, at 17, 1856 WL 4042, at *3 (finding a chief clerk was entitled to additional compensation “for his services as acting Secretary of the Treasury and as acting Secretary of State”). Most significantly, in Boyle, the Court of Claims concluded that the chief clerk of the Navy (who was not Senate confirmed) had properly served as Acting Secretary of the Navy on an intermittent basis over seven years for a total of 466 days. 34 Cong. Rep. CC. 44, at 8, 1857 WL 4155, at *1-2 (1857). The court expressly addressed the Appointments Clause question and distinguished, for constitutional purposes, between the office of Secretary of the Navy and the office of Acting Secretary of the Navy. Id. at 8, 1857 WL 4155 at *3 (“It seems to us . . . plain that the office of Secretary ad interim is a distinct and independent office in itself. It is not the office of Furthermore, the court emphasized, the defining feature of the office of Secretary ad interim was its “temporary” character, and it must therefore be considered an inferior office:

 

  1. Congress has exercised the power of vesting the appointment of a Secretary ad interim in the President alone, and we think, in perfect consistency with the Constitution of the United States. We do not think that there can be any doubt that he is an inferior officer, in the sense of the Constitution, whose appointment may be vested by Congress in the President alone.

 

 

  1. When the Supreme Court addressed this Appointments Clause issue in 1898, it reached a similar conclusion. In United States v. Eaton, the Court considered whether Congress could authorize the President alone to appoint a subordinate officer “charged with the duty of temporarily performing the functions” of a principal officer. 169 US. at 343. The statute

 

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  1. 11 There were two additional opinions signed by Ashton as “Acting Attorney General” in 1864 and 1865 (11 Op. Att’y Gen. 482; 11 Op. Att’y Gen. 127); as well as four signed as “Acting Attorney General” by Assistant Attorney General John Binckley in 1867 (12 Op. Att’y Gen. 231; 12 Op. Att’y Gen. 229; 12 Op. Att’y Gen 222; 12 Op. Att’y Gen. 227); two signed as “Acting Attorney General” by Assistant Attorney General Titian J. Coffey in 1862 and 1863 (10 Op. Att’y Gen. 492; 10 Op. Att’y Gen. 377); and one signed as “Acting Attorney General” by Assistant Attorney General Alfred B. McCalmont in 1859 (9 Op. Att’y Gen. 389).
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  1. authorized the President “to provide for the appointment of vice-consuls . . . in such a manner and under such regulations as he shall deem proper.” Id. at 336 (quoting Rev. Stat. 1695 (2d ed. 1878)). The President’s regulation provided that case a vacancy occurs in the offices both of the consul and the vice-consul, which requires the appointment of a person to perform temporarily the duties of the consulate, the diplomatic representative has authority to make such appointment, with the consent of the foreign government . . . immediate notice being given to the Department of State.” Id. at 338 (quoting regulation). Pursuant to that authority, Sempronius Boyd, who was the diplomatic representative and consul-general to Siam, appointed Lewis Eaton (then a missionary who was not employed by the government) as a vice-consul-general and directed him to take charge of the consulate after Boyd’s departure. Id. at 331-32. With the “knowledge” and “approval” of the Department of State, Eaton remained in charge of the consulate, at times calling himself “acting consul-general of the United States at Bangkok,” from July 12, 1892, until a successor vice-consul-general arrived on May 18, 1893. Id. at 332-33. In a dispute between Boyd’s widow and Eaton over salary payments, the Court upheld Eaton’s appointment, and the underlying statutory scheme, against an Appointments Clause challenge. Id. at 334-35, 352.

 

  1. The Constitution expressly includes “Consuls” in the category of officers whose appointment requires the Senate’s advice and consent. US. Const. art. ll, 2, cl. 2. The Eaton Court, however, concluded that a “Vice-consul” is an inferior officer whose appointment Congress may “vest in the President” alone. 169 US. at 343. The Court held that Eaton’s exercise of the authority of a Senate-confirmed office did not transform him into an officer requiring Senate confirmation:

 

  1. Because the subordinate officer is charged with the performance of the duty of the superior for a limited time and under special and temporary conditions, he is not thereby transformed into the superior and permanent official. To so hold would render void any and every delegation of power to an inferior to perform under any circumstances or exigency the duties of a superior officer, and the discharge of administrative duties would be seriously hindered.

 

  1. The Court concluded that more than forty years of practice “sustain the theory that a vice-consul is a mere subordinate official,” which defeated the contention that Eaton’s appointment required Senate confirmation. Id at 344. In so doing, the Court cited Attorney General Cushing’s 1855 opinion about appointments of consular officials, which had articulated the parameters for that practice. See id.12 Significantly, the Court also made clear that its holding was not limited to vice-consuls or to the exigencies of Eaton’s particular appointment. Rather, the Court emphasized that the temporary performance of a principal office is not the same as holding that office itself. The Court feared that a contrary holding would bear upon “any and every delegation of power to an inferior to perform under any circumstances or exigency.” Id at
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  5. 12 In the 1855 opinion, Attorney General Cushing explained that a vice-consul is “the person employed to fill the [consul’s] place temporarily in his absence.” Appointment of Consuls, 7 Op. Att’y Gen. 242, 262? (1855). He noted that consuls had to be Senate-confirmed, but vice-consuls were regarded as the “subordinates of consuls” and therefore did not require “nomination to the Senate.” Id. at 247.
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  9. 343 (emphasis added). In View of the long history of such appointments, Eaton simply
  10. confirmed the general rule. It did not work any innovation in that practice. .
  12. The Court has not retreated from Eaton, or narrowed its holding, but instead has repeatedly cited the decision for the proposition that an inferior officer may temporarily perform the duties of a principal officer without Senate confirmation. In Edmond, the Court observed that “’inferior officers’ are officers whose work is directed and supervised at some level by others who were appointed by Presidential nomination with the advice and consent of the Senate.” 520 U.S. at 663. But the Court also observed that there is no “exclusive criterion for distinguishing between principal and inferior officers” and restated Eaton’s holding that “a vice consul charged temporarily with the duties of the consul” is an “inferior” officer. Id at 661. In Morrison, the Court emphasized that a subordinate who performed a principal officer’s duties “for a limited time and under special and temporary conditions” is not “thereby transformed into the superior and permanent official,” and explained that a Vice-consul appointed during the consul’s “temporary absence” remained a “subordinate officer notwithstanding the Appointment Clause’s specific reference to “Consuls” as principal officers.” 487 U.S. at 672-73 (quoting Eaton, 169 U.S. at 343)). Justice Scalia’s dissenting opinion in Morrison similarly described Eaton as holding that “the appointment by an Executive Branch official other than the President of a “vice-consul,” charged with the duty of temporarily performing the function of the consul, did not violate the Appointments Clause.” Id. at 721 (Scalia, .. dissenting). Likewise, in his dissenting opinion in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, 537 F.3d 667 (DC. Cir. 2008), aff’d in part and rev’d in part, 561 U.S. 447 (2010), then-Judge Kavanaugh cited Eaton to establish that “[t]he temporary nature of the office is the . . . reason that acting heads of departments are permitted to exercise authority without Senate confirmation.” Id at 708 n.17 (Kavanaugh, J. dissenting). Notably, Judge Kavanaugh also cited our 2003 opinion, which concluded that an OMB official who was not Senate confirmed could serve as Acting Director of OMB. See id. (citing Acting Director of 0MB, 27 Op. O.L.C. at 123).

 

  1. In SW General, the Court acknowledged the long history of Acts of Congress permitting the President to authorize officials to temporarily perform the functions of vacant offices requiring Senate approval. 137 S. Ct. at 935. Although the Court’s opinion did not address the Appointments Clause, Justice Thomas’s concurring opinion suggested that a presidential directive to serve as an officer under the Vacancies Reform Act should be viewed as an appointment, and that such a direction would “raise [ ] grave constitutional concerns because the Appointments Clause forbids the President to appoint principal officers without the advice and consent of the Senate.? Id. But Justice Thomas also distinguished Eaton on the ground that the acting designation at issue in SW General was not “special and temporary” because it had remained in place “for more than three years in offices limited by statute to a 4-year term.” Id. At 946 n. 1. Justice Thomas’s opinion may therefore be understood to be consistent not only with Eaton, but also with the precedents of this Office, which have found it “implicit” that “the tenure of an Acting Director should not continue beyond a reasonable time.” Status 0f the Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget, 1 Op. O.L.C. 287, 289-90 (1977). Even under Justice Thomas’s opinion, Mr. Whitaker’s designation as Acting Attorney General, which was made one week ago, and which would lapse in the absence of a presidential nomination, should qualify as “special and temporary” under Eaton.
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  1. Executive practice and more recent legislation reinforces that an inferior officer may temporarily act in the place of a principal officer. In 1980, for instance, this Office raised no constitutional concerns in concluding (in the context of a non-executive office) that the Comptroller General was statutorily authorized to “designate an employee” of the General Accounting Office to be Acting Comptroller General during the absence or incapacity of both the Senate-confirmed Comptroller General and the Senate-confirmed Deputy Comptroller General. Authority of the Comptroller General to Appoint an Acting Comptroller General, 4B Op. O.L.C 690, 690-91 (1980).

 

  1. Most significantly, in 2003, this Office relied on Eaton in concluding that, although “the position of Director [of is a principal office, . . . an Acting Director [of is only an inferior officer.” Acting Director of OMB, 27 Op. O.L.C. at 123. We did not think that that conclusion had been called into question by Edmond’s statement that an inferior officer is one who reports to a superior officer below the President, because in that case “[t]he Court held only that [g]enerally speaking” an inferior officer is subordinate to an officer other than the President,” and because Edmond did not deal with temporary officers. 27 Op. O.L.C. at 124 (citations omitted). Assuming that for constitutional purposes the official designated as acting head of an agency would need to be an inferior officer (and that the OMB official in question was not already such an officer), we further concluded that the President’s designation of an acting officer under the Act should be regarded as an appointment by the President alone” a constitutionally permissible mode for appointing an inferior officer. Id. at 125. Since then, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama each used their authority under the Vacancies Reform Act to place non-Senate-confirmed Chiefs of Staff in the lines of succession to be the acting head of several federal agencies.13 In three instances, President Obama placed a Chief of Staff above at least one Senate-confirmed officer within the same department.14 And, in practice, during the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations, multiple unconfirmed officers were designated to serve as acting agency heads, either under the Vacancies Reform Act or another office-specific

 

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  1. 13 See Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the Social Security Administration, 71 Fed. Reg. 20333 (Apr. 17, 2006); Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the Council on Environmental Quality, 73 Fed. Reg. 54487 (Sept. 18, 2008) (later superseded by 2017 memorandum cited below); Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to Act as President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, 76 Fed. Reg. 33613 (June 6, 2011); Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the Millennium Challenge Corporation to Act as Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 77 Fed. Reg. 31161 (May 21, 2012); Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the General Services Administration to Act as Administrator of General Services, 78 Fed. Reg. 59161 (Sept. 20, 2013); Memorandum, Designation of Officers of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as Director of the Office of Personnel Management, 81 Fed. Reg. 54715 (Aug. 12, 2016); Memorandum, Providing an Order of Succession Within the National Endowment of the Humanities, 81 Fed. Reg. 54717 (Aug. 12, 2016); Memorandum, Providing an Order of Succession Within the National Endowment of the Arts, 81 Fed. Reg. 96335 (Dec. 23, 2016); Memorandum, Designation of Officers or Employees of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to Act as Director, 82 Fed. Reg. 7625 (Jan. 13, 2017); Memorandum, Providing an Order of Succession Within the Council on Environmental Quality, 82 Fed. Reg. 7627 (Jan. 13, 2017).

 

  1. 14 See Executive Order 13612, Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture, 77 Fed. Reg. 31153 (May 21, 2012); Executive Order 13735, Providing an Order Within the Department of the Treasury, 81 Fed. Reg. 54709 (Aug. 12, 2016); Executive Order 13736, Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 81 Fed. Reg. 54711 (Aug. 12, 2016).
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  1. 15 Those determinations reflect the judgments of these administrations that the President may lawfully designate an unconfirmed official, including a Chief of Staff, to serve as an acting principal officer.

 

  1. Congress too has determined in the Vacancies Reform Act and many other currently operative statutes that non-Senate-confirmed officials may temporarily perform the functions of principal officers. By its terms, the Vacancies Reform Act applies to nearly all executive offices for which appointment “is required to be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.” 5 U.S.C. 3345(a); see id (excluding only certain members of multi-member boards, commissions, or similar entities). And it specifically provides for different treatment in some respects depending on whether the vacant office is that of an agency head. Id 3348(b)(2). Moreover, the statute contemplates that non-Senate-confirmed officials will be able to serve as acting officers in certain applications of section 3345(a)(1) as well as in all applications of section 3345(a)(3), which refers to an “officer or employee.” The latter provision had no counterpart in the Vacancies Act of 1868, but it was not completely novel, because clerks, who were not Senate-confirmed, were routinely authorized to serve as acting officers under the 1792 and 1795 statutes.16

 

  1. Congress has also enacted various statutes that enable deputies not confirmed by the Senate to act when the office of the Senate-confirmed agency head is vacant. See 12 U.S.C. 4512(f) (providing for an Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency); id 549l(b)(5) (providing for an Acting Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection); 21 U.S.C. 1703(a)(3) (providing for an Acting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy); 40 U.S.C. 302(b) (providing for an Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration); 44 U.S.C. 2103(c) (providing for an Acting Archivist). All of those provisions contemplate the temporary service of non-Senate-confirmed officials as acting

 

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  1. 15 For example, during this administration, Grace Bochenek, a non-Senate-confirmed laboratory director, served as Acting Secretary of Energy from January 20, 2017, until March 2, 2017; Tim Home, a non-Senate-confirmed Regional Commissioner, served as Acting Administrator of the General Services Administration from January 20, 2017, until December 12, 2017 (pursuant to a designation under a GSA-specific statute); Phil Rosenfelt, a non-Senate-confirmed Deputy General Counsel, served as Acting Secretary of Education from January 20, 2017, until February 7, 2017 (pursuant to a designation under a statute specific to that department); Don Wright, a non-Senate-confirmed Deputy Assistant Secretary, served as Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services from September 30, 2017, until October 10, 2017; Peter O’Rourke, a non-Senate-confirmed Chief of Staff, served as Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs from May 29, 2018, until July 30, 2018; and Shelia Crowley, a non-Senate-confirmed Chief of Operations, served, upon President Obama’s designation, as Acting Director of the Peace Corps from January 20, 2017, until November 16, 2017. During the Obama administration, Darryl Hairston, a career employee, served as Acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration from January 22, 2009, until April 6, 2009, and Edward Hugler, a non-Senate-confirmed Deputy Assistant Secretary, served as Acting Secretary of Labor from February 2, 2009, until February 24, 2009. During the Bush Administration, Augustine a non-Senate-confirmed Executive Associate Director served as Acting Director of OMB from June 10, 2003, until late June 2003, consistent with our opinion.

 

  1. 16 Echoing the movement in the early nineteenth century to chief clerks rather than Senate-confirmed officials from other departments, section 3345(a)(3) was reportedly the product of a desire to give the President “more flexibility” to use “qualified individuals who have worked within the agency in which the vacancy occurs for a minimum number of days and who are of a minimum grade level.” S. Rep. No. 105-250, at 31 (additional views of Sen. Glenn et id at 35 (minority views of Sens. Durbin and Akaka).
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  1. principal officers, and these statutes would appear to be unconstitutional if only a Senate-confirmed officer could temporarily serve as an acting principal officer. Similarly, other current statutes provide that, although the deputy is appointed by the President with the Senate’s advice and consent, the President or the department head may designate another official to act as the agency head, even though that official is not Senate-confirmed. See 20 U.S.C. 3412(a)( 1) (providing that “[t]he Secretary [of Education] shall designate the order in which other officials of the Department shall act for and perform the functions of the Secretary . . . in the event of vacancies in both” the Secretary and Deputy Secretary positions); 31 U.S.C. 502(f) (providing that the President may designate “an officer of the Office [of Management and Budget] to act as Director”); 38 U.S.C. 304 (providing that the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs serves as Acting Secretary “[u]nless the President designates another officer of the Government”); 42 U.S.C. 7132(a) (providing that “[t]he Secretary [of Energy] shall designate the order in which the Under Secretary and other officials shall act for and perform the functions of the Secretary . . . in the event of vacancies in both” the Secretary and Deputy Secretary positions); 49 U.S.C. 102(e) (providing that the Secretary of Transportation shall establish an order of succession that includes Assistant Secretaries who are not Senate-confirmed for instances in which the offices of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy are vacant); 4O U.S.C. 302(b) (providing that the Deputy Administrator serves as Acting Administrator of General Services when that office “is vacant,” “unless the President designates another officer of the Federal Government”); cf 44 U.S.C. 304 (limiting the individuals whom the President may choose to serve as Acting Director of the Government Printing Office to those who occupy offices requiring presidential appointment with the Senate’s advice and consent).

 

  1. Indeed, if it were unconstitutional for an official without Senate confirmation to serve temporarily as an acting agency head, then the recent controversy over the Acting Director of the CFPB should have been resolved on that ground alone – even though it was never raised by any party, the district court, or the judges at the appellate argument. On November 24, 2017, the Director of the CF PB appointed a new Deputy Director, expecting that she would become the Acting Director upon his resignation later that day. Acting Director of CFPB, 41 Op. O.L.C. at *2 n. 1. The Director of the CFPB relied on 12 U.S.C. 5491(b)(5), which expressly contemplates that a non-Senate-confirmed official (the Deputy Director) will act as a principal officer (the Director). The President, however, exercised his authority under 5 U.S.C. 3345(a)(2) to designate the Director of OMB as Acting Director of the CF PB. See English, 279 F. Supp. 3d at 330. When the Deputy Director challenged the President’s action, we are not aware that anyone ever contended that the Deputy Director was constitutionally ineligible to serve as Acting Director because she had not been confirmed by the Senate. If the newly
  2. installed Deputy Director of the CFPB could lawfully have become the Acting Director, then the
  3. Chief of Staff to the Attorney General may serve as Acting Attorney General in the case of a vacancy.

 

 

  1. The constitutionality of Mr. Whitaker’s designation as Acting Attorney General is supported by Supreme Court precedent, by acts of Congress passed in three different centuries,
  2. and by countless examples of executive practice. To say that the Appointments Clause now
  3. [page] 18

 

  1. prohibits the President from designating Mr. Whitaker as Acting Attorney General would mean that the Vacancies Reform Act and a dozen statutes were unconstitutional, as were countless prior instances of temporary service going back to at least the Jefferson Administration.

 

  1. There is no question that Senate confirmation is an important constitutional check on the President’s appointments of senior officers. The Senate’s role “serves both to curb Executive abuses of the appointment power, and to promote a judicious choice of [persons] for filling the offices of the union.” Edmond, 520 US. at 659 (internal quotation marks omitted). At the same time, the “constitutional process of Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation . . . can take time: The President may not settle on a nominee to fill an office; the Senate may be unable, or unwilling, to speedily confirm the nominee once submitted.” SW General, 137 S. Ct. at 935. Despite their frequent disagreements over nominees, for over 200 years, Congress and the President have agreed upon the value and permissibility of using temporary appointments, pursuant to limits set by Congress, in order to overcome the delays of the confirmation process.

 

  1. If the President could not rely on temporary designations for principal offices, then the efficient functioning of the Executive Branch would be severely compromised. Because most Senate-confirmed officials resign at the end of an administration, a new President must rely on acting officials to serve until nominees have been confirmed. If Senate confirmation were required before anyone could serve, then the Senate could frustrate the appropriate functioning of the Executive Branch by blocking the confirmation of principal officers for some time. See 144 Cong. Rec. 27496 (Oct. 21, 1998) (statement of Sen. Thompson) (noting that section 3345(a)(3) had been added because “[c]oncerns had been raised that, particularly early in a presidential administration, there will sometimes be vacancies in first assistant positions, and that there will not be a large number of Senate-confirmed officers in the government,” as well as “concerns . . . about designating too many Senate-confirmed persons from other offices to serve as acting officers in additional positions?). A political dispute with the Senate could frustrate the President’s ability to execute the laws by delaying the appointment of his principal officers.

 

  1. The problems with a contrary rule are not limited to the beginning of an administration. Many agencies would run into problems on an ongoing basis, because they have few officers subject to Senate confirmation. Thus, when a vacancy in the top spot arises, such an agency would either lack a head or be forced to rely upon reinforcements from Senate-confirmed appointees outside the agency. Those outside officers may be inefficient choices when a non-Senate-confirmed officer within the agency is more qualified to act as a temporary caretaker. At best, designating a Senate-confirmed officer to perform temporary services would solve a problem at one agency only by cannibalizing the senior personnel of another.

 

  1. It is true that these concerns do not apply to the current circumstances of the Department of Justice, which is staffed by a number of Senate-confirmed officers. Following Attorney General Sessions’ resignation, the President could have relied upon the Deputy Attorney General, the Solicitor General, or an Assistant Attorney General to serve as Acting Attorney General. But the availability of potential alternatives does not disable Congress from providing the President with discretion to designate other persons under section 3345(a)(3) of the Vacancies Reform Act. Nothing in the text of the Constitution or historical practice suggests that
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  4. the President may turn to an official who has not been confirmed by the Senate if, but only if, there is no appropriate Senate-confirmed official available.
  6. The President’s designation to serve as Acting Attorney General of a senior Department of Justice official who does not currently hold a Senate-confirmed office is expressly authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3345(a)(3). Mr. Whitaker has been designated based upon a statute that permits him to serve as Acting Attorney General for a limited period, pending the Senate’s consideration of a nominee for Attorney General. Consistent with our 2003 opinion, with Eaton, and with two centuries of practice, we advised that his designation would be lawful.
  8. [Signed]
  10. STEVEN A. ENGEL
  11. Assistant Attorney General
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  1. Driving Mabel for Christmas Dinner. https://www.amazon.com/Driving-Christmas-Dinner-Richard-Linford-ebook/dp/B078HB4XC3/ref=sr_1_22?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-22&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=5178sLG1twL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. I Am the Count of Monte Cristo. Short story. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_6?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ArICHARD+w+lINFORD&page=6&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985

 

 

 

 

  1. JOSHUA REDSHIELD’S DNA AND THE ILLUMINATI? A TECHNOTHRILLER (JOSHUA REDSHIELD AND THE ILLUMINATI Book 1. https://www.amazon.com/JOSHUA-REDSHIELDS-DNA-ILLUMINATI-TECHNOTHRILLER-ebook/dp/B01E91I4S0/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-30&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. The Bulletproof Invincible Man. Sheik Harun al-Rashid – A short story. https://www.amazon.com/Bulletproof-Invincible-Man-Sheik-al-Rashid-ebook/dp/B011FKPMP6/ref=sr_1_62?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-62&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. The KITE MAKER’S DAUGHTER: A fabled story for every daughter and every son? An allegory. https://www.amazon.com/KITE-MAKERS-DAUGHTER-daughter-allegory/dp/1718028172/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1534887731&sr=8-1&keywords=The+KITE+MAKER%27S+Daughter

 

  1. The Minimalist: 89 EMAILS TO MY MARINE SON RAFAEL. https://www.amazon.com/Minimalist-EMAILS-MARINE-RAFAEL-novel/dp/1980353794/ref=sr_1_61?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-61&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. The Receiver. A short story about an appointed Securities and Exchange Commission Receiver, his work and response. https://www.amazon.com/Receiver-short-Richard-W-Linford-ebook/dp/B0134GYM2I/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-18&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. THE WHITE UNICORN CODE: Mystery of the Lady with the Unicorn and other Unicorn tapestries. https://www.amazon.com/White-Unicorn-Code-tapestries-2010-07-21/dp/B01F9GTEM4/ref=sr_1_94?ie=UTF8&qid=1534883070&sr=8-94&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. The Young Marine and the Snow an allegory. https://www.amazon.com/Young-Marine-Snow-Allegory/dp/1575740192/ref=sr_1_37?ie=UTF8&qid=1505839508&sr=8-37&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford; https://www.amazon.com/Young-Marine-Snow-short-allegory-ebook/dp/B011PHGFH8/ref=sr_1_83?ie=UTF8&qid=1534882887&sr=8-83&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. Waiting with Brutus Caesar Anthony the 7th, William and Mary, for SAM THE MECHANIC MAN. https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Brutus-Anthony-William-MECHANIC/dp/1521158010/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1505839176&sr=8-32&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. WESTERN. The Cowboy Bar L Dude Ranch, Five Guests, and the Mean Banker. https://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Dude-Ranch-Guests-Banker-ebook/dp/B0756JG4K2/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-27&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. Seven DEADLY NEGATIVE HABITS of Highly Ineffective People plus The Young Knight with the short lance and the Black Knight – An Allegory. https://www.amazon.com/DEADLY-NEGATIVE-HABITS-Highly-Ineffective/dp/1549957171/ref=sr_1_55?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-55&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. HABITS OF LOSERS. How to Lose! 70 habits of losers who abuse or lose friends, health, influence and money! https://www.amazon.com/How-Lose-habits-friends-influence-ebook/dp/B01AAV6CGO/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-40&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND SUGAR BELLY. https://www.amazon.com/HIGH-FRUCTOSE-SYRUP-SUGAR-BELLY-ebook/dp/B01B554JAK/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1505838733&sr=8-28&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. A letter to my grandson, Jason: You are a son of Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother. I love you. Your grandpa. https://www.amazon.com/letter-grandson-Jason-Heavenly-grandpa-ebook/dp/B01AOWGOQC/ref=sr_1_33?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-33&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. ANGELS. ARE SHOULDER ANGELS AMONG US? Yes. There are good and bad angels. https://www.amazon.com/ARE-SHOULDER-ANGELS-AMONG-US-ebook/dp/B00Q3GX8Q8/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-12&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. ARTICLES OF FAITH. My 32 Articles of Faith in God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ: Based on Joseph Smith’s 13 Articles of Faith, LDS Gospel Principles, and my understanding of the doctrine and Church of Jesus Christ. https://www.amazon.com/Articles-Faith-Father-Jesus-Christ-ebook/dp/B011DTKQSC/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-10&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. BEHOLD THE MAN: Jesus is The Christ, The Great Jehovah, The Holy Messiah who soon will come! https://www.amazon.com/Behold-Man-Christ-Jehovah-Messiah-ebook/dp/B011YLLSKO/ref=sr_1_43?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-43&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Christmas and Easter Opus. Honoring and testifying that GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS BELOVED SON LIVE. https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Easter-Opus-Honoring-testifying-ebook/dp/B00ZS53A0O/ref=sr_1_51?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-51&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=51eBFOrba7L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. COME UNTO CHRIST: REPENT AND PRAY MIGHTILY FOR FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS! Meditations on Repentance, Prayer, and The Book of Mormon, Book of Enos: The Jesus Christ papers. https://www.amazon.com/COME-UNTO-CHRIST-Forgiveness-MEDITATIONS-ebook/dp/B01N5HJFUW/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-12&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. DEATH. DEATH SOLUTION HOW TO AVOID YOUR DEATH? https://www.amazon.com/DEATH-SOLUTION-HOW-AVOID-YOUR-ebook/dp/B01LTGUPZ8/ref=sr_1_49?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-49&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. HONORING PRESIDENT MARION G. ROMNEY. Noble Apostle of Jesus the Christ the Holy Messiah. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-President-Marion-G-Romney-ebook/dp/B077GY3ZSX/ref=sr_1_54?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-54&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS: JESUS CHRIST IS THE HOLY MESSIAH: HE SOON WILLL COME TO BEGIN HIS MILLENNIAL REIGN OF PEACE. https://www.amazon.com/JESUS-CHRIST-PAPERS-MESSIAH-MILLENNIAL-ebook/dp/B01EEK4386/ref=sr_1_77?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-77&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Meditations on Jesus The Christ and the Book of Mormon, Book of Moroni. https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Jesus-Christ-Mormon-Moroni-ebook/dp/B01MDJT7R7/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-8&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. ENEMIES. How to get rid of your enemies? https://www.amazon.com/How-get-rid-your-enemies-ebook/dp/B01KVY0VK8/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-6&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. GRANDPA TO GRANDSON. A letter to my grandson, Jason: You are a son of our Heavenly Father and Mother. I love you. Your grandpa. https://www.amazon.com/letter-grandson-Jason-Heavenly-grandpa-ebook/dp/B01AOWGOQC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542222675&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+a+lETTER+TO+MY+GRANDSON+jASON

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. GRANDPAS. GRANDSONS. GOD COULDN’T BE EVERYWHERE SO HE CREATED GRANDPAS: 692 WAYS TO BE A BETTER GRANDPA TO YOUR GRANDSON. https://www.amazon.com/GOD-COULDNT-EVERYWHERE-CREATED-GRANDPAS-ebook/dp/B01EKKIAZ2/ref=sr_1_36?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-36&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=51kbey4orcL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. HOLINESS! Worship the LORD in the Beauty of Holiness! https://www.amazon.com/HOLINESS-Worship-Beauty-Holiness-Christ-ebook/dp/B06XDHCBS6/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-29&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Honoring God the Son whose Second Coming is near: Holy Names, Titles and Concepts that describe Jehovah Jesus Christ The Holy Messiah. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-whose-Second-Coming-near/dp/1521473811/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1505838733&sr=8-30&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Honoring Moses and Thomas S. Monson, Prophets of God. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Moses-Thomas-Monson-Prophets/dp/1521399239/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-23&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Meditations on The Book of [the Prophet] Jacob as found in the [Holy] Book of Mormon including Meditations on The Prophet [Zenos’] Allegory of the Tame and Wild Olive Trees. https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Book-Mormon-Prophet-Jacob-ebook/dp/B07F98LM3V/ref=sr_1_38?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-38&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=611X8baOG4L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. The Holy Ghost Power and Gift. https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Ghost-Power-Gift-Meditations-ebook/dp/B06W2KB7MZ/ref=sr_1_48?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-48&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. TWELVE RULES FOR ETERNAL LIFE. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=TWELVE+RULES+FOR+ETERNAL+LIFE&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS VOLUME 1: THE MANY WITNESSES THAT “HE LIVES!” https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christ-Papers-Witnesses-Jehovah/dp/1575740214/ref=sr_1_70?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-70&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=51v8JgbrR9L&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Jesus Christ lives! The many witnesses. Volume 1. https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_pg_6?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ArICHARD+w+lINFORD&page=6&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Jesus Christ’s True Church: 70 characteristics with scriptural references. https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christs-True-Church-characteristics-ebook/dp/B01BO9849E/ref=sr_1_44?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-44&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. JESUS IS THE CHRIST, THE RESURRECTED HOLY MESSIAH. He will come someday in power and great glory. Kindle ebook edition. https://www.amazon.com/JESUS-CHRIST-RESURRECTED-HOLY-MESSIAH-ebook/dp/B07KFQZTFN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542217215&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+Jesus+is+The+Christ%2C+The+Holy+Messiah; Paperback edition. https://www.amazon.com/JESUS-CHRIST-RESURRECTED-HOLY-MESSIAH/dp/1731249470/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1542217290&sr=8-2&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+Jesus+is+The+Christ%2C+The+Holy+Messiah+Paperback&dpID=51NQQxwkjGL&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. LIFE. DEATH. he planted Utah strawberries and then he died: richard w Linford. https://www.amazon.com/planted-utah-strawberries-then-died-ebook/dp/B00ZQ1OO64/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-28&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. MARRIAGE. Choose Your Love! Love Your Choice! 22 Anti-divorce Principles for Christian Couples. https://www.amazon.com/Choose-Your-Love-Choice-Anti-divorce-ebook/dp/B011EQ9KSG/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-21&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=61DnI9110OL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. MEDITATIONS on “THE IMITATION OF CHRIST by Thomas A Kempis” BOOK ONE “Admonitions Profitable for the Spiritual Life”: Translated by Rev. William Benham. Meditations by Richard W.  https://www.amazon.com/MEDITATIONS-IMITATION-Admonitions-Profitable-Spiritual-ebook/dp/B01L2SANDW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1502471298&sr=8-4&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Meditations on Jesus the Christ and the Book of Mormon, Book of Moroni – Come unto Christ and be perfected in Him. Read the Book of Mormon at lds.org. Ask God if these things are not true. https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Jesus-Christ-Mormon-Moroni-ebook/dp/B01MDJT7R7/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1502484088&sr=8-6&keywords=richard+linford

 

 

 

 

  1. MINISTER TO THE ONE NEAREST TO YOU – MOTHER TERESA Her life – with 1248 faith promoting facts, quotes and stories This ebook and paperback book are available on amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/MINISTER-ONE-NEAREST-YOU-promoting-ebook/dp/B07JJX1YJJ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542215988&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+Minister&dpID=51GPQ02LCkL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. PEACE. PUT DOWN YOUR THOUSAND STONES – Peace between Muslim, Jew and Christian – 304 thoughts – With all thy being, be at peace! https://www.amazon.com/PUT-DOWN-YOUR-THOUSAND-STONES-ebook/dp/B01DREDVC4/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-12&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. PERSECUTION. HAUN’S MILL TREBLINKA TOO: The Persecution. https://www.amazon.com/HAUNS-MILL-TREBLINKA-TOO-Persecution-ebook/dp/B0106R3T0Y/ref=sr_1_42?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-42&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. PRAYER. PRAY ALWAYS TO OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN IN THE SACRED NAME OF HIS BELOVED SON JESUS CHRIST: The Purifying Power of Humble Prayer. https://www.amazon.com/ALWAYS-FATHER-HEAVEN-SACRED-BELOVED-ebook/dp/B01GWD5FSU/ref=sr_1_75?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-75&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. PRIESTHOOD KEYS. APOSTOLIC KEYS. All Apostolic Keys of the Holy Priesthood and Kingdom of God were conferred upon the Prophet Joseph Smith. https://www.amazon.com/APOSTOLIC-KEYS-Apostolic-Priesthood-conferred-ebook/dp/B01BPSQID8/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869792&sr=8-35&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. REPENT. Repent America or Be Destroyed Like the Jaredites! Repent and Serve The God of This Land who is Jesus Christ! https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Richard+W+Linford+Repent+America

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS – The Father, The Son, The Holy Ghost – Our Divine Origin, Mortality and Destiny. https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christ-Papers-Mortality-Destiny-ebook/dp/B01GEYJ47K/ref=sr_1_57?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-57&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. THE HOLY GHOST. POWER AND GIFT. MEDITATIONS. https://www.amazon.com/Holy-Ghost-Power-Gift-Meditations-ebook/dp/B06W2KB7MZ/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-30&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. THE LION OF JUDAH ROARS! REPENT! https://www.amazon.com/LION-JUDAH-ROARS-REPENT-Jehovah-ebook/dp/B00ZVB02DS/ref=sr_1_92?ie=UTF8&qid=1534883070&sr=8-92&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. THE MANY WITNESSES THAT “HE LIVES!” https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Christ-Papers-Witnesses-Jehovah/dp/1575740214/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1505840223&sr=8-35&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST THE MESSIAH Libretto Sacred Oratorio. The Second Coming as a destruction from the Almighty is near! Repent! https://www.amazon.com/SECOND-COMING-MESSIAH-Libretto-Oratorio-ebook/dp/B0103H3U0Q/ref=sr_1_91?ie=UTF8&qid=1534883070&sr=8-91&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. SABBATH BREAKING. Sabbath Breaking and Sports as The Worlds’ Religion: Fix it Richard! https://www.amazon.com/Sabbath-Breaking-Sports-Worlds-Religion-ebook/dp/B010MJFH06/ref=sr_1_31?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-31&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. JESUS CHRIST PAPERS. Would Jesus Christ Do That? Is the first question! https://www.amazon.com/Would-Jesus-Christ-first-question/dp/1575740168/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1505838470&sr=8-25&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. MAKE MORE PEPPERONI “MONEY.” How to Make More Pepperoni?: How did Steven Jobs; Fed de Luca; Warren Buffett; Bill Gates; Larry Ellison; Carlos Slim; Fred, Charles, David Koch; do it. https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-More-Pepperoni-pepperoni-ebook/dp/B011F4WZP2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542216656&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+How+to+make+more+pepperoni&dpID=51qKBQOtG5L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. MATEO CERVANTES SERIES. NOVEL. Mateo Cervantes – The Old Cowboy Prospector and The Buckskin Rocinante. https://www.amazon.com/Mateo-Cervantes-Prospector-Buckskin-Rocinante-ebook/dp/B06WLN34PD?keywords=Mateo+Cervantes&qid=1539887390&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1

 

 

 

 

  1. MELANIA TRUMP. MELANIA TRUMP – HONORING FLOTUS. https://www.amazon.com/MELANIA-TRUMP-Honoring-FLOTUS-intelligent/dp/1521995273/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1502471298&sr=8-2&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. 7 MARRIAGE GIFTS FOR 7 DAYS: To make your good marriage great or your bad marriage better. https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-Gifts-Days-marriage-better/dp/1575740249/ref=sr_1_69?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-69&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=41pb0KXJj-L&preST=_SX218_BO1,204,203,200_QL40_&dpSrc=srch

 

  1. 199 Ways to Make Your Good Marriage Great or Your Bad marriage Better: Romance and improve your marriage today. https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Make-Marriage-Great-Better/dp/1575740184/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-14&keywords=Richard+W+Linford; https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Make-Marriage-Great-Better/dp/1575740184/ref=sr_1_66?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878879&sr=8-66&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. How to Make More Pepperoni? How did Steven Jobs; Fred de Luca; Warren Buffett; Bill Gates; Larry Ellison; Carlos Slim; Fred, Charles, David Koch; and the Waltons make more pepperoni and how can you? https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-More-Pepperoni-pepperoni-ebook/dp/B011F4WZP2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-9&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. COWBOY POETRY. Mustangs Running With The Judas Horse: How to Write Cowboy Poetry. https://www.amazon.com/Mustangs-Running-Judas-Horse-Cowboy-ebook/dp/B010OTOLS8/ref=sr_1_88?ie=UTF8&qid=1534883070&sr=8-88&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. Honoring God the Son whose Second Coming is Near; Holy Names and Concepts that describe Jehovah Jesus Christ The Holy Messiah. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-whose-Second-Coming-near/dp/1521473811/ref=sr_1_64?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-64&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. Honoring Moses and Thomas S. Monson, Prophets of God. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-Moses-Thomas-Monson-Prophets/dp/1521399239/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-23&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. HONORING PRESIDENT MARION G. ROMNEY. Noble Apostle of Jesus the Christ the Holy Messiah. https://www.amazon.com/Honoring-President-Marion-G-Romney-ebook/dp/B077GY3ZSX/ref=sr_1_54?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-54&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. HONORING SEAN HANNITY. His critics fail in their attempts to dishonor and marginalize him. https://www.amazon.com/HONORING-SEAN-HANNITY-Political-marginalize-ebook/dp/B07HPFRFK1/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542216701&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+Honoring+Sean+Hannity

 

 

 

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. Honoring Stephen R Covey October 24, 1932 to July 16, 2012 Life is not accumulation! Think win-win! https://www.amazon.com/HONORING-STEPHEN-COVEY-October-1932-ebook/dp/B0784CYSJJ/ref=sr_1_59?ie=UTF8&qid=1534870960&sr=8-59&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. KILLING BILL O’REILLY. The LEFT tried to KILL BILL’S CAREER! They failed! Bill is back with a VENGEANCE! https://www.amazon.com/KILLING-BILL-OREILLY-CAREER-VENGEANCE-ebook/dp/B077SH9Z1X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-3&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. Push Your Limits! Honoring General John Francis Kelly! Semper Fidelis! [Always faithful! Always loyal!] The marines have landed at the US White House! https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Honoring-General-Francis-Fidelis/dp/1522066187/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1502471298&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. PERFORMANCE AND SUCCESS. PUSH YOUR LIMITS! Honoring Ueli Steck with His two Golden Ice Axes In memoriam. A revolutionary way to live your life by challenging and speed climbing your seemingly impossible physical and spiritual mountains. https://www.amazon.com/limits-Honoring-Steck-Golden-memoriam-ebook/dp/B0727ZL9QS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1502484088&sr=8-10&keywords=richard+linford

 

 

 

 

  1. DID THE PATIENT DIE ON THE OPERATING TABLE? OBAMACARE 101 THOUGHTS: Is Obama’s “Affordable Health Care” Plan affordable? Is Universal Health Care the answer? https://www.amazon.com/PATIENT-OPERATING-TABLE-OBAMACARE-THOUGHTS-ebook/dp/B01DOR17HU/ref=sr_1_79?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-79&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. DONALD TRUMP: 307 Promises and Positions. https://www.amazon.com/DONALD-TRUMP-307-Promises-Positions-ebook/dp/B01BWDHLVO/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-7&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. KILLING BILL O’REILLY. The LEFT tried to KILL BILL’S CAREER! They failed! Bill is back with a VENGEANCE! https://www.amazon.com/KILLING-BILL-OREILLY-CAREER-VENGEANCE-ebook/dp/B077SH9Z1X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-3&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. 19 Executive Orders I Recommend President Obama sign Before He Leaves Office. https://www.amazon.com/Executive-Orders-Recommend-President-Obama-ebook/dp/B010ODV0TM/ref=sr_1_89?ie=UTF8&qid=1534883070&sr=8-89&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. 50 Reasons to Honor President Barak Obama!: Even if you didn’t vote for him! https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Honor-President-Barack-Obama-ebook/dp/B010OD6FOC/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-15&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. 50 Reasons to Honor President George W. Bush!: Even if you didn’t vote for him! https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Honor-President-George-Bush-ebook/dp/B012PG4KSE/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1502484088&sr=8-8&keywords=richard+linford

 

 

 

 

  1. 28 Reasons I WILL NOT VOTE FOR Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in November! 30 Reasons I will VOTE FOR PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Hillary-November-PRESIDENT-President-ebook/dp/B01KWEX9MO/ref=sr_1_39?ie=UTF8&qid=1534869921&sr=8-39&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. Marty Mouse and The UK Brexit High Anxiety Hotel and Restaurant. A long story. An allegory. https://www.amazon.com/Marty-Mouse-Brexit-Anxiety-Restaurant/dp/152109649X/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-27&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. North Korea Solution – THE UNIFIED REPUBLIC OF KOREA! Tear down that DMZ wall Wise Leader Kim Jong-un! President Donald J. Trump. https://www.amazon.com/North-Korea-Solution-President-peacefully/dp/1521131716/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-26&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. Repent America or Be Destroyed Like the Jaredites! https://www.amazon.com/Repent-America-Destroyed-Like-Jaredites-ebook/dp/B013FDG8L8/ref=sr_1_82?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-82&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. THE ART OF THE STEAL – THE LITTLE RED POLITICAL BIBLE, ALMANAC, AND CAMPAIGN HANDBOOK. 237 LESSONS FROM THE 2015-2016 TRUMP AND OTHER AMERICAN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS. https://www.amazon.com/ART-STEAL-POLITICAL-2015-2016-CAMPAIGNS-ebook/dp/B01E7K829E/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-15&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. TRUMP: NO THIRD TERM IN WHITE HOUSE FOR BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON!: TRUMP Pence LANDSLIDE! Follow blog. https://www.amazon.com/TRUMP-HILLARY-CLINTON-LANDSLIDE-richlinfordreport-com-ebook/dp/B01LP5JR2U/ref=sr_1_72?ie=UTF8&qid=1534878985&sr=8-72&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. The Power of Best Practice and Best Practices. https://www.amazon.com/Power-Best-Practice-Practices/dp/1521361398/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-26&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. RAINMAKER, WHO STOPPED THE RAIN DANCE AND TURNED OFF MY RAIN? Rainmaking for lawyers and non-lawyers. https://www.amazon.com/RAINMAKER-STOPPED-RAIN-DANCE-TURNED-ebook/dp/B00Q7QH9NC/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-11&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. In Search of Silence. https://www.amazon.com/Search-Silence-521-quiet-thoughts-ebook/dp/B01M7UCRX8/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-10&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. SPEED LEARNING. SPEED READING.Speed Learning Checklists: How to speed learn your way to greater expertise and fortune. https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Learning-Checklists-greater-expertise-ebook/dp/B0106L853G/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-11&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. SURVIVAL CHECKLIST HANDBOOK. https://www.amazon.com/SURVIVAL-CHECKLIST-HANDBOOK-Principles-Checklists-ebook/dp/B00PXLSD6E/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-15&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. ABS. ED. LOW TESTOSTERONE, ED, AND 6-8 PACK ABS: 558 thoughts to help you maintain and increase your T, overcome ED, and build 608 Pack Abs. https://www.amazon.com/LOW-TESTOSTERONE-6-8-PACK-ABS-ebook/dp/B01BCX3Q90/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-16&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

 

  1. Think and Grow Smart!  Think and Grow Rich! The Story of Ineptitude and the foolish cutting of the Golconda Great Mogul Diamond – The Largest Diamond Found in India Coupled with 50 Tried and True Ancient and Modern Knowledge and Wealth Wisdom Principles. https://www.amazon.com/Think-Grow-Smart-Rich-Principles/dp/1521710155/ref=sr_1_21?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-21&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. 730 Ways to Compress and Extend Your Time and Get More Done. For Businesses, Non-profit organizations, Professional firms, Librarians, and Clergy who have SO MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH! SO LITTLE TIME! https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Compress-Extend-Your-Time-ebook/dp/B012BLRWFG/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868603&sr=8-18&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

  1. Waiting with Brutus Caesar Anthony the 7th and William and Mary Waiting for SAM THE MECHANIC MAN, A long story. An allegory for our auto-driven times. I write. You read. You decide. https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Brutus-Anthony-William-MECHANIC/dp/1521158010/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-25&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. The White Unicorn Code: Mystery of the Lady with the Unicorn and other Unicorn tapestries. https://www.amazon.com/White-Unicorn-Code-Mystery-tapestries/dp/1452852383/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1502487183&sr=8-13&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

  1. WEIGHT REDUCTION. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AND SUGAR BELLY: 550 thoughts to help you lose your ugly fat and rip your set of six or eight pack abs no matter your age! https://www.amazon.com/HIGH-FRUCTOSE-SYRUP-SUGAR-BELLY-ebook/dp/B01B554JAK/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1534868802&sr=8-20&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD&dpID=617Lfk2i3XL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. WORLD PRISON REFORM SOLUTIONS? 2016 – 2017 INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH REPORT  In Search of Prison Reform — Are our prisons an ethical stain on American society? https://www.amazon.com/WORLD-PRISON-REFORM-SOLUTIONS-2016-ebook/dp/B01N3LDTJ5/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1505837336&sr=8-7&keywords=Richard+W.+Linford

 

  1. WORLD ANTI-TERRORISM SOLUTIONS IN SEARCH OF POSITIVE WAYS TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM 2016 – 2017 COUNTER TERRORISM RESEARCH REPORT 1st Edition. https://www.amazon.com/WORLD-ANTI-TERRORISM-SOLUTIONS-BIBLE-TERRORISM-ebook/dp/B01N4A1UVN/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1542216822&sr=8-1&keywords=Richard+W+Linford+In+Search+of+Positive&dpID=51DLvlksHKL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

 

 

 

 

  1. WORLD WATER SOLUTIONS? 2016 – 2017 INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH REPORT: CHEAP? WATER PURIFICATION, SALT WATER DESALINATION, ATMOSPHERIC WATER GENERATION. https://www.amazon.com/WORLD-WATER-SOLUTIONS-2016-PURIFICATION-ebook/dp/B01M12XHTA/ref=sr_1_32?ie=UTF8&qid=1502473575&sr=8-32&keywords=Richard+W+Linford

 

 

 

 

  1. YOU ARE GREAT. YOU HAVE THE POWER! BECAUSE YOU ARE GREAT! Paint yourself a WHITE, BLACK, GREEN, RED, GOLD SWAN today (My free verse poem). https://www.amazon.com/YOU-HAVE-POWER-BECAUSE-GREAT-ebook/dp/B011D9024K/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1534865760&sr=8-13&keywords=rICHARD+w+lINFORD

 

 

 

 

  1. A Number of Articles and Papers, one of the most read Ensign articles from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is his 20 Ways to Make Your Good Marriage Great, Ensign 1983. He was responsible for writing and producing an earlier version of The Church Welfare Services Handbook and Essentials of Home Production and Storage and similar manuals. A Number of Talks, Poems, and Critical Reports. [Not found at amazon.com.]

 

 

 

 

  1. His art – 800+ oil and acrylic paintings – is found at richard-w-linford.pixels.com

 

  1. One of his blogs – POTUSWARS(tm)(c) FLOTUSWATCH(tm)(c) PEACE! RichLinfordReport(tm)(c) richlinfordreport.com

 

 

 

 

  1. RECUSAL OF JEFF SESSIONS! RECUSAL OF MATTHEW WHITAKER?
  2. Was the AG Sessions’ recusal engineered to the extreme harm of POTUS TRUMP? Yes. Should recusal apply to Acting AG Whitaker? No.
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