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Dang! Look at all those super successful people all in one room. That would make me happy to. Not a single one of them relying on the government for a single thing. Nice.

Two weeks before his presidential inauguration, Donald Trump met with leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, who briefed him on the Russian hacking scandal. Almost immediately after the private discussion, Trump straight-up lied about what he'd learned, insisting in a statement that intelligence professionals told him Russia's operation had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of the election."

The intelligence community hadn't said that at all. Trump just made it up.

But in the same written statement, the Republican added that the nation's cyber infrastructure is at risk and he announced that his team would produce a new cybersecurity plan "within 90 days " of his inauguration. A week later, he had a related tweet pointing to the same deadline.

Politico published an interesting status-check today.

Quote:

Thursday, Trump hits his 90-day mark. There is no team, there is no plan, and there is no clear answer from the White House on who would even be working on what.

Is Political Art the Only Art That Matters Now?

I guess we could say [Sarah Palin is] Tina Fey successful, right? I mean the only reason people still remember Tina Fay is due to her pretending to Palin. I'd say she's at least that successful. Oh, and she was a Governor for awhile I heard.

Have you been a Governor Blatham?

The corporate culture orchestrated by maestro Murdoch over the decades has traditionally shied away from doing the right thing—until he doesn't have a choice. In 2011, Murdoch endured the charges of phone-hacking and bribery charges against his News of the World tabloid as long as he could and then stanched the damage by dramatically closing the entire paper. The sacking of O’Reilly follows that template: Resist, resist, resist, resist some more, and then fold to protect the core and live to transgress again. Also, take excellent care of the alleged transgressors. Ailes got $40 million from Murdoch on his way out. O’Reilly is said to be getting up to $25 million. Remember Murdoch executive Rebekah Brooks, who resigned over the phone-hacking scandal? Rupert hired her back.

Japan, China Offer America Critical Investments: -
- New U.S. Economic Policy Needed Immediately! -
Feb. 7 -- American working people and citizens generally elected
Donald Trump because their lives have been devastated by economic
collapse in the era of "globalization," which they cannot stand
any longer. They need, again, the "American System," going back
to Alexander Hamilton's vision of the leading manufacturing and
inventing nation in the world. We now have a chance for that, if
we act quickly.
The panic-stricken Democratic Party, with some of its leaders calling for mass resistance against an election outcome they refuse to accept, has to wake up. Do they want a "color
revolution" of groups funded by mega speculator George Soros to
overthrow the U.S. government -- an "American Maidan" as in
Ukraine?
Free trade, environmentalist policies and Wall Street bank
bailouts have injured millions, just as badly under Obama and
Clinton as under the Bushes. Constant "regime-change" wars by
Bush and Obama have ruined countries and spread terrorism
worldwide; and their ultimate target has been Putin's Russia,
which is ready for cooperation to defeat the terrorists.
Recently, extraordinarily fortunate proposals have been made
by government officials in Japan and China, to mobilize major
investments to attack the worst problem in the American economy
-- its obsolete and broken infrastructure.
A second meeting of President Trump with Japanese Prime
Minister Abe is scheduled this Friday, Feb. 10, accompanied by
Cabinet-level meetings involving the President's nominees for
Commerce Secretary and Trade Representative. Nikkei Press Agency
reported yesterday that up to nearly 5% of Japan's $1.4 trillion
national pension fund, the GPIF, could be invested, as Abe said
Feb. 1: "I wish to discuss [Japanese] contributions toward
improved productivity and competitiveness in the entire U.S.
industrial sector, or a large framework that includes aid for
infrastructure development." In addition, reported Nikkei,
"Long-term financing for high-speed rail projects in Texas and
California would be provided through such avenues as the Japan
Bank for International Cooperation."
At the same time, the head of China's sovereign wealth
funds, Mr. Ding Xuedong of the China Investment Corporation, has
stated that those funds would like to convert their holdings of
U.S. Treasury securities, estimated to be as much as $100
billion, into an "infrastructure build" in the United States.
But the United States has no national bank or credit
institution to organize such investments. It is unprepared to
direct them away from speculators, and into high-technology
infrastructure projects and scientific advances. And without
restoring the Glass-Steagall Act, it cannot shut off the massive
Wall Street speculation casinos which have crashed the economy.
This sets a very short timetable for action.
In order to seize these opportunities, U.S. economic policy
has to be dramatically {and rapidly} changed from the
"globalization and deindustrialization" era -- as is necessary in
any case. Reinstate Glass-Steagall. Establish a "Hamiltonian"
national bank for infrastructure and manufacturing. Plan new
high-technology platforms like a national high-speed rail grid,
revitalized exploration of space, development of fusion and
plasma technologies.
These reflect Lyndon LaRouche's "Four Laws to save the
nation." Some of these are President Trump's promises, yet
unacted on. A national mobilization to hold his feet to the fire
on them, is the only sane thing to do.

The panic-stricken Democratic Party, with some of its leaders calling for mass resistance against an election outcome they refuse to accept, has to wake up. Do they want a "color revolution" of groups funded by mega speculator George Soros to overthrow the U.S. government -- an "American Maidan" as in Ukraine?

David Frum‏Verified account @davidfrum 24m24 minutes ago
David Frum Retweeted Damian Paletta
“I will shut down the government unless Democrats pay for the wall I said Mexico would pay for.” Genius.

It doesn't prove anything other than the usual posturing. NK's nuclear deterrent is based on a strike first policy if threatened. The NK leadership is showing the, spun to ****, consequences of an attack on NK. They're saying they will respond with nukes. They've been saying that all along. Nothing has changed, just they've made a film to get the attention of people like you.

Shhhhh
Gallup reports that Trump’s average first-quarter job approval rating is 41 percent, the worst in modern history by a substantial margin. By way of comparison, Barack Obama’s first-quarter approval was 63 percent.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/208778/trump-job-approval-first-quarter-lowest-points.aspx
h/t Paul Waldman