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The Official Paracast Political Thread! — Part Four

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Here are a few of the Trump administration’s lies du jour in which the faithful may, or, may not find as disheartening.

"The new guidelines call for the targeting of undocumented immigrants not just 100 miles from the border or less but all over the country."

"This means no one is safe from deportation even if you have been here for 30 years, have raised a family, do not know your own home country anymore and have worked, paid taxes, and have lived peacefully in the community you have called home for decades."

Deportation force: Trump's new immigration rules are based on lies
 
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If you have some time, listen to this interview between Mike Wallace and Aldous Huxley (Brave New World) back in 1958. (Almost 60 years ago)

For a hair raising moment start the interview at the 12:00 minute point while thinking about Trump and Twitter.


Aldous Huxley died on the same day JFK was shot in Dallas.
 
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The Travel Press is Reporting the 'Trump Slump,' a Devastating Drop in Tourism to the United States
Experts across the travel industry are warning that masses of tourists are being scared away from visiting the United States, and the loss of tourism jobs could be devastating.
LINK: The Travel Press is Reporting the 'Trump Slump,' a Devastating Drop in Tourism to the United States | Frommer's
TEXT Excerpted: "According to the Global Business Travel Association, in only a single week following announcement of the ban against certain foreign tourists, the activity of business travel declined by nearly $185 million."​
 
Trump’s Forgotten Man - Bill Maher's Blog
LINK: Trump’s Forgotten Man
TEXT Excerpted: "Trump won in part by masquerading as an anti-Wall Street guy, the orange Bernie Sanders. He said, unlike Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton, who were owned by Goldman Sachs, “I want to save the middle class… the hedge fund guys didn’t build this country. These are guys that shift paper around and they get lucky.” He said, “The hedge fund guys are getting away with murder. They’re making a tremendous amount of money. They have to pay taxes.”

"Exactly one week after the election, Trump ditched the press corps to eat at The 21 Club in midtown Manhattan. An NBC News correspondent took a cell phone video of what he told the other rich diners, though, as he shook their hands: 'We’ll get your taxes down – don’t worry about it.'

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"The forgotten man gets nothing, only the illusion that creating problems for immigrants with solve their own. They won’t – they’ll make them worse. One thing economists agree on: immigration keeps our economy growing. America’s baby makin’ days are pretty much over – we have to pick up the slack somehow.

"But for any forgotten men and women out there who still doubt they’ve been conned, look at the stock market right now. According to economist Michael Madowitz, 'Since election day, 5 finance stocks alone account for 42 percent of DOW gains, Goldman Sachs alone accounts for 25 percent of DOW gains.' "​
 
He's going to improve the economy, but we'll have to pay tariffs, fewer tourists will visit, there will be tax cuts for the wealthy, who will socket it away in the Cayman Islands. Yes, he'll improve his economy. The economy of his wealthy cohorts, but nobody else.
 
Bannon: Trump administration is in unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’
LINK: Bannon: Trump administration is in unending battle for ‘deconstruction of the administrative state’
TEXT Excerpted: Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s reclusive chief strategist and the intellectual force behind his nationalist agenda, said Thursday that the new administration is locked in an unending battle against the media and other globalist forces to “deconstruct” an outdated system of governance.

In his first public speaking appearance since Trump took office, Bannon made his comments alongside White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at a gathering of conservative activists. They sought to prove that they are not rivals but partners in fighting on Trump’s behalf to transform Washington and the world order.

“They’re going to continue to fight,” Bannon said of the media, which he repeatedly described as “the opposition party,” and other forces he sees as standing in the president’s way. “If you think they are giving you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken.”

Atop Trump’s agenda, Bannon said, was the “deconstruction of the administrative state” — meaning a system of taxes, regulations and trade pacts that the president and his advisers believe stymie economic growth and infringe upon one’s sovereignty.

“If you look at these Cabinet nominees, they were selected for a reason, and that is deconstruction,” Bannon said. He posited that Trump’s announcement withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership was “one of the most pivotal moments in modern American history.”

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Last week, Trump tweeted an extraordinary condemnation of the media, calling news organizations “the enemy of the American People.”

Bannon picked up that theme Thursday in his remarks at CPAC: “They’re corporatist, globalist media that are adamantly opposed to an economic nationalist agenda like Donald Trump has.”

Bannon also said, “If you look at the opposition party and how they portrayed the campaign and how they portrayed the transition and how they portray the administration, it’s always wrong.”

Priebus agreed, saying that he thinks the biggest misconception about the Trump administration in its first month is “everything that you’re reading.” He and Bannon were defiant about the way they have been represented in the media, insisting that they were close friends and partners and that reports of power struggles were flat wrong.

Priebus said that after “attacking” Trump during the campaign, journalists “now feed ridiculous stories, and all we do every day — and all President Trump does every day — is hit his agenda, every single day.”

Bannon added, “Just like they were dead wrong on the chaos of the campaign and just like they were dead wrong on the chaos of the transition, they are absolutely dead wrong on what they’re reporting today.” He said “all” of Trump’s campaign promises would be implemented in short order.
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They tried to put a nice face on the departure of Colmes from the show he did with Hannity some years back. But I suspect he split because he was not given a fair shake as Hannity's fanaticism overshadowed his more gentle approach to debate. He was interrupted and talked over constantly. That's how Fox News generally treats the liberals they bring on, giving them very little chance to talk.
 
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