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I better think about practicing a Southern drawl and ditch the New England sound, 'y'all'

We'll check when we see his income tax returns and keep you posted on that.

Just to add another fact that might even be adding insult to injury. The number of elector college votes allocated to each State is supposed to be representative of the population of that State. In 2010 there was a reapportionment of electoral votes but California didn't get even one additional electoral college vote when in fact, according to the U.S. census numbers, California should have close to three times as many votes as they currently have if it's based on population.

The really horrible thing is that we're all going to be so fucked that we'll be too fucked to even care about gloating and saying "see? told you so".

I honestly don't imagine any of Trump supporters will feel buyers remorse unless something happens that's so horrible that they'll stop and question, 'what the hell did I do?' But, it's going to take a lot and something really awful to make people openly admit they were wrong and voted a monster into the White House. People hate admitting mistakes, especially his supporters.

Oh no, it's not dumb at all! Sure Congress can make a ruling like you suggest but there's already a law in place that says; The Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause,” provides that “no person holding any office of profit or trust under” the United States “shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.” The diplomats’ efforts in seek Trump’s favor by staying in his hotel “looks like a gift,” Painter told ThinkProgress in an email, and thus is the very kind of favor the Constitution seeks to prevent." But his Congress will be a Republican Congress and one that will never choose to rule negatively against the new President.

I'm wondering why we really haven't been able to have some communicate in this forum with people that support Donald Trump. They're here, I know it. I have only seen one or two comments and they were both anti-Hillary and not pro-Trump. Do they choose not to dialog because they feel a bit outnumbered, are they fearful of being ganged up on, or are they just not open to an honest dialog with Trump detractors? Everyone here is articulate and respectful from what I've seen and I don't think a Trump supporter would be admonished or belittled intentionally. But I honestly would like the perspective of someone that really believes all the campaign promises and why they believe it. I want to understand how they're comfortable and hopeful with the incoming President. For the past months all I've taken away from debates and rallies has been insults at each other, mean spirited antagonism and boastful promises. What I never really saw between any candidate was a calm and honest discussion and detailed plans of the ideas they have for the future of the United States. I'd like to get some real insight, thoughts and feelings as to what attached them to Donald Trump other than a dislike of Hillary Clinton. I'm not blind by Democratic loyalties I know the party failed a lot of Americans and I'm more than happy to welcome change as long as it's positive change for everyone.

As President, he pretty much can. There are swastikas popping up everywhere, there's a cabinet of civil rights deniers being formed and we have a leader who put a white nationalist right at his side. These aren't signs of unity, these are warning shots fired directly at everyone that's not white, straight or Christian*. *sorry meant Christian, not Muslim

Here's a readout of Dixon's statement: “We have a guest in the audience this evening. Vice President-elect Pence I see you walking out, but I hope you will hear us just a few more moments. There’s nothing to boo here ladies and gentlemen. We have a message for you sir. We hope that you will hear us out. I encourage everyone to pull out your phones and tweet because this message needs to be spread far and wide. Vice President-elect Pence we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us here at Hamilton, an American Musical. We really do. We sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, out children, our parents or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir. But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us. All of us. We truly thank you for sharing in this show, this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men, women of different colors, creeds and orientations and we truly hope that you heard our message sir, because you all represent all of us." Dixon added: "We don't have to fight one another. The beautiful part of this country is ... we don't have to agree, but we gotta live here, baby, and share with one another." THAT! lol

Good post. I just want to add a couple of things. If he didn't settle the case then a third case brought by N.Y. attorney general could be brought to trial during the presidency. Now, that case is officially settled too, but if that had happened, Trump would have had to take the stand. His financials including his tax returns would be open for scrutiny in addition to his denials of fraudulent practices which could be refuted by witnesses. This could technically open the door to Congress pursuing impeachment proceedings against Trump. The settlement will likely help the country turn the page on the sordid details of President-elect Trump's alleged fraud and avoid the embarrassment of his testimony and potential loss at trial. He saved his ass by settling for 25 million, which is the largest settlement ever paid out by Donald Trump in one of the over 250 lawsuits against him. But considering that Trump University brought in more than 40 million to his pocket, he got away easy.

In reference to the coal industry and the votes that sector of the population brought to Trump. The people in the coal industry, both miners and corporations, voted for Trump to save their jobs. Policymakers on both sides of the aisle say they cannot see any way for Trump to save the coal industry, whose decline they attribute as much to market forces as Obama-era regulation. But that's not going to be a big hurdle to get beyond, Trump will just change the regulations and the bill will pass. Keep in mind that regulation for cleaner air was issued through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA and requires states to come up with plans to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector. Scrapping the plan will definitely slow the decline of coal but it will not be enough to stop it entirely and it certainly cannot bring back the jobs that have already disappeared. Donald Trump has promised to do away with the EPA altogether. It's a far different world than it was even a short decade ago, coal isn't in demand as it was in the past. Ten years ago coal provided half of the energy used for power generation in the U.S., but fracking has driven a boom in the country’s supply of natural gas and made it a cheaper alternative in most cases. Coal struggles to compete with renewable energy sources like wind and solar in locations where those resources are abundant. There isn’t a lot of investment activity because in some cases it looks more economically attractive for firms to invest in cleaner technologies. Coal mining has been a declining job market for a long time and it's due to progress and advancements in clean energy. Who wants to go back to dirty air and more global warming?

He can demand whatever he wants to demand. The fact is that he was just as much angered at the people that booed Mike Pence, and he can't extract any justice from them. 'Too bad-so sad' is what I say. V.P. Mike Pence and President Trump better get used to being booed. It's going to happen and it's all part of being the winner. But these guys don't really give a crap because they're still rubbing their hands together gleefully knowing that no matter what people think, they're going to proceed doing exactly what they said they would, and the hell with everyone else if they don't like it.

Padma, I have had both a Twitter and Facebook account for many years. I was concerned about protection of my privacy when I created those two accounts so I used a new email address I created specifically for them and used fictional personal information. I didn't want to share anything personal online. I rarely ever used either account until this year. I don't communicate with family and friends through Facebook, I think it can create some problems even though it works for many people to be able to interact with family they can't have a face to face relationship with close members of family due to logistics. But, I have found that in the past year, I have really been extremely involved politically through both Facebook and Twitter because of this election. If Donald Trump can use Twitter to win the Presidency, which he essentially did through spreading of lies and propaganda, then I feel that I can use both Facebook and Twitter to counterpoint or refute whatever his policies. It will continue to be the only way that I can voice my opinion to precisely those I wish to hear it. I would definitely encourage anyone that doesn't currently have a Twitter account to create one. I use Firefox and I have created an entire bookmarked folder titled 'Facebook and twitter' in which I keep a slew of Twitter accounts that I want to access quickly.

I wouldn't underestimate the thickness of Donald Trump's skin. I don't believe he has ever gotten his feelings hurt, he's not even capable of it. If he feels insulted, he gets even. It's that simple. That's the difference between a person with normal mentality and one with a dysfunctional one. Insults, finger-pointing, and personal attacks and condemnation just don't faze him. He takes names, his motivation is to extract revenge on what he sees as an enemy. His feelings won't be hurt by anti-Trump protesters, heck he might even like that attention, it's negative but still attention. If anything, he believes that he's so powerful that all he has to do is look into the television camera and sternly say 'stop it'. He'll never believe that he won't be able to control "all the people, all the time". He should have read more of Abraham Lincoln's writings than merely comparing himself with Lincoln.

There's a very long Trump-list so I just shortened it to what would make Trump, his cabinet and the millions who voted for him happy. These are four most important things they want the most. They want blacks to be silent, gays back in the closet, Muslims invisible, and women in the kitchen.

Not for anything else other than some 'shits n giggles' if you enjoy watching Kaleigh Mcenany get 'owned' this should give you some little satisfaction, it did for me. (start 0:30)

It was awesome and although Mike Pence had left his seat in the theater he was still there in the wings and heard it all.

I'd really be interested to know how many of his supporters are watching how he's choosing his cabinet and are starting to question their choice of president? I wonder if any will have 'Brexit remorse'? In the UK, there's 3 million signatures on a petition to have a referendum to reverse Brexit and change their vote from leave to stay. As things take shape in the Trump presidency how many that voted for him will begin to have buyer's remorse?

CNN actually did a piece about this, about how social media has replaced legitimate journalism. Stories and articles can appear online and claim whatever they want and people believe it, take it as true investigative reporting. People that want to believe the story just accept it as truth while those that doubt the story will do the homework and fact-check it or check the source of the article. It's dangerous and people can accuse, blame and lie about anything online, people believe it because they want to. I always check the source of an article, it's important because it's easy to be deceived. Essentially Donald Trump won this election with Twitter and putting out claims and accusations that were totally false, but his followers believed that since 'he' said it, then it's 100% true.

This is the most clever part of all that Wikileaks bullshit. I've seen some of the 'leaked' emails and no Republican would want us to see those because they made her appear generous, concerned about kids somewhere, or attempts to help someone in need. Those aren't what the Republicans want us to see. The ones that 'threatened National security' were never talked about, printed, published, or spoken of as far as content. Know why? because there weren't any. The excuse for not showing them or talking about their content, "It would jeopardize National security". That's a crock because they were able to condemn her without proof.

Seriously, the appointments for his cabinet that Donald Trump is making is actually making my knees buckle, my palms sweat and my heart race with fear. Jeff Sessions at Attorney General, Mike Flynn as National Security Advisor, Stephen Bannon as Chief Strategist. And it's still a pretty sure thing that Rudy Giuliani will be given a cabinet post as Chief of Foreign Affairs. God helps us all. This administration is turning out to be as scary, bigoted and abnormal as most people feared. And allowing Ivanka siting in with his first meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister? I mean, what the hell?

Unfortunately he can't get those type of briefs from Twitter or even the National Enquirer. These are all top secret briefs from the heads of national and foreign security that are given to the President every single morning.. He's not going to be able to do it and he knows that, that's why he wants his son in law, Jared Kusher there to read them for him and condense it and give him a synopsis. Donald Trump is hiring the staff that will do his job because he's incapable of doing it.

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