TRUMP BUDGET DETAILS--Briefing by Mick Mulvaney--Links to WaPo and NYT articles about gory specifics

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Monday May 22, 2017 · 9:27 PM PDT

2017/05/22 · 21:27

This will be fast and dirty. I waited for someone else to post something, and I looked for an appropriate diary for me to add this news, but here you are, before everyone hits the hay.

Monday afternoon (I know it’s Tuesday on the coast closest to the Mideast), Trump’s Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, held a briefing on the budget.

During the briefing, Mulvaney bragged that illegal aliens would be denied the child-care tax credit and the earned-income tax credit. A correspondent for the Russian news agency Sputnik asked whether that wouldn’t harm children of their families who had been born here, and thus were American citizens.

The exchange has been reported in the Washington Post in an article by Dana Milbank. It was an exchange because Mulvaney, probably unaware that the man was a reporter for Sputnik, argued back, saying that the reporter wasn’t considering whether it was fair to taxpayers and that “we have all kinds of other programs” for poor kids.

At that, some other reporter at the briefing spoke up, saying “You’re cutting that, too.”

The Post is running this headline above Milbank’s article: “Trump’s budget Is so cruel a Russian propaganda outfit set the White House straight”.

Here’s a link to the article: www.washingtonpost.com/...

CORRECTION: In the first link to a New York Times article below my public service announcement, I forgot to credit Julie Hirschfield Davis. We want to let the folks with bylines know we appreciate all their hard work.

NOTICE: Annieli has posted a diary about Trump’s Hater Budget, which sets forth some of the detail covered by the articles to which I’ve linked.

Moderator for a Day

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Tuesday October 04, 2016 · 7:28 PM PDT

2016/10/04 · 19:28

Motivated by the vice-presidential debate, which still is going on, I’d like to ask my fellow Kossaks how they would act as moderator to control some of the stuff going on. If you were moderating a debate, how would assist or control the candidates? I realize that moderators must respect the candidates, but I think that can be done with a firmer hand.

For example, about midway in the debate, having taken stock of the parroting of pre-planned talking points, the insults, and the cross-talking, I would not flinch from saying something like “Candidate, this time I'd like you to answer the question asked instead of immediately going off in another direction."

At the risk of compromising this “story", by going off in another direction myself, I want to mention that the media folks who ask why Hillary Clinton has high negatives somehow ignore the decades-long efforts by Republicks to build those negative impressions.

But now, I want to hear how some of you would act, as moderator for a day.

Yahoo Mail is classing e-mail from Democratic groups as spam

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Friday May 14, 2010 · 9:03 PM PDT

2010/05/14 · 21:03

Over the past month or so, I have had a problem with Yahoo Mail: e-mail messages to me from Democratic groups and liberal groups (groups like the NAACP, which don't contain the words "Democrat" or "Democratic" in their names) have been classed as Spam, instead of having been placed in my Inbox.

I'm writing this diary both to ask if anyone else has had this experience and to memorialize what has been happening to my e-mail.

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Have you had any partisan problems with Yahoo Mail?

42 votes Vote Now!

Have you had any partisan problems with Yahoo Mail?

Yes

19 votes

23 votes

GasBuddy's "Gas Temperature Map"

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Tuesday May 06, 2008 · 8:35 AM PDT

2008/05/06 · 08:35

Forgive me if links to the "Gas Temperature Map" maintained by the GasBuddy site appeared in the diaries by Jerome a Paris or the other Kossacks who have written on the subject recently. Oregon ballots have gone out through the mail and voting has begun (to conclude May 20th), so I've been busy lately. Also, if I had seen one of the other diaries on gas prices posted today, I would have appended this link in a comment.

I found the national county-by-county graphic of average prices for regular unleaded so interesting that I wanted to bring it to your attention. I'll mention a few reasons why I found it interesting below the fold, but I'd like to hear what reaction others have.

Here, above the fold, is the link to the USA map (Canadians, there's one for you, too): Gas Temperature Map .

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What's your reaction to the map?

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What's your reaction to the map?

I find it fascinating

18 votes

It's a bit interesting

8 votes

Thanks for the link to GasBuddy

1 vote

Ho hum

1 vote

I'm a graphic designer, and...

1 vote

As a weatherperson, I protest

0 votes

The map's all wrong

0 votes

A waste of bandwidth

3 votes

Are Republicks showing up here, trying to mess with DailyKos?

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Friday March 23, 2007 · 9:04 AM PDT

2007/03/23 · 09:04

I spent more than ten years helping to moderate an Internet site which had nothing to do with politics. That experience has made me a bit more sensitive about attempts by outsiders to interfere with an Internet community, because there were times during those years when my fellow moderators and I had to fend off attacks on that community, either by individuals or by small groups.

Recently, while the current scandal regarding the firing of the U.S. attorneys has been developing, I've noticed what looks to me like Republicks showing up here, trying to mess with us and with this site.

I suspect that, hurt by Democratic criticism of their regime and their heroes, and angry about any part played by us in multiplying their troubles, some of them are trying to strike back. If that's happening, I don't advocate taking any special steps to fend off the attack. I think it's sufficient to mention the possibility, so that we continue to exercise a modest amount of skepticism, either when Democratic leaders are attacked, as Majority Leader Reid was this morning, or when other outrageous statements are made by users new to this site.

Strike for peace (poll)

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Tuesday December 12, 2006 · 2:53 PM PST

2006/12/12 · 14:53

If you haven't read Maccabee's recommended diary, Bush Has No Idea How Much Trouble He Is In, take some time to do so. As I read the discussion there, and as I pondered the announcement I'd read in Yahoo News, Bush to announce Iraq plan in January, that Bush's prime-time, televised speech to the nation about the "new ideas" for conducting his war in Iraq has been postponed, an idea occurred to me. We can act before Christmas; we can demonstrate that we're not children waiting to be led by some paternalistic Great Pretender. We can strike for peace.

Below the fold, I'll re-state most of the comment I posted to Maccabee's diary.

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How do we force Bush to change war policy?

15 votes Vote Now!

How do we force Bush to change war policy?

Strike for peace on Friday, December 22

6 votes

Strike for peace on some other day before Christmas

0 votes

Strike for peace in December after Christmas

0 votes

Strike for peace on Tuesday, January 2

2 votes

Strike for peace in January before Bush "speaks to the nation"

2 votes

Write letters to the editor to newspapers

1 vote

Picket broadcast stations

0 votes

Picket post offices

0 votes

Picket the White House

0 votes

Wear big paper hearts, to show how the Republicks love the war

1 vote

Pray

3 votes

Feel like freeping a movie review? POLL

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Monday September 11, 2006 · 6:16 PM PDT

2006/09/11 · 18:16

If you feel like doing something else while Bush reads his speechwriters' and political advisors' words in the background (or if, like me, you prefer to read about what was said tomorrow), you might try rating an article over at Yahoo news which Republican Party types seem to be downrating while Bush addresses the nation.

That article is the one which reports about "Death of a President", the film about a fictional assassination of George Bush which is scheduled to run on TV in Great Britain and which is playing at the Toronto Film Festival.

Here's a link to the article, which I rated up:
http://news.yahoo.com/... .

Chafee endorsement followup (poll)

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Tuesday April 25, 2006 · 3:48 PM PDT

2006/04/25 · 15:48

I haven't seen anyone else following up on the diary Markos wrote last week about the Rhode Island chapter of the Sierra Club endorsing Senator Lincoln Chafee for re-election.

So...below the fold, I set forth in its entirety the reply I just received from the national Political Desk at the Sierra Club, which contains their arguments supporting the endorsement. After I had read the diary, I had sent the people at the Desk an e-mail message asking who the idiots who decided to endorse Chafee were.

I don't consider the response the last word in the matter, but I thought that fellow Kossacks might like to see it. Read More

For-profit traffic enforcement (poll)

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Wednesday April 19, 2006 · 9:44 AM PDT

2006/04/19 · 09:44

The toughest thing about putting this diary together has been coming up with a title. I could have named it "implications of red light cameras", or "do you have a spare $350?", or "have you heard about Redflex?", or, as one Web site has, "highway robbery".

Some of you may have received citations generated by automated traffic enforcement devices, either red light cameras or photo radar units. I didn't start looking into the situation until I received such a citation last fall. Because I didn't have a spare $350 at the time, I decided to "fight the ticket".

My research opened my eyes, and I'm going to relay some of my findings below the fold. To begin with, let me ask you whether you realize that an Australian defense contractor is taking slices out of red light and speeding fines in a number of states and whether you know that the annual reports for that corporation predict that its revenues from such for-profit traffic enforcement will grow to BILLIONS of dollars. Read More

Astonishing new Army enlistment bonus

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 3:51 AM PST

2006/01/11 · 03:51

Somehow, I suspected it would come to this.

As one of the "innovative recruiting initiatives" authorized by the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act, the office of the commanding general for the U.S. Third Army, Lt. Gen. R. Steven Whitcomb, has announced that applicants for enlistment AND re-enlistment who volunteer for service within the territory of Central Command now qualify for bonuses which are competitive with those long offered to certain members of opposing forces, the well-known offer relating to the availability of 72 virgins in paradise.

Here's a link to the DefenseLINK news article which refers generally to the initiatives: article . The specific Military Personnel message which announces the new CENTCOM enlistment bonus appears below the fold.

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Tuesday November 29, 2005 · 1:25 PM PST

2005/11/29 · 13:25

The early coverage has been submerged in the A.P. article about the Chimp's campaign appearance today for an endangered Republican congresswoman in Denver, but 300 chanting, drumming demonstrators stood up for America, by protesting loudly.

Here's all that the A.P. article by Steven Paulson says about the demonstration, but it generated terrific visuals, which we should see re-played in tonight's news;

About 300 people blew whistles, pounded on pots and pans and chanted "Impeach Bush" in a noisy but largely peaceful protest before Bush arrived Tuesday.

Protesters briefly blocked the path of two press buses that were trailing the motorcade, and some shouted and made obscene gestures before police cleared them out of the way. The motorcade was not blocked.

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Tuesday October 25, 2005 · 3:56 AM PDT

2005/10/25 · 03:56

For those of you who didn't participate in the Red Eye diary and thread, it was announced that Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell's former chief of staff while Secretary of State, has an op-ed piece in this morning's Los Angeles Times.

Here's a link to that op-ed piece, which is guaranteed to delight and amaze you:
The White House cabal .

I think that the op-ed piece goes beyond the speech Wilkerson delivered last week, but you'll have to make up your own minds about that. I quote my favorite sentences from the end of the piece below the fold.

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Chafee endorsement followup (poll)

For-profit traffic enforcement (poll)

Astonishing new Army enlistment bonus

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Wilkerson op-ed piece in today's LA Times