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Trump fires up anti-WEF demo in Bern

US President Donald Trump arrives in Davos at the World Economic Forum (WEF). The anti-WEF demo in Bern next Saturday could now become an anti-Trump demo.

At the end of this month, the world's political and economic elite will once again meet at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. For the opponents this means: protest. The Revolutionary Alliance of Zurich calls for resistance on its website. The Revolutionary Youth Group (RJG) also called for a demo in Bern on January 13th. In the city of Bern, however, the anti-WEF protest has calmed down in recent days. However, the participation of US President Donald Trump seems to revive the whole action. On January 23, a demonstration against the US president in Zurich will take place under the motto: Trump not welcome!

The Revolutionary Youth Group (RJG) has promptly responded to Facebook: "Anyone looking for a reason ... to the demo against the WEF," the group posts on the platform, referring to Trump's participation in the WEF in Davos. "Trump shows as a proxy that no real solutions should be found in Davos," writes the collective later on Wednesday afternoon. Also on the short message service Twitter Berner politicians comment on Trump's travel plan to Switzerland. "Donald Trump comes to Davos to the WEF? We'll see that later ... »writes Juso boss Tamara Funiciello on Twitter. It is clear to Funiciello: "The Juso will certainly not stand still when this racist and sexist jerk comes to Switzerland."

The protest against the WEF is also an agenda item at the Juso city of Bern. On Twitter, she announces participation in the demo next Saturday. "We expect a loud but peaceful demo," says Vera Diener, spokeswoman for the Juso city of Bern. The Juso city of Bern would not protest primarily against Trump, but against the whole WEF and its players. The participation had already been planned before Trump's announcement. "But this sexist idiot is one more reason to go out on the street," said Diener.

To protest against Trump's visit, people are not just walking on the street, they are also using the internet. The newly founded Swiss NGO Campax tries to prevent Trump's arrival with an online petition. We call for "World first, not America first" writes the organization in the media release. In Britain, widespread protests have prevented Trump's visit to this day. The online protest should now do the same thing in Switzerland.

Authorities are defensive

In addition, after the planned trip of the American President, the police must reassess the situation. The cantonal police of Bern announced at the beginning of January to monitor the situation regarding the demonstration. For Christoph Gnägi, spokesman for the Cantonal Police of Bern, it is entirely conceivable that Trump's participation in the WEF could lead to a larger number of participants in a rally in the city of Bern. Anyway, "a corresponding dispositif will be provided." This will be adapted to the situation based on the assessment of the situation, according to Gnägi.

The authorities are also more defensive about Trump's influence on the anti-WEF demo. According to Bern's security director Reto Nause (CVP), the anti-WEF demo on Saturday is unauthorized. The city of Bern has been aware of the demo for some time and can "draw on decades of experience". Nevertheless, the police will prepare accordingly. Bern Mobile will have to fight first of all. «We expect massive obstruction of public transport,» says Nause. Whether he expected due to Trump's announcement with an increased influx on Saturday, Nause did not want to comment.

Bernmobil is prepared for the unauthorized demo. Whether the US president brings more people to the streets is not relevant to the company, according to Rolf Meyer, media spokesman for Bernmobil. The number of participants played no part in the preparation, because traffic had to be diverted anyway. However, the duration of the interruption depends on the number of demonstrators.

It used to be coarser

While anti-WEF demos in Bern have lost their appeal in recent years, 18 years ago in Davos, the protest was still a confrontation between police demonstrators and water cannons. In the following years, anti-WEF actions spread from Davos to other cities - including the city of Bern. In 2001, almost 100 WEF opponents staged a sit-in strike on the Lorraine Bridge and damaged several parked cars. In Zurich, protesters meanwhile fought a street battle with the law enforcement officers. In 2008, the anti-WEF rally in Bern ended in tear gas, gum and 242 people arrested. Six years ago, 172 people were arrested and left-wing parties demanded a police investigation because of too harsh procedures. (DerBund.ch/Newsnet)

https://www.derbund.ch/bern/stadt/trump ... y/17949156

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What do you think of the anti-Trump protest in Bern?

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Donald Trump wants to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF), while left circles call for a demonstration in Bern. What do you think of the protest against the WEF and Trump?

What is your opinion? Discuss with:

What do you think of the announced demonstration against Donald Trump and the WEF in Bern?
How do you assess the thesis that left and right opponents of globalization actually fought on the same side?
What do you think about attempts to prevent Donald Trump's entry into Switzerland via online protest?

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Sophie Sophie Clerc
January 13, 2018 at 0:38 am (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
The Londoners did the right thing: "This racist does not come here!". And he does not come. So much sense for moral values ​​must we have: this dangerous man is not welcome in this country, and we must make it known. Without violence. Or are we so cowardly that we know what kind of interests, just do not look and swallow everything?

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thomas keller
January 12, 2018 at 15:21 (residence / accomodation: 3007)
I can understand that many are appalled by its nature. For me, he is the same as any other member of the elite. Simply without mask and filter. What would have happened if: Bill Clinton met #meetoo when Bush jun. had a Twitter account and would not have listened to his advisors if the media had been honest with Obama? He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for taking the global drone warfare to a new level. Away from the media, Obama has focused mainly on the well-being of Wall Street. And Ukraine first (look at the forbidden "institution" devoted to the topic of German media).

I still think that Trump is nothing special. Only without filter and mask.

PS (for those who have never heard it before): The wall was already in front of Trump ... yes, that between the US and Mexico.

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Werner Werner Eberli
January 12, 2018 at 11:31 am (Residence / Accommodation: Muri)
Whether one likes or dislikes the President of America does not change the fact that Trump was elected by the people. That's why I find it strange when ladies and gentlemen of parties refer to President Trump as a racist and sexist jerk or sexist idiot. Such a language can not be tolerated. Even against people you would rather not see or greet, you should stick to a decent language. Trump always uses the same reflex "action = backlash".

If we want to chill Trump, then in my opinion, it is an easy way for our people to ignore. If nothing is written and no demo takes place, Trump is put in the offside.

Trump is the first to ask, why are the Swiss so silent to me?

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Walter Rubin
January 12, 2018 at 10:06 am (Residence / Quartier: Ortschwaben)
I find a demo ok, as long as it runs peacefully. Unfortunately, the organizers can not rule out that they are involved in it. Then the whole thing gets out of hand, as so often. Left and right globalization opponents do not fight for the same thing. Rights, such as the American president, fight for as much money as possible in their own account. An online protest will certainly not lead to him not coming. But it is a good action to show that he is unwelcome.

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Ueli Flückiger
January 12, 2018 at 1:17 am (Residence / Accommodation: Schüpfen)
That you do not like Trump, I can understand. The fact that he thinks globalization in terms of "the elites" meeting in Davos is similar to that of the WEF protesters and opponents, seems to have escaped the jusos.

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Christian fighting
January 11, 2018 at 10:55 pm (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
When free-trade opponents demonstrate against free-trade critic Trump, that seems a bit irritating at first glance. However, both Free Trade and Trump have fulfilled their promise of greater prosperity only for a few, mostly already rich.

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Sophie Clerc
January 11, 2018 at 19:12 (residence / accomodation: 3011 Bern)
This man is about to destroy our livelihoods. I am against violence, but for all sorts of rallies and manifestations that we denounce his monstrosities and will not tolerate. Dear sheep, are you ready and satisfied that you are cruelly slaughtered? The answer is NO.

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Kurt Hirsbrunner
January 11, 2018 at 18:17 (residence / district: Bern)
Are demos and the entry ban worthwhile? Disregard would be more effective?

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Sara Stalder
January 11, 2018 at 6:10 pm (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
The protest is important and correct. The ordinary people must show a clear edge against the cartel of politics and the private sector.

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Beat Jurt
January 11, 2018 at 15:41 (residence / quarters: Worblaufen)
WEF and Trump and it's all going to get worked up. Discussion should be allowed even with the most stable genius of all time. In conversation, stupid and clever geniuses usually expose themselves. In addition, one should not try to prevent critical, peaceful and imaginative demos. Whether in the USA or in the whole of Europe, * we choose our slaughterers or donkeys * yes and voluntarily! We also love the yes to tax cuts, because we could become Lottery Millionaire! A little less overconfidence and more moral courage combined with the necessary serenity would do us all good!

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Max Huber
January 11, 2018 at 2:56 pm (Residence / Accommodation: Merzligen)
An entry ban is neither enforceable nor reasonable. Discontinuation does not resolve disagreements.
Consequently, the WEF as a platform for discussion for very influential people has a great legitimacy. Protesting is short-sighted.
To protest Trump as a person - peacefully and without material damage - I can understand well, I have yet to experience a president who obviously lies and changes his mind again and again, such as his visit to the WEF - the meeting of his mocked " Establishment "- proves.

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Tina Stucki
January 11, 2018 at 14:23 (Residence / District: Region Bern)
Demos only harm our country and taxpayers.
Also, the constant demonstrators should see that you can not just enforce everything - maybe they should try it with work and achieve one or the other good goal with it.

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Peter wonder
January 11, 2018 at 1:13 pm (Residence / District: Bern / Länggasse)
I'd be in favor of a separate Trump demo with thousands of large-format posters displaying the many most striking cartoons. Such a self-inflated and inflated ego and its highly questionable republican vassals can only be met with sarcasm and a sharp pen. This is like the AfD and Blocher et al. Violence plays into their hands and arguments remain unused in their cerebral cavities.

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Peter dirt
January 11, 2018 at 10:41 am (City / Town: Russikon ZH Oberland)
Any demonstration would be too much of an honor. Just let the trump talk. What he says you do not have to take it seriously. He does not do that either.

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Heinz Anonymous
January 11, 2018 at 10:38 am (Residence / Quartier: Matte)
Completely pointless. I still remember the antiwar protests in the Bush era. They were pretty big.

And what did it bring when some insignificant mountain people protest against a war that is taking place somewhere else? Nothing, nothing at all.

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Urs Steiner
January 11, 2018 at 10:27 am (Residence / Quartier: Mühleberg)
These state-spoiled circles will never understand who pays their wages and works hard for it.

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Luca Dietician
January 11, 2018 at 9:34 am (Residence / Accommodation: Kallnach)
Protest or rallies are needed and always will be. In fact, in the case of Trump, it is actually for his pleasure, when the people in the street rebelled against him, but he at the longer lever, protected by police zund Secret Service in the fistchen laugh and continue to spread fake news. An entry ban I consider absolutely unrealistic and would bring us in the best case publicity in the international media, but certainly no change.

Globalization is good and important in my opinion. But if it ends with exploitation and long distances for the transport of eg food that would also be available locally, I find that more than unnecessary.

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Sebastian Schafer
January 11, 2018 at 9:51 am (Residence / Lodging: 3006)
What is the alternative? Silently watch and have done? In the style of "We'll just let it go and give it another platform so the whole world will see a man of power everywhere welcome, despite his inhuman assertions, haha, we've just spit into the soup!"

Seriously, what "change" do you expect from a WEF conversation with Trump? I do not hope for any international political effect of an entry ban, as well. But the world should calmly see that people here do not want to have this walking Toupet ghost.

And by the way: The globalization in today's capitalist system, with today's technological means, is exploitation and "large distances for the transport of eg food which would also be locally" inevitably inherent. Everything else is wishful thinking.

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Francis Kaderli
January 11, 2018 at 13:06 (Residence / Quartier: Thun)
I do not see any benefits from demos that go hand in hand with violent and destructive chaos-in fact, even criminals who destroy foreign property and cost the taxpayer a lot of money.
Who should interest the opinion of such people? Anyone.

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Yves Blöchlinger
January 11, 2018 at 9:34 am (Residence / Quarter: Mattenhof)
There is nothing wrong with a demonstration per se. I find it disturbing that the demonstrators, thanks to demos with like-minded people, have the impression that their often extreme views automatically correspond to any majorities in our country. Otherwise I can not explain the eternal rebel against the state and absurd demands, such as not allowing Trump to enter Switzerland. Well protested in Bern, hope that it brings Switzerland to a position that Trump is not bothered at the airport or in Davos. Demonstrate to express his opinion, yes, gladly. Demonstrate to sabotage and destroy anything (in this case visiting the US president), no thanks!

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Sebastian Schafer
January 11, 2018 at 10:01 am (Residence / Lodging: 3006)
A demo to prevent something is a demo to destroy something, ergo not legitimate?

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Yves Blöchlinger
January 11, 2018 at 10:43 am (Residence / Quarter: Mattenhof)
I've probably been a bit confused by the sentence. A demo to prevent something is of course not automatically a demo to destroy something. At least not in the sense that I mean to destroy, and how it is not legitimate.

I am talking about the violence and destructiveness, which unfortunately can be observed again and again on the sidelines of such events ...

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Sebastian Schafer
January 11, 2018 at 11:08 am (Residence / Lodging: 3006)
Okay, violence at demos is unfortunately an evil - although I honestly take a broken shop window here and there in purchasing. As Mani Matter said: It must be muzzy sy, which chills a little u with wire or barbed wire or spits muur id air - o de giz Lüt where brüele: Mues eigetlech from geng verhimuheilandtonneret sy ...
But a demo to the Trump To prevent visit, I find legitimate and justified. Or you want to ban a demo, because of the prospect that something might break down?

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Yves Blöchlinger
January 11, 2018 at 12:01 am (Residence / Quarter: Mattenhof)
No, certainly not. On the contrary, it is the right way to seriously prevent a visit by Trump. Depending on how the ball is recorded and the majorities are distributed, you can achieve something like this. I just meaningless riot, or on my own initiative "in the name of Switzerland" quasi, directly to scold Trump and not welcome at the airport or in Davos, that's not!

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EB
January 11, 2018 at 9:32 am (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
It is now clear to everyone that Trump stands for sexism, racism, narcissism, lies, hatred and nastiness. Now he wants to make the WEF and thus Switzerland happy with his uninvited visit. That like-minded louts and the deluded rights are happy, is bad enough - But: The left? The Federal Government writes: Federal Councilor Berset is pleased and blue-eyed, Tim Guldimann hopes that "no bad words will fall to our address"; CVP-Lombardi surpasses his hopes that «Trump will make peacemaking statements in Davos». Everything just "diplomacy"?

The press (including "The Bund") also bends in, see commentary by Patrick Feuz, which rants about Trump as anti-globalizer and representative of ordinary people.
Why do you pay homage in Switzerland to a narcissistic despot who ruined his country's reputation a year after his dubious seizure of power? Swiss smell money and advantages - that's what hypocrites like to hit Trump. (Just as they once pacted with Hitler.)

ALL ON TO THE DEMOS!

(For chaotic: Property damage here are counterproductive; who wants to riot, this should be done on the spot (Trump Tower, New York or White House, Washington).

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Max S.
January 11, 2018 at 9:11 am (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
The demo on Saturday is not only directed against Trump, but against the WEF and actually all capitalism. The demo just learns just a trump effect. Anyway, I'm looking forward to a strong demo!

To blame the left and right criticism of globalization, I think is wrong. The criticism is too different. Leftists refer the criticism more to the exploitation of poorer countries, right-wing refer the criticism to their own ethnic group or nation.

The online petition I see as hopeless. In addition, I would like to criticize the Juso, that she does not do anything until they hope for a lot of publicity through Trump. The demo of Saturday has already been announced for some time.

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Mario Anonymous
January 11, 2018 at 8:45 am (Residence / Quartier: Bern)
I am in favor of a demonstration, it is good to do a drawing, even if it has no effect. Trump's policy so far justifies that, if he were president of another country, he would never be allowed to enter Switzerland like that.

In my opinion, anti-globalization opponents should work together in many ways, but I think that's unlikely to be true of Trump's entry, as it's primarily about Donald Trump, and less about his role on the WEF.

His entry will not be prevented.

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Daniel Trüssel
January 11, 2018 at 8:43 am (Residence / Quartier: Trimstein)
The interpretation sovereignty of the left (in this case, on the other hand, it is not better), what is right and what is wrong bothers me enormously. Only when one seeks dialogue and opens oneself to other opinions does one begin to understand what drives the other side. Peaceful demos do not disturb me to express his opinion. But unfortunately it will end with the Left Chaotic again in violence and destruction.

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Sebastian Schafer
January 11, 2018 at 9:42 am (Residence / Lodging: 3006)
Yes, you know, out of my gut instincts, I have to say that I "seek dialogue with Trump" and "open his mind" to understand what drives this ignorant hate-clown "... I'm sick of that. This liberal devotion, petty speech, placating and harmonizing is simply over at some point - that's been proved countless times by world history.

What comes next is irresponsible opportunism. What has to happen that people like you go out on the street? At some point, you have to get up and say, well, not like that. And this buffoon has long passed this point. That's why I'm grateful to the Juso for really standing up for what people in this country think of people like Trump - as the only party.

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Hans Mossotti
January 11, 2018 at 8:06 am (Residence / Quartier: Brenzikofen)
The Anti Trump demo I find completely unnecessary. Heads of state are welcome in open Switzerland. If we want to make a difference to Trump's strategy / activity we have to speak directly with him and his entourage. Directly manage our attitudes and demands with discussions - with him and his environment - and formulated opinions.
The demos are certainly only in orgy of violence and cause the exact opposite of the desired. Well meant is often the opposite of good.

More winning ...

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will invest more than $1 billion to modernize the company's Warren Truck Plant in metro Detroit, adding 2,500 jobs and moving production of its Ram Heavy Duty trucks from Mexico.

The changeover is to be complete in 2020.

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https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ ... d=46910861

Again, Seagull, comparing Trump to Hitler is the dumbest thing in the world. I know I touched on this once before but I will try again with hopes it strikes a chord this time.

Hitler was a member of The German National Socialist Party which was far left. Trump is very conservative.

And if the pubic disgrace to which you're afraid is fascism I will remind you, it was Obama that used the IRS to target political rivals, conservative and tea party groups. Trump has nothing nothing as egregious.

It was Obama that touted the "Fairness Doctrine" wanting to silence political rivals.

It was Obama's FBI that spied on reporter Sharyl Atkisson from CBS News. And it was Obama's Justice Department that spied on James Rosen, reporter for Fox News. Obama wanted to know where leaks were coming from and squash them. No administration has leaked more than Trump's yet he still has not stooped to such low tactics.

And it was Obama's FBI that paid for and used a fake dossier to obtain an FISA warrant to spy on the the opposing candidate for President of the United States. Which should scare the hell out of everybody. Makes Nixon look as innocent as a lamb.

For God's sake, I hate to use the same tactics by those on the left, but you could even say that Hitler started off a community organizer too!

If there are comparisons to be made it is obviously the heavy handed prick that just left office.

You've remained quiet the last 8 years while your fellow Americans have had to deal with this fascist tactics so please spare me all the faux outrage now. We now give zero damns.

Just keep winning.

I guess we'll replace the FBI with the Trumpstapo, kicking in doors and rounding up dissenters.

Oh, that's already happening? ....7-11 store roundup .

Seagull you may think that's cute but comparing the SS to federal agents making a bust is ridiculous. You sound ridiculous.

They are here ILLEGALLY. They broke federal law. And companies that hire them are too.

We have a legal process for people to come in and get permission to work. Why can't everyone just come in and do things legally? So we know who's here and why.

Don't want to follow laws then I will not cry for you.

By the way, I don't remember the outrage and wall to wall coverage of when Obama called Netenyahu a "chickenshit".

It's ok though, he was a Jew from Israel and they can be demeaned all liberals want.

What is funny is that Netenyahu is former Israeli special forces. He would rip Obama limb from limb if he had the guts to say it to his face. But in typical liberal fashion, they call names behind backs, and from the safety of their computers. We know who the chickshits are.

Reverend Martin Niemoeller, sits in his office, smoking his pipe as he writes at his desk in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, October 1946. Niemoeller's opposition to Adolf Hitler caused him to be imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp for eight years. (AP Photo)


What would Martin Niemöller write today? (AP Photo)


















First Trump came for the women
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a woman.

Then Trump came for the people with disabilities
And I did not speak out
Because I did not have a disability.

Then Trump came for the African Americans
And I did not speak out
Because I was not African American.


Then Trump came for the Mexicans
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Mexican.

Then Trump came for the Muslims
And I did not speak out
Because I was not Muslim.

Then Trump came for the gay, bi, and trans people
And I did not speak out
Because I was not gay, bi or trans.*

Then Trump came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew.**


Then Trump came for the journalists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a journalist.***

Then Trump came for the judges
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a judge.

And now Trump is coming for the Constitution of the United States
And if I do not speak out, what am I?

Typical Republican reaction!

The ONE and ONLY accomplishment is touted by this inept president and his cast of shady characters. The economy is booming right now but what happens when the dust clears?

One year anniversary on the horizon. The saga of the trump regime hasn't been pretty. This administration, in less than a year, has torn down walls that took years to build, and most likely will not be rebuilt during the lifetime of this president or the members the GOP party that helped to tear these walls down. This is an administration that continues to harbor a criminal and continues to condone his psycho behavior.

I've been posting a lot of articles from a wide source of diverse publications from home and abroad. They all have pretty much the same theme in common, trump is an idiot and a moron. Because of his outlandish behavior and obscene deeds, we're losing our friends around the globe. The damage is done! We've lost close to 75% of our State Department's overseas ambassadors and they have not been replaced. Who is going to repair the damage?

In the UK, protesters have let their voices known. Trump is not welcome in the UK. Trump's disparaging remarks did not sit well with the Brits. As a result, trump had to cancel his first trip to the UK. Guess what? It's Obama's fault. Obama moved our embassy from the heart of London to the outskirts. Guess what? Once again trump lied.......For over the 2,000th time to date (during his campaign run and that continues throughout his presidency). Guess what? It was Bush that started the whole process of moving the embassy!

OF INTEREST! Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding will be a gala event and coming up soon this year. ROYAL WEDDING: Trump 'to be snubbed' by Harry and Meghan – but OBAMA could be invited Keep an eye on this one!

In Zurich, Anti-Trump demonstrators are on the march. They don't like him! They don't want him! The protest is an attempt to block the president from attending the prestigious World Economic Forum later this month. Much of trump's foreign policy depends on a successful visit. Some have suggested that Trump’s polarizing persona could resurrect the violent anti-WEF protests seen in the early 2000s. An online petition is circulating telling Trump he is not welcome. Some were clad in black and carried placards saying “No future for capitalism”, “Eat the rich” and “Kill Trump”, also setting off flares. Such is the legacy of our president not even through his first term in office.
Young voters across the country! This is your home! It's been sullied and infected! There will be nobody left to "clean up this mess" that you will inherit. It's up to you. You have to take back control of a country that is rightfully yours. Help Tom Steyer get the message out there. His campaign is getting stronger by the day. Get out and vote! Let's take back control of this congress during the mid term elections!

ROYAL WEDDING: Trump 'to be snubbed' by Harry and Meghan – but OBAMA could be invited

ROYAL insiders have revealed Donald Trump is unlikely to be invited to the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as they do not see the US President as a “friend” in the second snub to the leader in as many days. Mr Trump reportedly turned sour on the idea of visiting Britain next month after fearing mass protests and falling foul of Theresa May by sharing videos uploaded by the deputy leader of far-right organisation Britain First, Jayda Fransen. Now after being snubbed by the thousands of Londoners expected to protest the visit, the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan and scores of MPs from both parties, President Donald Trump looks set to face further humiliation from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Insiders have revealed it is very unlikely they will invite the Republican to their nuptials on May 19 as the couple do not see him as a “friend”.

The wedding is expected to be a low key affair by royal standards – however claims Mr Trump has been looverlooked as he is not a friend of the couple have raised suspicions his predecessor Barack Obama may attend. President Obama has a close relationship with the prince, and met up with the royal earlier this month for an interview when Harry took over the running of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/90 ... nvite-date


Anti-Trump demonstrators march in Swiss capital

ZURICH (Reuters) - Anti-globalisation demonstrators took to the streets of the Swiss capital on Saturday to protest against a planned visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum this month. Trump announced last week that he would attend the WEF in Davos, an annual meeting of global business and political leaders. Some have suggested that Trump’s polarizing persona could resurrect the violent anti-WEF protests seen in the early 2000s. An online petition is circulating telling Trump he is not welcome. On Saturday, around 500 anti-globalisation protesters marched peacefully past the Swiss parliament in Bern.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-wef- ... SKBN1F20Q5



THANK GOD Trump was golfing when false alert in HAWAII was issued


Obama's stern warning for Trump

(CNN) During a conversation with David Letterman on his new Netflix program, former President Barack Obama issued a stern warning for the current commander in chief: "One of the things that Michelle figured out, in some ways faster than I did, was part of your ability to lead the country doesn't have to do with legislation, doesn't have to do with regulations, it has to do with shaping attitudes, shaping culture, increasing awareness." Although Obama was extremely hesitant about directly commenting about President Donald Trump, the message he sent was clear.

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/opinions/ ... index.html


Why Walmart's bait and switch matters

(CNN)If the man sitting in the Oval Office honestly admitted he made his fortune from exploiting thousands of people, he'd likely be enraged when people pointed out he's small-time compared to the Walton family. Year after year, the Walmart heirs prove no one comes close to their brand of exploitation, which they wrap in public relations fluff and deception. This week was no exception. With much fanfare, Walmart announced it was raising its minimum starting wage to $11 an hour (from $10) and giving eligible workers a $1,000 bonus, tying its munificence to the recent Republican tax cut. The business media covered the story. Yet that wasn't the only news Walmart made public. On the same day, Walmart, with far less fanfare, also announced it would close dozens of Sam's Club wholesale stores, laying off thousands.
But there's a lot more to the story............................

There is also a heavy dose of self-congratulation here, as if by doling out money, Walmart should earn a medal. But, let's look closely at the reality. If you worked 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year at $11 per hour, with not a shred of time off, you would earn $22,880. The federal poverty rate for a family of four is $24,600 -- and the formula for the official poverty rate understates the difficulty of surviving at that income level.

And about that $1,000 bonus. Aside from the one-time nature of the payout that does nothing to boost workers' basic pay, a worker only qualifies for the full amount of that bonus after 20 years at the company. Walmart's high turnover rate means a very tiny percentage of its 1.5 million US workers will ever see the money. It's simply an almost cost-free PR stunt.............................

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/opinions/ ... index.html


IT CAN HAPPEN HERE

Trump’s War on the Press Follows the Mussolini and Hitler Playbook

Never forget: Mussolini and Hitler made their first target the press. After a year of ‘alternative facts’ you can see why.

Beneath the madness and the lies of The Year of Trump there remains a constant drumbeat, unyielding and determined. It broke cover on Jan. 22, 2017 when Kellyanne Conway introduced the term “alternative facts.” Trump has spent two years vilifying the “dishonest” media (including The Daily Beast), even invoking the Nazi chant of “enemies of the people.” Aided by the alt right zealots at Breitbart, he has successfully persuaded millions of Americans that The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and MSNBC are seditious forces bent on denigrating and destroying the man they elected. And let’s be clear: The protection of independent journalism isn’t something that a lot of politicians—or a good number of the population—really care about. Yet, in the end, it has really been a strong year for journalism. In particular, two papers, The New York Times and Washington Post, have re-established themselves as bulwarks against abuses of power, as they were at the time of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate.....................

But the battle is not yet won, and will not be without eternal vigilance. To realize the gravity of where we are now we need more context than is provided by recent history, we need to look at the history of Italy in the 1920s and Germany in the 1930s. In both nations tyrants arose who on the way to seizing power found it remarkably easy to denigrate and destroy independent journalism. In Italy, Benito Mussolini came to power in October 1922......................

In Germany the man who would go down in history as the evil genius of alternative facts, Joseph Goebbels, was appointed Minister for Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda on March 14, 1933—little more than a month after Hitler came to power in Berlin. Goebbels’ priority was to exert immediate control of the press—the press, he instructed his staff, had to be “a piano, so to speak, in the hands of the government.” Germany’s newspapers had been “messengers of decay” that were harmful to the “beliefs, customs and national pride of good Germans.” Within a year all of Goebbels’ goals were achieved. Three previously independent news services were merged into one state-directed national news agency, the German News Service. All journalism was subjected to the policy of Gleichschaltung—meaning that they had to toe the party line on all issues........................

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-wa ... k?ref=home


Norwegians say: 'No thanks, Mr President!' to immigration welcome

Donald Trump is reported to have said that Norwegians would be more welcome to move to the US than immigrants from 'shithole countries' such as Haiti or African nations



But people in the Nordic nation - last year named the happiest place on earth - have no desire to move to the US, according to a report on Norwegian national TV. "Absolutely not," one man in Oslo told reporter Ronnie Baraldsnes from TV 2. " Norway, one of the richest countries in the world by GDP per capita, is known for a cradle-to-grave welfare state funded in part by large reserves of oil and natural gas.

One woman he interviewed said she might consider trying the American dream: "If they get a new president." "Not while he's there!" she said, referring to Trump.

"I don't care for that kind of man. No… there are men, and then there are men you know!" "And Trump," said Baraldsnes. "And Trump!" the woman laughed before walking away.

Christian Christensen, an American professor of journalism at Stockholm University in neighbouring Sweden, tweeted: "Of course people from #Norway would love to move to a country where people are far more likely to be shot, live in poverty, get no healthcare because they're poor, get no paid parental leave or subsidized daycare and see fewer women in political power. #Shithole"

http://www.euronews.com/2018/01/13/norw ... on-welcome


How Republicans Normalized Donald Trump’s Racism

Trump’s “shithole” moment was years in the making.

Once again, the political-media world is in a tizzy over a Donald Trump remark. In a White House meeting on Thursday, he…oh, you know what happened. “Shithole”—he referred to African countries and possibly Haiti as “shithole countries.” Yeah, Trump in a tweet—half a day after the story broke—denied it. But does anyone believe he didn’t say that? News anchors—notably CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Don Lemon—branded Trump a “racist.” And, as could be predicted, a handful of hardly brave Republicans came forward with carefully calibrated wrist-slaps. Outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said, “The words used by the President, as related to me directly following the meeting by those in attendance, were not ‘tough,’ they were abhorrent and repulsive.” And Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) pointed out that Haitian Americans “are serving in public office as members of both political parties.” But as with many of Trump’s excesses, GOP outrage was muted, at best. (Some media reports portrayed White House aides as even bragging about the “shithole” comment, braying it would play well with Trump’s base.)

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... ps-racism/


Whoops! Last-minute change to U.S. tax overhaul splits grains sector

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Republican U.S. senators are working with some of the world’s biggest agricultural merchants to undo a last-minute provision in the tax overhaul that threatens to distort the grains market and starve private firms of corn, soy and wheat supplies. t was included during final revisions of the tax bill that passed the Republican-controlled Congress last month. The restructuring of the tax code, the biggest in 30 years, handed President Donald Trump his first major legislative victory since taking office. The provision gives farmers a 20 percent deduction on payments for sales of crops to farmer-owned cooperatives, but not for sales to private or investor-owned grains handlers such as global firm Archer Daniels Midland Co. The modification was introduced to compensate co-ops and their farmer owners when Congress eliminated a part of the tax code, known as Section 199, which had benefited them for more than a decade.

[ STILL MAKING CHANGES TO THE TAX BILL - THIS IS THE FOURTH SINCE TRUMP SIGNED THE BILL - DOESN'T HE READ OR UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SIGNING ]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa- ... SKBN1F12H8


Russia developing next-generation heavy flame-thrower

Russia has started developing a prototype of the next-generation wheeled-chassis heavy flame-throwing system dubbed Tosochka
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. Russia’s Splav Research and Production Association has started developing a prototype of the next-generation wheeled-chassis heavy flame-throwing system dubbed Tosochka, CEO of Techmash Holding Company Vladimir Lepin said on Friday.

http://tass.com/defense/984803


Sean Penn: Trump is an 'enemy of mankind'

Sean Penn tore into President Trump for calling Haiti a “shithole” country in an op-ed for Time magazine Friday. The actor and humanitarian described his time volunteering in Haiti in 2010 after a devastating earthquake struck the country, saying he founded the organization J/P Haitian Relief Organization to help Haitians help themselves recover from the natural disaster. “On this pale blue dot Earth that we call home, the Haitian people are our neighbors, to whom our support is both the policy of a great America as it is a sacred duty,” Penn wrote. He said that Americans “should be recognizing their grace, courage, loss, hardship and heroism” but are instead “forced to focus on a man whose sense of our country is an inherited gift for sales-gab.”

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in ... of-mankind


Jamie Lee Curtis blames Trump for Hawaii false alarm

In a tweet posted Saturday afternoon, Curtis attacked Trump on Twitter, writing "YOU DID THIS!" despite the fact that the EMA, which is run by the state of Hawaii, apologized for the incident Saturday afternoon and Trump was golfing at the time.

"This Hawaii missle scare is on YOU Mr. Trump. The real FEAR that mothers & fathers & children felt is on YOU. It is on YOUR ARROGANCE. HUBRIS. NARCISSISM. RAGE. EGO. IMMATURITY and your UNSTABLE IDIOCY. Shame on your hate filled self. YOU DID THIS!" the actress tweeted.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in ... alse-alarm


White House: Hawaii false alarm 'purely a state exercise'

The White House said Saturday that President Trump was briefed on the false emergency alert that went out in Hawaii warning of an incoming ballistic missile threat. "The President has been briefed on the state of Hawaii's emergency management exercise. This was purely a state exercise," White House deputy press secretary Lindsay Walters said in a statement. Individuals in Hawaii received a mobile alert earlier in the day, reading "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL." Hawaii officials such as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D) and the state's Emergency Management Agency quickly tweeted that the message was a false alarm.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administrat ... e-exercise

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The liberal mindset. Tear down your political enemies. No matter how untrue and stupid it is.

In 1986, Donald Trump received the Ellis Island Award for Contributing to the Condition of Inner-City Black Youths. Seen pictured here with Rosa Parks & Muhammad Ali.

The moment he ran for president on Republican ticket he was a racist. And liberals wonder why they've lost so many elections last few cycles.

Migrants Fleeing To Canada Learn Even A Liberal Nation Has Limits

By Dan Bilefsky January 13, 2018

New York Times

... Canada's minister of immigration, Ahmed Hussen, himself a former refugee who moved to the country from Somalia when he was 16, said Canada was proud to be a welcoming country but could not welcome everyone. Only about 8 percent of Haitian migrants had received asylum here since the summer, he said, while there is a backlog of about 40,700 cases, according to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.

"We don't want people to illegally enter our border, and doing so is not a free ticket to Canada", Mr. Hussen said in an interview. "We are saying, 'you will be apprehended, screened, detained, fingerprinted, and if you can't establish a genuine claim, you will be denied refugee protection and removed. ...

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/worl ... tians.html

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Oh watch out, the Trudeau gestapo will be coming soon to round up dissenters!!!

Why do liberals here think America always has to be the stupid ones? Why do we always have to be the suckers? Even the pinko socialist Trudeau knows there are limits and a way to be smart about immigration.

Better watch out, Hillbilly. They'll be pouring across that Montana border. Build a wall! Build a wall!