IN HIS 2ND WEEK< TRUMP 'DAZZLES THE ASS OFF THE UNIVERSE'
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY FEB. 6, 2017) — President Donald Trump continues to “dazzle the ass off the universe,” to use the great phrase of poet E. E. Cummings. In his second week in office, Trump kept up a frenetic pace of change never before seen in Washington. When he talked about draining the swamp, he wasn’t kidding. America is not used to an office holder actually keeping campaign promises.
Trump’s second week moved along at light speed. The President has moved to accomplish campaign promises dealing with healthcare, the economy, government ethics, and more. One of the major items being tackled is improving our immigrant screening process.
Part of this work is to address the country’s inadequate immigration vetting procedures. To ensure American safety, the President imposed a temporary travel ban on seven countries known for training, harboring, and export terrorism. One of the major projects being undertaken is improving the vetting process for those entering the United States. This travel ban is not about religion. This is about keeping America safe.
There are over 40 majority Muslim countries worldwide that are not affected by this order. The White House will again be issuing visas to all countries once the Administration has reviewed and implemented the more secure policies over the next 90 days.
To learn more about the rest of the President’s week and his work for the American people, just scroll. Here are the highlights:
Nominating A Qualified Pick For The Supreme Court
President Trump has announced his nominee to fill the ninth seat of the Supreme Court. Judge Neil Gorsuch has built a nationally respected and distinguished judicial record and reputation. Gorsuch is a well qualified pick to uphold our Constitution and be a worthy successor to the late Justice Scalia.
Advocating for Lower Medical Costs, More Medical Jobs
This week, President Trump met with pharmaceutical executives at the White House. U.S. drug companies have produced extraordinary results for our country, but the pricing has been astronomical for our citizens. During the meeting, President Trump, focused on cutting regulations to encourage drug companies to bring back operations and jobs to The United States.
Putting Ethics Into Practice
President Trump wasted no time creating an executive order that will make every appointee in every executive agency sign an ethics pledge. By signing this pledge, these people are not allowed to engage in lobbying activities within 5 years of leaving their post and are not allowed to accept any gifts from registered lobbyists or lobbying organization. The days of cashing in on your political network and influence are limited, and President Trump is starting this practice right in his own administration.
Reducing Regulations
On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order that he said will “dramatically reduce federal regulations” on businesses. The President’s executive order mandates that for every new regulation implemented by federal agencies, two existing regulations must be cut. The goal is to end the damaging effects of over-regulation on our small businesses, our economy and our entrepreneurial spirit. President Trump says he “wants all Americans to know that the American dream is back, and we’re going to create an environment for small business like we haven’t had in many, many decades.”
Supporting Our Troops
President Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday to pay respects to a fallen hero, SEAL Team 6 member, Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens. President Trump was honored to be there for the dignified transfer and give thanks for his sacrifice. Owens took part in a daring raid that the Administration resulted in valuable intelligence that will protect American lives. “What he did for this nation and what we got out of the mission I believe will save lives,” said Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
In sum, Donald Trump’s first priority remains to protect and serve America while seeking out pragmatic ways to help those in need. And in doing so, First Amendment liberties of religious freedom and expression will not be compromised.
Trump’s critics can wail all they want. Judging by the Administration’s first two weeks, the effect has been to energize the President. The Pussyhats are giving Donald Trump exactly what he wants.
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“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep people alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” — H. L. Mencken
“OPEN THE WINDOW, AUNT MILLIE.”
LOVE TO ALL.
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Dan, are you taking Reince Priebus place?
No. Reince’s job is safe.
Won’t be long before we are all employed by the Military.
How about trump has a mental disorder saying we are as bad as the Russian Puttin who is killing critics….is that our future DV
All we need to change history is a fine writer.
The Planet is número UNO for a reason.
I think you are an illegal alien
Matt (shakes) you need to stop this
Dean, go die.
Matt bring it on, anytime.
Still not “Matt”, loser.
Thanks, Nota.
SNL had some funny anti-Trump administration sketches this past weekend. Also, I never knew how connected Donald Trump is to Goldman Sachs! That is what he criticized Hillary Clinton about last year, and now there are 6 Goldman Sachs bureaucrats working for him.
What happened to Merrick Garland’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court? The Republicans stole the seat!
The travel ban impacting 7 Muslim majority countries is being disputed in federal court. Many Republicans are not supporting Trump’s foreign policies.
Dan Valenti is a propaganda writer in favor of Donald Trump. Thousands of people are protesting Donald Trump on a daily basis. Some political analyst predict he will be impeached.
Donald Trump is a controversial president. His policies and language are also controversial.
– Jonathan Melle
Blah, blah, blah.
Speaking of retards….
Love the way he drained the swamp by picking all banking, wall street, and oil company billionaires. He is fulfilling promises he made to his base.
I was speaking of you libtards
SNL sucks, shadow of former self.
But apparently you still watch it enough to form an opinion. But it is kind of an open secret that if you don’t like a TV program there is a little dial that gives you the opportunity to change the channel.
Duh?
I wasn’t impressed with SNL and actually some of the content offended me. I wrote a letter to the executives at NBC demanding it be taken off the air, a disclaimer shown before the show warning of triggers and a safe space for audience members who view it without knowledge.
or I will protest
Amazing win by the Patriots. I’m not even a big fan of football, but I couldn’t stop watching the Patriots fight back to win. Tom Brady is simply the best. I loved how he knelt down to pray after the game.
Point by point rebuttal:
The Supreme Court pick may have plausible paper credentials, but is not representative of American values. Trump delivered a nomination that smacks of white nationalism and outdated law. Overall, maybe the least damaging action the ringmaster delivered last week.
Meeting with big Pharma to reduce regulations? Why don’t we just let Perdue get back to slinging OxyContin? Of the industries with a track record of self policing, Pharma is pretty corrupt. Cheap medicine is not worth drugs that harm more than they help.
Most of our medicines are manufactured in the US and employ a highly skilled and paid workforce. Opening our borders to cheap foreign meds will cost America not just lives but also jobs.
That “ethics” pledge is a reversal and actually weakens rules enacted in 2009. Just because something is new and shiny doesn’t mean it is better. Trump’s executive order repopulates the swamp and actually makes it more convenient for lobbying firms to hire political favorites:
“The single biggest insulation that we had, in retrospect, against scandal in the Obama administration was the two-year exit ban,” Eisen said in an interview. “People will pay you to put you on ice for one year and then after that year is up to ply your contacts. But no one wants to pay you to put you in cold storage for two years.” Trump agency employees now must only wait one year instead of two to work for a lobbyist, just not in your “part of the government”.
The purely symbolic regulation reduction executive order does nothing in practice. What does it mean? You can replace two effective regulations with one shitty one? Federal environmental regulations for clean water and clean air are important for our health. Take the EPA away and Pittsfield would have ZERO cleanup from the GE toxic legacy.
All the GOP bootlickers will point to California as a place with strict environmental laws, and true they don’t always work, but California’s economy grew faster than Texas’ over the past few years. Not to mention that California is the 6th largest economy in the world by itself.
Sean Spicer is a caricature of a political operative. He is not smart, he is not well spoken, he has zero credibility. His evaluation of national security is worthless. Conducting assassination raids in sovereign countries is not what America is, and our sailors killing children does noting but inflame radical Islam.
The first two weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency are bombastic but hollow, just like his net worth. The federal government remains the same circus of the last 35 years. I prefer the days when we could complain that Washington never did anything to the drama and bullshit it delivers today.
Matt every point you think you make is wrong and a waste of space.
And the word “retard” is offensive – come enter the 21st Century Matt !!
You are still both retards, or in the 21st century, mentally disabled.
Libtard
agreed, they are retarded liberals.
Well put, PAT. I am a huge fan, and last night’s win was off the charts. There are no words. The most gratifying win ever, and the game that finally put every objection to the SUPERPATRIOTS’ greatness to rest.
Yeah right
Draining the swamp to deregulate Banks and cut corporate taxes in half.Angry average white guys screwed again.Trump promoters Led by DV should take a moment and think that this is what it was like in Jonestown before being told to drink the kool-aid. Trump wants to see how far he can take you.
Trump was dead in the water, bankrupt, the powers to be put him back on His feet because he had the name brand, that was the reason. Trump is forever beholden to those financiers, his job now is to make sure they never collapse again. He will use everything in his arsenal to make sure that won’t happen.
Trump also benefits, first he is already wealthy, his business are thriving, be gets free infomercial Everytime he appears on T V,it will be a billion in advertising for free by the time he leaves office, and he and his family and ex wives and kids along with all his holdings get the best protection free of charge, thanks to the taxpayer. He’ll never show his tax returns because he never paid taxes and it is loaded with foreign debt and bankruptcy, he’s a fraud of the first order.
Does that means all the companies we bailed out of the financial crisis are all beholden to us taxpayers? I don’t even think we recieved a thank you.
Is anyone acutely aware of what Trump said about Putin. This man is insane!
Whether we like it or not, and I certainly don’t, we need Putin as an ally in the fight against ISIS. We don’t want America to lose American lives by taking on ISIS by ourselves so in order to avoid that we need allies in the fight against ISIS. We have made strange bedfellows before when we have had a common enemy. That said, I don’t think that Trump should have said what he did. Our leaders need to speak well of our country.
Here’s a story
Of a man named Brady
Who now has five Super Bowls of his own
And an owner named Bobby Kraft
And Coach Bill who’s the King of theThrown
When they were down,twenty eight to three
Most of America went bed
But when the dust cleared
In the morning
The Pats put this one to rest and went ahead
The Brady Bunch, Brady Bunch, we all LUUUUVVVVV the Brady Bunch…la la la la la la la!
Minutes has it correct,Trump is drowning in debt and can’t pay anyone so those owed the money put his name to work because he’s out of business.
He has talked the pants off so many people to get your vote.He will never show his taxes.
TSC,
It still amazes me that you “pussy-hats” are so worried about President Trump’s taxes, but where was this concern when Hillary lost 33,000 emails containing classified American documents. You know, those little “secrets” that keep you and I safe here in the US.
Hillary lost, time to move on.
https://www.salon.com/2015/03/12/the_george_w_bush_email_scandal_the_media_has_conveniently_forgotten_partner/
Trump voters believe he’s the most interesting man in the world.Trump is the White people’s whisperer.
Kinda of like mothers that defend their children. They make all kinds of excuses for their behavior and blame others for their mistakes.. Until one day they wake up and say, “holy shit, my kid really is a bad dude.”
Why didn’t Trump question the ethnicity of the Judge who ruled on the Ban Order. Trump is clearly a racist. Or insane.
Trump Quote ‘Putin’s a Killer’ but we have a lot of Killers’, that was said after Trump said he respects him’????
And….id looks like we’ve all been relocated to Planet Goebbels. Trump has indeed begun to drain the swamp…and fill it with much larger scarier monsters. He has pissed off every world leader with whom he has come in contact. Some may look at American bellicosity as a good thing, long overdue, but America became great by being a country that was hard to provoke and acted rationally. Not so much with Trump. He seems to want to provoke war…and action. Plus…reinstating drilling we don’t need, in places where no one wants it? Unconscionable. Destroying the usefulness of the NSC by removing the head of the joint Chiefs and intelligence people and relying on a crazy racist who has said his ultimate goal is to bring down the US government…well that’s just criminal. Stick to local politics herr Goebbels. You’re out of your element.
Matts new alt
Speaking of retards…..
Matt i am calling you out as one
Still not Matt, still not “John Grogan”. You do zero on this page but call me wrong. never any discussion, never any information. you don’t even know me yet you have some ill-founded childish negative viewpoint.
you’re a loser and a bum. get over yourself.
I totally disagree. Russia and Putin became SO STRONG because Obama and Progressives wanted America to stop being the leader in the world. Somebody always has to be the top dog so Putin took advantage of American weakness and became a much more powerful man. This is who Donald Trump now has to deal with. America became great by not looking the other way when other countries did bad things. That is how America earned respect. Obama and Progressives did not understand that fact. Now America really does need Russia in the fight against ISIS since that area of the world is now out of control.
Trump has Steve Bannon at his side, but Obama had a lot of radicals on his side since Obama grew up among radicals. I do not especially like Bannon, but I know that Trump is not a person who wants to get us into a war. Progressive made it much more likely that we would have be fight a war eventually by making the world a much more DANGEROUS place by not nipping things in the bud before they got out of control. Obama and Progressives have never understood the meaning of peace coming from strength.
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/russian-sanctions-show-their-bite-effects-likely-deepen-n60686
Measuring Russia’s “power” by the amount of land territory they possess is pretty basic (I.e. Ukraine occupation), don’t you think, considering they are the largest country by land area in the world?
Saudi Arabia didn’t just hurt US domestic oil production by turning on the spigot, they crippled Iran, forcing them to the table on a nuclear deal, and damaged Russia’s ability to bully energy trade with the eastern European Union.
International relationships are more nuanced than Putin=Strong : Obama=Weak
Matt is wrong again. Every point
how am I wrong, retard?
Torch, take your pink pussy hat and jacket off.
March of the retards today.
JOHN
“Planet Goebbels” be strong stuff, but I accept it as a compliment. After so many years of presidential pabulum, an action president does take some getting used to. Trump’s greatest attribute is that he is a true visionary, the rarest kind: One who actually puts his vision into action, a word you mentioned so well. Thanks for the input.
Thanks for noting that Dan. I knew that was really harsh and thought hard before making the statement. There is a not so fine line between action and foolhardiness. Trump is acting in a foolhardy manner, especially in the structure of his advisory, his handling of foreign relations and other things.
Oh…and visionary? C’mon now! I have been listening to him be his true self with Howard Stern for probably 25 years or more. He is a crass, mysoginistic, philandering attention whore with a vastly overinflated ego who, by the way, has actually said that Kim Kardashian is the paragon of class and refinement! Visionary? Perhaps a different word would be more appropriate.
Hi matt
JOHN
Action is done in the moment. Only history can offer a verdict on the fine line you mention. I see nothing foolhardy in the items I mention in my column.
There is a safe space for you somewhere, ya snowflake.
Geez Pat…you have almost quoted 1984 there. There is a difference between peace through strength and peace through war. Having hair trigger reactions to provocation, issuing threats instead of measured response is not a way to gain the respect of allies or enemies. Both Russia and China are rather gleeful over the way Trump is handling his business; voluntarily isolating America and creating a vacuum that either or both can step in to fill.
You also said, “Trump has Steve Bannon at his side, but Obama had a lot of radicals on his side since Obama grew up among radicals.” Obama may have listened to “progressive radicals” although I can’t name any in his administration, but he most assuredly did not cut off advice from the historical non-dogmatic leaders of the country (joint chiefs, etc.) and install someone who has as his primary, stated goal to bring down the US government as his sole advisor. C’mon now!
Matt, the shakes alt ID is bad enough, but 2 (john grogan) is pushing it.
You are an idiot. get informed or shut up.
make me john (shakes)
not John either, retard
Russia has already filled that vacuum thanks to Obama and Progressives. McConnell wants Trump to come out and call Putin a thug just like he did this morning. Now is that a good idea for Trump to do when he has to form some kind of a relationship with Putin? Can you imagine if Obama had gone around calling Putin a lying thug? First of all we would have been shocked, but I also think many would have seen that as very provocative behavior coming from Obama even though it would have been true. During the Obama years, I didn’t hear a peep from the media or progressives worried about Putin or Russia while that country was taking territory and expanding their power. I agree that Putin isn’t a nice guy, but sometimes we have to deal with people who aren’t nice especially if we need that country as an ally against a common enemy.
At what point, if any Pat, will you stop using Obama as a crutch to prop up Mr Trump? While it is true that Trump has never made a mistake in his life, and probably never will, he still has to own the bad blood he has created amoung countries that were our friends until a month ago. He has even pissed off Canada for Christs sake.
There are more and more people, some in the medical profession, that are questioning Trumps mental health. And I think if you follow the bouncing ball, you are going to find out that the man has serious cranial unsoundness.
Trump is far from perfect. He says things he shouldn’t say, but I agree with his overall philosophy of what he wants to do. I will not be like Progressives who agreed with everything Obama did. Our leaders do need to be criticized to keep them honest, but you can’t decide to do that only when it’s the opposing side in power. That is hypocrisy and it’s dangerous for the country.
When it comes to stronger vetting for refugees, I’m okay with upsetting Canada. Canada is NOT being careful enough with who is being allowed into their country. I hope they and us (since we are their neighbors) do not pay the price for their lack of caution.
Trump does NOT have mental health issues. He needs to be more careful in his communication style.
Once again, while trying to defend Trump, you feel the need to bring up Obama and progressives. Will Obama be Trumps crutch for the whole four years or will he grow up and take some responsibility himself? Probably not.
Trump should not have said what he did about our country being a killer. Our leaders need to speak well of our country at all times. I understand that we need Russia as an ally, but that was wrong on his part. All Trump needed to say was that sometimes we need to form relationships with people even when we do not necessarily agree with everything they do.
And of course he had to denigrate the federal judge that overturned his Muslim ban. Do you think judges will forget his disrespect? His own sister is/was a federal judge.
Trump will eventually take a play from Bellicheck – hate me because I ‘m brash and ugly, but you NEED to respect me because I get the job done – Now go do your job !! If you have one….if you don’t then go get one !!
Pat…no excuses Trump knows you will excuse him.The rest of us are not drinking the bullshit.Is he cutting your taxes in half like business and where is the Trillion dollars jobs bill…….hes not drained 1 drop from his swamp.
But you drank the BS all during the Obama/Progressive years!!?!
Once again…Obama /progressives. Trump is the president you wanted and worship. Obama can’t help you anymore Pat.
Every time you bring him up it smacks of you making more excuses for Trump. You have learned the Kellyanne “pivot” move very well.
Please tell me what Obama accomplished in his 1st 2 weeks as President.
Eight rounds of golf.
Picked up a spare in the white house bowling alley,
Maxine wants an impeachment, if anyone,she can start the process.
Hope Trump is careful which regulations he kills as alot of them are there to protect consumers. Don’t forget that Reagan’s lifting of certain regulations led to Black Monday in 1987. Other regulations that were lifted led to the financial crisis in 2008.
He also needs to stop saying stupid things as they are overshadowing some of the good things he’s done.
Still no word from the Berkshire Eagle on the big 40% pay raises in Boston approved by many state reps and other politicians in Boston including our own Tricia Farley Bouvier and Adam Hinds. The BB is just going to let that slide and hope everyone forgets about it. It’s an ugly stain on the progressives. Attorney General Maura Healey says she will not be taking the pay increase. Charlie Baker and Karyn Polito are also not taking the 40% pay increases.
All of this is huge news for this state. The silence from the Berkshire Eagle and fellow progressives is deafening. They need to sweep out the corruption right under their noses. Putting all of the focus on Trump is a convenient way to take the attention off what has been happening in Boston.
If the BB ever mentions anything about those ridiculous pay raises it will only be to invent lies defending it.
Don’t know why you think progressives would have a problem, they think taxes can never be too high and that government workers are always underpaid. They only have a problem with high salaries if the money was earned. The huge raises in Pittsfield are a lot worse because it’s been bled dry, they should be reassigned to Boston, and take their Syrians with them
Smitty Pignatelli lectured municipal governments to make financial sacrifices by consolidating personnel and public services in regional compacts, while he voted for a second legislative pay raise this year.
Adam Hinds first vote was for his second legislative pay raise this year.
It must be nice to be a career politician. They take care of each other. Smitty Pignatelli and Adam Hinds get rich, while the working stiffs choose between food and medicine.
“If there is no bread, let them eat cake!”
It just proves that progressives care about themselves and giving each other rewards if you are unquestioning in your support for them. They take care of each other and the public is just an afterthought.
The raises for state politicians are obscene. They have no shame. It is an in your face reminder that they are primarily in office for their own personal betterment.
But, if I may, point out that Trump is giving mega tax cuts to multi-billionaire business s which is otherwise referred as corporate welfare,. And corporate welfare has to be made up somewhere…….usually by taxpayers.
No it is definitely not corporate welfare.
Smitty Pignatelli is one of the nicest men I’ve ever me
t ,,,,,,and Trump is a fortified Image of P T Barnum. The Military is getting new equipment. Do you think Trump is purchasing all this equipment to sit on. Get Ready, it will come soon.
War is my biggest fear. I hate war. Especially needless wars where the war machine gets rich and soldiers die for no good reason.
It very much looks like that is the path they are marching us down. And if you don’t think other Muslim nations won’t join in against us if we attack Iran you need to read up. And this will include countries that seem to be our friends now. The religion is stronger than any treaty we may have. They will bond against us and it will be a world war.
The American military has failed to publicly disclose potentially thousands of lethal airstrikes conducted over several years in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, a Military Times investigation has revealed. The enormous data gap raises serious doubts about transparency in reported progress against the Islamic State, al-Qaida and the Taliban, and calls into question the accuracy of other Defense Department disclosures documenting everything from costs to casualty counts.
In 2016 alone, U.S. combat aircraft conducted at least 456 airstrikes in Afghanistan that were not recorded as part of an open-source database maintained by the U.S. Air Force, information relied on by Congress, American allies, military analysts, academic researchers, the media and independent watchdog groups to assess each war’s expense, manpower requirements and human toll. Those airstrikes were carried out by attack helicopters and armed drones operated by the U.S. Army, metrics quietly excluded from otherwise comprehensive monthly summaries, published online for years, detailing American military activity in all three theaters.
http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/airstrikes-unreported-syria-iraq-afghanistan-islamic-state-al-qaeda-taliban
Seems like Obama was quite the war monger but ordered the Military to keep it quiet…..I guess code pink only protests Republican Presidents. The left’s selective outrage is so phoney.
I think Peppermint Pat is the one with the man-crush on Obama. I’ve never thought he was anything more than a right wing marionette… just depends who was pulling the strings.
Check the TV listings. Shakey never posts when Gilligan’s Island is on.
You make zero sense. Like a little shit fly buzzing around and chewing on turds.
I know you do matt
Excellent post, JOE.
In Obamas 1st day he started the process that saved our country from a world financial collapse that happened under the go backwards party led by bush.
Haaa….2 words “Barney” Frank
Two or more words..Donald Trump = Barney Fife on steroids.
I know you had to google Barney to find out who he was.
Don’t Trust Russia Ever. Putin is a known assassin,what doesn’t Trump understand about that. Wasn’t to long ago that Russia funded Countries to fight the U S and Vice versa. Aftghanistan ring a bell?
From Howie Carr in today’s Boston Herald about the Boston lawmakers pay raises:
“All day Friday, I was calling and emailing Baker’s office at the State House, asking him why he would party with the perpetrators of the greatest theft in the Commonwealth since the Brinks job.
Basically, this is a pension sweetener for Rosenberg and House Speaker Bob DeLeo, the unindicted co-conspirator, as he’s described in the federal indictment. They’re both 67, so this will mean an extra — repeat EXTRA — $3,000-plus in their monthly kisses in the mail.
But then these parasites realized their grab would be repealed by the voters, so they threw in pay hikes to the state’s already grossly overpaid and underworked judiciary. That makes the robbery repeal-proof.
But it gets worse. The wrinkly reprobates also dished out pay raises — “stipends,” they call them — to all the reps in so-called leadership. The unindicted co-conspirator has sole discretion on who gets the extra dough.
What the speaker giveth, he can taketh away.”
From the editorial yesterday in the Boston Herald:
“Well no wonder some of the top statewide Democratic office holders are walking … no, make that running … away from that whopping $18 million pay raise package. The raises are looking more and more like political poison.
Attorney General Maura Healey has said no to the extra $45,000 a year. Treasurer Deb Goldberg also said no thanks. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who vetoed the measure, and Lt. Gov. Karen Politio won’t accept the raises. Baker also turned down the $65,000 housing allowance that would henceforth go with the job.
Lawmakers voted to override the governor’s veto. And Friday they got a little piece of free but belated advice from Democratic strategist Doug Rubin, Gov. Deval Patrick’s former chief of staff and a founding partner of Northwind Strategies.
“I think it was the wrong time to do this and the wrong way to do this and there may be repercussions for the Massachusetts Legislature that they weren’t anticipating down the road,” Rubin said on Boston Herald Radio.
The bill, with raises as high as 50 percent for some legislators, also included a judicial pay raise, in part because lawmakers knew a quirk in the law would make it immune to any citizen initiated repeal.
Now being a good Democrat, Rubin’s real fear is that public anger over the pay hikes could make it a tougher sell for that so-called millionaire’s tax down the road”
News flash….. Brady’s game jersey missing.
Did shakes his head steal his jock?
Who is Brady? I’m too busy banging your mom to watch sports.
Matt (shakes) is that all you got?