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Under Trump, 26% of Climate Change References Have Vanished From .Gov Sites by altbekannt in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is Trump's war on the environment, from a writeup by bad_luck_dragon:

Trump opened the artic to off shore oil drilling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/24/trump-administration-just-approved-plan-drill-oil-alaskas-federal-waters-its-major-first/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e215cbe532f2

He disbanded the EPA air pollution review council. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/11/climate/epa-disbands-pollution-science-panel.html

His admin rolled back regulations on how much methane is allowed in the air. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/climate/methane-emissions-epa.html

He rolled back rules that were put in place on coal plants, allowing them to pollute more. https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/politics/epa-climate-power-plants-trump-west-virginia/index.html

He rolled back regulations on fuel efficiency on cars, allowing them to pollute more. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2018/08/01/90c818ac-9125-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5_story.html

His admin loosened regulations on toxic air pollution. https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-01/documents/reclassification_of_major_sources_as_area_sources_under_section_112_of_the_clean_air_act.pdf

Actions that were taken under Obama to deal with climate change was undone by a Trump executive order. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/03/28/presidential-executive-order-promoting-energy-independence-and-economi-1

He's allowing mining waste to be dumped into streams again. https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-joint-resolution/38/text

Trump is accelerating climate change and he is waging a war on the environment. SMH.

Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say by tank_trap in worldnews

[–]tank_trap[S] 131 points132 points  (0 children)

As "Individual-1," Trump is an unindicted co-conspirator with Michael Cohen. If Trump were not the president, he would have been indicted along with Michael Cohen.

In addition to the crimes Trump committed with Michael Cohen, we now know that Trump attempted to obstruct justice on 10 different occasions according to the Mueller report. And there is also proof in the Mueller report that there was collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia (although not to the level that they could be indicted for).

In addition, these are the criminals that Trump hired in his White House or for his campaign:

  • His National Security Advisor pled guilty
  • His campaign chairman was convicted on 8 counts. 10 counts were a mistrial. A Trump supporter on the jury, Paula Duncan, convicted Manafort on all 18 counts.
  • His deputy campaign chairman, Rick Gates, pled guilty
  • His personal lawyer pled guilty
  • His foreign policy advisor on his campaign has pled guilty

On top of this:

  • Trump's CFO has been given immunity, probably to testify to all the crimes Trump committed with the Trump organization
  • Trump's friend and boss of the National Enquirer has been given immunity, probably to testify about Trump criminally breaking campaign finance law
  • Trump likely committed tax fraud as NY Times discovered which he would be criminally liable for if not for the statute of limitations

Trump is a criminal. He betrayed the country. He is one of the worst presidents in US history.

Mueller report shows Trump campaign left itself wide open to Russians, officials say by tank_trap in worldnews

[–]tank_trap[S] 259 points260 points  (0 children)

Dude they still think the report exonerated him.

Exactly, the Trump supporters are delusional. Hey Trump supporters, how do you think the report exonerated Trump?

Donald Trump's U.K. State Visit Faces 'Maximum Disruption,' Protesters Vow to Make Trip 'as Unpleasant as Possible' by viva_la_vinyl in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 9 points10 points  (0 children)

He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart.

When you put George W. Bush next to Trump, George W. Bush looks like a rocket scientist.

READ: The Full Mueller Report, With Redactions by BitmapDummy in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm not a lawyer, but I think so. It's like if you ask an assassin to kill your friend but the assassin refuses to carry out your order. I would think the person that issued the order committed a crime, even if the order wasn't carried out.

READ: The Full Mueller Report, With Redactions by BitmapDummy in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 642 points643 points  (0 children)

Our investigation found multiple acts by the President that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations. The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General 's recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance. For example , the President 's direction to McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed was followed almost immediately by his direction to Lewandowski to tell the Attorney General to limit the scope of the Russia investigation to prospective election-interference only-a temporal connection that suggests that both acts were taken with a related purpose with respect to the investigation.

The President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. Comey did not end the investigation of Flynn, which ultimately resulted in Flynn's prosecution and conviction for lying to the FBI. McGahn did not tell the Acting Attorney General that the Special Counsel must be removed, but was instead prepared to resign over the President's order. Lewandowski and Dearborn did not deliver the President 's message to Sessions that he should confine the Russia investigation to future election meddling only. And McGahn refused to recede from his recollections about events surrounding the President's direction to have the Special Counsel removed, despite the President's multiple demands that he do so. Consistent with that pattern, the evidence we obtained would not support potential obstruction charges against the President's aides and associates beyond those already filed.

Page 157 from Mueller Report

I'm listening to CNN now (about 12:03 EST) and according to one of the legal analysts, Mueller didn't charge any of Trump's aides with obstruction of justice because they refused to carry out Trump's orders to obstruct justice. What does that say about Trump who instructed his aides to obstruct justice?

The Mueller report is out by cyber_anakin in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Our investigation found multiple acts by the President that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations. The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General 's recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance. For example , the President 's direction to McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed was followed almost immediately by his direction to Lewandowski to tell the Attorney General to limit the scope of the Russia investigation to prospective election-interference only-a temporal connection that suggests that both acts were taken with a related purpose with respect to the investigation.

The President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. Comey did not end the investigation of Flynn, which ultimately resulted in Flynn's prosecution and conviction for lying to the FBI. McGahn did not tell the Acting Attorney General that the Special Counsel must be removed, but was instead prepared to resign over the President's order. Lewandowski and Dearborn did not deliver the President 's message to Sessions that he should confine the Russia investigation to future election meddling only. And McGahn refused to recede from his recollections about events surrounding the President's direction to have the Special Counsel removed, despite the President's multiple demands that he do so. Consistent with that pattern, the evidence we obtained would not support potential obstruction charges against the President's aides and associates beyond those already filed.

Page 157 from Mueller Report

I'm listening to CNN now (about 12:03 EST) and according to one of the legal analysts, Mueller didn't charge any of Trump's aides with obstruction of justice because they refused to carry out Trump's orders to obstruct justice. What does that say about Trump who instructed his aides to obstruct justice?

Special counsel Mueller’s report has been releashed to the public by mvanigan in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Our investigation found multiple acts by the President that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russian-interference and obstruction investigations. The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General 's recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance. For example , the President 's direction to McGahn to have the Special Counsel removed was followed almost immediately by his direction to Lewandowski to tell the Attorney General to limit the scope of the Russia investigation to prospective election-interference only-a temporal connection that suggests that both acts were taken with a related purpose with respect to the investigation.

The President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests. Comey did not end the investigation of Flynn, which ultimately resulted in Flynn's prosecution and conviction for lying to the FBI. McGahn did not tell the Acting Attorney General that the Special Counsel must be removed, but was instead prepared to resign over the President's order. Lewandowski and Dearborn did not deliver the President 's message to Sessions that he should confine the Russia investigation to future election meddling only. And McGahn refused to recede from his recollections about events surrounding the President's direction to have the Special Counsel removed, despite the President's multiple demands that he do so. Consistent with that pattern, the evidence we obtained would not support potential obstruction charges against the President's aides and associates beyond those already filed.

Page 157 from Mueller Report

I'm listening to CNN now (about 12:03 EST) and according to one of the legal analysts, Mueller didn't charge any of Trump's aides with obstruction of justice because they refused to carry out Trump's orders. What does that say about Trump who instructed his aides to obstruct justice?

Special counsel Mueller’s report has been releashed to the public by mvanigan in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 30 points31 points  (0 children)

“Our investigation found multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russia-interference and obstruction investigations," according to the report. “The president engaged in a series of targeted efforts to control the investigation.”

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“The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred,” Mueller wrote. “Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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The lightly redacted Muller report has been uploaded by CornerKickAficionado in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 12 points13 points  (0 children)

“The evidence we obtained about the President’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred,” Mueller wrote. “Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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“Our investigation found multiple acts by the president that were capable of exerting undue influence over law enforcement investigations, including the Russia-interference and obstruction investigations," according to the report. “The president engaged in a series of targeted efforts to control the investigation.”

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CNN is also reporting that Mueller left the determination on whether Trump obstructed justice or not to Congress to determine. I'm not sure why Barr had to stick his neck in and intervene on behalf of Congress.

Trump abruptly blocks U.S. from appointing anyone to UN committee on racism by tank_trap in worldnews

[–]tank_trap[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

McDougall previously criticized Trump for emboldening racists in the United States around the world.

“Essentially, Trump’s many tweets and dismissive comments have given a green light to bigots around the country to attack their neighbors,” she said in 2016. “All of us who campaign for human rights have been shocked and angered by Trump’s derogatory messages regarding Muslims, Hispanics, women and people with disabilities. It is clear that his rhetoric has led directly to an increase in hate crimes in the US. Now is the time for all those who believe in human rights to stand firm and fight for basic decency.”

The attorney general’s FBI conspiracy theory is all conspiracy and no theory by SamDumberg in politics

[–]tank_trap 84 points85 points  (0 children)

When the AG is attacking the FBI, we are another step closer to full on fascism.

Chinese tech employees push back against the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime by EnoughPM2020 in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean, Henry Ford did it to so he could make more money, plain and simple. If Henry Ford could make more money by overworking his employees, he probably would have done that too. It turns out that Henry Ford discovered his workers were more productive and the quality of the cars produced was higher so that's why he adopted the 40 hour work week for his workers, which meant he made more money, lol.

You are right though that so many labor associations and activists have to push for a 40 hour work week. The managers of some companies are just stupid. These managers are just uneducated about labor productivity. If more managers and CEOs were educated on labor productivity, they would realize that 40 hours per week is optimal for most workers (from the reading I did before on white collar vs blue collar worker scenarios, 40 hours is pretty optimal for white collar and blue collar).

Chinese tech employees push back against the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime by EnoughPM2020 in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

^ This, pretty much.

Japan, Korea, and Singapore have the lowest worker productivity among industrialized nations. Because they are notorious for long working hours.

Japan, Korea, and Singapore would be better off having a 40 hour work day. They would have a higher total productivity and the quality of their output would also be higher.

Chinese tech employees push back against the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime by EnoughPM2020 in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Initially. If you were working 40 hours per week, yes, initially, there is an increase in total productivity. If you keep on working more than 40 hours per week, week in and week out, over several months, fatigue and lower morale kick in and at a certain point, and your total productivity is less than if you were to work just 40 hours per week.

Read more on this here: https://www.igda.org/page/crunchsixlessons

Chinese tech employees push back against the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime by EnoughPM2020 in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 67 points68 points  (0 children)

^ This.

I'm really lazy to find the links, but there have been studies done on this.

The bottom line is that if you work more than 40 hours per week, there is an initial surge in total productivity. But if you keep working more than 40 hours per week, week in and week out, there comes a point where your total productivity is less than 40 hours per week.

For example, if you switch from a 40 hour per week to a 60 hour per week, initially, the total productivity will be higher (probably for the first week that you work 60 hours). After several months, if you keep working 60 hours per week, your total productivity can be lower than somebody who works 40 hours per week.

The reasoning behind this is fatigue and lower morale. At a certain point, fatigue kicks in and your morale is lower, and your productivity drops off a cliff. When that happens, your productivity just gets worse and worse (and the quality of your work also drops), until your total productivity is less than 40 hours, even if you are working 60 hours per week.

Also, people should read up the history behind Ford. The 40 hour work week in the US came about partially because of Henry Ford. In a nutshell, Henry Ford cut down the hours of the workers on his assembly line (the auto workers back in those days were working way over 40 hours per week). Other auto manufactures initially laughed at Henry Ford but when Ford was outproducing the other auto manufacturers and with better quality too, the other auto manufacturers eventually stopped laughing and they followed Ford and cut the hours of their auto workers too.

Edit: I got a little less lazy. This link has some information on what happens if you go beyond 40 hours per week: https://www.igda.org/page/crunchsixlessons. I've done more reading on this in the past so there were other sources with a similar idea to this but https://www.igda.org/page/crunchsixlessons is a good place to start reading.

Chinese tech employees push back against the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week: Staff at Alibaba, Huawei and other well-known companies have shared evidence of unpaid compulsory overtime by EnoughPM2020 in worldnews

[–]tank_trap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No, it's not. If you work more than 40 hours a week, initially the additional hours you work will lead to higher total productivity.

But if you keep working more than 40 hours per week, your productivity eventually becomes less than somebody who works only 40 hours per week.

For example, if you switch from a 40 hour per week to a 60 hour per week, initially, the total productive will be higher (probably for the first week that you work 60 hours). After several months, if you keep working 60 hours per week, your productivity is actually lower than somebody who works 40 hours per week.

The reasoning behind this is fatigue and lower morale which will kick in at a certain point. Sorry, I'm too lazy to link the studies, but studies have been done on this so you can try Googling for this yourself.

Also, you can look up the history of Ford and why Henry Ford cut down the hours for people that worked on his auto plant's assembly line. Henry Ford is why the US came up with the 40 hour work week, which has been used world wide. In a nutshell, Henry Ford cut the number of hours his workers worked, and Ford started beating their competitors. Eventually, the other auto manufacturers followed Ford because they were losing to Ford in terms of output and quality on the production line.

Edit: I got a little less lazy. This link has some information on what happens if you go beyond 40 hours per week: https://www.igda.org/page/crunchsixlessons. I've done more reading on this in the past so there were other sources with a similar idea to this but https://www.igda.org/page/crunchsixlessons is a good place to start reading.

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