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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1008346)	3/28/2017 12:10:41 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By jlallen TideGlider Respond to of 1575775

>>>>Marc E. Kasowitz, who has represented Donald Trump for more than 15 years, was recently named a lead attorney in a federal civil lawsuit against Sberbank, which is majority-owned by the Russian government. And what is the conspiracy theory here? That this $2000/hour attorney is gonna give Trump a discount?

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1008346)	3/28/2017 6:54:29 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 1575775

Trump to Sign Order Sweeping Away Obama-Era Climate Policies foxbusiness.com U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Tuesday to undo a slew of Obama-era climate change regulations, a move meant to bolster domestic energy production but which environmentalists have vowed to challenge in court. The decree, dubbed the "Energy Independence" order, will seek to undo former President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan requiring states to slash carbon emissions from power plants - a critical element in helping the United States meet its commitments to a global climate change accord agreed by nearly 200 countries in Paris in December 2015. It will also rescind a ban on coal leasing on federal lands, reverse rules to curb methane emissions from oil and gas production, and reduce the weight of climate change in federal agencies' assessments of new regulations. "We're going to go in a different direction," a senior White House official told reporters ahead of Tuesday's order. "The previous administration devalued workers with their policies. We can protect the environment while providing people with work." Trump will sign the order at the EPA with the agency's Administrator Scott Pruitt, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Tuesday afternoon. The wide-ranging order is the boldest yet in Trump’s broader push to cut environmental regulation to revive the oil and gas drilling and coal mining industries, a promise he made repeatedly during his campaign for the presidency. "I cannot tell you how many jobs the executive order is going to create but I can tell you that it provides confidence in this administration’s commitment to the coal industry," Kentucky Coal Association president Tyler White told Reuters. PARIS ACCORD NOT ADDRESSED Environmental groups have promised to challenge the orders. "These actions are an assault on American values and they endanger the health, safety and prosperity of every American," said billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer, the head of activist group NextGen Climate. Green group Earthjustice said it will fight the order both in and out of court. “This order ignores the law and scientific reality," said the group's president Trip Van Noppen. Trump campaigned on a promise to sweep aside green regulations he said hurt the economy, and vowed to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord. Since being elected, however, he has been mum on the Paris deal and the executive order does not address it. The White House official said Trump's administration was discussing its approach to the accord, meant to limit the planet's warming by reducing carbon emissions. The order will direct the EPA to start a formal "review" process to undo the Clean Power Plan, which was introduced by Obama in 2014 but has never been implemented in part because of legal challenges brought by Republican states. The review is likely to trigger legal challenges by environmental groups and some state attorneys general that could last years. The Clean Power Plan would have required states to collectively cut carbon emissions from power plants by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. (Writing by Richard Valdmanis; Editing by Mary Milliken)

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1008346)	3/28/2017 9:32:40 AM
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You grubers crack me up!!! Trump administration blasts Russians for handling of weekend protests 2 Power Line by Paul Mirengoff / 33min // keep unread // hide (Paul Mirengoff) This weekend featured anti-government protests in Russia, the largest since 2011. Tens of thousands of people are thought to have participated nationwide. In Moscow, the number probably exceeded 5,000, of whom almost 1,000 were arrested. The size of the protests wasn’t large by U.S. and Western European standards. On the other hand, in the U.S. and Western Europe, one does not risk arrest and worse by participating in peaceful protests. The protesters hoped to avoid the worst by casting their event as an anti-corruption campaign. Putin was not criticized directly. Instead, the focus was on Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who has amassed a fortune, including a collection of mansions, yachts and vineyards. Readers may recall that Medvedev was the official to whom then-president Obama made his promise of greater “flexibility” towards Russia once that pesky 2012 election was over. That’s a story Medvedev probably enjoys telling as he sails around in one of his yachts. The Russians regarded Obama as a lightweight from the get-go. He didn’t disappoint them. The Trump administration has condemned the arrest of Russian protesters. The State Department issued this statement: The United States strongly condemns the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters throughout Russia on Sunday. Detaining peaceful protesters, human rights observers, and journalists is an affront to core democratic values. We were troubled to hear of the arrest of opposition figure Alexei Navalny upon arrival at the demonstration, as well as the police raids on the anti-corruption organization he heads. The United States will monitor this situation, and we call on the government of Russia to immediately release all peaceful protesters. The Russian people, like people everywhere, deserve a government that supports an open marketplace of ideas, transparent and accountable governance, equal treatment under the law, and the ability to exercise their rights without fear of retribution. White House press secretary Sean Spicer read the State Department’s statement to the press. Thus, the White House is on the record as condemning Russia’s action in no uncertain terms. Since taking office two months ago, President Trump has taken no action that can reasonably be viewed as favoring Russia. Moreover, the administration’s words — whether at the U.N., in Europe, in congressional testimony, or now, in response to the arrests — give no aid or comfort to Vladimir Putin. If Putin invested resources in last year’s presidential election hoping that a Trump administration would be soft on Russia, he has yet to receive any return on that investment. Ironically, our intelligence agencies say that Putin turned against Hillary Clinton because he was incensed by her alleged role in encouraging the 2011 protests referred to above. If so, I wonder what he makes of the Trump administration’s response to the current protests, which likely will encourage the protesters.