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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1168600)	10/4/2019 2:59:05 PM
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Cue the crickets as the Dems want to trash our economy with higher taxes and open borders. Sept. Jobs Report: 136,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Drops to 3.5% – Lowest in 50 Years… Posted on October 4, 2019 by sundance MAGAnomics – Lowest Unemployment in 50 Years ! The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the September jobs report. 136,000 jobs were added to the economy and the unemployment rate falls to 3.5%, the lowest since 1969. Demand for workers remains strong ( Table A-1). Overall employment is very stable across all sectors ( Table B-1) and wage growth is strong (+2.9%). Additionally, inflation is low; that means more disposable income. The Main Street economy is strong. ?Over the month, the number of unemployed persons decreased by 275,000 to 5.8 million. ?Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs declined by 304,000 to 2.6 million in September. ?Also, the number of persons unemployed for less than 5 weeks fell by 339,000. ?The labor force participation rate held at 63.2 percent in September. The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for July was revised up by 7,000 from +159,000 to +166,000, and the change for August was revised up by 38,000 from +130,000 to +168,000. With these revisions, employment gains in July and August combined were 45,000 more than previously reported. ( BLS Report)

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1168600)	10/4/2019 3:06:24 PM
From: Wharf Rat	2 Recommendations Recommended By rdkflorida2 sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573352

" Most Democrats wanted to IMPEACH THE MOTHAFUCKA from day one" I would say, in the privacy of their own minds, that that is true. " including Rashida Tlaib herself" She entered the picture around Day 700. "They didn't need no stinkin' evidence to come to that conclusion" One does not simply vote to impeach based on conclusions. The evidence might prove initial conclusions wrong. Not so far, however. == via Wall St Journal Sen. Ron Johnson asked the president after hearing of potential pressure campaign Trump, in August Call With GOP Senator, Denied Official’s Claim on Ukraine Aid President Trump's efforts to persuade Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden have set off an impeachment inquiry. WSJ's Shelby Holliday lays out a timeline of interactions between the president's inner circle and Ukrainian officials. Updated Oct. 4, 2019 1:35 pm ET President Trump denied that he had linked military aid to Ukraine with a commitment by Kyiv to investigate the 2016 presidential elections when pressed on the matter by a Republican senator in August, according to the lawmaker. In an interview, Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.) said he learned of a potential quid pro quo from the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, who told him that aid to Ukraine was tied to the desire by Mr. Trump and his allies to have Kyiv undertake investigations related to the 2016 U.S. elections. Mr. Johnson raised the issue with Mr. Trump in a phone call on Aug. 31, shortly before the senator was due to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In the call, Mr. Trump flatly rejected the notion that he directed aides to make military aid to Ukraine contingent on a new investigation by Kyiv, Mr. Johnson said. Mr. Johnson, who supports aid to Ukraine and is the chairman of a Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over the region, said Mr. Trump was adamant on the issue. “He said—expletive deleted—‘No way. I would never do that. Who told you that?” the Wisconsin senator recalled. Mr. Johnson told Mr. Trump that he had learned of the arrangement from Mr. Sondland. The White House didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Mr. Sondland, a former hotel executive and major Trump donor who was confirmed to the ambassador job last year, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment through a spokesperson. Mr. Johnson’s account, coupled with a release of text messages involving Mr. Sondland by three House committees late Thursday, show Trump administration officials believed there was a link between Mr. Trump’s decision in July to order a hold on nearly $400 million in aid to Ukraine and his interest in having Ukraine investigate election interference and Democrat Joe Biden. Mr. Trump ordered the hold a week before he spoke to Mr. Zelensky on July 25, a call in which he pressed Mr. Zelensky to investigate Mr. Biden and election interference. That July call sparked a whistleblower complaint that has in turn led to an impeachment inquiry by House Democrats. Speaking to reporters Friday, Mr. Trump again denied a connection between his efforts to press Ukraine to undertake investigations and his hold on aid to Ukraine. The president rejected the idea that he was pushing for a probe of Mr. Biden for political reasons. “I don’t care about Biden,” he said, “but I do care about corruption.” Over the summer, the text messages show, State Department officials were seeking to work with a top aide to Mr. Zelensky to find an agreement that would pave the way for the aid to be released and a White House meeting between the two presidents. The agreement depended on Mr. Zelensky convincing Mr. Trump that “he will investigate/‘get to the bottom of what happened’ in 2016,” according to a text message by Kurt Volker, then the U.S. special representative for Ukraine negotiations. About a week after Mr. Johnson’s conversation with the president, Bill Taylor, a top U.S. diplomat in Kiev, in a text message to Mr. Sondland also linked the hold on aid to the investigations the president was seeking. “I think it’s crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign,” Mr. Taylor wrote. Mr. Sondland responded by disputing Mr. Taylor’s assertion. “I believe you are incorrect about President Trump’s intentions,” he wrote. “The President has been crystal clear no quid pro quo’s of any kind.” He added: “I suggest we stop the back and forth by text.” A call record released by the White House shows President Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "look into" former Vice President Joe Biden and his son. WSJ reads the key moments from the rough transcript of the call. Days later, the hold on the aid was lifted amid growing pressure from Congress. The text messages released by House committees late Thursday revealed that Trump administration officials also sought to use a proposed White House meeting as leverage to press the Ukrainian government to pursue an investigation into Mr. Biden and the 2016 U.S. election. The messages indicate that U.S. officials coordinated with aides to the Ukrainian president and Rudy Giuliani, Mr. Trump’s private lawyer, on a draft statement in which Kyiv would announce an investigation into Mr. Biden and the 2016 race—at the same time as announcing a visit by the Ukrainian president to the White House. Mr. Trump’s interest in Ukraine investigating 2016 election interference is related to his interest in challenging former special counsel Robert Mueller’s conclusion that Russia interfered in that election on Mr. Trump’s behalf. Mr. Taylor couldn’t be reached for comment. In his interview Friday with the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Johnson said his concern over the status of the aid was sparked by a news article reported that assistance to Ukraine had been suspended. Mr. Johnson said he learned of the potential arrangement involving military aid through a phone call with Mr. Sondland that occurred the day before Mr. Johnson spoke to Mr. Trump. Under the arrangement, Mr. Johnson said Mr. Sondland told him, Ukraine would appoint a strong prosecutor general and move to “get to the bottom of what happened in 2016—if President Trump has that confidence, then he’ll release the military spending,” recounted Mr. Johnson. “At that suggestion, I winced,” Mr. Johnson said. “My reaction was: Oh, God. I don’t want to see those two things combined.” He said he doesn’t believe Mr. Biden’s name came up during his conversations with Mr. Sondland or Mr. Trump.