{"id":28635,"date":"2017-01-09T18:34:36","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28635"},"modified":"2017-01-09T18:34:36","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T02:34:36","slug":"just-saying-trump-nominees-puppet-show-jeff-sessions-and-a-lie-is-a-lie-is-a-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28635","title":{"rendered":"Just Saying: Trump Nominee Show, Putin&#8217;s Struggling Economy, and &#8220;A Lie is a Lie is a Lie&#8230;&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Notebookventura@gmail.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28782 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Trump-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"trump\" width=\"411\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Trump-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Trump-768x427.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Trump-1024x569.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Trump.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/>Trump and his unabashed crew of political gangsters would make Tony Soprano and his mob proud in the way they are bulldozing their way through the White House cabinet confirmation process by shamelessly trying to hide, shuffle and withhold documents about theiTrump and his unabashed crew of political gangsters would make Tony Soprano and his mob proud in the way they are bulldozing their way through the White House cabinet confirmation process by shamelessly trying to hide, shuffle and withhold documents about thr business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">usiness dealing, if they come to light, could disqualify these billionaires and millionaires from serving in Trump&#8217;s cabinet. Trump&#8217;s transition team with the help of Senate Republicans are rushing the nominees through the process and circumventing federal law, which is unprecedented.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This lack of transparency and honesty shows public contempt and disdain by Trump along his Rubber Stamp Republican Congress. These are the same shady characters who were on the fast-track to gut the ethics watchdog before public outcry stopped them dead in their tracks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump&#8217;s nominees behave like Cosa Nostra crime figures trying desperately to hide union and casino gambling ties to a senate subcommittee investigating organized crime rather than people who want to serve the American taxpayers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Today, Trump announced that he planned to name his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to senior advisor to the president, according to several news outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28785 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"jeff-sessions\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Kushner is married to Trump\u2019s daughter <\/span>Ivanka,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> and has been involved inTrump\u2019s successful presidential campaign. By naming the real estate and media scion to his White House staff, Trump can ensure that Kushner will continue to serve as his consultant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This move raises questions about nepotism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Tuesday, Jeff Sessions will go before a senate committee to get approval for the attorney general post. Hopefully, Sessions&#8217; senate hearing will be televised by the major networks. This will allow Americans and the rest of the world to have front-row seats and learn why Sessions excluded certain documents from his past from public scrutiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sessions, however, continues to defend, tout and is proud of his record. The same record that didn&#8217;t pass the smell test in 1986 when he failed to get a federal judgeship over racist statements he made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As attorney general, Sessions will keep the National Guard busy when protestors resort to the streets to get justice after Sessions fails to do his job as the nation&#8217;s chief prosecutor and protect the civil rights of minorities and women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I believe that under Sessions and Trump administration<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0there are going to be more shootings of unarmed black men by police. \u00a0Attorney General Sessions and the Department of Justice will also drag their feet or ignore egregious incidents involving police abuse and brutality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There is a reason the National Police Union endorsed Trump.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"comment-text\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Background and Scorecard as of last week on the Trump cabinet vetting process, according to New York Times.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-para-count=\"298\" data-total-count=\"1151\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28783 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/u.s.-OFFICE-OF-GOVERNMENT-ETHICS-300x300.png\" alt=\"u-s-office-of-government-ethics\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/u.s.-OFFICE-OF-GOVERNMENT-ETHICS-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/u.s.-OFFICE-OF-GOVERNMENT-ETHICS-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/u.s.-OFFICE-OF-GOVERNMENT-ETHICS-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/u.s.-OFFICE-OF-GOVERNMENT-ETHICS.png 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Before Mr. Trump\u2019s cabinet nominees begin their Senate confirmation hearings, they are required to file an extensive form, the 278, that lists stockholdings, business interests, board seats and other arrangements benefiting them, spouses, minor children, business partners or potential employers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-para-count=\"356\" data-total-count=\"1507\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Office of Government Ethics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/22\/us\/politics\/financial-vetting-goes-slowly-for-trumps-wealthy-cabinet-picks.html\">reviews incoming officials\u2019 disclosures<\/a>; flags potential problems; and negotiates an ethics agreement letter in which the nominee agrees to divest, resign or otherwise eliminate potential conflicts. The letter helps protect nominees if they are ever accused of deriving improper financial benefits from government service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"story-continues-1\" class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-para-count=\"254\" data-total-count=\"1761\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The process is <a title=\"New York Times editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/12\/14\/opinion\/donald-trumps-nominees-are-in-for-a-rough-ride.html\">thorough, and complicated<\/a> for wealthy individuals with vast holdings. Penny Pritzker, a Hyatt Hotels heir now serving as commerce secretary, filed a 278 form that was 184 pages long, and she agreed to sell stakes in more than 200 entities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text story-content\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-para-count=\"495\" data-total-count=\"2256\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mr. Trump\u2019s team has been far behind in this process. But instead of delaying hearings until his picks reveal their business ties, the transition team has joined some Senate Republicans in pushing to hold hearings without all the needed information \u2014 and in some cases pressuring the ethics office to sign off on incomplete disclosures. In one instance, a nominee filed an incomplete 278, and the transition team called the ethics office minutes later looking for an ethics agreement letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Russian Economy Got Good News after Trump was Elected<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump&#8217;s election and speculation that he could end economic sanctions was apparently welcomed news by Russians. Russia&#8217;s economy was on\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">the upswing going into 2017, according to a Forbes article published Dec. 26, 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">T0 read the entire article click here:\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/kenrapoza\/2016\/12\/26\/russia-2016-economy-rosneft-putin\/#2643f4ac6280\">&#8220;Russia&#8217;s Economy Goes Out With A &#8216;Bang&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-headline ng-binding\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28784 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Putin-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"putin\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Putin-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Putin-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Putin-1024x716.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>&#8220;Next year is shaping up to be a much better one for the Russian Federation. Following back-to-back years of economic recession and much of the Western world putting its leader, Vladimir Putin, in the dog house because of his actions \u00a0in Ukraine and his support for Bashar Assad in Syria, Russia is ready to make a comeback,&#8221; the Forbes article stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-headline ng-binding\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">On Nov. 6 and before the election, \u00a0Forbes reported that Russian marketplace under Putin was in bad shape. \u00a0It was titled: &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/realspin\/2016\/11\/02\/russias-road-to-economic-ruin\/\">Russia&#8217;s Road to Economic Ruin.&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;A financial crisis there could bring down Putin and his KGB-style dictatorship. \u00a0Russia is nearly broke, and Putin is desperate to get U.S. economic sanctions lifted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump lifting economic sanctions against Russia will benefit Putin and possibly make him stronger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The media has written very little about Russia&#8217;s struggling economy and Putin.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p class=\"headline__title\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Huffington Post Headline: Wall Street Journal Editor Says His Newspaper Won\u2019t Call Donald Trump\u2019s Lies \u2018Lies\u2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"headline__subtitle\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI\u2019d be careful about using the word \u2018lie,\u2019\u201d says Editor Gerard Baker in the article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"headline__subtitle\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">That is such BS.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FDICTIONARY.COM%2F&amp;h=1AQGH3kNL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">DICTIONARY.COM<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0defines of \u00a0LIE \u00a0as a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_3-8m\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Synonyms: prevarication, falsification.<br \/>\nAntonyms: truth.<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17787 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Wall-Street-Journal-e1448678169588-300x162.png\" alt=\"Wall Street Journal\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Wall-Street-Journal-e1448678169588-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Wall-Street-Journal-e1448678169588.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The reason why the Wall Street Journal doesn&#8217;t call America&#8217;s serial liar a liar or points this out in the newspaper&#8217;s editorial or opinion pages is obvious. It<\/span><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0is because the newspaper is afraid of a lawsuit. However, Trump is a public figure, and labeling this liar a liar would have to be made with malice.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They use to tell us in the newsroom that ruth, however, is a defense for libel. AND, there is a mountain of evidence indicating that Trump is a con man and an incessant liar.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">So the Wall Street Journal Editor Baker is either an unethical and unscrupulous man or deals in half-truths in public about the use of the word lie as it applies to newspapers. The problem with many newsrooms is editors get too complacent and skittish or, quite frankly, have no balls to write hard-hitting stories or editorial opinions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">They are comfortable\u00a0getting fat salary and often don&#8217;t want to upset right-wing audience\/readers.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\"><span class=\"_5mdd _1n4g\" style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">If Baker&#8217;s journalistic integrity is woefully lacking, he should go do something else.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">After I posted some comments about Baker&#8217;s bouts with the truth, I read the following comments from <\/span>formeer<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> CBS News anchorman Dan Rather.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Former CBS News anchorman Dan Rather says it\u2019s\u00a0\u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d that The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/wall-street-journal\/\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/wall-street-journal\/&quot;}}\">Wall Street Journa<\/a>l\u2019s top editor has insisted that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/wall-street-journal-lies-donald-trump_us_586934b8e4b0eb586489df43\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;us_586934b8e4b0eb586489df43&quot;}}\">newspaper won\u2019t use the word \u201clie\u201d<\/a> for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/donald-trump\/\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/donald-trump\/&quot;}}\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> falsehoods.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_30o4\">\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA lie, is a lie, is a lie,\u201d Rather wrote in a Facebook post. \u201cJournalism, as I was taught it, is a process of getting as close to some valid version of the truth as is humanly possible. And one of my definitions of news is information that the powerful don\u2019t want you to know.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/wall-street-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/news\/wall-street-journal\/&quot;}}\">Journal<\/a>\u00a0Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker\u2019s comments on how the paper plans to report on the president-elect\u2019s \u201cfuture (likely?) lies is deeply disturbing,\u201d Rather added.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Must See Documentaries\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28786 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"netflix\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-274x173.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-308x192.jpg 308w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix-610x380.jpg 610w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/netflix.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>New On Netflix: \u00a0&#8220;The Fear of 13&#8221; 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