Tag: Susan Eckenrode

Though the POTUS has tweeted a threat

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Democratic Reps. Elijah Cummings and John Conyers, the respective ranking members of the House oversight and judiciary committees, requested from White House counsel Donald McGahn copies of all recordings between Trump and Comey.

 

“It is a crime to intimidate or threaten any potential witness with the intent to influence, delay, or prevent their official testimony,” the two wrote in a letter. “The President’s actions this morning — as well as his admission yesterday on national television that he fired Director Comey because he was investigating Trump campaign officials and their connections to the Russian government — raise the specter of possible intimidation and obstruction of justice. The President’s actions also risk undermining the ongoing criminal and counter-intelligence investigations and the independence of federal law enforcement agencies.”

 

Trump threatens Comey in Twitter outburst
CNN

 

 

Though the POTUS has tweeted a threat
to intimidate Comey, don’t fret…
it’s another lame ruse
and another lit fuse
for a smoke bomb he’s gonna regret.

Susan Eckenrode, 5/12/17

 

Cover-up Stench

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On May 9, Donald Trump became the second United States president to fire the director of the FBI. Naturally, Americans wanted to know: Why?

 

The exact answer remained elusive over the course of three days following the announcement. Trump and his White House gave numerous, contradictory explanations for James B. Comey’s firing.

 

As a public service, we compiled a timeline of the shifting rhetoric by Trump and his staff. We will update this list as necessary.

 

All of the White House’s conflicting explanations for Comey’s firing: A timeline
The Washington Post

 

Yes the firing of Comey’s a cinch
to elicit a cover-up stench,
while the POTUS and crew
twist the facts all askew
and deny they gave Putin an inch.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 5/11/17

So when Comey was summoned one night

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“The conversation that night in January, Mr. Comey now believes, was a harbinger of his downfall this week as head of the F.B.I., according to two people who have heard his account of the dinner.

 

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“As described by the two people, the dinner offers a window into Mr. Trump’s approach to the presidency, through Mr. Comey’s eyes. A businessman and reality television star who never served in public office, Mr. Trump may not have understood that by tradition, F.B.I. directors are not supposed to be political loyalists, which is why Congress in the 1970s passed a law giving them 10-year terms to make them independent of the president.”

 

In a Private Dinner, Trump Demanded Loyalty. Comey Demurred.
The New York Times

 

 

So when Comey was summoned one night
to a one-on-one dinner delight
with his majesty trump,
he was played for a chump
by demands for a loyalty rite.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 5/11/17

We’re determined to duly resist

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“We just desperately hope you’ll be part of the way forward with the rest of us who see that the monster isn’t under the bed—it isn’t Muslim or gay or Democrat or Republican.

 

The real monster isn’t even one man with a great capacity for evil and an unprecedented power to wield it.

 

The real monster is hatred and the silence that feeds it.

 

And the monster must be stopped.”

 

John Pavlovitz

 

We’re determined to duly resist
being duped by a crazed narcissist;
Let us signal alarm
at incalculable harm
from the words that he wields like a fist.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 5/10/17

Why Now?

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“The decision by a President whose campaign associates are under investigation by the FBI for collusion with Russia to fire the man overseeing that investigation, upon the recommendation of an Attorney General who has recused himself from that investigation, raises profound questions about whether the White House is brazenly interfering in a criminal matter,” Rep. Adam B. Schiff (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said in a statement. The House committee is looking into Russian interference in the election.

 

Some Republicans were also concerned. “I am troubled by the timing and reasoning of Director Comey’s termination,” said Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, which is also examining Russian meddling. “I have found Director Comey to be a public servant of the highest order, and his dismissal further confuses an already difficult investigation by the Committee.”

 

President Trump fires FBI Director Comey
The Washington Post

 

 

Perhaps he deserved to be fired,
but the person who’s apt to be hired,
will likely rescind
and promptly upend
all the evidence agents acquired.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 5/9/17

 

Sure his life was much better before

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“It’s absolutely true that all presidents express — privately and then, eventually, publicly — some level of longing for the life they left behind or the life they will return to. But that usually happens after, say, seven or eight years in the White House. Not after 99 days.

 

Donald Trump sounds like he really misses not being president

 

 

Sure his life was much better before
but he reckoned how much he could score;
such a small sacrifice
for a generous slice
of America’s pie at his door.

Susan E. Eckenrode, 4/29/17

 

He’s frenetically scrambling to prove

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“Trump set out an ambitious agenda for his first 100 days — The Associated Press identified 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day “contract” with voters, only 10 of which he fulfilled.”

 

Trump’s first 100 days were unlike any we’ve ever seen — here are all the promises he’s kept and broken
Business Insider

 

 

He’s frenetically scrambling to prove
that he’s fully aligned in the groove
of great governance,
while most of us wince
at ineptitudes guiding each move.

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode

 

Forty-five is upsetting Canucks?

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Steven Colbert: “It’s a dangerous world. Every day tensions are rising between the United States and our sworn enemy, Canada.” (video)
 

 

Forty-five is upsetting Canucks?
That’s gotta be one for the books!
With reserve and respect,
they’ll remain circumspect,
but beware he who plays them for schnooks.

© Susan E. Eckenrode

 

He excels in the art of the scam

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“He’s getting what he cares about.

 

“Donald Trump attracted a reputation over the years as a ruthless and unscrupulous businessman. He said on the campaign trail that having been ‘greedy all my life,’ he now wanted to be greedy on behalf of the American people — but nobody seriously believed him.”

 

Donald Trump’s first 100 days
have been a moneymaking success story
Vox

 

 

He excels in the art of the scam
and each hint of compassion’s a sham.
His ego has strangled
his soul and entangled
his heart in a shroud of “I am”.

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode

 

There are ways that America’s great

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There are ways that America’s great
and many in which she is not.
She can’t rest on her laurels and wait
or her dreams will eventually rot.

It was immigrants over the years,
a virtual cultural salad,
that led her to conquer her fears
when evidence proved they weren’t valid.

Will she open her arms and renew
the spirit on which she was founded?
Will she learn from the past and review
so that freedoms she touts are resounded?

© 2017 Susan E. Eckenrode

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