Wake up to Cheerful Tweets from the Tweeter-in-Chief. By Geniusofdespair

3 Tweets this morning from The surREAL DONALD J. TRUMP:

The failing nytimes has been wrong about me from the very beginning. Said I would lose the primaries, then the general election. FAKE NEWS! Thr coverage about me in the @nytimes and the @washingtonpost gas been so false and angry that the times actually apologized to its....dwindling subscribers and readers.They got me wrong right from the beginning and still have not changed course, and never will. DISHONEST

This is how much Americans pay for sugar protectionism: chart ... by gimleteye

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Bloomberg writes, "With talk of border tariffs, it’s worth considering who ends up paying for protectionism. The U.S. sugar industry enjoys quotas limiting imports from countries including Mexico. Raw-sugar futures that serve the needs of U.S. producers closed Friday in New York at 29.1 cents per pound, 43 percent higher than the futures used by the rest of the global industry."

Actually, Floridians end up paying for federal protectionism of Big Sugar in other ways: trillion dollar health care costs due to overconsumption of sugar, higher food prices, wrecked coastal estuaries and dying Everglades, plus cratered small businesses and real estate values on Florida's coasts due to unremitting pollution from Lake Okeechobee.

Federal protectionism has added costs beyond these: full-funded disinformation campaigns and propaganda by Big Sugar including an array of mouthpieces armed with fake facts.

Who is going to tell all these men they do not have a Uterus? By Geniusofdespair

I put a black circle on all the men in the photo, that I could identify as men, at the Anti-Choice March yesterday. Yes men do have a right to protest. But I found it interesting so many men were at the march. I do not like abortions but every woman should be able to make that decision for themselves. Their body, their choice.

The People Were Locked Out of Their Miami Dade County Building. By Geniusofdespair

2 videos--- (videos available on regular computer -  not phone)

The Mayor - now making policy for the County Commission -- gutting our sanctuary status, would not let protesters in to the County Commission Building.

This IS NOT A VIDEO GO TO THIS LINK TO SEE IT The people are shouting: "Let us in!"

Protesters in Frustration --- Sitting in front of Door

Locked out of County Hall Protesters hold signs to the locked doors. Inside everything was on lockdown.

Douglas Hanks of the Miami Herald wrote:

Political blowback erupted Friday against Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez for requiring local jails to detain immigrants in the country illegally at the behest of the federal government, effectively abandoning Miami-Dade’s stance as a “sanctuary” county.

Immigration advocates descended on County Hall, staging a protest — called on short notice — of more than 100 people that forced police officers to close off the lobby of the Stephen P. Clark Center in downtown Miami to keep the demonstrators out. - Snip -

The political drama reached a crescendo when U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat running for Democratic National Committee chairman who happened to be in town, joined the protest and then the failed effort to enter County Hall.

“Sanctuary cities promote public safety,” Ellison told a crowd of protesters barred from going inside County Hall. “Look, Miami. You’re not alone. We believe in what you’re doing.”

Ellison then made the first of two attempts to enter the building that serves as headquarters for the largest local government in Florida.

“This is a public facility, right?” Ellison said as he approached the building's west entrance. A county security guard turned him away. Ellison walked with a band of about 20 protesters up the escalators to the southern entrance, but they were blocked by a metal security fence used to shutter the lobby at night.

County police stood silently on the other side as the congressman addressed them.

“You work for the people of Miami-Dade County,” Ellison told police officers guarding the gate. “Not the federal government.”

Citizens Charter? shove it up Gimenez's ass as he can't read or understand it. Here is what it says in the first line:

This government has been created to protect the governed, not the governing. In order to provide the public with full and accurate information, to promote efficient administrative management, to make government more accountable, and to insure to all persons fair and equitable treatment...

Mayor Gimenez, you are the governing. We, outside, are the governed. The spineless Marco Rubio supports Mayor Carlos Gimenez on the gutting of Sanctuary for Miami Dade County people.

Gimenez Makes it to the Wacky Tweeter in Chief's Twitter Page, But Not in a Good Way. By Geniusofdespair

Mayor Gimenez orders jails to comply with crackdown on Sanctuary Counties

Trump threatens to withhold public dollars and see Gimenez fold. He would have folded without the threat in my opinion as Gimenez's son is now in bed with the President.

Heyman? What is your story? She was quoted in the article as being a sycophant of the mayor.

County Commissioner Daniella Levine Cava said:

It's time for inclusion not the division and rhetoric of the campaign. I will always fight for the rights of all our residents and I am fearful this will lead to racial and ethnic profiling. There are constitutional legal challenges to be mounted to this proposed Federal action and we should join in those efforts.

Anyway, Trump has threatened other Sanctuary cities (He even threatened Chicago with an invasion by the Feds "to fight crime"). Don't let a bully, bully.

There is a demonstration today at the Government center at 11 a.m.  Dust off the pink hat if you have one. If you don't maybe we had better make some more, there is going to be a lot of demonstrating in our future.

Support for Senate President Joe Negron and SB 10 to provide for a new, huge reservoir in sugarcane lands rises to the top of the Florida legislative agenda ... by gimleteye

Greetings,

The awesome support over 40,000 of us have shown by believing in the Now or Neverglades Declaration has moved the bar up another notch. We have GREAT NEWS to share! (If you haven't signed the NOWORNEVERGLADES DECLARATION, sign here.)

On Jan. 26, 2017, Senator Rob Bradley filed Senate Bill (SB)10 to help expedite the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir. (Full text of bill, click here.)

As you well know this is a priority project for all who care about our drinking water, estuaries, the Everglades, and Florida Bay. The reservoir will reduce the algae-causing discharges into our coastal estuaries and provide badly needed fresh water to rehydrate the Everglades and Florida Bay.

We are now one step closer to achieving this goal, but there is more heavy lifting to do.

Please take this opportunity to reiterate your support for the bill by emailing your legislators today.

It's a simple message: Support SB10! With just a few clicks, in half a minute you can email your local legislators and Governor Scott.

Take Action Now!

Thanks again for your heartfelt support and our message is really making a difference.

Best,
Sandy Moret
Islamorada, Florida


Captains for Clean Water commends Senator Rob Bradley for filling SB10!

Captains for Clean water is proud to announce the Filing of Florida Senate Bill 10 designed to reduce harmful Lake Okeechobee discharges and provide needed water to the Everglades and Florida Bay.

After testifying before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural Resources yesterday we were extremely excited to see the quick response from Senator Rob Bradley that addressed many of our concerns. Committee Chair Rob Bradley noted that the “current projects fail to include one significant component that the majority of scientists and experts uniformly agree on – a long-term solution that requires additional land and storage south of Lake Okeechobee.”

Senate Bill 10 authorizes bonding a portion of proceeds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, set aside by the voter-approved Water and Land Conservation Amendment (Amendment 1, 2014), to purchase land and construct a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee to reduce harmful discharges to the St. Lucie and Caloosahatchee estuaries.

SB10 would add a new section to the Florida Statutes authorizing a Reservoir project in the Everglades Agricultural Area; this project has the intent of creating 360,000 acre-feet of water storage capacity along with the acquisition of 60,000 acres of land from willing sellers. This proposed reservoir is expected to hold approximately 120 billion gallons of water and would be dynamic in nature meaning that as soon as the existing storm water treatment areas are ready to accept additional water, more water would be moved into this reservoir that would also supply a much needed source of water in times of drought to the often parched Everglades and Florida Bay.

The estimated cost of a reservoir is expected to total roughly $2.4 billion. With the federal government paying at least half of the cost of such a reservoir, the state’s commitment would be $1.2 billion. The bill authorizes the annual use of approximately $100 million of documentary stamp tax revenue set aside by Amendment 1, approved by voters in 2014, over the next 20 years to finance the plan.

The bill directs the South Florida Water Management District to begin the formal process of purchasing land from willing sellers and operates under the 2000 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, a partnership between the state and federal government.

Senate President Joe Negron stated “For nearly two decades, there has been scientific consensus and recognition by state leaders that additional water storage south of Lake Okeechobee is necessary to stop this ongoing problem; from Governor Jeb Bush's historic support of the bipartisan Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan in 2000; to the recent University of Florida Water Institute study commissioned by the Senate and completed in 2015,” continued President Negron. “This legislation provides a clear plan to address this plague on our communities in a manner that respects the interests of the agricultural community and private land owners.”

According to the bill, If the SFWMD is unable to identify sellers of land appropriate for a reservoir through an open solicitation by the end of 2017, the legislation authorizes the Board of Trustees to exercise the option with U.S. Sugar entered into in 2010 to buy 153,000 acres of land in the Everglades Agricultural Area, for the purpose of securing the 60,000 acres necessary for the reservoir and to begin the planning the construction of the needed reservoir.

The bill goes on to state that if the State is ultimately unable to purchase land for the reservoir by November 30, 2018, the legislation increases the ongoing Legacy Florida appropriation by an additional $50 million for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, which includes a reservoir in the Everglades Agricultural Area as a key component.

Please make sure to join us in Tallahassee on April 11th, 2017 for the NowOrNeverglades Sportfishing Day and remind our elected officials about the importance that our industry has to our State’s economy and overall quality of life: https://www.facebook.com/events/793871580765898/

A full text of the bill can be seen here: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0010/BillText/Filed/PDF

Official Press release: http://www.flsenate.gov/Media/PressReleases/Show/2621

Sincerely,

Capt. Daniel Andrews
President, Co-Founder


The Everglades Foundation

As a loyal supporter of The Everglades Foundation, I want to share some GOOD NEWS!

Earlier today, Senator Rob Bradley filed Senate Bill (SB)10 to help expedite the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir.

I don’t have to remind you that this is a priority project for all of us who care about our estuaries, the Everglades, and Florida Bay. The reservoir will reduce the algae-causing discharges into our coastal estuaries and provide badly needed fresh water to rehydrate the Everglades and Florida Bay.

Can I count on you to take the next step by emailing your legislators?

It’s a simple message: Support SB10! With just a few clicks, you can email your legislators and Governor Scott.

Thank you so much for making your voice heard.

Sincerely,

Eric Eikenberg
Chief Executive Officer

Isolationism: The United States Returns to the 1930's. By Geniusofdespair

Trump building wall- photo-shopped illustration by Geniusofdespair 

Donald Trump: How you gonna be a "Good" Isolationist if you are all over Israel, kissing Putin's ass, and making China and North Korea mad?

Are you going to make America Great by only Hispanic, and Islamic Isolationism? I think pretty much that is the case.

Note to the isolated: You didn't learn the language, and you don't wear the right garb. Get with the program fast because you are behind Fat Donny's 8 ball.

If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It ... by gimleteye

"Sugar is at the scene of the crime biologically." What a statement. That's from a New York Times OPED, reprinted below, regarding the fierce debate over the massive health care costs as a result of overconsumption of sugar in the American diet.

Sugar is also at the scene of the crime ecologically, socially, and politically. Big Sugar is an ambient presence in Florida's greatest conflicts: over water quality, over water infrastructure, over racial harmony, over land use and development, over taxes and real estate values, and over our rivers, bays, estuaries and the Everglades.

Big Sugar has created -- through its intricate investments in message framing, in lobbying and outreach to economically disadvantaged communities, and through political intimidation through its campaign finance apparatus -- a set of privileges that is immune to fact. 

In the Florida legislature, Big Sugar is throwing sand in the gears of land acquisition in the Everglades Agricultural Area. Its well-oiled machinery now includes over 60 registered lobbyists all with one purpose: to divide and conquer its opposition. Sadly, Gov. Rick Scott empowered a taxing authority in South Florida -- the water management -- to do Big Sugar's work, as well. Under Scott's tenure, the South Florida Water Management District converted its science mission to one of political thuggery. The District might as well be run out of the offices of Florida Crystals in Palm Beach.

"If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It" isn't just a biological theme; of the massive, trillion dollar costs imposed each year on the health care system as a result of overconsumption of sugar in the American diet. The point applies equally to the ways democracy is hostage to Big Sugar. 

Consider that Republican orthodoxy is to get government out of the business of choosing winners and losers. Even if Senator Joe Negron succeeds in the plan to put at least 60,000 acres of sugarcane into public ownership, Big Sugar still wins big-time: it will be paid many hundreds of millions for its property. 

Right now, the Florida Senate is considering the issue of land acquisition, far removed from the issues of taxpayer equity. Soon, a bill should emerge from the Senate and join a companion bill from the House; unless Big Sugar derails it. The reason Big Sugar would do that? The status quo is predictable. Its cash flow is predictable. Its power in Florida is impregnable. 

Big Sugar hammers away at its opposition. It is focused on demonstrating the futility of straying from current commitments to improve water quality and supply -- a course that hundreds of scientists and the nation's premier research agency, the National Research Council, argue is inadequate based on fact. 

Instead, Big Sugar is pointing the finger at other sources of pollution that have turned Lake Okeechobee into a breeding ground for toxic algae blooms as if to say, it is up to the public to prove that Big Sugar is not responsible for seventy five or more years of legacy nutrients that sit at the bottom of Lake Okeechobee and in the water column.

Let your Miami-Dade state legislators know: support land acquisition in the Everglades Agricultural Area. A better chance may never emerge in our lifetimes.

The Opinion Pages
If Sugar Is Harmless, Prove It

New York Times
David Bornstein
JAN. 25, 2017

Over the past half-century, the rate of obesity in America has nearly tripled, while the incidence of diabetes has increased roughly sevenfold. It’s estimated that the direct health care costs related to obesity and diabetes in the United States is $1 billion a day, while economists have calculated the indirect costs to society of these epidemics at over $1 trillion a year.

In recent years, some researchers have focused on the particular role refined sugar may play in these epidemics. Perhaps the most comprehensive analysis of this research has been put forth by the science journalist, Gary Taubes, author of the recent book, “The Case Against Sugar.” I spoke with Taubes about his research and what people should know about sugar to make better choices in their diets.

— David Bornstein

David Bornstein: What’s the essence of the case against sugar?

Under President Trump, a no-win zone for citizens in the federal judiciary ... by gimleteye

If Trump nominates 11th Circuit Court Judge William Pryor to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court, he will be affirming the promise he made during the campaign: to pack the federal court system with right-wing activist judges.

In June 2016, Right Wing Watch reported, "... on “Breitbart News Daily,” Donald Trump lashed out at his conservative detractors who have continued to criticize him even after he all but clinched the GOP presidential nomination. ... “Even though I’m going to appoint great judges, you know, we could have as many as five judges, and she (Hillary Clinton) is going to appoint super radical liberals and I’m appointing, you know, you saw the 11 names I gave, and we’re going to have great judges, conservative, all picked by the Federalist Society,” he said. (All My Judges Will Be Picked By The Federalist Society, June 13, 2016, Right Wing Watch)

The Federalist Society gained traction during the terms of George W. Bush and his mastermind Karl "Blossom Turd" Rove. (The nickname was W's, who joked about Rove's uncanny ability to turn a flower into shit, like rebranding justices unaffiliated with the Federalist Society as "activists".)

A Trump federal judiciary dedicated to an extremist, right-wing agenda will smooth over any turmoil in the GOP on policies that turn upside-down other orthodoxies: limited government intrusion on private liberties, international trade, and the deficit. After less than a week in office, it is clear that the GOP Congress would let Trump wage radical experiments with the economy so long as right-wing appointees are nominated and approved to the federal bench. Adam Nagourney, New Yorker staff writer, asks, "For all the talk about Trump taking over/hijacking Republican Party-conservative movement, is it possible that actually the reverse is true?" There is another way of describing the phenomenon: that the GOP right-wing is willing to let Trump thrash his way through the free world, upsetting apple carts wherever he goes and even jeopardizing national security and the economy, so long as it gets the installation of an activist, right-wing judiciary. All that stands in the way: historic filibusters by Democrats in the US Senate.

On top line controversies, like a nationalistic opposition to free trade, Trump is sharply breaking with GOP orthodoxy. But in selecting Senator Jeff Sessions to be the Trump attorney general of the U.S., and Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma to be the next EPA administrator, and in promising federal judge appointments vetted by the Heritage Foundation and by the Federalist Society, Trump is delivering the red-state base in Congress -- states which delivered the White House by only 77,000 votes out of nearly 120 million cast in November -- the holy grail of large corporate donors like the Koch Brothers: a right-wing firewall in the federal judiciary that will be impregnable for the foreseeable future, long beyond Trump's tenure in the White House.

William Pryor is among the top candidates to be Trump's nominee to the highest court in the U.S. From the NY Times, today: "Judge Pryor is a protégé of Senator Jeff Sessions, Mr. Trump’s nominee for attorney general. When Mr. Sessions was Alabama’s attorney general, Mr. Pryor served as his deputy, succeeding him when he was elected to the Senate... “His record clearly indicates that he applies the law in an evenhanded fashion, putting his personal beliefs aside,” said John G. Malcolm of the Heritage Foundation. “He is a man of great integrity committed to fidelity, to the Constitution and the rule of law.” Representing Alabama, Mr. Pryor in 2003 filed a supporting brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold a Texas law that made gay sex a crime. (A Supreme Court Pick Is Promised. A Political Brawl Is Certain, Jan. 25, 2017, NY Times)

For a terrific report how Alabama jurisprudence evolved during the years that William Pryor rose to power and privilege on the court, the Locust Fork News Journal, Oct. 2012, published, here: "How Karl Rove Took Over the Alabama Supreme Court and Created a ‘No Win Zone’ for Citizens".

The Race To The Bottom: Rubio wins Today. By Geniusofdespair

What an about-face our Senator has made. Get up Marco, Trumps' Boots are clean.

 
Congratulations, Marco Rubio you actually bottomed out below the Donald today. A letter to the editor of the Miami Herald put it best:

No Wunderkind: Sen. Marco Rubio kicked off 2017 with a bang! His harsh questioning of Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson was passionate, patriotic and brave. Rubio shredded the oil man about his dealings with Russia and Iran. He even showed compassion for Putin's  in Aleppo.

Gone, I thought was simpering "Little Marco." Rubio has become a man of character and integrity, a fearsome warrior who would fight for the people of Florida and the United States. 

And then, in a cowardly Facebook post, Rubio announced that he would vote for Tillerson. 

This tremendous reversal of sentiment could have only been brought about by promises of extra money and power for Rubio. What did he get? A fancy committe Post? A private plane?

Well, I hope it  was worth it. for not only has he betrayed his State and your country he has betrayed himself! - Tereska Bella, Miami Beach

Rubio's excuse: "I believe the president is entitled to significant deference when it comes to his choices for the Cabinet," - Marco Rubio

Where is your deference to women, what happened to that? To Hispanics? Marco, you even voted to reverse pre-existing condition coverage. Where is your deference to sick people? You only care about the President, not us? You folded like a piece of paper. YOU BOTTOMED OUT.

ALSO SEE OUR SECOND RUBIO POST

Marco Rubio cares more about power -- his own -- than country ... by gimleteye

Miami New Times blasts Senator Marco Rubio for caving and voting to approve Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil, as U.S. Secretary of State: "Rubio has been consistent since his rise as a mainline Jeb Bush prodigy to a Tea Party-baiting outsider to a Trump-appeasing apparatchik. He's gonna do whatever keeps himself in power. Don't forget it."

These days, U.S. politics is a mess. Donald Trump ran against his own party and won. Yesterday he crossed a sacred GOP line: globalization and trade deals. The GOP -- that for decades ran against Democrats as the true opponents of communism and dictatorships around the world -- now support Trump who for his own dark reasons supports Vladmir Putin, retraction from the world and nationalism at home.

Trump cabinet confirmation hearings demonstrate that the GOP majority is a rubber-stamp for an autocrat. There was a chance that Marco Rubio would follow through on his intense questioning of Tillerson and deny Trump his support. That's gone, too.

Florida voters could have delivered a message in November to the GOP and denied Rubio his second term. Now we get to watch Marco Rubio humiliate himself before an autocrat who stepped all over him on the way to the White House.

There is nothing for Floridians to do now except check shoes and sandals to see if any of Trump's gold leaf stuck to their soles.

Climate Central: On First Day, Trump Lies About Climate

Trump White House Distorts Wages Figure on First Day
Climate Central
John Upton
Published: January 20th, 2017

Shortly after Donald Trump was sworn in as president on Friday, the White House said that eliminating power plant climate rules, a clean water rule and other environmental regulations would “greatly help American workers, increasing wages by more than $30 billion over the next 7 years.”

The statement, included on the White House’s website to justify Trump’s drive to eliminate environmental rules affecting the energy sector, was a distortion. And if it was true, it would represent wage gains equivalent to less than $20 per American every year.

The figure was based on a paper produced by a Louisiana State University finance professor in 2015 on behalf of a fossil fuel industry nonprofit. The paper, which was not peer reviewed, investigated potential economic impacts if all protected federal lands were opened to unlimited oil, gas and coal mining.

The paper did not, however, analyze the potential impacts of other potential regulatory changes, such as eliminating Obama-era power plant climate rules, as the White House suggested.

“It seems that the White House mischaracterized the study,” said Ken Gillingham, a Yale economist who worked a year for the Obama White House. He also said the study was “problematic from start to finish.”

A Long Read, But Worthwhile: "The World Of Today" ... by gimleteye

Writer Chris Deerin illuminates "... civilisation is a more fragile thing than we often care to understand." The following was published before the November election in the U.S.

The World of Today
Chris Deerin
ZOO EARS
Sep 16, 2016


Stefan Zweig was dead by the time The World of Yesterday came out. He posted the manuscript to his publisher and the next day he and his wife took their own lives in the Brazilian city of Petropolis.

We Need a BOLD MOVE in Politics. By Geniusofdespair

Let's not waste the momentum of the Women's March.

We need a new political party that can be under the umbrella of the Democrats or an Independent Party on to itself (what I favor except for Duvergers's law).

We at least need a BRAND NEW name that represents Women and young people, like the Tea Party represented ultra conservatives and got wacky Republicans to run under their mantle.

We need a Jazzy new name for the more progressive of us: Techno Party? Living Dead? (I like that one).

I have been researching parties and have been flirting with joining the Pirate Party - just to be different.

I am with Michael Moore,  just so sick of the Democrats. How about it kids? are you tired of the same old two parties? Lets be bold. Lets get the Democrats spiffed up for the next election with a strong new faction. Bernie tried let's continue his work.

It is probably easier to umbrella with the Democrats (ugh) because of Duvergers' law, a third party, even though I want one, is next to impossible.

On climate change, the policy area that just disappeared from the Trump WH website, panic ...

Writing about climate change: my professional detachment has finally turned to panic
Michael Slezak, UK Guardian
Thursday 19 January 2017 18.40 EST Last modified on Friday 20 January 2017 13.19 EST

Until recently, like a sociopath might have little feelings when witnessing violence, I’ve managed to have relatively mild emotional responses to climate change.

For five years I’ve been covering climate change – the science that underpins it, the things that are driving it, the devastation it is wreaking, and the desperate measures we need to urgently put in place to mitigate it. (Not to mention the reporting I’ve done on the pathetic politics surrounding it.)

But for most of that time I’ve been able to maintain a wall between the objective facts I report, and my emotional response to those facts.

The problem with alternate facts ... by gimleteye

The Trump administration got off on a limp foot over the weekend. Trump's two main proxies with the outside world -- Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway -- went on camera (Spicer, first WH press conference and Conway, Sunday talk shows) to defend Trump's lying about the size of his inauguration crowd.

President Trump has already decided that a permanent war with the press is exactly the way to distract the public from the disorganization of a spotless mind. Next come bread and circuses. Military marches and other calls to patriotism and rebuke to those who would question his authority.

Trump is soothed by the addition of the gold touches to the White House. The gold reinforces a sense of grandeur. America starts being great again with gold leaf. Lots of it. No amount of redecorating can eliminate a sense of foreboding that his own simple, self-centeredness has just been overwhelmed by reality.

Trump will tackle complexity for a while, but nothing in his history or his campaign suggests he has the bandwidth or discipline for the long haul. So management of the public interest in the federal government will soon be turned over to members the Trump Cabinet. If the confirmation hearings are any indication, in key respects the changes ahead will be the most radical in 100 years.

Put simply, Trump -- like Florida Governor Rick Scott -- has a vastly over-inflated sense of what is right for the economy. Instead of caution for consequences, his administration will take a chain saw to protections government has been charged to maintain: public health, food safety, public education, drug safety, regulations protecting the quality of our air and water. They call it states' rights.

The changes will be carried out by an army of right wing conservatives, organized by think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute -- funded by the nation's top Republican donors like the Koch Brothers. It will be up to the free press to uncover for the public, as it began to do over the weekend, each and every point where the Trump administration is lying. Fasten your seat belts, world.

The March on Washington: Tweeter and Chief and his numbers. By Geniusofdespair

Tweeter believes his numbers are SOOOOO important. At the Airport I was talking to this Military Man who went to the Trump inauguration. The pictures of the Obama and Trump inauguration were on the TV screen side by side. He said, oh, that is CNN, they doctored the photos. End of story. The media lies. You will never convince Tweeter's supporters otherwise. This is a very dangerous situation. Tweeter has a bizarre need - COMPULSION - to be popular, tweeting that his TV ratings were better than Obama's for his inauguration. Is that REALLY important? Okay, I get it. You are a popular guy in your mind and you have to be the most popular guy. You will find/manufacture a number that will make you appear popular.

Back to the Women's March on Washington. I took a one day trip to the city for the event. I was in a sea of people but was so lonely. No one to talk to. Someone reimburse me for my airfare. They didn't have a parade route so pink hats were meandering everywhere. It was chaotic. NO SECURITY checks anywhere. Luck was with us, there was no violence.

There were about 300 women at the March on Washington as you can see by my photos. I did put two photos together but identified where I made the splice. I don't want to be part of that lying scum media. Actually the Media shouldn't even cover him. Let Fox News do it.

This one is at high resolution so if you hit on it you can really see the group.

See, Only 300 Women.

This is Where I Finally Parted From the Meandering Group

The Parade Route Had a Chaotic Path. People Were Everywhere.

See, 300 Women -- That Was it. The lying media is saying almost 500 thousand. But...is that on Fox News? If not it is certainly not true. I was there, I agree with whatever Fox News comes up with.

As Tweeter in Chief said on New Year's: "Have a very, very, very, very happy New Year", I say, "This is going to be a very, very, very very long 4 years.