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- On March 7th, 2017, Veterans groups came to the White House to discuss priorities for veteran affairs, but were snubbed by DT who sent other staffers in his place. “This was a great meeting today, and we’re ready for a meeting with the president now, too,” said Verna Jones, executive director at the American Legion. “It’s time for that.” DT has a history of declaring his love and respect for veterans while not fulfilling his promises-- four months after a fundraiser for veterans organizations, he was finally pushed by the press into writing checks to some of the 41 orgs he said he had sent money, most of whom said the checks were dated the day the news broke that he hadn't given to them at all.
- On March 8th, 2017, a committee in the House of Representatives approved a bill that would allow employers to demand workers to undergo genetic testing and share the results with their employers or face thousands of dollars in fines as part of a "workplace wellness" program.
- On March 8th, 2017, Representative Jason Chaffetz actually did something that wasn't reprehensible as the chairman of the House Committee On Oversight and sent a letter to DT's counsel telling him to keep DT from deleting his tweets as it is a violation of federal records acts. In addition, the letter details that any use of personal or non-official email accounts, text messaging, etc. must be kept intact and copied to official accounts. I hearby, er, hear by, I mean, hereby declare this the first non-rage-inducing action I've ever heard of Chaffetz taking!
- On March 9th, 2017, Representative Earl Blumenauer introduced to the House of Representatives the No Taxpayer Revenue Used to Monetize the Presidency Act or... wait for it... the No TRUMP Act. The bill "would prohibit the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for events, overnight stays, food, or other expenses at hotels owned or operated by a president or his relatives." No law has ever been put in place before to ban the use of taxpayer dollars for this purpose, but one was never needed before because no one was such an audacious oligarch before DT.
- On March 10th, 2017, a California man jumped the White House fence and was later arrested by Secret Service after attempting to speak to DT, claiming he was a friend and had an appointment. He was carrying a backpack with two cans of mace and his passport.
- On March 10th, 2017, CBS reported that there has been a drastic fall off in searches and bookings from international travelers to the US, and not just from the 6 Muslim majority nations banned from entry by DT's latest "revised" executive order, but in 102 out of 122 countries since the inauguration-- a so-called "Trump Slump." Searches from the US to China, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, and Mexico are down, but searches for flights to Russia? Up 54%.
- On March 10th, 2017, the Hill broke the news that hacker Guccifer 2.0, who reportedly breached the DNC in August, was in touch with DT advisor and virulent misogynist Roger Stone before the emails were handed over to WikiLeaks, giving him advance knowledge of the hack. Stone claims that the communications came after the material was given to WikiLeaks, but time stamps prove it was before.
- On March 10th, 2017, CNN reported that federal investigators and computer scientists are not don investigating whether there was a server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank.
- On March 10th, 2017, DT demanded the resignation of 46 district attorneys appointed during or before President Obama's terms in office, after 7 weeks of allowing them to stay on, and indicating to at least one, Preet Bharara, that he was wanted to stay on as the DA of the district of Southern New York. It is possible that DT's abrupt decision to remove all 46 at once before their replacements have been identified was inspired by Fox News's Sean Hannity's tweets on Thursday: "It's time for the Trump administration to purge the deep state saboteurs from the government..." and asking "Should [DT] clean house and fire the Obama administration holdovers?" Hannity followed up his tweets on the 10:00 PM "news" with "It's time now for President Trump to follow Abraham Lincoln's example and fire anyone and everyone who is actively working against him in government. After all, even former President Bill Clinton, he utilized this tactic back in 1993. He fired all 93 U.S. attorneys. All of them....It's very important for President Trump to act right now." Fifteen hours later, noted racist and perjurer Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered just that. Bharara refused to resign and was summarily fired later in the day.
- On March 10th, 2017, Politico reported that security experts have identified Mar-a-Lago, the so-called "Southern White House" where DT has spent more than half of his weekend since the inauguration, is a perfect opportunity for spies. The private club does not vet potential members in a way that reflects White House security protocols, and DT has already openly discussed matters of national and international security openly in the dining room among guests.
- On March 10th, 2017, after previously dismissing jobs reports under President Barack Obama as fraudulent at least 19 times and as recently as December of last year, DT was happy to claim credit for the addition of new jobs in the latest report, leading press rep Sean Spicer to specifically say to reporters at Friday's afternoon briefing, “I talked to the president prior to this, and he said to quote him very clearly: 'They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now.'” DT has passed no executive orders nor has he submitted any legislation related to job expansion. The numbers released for February 2017 were 235,000, down from the last two years for the month, 238,000 in 2015 and 237,000 in 2016.
- Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/10/19-times-trump-called-the-jobs-numbers-fake-before-they-made-him-look-good/?utm_term=.0b85538f284e
- Source: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/10/no-more-monkey-business-trump-touts-big-jobs-number-as-proof-of-improvement.html
- Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39226688
- Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/03/10/trump-keeps-claiming-hes-created-u-s-jobs-since-election-day-not-so/?utm_term=.3c2f23c9dcf8
- On March 10th, 2017, in direct contradiction of both Sean Spicer's and Mike Pence's assertions that they had not been aware of disgraced retired General and disgraced retired National Security Advisor Mike Flynn's foreign agent work, multiple sources reported that Representative Elijah Cummings of the House Oversight Committee has specifically warned Pence about Flynn's paid lobbying work in Turkey. The letter is a matter of public record dated November 18th, 2016. Flynn's attorneys apparently told the DT transition team twice that he might have to register as a foreign agent.
- Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/10/trump-team-knew-michael-flynn-might-register-foreign-agent-turkey-work/99018396/
- Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/flynn-told-trump-team-he-might-register-as-a-foreign-agent/2017/03/10/7e30713a-05cb-11e7-b9fa-ed727b644a0b_story.html?utm_term=.e4d4a0a72387
- Source: https://democrats-oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/cummings-requests-documents-relating-to-michael-flynn-s-apparent-conflicts-of
- On March 10th, 2017, a Salem, Oregon man assaulted a restaurant employee of Middle Eastern descent. Jason Kendall, who referred to the employee as a "Saddam Hussein-looking guy" and told a woman in the restaurant he believed to be a slave that she was "free to leave," told the victim "Get out of America! Arab, you need to leave, asshole!" before hitting the victim in the head with a metal pipe. Kendall is facing felony assault and unlawful use of a weapon charges. The victim did not sustain any serious physical injuries.
- On March 10th, 2017, DT invited Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House. Sources say that DT will leave Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations to his Orthodox Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Kushner has no previous experience in government.