January 13th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1455

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

Donald J. Trump - 45th President of the United States

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

President Trump Twitter @POTUS / Vice President Pence Twitter @VP

Kayleigh McEnany Twitter @PressSec

Wednesday January 13th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

VP Mike Pence Rejects Speaker Pelosi Request for 25th Amendment Against President Trump

Vice President Mike Pence has rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s demand that cabinet members of the Trump administration invoke the 25th Amendment:

Speaker Pelosi will now move forward with article of impeachment in the house tomorrow.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Will Stop Financial Support for Congress Members Who Support President Trump

It should come as no surprise the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (CoC) would join hands with leftist democrats & begin withholding financial support for congressional representatives who supported President Trump.   You might remember in August of 2020 when the CoC admitted to supporting far-left democrats in the 2020 election cycle.

WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the powerful pro-business [multinational] lobbying group, said Tuesday it will halt political contributions to certain lawmakers following the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol last week.

“There are some members that by their actions will have forfeited the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Period, full stop,” Neil Bradley, chief policy officer at the Chamber, said in a press conference.

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President Trump Delivers Remarks from Alamo, Texas on Border Security – 3:00pm Livestream

Today President Trump will deliver remarks in Alamo, TX celebrating at the 450th Mile of New Border Wall.  Anticipated Livestream 3:00pm ET

White House LivestreamRSBN Livestream LinkAlternate Livestream

https://youtu.be/c_WNI43s3ds

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January 12th – 2021 Presidential Politics – Trump Administration Day #1454

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

Donald J. Trump - 45th President of the United States

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

President Trump Twitter @POTUS / Vice President Pence Twitter @VP

Kayleigh McEnany Twitter @PressSec

CTH 2.0 UPDATE – Email Subscription Service Activated

Hundreds of people have asked for a new email notification system that will alert people to new content posted on CTH 2.0. It has been a lengthy process of research and deliberation & we have selected a third-party vendor to deliver the requested email notification service.

We have purchased Feedblitz as the provider to send email notifications. You can sign up by clicking the “sign up for email delivery” link in the right margin just under the search box. When you click the link you get this registration box:

[Feedblitz Privacy Statement Here]

CTH looked at several options over the past six weeks.  Feedblitz seems to be the best, scalable option for this service.  However, a note of caution…

Whenever you subscribe to a notification system you are “opting-in” to a system that needs to track your identity (email address) in order to facilitate the request.  The notification system, based on the entire function of the process, is inherently gathering data and assembling a list of subscribers.  [Read Privacy Policy Here]

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Tuesday January 12th – Open Thread

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Parler CEO John Matze Discusses Deplatforming and Big Tech Moves To Control Free Speech

The CEO of Parler, John Matze, appears on Fox News to discuss the targeting of the social media platform and the removal of their website from Amazon servers.

Obviously the issue of targeted deplatforming is one close to the current community of CTH 2.0 users and administrators after we suffered a similar targeting from WordPress/Automattic.  However, there is something about the Parler construct that is puzzling.  WATCH:

Outwardly, Parler launched as an alternative to Twitter for conservative and liberty-minded voices concerned about having a space for free speech.  With that in mind why would Parler start by using Amazon host services for their platform?

While it is not OK for Parler to be removed under any circumstances, John Matze primary responsibility was stewardship toward the Parler user community.  Responsible stewardship would not include going to the ideological Big Tech enemy, Amazon, for the primary provider tools for the platform.

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Orwell Was Right – Facebook Will Remove Content With ‘Stop The Steal’ Phrase

“It’s a beautiful thing, the destruction of words” … “The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect.”

George Orwell

In the latest effort to ensure the totalitarian interests of the authoritarian state are never questioned, Facebook has announced no phrases will be allowed that call into question the legitimacy of the installed JoeBama leadership.  This is absolutely Orwellian:

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Monday it was treating the next two weeks as a “major civic event” and would remove certain content containing the phrase “stop the steal” from its social media platforms.

“With continued attempts to organize events against the outcome of the US presidential election that can lead to violence, and use of the term by those involved in Wednesday’s violence in DC, we’re taking this additional step in the lead up to the inauguration”, the company said in a blog post.  (read more)

The need to have extreme control is a reaction to fear.

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