CNN:
Donald Trump has arrived in Washington -- and he's going to be here for at least four years.Because the only thing that matters today is an obsolete civil rights "icon" who hasn't been relevant for decades, as well as a bunch of sore losers who won't be at the Inauguration.
The reality of the moment, that the real estate mogul and reality show star will recite the oath of office Friday, is finally taking hold.
At noon Friday, the most divisive campaign in recent history -- and a similarly contentious transition period, marked by Trump's attacks on Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon, and dozens of House Democrats saying they'll boycott Trump's swearing-in over it -- reaches its end.
Apparently, there were other immature jerks among the Democrats/"progressive socialists":
Protesters and Washington police scuffled Thursday night outside a meeting of pro-Trump conservatives, the first of several demonstrations aimed at disrupting the new administration's inaugural weekend.Note to Democrats: This does nothing to endear your cause to the rest of America. However, this is typical of the immaturity of your political views, which come from the worldview of a 5-year old ("Gimme stuff!").
...Protesters gathered on 14th Street outside the National Press Club to demonstrate against "DeploraBall," an event organized by some of Trump's most fervent supporters. The name riffs off the campaign description of some Trump backers by his defeated opponent, Hillary Clinton, as a "basket of deplorables."
As attendees -- some of whom were clad in suits and red hats, others dressed in gowns -- entered the event, demonstrators chanted "Shame" and "Nazis go home" behind a phalanx of police. Some held signs that read "No Alt Reich" and "No Nazi USA."
...Some protesters could be seen setting small fires in the streets, though it was unclear what was set ablaze. A motorcycle was damaged on the street, and police could be seen pepper-spraying some protesters.
This behavior from the Democrats only solidifies their appearance as a cancer on the American body politic. While Trump is a flawed candidate, nobody yet knows what his presidency will entail. He could be awesome or awful, with the probability being somewhere in-between. To be protesting him before he takes office is despicable and un-American. Even worse, it flips a collective bird towards the majority of Americans outside of California who voted for him. Protesting a new president before he takes office sends the message that your views are more important than the rest of America.
Grow up.
In other news about the incoming administration...
Daily Caller:
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of the treasury, Steve Mnuchin, said at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday he would like to increase the size of the IRS.
Mnuchin said that while some have questioned, including himself, the number of employees at the IRS, he would consider increasing the size of the labor force.
“The IRS headcount has gone down quite dramatically, almost 30 percent over the last number of years. I don’t think there is any another government agency that has gone down 30 percent. Especially for an agency that collects revenues, this is something that I’m concerned about,” Mnuchin said.
Mnuchin gets the bear:
Finally, regarding the outgoing administration...
CBS News:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange retreated from his pledge to accept extradition to the U.S. if Chelsea Manning was granted clemency, arguing Wednesday via his lawyers that what he was really asking for was an immediate pardon for the ex-Army analyst.
It was only last week that Assange raised eyebrows across the internet when he appeared to offer himself up as a kind of swap for Manning, the former private convicted of leaking the hundreds of thousands of documents that made WikiLeaks a household name.
“If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ case,” WikiLeaks said, apparently referring to the U.S. Department of Justice’s continuing investigation into the radical transparency website.
There are two sides to this story. First, because Obama explicitly said that Assange's offer was not part of the consideration in granting clemency, that kind of takes Assange of the hook for it. In the political calculus, if it didn't matter to Obama, why should it matter to the rest of us?
On the other hand, it was still a pretty weaselly thing for Assange to do.
Having said that, it must be said that Assange is one of the last bastions of true journalism today. Think what you will of the messenger, but he is one of the few giving us the unbiased facts. The mainstream media loves to attack him and his sources, and yet they cannot attack the truth of what he reveals. Therein lies true journalistic integrity.
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