Former White House communications aide and new member of the Trump White House tell-all book club Cliff Sims is suing President Trump for his attempts to enforce a nondisclosure agreement signed by Sims—and many others—when he worked for the Trump presidential campaign. Sims, the New York Times reports, is suing Trump in his official capacity as president, saying that Trump is using his campaign apparatus to seek retribution against federal employees, like Sims, who are writing and disclosing information about their time working for the federal government, not as an employee of the campaign. The suit was prompted by the Trump campaign organization’s filing of an arbitration claim against Sims last week following the publication of Team of Vipers, which, from the title, you can tell was not a fawning account of Sims’ 500 days in the West Wing. The suit, filed in D.C., says Trump “is seeking to impose civil liability against Mr. Sims through application of NDAs that apply to information Mr. Sims learned solely during his federal service.” This is not the first book to be written about Trump, and this is not the first instance where Trump has initiated legal action, a move that publishers certainly relish given the publicity that comes with the legal proceedings and the general legal sense that the NDA is largely unenforceable. https://slate.com/news-and-politics...sims-team-of-vipers-book-nda-retribution.html
frustrated by what they see as the Trump administration’s failure to adequately punish Russia for its broad spectrum of bad behavior, A bipartisan group of senators are taking matters into their own hands. They’ve proposed a massive bill that aims to, among other things, force the administration to assess whether Russia is a state sponsor of terror, as well as hammer Russia with a host of additional sanctions and new ways of cracking down on Russian disinformation and cyber-crimes. Sen. Bob Menendez, said the legislation is a response to Donald Trump’s “willful paralysis in the face of Kremlin aggression” and seeks to ramp up pressure on Russia through a wide range of punitive measures. “Putin’s actions cannot be tolerated, and the consequences of inaction are quickly compounding,” “That is why we are introducing a proposal to actually address the realities of the Kremlin threat in a holistic way, all while sending a crystal clear message to our adversaries that the US Congress will protect our institutions, allies and values even if the President chooses not to do so,” he added. https://kpax.com/cnn-us-politics/2019/02/13/senators-target-russia-with-massive-bipartisan-bill/
the dotard prefaced his declaration of national emergency to re-allocate funds to build the border wall w "I don't need to do this, I..........." a vivid eg of his diminished mental capacity on public display !
The Munich Security Conference, a forum conceived during the Cold War to discuss security threats and challenges, has been a showcase for the solidity of the post-war Western alliance and America’s enduring commitment to European security this year’s conference, held yesterday, has looked more like a transatlantic reality show. the high point of the conference was when German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addressed the audience in succession. Merkel, speaking first, presented a vigorous defense of her approach to foreign policy, in particular her commitment to multilateralism, the rules-based order and to diplomacy “If we’re serious about the transatlantic partnership, it’s not very easy for me as German chancellor to read that Americans consider German and European made cars to be a threat to the national security of the ." “Look, we’re proud of our cars and we should be allowed to be. And these cars are built in the U.S. The biggest BMW factory is in South Carolina, not in Bavaria.” Everyone in the audience, except for Ivanka and Jared, applauded. A different audience response after Pence spoke https://www.politico.eu/article/munich-security-conference-angela-merkel-mike-pence/
Never noticed this thread before. Is this where adoo just posts something every few days and gets a random response every few weeks? Where is that poster that is always talking about safe spaces? #awkwardasfunk
Janet Yellen made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board — a position that has been called “the second most powerful person in government” and the peak of a nearly 17-year career at the institution. Trump elected not to re-appoint her for a second term. She currently serves as a distinguished fellow in residence at the Brookings Institution and is the incoming president-elect of the American Economic Association. In an interview w MarketPlace, she asked about President Trump’s grasp of macroeconomic policy, this was her response “He's made comments about the Fed having an exchange rate objective in order to support his trade plans, or possibly targeting the U.S. balance of trade. And, you know, I think comments like that shows a lack of understanding of the impact of the Fed on the economy and appropriate policy goals.” “I doubt that he would even be able to say that the Fed's goals are maximum employment and price stability, which is the goals that Congress have assigned to the Fed,” https://www.marketplace.org/2019/02/25/economy/janet-yellen
A former senior Trump campaign staffer Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court against the president, accusing him of sexual assault during his 2016 campaign. Alva Johnson says Trump grabbed her hand and kissed her without her consent ahead of a campaign rally in Tampa. In an interview with the Washington Post, Johnson said, “I immediately felt violated because I wasn’t expecting it or wanting it. I can still see his lips coming straight for my face.” The lawsuit alleges that President Trump forcibly kissed Johnson in a campaign RV “in front of numerous other campaign officials.” Johnson “felt reduced to just another object of defendant Trump’s unwanted sexual attention,” according to the lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa. Johnson is seeking unspecified damages for emotional pain and suffering, thePost reported. Four people confirmed to the New Yorker that Johnson told them about the incident afterward, but two others Johnson says were present at the time of the assault said they did not see it. At least 22 women have publicly accused President Trump of sexual misconduct since the October 2016 release of a 2005 Access Hollywood tape where Trump is heard bragging about grabbing Johnson initially consulted an attorney in 2016 after the Access Hollywood tape release because she recognized a similarity with what happened to her, according to the lawsuit. That attorney declined to proceed. Johnson’a attorney, Hassan A. Zavareei, said she eventually decided to come forth. “When she saw what her work on the campaign had wrought—a president who mocks the #MeToo movement and undermines the dignity of the office with his sexist and racist behavior—she decided to seek justice.” http://fortune.com/2019/02/25/trump-campaign-staffer-lawsuit-against-sexual-assault/
Rod Rosenstein's parting shot, in the same spirit of what Mattis said about Trump in his resignation letter In one of his last speeches as a member of the government, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, while addressing a group of anti-corruption professionals, appeared to be giving Trump (a fellow alum of U of Penn's Wharton School of Business) the finger, “It is fitting that one of my final speeches in this job is about promoting compliance and preventing corruption,” Rosenstein, a keynote speaker at the anti-bribery TRACE organization’s annual forum. "Finally, in the spirit of promoting a culture of integrity, I want to leave you with the wisdom of this ancient proverb: if you desire to know a person’s character, consider his friends."
‘Tariff Man’ Trump to Preside Over $100 Billion Jump in Trade Gap U.S. Trade Gap Surged to $621 Billion in 2018, 10-Year High " President Donald Trump, the self-proclaimed Tariff Man, is set to become the $100 Billion Man. If the trends of the past year and economists’ expectations hold true, trade data to be released Wednesday will show the U.S.’s deficit in goods and services with the world topped $600 billion in 2018. That means Trump’s presidency will have seen the U.S. trade shortfall -- the main metric by which he judges countries to be winning or losing -- grow by more than $100 billion. Put another way, by Trump’s own benchmark the U.S. is 20 percent worse off than it was at the end of 2016, just before he took office. " ....
the Republicans have been spineless in calling out the draft-dodgers' repeated attack on American hero, John McCain, but Bob Kerrey, former Viet Nam veteran who also was a Senate colleague of McCain, has the back bone call out the draft dodger "while John McCain and I were fighting in Viet Nam, the chicken**** was falsifying records that he had bone spurs to avoid the draft. bone spurs don't go away, if he had bone spurs then, he has bone spurs now. so, show us ur bone spur https://edition.cnn.com/shows/ac-360
on the heels on a good job report, Trump calls for the Fed to cut rates and return to QE, Fed Chair J Powell defies Trump's command by leaving interest rate unchanged https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...82d3f3d96d5_story.html?utm_term=.e76a9181e586
It's sad enough that Trump and by Trump's actions the United States has been made a fool of by the N. Koreans. What is even sadder is that Trump is ignorant that he doesn't even know it.
the empty barrel the prompt response China Retaliates, Boosting Tariffs on $60 Billion U.S. Goods to 25% China is also mulling over dumping the large quantity of US Treasuries it owns rising interest rate in the US reducing the # of planes orders from Boeing adverse effect on US GDP and jobs https://www.thestreet.com/investing...riffs-on-60-billion-u-s-goods-to-25--14957237 as this tit-for-tat is being played out, the DOW open down 500, at mid-day it is down 600 effectively, Xi is giving Trump the finger, hitting him where it hurts in the dotard's pea brain not only a declining stock market, but also potential interest rate hikes, as well as layoffs
What threatens democracy? Navy SEAL Commander warns of Trump's attacks on US institutions Once the longest-serving Navy SEAL on active duty, Adm. William McRaven played a key role in thousands of dangerous missions abroad, including commanding the one that cost Osama bin Laden his life. McRaven, who is retired, warns that the greatest threat to American democracy he's seen during his decades in national security comes not from a rogue regime or a terrorist group but from the caustic rhetoric of President Donald Trump. "An attack on the press or an attack on the Department of Justice, or to imply that there are dirty cops at the FBI or to ignore the intelligence community, I think, really undermines our institutions," McRaven told USA TODAY in an interview about his memoir, "Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations," out Tuesday. "And that makes me fearful of the future direction of the nation." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...trump-threatens-national-security/1183799001/
Echoing the sentiment of Navy SEAL Commander Adm. William McRaven, the mayor of London, UK, authored an Op / Ed that compares Donald Trump to the fascists who roiled Europe in the 20th century “Trump is just one of the most egregious examples of a growing global threat,” Sadiq Khan wrote, which was published online with the headline “It’s un-British to roll out the red carpet for Trump.” As eg, he cited Trump’s remarks following the August 2017 attack in Charlottesville, Va., Trump administration’s forced family-separation practice against asylum seekers, as well as Trump's recent backing of former British foreign secretary Boris Johnson for prime minister “because he believes it would enable him to gain an ally in Number 10 for his divisive agenda.” https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/02/lon...ares-trump-to-fascists-ahead-of-uk-visit.html
So, the 'issue' here is one party is attempting to enforce a contract signed by the other party, who seems to be violating it?
The issue is whether a non disclosure agreement when running for public office is enforceable. I don’t think it should be personally but the courts will decide.
What about running for public office would invalidate a contract like this? When you say you don't think it should be, is that more 'I don't like that it would do that', or 'I legally don't think there is a basis for it'. I get the former; I struggle with the later. a non disclosure agreement is a non disclosure agreement. If 'the greater good' can invalidate contracts, a great number of contracts could be rendered invalid. Look at all the seizure of private land, for example, 'for the greater good'. If running for public office is a potential cause for concern, it should be listed as an exception in the contract. If it's not there...then it shouldn't be an exception, since it's not in the contract.
