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President Trump is visiting the Pittsburgh area today, and he stopped at H&K Construction, which about 2 min down the road from my place of employment. They have it all blocked off w/ secret service etc. He is not there yet, wont be until later this afternoon. I am going to try to head out early and see if I can any type of pictures etc.

Even just seeing them setup for it is pretty cool to witness.

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H&K Construction whom he is visiting started w/ 4 employees and now has over 300. They have hailed the tax plan and stated that 2017 was their best year in their companies history.

Wooooohoooooo ..

Post some pics if u get any ....

I am not sure if he is going to be there still when I leave work, but we will see what they got going on.

Some of you should go check out r/The_Donald.

J/C

I wasn't able to get any good pictures. they had already left by the time I was out of work.

Did they hire 296 people since the tax plan was approved?

ummmm please show me where i stated that? i stated they started w/ 4 employees and now have over 300. in a SECOND completely different sentence, i showed where they said 2017 was their best year.

Bummer u got ot to late .. u may have another chance ...

I heard him say he would be back for a rally with the dude running for senate ... the trumpster said he’d be back and they’ll fill up a stadium ...

Hopefully it’s somewhere near U ... if so, GO .....

Its a BLAST ... i went to two before the election ... if he comes within 200 miles of me again ... I’LL BE THERE AGAIN!!!

It was AWESOME ... no lefties around ... just GOOD PEOPLE ...

Almost all of them knew 1 + 1 = 2 .... ...

Newt Gingrich: Trump's first year proves we are incredibly fortunate to have him as our president

Here’s my assessment of President Trump as we mark the first anniversary of his inauguration Saturday: I have known nine presidents, beginning with President Richard Nixon. Of those nine, the only one who was as effective as President Trump in his first year was President Ronald Reagan.

That judgment may surprise a lot of people, because the opposition in the news media and among the left-wing “resistance” has been so strong and one-sided that they have consistently misrepresented and maligned President Trump and his administration.

This effort has produced a distorted, minimized view of what has been accomplished by this remarkably energetic and controversial commander-in-chief.

To understand the current distortions, remember what a year ago was like.

In January 2017, it seemed amazing that this businessman-publicist-marketer defeated 16 other Republicans for the GOP nomination and then defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the presidency.

It seemed equally extraordinary that Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in the presidential election. These were states that had consistently voted for Democratic presidential candidates in recent years. One could have made a lot of money betting on the entire trifecta going to Trump.

These achievements sent the left into a state of shock. The day after President Trump’s inauguration, they organized mass rallies in Washington and other cities across the country.

Left-wing protestors promised “resistance” to the so-called “imposter,” who they simply could not accept as president of the United States. At the rally on the National Mall, Madonna proclaimed: “I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.” The crowd loved it.

Professor Allen Guelzo, the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, commented that the last time we saw this depth of hostility and contempt for a president was after the election of Abraham Lincoln. The slave owners of the South absolutely loathed him.

One year after President Trump’s inauguration, the left’s hostility toward him is even worse.

The White House press corps’ reaction to White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson’s briefing on President Trump’s annual physical was a perfect example of this hostility. The media’s antagonistic (and just plain stupid) questions proved the propaganda war against Trump was not going away.

Dr. Jackson – a highly respected Navy rear admiral, who served as a physician in both the Bush and Obama White Houses – clearly and explicitly reported to the media that President Trump was in excellent physical health for his age and that he had completed a flawless cognitive exam.

Yet the White House press corps doggedly repeated ludicrous questions, clearly seeking to undermine the doctor’s assessment and skew his report to fit the phony narrative that the president is “unfit for office.”

This Trump Derangement Syndrome that the media unfortunately suffer from has become a major barrier to accurate coverage of the Trump presidency.

So, in a highly polarized world of intense media hostility with overwhelmingly negative coverage of President Trump, how can we assess his first year?

The best way is to look at results and measure them against what candidate Trump said he would try to accomplish.

Trump promised to appoint conservative judges to the federal courts. He received advice from Leonard Leo, executive vice president of the Federalist Society. He also benefitted from remarkable leadership in the Senate by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. R-Ky. And then President Trump nominated and won confirmation for Neil Gorsuch for a seat on the Supreme Court.

Gorsuch is a justice dramatically more conservative than anyone Hillary Clinton would have appointed. Additionally, in Trump’s first year in the White House, 12 federal appellate court judges have been approved by the Senate.

As Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, pointed out, no other first-year president has seated this many appellate court judges in the 228-year history of the appellate courts.

President Trump is also now, without question, the all-time champion of rolling back red tape, as he has taken on the Washington bureaucracy and deregulation. Under President Trump, Congress has eliminated 14 Obama-era regulations through the Congressional Review Act.

The current estimate is that the Trump administration is repealing 22 regulations for every new one it has created. This is a major contribution to economic growth and a big plus in implementing campaign promises.

President Trump promised a new, smarter, lower-risk strategy to enable the military to do its job and defeat ISIS. ISIS has lost virtually all its territory at minimum risk. This is yet another promise kept.

Iran and North Korea must be considered works in progress. Neither problem has been solved but neither has imposed its will up to now.

Announcing that the American Embassy in Israel would be moved to Jerusalem is another campaign promise on which the president followed through, and it doesn't seem to have caused any major disruption in the Arab world.

President Trump’s instincts for rebuilding the American military are right, but he has not yet solved the problem of getting Congress to pass the stable funding stream the military must have.

On the other hand, the president methodically waged a disciplined 11-month campaign to get the large tax cut he believes the American economy needs if it is to grow faster.

The response of the American business community to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act has been more positive and more visible than anyone could have hoped.

President Trump is also making good on his pledge to make better trade deals for America. Saudi Arabia alone signed as much as $400 billion in contracts with American companies during the president’s visit to Riyadh.

As a result of President Trump’s economic leadership, the “new normal” of less than 2 percent annual economic growth is rapidly being replaced by estimates in the range of 3.5 to 4 percent.

At the same time, the black unemployment rate is down dramatically, and CEO and small business confidence are up dramatically.

The first year has seen some disappointments. Failing to repeal ObamaCare was painful. Not getting started on infrastructure has been disappointing. Failing to develop conservative solutions for poverty in America has been unfortunate. Allowing symbolic language and arguments about race to drive people apart has been counter to the promise inherent in President Trump’s Inaugural Address.

However, on balance, it is fair to say President Trump has already achieved so much that he rivals Reagan as an effective, focused leader. We are incredibly fortunate to have him in the White House as our nation’s 45th president.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/01/2...-president.html

lol Fox News......

No, seriously Newt Gingrich

What did he say that you disagree-with?

People like Daman bash Fox news, while the proof of fake stories come from the liberal networks such as CNN and CBS. I haven't heard of a story from Fox that had to be retracted, but the left still labels them as not real news while bowing to the alter of the main stream media.

You're probably numb to it. I mean, you've created a dichotomy between the largest News network in American and Mainstream News, so your bias is pretty strong. But to answer your question, off the top of my head, they had a congressman on the other night who said that the LV shooter was an ISIS affiliate. Tucker Carlson said diversity is not a strength of this country. They're pushing a memo that Nunes wrote. I mean, that's just the stuff this week. They use the Trump method where they'll just overload you with nonsense in the hope that some of it sticks.

You are just very delusion! The main stream media that you call it is nothing more than propaganda machines for the Democrats. It is about a laughable as the old Soviet Union media of the 70's and 80's. Although the Dems are about as Socialist as the Old USSR so maybe it is the same.

lol @ the mainstream media being socialist. Also dead @ u thinking Fox News isn't the other side of the propaganda machine. Like I've been saying since forever, they're both very bad and if you get your news from them you might be dumb.

Isn't FoxNews mainstream media?

It's more mainstream than Lady Gaga.

Shepard Smith does wear more makeup.

And Tucker Carlson shrieks like her too.

She has every right to feel how she feels just like you do.



She looked inside herself and come up with her answer.

With that said, the rest of us who think much differently also have the right to feel the way we do. That's the part you don't get.

We also have the right to rebuff, criticize, and belittle those things you believe so strongly in because we do not believe them and feel they are harmful to america.

If you watched the Tucker show about the "diversity" comment you would see what he was actually talking about. He was stating that UNITY is our strength, more than diversity. He specifically stated that we don't have to look alike, we don't have to come from the same places, we don't have to think alike, but we need to be united.

JP Morgan Chase to build 400 new branches, raise wages because of the tax cut

-Some 22,000 workers will get hourly pay hikes, with the new pay range from $15 to $18.
-Chase plans to increase branches by nearly 8 percent with 400 new locations.
-The bank will also boost small business lending and charitable giving.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/j-p-morgan-to-spend-20-billion-after-tax-cuts-on-jobs-branches.html

Verizon says many workers will receive shares of stock

-Verizon employees (other than top management) will receive 50 shares of restricted stock, the price of which will be set on February 1.
-Verizon reported mixed quarterly results on Tuesday.
-Verizon told investors earlier on Tuesday it expects savings from tax reform will add $3.5 billion to $4 billion to its operating cash flow this year.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/23/verizon-vz-earnings-ceo-lowell-mcadam-interview.html

Did you know CEO of Disney is a staunch Anti Trumper who is a big supporter of DACA?

I wonder if a parent snuck in to Disney with their children if they would allow the child to stay once they threw out the adult????

Even the Libs recognize a good thing when they see Trump's Tax Reform...

Except of course the Libs on here.

The truth about JPMorgan’s wage bump

REBEKAH ENTRALGO
JAN 23, 2018, 3:01 PM


JPMorgan Chase is the latest big bank to make headlines for raising wages as a result of the recent corporate tax cut.

22,000 lower-paid, full- and part-time JPMorgan employees will see their wages increase from $12 and $16.50 an hour to $15 and $18 an hour, in addition to a $750 bonus. The bank also plans to open up 400 new branches over the next five years.

It all sounds fantastic.

But beyond the flashy headlines, America’s largest bank isn’t really doing much for its workers.

These wage increases are a drop in a bucket compared to the total amount of money JPMorgan will receive as a tax windfall from the GOP tax bill. According to a Goldman Sachs report obtained by ThinkProgress, the bank is expected to save $3.3 billion dollars. Jamie Dimon, the bank’s CEO, is even more optimistic, estimating JPMorgan would save $3.6 billion this year. JPMorgan’s pay hikes amount to an average of 10 percent for these 22,000 employees. By taking the current average median pay for bank employees and raising it 10 percent, JPMorgan Chase will be spend roughly 1.8 percent of the annual value of their tax cut on their employees.

Meanwhile, the bonuses JPMorgan is touting are identical to those paid for the last few years, a spokeswoman for the bank told CNN. Wells Fargo similarly announced shortly after the passage of the tax bill that they would be raising wages as well, but a spokesperson for the bank later clarified the wage increases were planned and not linked to the tax bill.

This is similar to the amount of money other corporations getting big tax breaks will be spending on their employees in the form of higher wages. Walmart is providing a one-time bonus of up to $1000 — employees need to have worked at the company for 20 years to qualify for the full amount. Those payments amount to just over 2 percent of the total value of the tax cut to the company. With the new 21 percent corporate tax rate, the tax cut is worth at least $1.85 billion to Walmart every year. Since the tax cut is permanent, the true benefits to Walmart will only grow larger with time. Over 10 years, it will certainly be worth over $18 billion.

And while JPMorgan is planning on opening new branches, it also plans on closing them too, primarily in more rural areas. The bank notably declined to answer whether their total number of branches would decrease.

This is similar to how other corporations are handling their tax bill wages and bonuses: in the headlines they boast their dedication to their employers while in the background, many are losing their jobs due to branch closures or layoffs.

Comcast, which announced $1,000 bonuses to their employees when the GOP tax bill was passed, laid off more than 500 sales employees right before Christmas. AT&T also announced their tax bill bonuses, while the telecom giant was in the process of laying off thousands of employees, according to the Communication Workers of America (CWA) union, which represents AT&T workers. The union filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that some of those layoffs are needless, and that the timing of the terminations — just two weeks before Christmas — represents “an extraordinary act of corporate cruelty.”

https://thinkprogress.org/the-truth-about-jpmorgans-wage-bump-b2b5fea66b02/

I can post another dozen articles just like this. You are drinking the koolaid my friend.

Slanted Opinion piece from biased "ThinkProgress .org"

At least I post News.

Raises and Bonuses Are About Economics, Not Politics

https://www.wsj.com/articles/raises-and-bonuses-are-about-economics-not-politics-1516546801

There you go, here is the liberal WSJ rag.

Trumps tax decrease had little if nothing in some cases to do with any of this.

JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon says Trump's tax cut will lead to economic boom this year

-Dimon says economic growth could hit 4 percent this year.
-In a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dimon also expressed strong support for the tax overhaul, predicting it will boost capital investment and job creation.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/jp-morga...-inflation.html

Goldman CEO Blankfein has 'really liked' what Trump has done for the economy

-Though he supported Hillary Clinton, Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says he has "really liked" what President Donald Trump has done with the economy.
-The remarks come with GDP growth posed to eclipse 3 percent for the third-consecutive quarter and as the stock market continues to roar to new records.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/goldman-...-very-well.html

The people who know are happy.
Trump!

Starbucks to boost worker pay and benefits after US lowers corporate taxes

-Starbucks will give domestic employees pay raises, company stock, and expanded benefits.
-The enhanced compensation is worth of more than $250 million, the company said.
-Starbucks is known for giving its workers more generous pay and benefits than other mass-market restaurants and retailers.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/starbuck...rate-taxes.html

Trump!

The stock market is off to its best start in 31 years and that bodes well for the rest of 2018

-When the S&P 500 returns at least 5 percent by Jan. 23, the index's median gain for the rest of the year has been 11.6 percent, Bespoke Investment Group says.
-The S&P and Dow both notched all-time highs Wednesday morning, before paring gains.
-"The history is pretty good for years where the first week starts off strong and the first month starts off strong," said Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley FBR.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/24/stock-market-off-to-best-start-in-31-years-bodes-well-for-2018.html

CRUMBS .. CRUMBS .. and MORE CRUMBS I tell ya ...

Thems some BIG OLE CRUMBS BABY ...

GO DONNIE ... GO DONNIE .. GO DONNIE ..

This one is KILLING the HATERS .... it’s KILLING THEM ...

Thanks oBUMa ....

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/africa/uganda-museveni-comments-trump-trnd/index.html

Uganda's President says he loves Donald Trump because he's frank about Africa

President Donald Trump has a big fan in Uganda: President Yoweri Museveni.

Less than two weeks after Trump allegedly used a vulgar term to describe nations in the continent, the Ugandan President is applauding him, saying he "talks to Africans frankly."

According to sources at an immigration meeting between Trump and lawmakers this month, the President referred to African nations and Haiti as "[craphole] countries." He later denied making the comments.

Trump's remarks sparked a diplomatic uproar, with the African Union demanding a retraction and an apology. But Museveni is of a different opinion, describing Trump as honest and saying African nations only have themselves to blame for lagging behind.

"Donald Trump speaks to Africans frankly. Africans need to solve their problems," Museveni tweeted Tuesday.

"You can't survive if you are weak. It is the Africans' fault that they are weak. We are 12 times the size of India, but why are we not strong?"

Museveni reiterated his comments during a speech with lawmakers in Kampala.

"America has got one of the best presidents ever. Mr. Trump. I love Trump," Museveni said in video posted by local media Tuesday.

"I love Trump because he talks to Africans frankly. I don't know if he's misquoted or whatever, but when he speaks I like him because he speaks frankly."

Unlike Museveni, some African presidents have condemned the alleged vulgar remark.

"We are certainly not a '[craphole] country,'" Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo tweeted. "We will not accept such insults, even from a leader of a friendly country, no matter how powerful."

Museveni has been in power for more than three decades.

Uganda's parliament removed presidential term limits in 2005, paving the way for him to be president for life. In 2016, he was elected for a fifth consecutive term after elections in which the opposition leader was jailed. Opposition activists have accused him of rigging polls.

You just know that 45* is jealous.
And his hands are smaller, too.