President Trump: Making America Great Again...

[BigPiney]

It is a strange tradition (that started with Bush I in 1989 as I understand).

The first Bush declared his Inauguration Day the "National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving".

Clinton (1993): "National Day of Fellowship and Hope"
Clinton (1997): "National Day of Hope and Renewal"

W (2001) paid homage to his Father and re-used "National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving".
I didn't see one for W in 2005.

Obama (2009): "National Day of Reconciliation and Renewal"
Obama (2013): "National Day of Hope and Resolve"

Interesting. I did not know that.

[Eddie]

https://www.facebook.com/zondagmetlubach/videos/1255295904562149/

[Flystripper]

Bloody hell. That is ridiculous.

wow...wtf

[Maximus]

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[Flystripper]

that right there is some funny shit

[Uncle Ted]

It is a strange tradition (that started with Bush I in 1989 as I understand).

The first Bush declared his Inauguration Day the "National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving".

Clinton (1993): "National Day of Fellowship and Hope"
Clinton (1997): "National Day of Hope and Renewal"

W (2001) paid homage to his Father and re-used "National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving".
I didn't see one for W in 2005.

Obama (2009): "National Day of Reconciliation and Renewal"
Obama (2013): "National Day of Hope and Resolve"

Good hell... we live in North Korea.

[BigFatMeanie]

Bloody hell. That is ridiculous.

Will you exhibit the same skepticism toward this Popular Science article, which quotes a Buzzfeed article, which claims to have a copy of an internal USDA memo but doesn't actually produce the memo, but does admit that the memo isn't explicitly tied to anyone in the administration, that you exhibit toward the video in the Planned Parenthood thread?

Just curious...

[Uncle Ted]

It's official... Obama's first inauguration had higher ratings:

http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/21/trump-inauguration-ratings/

Now can we get back to running the country?

The TV numbers were lower because those 7+ million people were watching the event in person in DC.

Oh wait... about 7 million people were streaming the inauguration on Twitter:

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Does Nelson count these?

[Jeff Lebowski]

Will you exhibit the same skepticism toward this Popular Science article, which quotes a Buzzfeed article, which claims to have a copy of an internal USDA memo but doesn't actually produce the memo, but does admit that the memo isn't explicitly tied to anyone in the administration, that you exhibit toward the video in the Planned Parenthood thread?

Just curious...

Yes I will! Thank you for the correction.

[BigFatMeanie]

Yes I will! Thank you for the correction.

Although the headline is written to get clicks, this Politico article is much more even-handed and contains much more detail than the ridiculously panicked and preachy article from PopSci:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...ockdown-234122

[Jeff Lebowski]

Although the headline is written to get clicks, this Politico article is much more even-handed and contains much more detail than the ridiculously panicked and preachy article from PopSci:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...ockdown-234122

Thanks.

Sounds like it might be a case of each agency telling their employees to keep their heads down and their mouths shut for a while so as to not be a target our crazy POTUS.

[Goatnapper'96]

Thanks.

Sounds like it might be a case of each agency telling their employees to keep their heads down and their mouths shut for a while so as to not be a target our crazy POTUS.

Or even to give time for the new boss/Administration to publish their own rules/guidance wrt social media - which has significantly grown and evolved since the last Administration put its own policies in place.

On the other hand if it feeds into anyone paranoia about President Donald Trump......

[Jeff Lebowski]

Hot off the press:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017...=fb-share&_r=0

The Trump administration has instituted a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency and barred staff from awarding any new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown within the executive branch.

[Flystripper]

Hot off the press:

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017...=fb-share&_r=0

should I believe the NY Times?

[Jeff Lebowski]

should I believe the NY Times?

Only if the story happens to confirm your biases!