If the wall would solve the problem of undocumented residents, Republicans would have zero interest in building it.  If it were possible to deport all 12 million undocumented residents, Republicans would have zero interest in doing so.  If we could deport undocumented criminals and allow the rest to work here legally, without fear, Republicans would have zero interest in doing it, because it would horrify them.  The interest of the Republican Reich is served only if the problem remains the same.  Republicans practice the hypocrisy of exploitation.

If I told you that President Trump employs undocumented immigrants, you might say, “That’s impossible. A staunch and principled opponent of illegal immigrants like him would never allow such a thing!” Or, if you actually knew anything about Trump, you might say, “Of course he does.”

Well guess what:

During more than five years as a housekeeper at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Victorina Morales has made Donald J. Trump’s bed, cleaned his toilet and dusted his crystal golf trophies. When he visited as president, she was directed to wear a pin in the shape of the American flag adorned with a Secret Service logo.

Because of the “outstanding” support she has provided during Mr. Trump’s visits, Ms. Morales in July was given a certificate from the White House Communications Agency inscribed with her name.

Quite an achievement for an undocumented immigrant housekeeper.

Ms. Morales’s journey from cultivating corn in rural Guatemala to fluffing pillows at an exclusive golf resort took her from the southwest border, where she said she crossed illegally in 1999, to the horse country of New Jersey, where she was hired at the Trump property in 2013 with documents she said were phony.

She said she was not the only worker at the club who was in the country illegally.

Obviously Trump doesn’t personally hire every housekeeper in his clubs (although one of these undocumented immigrants was ironing his underwear; that’s how close to him they were). The Trump organization says it will fire any of its workers it learns is in the country illegally. But the truth is that Trump has a long history of using foreign and undocumented labor, without much regard for the American workers he says are displaced by immigrant labor and sometimes without evident concern for the law. Let’s run through some of his history:

• Trump regularly hires foreign workers for jobs as housekeepers and cooks at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. While the law requires an employer to first make an effort to find employees in the United States before filing a request to hire foreign workers, Mar-a-Lago accomplishes this by complying with the letter of the law but in a manner seemingly designed make sure it gets no American applicants: by placing two small ads deep inside the Palm Beach Post to which an applicant may reply only via mail or fax — not online, not by phone and not in person.
• According to an investigation by Mother Jones, Trump’s modeling agency, Trump Model Management, brought foreign models to the United States to work, despite the fact that they were in the country on tourist visas, a violation of the law. “Two of the former Trump models said Trump’s agency encouraged them to deceive customs officials about why they were visiting the United States and told them to lie on customs forms about where they intended to live.” They were crammed into small apartments for which the agency charged them exorbitant rent and had other expenses deducted from their fees, leaving them with little income and the constant knowledge that they could be sent out of the country at any moment. “It is like modern-day slavery,” said one model.
• Trump Tower was built in part by undocumented Polish workers who sued Trump to get wages they said they were owed. "We worked in horrid, terrible conditions,” said one. ”We were frightened illegal immigrants and did not know enough about our rights.”

It’s hard to know how much Trump knew at the time he was employing all of these undocumented immigrants; he tends to plead ignorance. But we certainly see a pattern of a man who wants things done cheaply and isn’t too concerned about the rules… [emphasis added]

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Chris Hayes has more depth on the ladies in Bedminster in this video.

As have seen, this is just one case of many violations by Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten.  But he isn’t the only Republican doing it.  For example, Little Lord Willard, aka R-Money [R-UT], did the same thing, when he was running in 2012.

The pattern works like this.  Republicans in government keep undocumented workers in a state of fear, so that Republicans in agriculture or business, especially in the service industries, by pretending to be undocumented workers’ protectors, can exploit them with excessive work hours, sub-standard wages and deplorable living and work conditions.  If we were to solve the problem, Republicans would lose the fear they use to keep undocumented workers cheap and obedient.  That is the hypocrisy of exploitation.  It is a Republican trait.

RESIST!!

President Donald Trump, aka Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, has been getting his own way about everything.  That is, until yesterday.  The 116th session of Congress was sworn-in.  They elected Nancy Pelosi [D-CA] Speaker of the House again.  They passed two bills to reopen the government without providing a penny for the Republican Wall of Hatred.  Effectively they told Trump, “Take your shutdown and shove it!”

Hours after Democrats took control of the U.S. House on Thursday, lawmakers approved two spending bills to reopen the federal government.

The House, seeking to end the 13-day shutdown, passed funding for eight of the nine closed departments by a vote of 241-190 Thursday night. All Democrats and eight Republicans approved the measure, which provides funding through Feb. 8.

In addition, the House voted 239-192, including backing by five Republicans, to fund the Department of Homeland Security at current spending levels through Feb. 8, with $1.3 billion for border security but no money to build a wall.

“Let’s open the government, and let’s get to work because we have a plan that makes sense,” Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, said at a news conference before the votes…. [emphasis added]

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Kudos to the Democrats. The following video clip provides more detail.

Here’s what is so special about this tactic.  On December 19, the Senate Republicans, with agreement from Democrats, unanimously passed a virtually identical bill.  So the House is just saying yes to what they proposed.  Now if they refuse to vote on House version, they expose their naked hypocrisy to voters.

Speaking of naked hypocrisy, few things are more revolting than Bought Bitch Mitch naked.

RESIST!!

A few years back a new face appeared on the financial services scene.  She explained financial services practices in a way that affected me in two ways.  For the first time, I understood exactly what Banksters and their minions were (and are) up to.  Second, I became very pissed off about it.  As for Rachel Maddow, she has been my favorite Journalist, since MSNBC fired Keith Olbermann in 2011.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Wednesday that the Democratic Party should say "no to the billionaires."

Warren, during an appearance on MSNBC’s "The Rachel Maddow Show," called on the party to disavow billionaire 2020 presidential candidates "whether they are self-funding" or funding Political Action Committees (PACs).

“Is this going to be a Democratic primary that is funded by the grassroots, that is done with grassroots volunteers, or is this going to be something that’s just one more plaything that billionaires can buy?” Warren asked.

“So I think this is a moment for all of the Democratic nominees to come into the race to say ‘in a Democratic primary we are going to link arms and we’re going to say grassroots funding. No to the billionaires. No to the billionaires whether they are self-funding or whether they are funding PACs. We are the Democratic Party and that’s the party of the people,’" she continued. "That’s how we not only win elections, that’s how we win movements that make real change.”…  [emphasis added]

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Here are three video clips from that interview.

Elizabeth Warren: ‘No To The Billionaires’ Funding Politics

Liz and Rachel are giants, because nobody else explains injustice more clearly, accurately, and honestly than they do. I fully agree with grass roots funding. Just say no to billionaires!

Warren: Corruption Makes Donald Trump ‘An Accelerant’ Of Inequality

As corrupt and evil as Trump is, he’s just the logical culmination of the equally corrupt and evil Republican Reich.

Elizabeth Warren: Endless War In Syria, Afghanistan Is Not Working

I agree with her, both that we need to withdraw , and that we need to coordinate that with our allies. I have said this before.

Of course, it’s way too early to predict the outcome of Campaign 2020, but with Liz running and Rachel covering it, we shall be living in interesting times.

RESIST!!