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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Trump and Putin Continues

Thursday, July 26, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

We will pick up where we left off last week, with the nations disapproval of the love affair between Trump and Putin. Last week Trump took back his siding with Putin over Russia's interference with the 2016 election. But now Trump is behaving as if his take back never happened.

Here is a video of what happened at the beginning of this week (and there is surely more to come):

What Do You Mean Trump And Putin Are Meeting Again?

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Trump and Putin

Thursday, July 19, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

Not surprisingly, the topic for next week will be the Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki. Has Trump finally gone too far, or will his base continue to support him. Because This is still a developing story, I will hold off selecting the videos for the meeting until tomorrow.

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Here are the videos that were shown at the meeting:

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Hawaii Volcano Update

Thursday, July 12, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

While in Hawaii, I did not pay attention to the news at all. I just arrived home and I am too tired to catch-up with the news. So for the next meeting, I will provide an update on the Kilauea eruption which has fallen out of the mainstream media but has important developments. If we have time, you can tell me what I missed in the news.

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Here are the videos shown at the meeting:

Here are the websites visited during the meeting:

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The Border Issue

Thursday, June 28, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

After Trump cave on child separation from migrants crossing the Mexican border, the policy reverted to Catch-and-Release in spite of Trump no tolerance rhetoric. Now Trump wants to deport migrants without a hearing, possibly in conflict with the Fifth Amendment, and has made it the primary campaign issue for the November election. Meanwhile, the migrant children issue has morphed into the cultural divide, with much of the attention on numerous side issues.

Here are the videos for the meeting:

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Zero Tolerance at the Border

Thursday, June 21, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

A consequence of Trump's zero tolerance policy toward migrants illegally crossing our southern border has been the forced separation of children from their parents seeking asylum. This has been going on for over a month but the story gained national attention as the number of separations increased. Over the weekend, it has become a political firestorm when Trump falsely blamed the Democrats for the separation policy and tried to use the situation as leverage to pass his immigration bill.

Here are videos about the how the children are being treated and the political backlash. This is a developing story so I expect more in the next two two before our meeting:

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Tale of Two Summits

Thursday, June 14, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

For the next meeting, we will cover Trump's doubleheader summits, the G7 and Singapore. Trump seemed to play along while in Canada for the G7, but blew-up the meeting while on route to Singapore to meet with Kim of North Korea. Today Trump declared his meeting with Kim a success even while a trade war with our allies loomed.

I will wait for tomorrow to pick the videos for Singapore. Here are the videos for G7:

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Here are the Singapore videos shown at the meeting:

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Trade War

Thursday, June 7, 2018, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

Trump finally did it. He ended steel and aluminum tariff exemptions for Europe, Canada and Mexico. Now we are looking at a trade war with our closest allies. For our next meeting, we will examine the outrage Trump's tariffs has caused.

Here are the videos for the meeting:

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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting: