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#trumpsopoor is trending.
Biden on PBS right now with Charlie Rose. Talking Trump and foreign policy.
re: #1 Stanley Sea
#trumpsopoor is trending.
So he’s running his campaign like he runs his businesses?
re: #1 Stanley Sea
#trumpsopoor is trending.
#trumpsopoor Brother, can ya spare a Presidency?
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) June 21, 2016
Just walked out & checked the full moon. Beautiful.
re: #2 Dark_Falcon
Hello Dark_Falcon! Can I interest you in voting for Hillary Clinton on 8 November?
I’m thinking that the disintegration of the R’s as a Party is too early to expect. The fact is, they have the control of enough State legislatures that they will direct redistricting on the State and local level for the US Congress and State Reps and Senators in 2020, perhaps beyond. And that means that the US House will be very slow to change.
Gerrymandering has legs. Texas is a 55-58% R voting state, but the State legislature is almost 70% R, and the US House even more lopsided. Even if the State goes to Hillary this cycle (Hah!) because Independents, Dems, disgusted suburban R’s, and a huge surge of black and brown voters (who finally go to the polls) vote against The Beast from Mar-a-Lago, the local State and US Reps, despite being ninnies, feebs, and mouth breathers, will still be re-elected.
On the State level, the R’s have had a better ground game since the mid-90’s nationwide. At the US HoR level, they’ll be OK. So I wouldn’t write off the R’s just yet.
Dammit.
Please, let us have a new Era of Good Feelings!
So thoroughly had Monroe reduced party politics that he essentially ran unopposed in the 1820 presidential election. The Federalists ran no candidate to oppose him, running only a vice-presidential candidate, Richard Stockton. Monroe and his vice president Daniel D. Tompkins would have won reelection unanimously through the electoral college, had there not been a handful of faithless electors; one presidential elector cast his vote for John Quincy Adams, while a handful of electors (mostly former Federalists) cast votes for a number of Federalist candidates for Vice President. It would be the last presidential election in which a candidate would run essentially unopposed.
re: #7 teleskiguy
Hello Dark_Falcon! Can I interest you in voting for Hillary Clinton on 8 November?
No.
re: #8 austin_blue
They’ll almost certainly keep a 40 seat stranglehold on the Senate.
re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
They’ll almost certainly keep a 40 seat stranglehold on the Senate.
I doubt that it’d be hard to convince the Democrats to eliminate the filibuster if they have otherwise unified control of the government.
re: #10 Dark_Falcon
No.
Only thing for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing and all that.
Do you think fascism should be opposed, or are you going to sit this one out?
To the many Trump supporters who say, “Yes, but he’s OUR huckster.” No. No, he’s not. You’re just his suckers. https://t.co/v2M5YkXgiz
— Chris L. Robinson (@chrisLrob) June 21, 2016
re: #14 Anymouse
Only thing for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing and all that.
Do you think fascism should be opposed, or are you going to sit this one out?
Just a thought. Working exclusively against Con Man Donald is a better thing than actually sitting all this out. Working for HRC need not be required right?
DF, you can’t make the argument anymore that the GOP is the party of conservatism. So much of its agenda is reactionary, even radical. You simply can’t be a radical conservative.
re: #6 Stanley Sea
Brown from the Azusa fire here. Kinda uglyish.
re: #16 Great White Snark
Just a thought. Working exclusively against Con Man Donald is a better thing than actually sitting all this out. Working for HRC need not be required right?
Well, unless the Libertarian Party somehow surges to overtake the GOP, we’re pretty much left with a two-party system, as we have been for the overwhelming majority of our history.
I am not sure how you can work against Mr. Trump without voting against him. And until such time as a new credible third-party arises, there is really only one other choice.
So yeah, if you “sit this one out” you are one of those doing nothing and allowing evil to triumph.
re: #17 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I would make the argument that HRC is the conservative choice for President. Electing any Republican would lead to drastic changes to the country.
Donald Trump’s campaign spent $6.7 million in May. Roughly 20 percent of that went to family members or businesses Trump owns. …
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) June 21, 2016
…The campaign also paid about $770,000 total to Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort and Trump’s airline, Tag Air. The very rich candidate himself…
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) June 21, 2016
…drew a salary. If you look at this information and still don’t see it for the scam that it is, you’re lying to yourself. This is a…
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) June 21, 2016
…con artist of the highest order perpetuating a massive fraud. I know it’s hard to admit you’ve been had.
— Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) June 21, 2016
But you’ve been had. Big time.
re: #20 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
What do you think of Hillary being a center-right politician? I’d say she’s more center-left.
re: #19 Anymouse
So persuading (or busting ass trying to persuade) some number of people to not vote for Trump absent a inextricably linked promise to vote for HRC has no value in defeating Trump? I would posit you make the perfect an enemy of the good there.
And if Trump isn’t serious about winning, if this has been all for gain, it makes the division and anger he’s sewn so much more despicable.
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 21, 2016
re: #22 teleskiguy
What do you think of Hillary being a center-right politician? I’d say she’s more center-left.
I think SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN is using conservative with a small “c”.
Yes, she is center left but the conservative choice for not disrupting everything right now. I think she is, like Obama, an incrementalist.
re: #22 teleskiguy
I agree. My thinking about her is that the country would stumble along the path we’ve been taking for 16 of the last 24 years. It isn’t always ideal, but having some whackjobs come along and yank the steering wheel isn’t necessarily a conservative outcome.
I’m too sexy for this heat.
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 21, 2016
I’m a model, you know what I mean …
re: #20 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I would make the argument that HRC is the conservative choice for President. Electing any Republican would lead to drastic changes to the country.
I think the Burn and his bros will move the D’s platform to the left. Regardless of what you think of him, he made some palpable hits on Hillary’s positions, and rightly so. Elizabeth Warren, or someone of the same pragmatic Progressive bent, may be the future of the Party. In the meantime, HRC is the only transitional option, given that the House will will still be controlled by the fuckwits.
I guess I’d ask DF if he could actually hold his nose long and hard enough to pull the lever for the clown-penis sociopath rather than the comparatively statesman-like Libertarian candidate.
He seems nice.
re: #23 Great White Snark
So persuading (or busting ass trying to persuade) some number of people to not vote for Trump absent a inextricably linked promise to vote for HRC has no value in defeating Trump? I would posit you make the perfect an enemy of the good there.
I am a city councilmember (well, in a city of 128). Ethically, I don’t believe as a government representative I should encourage people not to vote. Too many people, both military and civilians throughout the nation’s history were injured or died trying to ensure the right to vote was protected and expanded to all.
As the only Democratic elected politician in my county, I can certainly endorse Hillary Clinton. (I doubt Mrs. Clinton would give a hoot about me endorsing her, but still.)
So I will hold forth on what I believe if asked (I think Mr. Trump is acting like a fascist), and why I believe that, but I will not encourage people to not mail in their ballots.
Lots of people asking if I’m joking about Trump’s 35K in payments to an ad firm called “Draper Sterling”
I’m not pic.twitter.com/NMBXKjNLLn— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
Maybe gonna sit naked in front of a fan and spray my phat belly down with Everclear YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 21, 2016
re: #26 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Hillary as President will be a good thing. The *woman* part of her having that much power will reverberate for generations to come. I’m sure of this. I heard Christopher Hitchens talk about women in power on a YouTube video and I read his treatise “God Is Not Great” and the most important things I can fathom in that YouTube *and* his book is that the whole of humans will live better lives if women are empowered.
EMPOWER WOMEN!!!
That’s my favorite concept.
Fox’s Dana Perino: “This Is Actually A Good Pivot ” For Trump Campaign.
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Keeping Up Appearances!
Just as a bit of historical “what-if”, but what if HRC had held off Barack Obama in 2008? Could you imagine how powerful his campaign would have been now with an extra eight years as a leader in the Senate under his belt?
The Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes: Trump Campaign Wants To Show It’s “About To Get Serious” And Firing Lewandowski Is “The Reset.”
re: #20 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
I would make the argument that HRC is the conservative choice for President. Electing any Republican would lead to drastic changes to the country.
The conservative case for Hillary Clinton. https://t.co/fkmiEVZxZ9
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) June 6, 2016
HotAi r.com Senior Editor [AllahPundit] : Trump Fired Lewandowski To Signal Intention To Embrace “More Scripted, Disciplined Approach To Campaigning.”
mediamatters.org
re: #38 Lidane
People always be rippin me off.
re: #36 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
Just as a bit of historical “what-if”, but what if HRC had held off Barack Obama in 2008? Could you imagine how powerful his campaign would have been now with an extra eight years as a leader in the Senate under his belt?
I suspect that after eight years of obstruction of Mrs. Clinton, they would still obstruct Mr. Obama. The party has been hijacked by its most extreme members, and until they do something about that, we get stuff like obstructing Supreme Court nominees.
They have been working for decades to break the government. They’ve succeeded with the Legislature, they are still trying to hold Mr. Obama to one term, and they are gumming up the Federal court nomination process in a way never done before.
I don’t think it would matter which order Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton went. They are not interested in either; they are interested in delegitimising government itself. They want a libertarian utopia like Somalia.
Heh.
#TrumpSoPoor that @SpeakerRyan wants to cut his food stamps. pic.twitter.com/1WMdwK4zlC
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) June 21, 2016
re: #30 jaunte
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re: #39 jaunte
HotAi r.com Senior Editor [AllahPundit] : Trump Fired Lewandowski To Signal Intention To Embrace “More Scripted, Disciplined Approach To Campaigning.”
mediamatters.org
But he demonstrably can not read from a TelePrompTer—so I don’t know how that’s going to work out.
When in reality it looks like Lewandowski made the stupid mistake of going after Ivanka Trump’s husband and thus earning the wrath of someone who Donald Trump values more highly than Lewandowski.
re: #45 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The Emperor’s clothes will always lead the hot fashion trend.
re: #46 Dark_Falcon
What, did you think you would just take a powder and walk back in with a change of subject?
re: #37 jaunte
The Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes: Trump Campaign Wants To Show It’s “About To Get Serious” And Firing Lewandowski Is “The Reset.”
Phhht. He has no money! No money, no ability to set the narrative. HRC and her PACs have just dropped a $22.3 million ad buy in seven battleground states….in June. Trump’s response?
<crickets>
He has no money, people. Dead in the fucking water. See those white lines in the water screaming toward your boat? Those are torpedoes. That’s not a good thing.
This election was plotted by David Lynch.
— Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) June 21, 2016
It’s amazing to see people still pretending Trump has a master plan.
re: #42 Anymouse
It never mattered whether Obama or Clinton was Prez in 2009. Either way, they would have blocked everything, and they’ll keep blocking everything for the next four/eight years.
On President Obama serving one term in the Senate:
The GOP has a president that did the same thing (Abraham Lincoln).
re: #37 jaunte
The Weekly Standard’s Steve Hayes: Trump Campaign Wants To Show It’s “About To Get Serious” And Firing Lewandowski Is “The Reset.”
haha, then the financial report was released. He’s fucked. At least for the next news cycle.
& I think this may be the time where all publicity is not good publicity.
re: #40 Stanley Sea
I want to move to a tiny house.
Yes, with an R-factor in the hundreds, concrete bunker style but classy.
Wife: The dryer stopped, are you going to fold clothes?
(Yes, ma’am.) Be right back… .
re: #42 Anymouse
I suspect that after eight years of obstruction of Mrs. Clinton, they would still obstruct Mr. Obama. The party has been hijacked by its most extreme members, and until they do something about that, we get stuff like obstructing Supreme Court nominees.
They have been working for decades to break the government. They’ve succeeded with the Legislature, they are still trying to hold Mr. Obama to one term, and they are gumming up the Federal court nomination process in a way never done before.
I don’t think it would matter which order Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton went. They are not interested in either; they are interested in delegitimising government itself. They want a libertarian utopia like Somalia.
After eight years of Hillary Clinton, it would be the Republicans’ “turn” now. Electing a blah man has driven the GOPers so insane that for better or worse, it’s no longer business as usual. We’d never be looking at hopefully 16 years of a Democratic White House if it had been the other way around.
re: #48 SteveMcGaziBolaGate RN
What, did you think you would just take a powder and walk back in with a change of subject?
Yes, since I’m not willing to engage the previous subject.
Rukmini Callimachi has an insightful analysis of Mateen’s ISIS call and what it means about his radicalization.
Starting with
1. G’morning everyone, I’m still in Paris on assignment. Join me here for some thoughts on the partial 911 transcript of the Orlando shooter
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) June 20, 2016
there are 58 tweets in the series.
re: #52 Anymouse
On President Obama serving one term in the Senate:
The GOP has a president that did the same thing (Abraham Lincoln).
Lincoln served one term in the House. And some years before he ran for President. But John C. Frémont had no qualifications at all….
re: #57 Dark_Falcon
Yes, since I’m not willing to engage the previous subject.
Aw, c’mon, take a look at my #28. It’s a fair question.
White Nebraska Bernie folks admit to stacking Latino Caucus against Marta Nieves #NDP2016 @janekleeb @johnavignone pic.twitter.com/yBTyVeX9WD
— RiotWomenn (@RiotWomennn) June 20, 2016
re: #59 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Lincoln served one term in the House. And some years before he ran for President. But John C. Frémont had no qualifications at all….
And yes, I’m on a starting-sentences-with-ands-and-buts rampage! Don’t mess with me!
listening to trump supporters, i get the distinct impression theyre voting for him out of the same impulse that makes 9 year old boys tie firecrackers on cat’s tails
theyre bored and they want to see if something interesting will happen if you do something dangerous
re: #60 austin_blue
Aw, c’mon, take a look at my #28. It’s a fair question.
Saying I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton does not mean I would vote for Trump. I’m likely just going to not cast a vote for president.
re: #54 goddamnedfrank
Yes, with an R-factor in the hundreds, concrete bunker style but classy.
That’s how suburban houses are built in South India. Concrete with few windows. It’s very strange if you’re not used to it.
An interesting part of building science is that only recently have people really started talking about how there shouldn’t be a standard material profile for the manifold. A temperate-style house—built for both heating and cooling as needed by season—is just a pain to maintain in a place that’s tropical.
re: #64 Dark_Falcon
Saying I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton does not mean I would vote for Trump. I’m likely just going to not cast a vote for president.
So you’re like Switzerland in WWII. No kudos.
re: #59 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Lincoln served one term in the House. And some years before he ran for President. But John C. Frémont had no qualifications at all….
fremont was an adventurer with a keen sense of self promotion. iirc his greatest political asset was marrying the daughter of the prominent senator thomas hart benton
he “liberated” california but rather prematurely and the president made him give it back
all in all, however, a much nicer person than the trump thing
Oh damn, up too late again. Night all.
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re: #64 Dark_Falcon
Saying I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton does not mean I would vote for Trump. I’m likely just going to not cast a vote for president.
Not actively opposing Trump is the same thing as condoning his promised racial persecution and ethnic cleansing. That’s true of the Busters and it’s true of everybody who refuses to support the only person who’ll be standing in Donald’s way.
I know, it’s unfair, because stuff and things, principles or whatever. I don’t care. You either take an active stand against the kind of racial hatred Trump represents or you’re guilting of turning a blind eye to it, and turning a blind eye to racism perpetuates it.
Anyway you don’t need to respond because I don’t have any illusions that you’re really paying attention or persuadable, just talking past you as usual.
re: #66 Nyet
So you’re like Switzerland in WWII. No kudos.
I’ll just be applying the same logic I apply to anyone in that position: no vote, no complaining.
It’s gonna be great.
re: #62 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And yes, I’m on a starting-sentences-with-ands-and-buts rampage! Don’t mess with me!
Book editor here: The Chicago Manual of Style, Edition XV (the official style guide of my publisher) notes the following on starting sentences with conjunctions:
Paragraph 5.191: There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but, or, &c. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as ten percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with a conjunction. It has been so for centuries, and even the most conservative grammarians have followed this practice.
Charles Allen Lloyd’s 1938 words fairly sum up the situation as it stands even today.
re: #66 Nyet
So you’re like Switzerland in WWII. No kudos.
it seems if trump is nominated an entire chunk of the old republican party will be neutral, or, better, neutered
re: #72 Anymouse
Book editor here: The Chicago Manual of Style, Edition XV (the official style guide of my publisher) notes the following on starting sentences with conjunctions:
Paragraph 5.191: There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but, or, &c. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as ten percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with a conjunction. It has been so for centuries, and even the most conservative grammarians have followed this practice.
Charles Allen Lloyd’s 1938 words fairly sum up the situation as it stands even today.
I had a teacher long ago who insisted we could not begin a sentence with “and,” “but” or “because.” I’ve ignored her advice ever since.
re: #74 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I had a teacher long ago who insisted we could not begin a sentence with “and,” “but” or “because.” I’ve ignored her advice ever since.
The only rule I learned in school that I still actually follow is the one against one-sentence paragraphs.
re: #74 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
I had a teacher long ago who insisted we could not begin a sentence with “and,” “but” or “because.” I’ve ignored her advice ever since.
The same applies to ending sentences with prepositions. The famous quote attributed to Winston Churchill applies:
That is a rule up with which I will not put.
re: #75 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The only rule I learned in school that I still actually follow is the one against one-sentence paragraphs.
Dialogue violates that all the time.
re: #72 Anymouse
Book editor here: The Chicago Manual of Style, Edition XV (the official style guide of my publisher) notes the following on starting sentences with conjunctions:
Paragraph 5.191: There is a widespread belief—one with no historical or grammatical foundation—that it is an error to begin a sentence with a conjunction such as and, but, or, &c. In fact, a substantial percentage (often as many as ten percent) of the sentences in first-rate writing begin with a conjunction. It has been so for centuries, and even the most conservative grammarians have followed this practice.
Charles Allen Lloyd’s 1938 words fairly sum up the situation as it stands even today.
But Professor Irwin Corey’s “Nevertheless…” was stretching things a bit.
Fire season is going to be epic this year. The entire West Coast will burn & Republicans are still going to be all “What Global Warming?”
— Putain Démocratique (@goddamnedfrank) June 21, 2016
re: #70 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
So I grew up in a state where fireworks were NOT ALLOWED thank you very much and I still get wigged out when I see them for sale precisely because of reasons like this.
re: #79 goddamnedfrank
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We’ve got thunder and lightning going on now, for whatever that’s worth.
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
I do not agree with that, and even if I did it would not sway me. I despise Hillary Clinton and I have for decades.
I’m willing to accept whatever that makes me.
re: #80 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So I grew up in a state where fireworks were NOT ALLOWED thank you very much and I still get wigged out when I see them for sale precisely because of reasons like this.
They’re only sold here in outdoor displays in the middle of parking lots. I can’t imagine them being inside a store. SMDH.
re: #64 Dark_Falcon
Saying I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton does not mean I would vote for Trump. I’m likely just going to not cast a vote for president.
There ya go. That’s an entirely sane position. Good for you.
You do know that she grew up in Park Ridge in a hardcore Goldwater Republican family, though, don’t you? Amazing how a bright light going off in a person’s head can lead to enlightenment, eh?
Has she made mistakes, errors in judgement? Hell, yes. But she has the best interest of the majority of the American people in mind based on her policy positions. And that includes you, DF. The R’s don’t really give a fuck about folks like you. They just give you lip service.
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
I do not agree with that, and even if I did it would not sway me. I despise Hillary Clinton and I have for decades.
I’m willing to accept whatever that makes me.
It makes you someone who is willing to condone explicitly promised ethnic and religious cleansing.
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
I do not agree with that, and even if I did it would not sway me. I despise Hillary Clinton and I have for decades.
I’m willing to accept whatever that makes me.
Why, though? You realize all the right-wing vomit that’s been poured out at her (and Bill) for over 30 years are absolute lies, right?
re: #82 Dark_Falcon
I do not agree with that, and even if I did it would not sway me. I despise Hillary Clinton and I have for decades.
I’m willing to accept whatever that makes me.
Someone you dislike (for reasons unstated) versus a fascist. Sounds like a magic balance fairy argument to me. They are not the same, and I do not have to like a candidate to vote for a competent candidate.
If you don’t like fascist as the descriptor for Donald Trump, how about narcissist? Incompetent? Arrogant? Clueless? Those are also good reasons to vote against him rather than invoke the magic balance fairy argument they are both the same.
They are not. To abdicate voting against evil is to tacitly endorse it.
Meh, I am willing to accept DF or any hard core republican who will not vote for Trump but cant vote for Hillary.
It would be like asking me to vote for a Bush against some crazy ass Dem nominee. I doubt I could do that. The best I could do is not vote for the crazy Dem.
I’m not going to explain my antipathy for Mrs. Clinton because:
1. Its late and I need to get to bed.
and
2. All any such explanation will get me is yelled at and downdinged.
And so I bid you all Good Night.
Luis Vielma, who was killed in the Orlando shooting, was turned into a wizard and I’m not crying, you’re crying: pic.twitter.com/gaJjtq5ygf
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) June 21, 2016
re: #89 Dark_Falcon
I’m not going to explain my antipathy for Mrs. Clinton because:
1. Its late and I need to get to bed.
and
2. All any such explanation will get me is yelled at and downdinged.
And so I bid you all Good Night.
Well, I have never downdinged you. I also need to go to bed (trip to Cheyenne in the morning).
re: #88 blueraven
Meh, I am willing to accept DF or any hard core republican who will not vote for Trump but cant vote for Hillary.
It would be like asking me to vote for a Bush against some crazy ass Dem nominee. I doubt I could do that. The best I could do is not vote for the crazy Dem.
If by some inexplicable turn of fate the choice was between Bush and a hypothetical Democrat running on an explicitly racist platform of ethnic and religious cleansing I’d vote for Bush without blinking.
Because I’m not the kind of drone minded asshole that condones promised harm to racial minorities.
re: #88 blueraven
Meh, I am willing to accept DF or any hard core republican who will not vote for Trump but cant vote for Hillary.
It would be like asking me to vote for a Bush against some crazy ass Dem nominee. I doubt I could do that. The best I could do is not vote for the crazy Dem.
If I could vote for Fritz Mondale, I can vote for anybody who’s not a Republican. I’m a single-issue voter now. “Not Republican” is my only requirement. Sucks, but here we are. They fucking ran fucking Ronald fucking Reagan, the D-list movie actor. For President! Trump is no worse than that.
And before somebody says he was Governor of California—so what? He shouldn’t have been within 100 miles of that job either. He was qualified for literally no elective office whatsoever. Just like Trump.
re: #92 goddamnedfrank
If by some inexplicable turn of fate the choice was between Bush and a hypothetical Democrat running on an explicitly racist platform of ethnic and religious cleansing I’d vote for Bush without blinking.
Because I’m not the kind of drone minded asshole that condones promised harm to racial minorities.
Well, admittedly in my scenario the crazed Democrat would not be a racist.
re: #87 Anymouse
Someone you dislike (for reasons unstated) versus a fascist. Sounds like a magic balance fairy argument to me. They are not the same, and I do not have to like a candidate to vote for a competent candidate.
If you don’t like fascist as the descriptor for Donald Trump, how about narcissist? Incompetent? Arrogant? Clueless? Those are also good reasons to vote against him rather than invoke the magic balance fairy argument they are both the same.
They are not. To abdicate voting against evil is to tacitly endorse it.
I’d give DF a pass on this. He has stated that he would prefer to sit the election out. That’s fair. If R’s and Independents leaning R do the same thing, it’ll be a blowout. I’d be happy with that.
I’d obviously be happier if R’s and R-leaning Independents would extrapolate from the available data to realize that local R candidates for State Legislatures, the US HoR, and the US Senate are also part of the Party that has embraced the sociopath from Mar-a-Lago and dumped the entire cohort of racist/teabagging fuckwits.
re: #89 Dark_Falcon
I’m not going to explain my antipathy for Mrs. Clinton because:
1. Its late and I need to get to bed.
and
2. All any such explanation will get me is yelled at and downdinged.
And so I bid you all Good Night.
Be honest! Use the nasty words you use when you think of Hillary Clinton and her supporters! It’s good from yours and our point of view, so we know what’s up. Let the hate bleed!
re: #69 goddamnedfrank
I still think the idea that Trump is something distinct from the rest of the GOP is getting overplayed. His policy isn’t that far from the sixteen he beat; it’s his tone that’s troubling so many people.
I’m not going to cheer people who resist Trump in favor of Trump with better
composition skills and a pedigree, like Jonah Goldberg. I’m not going to cheer people who resist Trump because he’s not wearing the exact right kind of rhetorical fetishwear, like Kevin Williamson. I’m not going to cheer the people who resist Trump because he doesn’t tell other rich conservatives they’re smart and they smell good, like Mitt Romney. I’m not going to cheer people who resist Trump because he sells a different brand of snake oil, like Ted Cruz or Glenn Beck. I’m not going to cheer people who want a domesticated Trump for a stage show involved Fae Wray, like Mitch McConnell.
Because all of the above are still maneuvering to harness Trump…and, more importantly, harness the people who have so much anger and so little respect for democracy. And eventually they will get their Trump+ product manufactured and rolled out, and it will turn out exactly as good as those sharks the scientist Samuel L Jackson genetically engineered to be smarter and meaner.
Anyway, all these hypotheticals are making me sleepy.
Sweet dreams y’all.
Wonkette weighs in on the sovereign citizen billboards that have popped up all over England, and did some of their own research.
Quoting a solicitor there:
He adds: “It is nothing about law, and it is not harmless. Taking this daftness seriously can be legally dangerous. If people try to use such things to avoid their legal obligations they can end up with county court judgments or even criminal convictions. You may as well walk into court with a t-shirt saying ‘I am an idiot’.”
re: #44 blueraven
Company Name: DRAPER STERLING LLC
File Number: 5896565
Filing State: Delaware (DE)
Filing Status: Unknown
Filing Date: December 2, 2015
Company Age: 6 Months
Registered Agent:
United States Corporation Agents, Inc.
300 Delaware Ave Ste 210-A
Wilmington, DE 19801
Interesting that the address in Londonderry, NH is a single-family residence. Wonder what that connection is. I know Lewindowsky (sp?) is from NH. Not his name listed as the resident though.
re: #99 Anymouse
Wonkette weighs in on the sovereign citizen billboards that have popped up all over England, and did some of their own research.
Quoting a solicitor there:
Sov cits don’t know they’re idiots. They truly believe all the stuff they’ve read about “common law” and local sheriffs being the highest law of the land — the US version. Considering the damage the Bundy bunch did at Malheur, it’s easy to diagnose idiocy as the cause of their behavior.
re: #100 BeachDem
Interesting that the address in Londonderry, NH is a single-family residence. Wonder what that connection is. I know Lewindowsky (sp?) is from NH. Not his name listed as the resident though.
Apparently the Draper Sterling location is about a half-mile from Lewandowski’s abode.
Gave up searching for a particular comment I could have sworn I read, once upon a time.
Moral of the story is, if a comment is something you ever think you might want to come back to, favorite it. Even if the use of the word favorite makes you feel weird.
Night all! Nice discussion tonight. Can I respectfully suggest that we not pile on to board members whose views are not consistent with the general concensus? If the comments are beyond the pale, that’s one thing, but respectful disagreement is a different thing.
re: #93 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
If I could vote for Fritz Mondale, I can vote for anybody who’s not a Republican. I’m a single-issue voter now. “Not Republican” is my only requirement. Sucks, but here we are. They fucking ran fucking Ronald fucking Reagan, the D-list movie actor. For President! Trump is no worse than that.
And before somebody says he was Governor of California—so what? He shouldn’t have been within 100 miles of that job either. He was qualified for literally no elective office whatsoever. Just like Trump.
And I always like to throw in James Garner’s quote about here:
“Ronald Reagan wasn’t qualified to be governor, let alone president. I was a vice president of the Screen Actors Guild when he was its president. My duties consisted of attending meetings and voting. The only thing I remember is that Ronnie never had an original thought and that we had to tell him what to say. That’s no way to run a union, let along a state or a country.”
re: #104 austin_blue
Okay, but there are members here who would be actively harmed by a Republican presidency/majority, and constantly being told that we should respect a viewpoint that’s okay with that gets a little old.
Just saying.
re: #89 Dark_Falcon
2. All any such explanation will get me is yelled at and downdinged.
This happens because [1] you don’t argue, you repeat shit without thinking (see: your attempt to use Bork awhile back, which is a classic of the “don’t fucking read, just say this” form); [2] you fall back on standard wingnut insults when you feel uncomfortable; [3] you do that thing of imagining that your feelings and personal relationships lend stuff veracity, but nobody else’s feelings and personal relationships lend stuff veracity.
Oh, and [4] you want to both mock the base and use their support as a mandate, but not be called out on that contradiction, while [5] indulging in your own wingnut beliefs that you imagine are somehow superior because they come from the 90s.
re: #97 The Ghost of a Flea
I still think the idea that Trump is something distinct from the rest of the GOP is getting overplayed. His policy isn’t that far from the sixteen he beat; it’s his tone that’s troubling so many people.
And as one Republican strategist pointed out:
“Trump’s stomach-churning behavior would be manageable if his poll numbers were holding up.”
re: #102 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Apparently the Draper Sterling location is about a half-mile from Lewandowski’s abode.
Things that make you go hmmmmm
re: #106 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Okay, but there are members here who would be actively harmed by a Republican presidency/majority, and constantly being told that we should respect a viewpoint that’s okay with that gets a little old.
Just saying.
Oh, I agree! But advocacy doesn’t need to be toxic. That’s what the other side does, as is epitomized by the Trump style of politics. We should be better than that. Facts, facts, and more facts are useful weapons.
Granted, many folks are not interested in facts, and deny they are actually correct, but this is a fact-based community and you don’t have to be a dick to reinforce them. Just repeat them. Facts are facts. Eventually, the mouth breathers and fuckwits get that their arguments are hopeless and go away.
re: #110 austin_blue
I’ve seen one too many BBL to think there’s any interest in facts, sorry.
If the behavior came from anyone else, a lot of people would have much less tolerance. Instead, we get lots of lectures towards those who have lost patience about how we should have more, never mind that some of those folks (again) would be harmed by the party he advocates for (rather mindlessly and sans any facts).
Again, your mileage can (and apparently does) vary. But I’m not going to lecture people who have reached out in good faith only to be ignored time and time again. Community is a two way street. I see very little assumption of good faith in the opposite direction, especially when it comes to treating the other side like human beings impacted by actions.
re: #101 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Sov cits don’t know they’re idiots. They truly believe all the stuff they’ve read about “common law” and local sheriffs being the highest law of the land — the US version. Considering the damage the Bundy bunch did at Malheur, it’s easy to diagnose idiocy as the cause of their behavior.
There was an episode of Newsradio where a kid was on trial for selling Jimmy James a bunch of fake memorabilia. One item was the skull of George “Goober” Lindsey. Lindsey takes the stand: “Mr. Lindsey, is this your skull?” Extends his hand: “May I?” “Of course.” Feels it all over with an intent expression, hands it back: “No.”
The judge raises the gavel: “I find the defendant…” The defense attorney says: “Tubalcain.” “…Not Guilty!” That’s how that’s supposed to work, I think.
re: #111 klys (maker of Silmarils)
I’ve seen one too many BBL to think there’s any interest in facts, sorry.
If the behavior came from anyone else, a lot of people would have much less tolerance. Instead, we get lots of lectures towards those who have lost patience about how we should have more, never mind that some of those folks (again) would be harmed by the party he advocates for (rather mindlessly and sans any facts).
Again, your mileage can (and apparently does) vary. But I’m not going to lecture people who have reached out in good faith only to be ignored time and time again. Community is a two way street. I see very little assumption of good faith in the opposite direction, especially when it comes to treating the other side like human beings impacted by actions.
Indeed. One may have an honest disagreement with those who will disagree honestly. But it’s not clear DF even believes his own beliefs. He despises Hillary, because that’s what he’s supposed to do if he wants to remain a member of the only club he thinks will have him.
re: #80 klys (maker of Silmarils)
So I grew up in a state where fireworks were NOT ALLOWED thank you very much and I still get wigged out when I see them for sale precisely because of reasons like this.
I grew up in a state where fireworks were NOT ALLOWED, too. Because fireworks were cause of the fire that destroyed the largest city in the state. Yet, fireworks have been made legal here again. I’m expecting there to be destructive fires here as well.
Anyway this was the best typo (assuming it was a typo) of the day by far.
I’m being gunspalined. Could this day get any better? https://t.co/N1SMSnTdE7
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) June 20, 2016
And I should do my own version of be back later and call it a night, assuming I can wind down after crashing for a solid 8 hours of sleep last night. (Haha, that’s actually a lot …sob…)
Everyone’s focusing on the “Trump has no money” part - but his campaign is also apparently $40 million in debt, allegedly mostly to Donald Trump himself.
If you count debts owed to Trump his campaign is $40+ mil in the red & bringing in only $3 mil a month. #bankruptDon pic.twitter.com/LUMd9e5TX9
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) June 21, 2016
What type of rich person is going to donate to Trump, when it’s pretty clear that the next $40 million raised is just going to go to Trump’s pockets?
re: #64 Dark_Falcon
Saying I’m not voting for Hillary Clinton does not mean I would vote for Trump. I’m likely just going to not cast a vote for president.
You know,. in 2000 I could not bring myself to vote for Al Gore, so I swallowed my vomit and voted for Bush (something I regretted the moment I did so) but I felt that I had to vote for someone just to be able to discuss politics and not feel like a hypocrite.
re: #117 Danack
Everyone’s focusing on the “Trump has no money” part - but his campaign is also apparently $40 million in debt, allegedly mostly to Donald Trump himself.
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What type of rich person is going to donate to Trump, when it’s pretty clear that the next $40 million raised is just going to go to Trump’s pockets?
In other words, the true motives behind his campaign are just coming out: self-promotion and self-enrichment.
This is starting to look like a real-life version of “The Producers”…
re: #120 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
In other words, the true motives behind his campaign are just coming out: self-promotion and self-enrichment.
This is starting to look like a real-life version of “The Producers”…
Seems like an expensive way to do it if he can’t get anyone to donate to pay back the money he has lent the campaign.
re: #121 Timothy Watson
Seems like an expensive way to do it if he can’t get anyone to donate to pay back the money he has lent the campaign.
It has still produced a lot of advertising for the Trump brand, it is now right up there with Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Levis as one of the most recognizable national and international brands.
Good morning Lizards. 75 F at 4am here in Philadelphia.
Pretty early for me to be up, but I am doing prep for a medical procedure later this morning and have to drink another quart of vile polyethylene glycol solution in the next hour. Lovely stuff. (Enter appropriate political analogy here)
Feline Overlords are confused by early AM activity. They’re used to sleeping at this time and thus not demanding food or attention, just wondering what mischief the staff is up to.
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It has still produced a lot of advertising for the Trump brand, it is now right up there with Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Levis as one of the most recognizable national and international brands.
All recognition is not good.
For a lot of people, the Trump brand is now one to avoid like the plague.
re: #123 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It has still produced a lot of advertising for the Trump brand, it is now right up there with Coca-Cola, Microsoft and Levis as one of the most recognizable national and international brands.
At $40,000,000 from his person.
If he had spent that much on a PR company it would at least be deductible as a business expense.
Note: Today is my birthday. Born this day in 1949.
re: #126 Timothy Watson
At $40,000,000 from his person.
If he had spent that much on a PR company it would at least be deductible as a business expense.
That’s assuming he doesn’t manage to wring $40M+ out of the GOP in campaign funding after the convention.
re: #128 Feline Fearless Leader
That’s assuming he doesn’t manage to wring $40M+ out of the GOP in campaign funding after the convention.
And they won’t have a problem with him using that money to repay loans to himself instead of GOTV and ads?
re: #125 Anymouse
All recognition is not good.
For a lot of people, the Trump brand is now one to avoid like the plague.
Should he use it to market anything but a reality TV show, then it is full of negative connotations, but I believe that he sees his future as a media presence.
re: #129 Timothy Watson
And they won’t have a problem with him using that money to repay loans to himself instead of GOTV and ads?
They might have a problem with it - but I bet they give him the money anyways.
A D.C. man has been charged with murdering his ex-girlfriend after she told police she feared for her life.The day after 40-year-old Stephanie Goodloe filed her third police report this month against her ex-boyfriend, police found her shot to death in her bed early Saturday morning.
Goodloe first went to file a police report against Donald Hairston, 49, on June 4 after he banged on the windows and doors of her home on Kentucky Avenue in Southeast, D.C. and she came out to find her car tires slashed, court documents show.
re: #38 Lidane
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I note that the author of that piece didn’t mention that all the candidates running for GOP Presidential nominee are just as racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and unhinged as Trump. Trump doesn’t try, indeed can’t, hide that fact.
The others had many years of dissembling when the cameras are on them. So they’re better at hiding their evil.
But the only differences between them and Trump are like the differences between rattlesnakes and copperheads. That is mostly aesthetic although one is noisier that the other. If either bites you, you’re screwed.
re: #49 austin_blue
Phhht. He has no money! No money, no ability to set the narrative. HRC and her PACs have just dropped a $22.3 million ad buy in seven battleground states….in June.
I read on Facebook that one of Trump’s followers regards that as a positive. It shows, “Trump is a businessman and we need a businessman to save America.” I’m quoting verbatim.
o_O
re: #70 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Oi! Run, you idiots!
re: #133 Romantic Heretic
I note that the author of that piece didn’t mention that all the candidates running for GOP Presidential nominee are just as racist, anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic and unhinged as Trump. Trump doesn’t try, indeed can’t, hide that fact.
Most the others had at least some record of public service to refer to…Trump has only bluster and empty promises of what he thinks voters want to hear from him.
re: #127 Shiplord Kirel
Note: Today is my birthday. Born this day in 1949.
I removed my own birth date from Facebook because I do not wish to be reminded of it, but since you put it out there, Happy Birthday and all that…
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Well, considering their idea of ‘public service’ is ‘There shouldn’t be such a thing as public’ I guess that’s true.
re: #49 austin_blue
Phhht. He has no money! No money, no ability to set the narrative. HRC and her PACs have just dropped a $22.3 million ad buy in seven battleground states….in June. Trump’s response?
<crickets>
He has no money, people. Dead in the fucking water. See those white lines in the water screaming toward your boat? Those are torpedoes. That’s not a good thing.
One thing I wasn’t aware of until just now is that there’s a huge difference between the efficiency of candidate spending and PAC spending. Candidates can buy ads at a much lower “preferred” rate whereas PAC have to pay the same going market rate that any business has to pay to promote their brand.
This will not help make up the astronomical gap between Clinton’s $42 million cash on hand and Trump’s $1.2 million cash on hand. Candidates pay the lowest unit price for advertising, while parties and outside groups pay the expensive going rate. This means that candidate money goes much, much further — as Romney, who leaned too hard on super PACs in 2012, learned the hard way.
I had never heard about this difference in ad rates before so I looked into it. It really only applies 45 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election, and technically only to Federal candidates but stations tend to give local candidates the same deal. Still, it means that should Clinton continue to out fundraise Trump, and unlike his campaign much of her fundraising apparatus already exists as sunk costs, she’ll have a massive advantage over him in ad buying power starting the second week of September.
re: #140 goddamnedfrank
Forgot to mention that another reason Clinton’s cash on hand number matters so much is that she can go back to many of those same donors for up to another $2700 each in the general election, because everything she has saved as of now is Primary money that rolls over. Once the general election officially starts every donor’s individual contribution limit resets because as far as the FEC is concerned it becomes an entirely new campaign.
re: #140 goddamnedfrank
Interesting read, wasn’t aware of the laws and regulations relating to that.
22 days ago.
Good news is that my campaign has perhaps more cash than any campaign in the history of politics- b/c I stand 100% behind everything we do.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2016
re: #142 Timothy Watson
Interesting read, wasn’t aware of the laws and regulations relating to that.
This has been an interesting campaign to the extent that a lot of the primary rules and election funding rules have come to the foreground of people’s attention.
I have no problem with closed primaries, I think that one should decide on one’s affiliation well in advance of the campaign to reduce ratfucking. And remember, registering for a particular party does not imply any degree of support or membership, just a decision to participate in that party’s primary.
As for delegate selection, that is up to the individual parties. These are not election campaigns in the sense that we conduct them in November, rather they are more like a marketing survey to see which candidate has the most popular support. But there are other factors that go into selecting a candidate.
Here is Chuck’s latest sock account.
Damn the rules! A CCJ account for everyone!re: #34 teleskiguy
Hillary as President will be a good thing. The *woman* part of her having that much power will reverberate for generations to come. I’m sure of this. I heard Christopher Hitchens talk about women in power on a YouTube video and I read his treatise “God Is Not Great” and the most important things I can fathom in that YouTube *and* his book is that the whole of humans will live better lives if women are empowered.
EMPOWER WOMEN!!!
That’s my favorite concept.
Not sure if I agree with that. While it will be historic for a woman to be President and I love that, we already know that there have been some awful women leaders, i.e., Margaret Thatcher. It’s good that Clinton will be a left-leaning, sensible President and I am proud of her for accomplishing so much in the face of rightwing hostility.
Good dog, MSNBC talking heads must have said “pivot” at least 20 times over the last 5 minutes.
re: #147 Dr. Matt
Good dog, MSNBC talking heads must have said “pivot” at least 20 times over the last 5 minutes.
and were probably chided by their bosses for not using it often enough…
re: #147 Dr. Matt
Good dog, MSNBC talking heads must have said “pivot” at least 20 times over the last 5 minutes.
Won’t make any difference in the long run. Trump will be Trump.
It’s like this incredible logic trap the GOP has set for itself. They have a moronic con artist for a (probable) nominee. But they can’t just give him the boot and move on to candidate No. 2 — Cruz is just as bad. And Kaisich or Paul Ryan may seem nicer, but their policies are pretty insane, too, and just giving the nomination to either of them would explode the party. Fascinating stuff.
And yet… And yet the GOP still owns so many state legislatures. Wtf is wrong with your country? I mean, I’ve seen some stupid local politics around the world, but the GOP is getting to Venezuela-level stupid.
re: #150 LastYearsMan
It also works because they have gerrymandered the vote enough to guarantee them a majority of seats in places where they do not necessarily command a majority of votes.
And yes, there are places in America where people are poorly educated, poorly informed, bigoted and just plain stupid and proud of it.
America has a long history of anti-intellectualism, probably stemming from our cultural and intellectual inferiority complex regarding Europe. And although I admire individualists and out-of-the-box thinkers, it is like with music: you have to master a few chops before you can go all free-jazz and still sound like anything other than cacophony
The only person who can spend more money on hats than advertising is Raymond Reddington. And @realDonaldTrump is no Ray Reddington.
— Franklin (@franklinftw) June 21, 2016
re: #151 Dave In Austin
How many does he have out there now. Has @Suport shut any of them down or have they given up?
Counting the minions who have renamed their accounts, I think the total is up to 8 now, and when I checked about an hour ago, they were all still available to view, though nothing had been tweeted for several hours.
I’m not sure what his game plan is here. It just seems like he’s thumbing his nose at Twitter, while he directs people to gotnews and wesearchr.
re: #153 Dr. Matt
I know a couple have been blocked already.
Which ones? I know the ones he created on Friday and Saturday were shot down within a couple of hours. The slew he created Sunday are still there.
re: #140 goddamnedfrank
One thing I wasn’t aware of until just now is that there’s a huge difference between the efficiency of candidate spending and PAC spending. Candidates can buy ads at a much lower “preferred” rate whereas PAC have to pay the same going market rate that any business has to pay to promote their brand.
I had never heard about this difference in ad rates before so I looked into it. It really only applies 45 days before a primary or 60 days before a general election, and technically only to Federal candidates but stations tend to give local candidates the same deal. Still, it means that should Clinton continue to out fundraise Trump, and unlike his campaign much of her fundraising apparatus already exists as sunk costs, she’ll have a massive advantage over him in ad buying power starting the second week of September.
There’s another advantage she has, in that she can lock in ad buys earlier, which gives her campaign a better choice of inventory—better times and programming choices.
re: #156 wheat-dogghazi-mailgate
Which ones? I know the ones he created on Friday and Saturday were shot down within a couple of hours. The slew he created Sunday are still there.
Freethechuck and chuckcuckslayer
Heh, trash for cash, that’s good.
SMH
National poll: Clinton lead narrows in 4-way race https://t.co/9ItqEisiZF | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/SwwzQZ84Yo
— POLITICO (@politico) June 21, 2016
re: #158 Dr. Matt
Freethechuck and chuckcuckslayer
Those must have been his trial runs. The first one (which I missed) was apparently barn burner. The second was less bombastic. And this recent crop are just plain boring. They retweet stuff Chuck likes, or retweet stuff from the other socks, and all bring up gotnews and wesearchr. IOW, not only is he breaking the rules against multiple accounts with similar content and intent, but he’s using them as free advertising for his websites/businesses.
And so far @support has done nothing, and it’s already day 3. Might as well throw out the TOS, because the rules mean nothing now.
re: #117 Danack
Everyone’s focusing on the “Trump has no money” part - but his campaign is also apparently $40 million in debt, allegedly mostly to Donald Trump himself.
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What type of rich person is going to donate to Trump, when it’s pretty clear that the next $40 million raised is just going to go to Trump’s pockets?
Donald Trump loaned “rounds of golf” to the campaign but expects to be paid back in cash.
I’m ready for my mother in law to move into her new condo…Leafy, her cat, has decided to upgrade himself to the master bedroom. That doesn’t go over so well with Conan and Craig…or Banjo. (He’s a bit of a dick of a cat)
https://t.co/TLxCZA26No Wow, it really was just a matter of time before gun jumpers started flirting with a return to Prohibition.
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) June 21, 2016
re: #160 Dr. Matt
4 way race? Who else are they polling with Trump and Clinton? Gary Johnson and Jill Stein? Because each of them will get ~1.
As it is, the pollsters are ratfucking the Clinton campaign by still running polls with Sanders in head-to-head with Trump. If they’re doing that, why not add Rubio and Cruz back into the mix, considering that both of them have the same chance at the nomination (near zero). Sanders has less of a chance at winning the nomination than Rubio or Cruz, whose chances are improving slightly given that the Trump campaign is essentially out of money.
His latest FEC filing shows next to no money on hand, and he’s got all of 30 staffers on the payroll. Yeah, some might argue that this shows the strength of his campaign that he did so on such a lean payroll, but that’s not how elections are won. You need GOTV, and Trump’s showing he’s nothing but a vaporware candidate who has convinced his supporters but no one else. The more people realize this, the more they’ll come around to Clinton.
Trump’s so poor (now a #TrumpSoPoor hashtag), he couldn’t pass the credit rating to get a place in his own buildings.
He’s so poor that he’s asking for yet another bailout.
He’s run his campaign like he ran his casinos. Right into the ground.
Now imagine if he had fired Lewandowski months ago for the Fields incident. That might have been a turnaround moment. Instead, he’s flailing about and no money on hand.
Oh my,
I am SHOCKED, SHOCKED I tell you.
Clinton tell-all author was too low ranking 2 have been anywhere near what he claims to have seen, say Service vets: https://t.co/zsrP5jlgqP
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) June 21, 2016
Trump’s campaign is going to suck the life out of down ticket races - he’s clamoring for a bailout from big money donors at a time when those donors would need to help other races. Trump’s toxic enough that candidates aren’t going to fundraise with and by him. That reduces their takes as well - and makes it more difficult.
All in all, a good thing. It improves the chances the Democrats retake the Senate. Still don’t think it turns into a wave with retaking the House, but there’s a bigger deficit to make up there.
re: #165 Ace-o-aces
Those accounts have minuscule followings. Perhaps they’re just too small for @support to be concerned.
At some point, Twitter remembers that it’s just one red-headed asshole and can’t be bothered. If he doxes someone on Twitter (which he’ll probably do in a few weeks at most) he’ll get banned again. Until then, the only way I’ll hear about him is through LGF.
re: #162 I Would Prefer Not To
Sad.
The Trump Campaign Raised Less Money in May Than the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter
And that movie was worth every penny! (I admit it, I’m a Marshmallow.)
Trump son on GMA just a minute ago talking about how self-serving Hillary is.
FFS
@samsteinhp @MichelleFields He would have done it last week but he had the immunity idol.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 21, 2016
re: #167 lawhawk
He’s run his campaign like he ran his casinos. Right into the ground.
He runs his campaign like he ran his casinos, debts onto the books, cash-flow into his pocket. Its a business model that goes back at least as far as the old railroad barons. No matter how the business does, he ends up with all the money.
I’ll mock his tiny hands but I won’t mock the poor to insult Trump
@KagroX actual size. pic.twitter.com/cryv9M5BYY
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) June 21, 2016
Spoiler: He’s white.
UPDATE: ILLEGAL ARRESTED AT RALLY PLANNED TO KILL TRUMP… https://t.co/QdQ9ElyTdv
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 21, 2016
Riding the bus to work. On comes a lady in a wheelchair plastered with Trump stickers shooting her mouth off about putting illegals in thier place…
Morning!
So, around 6:00 am it sounded like Columbus was in the Battle of Britain or something. Low flying airplanes over my area of the city flying around and around. What the hell was going on…this!
Yesterday I get stung by a freaking wasp…today buzzed by gypsy moth eradication planes. Bugs…bugging us.
I. CAN’T. STOP. LAUGHING.
Good news is that my campaign has perhaps more cash than any campaign in the history of politics- b/c I stand 100% behind everything we do.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 29, 2016
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
I. CAN’T. STOP. LAUGHING.
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Trump has less cash on hand than the former majority leader of the New York State Senate, who is headed to jail. h/t @mahoneyw
— Nick Confessore (@nickconfessore) June 21, 2016
re: #180 The Vicious Babushka
Me neither. And no, I don’t have an Elantra. lol
@realDonaldTrump where did all that cash go? I have more between the seat and center console in my Hyundai Elantra.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) June 21, 2016
Trump (accidentally) confirms Ivanka pushed Corey Lewandowski out: https://t.co/G40LBxSSol pic.twitter.com/zG7RFWN4Ar
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 21, 2016
Meanwhile, Reince is busy feeding the fishes.
LOL. Okay. That’s a cool lede. https://t.co/cxZS25QVEV pic.twitter.com/Yp5ea35sA5
— Michael B Dougherty (@michaelbd) June 21, 2016
#trumpSoPoor he may have to pay taxes!
— aceoaces (@aceoaces) June 21, 2016
TBogg passes on some great #TrumpSoPoor Tweets:
e.g.:
#TrumpSoPoor he’s now looking for a little handout. pic.twitter.com/sA9k4OYVsA
— Andrew Hickey (@andrewmhickey) June 21, 2016
#TrumpSoPoor that he’s donating to Hillary because her policies will actually help the economy and get him his money back.
— ytooooj (@ytooooj) June 21, 2016
Trump: “I am the King of Debt. I do love debt” #tcot #UniteBlue #maga https://t.co/RZnUa5Dkmi
— (((Vicious Bubbie))) (@viciousbabushka) June 21, 2016
LOL
2016 Yo Mama Joke:
Yo #trumpsopoor…he started supporting Bernie Sanders just for the free stuff! #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/1dKujNdfXE— April (@Burgh_Blondie) June 21, 2016
Castle Doctrine in action in Kentucky.
UPDATE: Homeowner shoots and kills men he says were stealing from his garage https://t.co/m7UDa5wx7z
— WSAZ NewsChannel 3 (@WSAZnews) June 20, 2016
No doubt that this will be one of those incidents used to justify a private citizen’s use of deadly force.
Because it was easier to confront the thieves outside than calling the police.
re: #189 The Vicious Babushka
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Trump’s gotten rich driving companies into the ground. What will he do to the U.S. economy?
Oh wait—we know:https://t.co/MOPrGekYtZ— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
Donald Trump will be making a speech “regarding the election” tomorrow at 11amET in NYC, according to the campaign
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) June 21, 2016
Bet his speech will be at Trump Tower so he can charge more rent to the campaign.
re: #138 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I removed my own birth date from Facebook because I do not wish to be reminded of it, but since you put it out there, Happy Birthday and all that…
I refuse to put my birthday on Facebook. I send my sisters birthday cards so that it shows that I actually remember their birthdays rather than stumbling onto the reminder on Facebook. My 62nd is this Saturday. I’m going to spend it doing laundry and maybe going to the Twin City Pride festival. My first response to birthdays is to duck and cover.
Estimates Differ On When Trump Will Be Denounced As A ‘Liberal’
conservapedia preparing by yet again rewriting hitler article
re: #195 stpaulbear
I refuse to put my birthday on Facebook. I send my sisters birthday cards so that it shows that I actually remember their birthdays rather than stumbling onto the reminder on Facebook. My 62nd is this Saturday. I’m going to spend it doing laundry and maybe going to the Twin City Pride festival. My first response to birthdays is to duck and cover.
My 64th is on Friday. Nobody ever remembers my birthday, except my mom and my financial adviser.
re: #194 Backwoods_Sleuth
Donald Trump will be making a speech “regarding the election” tomorrow at 11amET in NYC, according to the campaign
everybody has been too mean to me so im gonna pull outta the race??
re: #198 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
everybody has been too mean to me so im gonna pull outta the race??
YOU KNOW WHO SHOULD HAVE PULLED OUT?
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
My 64th is on Friday. Nobody ever remembers my birthday, except my mom and my financial adviser.
Happy pre-birthday!
Have to say it now otherwise I will forget. :-)
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Castle Doctrine in action in Kentucky.
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No doubt that this will be one of those incidents used to justify a private citizen’s use of deadly force.
Because it was easier to confront the thieves outside than calling the police.
Shoot first, ask questions later.
LOLOLOLOL!
Trump sends first fundraising email ever. It is June 21st. pic.twitter.com/KV1owIABaz
— Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylor) June 21, 2016
re: #198 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
everybody has been too mean to me so im gonna pull outta the race??
I hope not. Someone needs to start whispering in his ear that the RNC is trying to take the nomination away from him, and that he’d be considered a wimp if he let it happen.
I am sure that a lot of people look at DT and simply think “He’s a frigging billionaire. Why does he need my money to get what he wants?”
re: #205 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am sure that a lot of people look at DT and simply think “He’s a frigging billionaire. Why does he need my money to get what he wants?”
I am sure a lot more will send him money.
There’s one born every minute.
re: #203 Backwoods_Sleuth
He must mean the first one, HE, PERSONALLY, has sent on behalf of the campaign. The campaign has sent out fundraising emails. They just sent one 3 days ago.
re: #207 Franklin
He must mean the first one, HE, PERSONALLY, has sent on behalf of the campaign. The campaign has sent out fundraising emails. They just sent one 3 days ago.
That’s what the email says.
Is this the first matching funds technique ever used in an American election?
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s what the email says.
Definitely. But my guess is that isn’t how it means it to look. He wants the rubes to think “ZOMG TRUMP HAS MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT CAMPAIGNING FOR MONEYZ!!!”.
re: #209 Franklin
Is this the first matching funds technique ever used in an American election?
Dear suckers,
Please send me money so I can pay myself and my businesses. I will keep my matching funds.
Thanks! https://t.co/v8yEPLLDwM— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 21, 2016
re: #209 Franklin
Is this the first matching funds technique ever used in an American election?
First I’ve ever heard of a candidate doing it.
re: #208 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s what the email says.
Or I’m reading into it too much and picking it apart because he is a clown that wears Cheetos™ Flavored Foundation.
re: #191 Backwoods_Sleuth
Castle Doctrine in action in Kentucky.
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No doubt that this will be one of those incidents used to justify a private citizen’s use of deadly force.
Because it was easier to confront the thieves outside than calling the police.
This is the only way “defending yourself” with all these guns people insist on accumulating for that purpose can possibly work. You need to shoot first. Shoot at every noise, shoot at every shadow. Shoot early and often. If you wait for someone to actually attack you, they will always have the drop on you. Always.
Keeping the safety off isn’t good enough. Keeping your finger on the trigger isn’t good enough. 360º vision isn’t good enough. Instantaneous reflexes aren’t good enough. They’ll always know what they’re about to do before you see them do it. Always. You need to shoot anybody or anything that makes you the least bit apprehensive. And shoot to kill!
Man pretending to be a cop barges into Muslim prayer service and screams ‘Jesus is lord’ https://t.co/cLDRD73T5r pic.twitter.com/e8Txil3pvP
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 21, 2016
A Kentucky man burst into a mosque during worship services and began shouting about Jesus.
Luke Michael Roberts, of Elsmere, was charged with theft, impersonating an officer, criminal trespassing and disturbing a lawful meeting after police said he entered the Islamic Center of Greater Cincinnati and disrupted prayer services, reported WCPO-TV.
Police said Monday the 37-year-old Roberts entered the mosque in West Chester Township, Ohio, about 11:25 p.m. June 14 — two days after a deadly shooting in Orlando — and shouted “Jesus is lord” while Muslims prayed.
sigh…
Someone has raised the Mexican flag on the border of Trump’s wildly unpopular golf course near Aberdeen: pic.twitter.com/mXzkQeCpic
— Simon Usborne (@susborne) June 21, 2016
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
A Kentucky man burst into a mosque during worship services and began shouting about Jesus.
because we have been taught that the “clash of cultures” is Christianity vs Islam
rather than fundamentalist theocracy vs secular democracy
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Maybe he was shouting “Jesus is Lorde.”
re: #217 Backwoods_Sleuth
Someone has raised the Mexican flag on the border of Trump’s wildly unpopular golf course near Aberdeen
Now even SCOTLAND has a problem with illegals from Mexico!!!
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Dude looks more like an ISIS kingpin than an American cop.
BREAKING: California closing its last nuclear plant after 3 decades. https://t.co/SJs6nzKsl6
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A utility company and environmental groups have reached an agreement that will close California’s last nuclear power plant, ending the state’s nuclear power era.
The state’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and the groups said Tuesday that the Diablo Canyon plant will close by 2025. The accord would resolve disputes about the plant that helped fuel the anti-nuclear movement nationally.
The 30-year-old plant supplies 9 percent of California’s annual power. The agreement will replace it with solar power and other forms of renewable energy.
re: #216 Backwoods_Sleuth
Man pretending to be a cop barges into Muslim prayer service and screams ‘Jesus is lord’ t.co pic.twitter.com
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 21, 2016
If a Muslim did this during a Christian service, he would have been labeled a terrorist and “uber radical Islamic extremist”
re: #184 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
‘Money is not a problem’: Trump’s former ‘Bedazzler’ spokesperson goes Baghdad Bob on CNN
With the revelation of Trump’s miserable campaign finances, he has proven once-and-for-all that HE IS a fiscal conservative.
re: #224 Dr. Matt
If a Muslim did this during a Christian service, he would have been labeled a terrorist and “uber radical Islamic extremist”
He would have been shot, unfortunately.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
My 64th is on Friday. Nobody ever remembers my birthday, except my mom and my financial adviser.
My insurance man always sends a birthday greeting.
My mom passed away from leukemia 13 years ago on my older sister’s 50th birthday (July 7). About a week after the funeral I was back at work and called home to check my phone messages. I’d forgotten that one of the messages on the tape was my mom calling to wish me a happy birthday. I had to go out into the stairwell for about 20 minutes…
One of my younger sisters died one day before her 50th birthday. After her death, when my birthday was approaching, I found myself thinking to myself ‘please don’t get into any situations that would result in death on your birthday. Death on birthdays doesn’t need to be a family tradition’.
Amazing. pic.twitter.com/v3OuCnfIKQ
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 21, 2016
re: #227 Franklin
He would have been shot, unfortunately.
And SYG would have applied, because all that it needed is to demonstrate that one felt threatened. And a Jihadi in a church would have fit the bill entirely…
BREAKING: Jordan says explosives-laden car detonated near army post was driven by suicide attacker, border area to be closed.
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2016
Jordan says explosives-laden truck that blew up near a Jordanian army post was driven by a suicide attacker. https://t.co/ThIK513xyF
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 21, 2016
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember, Islamist terrorists kill more Muslims than they do Americans…so if you are a true Islamophobe, you should be supporting Jihad!!!
He’ll start by reading a prepared speech (written by Ivanka or Jared) off a teleprompter but then go off on his own and start rambling incoherent bullshit.
I will be making a big speech tomorrow to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #198 dog philosopher ஐஒஔ௸
everybody has been too mean to me so im gonna pull outta the race??
Apparently not:
I will be making a big speech tomorrow to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #234 The Vicious Babushka
I will be making a big speech tomorrow to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
Something Hillary cannot do: give a speak discussing his policies and history of public service. She can only address his bad judgement.
re: #234 The Vicious Babushka
He’ll start by reading a prepared speech (written by Ivanka or Jared) off a teleprompter but then go off on his own and start rambling incoherent bullshit.
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re: #234 The Vicious Babushka
He’ll start by reading a prepared speech (written by Ivanka or Jared) off a teleprompter but then go off on his own and start rambling incoherent bullshit.
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re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
I will be making a big speech tomorrow to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
Hopefully he’s wearing a MAGA hat because nothing is more presidential than saying “Crooked Hillary Clinton” while wearing a China-made trucker hat.
Florida congressional candidate launches Facebook contest to give away AR-15 https://t.co/SA3w9KbBPs pic.twitter.com/OnTrhrF9fB
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 21, 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Republican candidate for Congress in Florida has launched a contest on his Facebook campaign page to give away a semi-automatic rifle on Independence Day.
Greg Evers said Monday that he is giving away an AR-15, because terrorist incidents are on the rise. The announcement comes barely a week after a shooting at a gay nightclub killed 49 people in Orlando, which is about five hours drive from the Florida Panhandle congressional district Evers seeks to represent.
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Evers is one of five candidates running in the Aug. 30 Republican primary for the seat being vacated by Rep. Jeff Miller. Evers’ chief rival is state Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has also received an A-plus grade from the NRA.
re: #239 Dr. Matt
The hats are made in Newark NJ. Which shows that he could actually have had his clothing line made in the US. He just chose not to do so since it would reduce his profits.
He couldn’t do that with his campaign swag since that’d be real bad.
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently not:
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re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
I love it when he uses the teleprompter because he starts debating with what’s written there, goes on to another topic, and then always loses track of where he left off.
I love it when Trump announces that he’ll be delivering a serious address but can’t stop himself from adding the juvenile “Crooked Hillary’ to the announcement. He is incapable of being an adult.
re: #226 Dr. Matt
Stolded that.
With the revelation of Trump’s miserable campaign finances & spending, he’s proven 1ce & 4 all that HE IS a fiscal conservative.@DrMatthew
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 21, 2016
re: #235 Backwoods_Sleuth
Apparently not:
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i like the way he explains it in Dick and Jane level syntax
Hey, @NRA! Are those most of our elected Republicans in your pocket? Or am I just too depressed to finish this joke?https://t.co/RUDGmmb7Ok
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) June 21, 2016
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
First I’ve ever heard of a candidate doing it.
Next you know he will offer Trump savings stamps with every donation. After the election you will be able to turn them in for Trump goods like Trump Wine, Trump Steaks, Trump Golf course fees, discounts on overnight stays in Trump properties, etc.
re: #250 ObserverArt
Next you know he will offer Trump savings stamps with every donation. After the election you will be able to turn them in for Trump goods like Trump Wine, Trump Steaks, Trump Golf course fees, discounts on overnight stays in Trump properties, etc.
Shipping and handling fees apply, however…
Heh.
Recipients of payments from Trump campaign with “Trump” in name, through May 31. Doesn’t include Mar-a-Lago/planes. pic.twitter.com/JF6skaWYGF
— Derek Willis (@derekwillis) June 21, 2016
What is Trump spending his meager campaign resources on? Why, himself, of course. https://t.co/6LsNwf4gTL
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
This harridan just will not go away.
Kim Davis tells federal appeals court new Ky law on marriage licenses resolves her religious liberty case. Arguments were set for 7/28. ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 21, 2016
Kim Davis says she wishes to thank the Ky Leg, Gov Bevin and Jesus Christ, in that order, for bringing her marriage case to a close. ^JC
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) June 21, 2016
re: #252 The Vicious Babushka
Trump’s Chumps. Send him money so he can make Trump’s bank account great again! #TrumpSoPoor https://t.co/R1qNRU1beD
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) June 21, 2016
Gun violence requires more than moments of silence. It requires action. In failing that test, the Senate failed the American people.
— President Obama (@POTUS) June 21, 2016
re: #223 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Well, there goes our already built desalinization plant. I guess with Trump “opening the waters” we don’t need it any more.
Everybody poops.
A sloth risks its life every time it poops. Watch the harrowing act for yourself.https://t.co/k7Dv25GvP6 pic.twitter.com/mkkQ5g5UVS
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 21, 2016
re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
Shipping and handling fees apply, however…
Of course!
$20 to mail out one page of savings stamps and a booklet to keep them in. They are great stamps. The Greatest saving stamps.
re: #258 ObserverArt
Of course!
$20 to mail out one page of savings stamps and a booklet to keep them in. They are great stamps. The Greatest saving stamps.
So many stamps, you’ll be sick of stamps.
After all that braggadocio, it’s pretty clear @realDonaldTrump doesn’t have the $$ to fund his campaign, and is having trouble raising it.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) June 21, 2016
It’s almost like calling donors crooks and saying you don’t need their money has consequences https://t.co/JbBWANXX4i
— SecretSurveyEliteDem (@word_34) June 21, 2016
re: #260 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Was it yesterday that there was a story that he promised staff to call 25 donors and thank them and managed to make through 5 calls before quitting?
re: #261 Timothy Watson
I think he made it to three. It’s hard to dial when your fingers are so small.
re: #261 Timothy Watson
Was it yesterday that there was a story that he promised staff to call 25 donors and thank them and managed to make through 5 calls before quitting?
He made 3 calls, after promising he’d do 20.
re: #257 The Vicious Babushka
I loved that show Meet the Sloths. It was fascinating, especially for someone like me who knew next to nothing about them.
Apple has opened registration in the U.S. and a number of other countries (links below) for its annual Apple Summer Camp, where kids aged 8 to 12 can attend a company retail store and learn how to create interactive books and movies using Apple products and software, ranging from iBooks Author on Mac to iMovie on iPad.…
This year’s free workshops are called “Stories in Motion with iMovie” and “Interactive Storytelling with iBooks.” A third workshop will be offered in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom called “Coding Games and Programming Robots,” in which kids will learn visual block-based coding for games, apply logic skills and problem solving, learn to program their own robots, and more.
In May, the Trump campaign spent more renting out his Mar-A-Lago club ($423,371.70) than his entire payroll ($321,586)
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
“An emu runs to escape an approaching wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California” (Mike Blake/Reuters) pic.twitter.com/LOzdW10Jl7
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) June 21, 2016
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It might be good to hear this, but he lives in a world dominated by backdoor/under-the-table dealing. His normal is our felony, so I don’t want to be blindsided by the public disclosure.
#BREAKING: 3 arrested with multiple loaded guns, knives at Holland Tunnel on way to NYC https://t.co/m277lDUKV1 pic.twitter.com/8RyIWJYp3d
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) June 21, 2016
The three individuals, two men in their 50s and a woman in her 30s who may be from Pennsylvania, were stopped on the New Jersey side of the tunnel around 8 a.m., authorities said. A search of their vehicle revealed the weapons cache.
The guns seized included long-range weapons as well as handguns. A camouflage helmet with what appeared to be night goggles was also recovered.
The Joint Terrorism Task Force is assisting in the investigation, a source familiar with the investigation tells NBC 4 New York.
Trump campaign expenses in May, per @FEC report:
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 21, 2016
Hats: $208k
Online advertising: $115k
Data management: $48k
Communications consulting: $38k
re: #273 lawhawk
Obviously they’re just a well regulated militia. No story here.
oh good grief
Anchor who stereotyped black people in Facebook post says she was fired because she’s white https://t.co/2QxvNPsfDr pic.twitter.com/CoD53AT1lU
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 21, 2016
Forget new gun control: Citing Orlando, House may roll back existing DC gun laws https://t.co/jEroRVE2il No DC resident voted for these guys
— Sanho Tree (@SanhoTree) June 21, 2016
re: #273 lawhawk
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re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s almost like they are begging to be shot at. Why is the restriction on guns in DC in effect?
I’d almost give them a Please Proceed, but a lot of people will be put in danger. Which is how they like it.
re: #277 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #273 lawhawk
…when police stopped them for driving with a cracked windshield, authorities tell NBC 4 New York.
It was probably the force of their own hate and paranoia that cracked the windshield.
Is it common for people to get pulled over for that or were the cop’s interest piqued by something else and used the windshield as an excuse? Glad they were stopped.
re: #279 MsJ
It’s almost like they are begging to be shot at. Why is the restriction on guns in DC in effect?
I’d almost give them a Please Proceed, but a lot of people will be put in danger. Which is how they like it.
Can D.C. secede from the union? Talk about taxation without representation!
re: #279 MsJ
It’s almost like they are begging to be shot at. Why is the restriction on guns in DC in effect?
I’d almost give them a Please Proceed, but a lot of people will be put in danger. Which is how they like it.
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies’ Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight their desire for Puerto Rican independence from US rule.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #284 Decatur Deb
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies’ Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight their desire for Puerto Rican independence from US rule.
en.wikipedia.org
Exactly. It’s like they want to release the Kracken.
re: #282 stpaulbear
It was probably the force of their own hate and paranoia that cracked the windshield.
Is it common for people to get pulled over for that or were the cop’s interest piqued by something else and used the windshield as an excuse? Glad they were stopped.
People who are fanatical terrorists tend to care very little about law. Also, there is a significant overlap between organized crime and terrorism.
I personally see terrorism as a form of organized crime.
re: #282 stpaulbear
It was probably the force of their own hate and paranoia that cracked the windshield.
Is it common for people to get pulled over for that or were the cop’s interest piqued by something else and used the windshield as an excuse? Glad they were stopped.
If it can obstruct your view, then yes, they can pull you over. It similar to being pulled over for a headlight being out.
re: #287 MsJ
Exactly. It’s like they want to release the Kracken.
Armed rioting in the streets of Washington, DC, is something they can spin to support their narrative…
re: #282 stpaulbear
It’s the initial report about the arrest. Sure that the details will come out down the road.
re: #282 stpaulbear
Is it common for people to get pulled over for that or were the cop’s interest piqued by something else and used the windshield as an excuse? Glad they were stopped.
Oh yes, pretextual stops are common and completely legal as long as there is some kind of probable cause to justify the stop.
re: #270 Backwoods_Sleuth
For some reason that picture gives me the sads.
re: #274 Skip Intro
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$115K in fake Twitter accounts, because what other online activity has anyone seen?
re: #294 Ming5000
An emu runs to escape an approaching wildfire as it burns near Potrero, California
For some reason that picture gives me the sads.
Are you an emo feeling some sense of sympathy and identification?
re: #280 Stanley Sea
I haven’t seen those!! I just went to the post office & all they had that were cute were the cherry blossom DC.
I bought Paul Newman stamps last time I was at the post office. I just hate to use them to actually mail letters.
re: #294 Ming5000
For some reason that picture gives me the sads.
When I saw it, I thought “Run, Emu! Run!” just wanting it to escape.
re: #295 The Vicious Babushka
$115K in fake Twitter accounts, because what other online activity has anyone seen?
$35k to Draper Sterling LLC for advertising. He’s not even trying to hide the con any more.
re: #299 William Lewis
When I saw it, I thought “Run, Emu! Run!” just wanting it to escape.
A fleeing sloth would be sadder.
re: #298 BeachDem
I bought Paul Newman stamps last time I was at the post office. I just hate to use them to actually mail letters.
don’t they belong on your salad?
Donald Trump: We can’t “say we pray for all of our leaders” because they are “selling Christianity down the tubes” https://t.co/bXqkTsjWPQ
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) June 21, 2016
Trump’s running mate, folks:
Maine’s Tea Party Gov. has another tantrum — and this time he might eliminate food stamps for good
Trump Children Announce They Have Father Under Control Now
i know it sounds like a joke but andrea mitchell just said it on tee vee
Trump spent $6.7 million on his campaign last month. But he’s not advertising or building a serious field… https://t.co/6IMtrsGXfo
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 21, 2016
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#TrumpSoPoor he can’t afford to keep all the letters on his hat. pic.twitter.com/6rrYtZDGsT
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) June 21, 2016
re: #306 The Vicious Babushka
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That’s “down the river”, you moron. I hate when people not only talk in clichés, but can’t even get them right! Grr.
re: #307 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Trump’s running mate, folks:
Maine’s Tea Party Gov. has another tantrum — and this time he might eliminate food stamps for good
Wrong link.
re: #306 The Vicious Babushka
In another video, Trump called himself a “tremendous believer” and reiterated his pledge to make department stores like Macy’s post signs saying “Merry Christmas.”
re: #311 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
That’s “down the river”, you moron. I hate when people not only talk in clichés, but can’t even get them right! Grr.
He knows how to take the bull by the horns of a dilemma
re: #307 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Trump’s running mate, folks:
Maine’s Tea Party Gov. has another tantrum — and this time he might eliminate food stamps for good
Link is to a different story.
re: #305 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
don’t they belong on your salad?
Salad, pizza, chips and salsa—and perhaps my pillow. What’s not to like?
re: #212 Backwoods_Sleuth
First I’ve ever heard of a candidate doing it.
I get calls from Dem organziations. They match and even double-and triple-match all the time.
re: #294 Ming5000
For some reason that picture gives me the sads.
Me too. I feel for the people of California and all the animals that get displaced by the fires. The image just brings it all to light.
bwahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
The internet works fast: https://t.co/iZRgKxWswn
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
re: #313 Skip Intro
In another video, Trump called himself a “tremendous believer” and reiterated his pledge to make department stores like Macy’s post signs saying “Merry Christmas.”
Does this guy have a single fucking clue what the powers of the President entail? (Rhetorical question.)
re: #319 ObserverArt
Me too. I feel for the people of California and all the animals that get displaced by the fires. The image just brings it all to light.
And the poor emu’s what…10,000 miles from home?
SMOTI is completely ignoring the campaign cash issue==>
So seriously- @HillaryClinton, who never created a job in her life, is going to trash billionaire @RealDonaldTrump on job creation? Really?
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 21, 2016
re: #321 Backwoods_Sleuth
bwahahaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
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And…it’s half a mile from Corey Lewandowski’s house.
re: #240 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I hope the new owner realizes that, being an AR-15, will need to be cleaned after spending the twenty minutes out of doors required to take that picture.
Otherwise there will be an accident.
re: #317 BeachDem
Salad, pizza, chips and salsa—and perhaps my pillow. What’s not to like?
From me as an auto racing fan PLN was a great driver and race team owner. Newman Haas Racing had many an Indycar championship with Mario and Michael Andretti. And he always stood on the good side of the Openwheel (Indy car) Wars of the late 20th Century.
re: #322 ObserverArt
She is at Fort Hayes Career Center. It’s an old Army base/recruit processing center that was turned into an arts and special careers school.
And as I type Hillary is explaining it…
Why are you typing instead of being there??
(Fort Hayes is very cool. Several of my friends’ kids went there for the theater program.)
re: #325 The Vicious Babushka
So seriously- @HillaryClinton, who never created a job in her life, is going to trash billionaire @RealDonaldTrump on job creation? Really?
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) June 21, 2016
Hiring people to work at his countless failed companies is now considered “job creation”.
NY Officials now saying the three arrested were “gun enthusiasts” and not terror related.
re: #331 Dr. Matt
Hiring people to work at his countless failed companies and then not paying them is now considered “job creation”.
ftfy
re: #323 BeachDem
Does this guy have a single fucking clue what the powers of the President entail? (Rhetorical question.)
His brownshirts will take care of any businesses that are out of line.
Hill is stalking about Trump’s economic plans now.
re: #326 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
And…it’s half a mile from Corey Lewandowski’s house.
I can’t believe that they used an actual street address instead of a business maildrop, like everyone else does.
“He shouldn’t have his [tiny little] hands on the economy”
“If you’re running for president, you should say what you want to do, how you’re going to pay for it, and how you’ll get it done.” —Hillary
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t believe that they used an actual street address instead of a business maildrop, like everyone else does.
Gotta elect the GOP—they’re the grownups in the room….
Here’s the Moody’s economic report Hillary Clinton is using to attack Donald Trump https://t.co/bDfBPGtAtk
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 21, 2016
re: #300 Skip Intro
$35k to Draper Sterling LLC for advertising. He’s not even trying to hide the con any more.
Here’s an in depth story about Draper Sterling. It’s a freaking scam.
There is a lot more to the “Draper Sterling” story. I talked to one of the guys associated with it this AM. https://t.co/lE794PRG8r
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
re: #338 The Vicious Babushka
“If you’re running for president, you should say what you want to do, how you’re going to pay for it, and how you’ll get it done.” —Hillary
He already said that Mexico is going to pay for the wall and that China is going to write down our national debt…
re: #307 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
He’s pissed that the feds didn’t approve his waiver to start a pilot project to ban food stamps for certain food and food products - candy and other junk food like potato chips from being paid for with food stamps.
So, because the feds didn’t give him approval, he’s looking to end the state’s participation in food stamps altogether.
re: #329 ObserverArt
From me as an auto racing fan PLN was a great driver and race team owner. Newman Haas Racing had many an Indycar championship with Mario and Michael Andretti. And he always stood on the good side of the Openwheel (Indy car) Wars of the late 20th Century.
He pretty much stood on the good side of everything imo (and looked damn good doing it.) He and Joanne were really generous to Kenyon College too. I remember when they founded/supported the theater there back in the day, and they continued with support and scholarships all along.
I truly adored Paul Newman.
Edit to fix brain fart—Joanne, not Diane.
re: #336 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t believe that they used an actual street address instead of a business maildrop, like everyone else does.
Mail drops cost money. Trump et al are too cheap.
re: #341 Stanley Sea
Here’s an in depth story about Draper Sterling. It’s a freaking scam.
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Either way, they’re going to be getting a cease and desist from AMC in a couple days.
re: #327 Dr. Matt
And Trump has the nerve to call Hillary “crooked”.
Repeat it enough times and you get your supporters to believe. The GOP has been peddling that line since before Whitewater, and it’s stuck. He’s just using it as a trigger word.
The Greek refugees who fled to the Middle East in WW2 by @nidaleaboumrad https://t.co/UDZjgJes6Z
— Mohamed Yehia (@yeh1a) June 21, 2016
[…]
From her garden on Kastelorizo, Eleni can now see the EU border agency ship searching for new migrants and reminisces about what happened in 1945.
“My parents told me that I was tied with a rope and lowered on to a raft. But as they were letting me down, my father saw that it was full and ordered me back. As soon as I was brought up, a woman jumped on the dinghy. It capsized and all the children drowned.”
[…]
Other Greek refugees had fled the Nazi occupation to Syria. They were mainly from the island of Chios, a few kilometres off the Turkey coast.
“The Germans were here and we were hungry. I was three back then,” remembers Marianthi Andreadi. “So we left for Turkey illegally and from there we took the train to Al Nayrab camp in Aleppo (Syria).”
[…]
While Greece’s returned refugees feel a bond with the new wave of displaced people, age makes it difficult for them to meet.
But they hear new stories from Greek TV and Marianthi Andreadi believes that despite her country’s financial problems “we’re doing what we can”.
From their balconies, the former evacuees watched Syrian refugees coming off packed fishing boats. “It’s like a mirror to the past,” says Maria Chroni. “The hardest thing is having to witness the arrival of children.”
Eleni points out that the Greek evacuees made it back home and life returned to normal. She is not sure if the same will happen to the Greece’s new refugees any time soon.
The poor meet the poor, coming and going.
re: #273 lawhawk
I’m sure they had nothing evil planned. After all the extra long magazine for one of the pistols is labelled ” ‘Merica”. How could people who are so obviously among the faithful be up to no good?
/to infinity
re: #351 Romantic Heretic
The FBI was initially part of investigation, but more recent reporting indicates that it’s being investigated as a local matter. IOW, reading between the lines, they find no links to terrorism at the present time.
re: #341 Stanley Sea
Here’s an in depth story about Draper Sterling. It’s a freaking scam.
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Corey is about to meet the wheels of that bus.
Late last night, however, Republican operative Matt Mackowiak tweeted that the Trump campaign was doing a “forensic audit” of ousted campaign manager Corey Lewandowski’s spending.
re: #330 BeachDem
Why are you typing instead of being there??
(Fort Hayes is very cool. Several of my friends’ kids went there for the theater program.)
I may be typing, but I am also working on a job, graphics for a food truck.
NEW: Sources tell me “The family is fully in charge” in wake of Lewandowski firing. Inside @realDonaldTrump campaign
— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) June 21, 2016
Wow, now @gop have their “Candidate Dynasty” in charge of his Campaign. Imagine who he’ll pick for Staff if elected pic.twitter.com/Kq68jS5txy
— T (@southerntalker) June 21, 2016
HE SO MAD BRO
Hillary says this election is about judgment. She’s right. Her judgement has killed thousands, unleashed ISIS and wrecked the economy.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
Hey teleskiguy, got some 411 on the ticketmaster voucher mess:
Free Ticketmaster vouchers disappear — here’s what happened https://t.co/8LkXYzaIZG
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 21, 2016
AAAAAHHHHH
— endless screaming (@infinite_scream) June 21, 2016
re: #356 ObserverArt
I may be typing, but I am also working on a job, graphics for a food truck.
OK—you’re forgiven ;)
HE SO MAD
Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as
Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The Trump sons creep me out—and remind me so much of the Romney sons. Ewww.
re: #363 BeachDem
The Trump sons creep me out—and remind me so much of the Romney sons. Ewww.
They have Resting Douche Face
re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth
NEW: Sources tell me “The family is fully in charge” in wake of Lewandowski firing. Inside @realDonaldTrump campaign
— Kelly O’Donnell (@KellyO) June 21, 2016
Brilliant move! Hand it over to a family of entitled spoiled children who don’t know the first thing about running a political campaign! Bravo.
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
NY Daily News: Rape lawsuit against Donald Trump resurfaces in New York court https://t.co/df3X8u9Wwn
— Garance Franke-Ruta (@thegarance) June 21, 2016
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
And calling your economic proposals a “plan” is being charitable. It’s a roadmap to recession, millions of lost jobs & debt @realDonaldTrump
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) June 21, 2016
re: #365 Dr. Matt
Brilliant move! Hand it over to a family of entitled spoiled children who don’t know the first thing about running a political campaign! Bravo.
And they don’t vote, either!
LOL
How can Hillary run the economy when she can’t even send emails without putting entire nation at risk?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #365 Dr. Matt
Brilliant move! Hand it over to a family of entitled spoiled children who don’t know the first thing about running a political campaign! Bravo.
Wait until Trump talks about how his children are serving their country.
UPDATE: Chaka Fattah Convicted In Racketeering Case https://t.co/LTalU3Fck8 pic.twitter.com/Y7Xxu4CYff
— CBS Philly (@CBSPhilly) June 21, 2016
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A veteran Pennsylvania congressman was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan.
U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was found guilty of all counts against him, including racketeering, fraud and money laundering. His lawyers had argued that the schemes were engineered without Fattah’s knowledge by two political consultants who pleaded guilty in the case.
The 59-year-old Democrat had been in Congress since 1995 and served on the powerful House Appropriations Committee. But he lost the April primary and his bid for another term.
Prosecutors said Fattah routed federal grant money and nonprofit funds through his consultants to pay back the illegal loan.
re: #362 The Vicious Babushka
Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as
Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
How exactly did she do this as the Secretary of State? When will our librul media actually challeng these idiotic rants?
I hope somebody has been spending this cycle curating a list of the greatest Trump euphemisms. Wonkette’s “appleheaded vagina mouth troll baby” might be my new favorite.
THE BUTTHURTS FLOWS
Hillary Clinton’s open borders immigration policies will drive down wages for all Americans - and make everyone less safe.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
I don’t know what I was saving this for. This person has the greatest selection of nature photos.
— Asia Murphy (@am_anatiala) June 18, 2016
Hillary:
Donald Trump has written a lot of books about business. They all seem to end at chapter 11.
LOL!!!!!!!
Trump has written a lot of books about business—but they all seem to end at Chapter 11.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
re: #372 Dr. Matt
Of course Sec. State. has nothing to do with the trade imbalance, but being the head of a company that chose to have their clothing line overseas in places like China does have something to do with that trade imbalance.
By offshoring jobs to China, the US has to import those products (paying for them, creating the imbalance, all while Trump reaps the profits of having his stuff made overseas). That’s lost American manufacturing jobs in the clothing industry. Jobs that Americans would do… but for Trump not giving them a chance.
re: #363 BeachDem
I think Trump’s kids are creepier. The whole slicked back hair, holding up an elephant’s tail. They are gross. Romney’s kids are just spoiled rich kids. Trump’s kids are spoiled rich assholes.
re: #365 Dr. Matt
Brilliant move! Hand it over to a family of entitled spoiled children who don’t know the first thing about running a political campaign! Bravo.
They don’t even know how to register to vote. They couldn’t even vote for their own father.
Hey, I am all for this. Put them in charge. Brilliant.
re: #284 Decatur Deb
The United States Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954, by four Puerto Rican nationalists; they shot 30 rounds from semi-automatic pistols from the Ladies’ Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the House of Representatives chamber in the United States Capitol. They wanted to highlight their desire for Puerto Rican independence from US rule.
en.wikipedia.org
They were FALN, the same group that tried to assassinate Harry Truman (his bodyguard died shielding him).
re: #379 MsJ
I think Trump’s kids are creepier. The whole slicked back hair, holding up an elephant’s tail. They are gross. Romney’s kids are just spoiled rich kids. Trump’s kids are spoiled rich assholes.
The Stepford Family
re: #353 lawhawk
The FBI was initially part of investigation, but more recent reporting indicates that it’s being investigated as a local matter. IOW, reading between the lines, they find no links to terrorism at the present time.
More on Holland Tunnel gun/knife/armor arrests: They say they were going to Queens to rescue a friend https://t.co/rn7RTw8Z6P
— Ben Berkowitz (@BerkowitzBT) June 21, 2016
Two senior law enforcement officials say the three suspects are so-called “gun enthusiasts” and have no nexus to terror. There is no known threat.
Drugs were in the vehicle along with the guns, according to one law enforcement official. One of the suspects allegedly told authorities the trio was en route to Queens to try to save a friend who is on heroin and being held against her will. Police are looking for the possible woman in Queens.
re: #315 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He knows how to take the bull by the horns of a dilemma
If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
Trump’s hip-hop name? “30 Cents on the Dollar”
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 21, 2016
re: #374 The Vicious Babushka
THE BUTTHURTS FLOWS
Actually, it’s the sending jobs overseas that’s doing it. At least the immigrants are spending money here.
re: #379 MsJ
I think Trump’s kids are creepier. The whole slicked back hair, holding up an elephant’s tail. They are gross. Romney’s kids are just spoiled rich kids. Trump’s kids are spoiled rich assholes.
I agree. Trump’s boy look like sleazy used car salesman….no offense to used car salesman
Do they get some sort of group discount for having the same haircut?
How much of Donald Trumps YOOGE ANTI CROOKED HILLARY speech will be full of turds from this latest “tell all” gossip book?
Donald Trump is proud of his recklessness—that’s his business. But when he’s running for president, it’s ours.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
re: #385 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Gun enthusiasts who were on their way to rescue a friend. It’s so Scooby-Do innocent, you just gotta hope they succeed.
Developing: Clinton hires joke writers from Catskill resorts. https://t.co/3esxcAEPwD
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 21, 2016
Oldies but goodies work. Especially when your foil is someone straight out of central casting for egotistical megalomaniac who thinks he deserves to be president on nothing but sheer hubris.
I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I
I KNOW YOU ARE BUT WHAT AM I
Obama-Clinton inherited $10T in debt and turned it into nearly $20T. They have bankrupted… https://t.co/1COtt0RPY7
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #392 Backwoods_Sleuth
She’s taking it to Donald where it hurts…his Twitter TL.
Oh, this election.
re: #379 MsJ
I think Trump’s kids are creepier. The whole slicked back hair, holding up an elephant’s tail. They are gross. Romney’s kids are just spoiled rich kids. Trump’s kids are spoiled rich assholes.
Where are they keeping Tiffany?
I am “the king of debt.”That has been great for me as a businessman, but is bad for the country. I made a fortune off of debt, will fix U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
“He says women will start making equal pay as soon as they do as good a job as men—as if we aren’t already.” —Hillary on @realDonaldTrump
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
re: #397 Ming5000
Where are they keeping Tiffany?
On their fingers, pockets, lamps, key chains, money clips, etc?
In closing, @HillaryClinton tells Ohio to consider consequences: “We can’t let him bankrupt America like we are one of his failed casinos.”
— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) June 21, 2016
I am “the king of debt.”That has been great for me as a businessman, but is bad for the country. I made a fortune off of debt, will fix U.S.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
You’re not helping. https://t.co/9WB4M0gSFL
— Franklin (@franklinftw) June 21, 2016
re: #394 lawhawk
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I’m normally a zinger-skeptic but the borscht belt parts of this speech are the highlights.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 21, 2016
“The same people [Trump’s] trying to get to vote for him now are people he’s been exploiting for years” —Hillary: https://t.co/dJYqAjRoC8
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
@realDonaldTrump she just schlonged you
— Andrew Fackson (@fackinpeter) June 21, 2016
heh
Britain First’s training camp is fat blokes learning to fight and having a fry-up https://t.co/iuRABeu1tj
— Metro (@MetroUK) June 21, 2016
re: #377 The Vicious Babushka
Trump has written a lot of books about business—but they all seem to end at Chapter 11.
me and my homies playing at the local bar here in Frankfurt
re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth
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It should surprise no one that the British really know how to do a Tea Party.
re: #409 wrenchwench
It should surprise no one that the British really know how to do a proper Tea Party.
FTFY.
re: #388 wrenchwench
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Makes me think of a cheer…
10 cents
20 cents
30 cents on the dollar
Vote for Trump
And you’ll have
Plenty reason to holler!
re: #379 MsJ
I think Trump’s kids are creepier. The whole slicked back hair, holding up an elephant’s tail. They are gross. Romney’s kids are just spoiled rich kids. Trump’s kids are spoiled rich assholes.
Well, when you put it that way…but I still think it’s a tossup—with the one Romney who wanted to punch out Obama and the one who made birther jokes and—that’s all I can think of right now—I have blocked the Romneys from most of my memory, thank dog.
re: #380 stpaulbear
This is what Trumps actual campaign looks like. Sad.
So, is the euphemism “internet advertising” on his balance sheets another way to funnel cash into his own pocket? I iz innernetz advertizing when I iz twitting
lol, there will be much more than just one Mexican flag greeting Donald when he visits Scotland this weekend.
There’s a big Mexican surprise waiting for Trump when he visits Scotland this weekend… https://t.co/Ln7rtLCfsK https://t.co/7bwWY5eT4A
— The Scottish Bubble (@ScottishBubble) June 21, 2016
He told Press Association Scotland: “I am currently flying a Mexican flag along with my usual saltire just for solidarity along with those worldwide who Trump has decried, insulted and threatened over the years, and will continue to decry, insult and threaten.
“The intention is to keep the flag up until after the New York clown has returned home from his visit.”
And local residents couldn’t agree more.
Grant Farquharson commented: “Brilliant, sombreros off to you”, and Rohan Beyts added: “I now wish I had got one for myself to fly at the lighthouse.”
The Trump fanfare might even be taken to the next level after Joe Brown contributed: “I have access to a P.A. Have you considered the possibility of playing some fantastic Mexican music?”
re: #413 BeachDem
Well, when you put it that way…but I still think it’s a tossup—with the one Romney who wanted to punch out Obama and the one who made birther jokes and—that’s all I can think of right now—I have blocked the Romneys from most of my memory, thank dog.
Don’t forget to hose off your thank-dog after it poops itself in fear on the roof of the car. Ha ha very funny!
“Those promises you’re hearing from him at his campaign rallies?
They’re the same promises he made to his customers at Trump University.”— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) June 21, 2016
OMG, THEY’RE MAKING A DREDD SEQUEL! pic.twitter.com/7kma05MkB9
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 21, 2016
RNC official goes down in flames trying to convince CNN Trump will ‘write a check’ for $100M https://t.co/fOyCYzX8nF pic.twitter.com/pVcGmXM87p
— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 21, 2016
Republican National Committee Chief Strategist Sean Spicer asserted on Monday that “everything is fine” with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was even though it reportedly has only $1.3 million in the bank.
“I think when you look at the entirety of where our party is at and where our efforts are at combined with the party and the campaign, it’s the Republicans that are far ahead,” Spicer argued to CNN’s Kate Bolduan. “I appreciate everyone’s concern over the state of our party, we’re doing just great.”
“He’s got $1.3 million in the bank,” CNN co-host John Berman noted. “There are county commissioners that have that much in the bank right now in a campaign. Are you saying that’s a good place to be?”
“That’s a false narrative,” Spicer shot back. “Donald Trump has largely financed his entire campaign by writing checks, he can continue to do that. If Trump wants to get the number at $100 million, he’ll write a check and pump it up.”
“It’s false to say that he has $1.3 million,” he continued. “If he wanted to get that number up in 2 seconds, he just strokes a check and it’s up.”
“Has Trump told you he’s going to write those checks?” Bolduan asked.
“He has the option!” Spicer insisted.
“The option doesn’t matter if he’s not going to use it,” Berman observed.
UPDATE: Key players behind mysterious “Draper Sterling” firm hired by Trump cover their tracks https://t.co/lE794PRG8r
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
UPDATE 2: The medical device company founded by the guys behind “Draper Sterling” has been taken entirely offline https://t.co/lE794PRG8r
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
This is what the Xeno Therapeutics website looks like now. Fully functional a few mins ago https://t.co/lE794PRG8r pic.twitter.com/oahEpAtXK6
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 21, 2016
re: #390 Dr. Matt
They have that really weird rich-prep boy smile that was mocked on South Park too.
re: #404 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Maybe the Reiners are helping write Hillary’s stuff:
Must never click on a news station before turning in. Hearing the Trumpster spew garbage can keep me up, give me bad dreams or nauseate me.
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) June 11, 2016
To erase Donald’s voice from my head,, gonna watch Columbo & listen to soothing solutions rather than grating rantings.
— carl reiner (@carlreiner) June 11, 2016
re: #407 Backwoods_Sleuth
Considering the threats they are now making to Muslims, they need to arrested, and thrown into jail for life.
#TrumpSoPoor his real hair left him today pic.twitter.com/LTmEcMefOE
— UniteBlue B4it’s 2L8 (@DRocks777) June 21, 2016
re: #390 Dr. Matt
I agree. Trump’s boy look like sleazy used car salesman….no offense to used car salesman
Do they get some sort of group discount for having the same haircut?
Ivanka is pretty, but those boys both have ‘punch-me’ faces.
I’d bet a lot of money that they’re both insufferable little punks. I can smell the entitlement through the photos.
Donnie is trying to talk economics today. SAD!
Trump has written a lot of books about business—but they all seem to end at Chapter 11.
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 21, 2016
parody account is funny
Make America Drape Again!
— Draper Sterling (@_drapersterling) June 21, 2016
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK
Hillary defrauded America as Secy of State. She used it as a personal hedge fund to get herself rich! Corrupt, dangerous, dishonest.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
The above tweet is a projection of what Donald actually wants to do if he becomes POTUS
Donald’s kids are doing a tremendous job keeping him under control today:
Hillary took money and did favors for regimes that enslave women and murder gays.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
If you want to know about Hillary Clinton’s honesty & judgment, ask the family of Ambassador Stevens.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
Hillary defrauded America as Secy of State. She used it as a personal hedge fund to get herself rich! Corrupt, dangerous, dishonest.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #430 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK
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Now he’s just bleating whatever crosses his mind.
She really seems to have gotten into his head with that speech.
His unfavorables may reach triple digits before this is over.
Lewandowski admits Trump’s Pershing story is a myth but says it doesn’t matter - good times https://t.co/axHmmKBD7D pic.twitter.com/NJcAdmdiwS
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) June 21, 2016
re: #432 Backwoods_Sleuth
It appears @realDonaldTrump tactic today is to throw out as much BS as possible, see what gets RTd the most, then turn it into a speech
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 21, 2016
re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is fucking AWESOME. LOL.
Righties are going ape-shit over the latest anti-Clinton bullshit book. Bill and Hillary haven’t been in the WH for nearly 16 years and yet none of these stories have come to light. It really is an amazing coincidence for another right-wing tool to publish yet another anti-Clinton bullshit book 20 weeks before the election.
re: #421 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Their hubris in naming the Co. Draper Sterling is their fall.
re: #434 Backwoods_Sleuth
Lewandowski admits Trump’s Pershing story is a myth but says it doesn’t matter - good times
Because when you are the keepers of a Higher Truth, you are not bound by mundane facts
re: #435 Kragar
He’s probably also hoping to distract the media from analyzing his campaign finances.
re: #440 Belafon
He’s probably also hoping to distract the media
from analyzing his campaign finances.
re: #437 Dr. Matt
Righties are going ape-shit over the latest anti-Clinton bullshit book. Bill and Hillary haven’t been in the WH for nearly 16 years and yet none of these stories have come to light. It really is an amazing coincidence for another right-wing tool to publish yet another anti-Clinton bullshit book 20 weeks before the election.
The author of a new tell-all book about Hillary Clinton could never have seen any of what he claims — he was too low-ranking — say several high-level members of Secret Service presidential details, including the president of the Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service.
politico.com
Not that it will matter to the morons who hang their hats on that kind of crap.
sounds like fun…
SVR T-STORM WARNING for Lewis Co. in KY, Scioto and Adams Co.’s in OH until 2:00PM EDT. Hazards include 60mph winds and quarter size hail.
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) June 21, 2016
re: #443 Backwoods_Sleuth
sounds like fun…
SVR T-STORM WARNING for Lewis Co. in KY, Scioto and Adams Co.’s in OH until 2:00PM EDT. Hazards include 60mph winds and quarter size hail.
Why the upset? It’s not even full-size hail…
re: #443 Backwoods_Sleuth
sounds like fun…
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The hail is now half-dollar size…hoping it stays north of me.
YOW!
re: #430 The Vicious Babushka
Is that heading towards actionable language?
re: #445 Backwoods_Sleuth
The hail is now half-dollar size…hoping it stays north of me.
YOW!
Under Trump, it will be down to dime-size
LOL Trump is getting hammered in the replies to his “personal Hedge Fund” Tweet. Not even the usual nazibots to support him.
re: #446 Le Lapin Tueur
Is that heading towards actionable language?
I would say so. But how long to the actual line is another question.
re: #426 Backwoods_Sleuth
..@DRocks777 Who will foster care this poor little homeless bundle of hair extensions? #trumpsopoor
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) June 21, 2016
Just gonna leave this here. https://t.co/LhxaXEBaEZ @realDonaldTrump
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 21, 2016
Tornado Warning for Baltimore and Howard County in MD until 2:00pm EDT.
— SevereStudios (@severestudios) June 21, 2016
I mean, this is absurd. There’s lots of her being a Methodist. https://t.co/hX14H7QZx1 pic.twitter.com/dZxqaNsGy7
— andrew kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 21, 2016
“With Obama you had your guard up”? What does that mean? https://t.co/ljO1rrF5w5
— Irin Carmon (@irin) June 21, 2016
Trump’s gonna be SO GREAT with religious.
re: #430 The Vicious Babushka
WHAT IN THE UTTER FUCK
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Can’t you just feel the changes in Trump’s campaign now that Lewandowski is out?!
Who knows, maybe Lewandowski was actually keeping The Don in check. Now that he has his ‘yes-family’ in charge he may go full-on ape man.
re: #453 jaunte
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Trump’s gonna be SO GREAT with religious.
Everything we ever needed to know about Methodists we learned from Blazing Saddles.
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If @realDonaldTrump is such a great businessman, why is he letting @HillaryClinton live rent free in his head? @joshtpm
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) June 21, 2016
#TrumpSoPoor
— NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) June 21, 2016
he hired Jane Sanders to do his taxes
re: #443 Backwoods_Sleuth
sounds like fun…
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I can tell a cold front is coming into the area. The skies are brighter and clearer than the last few days, the wind is up and the temp is dropping.
re: #454 ObserverArt
Can’t you just feel the changes in Trump’s campaign now that Lewandowski is out?!
Who knows, maybe Lewandowski was actually keeping The Don in check. Now that he has his ‘yes-family’ in charge he may go full-on ape man.
Incoming Ape Man!
I will be making a big speech tomorrow to discuss the failed policies and bad judgment of Crooked Hillary Clinton.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 21, 2016
re: #458 ObserverArt
I can tell a cold front is coming into the area. The skies are brighter and clearer than the last few days, the wind is up and the temp is dropping.
The radar down my way is just nutz right now.
re: #228 stpaulbear
My dad died on my birthday two years ago. Since I was his first child and born on Father’s Day, it seemed entirely appropriate because we were very close, but still rather depressing. Yes, I still miss him terribly.
re: #76 Anymouse
The same applies to ending sentences with prepositions. The famous quote attributed to Winston Churchill applies:
The quote is nonsense though since “up” in “put up” is not a preposition but merely an inseparable part of a phrasal verb.
A preview of Trump’s speech tomorrow: “Secret Service Agent: Unstable, Erratic, Violent Hillary Unfit To Lead” pic.twitter.com/V2lzZIAmPk
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 21, 2016
re: #463 The Vicious Babushka
The author of a new tell-all book about Hillary Clinton could never have seen any of what he claims — he was too low-ranking — say several high-level members of Secret Service presidential details, including the president of the Association of Former Agents of the United States Secret Service.
Mental health break:
Neil Young finally confirms the most popular legend about him https://t.co/WsWr4SUtyc pic.twitter.com/1s0UYOoTDO
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) June 21, 2016
re: #463 The Vicious Babushka
Besides the fact that the SS has already discredited this guy, aren’t there pretty strict ND rules for agents?
This is the vehicle headed to NYC that was stopped at Holland Tunnel with a weapons cache. https://t.co/EVhRXNCmmD pic.twitter.com/0GtfSEAvlU
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) June 21, 2016
re: #463 The Vicious Babushka
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Secret Service veterans are pushing back at an anti-@HillaryClinton book https://t.co/ZADTgjNLwW | Getty pic.twitter.com/LtZYRm6vqa
— POLITICO (@politico) June 21, 2016
“Operationally, one who has the working knowledge of how things are done there would realize that certain of those statements do not coincide with the operational plan,” said Jan Gilhooly, AFAUSSS president and a 29-year Secret Service veteran.
The group’s statement, which POLITICO obtained in advance of its release, very carefully calls Byrne a liar.
“One must question the veracity and content of any book which implies that its author played such an integral part of so many [claimed] incidents. Any critique of management by one who has never managed personnel or programs resounds hollow. Additionally, why would an employee wait in excess of ten years after terminating his employment with the Service to make his allegations public?” it reads.
The closest contact that Byrne could have had, according to Gilhooly and others, is seeing the president or the first lady pass in the hallway — far from the intimate access he would have needed to catch Bill Clinton in the act or see Hillary Clinton fly into the cursing rages he now writes have convinced him that she doesn’t have the “integrity and temperament” to be president.
“There could be a circumstance where a uniformed officer might be in the proximity. It’s not as if it never happens,” Gilhooly said. “It is possible, but not on a continuum.”
The former supervisor of the presidential protective division said that at best Byrne is working from office rumors that he’s cinematically written himself into. People spend decades on presidential details and don’t rack up the number of amazing scenes Byrne claims to have witnessed in just a few years as a uniformed officer.
re: #415 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m thinking something really nice like and endless loop of The Mexican Hat Dance and La Cucaracha.
Ironic stereotype music for the fascist.
Donald’s closed door meeting earlier today with the evangelicals:
I was one of a few journalists invited to attend Trump’s conversation with Evangelicals. It was basically a campaign rally, folks.
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) June 21, 2016
Hehe.
@rmdbarrett or you could say bayah remorse @DaveedGR
— Paul Cruickshank (@CruickshankPaul) June 21, 2016
re: #471 Backwoods_Sleuth
STATEMENT: Evangelical Responds to Trump’s Private Meeting with Evangelicals, Endorses Clinton pic.twitter.com/PTK0CZD3lp
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) June 21, 2016
Warnings stretch from Lexington to The Atlantic. Best forcing & mositure convergence is SE of Louisville. -KH pic.twitter.com/JWCUSnLenx
— WAVE3Weather (@WAVE3Weather) June 21, 2016
yep, the Backwoods is included in that mess.
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