Looks like we will have more Anna Politkovskaya’s after Trump takes office. God help us all.
If only Breitbart had someone on the inside who could talk to Trump.
Breitbart slams Trump for backing off Clinton’s emails https://t.co/mub8Bv2ddw pic.twitter.com/NwaHWbs9kx
— The Hill (@thehill) November 22, 2016
The dissent makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.
Trump: Jared Kushner could help make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.
— Elisabeth Bumiller (@BumillerNYT) November 22, 2016
“He’s banging the hottest woman on Earth so, really, what can’t he do?” - Trumphttps://t.co/XyPOn2Dub4
— TBogg (@tbogg) November 22, 2016
On Bannon:”If I thought he was a racist or alt-right or any of the things, the terms we could use, I wouldn’t even think about hiring him.”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016
And amazingly, he managed to keep a straight face while serving up this BS. @maggieNYT https://t.co/pEBMRIizzR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
Meanwhile, in NC, nothing to see here—move along:
During the count, a number of ‘protesters’ appeared before the county BOEs with allegations of voter fraud by individuals who they said were ineligible due to felonies and other matters. In every case, the county BOEs rejected these challenges because they weren’t factual or they were quickly proven to be untrue.
After the first protests were rejected, the county BOEs were flooded with hundreds more protests that appeared to come from a ‘mill’ that was stamping them out with a ‘cookie cutter.’…
The state BOE called an Emergency Meeting on Sunday November 20, where Josh Malcolm, the Board’s Democratic member dropped a bombshell. The ‘mill’ that was stamping out cookie cutter’ challenges. naming hundreds of voters as ineligible was the state Board, itself.
Specifically, the Board’s Information Technology Director, accessed the state’s database to gather information that he used to fabricate challenges against voters which he sent to the county BOEs. The other Board members at the meeting admitted that they knew about his actions and absolved themselves of any responsibility.
dailykos.com
Nigel Farage: Trump is “a very loyal man” https://t.co/rIMuSl3ACl
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 22, 2016
Just ask Chris Christie… https://t.co/GMktbY1xDu
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 22, 2016
“Why can’t you look like everyone else?”
“Why can’t you believe in the same God as the rest of us?”
“What is wrong with you?”— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 22, 2016
On Nov 29 We go on STRIKE because we are not taking one step back. RSVP: https://t.co/myNO1hH8Pm #FightFor15 pic.twitter.com/rFoubmz7nY
— Fight For 15 Chicago (@chifightfor15) November 22, 2016
“Economic terrorists”
re: #2 darthstar
If only Breitbart had someone on the inside who could talk to Trump.
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Smells like kayfabe.
re: #11 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Trump is a member of the WWE Hall of Fame, you know…
He’s “award-winning”.
If you just sit there and let this kind of thing become normal, then you might as well be pulling the trigger yourself.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) November 22, 2016
The economic terrorism legislation being proffered by the guy from Washington is truly terrifying. Consider if this was in effect today:
1) the protesters of the North Dakota pipeline could be charged under that law, and face massive fines - for peacefully protesting. Those who support the protesters would likewise be subject to the same.
2) protesting Trump and blocking streets would be tantamount to economic terrorism.
3) protesting the cop-killing of unarmed civilians by blocking streets could also be chargeable as economic terrorism for harming local economies.
None of this is good, and the GOP thinks that protests only arise on the left? Perhaps they ignore that the Bundy extremists would also be charged under the same law - blocking access to Malheur NWS harmed the economy, as did blocking highways and preventing access to grazing lands in NV.
No, this is a bad law - and a bad idea that addresses a problem that doesn’t exist except in the minds of authoritarians - that protest is in itself a bad thing that must be squashed. And because Trump is of an authoritarian bent, he’ll likely get behind this craziness.
re: #1 electrotek
Looks like we will have more Anna Politkovskaya’s after Trump takes office. God help us all.
But remember, these people were afraid of Hillary for what she supposedly did to HER enemies.
So the story is floating around that the Obamas are going to lease/buy a place in Rancho Mirage. For those unaccustomed to Southern California, that is southeast of Palm Springs, along the Andreas fault system, just north of the San Diego/Imperial counties line with Riverside county.
If so, I find that a bit strange. Sure, they can lease/buy a place on a lot large enough the SS will be able to have room to set up posts, but I never took them as the desert resort kind of couple.
It is a region though in which Presidents retire. It’s upscale, lots of old celebs and people who want the desert life but don’t want to be in AZ.
Rumors that the first family may move to the Coachella Valley
UPDATE: Donald Trump is greeted with cheers as he leaves meeting with the New York Times https://t.co/31saOhI0wR pic.twitter.com/tvAp4HPUyq
— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 22, 2016
minus the overwhelming boo’s heard on the clip, this is all accurate https://t.co/0t0e3GhlZa
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 22, 2016
re: #7 Kragar
Trump, in a highly offensive, unprecedented posture that comes as no surprise, announced that Nigel Farage, another Putinite, would be his preferred British ambassador to the United States. It is all way off. It is my strong suspicion that Putin will be taking advantage of the interim period, and of Trump’s successes and his failures - and that he has big plans around about the time of the 2018 World Cup. He chose his own Winter Olympics for an attack on Ukraine and the Beijing Olympics for an attack on Georgia and managed press attention adeptly that way. It would be really, really good for the world if it is at all possible for anyone else, say Kanye fkn West, to be president asap, because we don’t know scary like they do in some places, yet.
re: #14 lawhawk
Of course authoritarians like Giuliani, David Clarke and the North Dakota LEOs will also rally behind this 110%.
Rancho Mirage is not known to be a progressive city…
Rancho Mirage pot laws revised after Prop. 64 passage
Rancho Mirage reaffirmed its ban on medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday and expanded its prohibition to include recreational pot and all forms of pot manufacturing, processing and testing within city limits.
Council also tightened the reins on cultivation. While Proposition 64 allows for up to six marijuana plants per household to be grown indoors only, the city’s ordinance adds that those plants must be kept out of public view.
“They can’t be seen from a public street or sidewalk,” City Attorney Steve Quintanilla said.
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That region of Riverside County is mostly dominated by retirees, the country club set, and desert rats. If Obama goes playing golf at his local club I’m sure he’ll run into more than one Bircher.
/r/hillaryforprison is handling this well. pic.twitter.com/UcyhGxSE0j
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) November 22, 2016
Brothers. Sisters. We don’t need that fascist orange thing. pic.twitter.com/gRQShDIi7A
— Patrick Farley (@blueshifter) November 19, 2016
Hrm.
Donald Trump did not go to Washington to take political hits in service of helping Paul Ryan live out his dreams.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 22, 2016
@mattyglesias does he? he can say they’re persecuting him because he vetoed their very bad Medicare bill.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 22, 2016
@mattyglesias Trump has a tendency to try to alter the terms of the deal.
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) November 22, 2016
re: #22 Kragar
Surprising? Hardly. They trusted Trump, who lies about everything, no matter how inconsequential, and his supporters crowed about how he was trusted and told more and better truths than Clinton who was a criminal and liar (and far worse).
Reality is a harsh mistress - and the reality is that Trump was and remains a liar. Clinton isn’t nearly the criminal or liar she was ever made out to be by the cottage industry dedicated to destroying her.
Trump’s going to learn what it’s like to answer to an electorate that wants to be fed.
Who’s crooked? HE’S CROOKED
@EOTaxProf @Fahrenthold also, they now include the paintings & helmet in the beginning balances for 2015; not in ending from 2014.
— Brian Mittendorf (@CountingCharity) November 22, 2016
.@countingcharity finds @realDonaldTrump’s Fdn doing magic. It didn’t own any assets on 12/31/14. The next day, presto! Helmet & 2 portraits https://t.co/ljtwMwuX4S
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) November 22, 2016
@Green_Footballs @AQ1Miller Twitter suspending Tequila girl is simply a violation of her free screech. Not constitutionally guaranteed.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 22, 2016
Just finished: “Stop Calling It Identity Politics — Its Civil Rights”:https://t.co/ctb8MByQGa
— Marcus H. Johnson (@smoothkobra) November 22, 2016
He just finished writing it, not reading it.
Terrible analogy. It’s absolutely nothing like the Skokie march. That happened because the *government* cannot stop free speech. @AQ1Miller
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
Twitter is not the government, & is absolutely free to set terms of service that include banning people like this for hate speech @AQ1Miller
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
It’s incredibly tiresome when these people who have no understanding of what the First Amendment really means come at me with lectures on “free speech.”
re: #29 wrenchwench
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He just finished writing it, not reading it.
“That winter, Alice Toklas, Picasso, and myself took a villa in the south of France. I was then working on what I felt was a major American novel but the print was too small and I couldn’t get through it.” - Woody Allen, “A Twenties Memory”
re: #31 Charles Johnson
It’s incredibly tiresome when these people who have no understanding of what the First Amendment really means come at me with lectures on “free speech.”
As is often said, the 1st Amendment guarantees your right to speak. It doesn’t guarantee you a platform to speak from.
How the Trump loyalists are handling the Clinton email disappointment. It’s just part of the larger plan. Trump’s a YUGE GENIUS!
I hope people realize that if Trump made a big deal about going after Hillary NOW, she would just get pardoned. You get that right?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 22, 2016
re: #31 Charles Johnson
It’s incredibly tiresome when these people who have no understanding of what the First Amendment really means come at me with lectures on “free speech.”
Handy dandy question/flowchart:
1) Is the US or a state/local government doing the restricting of your speech?
2) If answer is yes, this is a potential 1A violation.
3) If no, then this is not a 1A violation.
If a company is booting people from its service (dumping comments, banning violators for harassment, trolling, posting white supremacist/neo Nazi statements, anti-Semitic slurs, bigoted/racist claptrap), this isn’t a 1A violation. Your 1A rights aren’t violated, because a government wasn’t involved in restricting your rights.
re: #31 Charles Johnson
I wonder sometimes how many don’t understand vs. how many actually do but are hoping that gullible knuckleheads will believe their nonsense.
?! Trump to the NYT: “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”https://t.co/OIQTReA15Q pic.twitter.com/Tfpbw2g9f2
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) November 22, 2016
Trump says he can’t maintain independence from Ivanka while she runs company. Which is why ethics lawyers say don’t have her run company. https://t.co/yuQRX0k7Af
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 22, 2016
re: #36 Jebediah, RBG
Repeat something enough, and enough people believe it.
For instance - Clinton isn’t likeable.
Oh really?
Going back to 1991, Hillary has always been at or above 49% likeable. Just after entering the race in 2015, her favorability rating was at 59%. It tumbled ever since - mostly because the smear/whisper campaign against her began in earnest.
Don’t doubt for a moment that her rating will go back up - and likely climb much higher than the 59% before she entered.
President-elect Trump just submitted himself to just under an hour of tough questions from us. It was revealing, civil & productive.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) November 22, 2016
here’s the live tweet of the session; good luck finding all the tough questions; https://t.co/JoLSzZsED5 https://t.co/yJSB0AIidz
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 22, 2016
re: #37 FormerDirtDart
“The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.”
A bad remake of that old Dick Nixon hit, ‘If the President Does It, That Means It’s Not Illegal.’
re: #40 makeitstop
A bad remake of that old Dick Nixon hit, ‘If the President Does It, That Means It’s Not Illegal.’
5,seconds dude!
re: #34 weave
How the Trump loyalists are handling the Clinton email disappointment. It’s just part of the larger plan. Trump’s a YUGE GENIUS!
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Hillary doesn’t want and almost certainly wouldn’t accept a pardon. She knows that the guaranteed best way for Trump to immediately destroy his own administration would be to target the overwhelming popular vote winner for a politically based prosecution.
re: #39 FormerDirtDart
Seriously, the NYT is now the tool for Trump to use to prove how “civil” he is and how tough he is under pressure from “tough” questions.
Tough… like those Friedman puff questions.
re: #43 makeitstop
Timing is everything. ;)
To musicians and auto mechanics. In bike repair, it’s all up to the customer.
re: #38 lawhawk
Repeat something enough, and enough people believe it.
For instance - Clinton isn’t likeable.
Oh really?
Going back to 1991, Hillary has always been at or above 49% likeable. Just after entering the race in 2015, her favorability rating was at 59%. It tumbled ever since - mostly because the smear/whisper campaign against her began in earnest.
Don’t doubt for a moment that her rating will go back up - and likely climb much higher than the 59% before she entered.
If Time would only name Hillary person of the year, it might send the yam totally over the cliff.
re: #44 goddamnedfrank
Hillary doesn’t want and almost certainly wouldn’t accept a pardon. She knows that the guaranteed best way for Trump to immediately destroy his own administration would be to target the overwhelming popular vote winner for a politically based prosecution.
And Trump needs to save that card for when he needs an escape prosecution card for himself. Diversionary tactics are his specialty.
I hope people realize that if Trump made a big deal about going after Hillary NOW, she would just get pardoned. You get that right?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) November 22, 2016
@mitchellvii Does Bill Mitchell realize that Donald Trump isn’t actually the president yet, and couldn’t “go after” Hillary even if he wanted to? https://t.co/4BQXaPkkAA
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
Story popping up in my Facebook feed today pic.twitter.com/tAUCiTNqCj
— Jim Dalrymple II (@JimDalrympleII) November 22, 2016
https://t.co/pCNT8RLJCX is a Macedonian site. https://t.co/QgRIkhFPmO
— Craig Silverman (@CraigSilverman) November 22, 2016
“Bruuuuuuce!” Bruce @springsteen receives Presidential Medal of Honor from @POTUS. https://t.co/2IvT1KEnW8
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) November 22, 2016
President-elect Trump just submitted himself to just under an hour of tough questions from us. It was revealing, civil & productive.
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) November 22, 2016
here’s the live tweet of the session; good luck finding all the tough questions; https://t.co/JoLSzZsED5 https://t.co/yJSB0AIidz
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) November 22, 2016
@EricBoehlert @nytimes You have to admit “how are you adapting to the job?” is a pretty grueling question. https://t.co/5HPA5KOqMO
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
re: #52 FormerDirtDart
BuzzfeedUSA is a fake fake news site.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
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Still one of the stupidest tweets of all time IMO.
Imagine polls don’t exist. Show me evidence Hillary is winning?
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) August 8, 2016
re: #57 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Still one of the stupidest tweets of all time IMO.
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Given the end result, I suspect he now feels he was spot on.
Our veterinarian…absolutely well deserved honor. He is a treasure.
Ky Veterinarian of the year: Dr. Frank Vice
UPDATE: Trump says he won’t take Clinton investigations off the table https://t.co/3fnerCWRSV
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 22, 2016
A lesson to the press: Trump team says one thing to the media, waits for favorable coverage, then hours later winks at his base https://t.co/jIXWpSKYbp
— Pema Levy (@pemalevy) November 22, 2016
This didn’t just start happening today. Shouldn’t this lesson have been learned already? @pemalevy @eliasisquith https://t.co/13KAkwPywH
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) November 22, 2016
@HelenTheShark @MaryLeeShark Whereas males in our species can live to 70 and be elected president without ever reaching sexual maturity.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) November 22, 2016
Mattis singlehandedly talked Trump out of committing a war crime. https://t.co/CRIdPVkKtq pic.twitter.com/uItfiFgF51
— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) November 22, 2016
Trump never sounded too concerned with efficacy of torture. He said at one point it’s okay if it doesn’t work, because “they deserve it” https://t.co/tWN8dYHGKV
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) November 22, 2016
re: #60 Charles Johnson
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It’s also keeping said base fooled despite the now-exposed con job and subsequent promises of vaporware.
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
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Knowing him, he’ll go back on it when his supporters squeal.
The whole thing
Watch live: Bruce receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from @BarackObama at the @WhiteHouse… starting soon! https://t.co/nw4prOdnQV
— Bruce Springsteen (@springsteen) November 22, 2016
re: #63 FormerDirtDart
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Wait until somebody else tells him different.
Trump always likes whatever the last person who speaks to him says.
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
Our veterinarian…absolutely well deserved honor. He is a treasure.
Ky Veterinarian of the year: Dr. Frank Vice
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I told that to my grandma, and she said, ‘The University of Wisconsin has a good program. You can go there and marry one!’. So I’m a bicycle mechanic.
re: #50 Charles Johnson
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If Trump came right out and said he was going to push for the Clintons to be prosecuted when he takes office…he would force Obama to fast track a pardon or make the Clintons get ready to flee the country and seek political asylum
So he is being coy about it.