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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration may evict the press from the White House https://t.co/POVD80jADS pic.twitter.com/b8fSYVNjK9
— Esquire (@esquire) January 15, 2017
“They are the opposition party,” a senior official says. “I want ‘em out of the building. We are taking back the press room.”
“I do not want to talk about the pee pee….I am going to bring back a strong, thick stream of jobs.” #SNL pic.twitter.com/jdZWTSzOri
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 15, 2017
re: #1 teleskiguy
Gosh, I don’t know why he would call them the “opposition party” since they endlessly kissed his ass and tore Hillary to pieces with their constant lying about her e-mails!
re: #1 teleskiguy
“They are the opposition party,” a senior official says. “I want ‘em out of the building. We are taking back the press room.”
Well they are going to need that room for Melania’s “Glam Room”.
BARF
re: #1 teleskiguy
Coming up next on the series finale of The United States!
Remember how “Dallas” and “Dynasty” had season finale cliffhangers that progressively got more and more over the top and ridiculous? Yeah.
So, Mike Coffman (R - CO) of Colorado’s 6th Congressional District went to meet with constituents today. It was not what he and his staff had planned.
When Berthie Ruoff arrived at the Aurora Central Library to meet with Congressman Mike Coffman, she was hopeful to find encouraging answers about the impending changes to the Affordable Care Act.
“My husband passed away and the only way I was able to get insurance was through the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare,” Ruoff said.
[…]
Coffman’s chief of staff, Ben Stein, sent a statement addressing what happened Saturday afternoon. The statement says the Congressman’s community event was not a town hall.
“Rep. Mike Coffman routinely hosts constituent one on one meetings across the district. Constituents are invited to meet individually with the congressman to express their opinions, seek help with a range of issues, and discuss legislation. Given the volume of people who came, the Congressman met with four people at a time for five minutes each for a total of more than 70 constituents,” the statement said.
Ruoff was not one of them.
“I am trying to get an answer and I can’t even get in,” Ruoff said.
More: Congressman Coffman leaves frustrated crowd.
The crowd started singing.
Crowd starts singing while trying to get in to see Congressman Mike Coffman in Aurora. He only agreed with people a couple at a time. #9News pic.twitter.com/bqZgj4FF6f
— Nelson Garcia (@9NewsEducation) January 14, 2017
@KeithOlbermann @myronfalwell we will call it illigitimate president’s inaug-urination.’
— Alan Courtright (@mp3voice) January 15, 2017
From the previous thread:
re: #265 Patricia Kayden
What happens when Rightwingers shut down a campus event featuring unpopular speech of Liberal guests? Not sure if this is a good idea. Can’t stand either of them, but shutting them down invites retaliation, imho.
They weren’t “shut down.”
What actually happened is protesters showed up (as is their I Amendment right), and the College Republicans cancelled the event. The College Republicans then went out with a bullhorn to tell everyone (protesters and people waiting to get in) that the event was cancelled.
That was then spun into “liberals shut down the event” from “Republicans cancelled the event.”
re: #1 teleskiguy
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Many in the mainstream press turned the election into a popularity contest where they demonized the qualified sane candidate and normalizing the unqualified Bigot. No sympathy from me.
re: #9 Anymouse
Ok. That’s not how I understood the HP article. My bad.
re: #7 teleskiguy
So, Mike Coffman (R - CO) of Colorado’s 6th Congressional District went to meet with constituents today. It was not what he and his staff had planned.
More: Congressman Coffman leaves frustrated crowd.
The crowd started singing.
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Expect more of this, and more town hall cancellations as GOP legistors retreat to their ivory towers and Fox/Breitbart/SMOTI/Rush ‘n Lumpy echo chambers.
The outcome is so fucking predictable.
re: #12 Myron Falwell (no relation)
Expect more of this, and more town hall cancellations as GOP legistors retreat to their ivory towers and Fox/Breitbart/SMOTI/Rush ‘n Lumpy echo chambers.
The outcome is so fucking predictable.
Dozens of frustrated people waiting to speak w/Congressman Mike Coffman, but they say he won’t see them despite calls for a meeting. #9News pic.twitter.com/CY81CrKhiR
— Nelson Garcia (@9NewsEducation) January 14, 2017
We can expect more and more of this with Republicans. They’re retreating into their bubble and figuring out how to enrich themselves. https://t.co/2VhG2F1Z5R
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 15, 2017
From UC Davis on Facebook:
After consulting with UC Davis Police Department and UC Davis Student Affairs officials, the Davis College Republicans canceled tonight’s event featuring Breitbart columnist Milo Yiannopoulos. The decision was made at about 7:00 pm, 30 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the event, after a large number of protesters blocked access to the venue, and it was determined that it was no longer feasible to continue with the event safely.
The Chancellor then goes on about “respect for all views, yadayadaya”
Milo went on a whine fest about how UC Davis “lied about the College Republicans cancelling the event.”
re: #7 teleskiguy
Well, that crowd can sing all they want but KKKongressman KKKoffinail only listens to the Koch Brothers.
re: #7 teleskiguy
Woot! Thems some of my peeps!
re: #15 Joe Bacon
Well, that crowd can sing all they want but KKKongressman KKKoffinail only listens to the Koch Brothers.
Hmm, I like that. May I quote you?
Jennifer Holliday Pulls Out of Trump Inauguration, Apologizes to LGBT Community
…the “Dreamgirls” star apologized to the LGBT community, saying she was “uneducated on the issues that affect every American at this crucial time in history and for causing such dismay and heartbreak to my fans.”
“My only choice must now be to stand with the LGBT Community and to state unequivocally that I WILL NOT PERFORM FOR THE WELCOME CONCERT OR FOR ANY OF THE INAUGURATION FESTIVITIES!”
Holliday ends her letter telling her gay fans: “Please know that I HEAR YOU and I feel your pain. The LGBT Community was mostly responsible for birthing my career and I am deeply indebted to you… You have loved me faithfully and unconditionally and for so many years you provided me with work even though my star had long since faded.”
re: #10 Patricia Kayden
Many in the mainstream press turned the election into a popularity contest where they demonized the qualified sane candidate and normalizing the unqualified Bigot. No sympathy from me.
If anything, Trump is doing the press a favor by not being allowed to cover the shitshow press conferences.
Thanos’ Congressman, I presume. He retweeted it.
Disagree with questioning legitimacy of Nov election, but @repjohnlewis is a hero & icon. He deserves all of our respect. He’s earned it. pic.twitter.com/OKhRmzH3gY
— Rep. Kevin Yoder (@RepKevinYoder) January 14, 2017
re: #18 CleverToad
Hmm, I like that. May I quote you?
Absolutely you may quote me. It’s time to turn on the teabagging RepubliKKKlans using the same tactics!
re: #14 Anymouse
I’m happy that they cancelled, but it never should have been a thing in the first place.
re: #23 Myron Falwell (no relation)
I’m happy that they cancelled, but it never should have been a thing in the first place.
As Milo Yiannopolis is a professional agitator, and Martin Skreli is mostly a con man, my suspicion is they were going for the exact outcome they got (because they are also professional victims and it’s always projection with them).
Note the College Republicans cancelled, but somehow it’s the protesters’ faults for exercising their own free speech rights.
Note also the College Republicans invited the fascist and the thief in the first place. They’re whigning because they were protested?
Freeze Peach!!!11!!!uno!!
Don’t remember any whigning from wingnuts when the Tea Party lunatics were shouting down speakers inside town halls with representatives and senators.
The UC Davis protesters were outside.
re: #23 Myron Falwell (no relation)
I’m happy that they cancelled, but it never should have been a thing in the first place.
That would be a better way of handling hate speech — ban it from your campus. Of course, you’d end up with a dispute about what constitutes hate speech but so what?
re: #25 Patricia Kayden
That would be a better way of handling hate speech — ban it from your campus. Of course, you’d end up with a dispute about what constitutes hate speech but so what?
An even better way to handle hate speech is to protest it: Exactly as was done at UC Davis. No one banned Milo or Martin. Their sponsor cancelled the event.
Free speech does not come without the consequences of that speech. Milo, Martin, and a lot of their fellow travellers want to be able to say anything at all they want without any sort of pushback or complaint. They are the special snowflakes they continually accuse liberals of being.
re: #20 Myron Falwell (no relation)
If anything, Trump is doing the press a favor by not being allowed to cover the shitshow press conferences.
It will be covered by Breitbart, possibly FOX and Stormfront, and other “not-fake” news.
Now playing on my Amazon cloud: Pounding rockers Mott The Hoople play ‘Lay Down (Candles In The Rain)’ by Melanie without a trace of irony. They did the same with ‘Laugh At Me’ by Sonny & Cher. Ian Hunter is a musician that I’m really going to miss when he goes. He’s 76 years old and put out a great album last year. He still rocks.
OVERRATED DEMOCRATS DEPT: So Rosa Parks wouldn’t sit in the back of the bus—that’s all she did, so what’s the big fuss?
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) January 14, 2017
The old bigots in my Facebook timeline seem to be having problems with the blowback that Trump is getting.
They’ve not seen anything yet.
Anyway, they live in their own little epistemic bubble, wherein Fox News and WND are their arbiters of reality.
It’s a sad reality of our society.
I think we can all agree by now that the ones who make the most noise about something (i.e. “you’re stifling my free speech!”, “you’re a racist!”, “gays are abominations!”, “the election is rigged!”) are themselves guilty of it. Unfortunately, those who scream the most loudly also get the most attention.
Maybe the Dems can stand to be a little louder about our accomplishments and the wrongdoings of the Trump admin. Make ‘em listen.
re: #29 Anymouse
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I don’t even want to reply to him anymore. He’s just trolling. It’s even kinda amateurish.
re: #32 scottslemmons
I don’t even want to reply to him anymore. He’s just trolling. It’s even kinda amateurish.
The responses are good on that tweet though (Dinesh d’Felon, &c)
See an awful lotta chubby Baby Boomer draft dodgers calling young combat vets “liberal snowflakes” because they have issues with Trump.
— Carl Prine (@CarlPrinetweets) January 14, 2017
Every. Single. Day. https://t.co/2Tp6D2fW5J
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) January 14, 2017
re: #31 Moebym
I think we can all agree by now that the ones who make the most noise about something (i.e. “you’re stifling my free speech!”, “you’re a racist!”, “gays are abominations!”, “the election is rigged!”) are themselves guilty of it. Unfortunately, those who scream the most loudly also get the most attention.
Maybe the Dems can stand to be a little louder about our accomplishments and the wrongdoings of the Trump admin. Make ‘em listen.
Such as:
mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk - no action or results. Sad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14, 2017
One result John Lewis achieved as an activist was the Fair Housing Act of 1968, targeting racist landlords. The one Trump was sued under. https://t.co/frVxZBFVZ3
— KateMaltby (@KateMaltby) January 14, 2017
College Republicans at UC Davis illustrate that the next generation of Republicans are just as noxious as most who voted for Trump.
re: #20 Myron Falwell (no relation)
If anything, Trump is doing the press a favor by not being allowed to cover the shitshow press conferences.
Not to mention there’s no reason to worry about being denied access, thus no reason to temper their coverage. And these days, keeping them out of the press room won’t stop anything. Unless Trump gives up TV coverage altogether (not gonna happen).
What the fuck?
@Green_Footballs For the most part I like you and appreciate what you do, but please dont promote such a rich, elitist phony, thanks.
— Mark (@hitstheMark) January 15, 2017
re: #37 Charles Johnson
What the fuck?
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Samantha Bee is a “rich elitist?” Because she worked her way up through the very difficult and discerning field of comedy and now gets to enjoy the fruit of her labour?
DYING
“This country will literally be showered with jobs. Because I am a major whiz with jobs.” #SNL pic.twitter.com/kQGlmNePHW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 15, 2017
re: #1 teleskiguy
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Dammit. I hate it when I’m right about something like this. I gave it 90 days when I posted about it last Wednesday, but it looks like the Trump team isn’t going to wait that long.
re: #38 Anymouse
The only people allowed to be rich elitists are people who were born with silver spoons in their mouths and cheated/grifted/robbed their way to the top - people like Donald Trump.
re: #24 Anymouse
As Milo Yiannopolis is a professional agitator, and Martin Skreli is mostly a con man, my suspicion is they were going for the exact outcome they got (because they are also professional victims and it’s always projection with them).
Note the College Republicans cancelled, but somehow it’s the protesters’ faults for exercising their own free speech rights.
Note also the College Republicans invited the fascist and the thief in the first place. They’re whigning because they were protested?
Freeze Peach!!!11!!!uno!!
Don’t remember any whigning from wingnuts when the Tea Party lunatics were shouting down speakers inside town halls with representatives and senators.
The UC Davis protesters were outside.
How did Pharmaboy get permission to go in the first place? He had to file a special request to leave the state for the inauguration (because his presence will add so much class to the proceedings.)
And is he ever actually going to go to trial?
re: #40 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
Dammit. I hate it when I’m right about something like this. I gave it 90 days when I posted about it last Wednesday, but it looks like the Trump team isn’t going to wait that long.
If it’s any consolation, I gave you an upfist for that comment back then.
re: #41 Moebym
The only people allowed to be rich elitists are people who were born with silver spoons in their mouths and cheated/grifted/robbed their way to the top - people like Donald Trump.
Can I be a rich elitist if I win the lotto?
re: #44 Anymouse
Can I be a rich elitist if I win the lotto?
If you cultivate a lot of bad habits once you do.
re: #45 Resistance Is Not Futile
If you cultivate a lot of bad habits once you do.
Worse habits than I already have?
I went into the general store this morning, bought a couple lotto tickets, a small bottle of bourbon, cigarettes for myself and my wife.
After I handed over the money to the proprietor, I pointed out as the new vice-mayor I was still investigating vice.
re: #46 Anymouse
Worse habits than I already have?
I went into the general store this morning, bought a couple lotto tickets, a small bottle of bourbon, cigarettes for myself and my wife.
After I handed over the money to the proprietor, I pointed out as the new vice-mayor I was still investigating vice.
Amateur. If you want REAL bad habits, you have to emulate someone like Martin Shkreli.
re: #47 Resistance Is Not Futile
Amateur. If you want REAL bad habits, you have to emulate someone like Martin Shkreli.
Don’t get me started on the hookers and blow… .
Speaking of bad habits:
@realDonaldTrump #GoldStarFamilies #DisabledAmericanS #intelligenceCommunity
@repjohnlewis Who’s next? Babies hold on to your candy 🍭— ColleenGarciaButler (@ceegarciabee) January 14, 2017
Someone who doesn’t understand how this whole Gold Star Family thing works, unless they think the highest calling of an American is to give up a family member to combat.
No wingnut, that’s not how any of this works.
All #GoldstarFamilies should receive the #MedalofFreedom They deserve it more than #Biden
— Gold Star Ride (@goldstarride) January 13, 2017
Mr. Trump still going after Rep. Lewis:
Congressman John Lewis should finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities of the U.S. I can use all the help I can get!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
re: #50 Anymouse
Mr. Trump still going after Rep. Lewis:
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No surprise that. He got so much pushback from his first tweets that he has to keep digging.
I’m so happy right now knowing the @nbcsnl cold open crawled right up Trump’s bloated ass. So happy.
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 15, 2017
#NowPlaying Real Estate > Days > Younger Than Yesterday https://t.co/uWXerxJ5Lv
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) November 3, 2016
@VFW_Vet @3ChicsPolitico Politics before country, will sink America if they continue to allow those assclowns run the country. Lunatics
— Sandy (@neal_sa) January 15, 2017
Why a D.C.-Area Diner Put a ‘Golden Showers’ Burger on the Menu - Eater https://t.co/bPVx7JINbm
— Nam Vet™ (@VFW_Vet) January 15, 2017
@realDonaldTrump is the complete opposite of transparent and McConnell is still a RW 💩 pic.twitter.com/rHVeFXXf5W
— Nam Vet™ (@VFW_Vet) January 15, 2017
re: #52 Dr Lizardo
He just can’t stop digging, can he? Chump doesn’t know when to STFU.
To try to take away the bad taste:
Relevant, bittersweet, and deeply moving: David Remnick’s 2009 piece on John Lewis’ influence on Barack Obama https://t.co/qVTTGvQz4o pic.twitter.com/sgh9EkJQtk
— David Muto (@davidmuto) January 14, 2017
Rep. Lewis is the epitome of what Democrats ought to do: Never give up, never surrender. (Perhaps he is a Galaxy Quest fan?)
Hey Alyosha! I just wanted to put this here to test our under-ocean cables and low-earth-orbit satellites. Oooga Booga!
re: #59 BeachDem
That’s beautiful.
I wonder if Comey will approach Donnie Drumpfko with a photo to autograph…nah.
re: #50 Anymouse
Mr. Trump still going after Rep. Lewis:
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He can use help? All the help he can get? Help from whom?
We don’t need these asshats’ support, thanks.
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re: #60 Anymouse
Rep. Lewis is the epitome of what Democrats ought to do: Never give up, never surrender. (Perhaps he is a Galaxy Quest fan?)
@piersmorgan Yes. A conscience.
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 15, 2017
Wonkette’s editrix is being pilloried by conservatives on her Twitter account { @commiegirl1 } over her post at her Website on Milo and Pharmabro having to put up with protests.
re: #68 Anymouse
Rebecca is well-prepared for stupid Twitter onslaughts, a lot like Charles is.
Why don’t you have a Twitter? You don’t even have to give out *any* personal information. Your handle would look like this: @Anymouse_LGF
re: #61 teleskiguy
Hey Alyosha! I just wanted to put this here to test our under-ocean cables and low-earth-orbit satellites. Oooga Booga!
10-4 :)
re: #9 Anymouse
That was then spun into “liberals shut down the event” from “Republicans cancelled the event.”
I’m fine with that. If liberals keep trying to be reasonable and convince right wingers that they’re the sensible and fair ones, the asshole right wing will laugh, lie their asses off and take our lunch money. If the assholes get the idea, right or wrong, that the mean nasty liberals will fuck their shit up if they piss us off, they might actually stop.
It should be quite obvious at this point that trying to appeal to Trump supporters’ better nature is a useless exercise: they don’t have one. They understand anger and fear and that’s about it.
re: #71 ericblair
It should be quite obvious at this point that trying to appeal to Trump supporters’ better nature is a useless exercise: they don’t have one. They understand anger and fear and that’s about it.
Quoted For Truth.
There’s a lot of fearful white folk out there.
re: #69 teleskiguy
Rebecca is well-prepared for stupid Twitter onslaughts, a lot like Charles is.
Why don’t you have a Twitter? You don’t even have to give out *any* personal information. Your handle would look like this: @Anymouse_LGF
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re: #72 teleskiguy
It should be quite obvious at this point that trying to appeal to Trump supporters’ better nature is a useless exercise: they don’t have one. They understand anger and fear and that’s about it.
Quoted For Truth.
There’s a lot of fearful white folk out there.
Interestingly enough, I live in a whole township of people who voted for Mr. Trump. Most of them bought Mr. Trump’s economic arguments (such as they were) and did not hear the racism and bigotry (because that was not broadcast on FOX).
If they were on the Internet, they might be featured in that person’s Website areyousorryyet.com
re: #73 Anymouse
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re: #75 teleskiguy
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re: #68 Anymouse
Wonkette’s editrix is being pilloried by conservatives on her Twitter account { @commiegirl1 } over her post at her Website on Milo and Pharmabro having to put up with protests.
Ah, I see she poked the gamergaters. Thought I already had most of those assholes blocked but her mentions offer an opportunity to add to the list.
Anymouse, you talk about ‘having a voice.’ You *are* the voice in government where you are. You are your own goddamn voice around here. No reason why you shouldn’t expand. Twitter is not the worst ever.
re: #77 goddamnedfrank
How’s the PS4 going?
re: #46 Anymouse
Worse habits than I already have?
I went into the general store this morning, bought a couple lotto tickets, a small bottle of bourbon, cigarettes for myself and my wife.
After I handed over the money to the proprietor, I pointed out as the new vice-mayor I was still investigating vice.
There’s your problem right there. You’re supposed to promise to pay, but then renege and offer pennies on the dollar because the bourbon was not up to your standards (which you didn’t notice until you’d drank it all).
re: #78 teleskiguy
Anymouse, you talk about ‘having a voice.’ You *are* the voice in government where you are. You are your own goddamn voice around here. No reason why you shouldn’t expand. Twitter is not the worst ever.
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re: #80 The Madness of King Orange (aka Sophist)
There’s your problem right there. You’re supposed to promise to pay, but then renege and offer pennies on the dollar because the bourbon was not up to your standards (which you didn’t notice until you’d drank it all).
WHAT SORT OF CHEAP-ASS CIGARETTES ARE THESE? I AIN’T PAYIN’ FOR ‘EM….DAMN THINGS WILL GIVE ME EMPHYSEMA! GIMME ANOTHER PACK, SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND I AIN’T PAYIN’ FOR THAT TO MAKE UP FOR THESE NASTY DAMN THINGS!!
re: #74 Anymouse
Interestingly enough, I live in a whole township of people who voted for Mr. Trump. Most of them bought Mr. Trump’s economic arguments (such as they were) and did not hear the racism and bigotry (because that was not broadcast on FOX).
I think you have to step back a level. Why do they believe these economic arguments so easily, and believe Trump when he would contradict himself on a daily basis? Why not believe Clinton when she had fully formed plans, was consistent, and obviously knew what she was talking about?
They’re not naive: they’re very selectively naive and very selectively cynical depending on what they want to be true. Straining at gnats and swallowing camels to preserve their predetermined worldview. They will change when reality hurts them or their families personally, but I fear not anytime before that.
re: #79 Timothy Watson
How’s the PS4 going?
I’m thrilled with this setup. I still love my Mac for internet / work / photoshop / etc but I’m making up for years of crap game availability.
re: #83 ericblair
I think you have to step back a level. Why do they believe these economic arguments so easily, and believe Trump when he would contradict himself on a daily basis? Why not believe Clinton when she had fully formed plans, was consistent, and obviously knew what she was talking about?
They’re not naive: they’re very selectively naive and very selectively cynical depending on what they want to be true. Straining at gnats and swallowing camels to preserve their predetermined worldview. They will change when reality hurts them or their families personally, but I fear not anytime before that.
We have a local newspaper that only is pro-Trump and anti-Clinton. We only have radio stations that blare right wing blowhards. Clinton plans or proposals were not printed in the local paper except when I wrote, and they will only print one letter a month from a reader, limited to four hundred words.
Pretty much only one reality is presented here. That’s part of the reason I so passionately argued for people to come campaign here because there was not another message.
Back to when I came here: How could you be a disabled veteran, you’re a liberal!
This is how propaganda works. Trump threatening to ban the press from the White House is actually bad, because the only people who will get access to him is his propagandists.
Then the stenographers that make up the press will be quoting “reporters” from Breitbart or Stormfront on ABC or the Washington Post, because access is so much more important than journalism.
This is Rebecca Shoenkopf’s tweet that has the wingers so upset this morning:
When was the last time protestors on the Right shut down a speaker on the Left?
Never.
Babies are only on the Left https://t.co/Tz3cQpmw3d— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 14, 2017
the Gamergaters shut down every woman who tried to even have a forum. And Milo led them in it. https://t.co/ahZnLGU2SA
— Rebecca Schoenkopf (@commiegirl1) January 14, 2017
The amount of projection in Mr Walsh’s tweet would make an IMAX jealous.
re: #87 William Lewis
The amount of projection in Mr Walsh’s tweer would make an IMAX jealous.
Mr. Walsh doesn’t remember all the town hall meetings where Tea Party lunatics practically shut down discourse from representatives and senators? Doesn’t remember “You Lie” Joe Wilson?
In earlier times, shooting protesters at Kent State? Complaints against the Iraq War being painted as un-American?
Perhaps Mr. Walsh is suffering from amnesia, or is descending into dementia?
Women in the New York Times on why they voted for Donald Trump. Much stupid.
So you might wonder why people here would vote for him when we only have conservative-aligned media and no other? These are women from around the country (some from large cities) that had multiple choices in where they get their news.
The last, from a woman in a city with seven hundred thousand people (nearly a fifth of my whole state’s population):
Home: Virginia Beach
I laughed Trump off like everyone else did. Once I stopped laughing at him and started listening, I started to support him. I felt like once you got past the bluster, he really was interested in helping everyone.
I do think having a secure border is very important. My father was a Muslim immigrant from Turkey, he went through the process. I don’t agree with a ban on Muslims, but my father was very wary of Muslims who came over if they didn’t have a reason to be here. He would support a full vetting, but not a total ban.
I have always considered myself a feminist. For me, I want to be treated the exact same way. That’s not the feel I get from feminists today, they want extra privileges. I gave up my first marriage so I could be a law partner and then I had to give up on my partnership so I could be a better mom.
To say women are going backwards would be wrong. Look at how much Trump hires women, how much he does rely on women, how much he relies on his own daughter. I’m sort of amazed by her. She may pull him more into the middle. She’ll be a good voice for women.
Or the first one. Gaaaa (bold is mine):
Home: Sterling Heights, Mich.
I made up my mind for Trump at the last minute. Since my husband is in the military, I was concerned about having someone who didn’t have military experience, didn’t have the knowledge of dealing with world leaders. And I kind of thought he had a big mouth.
But I had an 8-year-old who was totally on the Trump train. He talked me into taking him to a Trump rally. I expected him to be like what I’d seen on the news, saying hateful things. But his presence was very calming and I liked his talking points. We really are the middle class, and we kind of get swept aside.
re: #85 Anymouse
We have a local newspaper that only is pro-Trump and anti-Clinton. We only have radio stations that blare right wing blowhards. Clinton plans or proposals were not printed in the local paper except when I wrote, and they will only print one letter a month from a reader, limited to four hundred words.
Pretty much only one reality is presented here. That’s part of the reason I so passionately argued for people to come campaign here because there was not another message.
There are a fair number of countries (like *cough* Russia *cough*) where there is no opposition news at all, because reporting news the government doesn’t like gets you arrested or killed. There is still a significant minority if not majority of the audience who still don’t believe it, because it’s usually inconsistent with people’s experiences, inconsistent with itself, and curiously consistently supportive of the views of the people controlling the show.
The old Soviet jokes went on about it: a guy reads in Pravda that there is new scientific proof that too many potatoes are bad for your health, and immediately yells to his family that “they’ve sold the whole potato crop to Poland again!”
I know some of these people personally, and the people who do believe the party line do it for a reason (they’re authoritarian followers who need a powerful daddy, they like the talk about domination making others scared of the country, they like being angry all the time). The others that don’t like the party line can pick out the holes and contradictions fairly easily.
It’s not as easy as getting an opposing viewpoint to talk to them, because if the people want to keep believing the official story line they’ll just dismiss the opponents as lying for their own benefit, paid off by enemies, or just pitifully misled. Maybe you can peel off a few that way, but it really has to hit personally before anything changes.
Then the stenographers that make up the press will be quoting “reporters” from Breitbart or Stormfront on ABC or the Washington Post, because access is so much more important than journalism.
They’re doing that now, for the most part, writing crap in exchange for keeping access. The reporters who actually broke real news, like Kurt Eichenwald, didn’t do it by getting access: they did it by reading boring documents. If Trump kicks the courtiers out of the palace, a few of them might do the same thing out of necessity.
re: #92 ericblair
Well, we can hope so.
My sister-in-law, who emigrated to the United States from the Soviet Union, is appalled by what’s going on now. She can’t go back to Russia (though she still owns property there), and is terrified of our Republicans.
My brother-in-law has been to my home several times. He has remarked how much our media here where I live is like that in Russia. Only one point of view presented. While the local paper does print wire reports from around the world, they are selective about what wire reports they print.
For example, while the paper is reporting on Mr. Trump’s various picks for his cabinet, they are not reporting on such things as opposition to them and why there is opposition. As far as the newspaper here is concerned, everything is hunky dory.
I have to get to bed … I need to go to town tomorrow. G’night y’all.
re: #90 Anymouse
The last, from a woman in a city with seven hundred thousand people (nearly a fifth of my whole state’s population): Home: Virginia Beach
Yeah, the whole thing is sort of amazing it its delusion. I read that article too with my jaw dropping open. Sure, she’s a Muslim, but one of the good ones, so Trump won’t hurt her. Sure, she’s a feminist, but one of the good ones, so Trump won’t hurt her.
Same way with ACA and Medicare and Medicaid: Trump’s supporters deserve it, don’t you know, so Trump would never take it away because they need it. Those Other People, however, are a bunch of moochers and don’t. Now some of the more perceptive ones are getting the sinking feeling that they’re going to be treated like the Other People too.
As you said, and I totally agree, GAAAA.
Morning Lizards. After 0600 EST and the nothing yet from the talking yam. Did they have to sedate him last night after the opening SNL skit and it hasn’t worn off yet?
re: #95 Bubblehead II
*watches the cold open*
*eyes go wide*
FAKE NEWS! FSB DOESN’T USE VHS!*
*does anyone use VHS anymore?
re: #96 I cannot.
*watches the cold open*
*eyes go wide*
FAKE NEWS! FSB DOESN’T USE VHS!*
*does anyone use VHS anymore?
As a matter of fact, I do. Still have a lot of movies that are in that format.
re: #86 Anymouse
This is Rebecca Shoenkopf’s tweet that has the wingers so upset this morning:
Look who haz a sad in that thread. KiTA rears his unpleasant head.
So, as I mentioned yesterday, I tried an online supermarket here; they delivered the goods about an hour and a half ago.
No problems; everything that I’d ordered arrived, nothing damaged or broken, and the delivery was 10 minutes early to boot - the delivery driver was very professional and helpful. I left them a very positive review and I’ll definitely be using them again.
I was just chatting with a friend about it and she was all like, “Wait…..you mean I’d never need to set foot inside a shop again with this service? Gimme the website address!!”
Customer service in supermarkets here tends towards the atrocious at best and goes downhill rather rapidly from there.
re: #88 Anymouse
Mr. Walsh doesn’t remember all the town hall meetings where Tea Party lunatics practically shut down discourse from representatives and senators? Doesn’t remember “You Lie” Joe Wilson?
In earlier times, shooting protesters at Kent State? Complaints against the Iraq War being painted as un-American?
Perhaps Mr. Walsh is suffering from amnesia, or is descending into dementia?
RWNJ-ism is the true mental disorder.
Broke down, got Netflix.
Watching The Prestige.
Pretty good. Just saw what I can only assume is Bowie playing Nikola Tesla.
Neat.
The sleeper awakens.
The Democrats are most angry that so many Obama Democrats voted for me. With all of the jobs I am bringing back to our Nation, that number..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
will only get higher. Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again. WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
So Trump is going to start making all of his Trump stuff in the US now?
will only get higher. Car companies and others, if they want to do business in our country, have to start making things here again. WIN!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
re: #102 Bubblehead II
The sleeper awakens.
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He is going to have and ignore Baldwin, that was so brutal the he can’t want to bring it up…
re: #86 Anymouse
Yeesh… Milo looks like Mike Pence with 2,000% more sleaze and 5,000% more smarm.
re: #102 Bubblehead II
Please, Trump, keep digging a gigantic hole you’ll never get out of.
re: #91 Anymouse
Or the first one. Gaaaa (bold is mine):
Home: Sterling Heights, Mich.
I made up my mind for Trump at the last minute. Since my husband is in the military, I was concerned about having someone who didn’t have military experience, didn’t have the knowledge of dealing with world leaders. And I kind of thought he had a big mouth.
But I had an 8-year-old who was totally on the Trump train. He talked me into taking him to a Trump rally. I expected him to be like what I’d seen on the news, saying hateful things. But his presence was very calming and I liked his talking points. We really are the middle class, and we kind of get swept aside.
This country is so fucked.
So, I’m off Thursday AND Friday night, and alcohol does not conflict with my prescriptions…
I’m thinking of raising a glass…or several of Oliver Wineries Camelot Honey Mead on the last full day of the Great Experiment.
Any suggestions for the a suitable drink(s) (i.e. hard liquor) for the first day of the Great Derp?
re: #110 I cannot.
So, I’m off Thursday AND Friday night, and alcohol does not conflict with my prescriptions…
I’m thinking of raising a glass…or several of Oliver Wineries Camelot Honey Mead on the last full day of the Great Experiment.
Any suggestions for the a suitable drink(s) (i.e. hard liquor) for the first day of the Great Derp?
Hemlock
re: #110 I cannot.
So, I’m off Thursday AND Friday night, and alcohol does not conflict with my prescriptions…
I’m thinking of raising a glass…or several of Oliver Wineries Camelot Honey Mead on the last full day of the Great Experiment.
Any suggestions for the a suitable drink(s) (i.e. hard liquor) for the first day of the Great Derp?
If you like scotch, I’ve been enjoying The Famous Grouse quite a bit of late. Not very expensive for a really good blended whiskey.
re: #109 Mattand
This country is so fucked.
They had a lot of people convinced that there was no real difference, so why not vote for the one who appeals to your sense of identity?
re: #113 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They had a lot of people convinced that there was no real difference, so why not vote for the one who appeals to your sense of identity?
Here’s the one that really struck me:
I didn’t particularly like everything he was saying as far as building a wall, and doing this to immigrants. I looked at that more as bravado, his audience needed that to get the applause.
But there are allegations about killing people who get in her way — Vince Foster, people like that. Someone who has a big bravado is not as concerning to me as someone who might kill people who get in her way.
re: #114 sagehen
Here’s the one that really struck me:
But there are allegations about killing people who get in her way — Vince Foster, people like that. Someone who has a big bravado is not as concerning to me as someone who might kill people who get in her way.
They got those allegations to linger on her like the scent of urine in a mattress…
re: #114 sagehen
Here’s the one that really struck me:
Every election is a national Rorschach test. This one found some troubling “issues”.
CBS Local
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Due To Close In May After 146 Years
All the clowns took cabinet positions.
re: #116 Decatur Deb
Every election is a national Rorschach test. This one found some troubling “issues”.
My girlfriend asked her brother why he was voting for Trump and his response was simply: “Why should I vote for Hillary?”.
Keep in mind he is a womanizer, bully and petty criminal. Recently got busted for trying to steal a hot dog warming rack from a supermarket.
He is now busy being active on the Internet so that search results for the weenie warmer incident will be buried (he works as a real estate agent)
re: #117 Decatur Deb
CBS Local
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Due To Close In May After 146 YearsAll the clowns took cabinet positions.
They just hired their first female Ringmaster.
re: #119 The Vicious Babushka
They just hired their first female Ringmaster.
There’s an opening at the DNC.
re: #117 Decatur Deb
CBS Local
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Due To Close In May After 146 YearsAll the clowns took cabinet positions.
Surely there are still other circuses around?
Morning Lizards,
Goldie Taylor has an excellent article on Trump up at the Daily Beast
The only thing I disagree with is the “tone-deaf” header. Trump is obviously still intentionally pandering to white supremacists. He doesn’t give a crap about the rest of us. He was raised by a racist, and has racists on his staff. He’s a racist.
re: #122 b.d.
Surely there are still other circuses around?
A major appeal of circuses was that they offered people a chance to see exotic animals - back in the days before there were major zoos in large cities and people had the ability to travel to see them.
re: #122 b.d.
Surely there are still other circuses around?
Yeah, but degenerating into low-rent travelling shows. The old style depended on an under-entertained society. (And a high tolerance for animal cruelty.)
re: #125 Decatur Deb
Yeah, but degenerating into low-rent travelling shows. The old style depended on an under-entertained society. (And a high tolerance for animal cruelty.)
Now the Circus comes to town 24/7 on our video and computer screens.
re: #126 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Now the Circus comes to town 24/7 on our video and computer screens.
In days of old, a good buddy wrestled a bear at a travelling show that set up for the Ft. Knox summer fest.
re: #127 Decatur Deb
Now that wrestling happens every time Putin and Trump get together for summits. And you KNOW Trump is a hairy mess.
In regards to that mental image you all just got: You are welcome.
re: #86 Anymouse
This is Rebecca Shoenkopf’s tweet that has the wingers so upset this morning:
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@WalshFreedom Milo is a sociopath. His flying monkeys work to silence people all the time. White male supremacy is not freedom.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 15, 2017
re: #127 Decatur Deb
In days of old, a good buddy wrestled a bear at a travelling show that set up for the Ft. Knox summer fest.
He’d go to jail for doing that now…how times change.
I remember my father dragging me down to watch the circus erect their giant tent. I didn’t want to go at the time but it was an incredible thing to see.
re: #129 Clearly a Country For Sick Old Haters
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The wingnuts sure do have a vision of themselves as being pure, rational and accepting don’t they?
re: #130 b.d.
He’d go to jail for doing that now…how times change.
I remember my father dragging me down to watch the circus erect their giant tent. I didn’t want to go at the time but it was an incredible thing to see.
Y’all can still come down and watch the revivals set up for a week of righteous nomadism.
I want to see all of the fainting and utter outrage if a Dem shouts YOU LIE! at Trump during an address to Congress.
“Of course now people are more occupied,” Terrell said. “Used to we would go into a town, like Atlanta, we’d open up Atlanta with just thousands.”
He said attendance now is a few hundred. “Nobody’s having the crowds they had in this country like they did back in the 60s and 70s,” Terrell said.
re: #131 b.d.
Oh sweet jesus fuck do they ever. My ex-friend who’s gone so deep into Trumpery that she’s gone full Pizzagater. Well, before that she believed (still does) in Ancient Aliens and various other woo-woo things, but that hadn’t sucked her life up at the time.
And she thinks that James Woods is surrounded by a host of angels. But she’s the rational one…
Wow…I forgot these guys ever existed.
The “‘Make America Great Again!’ Welcome Celebration” will take place Thursday, January 19th and… https://t.co/gU15HuQyJP
— 3 DOORS DOWN (@3doorsdown) January 13, 2017
3doorsdown - The “‘Make America Great Again!’ Welcome Celebration” will take place Thursday, January 19th and will be broadcast live to the nation from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It will feature historic remarks from President-elect Trump and special appearances from Toby Keith, Jon Voight,
Jennifer Holliday, DJ Ravidrums, The Piano Guys, Tim Rushlow (“Little Texas”), Larry Stewart (“Restless Heart”), Marty Roe (“Diamond Rio”), Lee Greenwood, and 3 Doors Down.
re: #135 I cannot.
Oh sweet jesus fuck do they ever. My ex-friend who’s gone so deep into Trumpery that she’s gone full Pizzagater. Well, before that she believed (still does) in Ancient Aliens and various other woo-woo things, but that hadn’t sucked her life up at the time.
And she thinks that James Woods is surrounded by a host of angels. But she’s the rational one…
That is so messed up. Pizzagate is uniquely stupid that I am astonished that anyone fell for it. It’s crazier than that angel stuff…
re: #136 darthstar
Wow…I forgot these guys ever existed.
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@3doorsdown This is embarrassing for you. Good people are refusing to work the inauguration of Putin’s bigoted puppet.
— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 15, 2017
re: #136 darthstar
Wow…I forgot these guys ever existed.
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3 Doors Down, I’d stand in line for hours to see Nickleback before I went to see 3 Doors Down
re: #136 darthstar
Wow…I forgot these guys ever existed.
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Except for three of them, I never knew they ever existed.
Morning!
So yeah, I am watching Meat The Chuck, how could I not since Rep. Lewis is a main feature.
This is a unique show. A lot of frustration on the panel, Jeffry Goldberg calling it abnormal, and Rich Lowery saying get used to it.
Reince Priebus is trying hard to explain it all away and stammering way more than usual.
But one thing still strikes me…I have not seen or heard anything from Kellyanne Conway since the John Lewis statement came out. Has anyone seen anything from her since early Friday? Just wondering…because she is the usual smoother or everything Trump. Has she been on FOX, her safe space? No tweets posted here of her usual patch-up jobs, etc., just seems odd…and maybe telling.
Dear @realDonaldTrump I can’t lower my expectations fast enough to keep up with your inauguration.
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 15, 2017
re: #145 darthstar
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Inauguration Day is turning out to be even bigger than expected. January 20th, Washington D.C. Have fun!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
There are six times as many bus permit requests for the protest march the next day. https://t.co/pjQ3245DvM
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 15, 2017
Could I be considered a bad person for wishing a coronal mass ejection takes down the D.C power grid just right Before the inauguration?
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) January 15, 2017
re: #147 Bubblehead II
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Not particularly bad. You mean the kind of CME or flare that fries just about everything?
Someone hit Shkrelli in the face with dog poop?
#MartinShkreli getting what looked like dog poop thrown at his face after someone yelled “You piece of s**t” Vid by @Captain_Hooks @ABC10 pic.twitter.com/zYCiVhzNdb
— Frances Wang (@ABC10Frances) January 14, 2017
re: #144 ObserverArt
Morning!
So yeah, I am watching Meat The Chuck, how could I not since Rep. Lewis is a main feature.
This is a unique show. A lot of frustration on the panel, Jeffry Goldberg calling it abnormal, and Rich Lowery saying get used to it.
Reince Priebus is trying hard to explain it all away and stammering way more than usual.
But one thing still strikes me…I have not seen or heard anything from Kellyanne Conway since the John Lewis statement came out. Has anyone seen anything from her since early Friday? Just wondering…because she is the usual smoother or everything Trump. Has she been on FOX, her safe space? No tweets posted here of her usual patch-up jobs, etc., just seems odd…and maybe telling.
This level of interest seems like the old “Kremlin watchers” of the Cold War era. Of course with Trump that might be the same thing.
re: #150 Decatur Deb
This level of interest seems like the old “Kremlin watchers” of the Cold War era. Of course with Trump that might be the same thing.
similar level of transparency…
re: #148 Teukka
Not particularly bad. You mean the kind of CME or flare that fries just about everything?
Just one large enough to disrupt the grid for 3 or 4 hours by tripping a few breakers.
re: #151 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
similar level of transparency…
Some of the same players.
Okay, Meat The Chuck is over.
Who the hell is Danielle Pletka??? I’ve never seen her before.
She defines the word dour. She closed the panel discussion by saying something to the effect that “we are in this sad state of affairs both here and throughout the world due to the policies of the Obama administration.”
Well!
I see she is with the American Enterprise Institute. Figures. Ugh.
re: #155 ObserverArt
Oh, she’s a retread wingnut neocon from Iraq War II: Electric Boogaloo.
So, I see I can add Todd Starnes to my list of people who have blocked me.
re: #155 ObserverArt
Okay, Meat The Chuck is over.
Who the hell is Danielle Pletka??? I’ve never seen her before.
She defines the word dour. She closed the panel discussion by saying something to the effect that “we are in this sad state of affairs both here and throughout the world due to the policies of the Obama administration.”
Well!
I see she is with the American Enterprise Institute. Figures. Ugh.
Chuck always likes to finish on a positive note.
re: the celebration of the end of the Republic.
[11:39:30 AM] Chilean Law-Talking Girl: no rob schneider?
[11:40:31 AM] Jayleia: I think he still has a career. I’m not sure, but I think he does.
[11:40:57 AM] Chilean Law-Talking Girl: his career has been dead the whole time
[11:41:32 AM] Jayleia: I didn’t say the career was alive, I said he had one
So, this happened in my little town: Police Find Weapons Stash at Patchogue Home After Traffic Stop: Cops
It all started when troopers pulled over a 2006 Subaru on the eastbound Southern State Parkway in the Town of Islip for a traffic violation at about 5:30 p.m., police said.
The driver, 41-year-old Andrew Kuklis, was found to be in possession of marijuana, a loaded .45 caliber handgun, numerous high capacity magazines and a dagger, police said. Further investigation by the Troop L Gun Investigation Unit led to a search of Kuklis’s residence, where police said they found: a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolver, a Sig Sauer .45 caliber handgun, a PWS model MK1 AR-15, numerous high capacity magazines and a large quantity of various ammunition.
And Patchogue is kinda the hippie enclave out here. I can’t even imagine what they’re hoarding out in Methland.
re: #122 b.d.
Surely there are still other circuses around?
Cirque de Soleil and other humans-only circuses. Which are really a whole lot better…
re: #140 b.d.
3 Doors Down, I’d stand in line for hours to see Nickleback before I went to see 3 Doors Down
Can I take it that you are never going to stand in line for Nickleback?
re: #164 ObserverArt
Can I take it that you are never going to stand in line for Nickleback?
I would chop my legs off before it came to that….
@ddiamond @mjohnso27 There will be a freedom of the press zone somewhere on those 18 acres.
— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 15, 2017
re: #166 darthstar
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The state of US news, “we’ll let you f*ck over and ruin the entire country but you better not mess with our comfy arrangement”.
re: #163 sagehen
Cirque de Soleil and other humans-only circuses. Which are really a whole lot better…
Here in my corner of Europe, there’s still quite a few running around. They’ll start showing up this spring, when the weather gets a little warmer.
Here’s the most well-known - Cirkus Humberto.
re: #167 b.d.
The state of US news, “we’ll let you f*ck over and ruin the entire country but you better not mess with our comfy arrangement”.
There used to be a swimming pool where the WH Briefing room is now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the pool put back.
re: #158 Bubblehead II
So, I see I can add Todd Starnes to my list of people who have blocked me.
You win!
re: #169 darthstar
There used to be a swimming pool where the WH Briefing room is now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the pool put back.
condos…
re: #172 b.d.
condos…
Wait until you see the golden shower heads they’re putting in the bathroom for the Lincoln Bedroom
re: #168 Dr Lizardo
Here in my corner of Europe, there’s still quite a few running around. They’ll start showing up this spring, when the weather gets a little warmer.
Here’s the most well-known - Cirkus Humberto.
This act was in town recently: Circo Aquatico
re: #162 makeitstop
So, this happened in my little town: Police Find Weapons Stash at Patchogue Home After Traffic Stop: Cops
And Patchogue is kinda the hippie enclave out here. I can’t even imagine what they’re hoarding out in Methland.
In our home-town paper that would read: “Lightly-armed Man Gets Ticket for Marijuana”.
Had to point it out to him. I don’t know why, but I had to.
@TheTrumpenkrieg @undrcoverfather @Soxfan311 @3doorsdown Says the guy with the name “Trumpenkrieg” about not fawning over TV stars.
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) January 15, 2017
re: #162 makeitstop
So, this happened in my little town: Police Find Weapons Stash at Patchogue Home After Traffic Stop: Cops
And Patchogue is kinda the hippie enclave out here. I can’t even imagine what they’re hoarding out in Methland.
So, do they use a lot of patchouli in Patchogue?
Dem senator: Lewis’s comments on Trump were “uncalled for” https://t.co/VXXQKoQZ8b pic.twitter.com/An9dAeG81F
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2017
When you know it’s going to be Manchin before you even click on it. https://t.co/b329uWJPWd
— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 15, 2017
It was.
re: #169 darthstar
There used to be a swimming pool where the WH Briefing room is now. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the pool put back.
With a dunking stool…if the journalist floats kill ‘em they are evil. If they drown, well…they were a good journalist.
re: #178 darthstar
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Schumer and the new DNC head are going to need a Horrible Example to encourage the others. Manchin keeps raising his hand.
re: #180 Decatur Deb
The new DNC head is going to need a Horrible Example to encourage the others. Manchin keeps raising his hand.
If Manchin decides to run for again, the DNC should tell him he won’t get any support if he keeps pulling this kind of shit.
re: #176 GlutenFreeJesus
Had to point it out to him. I don’t know why, but I had to.
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re: #178 darthstar
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Fuck Manchin. Not a word about Trump’s ignorant comments about Lewis and his district.
re: #177 ObserverArt
So, do they use a lot of patchouli in Patchogue?
Not me personally, but you can definitely catch a whiff of it every so often.
On @FaceTheNation, Mike Pence says Trump adviser’s contact with Russia was “strictly coincidental” https://t.co/XVFrsyrKoe pic.twitter.com/2jRKgAbBIT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 15, 2017
uh huh….
re: #180 Decatur Deb
Schumer and the new DNC head are going to need a Horrible Example to encourage the others. Manchin keeps raising his hand.
After the way they forgave and rewarded Joe Lieberman for what he did? Don’t hold your breath.
Here are my MLK Day memes, please Tweet them
MLK on the “Right to Work” Workers beware! RTW is taking your rights away from you! #UniteBlue #tcot #MLKday2017 #TheResistance pic.twitter.com/CRKBRJ6dUb
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 11, 2017
MLK would never support Trump or the Republicans #UniteBlue #tcot #TheResistance #MLKday2017 #MLKDAY https://t.co/QzAsH07N8B pic.twitter.com/eDQnOwlUnQ
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 15, 2017
If Margaret Sanger was “racist” why did Coretta & MLK accept Sanger award? #tcot #MLKDay2017 pic.twitter.com/WWw3jcxoGE https://t.co/26jpo5Tbbm
— Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) January 15, 2017
re: #185 makeitstop
Not me personally, but you can definitely catch a whiff of it every so often.
I prefer the smell of weed.
Paid $1,750.59 in student loan interest in 2016.
re: #190 Resistance Is Not Futile
I prefer the smell of weed.
If you go to the right places, you can get both! :)
It’s going to be raining in DC on Friday.
Yay.
re: #193 Stanley Sea
It’s going to be raining in DC on Friday.
Yay.
Remember when the wingnuts threw a fit about someone holding an umbrella over Obama rather than him holding it himself, those guys are getting the oil changed in their double standard machine at this very moment.
Greets and saluts from the NYC metro area. The drip drip drip you hear isn’t just the melting snow and ice around these parts. It’s the steady stream of conflicts of interest, coincidences that border on collusion, and outright corruption.
Trump’s busy getting ready to gut the safety net, and the GOP is busy gutting the checks and balances that would keep someone as dangerously unhinged, unprepared, and unqualified from harming the nation. Far too many GOPers have put party over nation and their naked political ambitions over the nation’s best interests.
And Trump’s busy diverting attention from all the conflicts they’ve got with Russia. All while funding folks back here in the US to engage in disinformation, agitprop, and chicanery.
Need more proof?
And ultimately O’Keefe is funded by… wait for it… Trump Foundation. https://t.co/zRsPWroldL @MarkRuffalo @HuffPostPol
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) January 15, 2017
That O’Keefe got caught in a sting on trying to sting progressive groups that were looking to demonstrate against the President isn’t bad enough. O’Keefe’s group received funding from the Trump Foundation. Coincidence? Hardly.
And O’Keefe’s plan was to foment violence at those protests, so as to de-legitimize them, and to sow discord for the so-called law and order types who flock to Trump and his message, despite the fact that the US is currently in a period of low crime (in fact, lowest in decades historically, even if there’s some instances where crime rates increased from last year to this year in some areas).
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Funny…stories don’t match up.
Reince Priebus said Flynn contacts many foreign dignitaries daily. Pence said it was happenstance.
Since the stories don’t match between Spence and Priebus I’m gonna go with both are lying.
This shows me the messages today are not being massage by fluffer Kellyanne Conway. They are not on the same script which she is good at making sure happens.
re: #186 Backwoods_Sleuth
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How does one have coincidental contact with Russia?
re: #198 BeachDem
How does one have coincidental contact with Russia?
“I didn’t know she was a prostitute!”
“Those drugs aren’t mine! These aren’t my pants!”
“I was just holding those drugs for someone!”
re: #193 Stanley Sea
It’s going to be raining in DC on Friday.
Yay.
And then the sun will come out again on Saturday…
This Scottish newspaper’s TV preview of Trump’s inauguration is going so viral https://t.co/ruo6I0aRN5 pic.twitter.com/T31iEWkrlY
— DailyEdge (@dailyedge) January 15, 2017
re: #191 Timothy Watson
Paid $1,750.59 in student loan interest in 2016.
It’s a very profitable business.
How long have you been out of school?
re: #101 Alyosha
Broke down, got Netflix.
Watching The Prestige.
Pretty good. Just saw what I can only assume is Bowie playing Nikola Tesla.Neat.
That is by far one of my favorite sci-fi movies. I’ve watched it multiple times and always discover something new each time. Some people compare it to The Illusionist which is pretty good but The Prestige works better in my opinion because of the twists at the end.
re: #203 ObserverArt
It’s a very profitable business.
How long have you been out of school?
I finished my bachelor’s degree in 2012 but I went back to school for a post-baccalaureate certificate in accounting that I finished the beginning of 2016.
Being back in school sent to the old loans into deferment and I made sure to pay off the accumulated interest before it capitalized when the loans went out of deferment.
re: #101 Alyosha
Broke down, got Netflix.
Watching The Prestige.
Pretty good. Just saw what I can only assume is Bowie playing Nikola Tesla.Neat.
It was indeed Bowie playing Tesla.
re: #176 GlutenFreeJesus
Didn’t Trump boast about having his way with women because of his wealth and being able to do “anything to them” including grabbing them by the p*ssy? Surely a Trump supporter hasn’t forgotten that already?
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
That is beyond perfect! Hilarious but scary as hell. This is America right now and it really does feel Twilight Zone-ish but with no Rod Serling-esque commentator to make sense of it all.
Katrina is back:
.@KatrinaPierson: “It wasn’t Russia that told @HillaryClinton to set up a secret server.” pic.twitter.com/xg7gBQP7zq
— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 15, 2017
.@KatrinaPierson: “It wasn’t Russia that told @HillaryClinton to set up a secret server.”
re: #210 Patricia Kayden
That is beyond perfect! Hilarious but scary as hell. This is America right now and it really does feel Twilight Zone-ish but with no Rod Serling-esque commentator to make sense of it all.
If we’re gonna have to live in a vaguely surreal horror film for the foreseeable future, then I choose the world of Scream Blacula Scream. It’s got Pam Grier in all her 1970s glory.
re: #21 teleskiguy
Thanos’ Congressman, I presume. He retweeted it.
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CNN’s @jaketapper: Can you guarantee 400K Kentucky residents covered by ACA will stay covered?Rand Paul: [Long response, doesn’t answer.] pic.twitter.com/A9voFTwDLi
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 15, 2017
CNN’s @jaketapper: Can you guarantee 400K Kentucky residents covered by ACA will stay covered? Rand Paul: [Long response, doesn’t answer.]
Periodic reminder why you should NEVER give The Atlantic a penny:
A new study suggests conservatives may be better looking than liberals. @ckmarie reports: https://t.co/XTAJeaY4xj pic.twitter.com/Wxo7fTnAky
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) January 15, 2017
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
.@ KatrinaPierson: “It wasn’t Russia that told @ HillaryClinton to set up a secret server.”
— Fox News (@ FoxNews) January 15, 2017
Well, yeah, I’m sure Russia would have preferred she used something less secure.
Flummoxed by Trump’s command of word salad, Sarah Palin says, “Hold my beer and watch this”
Sent to speak for saddened democrats who are now frothing at the mouth in greater desperation to silence the voice of the people and delegitimize the election, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) was played as a pawn today. This is unjust and despicable on the part of democrat leaders who just tested political winds.
Liberal operatives are daring Americans to hold Lewis accountable for accusations made on NBC, knowing it’s convenient for them that Trump supporters must follow their new-normal rule and “better not go there.”
re: #217 BeachDem
That’s not word salad. That’s word pudding.
re: #217 BeachDem
Mansour must not be on Sarah’s payroll anymore.
re: #219 Backwoods_Sleuth
Mansour must not be on Sarah’s payroll anymore.
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LOLOLOLOLOLOL
.@Reince: “You didn’t have Republicans questioning whether or not Obama legitimately beat John McCain in 2008.” #ThisWeek pic.twitter.com/nwOA9uKI52
— Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) January 15, 2017
re: #202 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s from the magazine section of today’s Sunday Herald. The writer, Damien Love, often does quite sarcastic write ups in the telly section, (eg calling the wedding of Charles and Camilla “the comedy event of the year”) but I think this is the first that’s gone properly viral. The Herald’s website has a story on it. (Registration required for full story.)
Not a surprise but
I never ever contemplated attending the inauguration or any activities associated w/ @realDonaldTrump. I wouldn’t waste my time.
— Maxine Waters (@MaxineWaters) January 15, 2017
Rep. Maxine Waters confirms she won’t be attending the inauguration: “I wouldn’t waste my time.” https://t.co/yBcqX3b9Xs
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 15, 2017
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Katrina is back:
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re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
That was because there were no underhanded tricks or anything else of that nature going on in that election. Unfortunately there was in this one. :(
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
Katrina is back:
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It feels wrong to upding that, but I needed to for you letting us know. :<
MORE: Donald Trump changes plan to visit Smithsonian Museum of African American History on Martin Luther King Day https://t.co/pw85UvIfmM pic.twitter.com/tsDVlePtHT
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) January 15, 2017
Smithsonian says it never was a plan. Don’t use the word “change” when it was never confirmed. https://t.co/6gpj0CmmiT
— Janet Johnson (@JJohnsonLaw) January 15, 2017
Kellyanne Conway: Details of Russia investigation should be kept secret ‘to protect the public’ https://t.co/zuhobvSVWo #p2 #ctl pic.twitter.com/25sZyZr4fu
— Zaibatsu News 📎 (@ZaibatsuNews) January 15, 2017
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sunshine Laws. If it has to do with the public it must held in a public forum.
re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
She looks like it has been a rough weekend!
The head of Trump’s inauguration says he begs Trump to pay attention to presidential stuff rather than dinner decor: https://t.co/eSXTaahjWX pic.twitter.com/MngQD2Wgtk
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 15, 2017
@StephenKing He is coming pic.twitter.com/LlbJ25E2li
— Linda Collins (@LindaCollins11) January 15, 2017
re: #231 retired cynic
She looks like it has been a rough weekend!
She does not look well. The price she paid for finally running a winning campaign seems to be having the life slowly sucked out of her body.
re: #224 Stanley Sea
Not a surprise but
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re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
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There she is! I knew Kellyanne couldn’t keep quiet for too long.
Is it me, or is she looking a little haggard these days? Maybe the lies are taking their toll.
re: #237 ObserverArt
There she is! I knew Kelly couldn’t keep quiet for too long.
Is it me, or is she looking a little haggard these days? Maybe the lies are taking their toll.
Won’t be long until she’s gonna be looking like this:
re: #238 Dr Lizardo
Won’t be long until she’s gonna be looking like this:
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A blind mouth on a drunken horse.
I can only hope Hillary is attending the inurination because this really has one big joke and Trump will bestow the Presidency onto her.
re: #228 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #229 Backwoods_Sleuth
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re: #241 Timothy Watson
His people tried the same stunt with another museum. That time they demanded the museum close for several hours. Museum told them to take a walk.
re: #84 goddamnedfrank
I’m thrilled with this setup. I still love my Mac for internet / work / photoshop / etc but I’m making up for years of crap game availability.
I’m glad I have enough money to keep my Windows PC up-to-date on hardware so I can use it for gaming.
I bought my a brother a PS4 Pro, Madden, and another controller (when the controller gets back in stock at Amazon) for a belated combo Christmas/birthday gift since he hasn’t had the money to upgrade from the PS3 he has.
While running some errands yesterday afternoon, I heard a report on one of the NYC news radio stations about Jennifer Holiday’s reversal on performing at the inauguration.
It was the same report as I’d seen all day yesterday, with one exception - this report mentioned that she faced ‘enormous pressure from the gay & lesbian community’ to cancel.
I hadn’t seen that anywhere before hearing that report. I’m sensing a gentle push of the narrative among our friends (cough) in the ‘liberal media’ (cough).
re: #241 Timothy Watson
Fucking asshole thought he could use the museum as a photo-op and got told to go fuck himself because they surely already had events planned, not to mention people who have been on a waiting list for tickets for months.
How long before Trump says the Smithsonian needs new management and his people could make a much better museum? He’ll say that was one of the reasons he didn’t go, not up to snuff for a great men like The Don.
Kellyanne Conway: Details of Russia investigation should be kept secret ‘to protect the public’ https://t.co/zuhobvSVWo #p2 #ctl pic.twitter.com/25sZyZr4fu
— Zaibatsu News 📎 (@ZaibatsuNews) January 15, 2017
@ZaibatsuNews Right, “to protect the public.” Snort. If by “public,” you mean Donald Trump and his Russian handlers. https://t.co/QE5bHYQWMG
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 15, 2017
re: #246 ObserverArt
How long before Trump says the Smithsonian needs new management and his people could make a much better museum? He’ll say that was one of the reasons he didn’t go, not up to snuff for a great men like The Don.
And Paul Ryan will propose removing all government funding for the Smithsonian.
re: #243 Backwoods_Sleuth
His people tried the same stunt with another museum. That time they demanded the museum close for several hours. Museum told them to take a walk.
Yep:
Swaine said that campaign staff asked to videotape Trump walking around the museum and requested that the museum shut down for five hours to accommodate his visit.
“We made it known to Mr. Trump’s campaign that we were not going to grant a request of suspending our operations so he could somehow try to legitimize his ideological positions,” Swaine told The News & Observer. “The landmark is very important - it’s not just a political backdrop.”
Oh, and those “economically scared” supporters…
…since news of the museum’s decision broke last week, museum staff members have received threats via phone calls and social media. “The callers were threatening to come over and burn down the building and to shoot up the building,” he said
Came to drop this off for the science geeks:
Straight pole through a curved hole pic.twitter.com/A5rgcsQTOa
— World and Science (@WorldAndScience) January 15, 2017
re: #215 bratwurst
Periodic reminder why you should NEVER give The Atlantic a penny:
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(And the idea that pretty people are more likely to identify as conservative because they perceive the world as “fairer” — i. e. biased toward them — isn’t all that far-fetched, really.
re: #211 Backwoods_Sleuth
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— (((Jeff Furling))) (@FurlingtonJeff) January 15, 2017
Priebus to Obama: ‘Step up’ and quiet Democrats who question Trump’s legitimacy https://t.co/wm5s9kEcKW
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 15, 2017
“Quiet Dems” who question?
No. Never. https://t.co/wrJKE5sd5E— Laffy (@GottaLaff) January 15, 2017
For many years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting. Many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep. IT WILL CHANGE!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
Sure it will, Biff — after you resign and delete your account. Get going. https://t.co/U9pRnFlI6o
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 15, 2017
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Threats? How presidential. Just what we need. ///
Not this shit again:
“Stopped train triggers major political row in Balkans”
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian train halted at the border with Kosovo and bearing signs reading “Kosovo is Serbian,” has fueled a major crisis in the Balkans and escalated a potential Russia-West row over dominance in the heart of the Balkans.
Serbia accused Kosovo’s leaders on Sunday of “wanting war” and warned that it would defend “every inch” of its territory, a day after the train, decorated in Serbian Christian Orthodox symbols and flags, was prevented from entering the neighboring nation.
Kosovo, supported by much of the West, declared independence from Serbia in 2008. But, Serbia and its Slavic Orthodox ally, Russia, do not recognize the split.
Serbia has sought to maintain influence in Kosovo’s north, where most of the country’s Serb minority lives. NATO-led troops have controlled Kosovo’s borders since a three-month air war in 1999 to stop a bloody Serbian crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic issued the warning Sunday after the passenger train, painted in the colors of the red, blue and white Serbian flag, was prevented from crossing into Kosovo, where his government contends ethnic Serbs are under threat from Kosovo Albanians.
“Yesterday, we were on the verge of clashes,” Nikolic said in the strongest rhetoric since the NATO-led troops took control of Kosovo’s borders in 1999.
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said he had contacted the United States and the European Union to express his country’s concerns.
“The time of provocation, conflicts and wars should belong to the past,” Mustafa said, adding that such moves “are unacceptable, unnecessary actions that do not contribute to the normalization of the relations between our two countries.”
Serbia officially is seeking European Union membership, but has lately been sliding toward the Kremlin and its policies to increase its influence in the Balkans. Serbia has strained relations with most of its neighbors — something many analysts believe is a Russian influence…..
re: #256 PhillyPretzel
Threats? How presidential. Just what we need. ///
Beatings will continue until morale improves.
/
re: #257 Barefoot Grin
Not this shit again:
“Stopped train triggers major political row in Balkans”
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian train halted at the border with Kosovo and bearing signs reading “Kosovo is Serbian,” has fueled a major crisis in the Balkans and escalated a potential Russia-West row over dominance in the heart of the Balkans.
Serbia accused Kosovo’s leaders on Sunday of “wanting war” and warned that it would defend “every inch” of its territory, a day after the train, decorated in Serbian Christian Orthodox symbols and flags, was prevented from entering the neighboring nation.
Kosovo, supported by much of the West, declared independence from Serbia in 2008. But, Serbia and its Slavic Orthodox ally, Russia, do not recognize the split.
Serbia has sought to maintain influence in Kosovo’s north, where most of the country’s Serb minority lives. NATO-led troops have controlled Kosovo’s borders since a three-month air war in 1999 to stop a bloody Serbian crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic issued the warning Sunday after the passenger train, painted in the colors of the red, blue and white Serbian flag, was prevented from crossing into Kosovo, where his government contends ethnic Serbs are under threat from Kosovo Albanians.
“Yesterday, we were on the verge of clashes,” Nikolic said in the strongest rhetoric since the NATO-led troops took control of Kosovo’s borders in 1999.
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said he had contacted the United States and the European Union to express his country’s concerns.
“The time of provocation, conflicts and wars should belong to the past,” Mustafa said, adding that such moves “are unacceptable, unnecessary actions that do not contribute to the normalization of the relations between our two countries.”
Serbia officially is seeking European Union membership, but has lately been sliding toward the Kremlin and its policies to increase its influence in the Balkans. Serbia has strained relations with most of its neighbors — something many analysts believe is a Russian influence…..
You don’t even have to wonder who is really behind it.
Just posted a page on Victoria which appears on PBS this evening. littlegreenfootballs.com
re: #247 Charles Johnson
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re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Is anyone going to mention the elephant in the room Reince?
That would be the conjecture you may be the one that was responsible for “The Trump Dossier” at least in it’s first request to be compiled?
Oh uh…UNCOMFORTABLE!
re: #255 Backwoods_Sleuth
Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump
For many years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting. Many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep. IT WILL CHANGE!!!!
2:00 PM - 15 Jan 2017
Is this a fascist threat?
re: #263 ObserverArt
Is this a fascist threat?
Not yet. Trump really thinks he can change things through his force of will. When that doesn’t work he’ll try fascism.
re: #254 Backwoods_Sleuth
Priebus to Obama: ‘Step up’ and quiet Democrats who question Trump’s legitimacy https://t.co/wm5s9kEcKW
— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 15, 2017
Absolutely true
What most gets me is that Trump really seems to be cognitively incapable of imagining just a normal middle-class black neighborhood
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) January 15, 2017
The trick is to remember that Trump’s frame of reference is 1980’s New York as viewed through local NYC media. A stereotype of an extreme. https://t.co/MLjP5R0gXk
— Welcome The Outlaw (@welcomeoutlaw) January 15, 2017
I will be marking inauguration day by tweeting just one word:
SAD!— Moose Allain (@MooseAllain) January 15, 2017
I’m going out in a few minutes, but wanted to drop this off: an article on why Snowden can’t and shouldn’t be pardoned.
(I just hope that would be too raw even for Trump, but I was always an optimist. On the other hand, I’m not sure I’d bet two cents on his life expectancy if he does step away from Putin’s protection.)
Reince could have told Trump to knock of the birtherism when he started it back in 2011. He didn’t do it, and publicly confirmed that he didn’t do it. So he can STFU.
This isn’t accurate … I never said this. RT @usnews: GOP Boss Wants Trump to Shut up on Birther Claims bit.ly
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) April 14, 2011
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#HappeningNow crash near the Odessa exit in Buffalo County, on I-80. Picture taken by Scott Tustin. #BREAKING #Nebraska pic.twitter.com/FV3jt1DZbY
— Ifesinachi Egbosimba (@IfesinachiE) January 15, 2017
.@NSP_TroopC says the crash happened around 8:50am. 2 semis trucks were involved. Dispatch says weather was a factor. Pic frm Mary Gydesen. pic.twitter.com/hO18wQnbH1
— Ifesinachi Egbosimba (@IfesinachiE) January 15, 2017
My favorite tweet of the weekend:
“We have a president elect potentially compromised by a hostile foreign govt. What are you gonna do about it?”
“Take away healthcare.”— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) January 15, 2017
re: #272 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Just got off the phone with @NSP_TroopC. Dispatch says both drivers are ok! No injuries. #BREAKING #nebraska #traffic #newx pic.twitter.com/UBEv4CSEIc
— Ifesinachi Egbosimba (@IfesinachiE) January 15, 2017
Lots of great Trump swag at the Washington DC airport. All made in China and Mexico. pic.twitter.com/83d9fSriW5
— Tom Green (@tomgreenlive) January 15, 2017
Well why not, really? His presidency was also made in another country. https://t.co/BKY0VXL09b
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) January 15, 2017
Even putting aside the whole birther issue, questioning the legitimacy of an election? Certainly Trump has never done THAT!
November 7, 2012 12:41 a.m.
Donald Trump Wins Election Night’s ‘Most Unhinged Conservative’ Award
Long before the popular vote had been finalized — we’re talking hours and hours, if not days — the world’s most celebrated village idiot, Donald Trump, took to Twitter to call for revolution because Obama had won the election without receiving the most votes…
re: #263 ObserverArt
Is this a fascist threat?
Yes. People need to stop looking at these statements as jokes. He’s not kidding.
Damn, if you read the comments from 2012 on that New York Mag article it’s deja vu all over again!
This is also what happened in 2nd debate: an African-American man asked a general question, & Trump specifically replied about inner cities. pic.twitter.com/mgIdtnMu7V
— Taniel (@Taniel) January 15, 2017
gaaaahhhhhh
Thank you to Bob Woodward who said, “That is a garbage document…it never should have been presented…Trump’s right to be upset (angry)…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
about that…Those Intelligence chiefs made a mistake here, & when people make mistakes, they should APOLOGIZE.” Media should also apologize
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
gaaaahhhhhh
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re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
gaaaahhhhhh
@realDonaldTrump. Maybe U should apologize to POTUS 4 all the years U slimmed him w/your birther crap 1st. Then we apologize if shown wrong.
— Bubblehead II (@BubbleheadII) January 15, 2017
Will never happen.
re: #231 retired cynic
She looks like it has been a rough weekend!
She is the living definition of “rough weekend”.
For many years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting. Many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep. IT WILL CHANGE!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
Low acceptance percentage towards Inauguration Day and the most contrasting popular vote.
There’s only one reason why the US are divided. https://t.co/NGmzzXdNJB— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) January 15, 2017
Tex. hunters claiming to be shot by Mexicans actually shot each other https://t.co/Xr9tkNPdml pic.twitter.com/UbMcfQ5Af3
— SFGate (@SFGate) January 15, 2017
Story pushed by Sid Miller, a top Trump adviser on ag policy. https://t.co/5pDcYDEvL2
— DENALI (@timothypmurphy) January 15, 2017
Trumpism, summed up in 3 tweets: pic.twitter.com/i1GYT0DO13
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) January 15, 2017
Liberals can’t talk about issues, so they always rely on smear tactics and slogans. Ism slogans send them into rally mode. https://t.co/SSgWQgBctC
— Scott Richmond (@StockMonger) January 15, 2017
I’m sorry, I must have missed the one time that Trump might have said anything of substance about an issue. https://t.co/GCZnYevbax
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) January 15, 2017
For many years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting. Many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep. IT WILL CHANGE!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 15, 2017
This could be read two ways: 1: Trump is going to stop insulting people or 2: massive persecution of those who won’t conform is coming. https://t.co/ndnzcKCfta
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 15, 2017
Playing Renegade!FemShep in Mass Effect 2, just shot Conrad Verner in the foot.
That was so awesome.
Just in: statement from the @WHCA about this talk of W.H. briefing room changes https://t.co/rZpEpmHpyq pic.twitter.com/J1GljphBpN
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 15, 2017
The fight, @whca, is against the onset of authoritarian rule in the US. Please start working on your statement about that. https://t.co/Tm9rmiN9wN
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 15, 2017
Priebus: Lewis wrong to question Trump’s legitimacy
Stephanopoulos: Trump questioned Obama for years
Priebus: “That’s not the point”
Oh, ok. pic.twitter.com/zIpEIYDTEa— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) January 15, 2017
re: #291 HappyWarrior
Slogan eh? Like Make America Great Again.
Smear tactics: like Birtherism and Emails
re: #294 Backwoods_Sleuth
God, Priebus is such a fucking asshole.
oh dear…
Pro-Trump pastor goes ballistic on CNN: ‘Since when did Russia become a threat?’ https://t.co/j7Huo2hd4A pic.twitter.com/KabVPg5vYe
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 15, 2017
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