Tonight in the Shitshow: Trump Threatens to Sue Steve Bannon for Defamation

PoliticsJanuary 2018 • Views: 33,022

This is really getting good now: Trump attorney sends Bannon cease and desist letter over ‘disparaging’ comments.

Trump attorney Charles Harder said in a statement, “This law firm represents President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. On behalf of our clients, legal notice was issued today to Stephen K. Bannon, that his actions of communicating with author Michael Wolff regarding an upcoming book give rise to numerous legal claims including defamation by libel and slander, and breach of his written confidentiality and non-disparagement agreement with our clients. Legal action is imminent.”

In the letter to Bannon, Harder, writes, “You [Bannon] have breached the Agreement by, among other things, communicating with author Michael Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company [the campaign], disclosing Confidential Information to Mr. Wolff, and making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements to Mr. Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members.”

In the letter, Trump’s attorney says that “remedies for your breach of the agreement include but are not limited to monetary damages” though no dollar amount is disclosed.

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HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 7:53:04pm

JFC just resign you pansy.

darthstar Jan 3, 2018 • 7:54:08pm

As Lawrence just said, if Trump wants, he can sue Bannon…then EVERYTHING gets released.

darthstar Jan 3, 2018 • 7:55:08pm

@realDonaldTrump - So…how’s 2018 shaking out for you so far?

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 7:55:10pm

The lawsuit is a bluff and Bannon should be so lucky to get sued by trump.

Belafon Jan 3, 2018 • 7:56:55pm

If Bannon’s lawyers would set up a separate system of donating, I would donate to them.

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 7:56:55pm

When you were wrong for like decades, I guess the clock can stop a bunch in the right place or something.

This rings true.

BREAKING - Attorneys for President Trump send Steve Bannon a cease and desist letter citing the non disclosure agreement he signed during the campaign https://t.co/jDybwQenJ2

— John Santucci (@JTSantucci) January 4, 2018

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This is presumably to deter others from talking, since Bannon already has. Can’t believe these agreements are enforceable, but it suggests how panicked Trump must be. https://t.co/0uD4swRAHw

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 4, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 7:58:27pm

Got a cease and desist letter from @realDonaldTrump’s lawyers. Threw it in the trash.

— Steve Bannon (@PRESlDENTBANNON) January 4, 2018

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Don't Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos Jan 3, 2018 • 7:59:17pm

Has Bannon already been interviewed by the Mueller team in regards to Russia and Trump’s obstruction of justice? From what little has been revealed by the book so far, it sounds like he would be one hell of a witness for the prosecution.

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 7:59:45pm

re: #5 Belafon

I can probably think of a few causes less needy and worthy but this one would still be up there.

ObserverArt Jan 3, 2018 • 8:00:05pm

Heh, guy on Lawrence just hinted at what I said in the last thread…this move from Trump and his lawyers all gives the book some gravitas and validity.

Heh, now the lawyers are saying “legal action is imminent” which Lawrence says means no action is coming.

And Lawrence is saying the damage is done, the book is the book and can’t be undone.

This is ripe stuff.

Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:00:44pm

Be nice if Bannon is the one who blows up the Trump NDA ban. There must be thousands of people who would love to open up about Trump. Just do it.

FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:00:52pm

Washington state’s attorney general is suing Motel 6, saying workers handed over guest lists to federal immigration agents in violation of state privacy laws https://t.co/ELBYcSKQeV pic.twitter.com/4ImOrfhvN6

— CNN (@CNN) January 4, 2018

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JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:01:48pm

re: #8 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos

If he has, it’s not been made public.

FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:01:48pm

Owner Story: “Winston’s first day on the job” pic.twitter.com/APeVggo1rX

— Fluff Society (@FluffSociety) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 8:01:48pm

re: #12 FormerDirtDart

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Bless him.

teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 8:02:30pm

I made the comments months ago. Do they expect me to build a time machine and go back? It is not even my book.

Cease and desist my ass.

— Steve Bannon (@PRESlDENTBANNON) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:02:30pm

I suggest buying a physical copy of the book so Amazon can’t just zap it from your account, if it comes to that.

mmmirele Jan 3, 2018 • 8:03:59pm

Because I got CL’ed.

re: #177 makeitstop

That particular cow has exited the barn, no?

What’s gonna do, block the release of the book?

Actually, the book can’t be blocked. That’s prior censorship and is almost completely inimical to the First Amendment. There is an argument which could be made about national security, but I don’t think this book qualifies. Plus, that horsie’s out of the barn; some of the press have the book already. (Note: If you work or worked for a three-letter agency, one of the conditions of your employment includes review of your books, but that’s not prior censorship.)

I’m personally wondering if the non-disclosure agreement Bannon signed with “Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.” is void as a matter of public policy? Also, the letter talks about libel but fails to note that Trump is the quintessential public figure and would have to demonstrate “actual malice” to be able to win any damages. (Which is nearly impossible to do.) Also, considering how awful Trump is (and this can be demonstrated on the record), I’m thinking it’s literally impossible to libel the guy.

I’ve asked one of my more astute lawyer buddies in New York about the NDA ~~but it will be tomorrow before I hear back from him, I’m thinking~~. Just as a side note, one of our Republican (!) Arizona legislators filed a bill for consideration in our “meth lab of democracy” to make NDAs for sexual harassment illegal.

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JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:04:20pm

re: #12 FormerDirtDart

Based on great local investigative reporting by our alt-weekly, The Phoenix New Times!

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:08:22pm

re: #10 ObserverArt

Heh, guy on Lawrence just hinted at what I said in the last thread…this move from Trump and his lawyers all gives the book some gravitas and validity.

Heh, now the lawyers are saying “legal action is imminent” which Lawrence says means no action is coming.

And Lawrence is saying the damage is done, the book is the book and can’t be undone.

This is ripe stuff.

You can’t unring a bell, nor can you deny discovery to the lawyers whose guy you are suing.

Panic in the White House.

teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 8:09:39pm

In case you were wondering, here’s what one NDA Trump required a staffer to sign looked like: https://t.co/F1DhfGYg5n

— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:09:52pm

re: #20 austin_blue

I think the story about how he does his stupid hair is the one that bothers him the most.

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:10:00pm

“I am a normal human person. I do not believe in 24-7-365 existential drama. I promise that I will support policies and ideas like a normal human, and not subject your family to a rollercoaster of emotion on the regular.” - how the 2020 democratic nominee should introduce herself

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) January 4, 2018

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makeitstop Jan 3, 2018 • 8:10:14pm

This lawsuit threat is so fucking stupid, I’m genuinely surprised that it doesn’t have Says Who Cohen’s name on it.

An old lefty named Bartcop hipped me to the concept of discovery after a web site I owned got hit with a SLAPP suit by Michael Savage. When our lawyer delivered the list of questions we’d be asking in discovery, Savage dropped the suit like a hot rock.

teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 8:11:26pm

Picked it up and wiped my ass with it.

— Steve Bannon (@PRESlDENTBANNON) January 4, 2018

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JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:11:52pm

And in classic Trumpian ‘threaten first, think later’ fashion: if he did sue, and if Bannon did successfully defend himself, think of the message it would send to, say, people with access to Apprentice outtakes …

— Josh Chafetz (@joshchafetz) January 4, 2018

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goddamnedfrank Jan 3, 2018 • 8:13:14pm

Good luck with that lawsuit.

In his book, Wolff writes that Trump encouraged White House cooperation with the author.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:14:24pm

re: #27 goddamnedfrank

Good luck with that lawsuit.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Not enough popcorn in the world.

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:14:33pm

Oh dear!

This correction is just remarkable (and it’s a great, well reported story too) https://t.co/Bh1UgbTdSB pic.twitter.com/dysNtdeYv1

— Ben Jacobs (@Bencjacobs) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:15:36pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Dumbo would have worked too.

HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 8:16:47pm

re: #27 goddamnedfrank

Good luck with that lawsuit.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh that’s just great. He probably was dumb enough to think they’d all speak glowingly of him. What a dumbass.

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:17:49pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Oh dear!

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Too sweet! It’s like a Bob Newhart episode; “I’m Fredo, this is my brother-in-law Fredo, and this is my other brother-in-law Fredo.”

HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 8:18:08pm

re: #29 JordanRules

Oh dear!

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Jared is more like Tom Hagen if Tom were stupid. Don Jr is Fredo.

gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:19:25pm

Trump lawyer sends Bannon ‘cease and desist’ letter https://t.co/HlzwSUEXmX pic.twitter.com/3S0p80EZtY

— POLITICO (@politico) January 4, 2018

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🎵 Well, I went home with the waitress 🎶
The way I always do 🎶🎶🎶
🎵 How was I to know 🎶
She was with the Russians, too… 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶 https://t.co/FCQARVsuqZ

— Al Giordano (@AlGiordano) January 4, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 8:20:01pm

The shitshow in Trumpworld got me all like

#Goals pic.twitter.com/VNoDNlGImZ

— Snowbird (@Snowbird) January 4, 2018

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coin operated Jan 3, 2018 • 8:22:05pm

Discovery in this lawsuit made public…

Oh please…oh please…oh please!!!

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:22:32pm

re: #32 austin_blue

Ha!
I do believe Larry, Darryl and Darryl are smarter than this bunch.

Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:23:04pm

Nice job, shithead.

Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country - CNBC

coin operated Jan 3, 2018 • 8:24:07pm

re: #38 Skip Intro

Got link?

Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:25:03pm

re: #39 coin operated

I got it from the IOS CNBC app.

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:25:29pm

re: #34 gocart mozart

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🎶Now I’m hiding in Honduras

I’m a desperate man

Send lawyers, guns, and money

The shit has hit the fan

Hup!🎶

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:26:16pm

Pretty slow news day overall.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 8:26:32pm

re: #38 Skip Intro

Nice job, shithead.

Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country - CNBC

He loves to talk about how the Chinese love him. Well yeah, he’s doing all he can to ensure they become a major player. He’s too in love with himself to see that though.

Skip Intro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:28:46pm

re: #39 coin operated

cnbc.com

jaunte Jan 3, 2018 • 8:28:58pm

I’ve been offline working for a few hours. Anything new going on?

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:29:40pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

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@Green_Footballs
Pretty slow news day overall.
10:25 PM - Jan 3, 2018

Yup. Lots of “Pet Of The Week” articles, Eagle Scout announcements, and road construction notices. Typical New Year news stuff when people are recovering from the Holidays.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:29:55pm

re: #44 Skip Intro

cnbc.com

Starting just as I predicted. More countries will join Pakistan in dumping the dollar…

makeitstop Jan 3, 2018 • 8:29:58pm

re: #38 Skip Intro

Nice job, shithead.

Pakistan is ditching the dollar for trade with China — 24 hours after Trump denounced the country - CNBC

24 hour rule might be prudent.

I just did a search, and the returns were, in order:

RT
express.co.uk
Inforwars
valuewalk
zerohedge
opednews

I know you said CNBC, but there are literally zero major news orgs on the record with this yet.

gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:30:51pm

Kushner is Fredo! Trump is Fredor! The whole administration is Fredos! It’s Fredos all the way down!https://t.co/uXPw0cEQlo

— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 4, 2018

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allegro Jan 3, 2018 • 8:31:04pm

re: #35 teleskiguy

The shitshow in Trumpworld got me all like

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gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:31:52pm

Trump’s S.O.P. It appears those involved in his campaign signed non disclosure agreements (NDOs) like all his employees he’s silenced over his career. But an NDO would conflict w/ the Presidential Records Act so would be illegal for the White House staff. https://t.co/pF0vM0dLuI pic.twitter.com/BO49mrAG1g

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) January 4, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 3, 2018 • 8:32:50pm

RELEVANT MEMORY -

USA TODAY investigation found that Trump had filled 3,500 lawsuits during his career.

3500.https://t.co/83pZ7MTp1p

(by @npenzenstadler and @SusanPage)

— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) January 4, 2018

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coin operated Jan 3, 2018 • 8:32:54pm

re: #44 Skip Intro

Thank you sir!!!

VegasGolfer Jan 3, 2018 • 8:33:35pm

Golfed all day and had dinner with friends from Ca. Only news I checked today was what happened with how the stock market did today.
I’m exhausted from catching up on today’s other events.

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:35:42pm

Sgt. 1st Class Mihail Golin, 34, moved to the United States in 2004 from Latvia, and joined the Army a few months later.

He was on his fourth combat deployment when he was killed Monday in Afghanistan.

RIP.https://t.co/UpN54VFjEp pic.twitter.com/6PWtFY2n5u

— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) January 3, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:36:04pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

Pretty slow news day overall.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 4, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:36:45pm

re: #54 VegasGolfer

Golfed all day and had dinner with friends from Ca. Only news I checked today was what happened with how the stock market did today.
I’m exhausted from catching up on today’s other events.

Oh, strap in! Given the threats and bombast being tossed around, you have just begun to catch up. Wait until you see this shitshow absolutely explode tomorrow.

The game is afoot and it is totally GAME ON.

HappyWarrior Jan 3, 2018 • 8:37:20pm

re: #55 JordanRules

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RIP.

gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:37:49pm

From Fire and Fury, here’s Trump on his friends’ wives —> pic.twitter.com/9imNBaSqm1

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) January 3, 2018

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So this is why Roseanne loves Trump and hates me…..😽 https://t.co/u5uxqWISIO

— Tom Arnold (@TomArnold) January 4, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jan 3, 2018 • 8:39:01pm

re: #48 makeitstop

24 hour rule might be prudent.

I just did a search, and the returns were, in order:

RT
express.co.uk
Inforwars
valuewalk
zerohedge
opednews

I know you said CNBC, but there are literally zero major news orgs on the record with this yet.

The South China Morning Post covers the story thusly:

scmp.com

Also, Reuters reported Pakistan was considering it last month.
reuters.com

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:39:26pm

Nope. Sadly, this is not a joke. https://t.co/74OU4tElX5

— Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) January 4, 2018

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Oh FFS!
The nerve. Lady your family just beat up and tried to shoot each other.

VegasGolfer Jan 3, 2018 • 8:41:13pm

re: #57 austin_blue

Lol. Tomorrow I’m meeting some of my retired buddies for lunch and drinking. I suspect there will be lots of alcohol flowing after what could happen in the morning.

Jay C Jan 3, 2018 • 8:41:41pm

Amazingly, Bill Kristol and John Dean both seem to be on the same side: the right one, for a change. All those NDA’s for anybody and everybody that Trump has depended on to keep the embarrassments (and hinkier stuff) quiet about his businesses (and political crap)? I’m guessing the Trump Organization has used its considerable legal resources to enforce them - via threats, I’m sure. I’m NOT so sure, though, that that’s going to be enough when the Asshole-in-Chief is now POTUS, and a considerable amount, one presumes, of the “non-disclosable” stuff is, or may soon be, the subject of criminal investigations.
And if one “Trump NDA” can be legally invalidated, why not all of them?*

* IANAL, clarification will be gratefully accepted

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:43:09pm

re: #55 JordanRules

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That’s an impressive set of salad on his chest. Unlike a certain Sheriff, he earned every bit of that bling.

Rest in Peace, warrior. Peace be to your family. Your adopted country owes you a debt of gratitude for your service that is hard to absorb or understand. Not starting as one of us, you became one of the best of us.

Heartbreaking.

Stanley Sea Jan 3, 2018 • 8:43:21pm

re: #61 JordanRules

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Oh FFS!
The nerve. Lady your family just beat up and tried to shoot each other.

Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods

gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:43:30pm

So excited for Monday’s “MOST DISHONEST & CORRUPT MEDIA AWARDS OF THE YEAR!” See you on the red carpet, @AndersonCooper! #TheFakies pic.twitter.com/r8pYCj0g9r

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 4, 2018

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I am hosting the red carpet. Please stop at my mani cam!!!

— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) January 4, 2018

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gocart mozart Jan 3, 2018 • 8:44:03pm

re: #61 JordanRules

https://t.co/L0WfHWnMR2

— Floppy Boot Stomp (@the_edwin_mix) January 4, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jan 3, 2018 • 8:45:03pm

re: #60 wheat-dogg

IOW Pakistan did not make this decision because of Trump’s tweet. They made up their mind about it last month.

Dawn is the English-language newspaper of Pakistan. dawn.com

JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 8:45:07pm

re: #64 austin_blue

Wonderfully expressed ab!

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:45:42pm

.@SarahPalinUSA and a whole lot of delusional right wing knuckleheads now totally believe Chelsea Clinton is a Satanist.

Sadly, this is not a joke. pic.twitter.com/68PJnpjVyS

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 4, 2018

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goddamnedfrank Jan 3, 2018 • 8:46:02pm

Shit’s getting real yo.

Chapter 13

As Steve methodically filled up yet another hot tub with acid his sweaty lips slowly formed the words of the daemonic incantation. An eldritch, purple mist began to envelope the land and the crickets fell silent as Bannon’s “liver” opened its impossibly ancient eyes.

— Photon Herder (@goddamnedfrank) January 4, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:47:23pm

re: #69 JordanRules

Wonderfully expressed ab!

He deserves it, in spades.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:47:30pm

re: #61 JordanRules

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Oh FFS!
The nerve. Lady your family just beat up and tried to shoot each other.

Yes, but Franky Graham KKKraKKKer and his fellow Pulpit Pimps will reply that Jay-Zuss forgives the Palin family because they’re KKKristians…unlike them Gawdless Clintons…

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:48:07pm

BREAKINGINFOALERT•COM!

Lol. Seems legit.

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 4, 2018

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goddamnedfrank Jan 3, 2018 • 8:50:17pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

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I knew this was going to happen. I assume since she’s not stupid so did Chelsea. Her choosing to be polite to the CoS was refreshingly brave.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:50:37pm

re: #74 Charles Johnson

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Charles, my brainwashed family has always believed the Clintons are Satan worshippers ever since Pat Robertson uttered that bullshit on his ~~666~~, er, 700 Club in 1991…

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:52:26pm

re: #75 goddamnedfrank

I knew this was going to happen. I assume since she’s not stupid so did Chelsea. Her choosing to be polite to the CoS was refreshingly brave.

It’s a masterful piece of trolling.

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 8:52:45pm

Stunning statement from Kris Kobach to AP on dissolution of Trump voter fraud commission: “The Democrats lost their opportunity, lost their seat at the table, by stonewalling.”

Democrats were asking Kobach when the next meetings were and to turn over relevant planning docs

— Sam Levine (@srl) January 4, 2018

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No worse human being in public life in America than Kris Kobach https://t.co/mqApFmtQuc

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) January 4, 2018

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Fact check: true. https://t.co/3DHZybdatA

— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 4, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:53:02pm

re: #76 Joe Bacon 🌹

Charles, my brainwashed family has always believed the Clintons are Satan worshippers ever since Pat Robertson uttered that bullshit on his ~~666~~, er, 700 Club in 1991…

Well, I always wondered about Chelsea’s little tiny forked tail…

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:54:02pm

Looked at the latest 10 day forecast for Los Angeles from the Weather Channel. Now it shows a 70% chance of rain next Tuesday. Hurry up, rain we need you!

Ace Rothstein Jan 3, 2018 • 8:54:05pm

re: #70 Charles Johnson

That building that Kushner is up to his eyeballs in a billion dollars in debt is at 666 Fifth Avenue. Just sayin’.

Stanley Sea Jan 3, 2018 • 8:54:28pm

I don’t care if it’s tiresome to say it: if a Dem president were acting this way, Republicans would be calling for SEAL teams to seize the White House.

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 4, 2018

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:56:26pm

i know how to pay for flint’s water pipe replacement - bottle flint’s contaminated water and sell it to dumb rich people for $29/gal, use the profit to fix flint’s pipes and split the rest among the residents. maybe the free market is good after all

— 🌹That’s My Cheese Monster🌹 (@mycheesemonster) January 3, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 8:57:22pm

Where are the voices of all the leaders who know an independent Department of Justice and FBI are essential to our liberty? “You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.” — Martin Luther

— James Comey (@Comey) January 3, 2018

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You wrote a letter to make sure she wasn’t elected, Jim. https://t.co/WTU4MnzkYm

— Dennis Mersereau (@wxdam) January 4, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 8:58:33pm

Norman Ornstein
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@NormOrnstein
No worse human being in public life in America than Kris Kobach

Stunning statement from Kris Kobach to AP on dissolution of Trump voter fraud commission: “The Democrats lost their opportunity, lost their seat at the table, by stonewalling.”

Democrats were asking Kobach when the next meetings were and to turn over relevant planning docs

— Sam Levine (@srl) January 4, 2018

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…
10:31 PM - Jan 3, 2018

Oh, I don’t know…

I can, just off the top of my head, think of a certain Obese Cheetoh Jizztrumpet that might qualify, given that he’s got the Nuclear Football sitting next to him EVERY FUCKING MINUTE.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 8:59:22pm

We’re waiting for you to apologize to Hillary for what you did not only to her but what you’ve done to 9 million kids who lost their health insurance and 13 million adults who will also lose their health care!

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) January 4, 2018

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JordanRules Jan 3, 2018 • 9:02:27pm

Saw this guy in Nashville a while back. He seems to have realigned from Trumpism to a less destructive vice. pic.twitter.com/zQExJ1Lh4t

— KBD (@kbdoeden) January 4, 2018

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jaunte Jan 3, 2018 • 9:02:44pm

Law enforcement shld NOT be independent of constitutional oversight. Like the military, FBI/DOJ accountability to ELECTED leaders is essential for liberty. We are ACCOUNTABLE to the PEOPLE in our representative govt. Hoover FBI was unaccountable/did great harm w abuses of power

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) January 3, 2018

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Correct. But law enforcement SHOULD be independent of political interference. And presidential meddling. ELECTED leaders are not to direct whom to prosecute and whom to protect. As the Chairman well knows. https://t.co/EQciGQfPcR

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) January 4, 2018

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allegro Jan 3, 2018 • 9:03:08pm

re: #84 teleskiguy

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Good. I am not forgetting this and I’m glad others are not letting it go too. Comey is trying to redeem but fuck that shit. He has to own up and pay first.

jaunte Jan 3, 2018 • 9:03:35pm

If you had any questions about just how intellectually dishonest Chuck Grassley was.

austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 9:06:28pm

re: #90 jaunte

If you had any questions about just how intellectually dishonest Chuck Grassley was.

Bharara rammed the law right up his ass, didn’t he? Good for Preep.

Eclectic Cyborg Jan 3, 2018 • 9:06:45pm

re: #74 Charles Johnson

Reminds me of CCJs old tricks: BREAKING!! EXCLUSIVE!!

Charles Johnson Jan 3, 2018 • 9:08:10pm

The real joke is how we all predicted his would be the outcome, and then poof! As if custom ordered.

— The Church Of Satan (@ChurchofSatan) January 4, 2018

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 3, 2018 • 9:10:21pm

The 6 AM Trump tweets tomorrow are going to be nuts…even moreso than usual.

FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 9:10:39pm

I assume Amazon will be delivering a few dozen copies of Fire and Fury to Mueller’s team any day now, if they haven’t already arrived.

So here’s one bit of reporting in the new Michael Wolff book that might be worth putting a bookmark in… pic.twitter.com/bsPPBNt47i

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) January 4, 2018

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William Lewis Jan 3, 2018 • 9:10:54pm

re: #64 austin_blue

That’s an impressive set of salad on his chest. Unlike a certain Sheriff, he earned every bit of that bling.

Rest in Peace, warrior. Peace be to your family. Your adopted country owes you a debt of gratitude for your service that is hard to absorb or understand. Not starting as one of us, you became one of the best of us.

Heartbreaking.

2 awards of the purple heart, a couple of ArComs & AAMs, the CIB, & his qualification as a Special Forces soldier. The accomplishments of 12 ~ 13 years of a man’s life serving the country he’d moved to. God bless him and those he left behind.

Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 3, 2018 • 9:22:34pm

What Kompromat does Putin have on you?

— josephebacon 🌹 (@josephebacon) January 4, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 9:23:31pm

re: #94 Eclectic Cyborg

The 6 AM Trump tweets tomorrow are going to be nuts…even moreso than usual.

mmmirele Jan 3, 2018 • 9:24:14pm

re: #61 JordanRules

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Oh FFS!
The nerve. Lady your family just beat up and tried to shoot each other.

It’s also inaccurate as hell. Baphomet is the symbol of The Satanic Temple. Chelsea Clinton exchanged tweets with the Church of Satan, which is the outfit founded by Anton LaVey.

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electrotek Jan 3, 2018 • 9:29:13pm

Tomorrow marks the 7th anniversary of Pakistan politician Salman Taseer’s brutal murder. We all can agree that a lot of politicians are pieces of shit, but he was a selfless Muslim man who sacrificed his life to ensure that a poor and beleaguered Christian woman falsely accused of blasphemy lives:

I cried so hard when #SalmanTaseer was brutally murdered for merely defending a poor Christian woman falsely accused of blasphemy. 7 years later those tears continue to flow unabated, he was the ONLY Pakistan politician I had respect for, and was a courageous man

— دانیال (@danja84) January 4, 2018

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To you all you Islamophobic pricks, he was a MUSLIM man who paid a dear price with his life to ensure a Christian woman would live, so before you start spewing hatred about Muslims, think of Salman Taseer and the sacrifices he made that you lot are too cowardly to do so

— دانیال (@danja84) January 4, 2018

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Mumtaz Qadri supporters are no different from Da’esh/ISIS supporters and they need to be treated like the filthy cockroaches they are and Inshallah those filthy savages will all be wiped out soon.

— دانیال (@danja84) January 4, 2018

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I usually don’t get emotional about a lot of politicians, but there are those that deserve my utmost praise and defense for the good they’ve done: Salman Taseer and Jo Cox.

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Scottish Dragon Jan 3, 2018 • 9:30:22pm

Jesus….another day in Trump’s America.

washingtonpost.com

Newly returned search warrants reveal a harrowing scene inside a home in Reston, Va., where police say a couple were shot and killed in late December by a 17-year-old who they believed was espousing neo-Nazi views to their daughter.

Investigators wrote that they recovered 10 cartridge cases, a knife and hammer from the home of Scott Fricker, 48, and Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, 43. They also found what appeared to be blood stains on a hallway wall, on a bedroom wall, on a bedroom door and on a hallway floor, among other locations.

One search warrant states bullet fragments and holes were found in an office, in a ceiling and in a hallway.

One search warrant also states the suspect in the case was a juvenile offender, but does not detail his conviction or convictions. The Washington Post generally does not name juveniles charged with crimes, unless they are charged as adults.

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William Lewis Jan 3, 2018 • 9:34:25pm

Good night all. Time to wander off for the night.

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ckkatz Jan 3, 2018 • 9:35:02pm

re: #101 Scottish Dragon

About a mile from my house. :(

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allegro Jan 3, 2018 • 9:36:51pm

All these years in the humid sub-tropics of Houston made me forget the joys of electrified long hair… until now in the unusual dryness of arctic winter. It’s like my head is at the center of one of these…

My hairs have life and are sticking to objects like pillows and walls. Crackling and alive. Clinging to my face in a quite annoying manner. Pony tail holders are not enough to prevent the hairs from wrapping around my own neck, perchance to squeeze in evil intent. Seeking out the cats trying only to snuggle who are all WTF are these fine white tendrils attempting to extract my feline essence. Mom, fetch the coconut oil now to neutralize the force!

It’s one of those nights.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 9:38:29pm

BREAKING: Amtrak train derails in Savannah with more than 300 passengers on board https://t.co/xVw0KKerif pic.twitter.com/yoBmKhRebi

— AJC (@ajc) January 4, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jan 3, 2018 • 9:39:13pm

re: #104 allegro

All these years in the humid sub-tropics of Houston made me forget the joys of electrified long hair… until now in the unusual dryness of arctic winter. It’s like my head is at the center of one of these…

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My hairs have life and are sticking to objects like pillows and walls. Crackling and alive. Clinging to my face in a quite annoying manner. Pony tail holders are not enough to prevent the hairs from wrapping around my own neck, perchance to squeeze in evil intent. Seeking out the cats trying only to snuggle who are all WTF are these fine white tendrils attempting to extract my feline essence. Mom, fetch the coconut oil now to neutralize the force!

It’s one of those nights.

I make tiny lightning storms every time I get into or out of bed. I guess the sheets are a polyester/cotton blend.

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retired cynic Jan 3, 2018 • 9:39:46pm

re: #105 FormerDirtDart

Oh no!

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 9:41:36pm

re: #101 Scottish Dragon

Jesus….

washingtonpost.com

Yup, these Neo-Nazis are just misunderstood. Not dangerous at all. Not domestic terrorists who have been radicalized by the Daily Stormer and other similar sites.

Let’s just move on and discuss the Real Threat of Muslims in the US.

((Not enough sarc tags in the world))

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BeachDem Jan 3, 2018 • 9:42:07pm

re: #52 Stanley Sea

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Eclectic Cyborg Jan 3, 2018 • 9:42:14pm

Wow, rough few weeks for Amtrak.

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ckkatz Jan 3, 2018 • 9:42:42pm

re: #105 FormerDirtDart

Good to hear that nobody was hurt.

Off Topic - Some scholars have blamed the completion of the Savannah-Charleston Rail line for causing the Civil War.

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 9:44:38pm

re: #107 retired cynic

Oh no!

Not to worry. No injuries:

savannahnow.com

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retired cynic Jan 3, 2018 • 9:45:45pm

re: #112 austin_blue

Not to worry. No injuries:

savannahnow.com

Thanks. Have friends there.

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electrotek Jan 3, 2018 • 9:50:11pm

This should confuse Trump even more:

Islamic State in Sinai video shows execution of alleged Hamas collaborator as it calls on its followers to attack the group. Accuses Hamas of betraying Palestinians by imprisoning Salafis and allowing U.S. Jerusalem to happen. Also criticizes its efforts to seek Iranian funding. pic.twitter.com/6LrCQNKCsv

— Loveday Morris (@LovedayM) January 3, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 9:54:15pm

re: #110 Eclectic Cyborg

Wow, rough few weeks for Amtrak.

Silver Meteor or Silver Express.

Ice/Snow on the tracks? A frozen point? (That’s a switch in the US.) Apparently a low speed incident at the station. No worries. Sucks for the passengers going north, though.

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Kragar Jan 3, 2018 • 9:55:12pm

transcendence arrives early this year pic.twitter.com/yNBJFge4dn

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 4, 2018

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austin_blue Jan 3, 2018 • 10:07:47pm

Slow news day, eh?

The White House is going to blow up tomorrow. Trump’s reaction to bad news is to punch people in the mouth.

He just can’t let this go. If his people were smart, they’d have hit him with a dose of aerosol Thorazine and wrapped him in a white coat. But they didn’t.

Dog help us all, as this is getting really tense. The maniac in the White House is a cornered wolverine. There is no indication his staff can control him. And he’s got a mouthful of teeth and fears nothing because he’s also a fucking idiot.

I’m off for the rack. Sweet scaly dreams. What a day.

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BeachDem Jan 3, 2018 • 10:11:26pm

re: #78 Charles Johnson

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Targetpractice Jan 3, 2018 • 10:11:32pm

Greetings from Ice Station Zebra, the white-out is in full effect and there’s no end in sight. Where yesterday they were talking 4-6”, today the local weather guessers are suggesting 8”-12” before noon. I’m not gonna say it’s bad out there, but I swear I just saw some White Walkers walking by.

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 10:16:38pm

GLUH!!!

Stephen Uses Trump’s Global Warming Logic Against Him

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Kragar Jan 3, 2018 • 10:16:51pm

Scathing book is released

Normal WH: “People always tell these kind of stories. They’re just trying to sell books.”

Trump WH: “LIES! ALL LIES! BANNON IS A FUCKING LOSER! HE VIOLATED AN NDA! WE’LL MAKE THAT S.O.B. PAY!”

Great job guys. pic.twitter.com/IoKd1RoaTJ

— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 4, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 10:24:24pm

Facebook Post

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GrantS Jan 3, 2018 • 10:26:45pm

The first 11 1/2 months have felt like years, but I have a feeling the next 1/2 month will feel like a year all by itself.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 10:33:06pm

They keep referring to it as a “massive space lab”, but, it’s only around 1/9th the mass of Skylab. Still, it would likely ruin your day.
Return expected sometime around March

19,000-pound Chinese space station falling “uncontrolled” back to Earth https://t.co/fKDkSRrRb9 pic.twitter.com/LH36Dw7p87

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 4, 2018

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“… According to reports, there is only a 1-in-10,000 chance that the massive space lab will actually crash into a populated area and damage buildings. While the odds are slim, scientists have only been able to narrow the crash zone down to between the 43° North and 43° South latitudes; an area that still includes parts of every inhabited continent on Earth. …”

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FormerDirtDart Jan 3, 2018 • 10:35:51pm

“Pro-life” Jeff Sessions is literally seeking to impose physical violence on an undocumented minor who obtained an abortion. https://t.co/62H5FCKiNa pic.twitter.com/rbiuhZtZiq

— sean. (@SeanMcElwee) January 4, 2018

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electrotek Jan 3, 2018 • 10:38:40pm

Report this prick for praising the murder of Salman Taseer:

Yes he can’t be replaced as no True Muslim wants to be like him. Jahannumi bastard.

— Mohammad Sajid (@Saj_Qureshi) January 3, 2018

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He was a gustakh e Rasool ﷺ and he got what he deserved. Mubasher you should have some sharam and ghairat before retweeting this tweet.

— Mohammad Sajid (@Saj_Qureshi) January 3, 2018

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Targetpractice Jan 3, 2018 • 10:43:17pm

re: #124 FormerDirtDart

They keep referring to it as a “massive space lab”, but, it’s only around 1/9th the mass of Skylab. Still, it would likely ruin your day.
Return expected sometime around March

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Would it be wrong to wish for it to land on Mar-a-Lago?

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 10:51:50pm

2017 DONALD J. TRUMP: “I hire all the best people.”

2018 DONALD J. TRUMP: “Everyone I hired were incompetent liars.”

— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 4, 2018

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TedStriker Jan 3, 2018 • 11:26:01pm

re: #127 Targetpractice

Would it be wrong to wish for it to land on Mar-a-Lago?

On Trump’s head would be cosmic karma.

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teleskiguy Jan 3, 2018 • 11:26:24pm

There is no snow on the high peaks of the northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains in Colorado. It’s the first week of January.

Flickr

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 12:01:00am

Small blue marble, smaller gray one

Asteroid-Bound Spacecraft Snaps Color Pic of Earth and Moon https://t.co/OSOT2qBSGC pic.twitter.com/enP4f2GCW0

— space.com (@SPACEdotcom) January 4, 2018

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teleskiguy Jan 4, 2018 • 12:50:14am

Hey Houstonians, a couple of brave knuckleheads BASE jumped NRG Stadium. Highly illegal I’d imagine. Still, these dudes carry their balls around in a wheelbarrow. They filmed it.

Shenanigans! BASE Jump into Stadium

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 12:53:21am

Archaeologists discover an early American immigrant, one of the first humans to cross what is now the Bering Strait about 11,000 years ago.

bbc.com

Genetics suggest the child belonged to the progenitors of Native Americans and First Nations. IOW these early Alaskans were midway between the Siberian peoples and the later American peoples.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 1:14:59am

re: #132 teleskiguy

Not for me. Nope.

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 4, 2018 • 2:32:23am

re: #21 teleskiguy

In case you were wondering, here’s what one NDA Trump required a staffer to sign looked like:

can Trump demand that his appointees to government positions sign such an agreement?

I guess he thought so or he would not have accepted the office…

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Single-handed sailor Jan 4, 2018 • 2:44:46am

Earthquake, no magnitude or location yet.

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Single-handed sailor Jan 4, 2018 • 2:46:44am

Mag 4.7, 3.3km ESE of Berkeley.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 3:04:06am

re: #135 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

can Trump demand that his appointees to government positions sign such an agreement?

I guess he thought so or he would not have accepted the office…

As far as I know, those kind of NDAs are not enforceable for public servants. So, if anyone was on the federal payroll, the NDAs are non-binding.

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 3:23:58am

Best this morning…. Morning all.

It’s like a slot machine that comes up three assholes.

(All of whom have blocked me on here…because they’re very alpha.)

— Kirk Rudell (@krudell) January 4, 2018

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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light)) Jan 4, 2018 • 4:00:15am

re: #51 gocart mozart

Trump’s S.O.P. It appears those involved in his campaign signed non disclosure agreements (NDOs) like all his employees he’s silenced over his career. But an NDO would conflict w/ the Presidential Records Act so would be illegal for the White House staff.

I really believe that DT thought he could get all his government appointees to sign lifetime NDOs

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 4:13:41am

Good Morning from Philly. Right now it is snowing and we have windy conditions too.
weather.gov

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 4:32:48am

I love how the “anti PC” Right is flipping over Chelsea’s tweet after many of them defended Trumps stupid button tweet as “humor”. She obviously is having fun since she and her folks have been called Satanic and included in RTs at the CoS. And honestly the CoS believes in some pretty benign stuff. The person running the Twitter of it seems like they have a sense of humor as does Chelsea.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 4:34:49am

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 4:35:05am

It’s awake.

With all of the failed “experts” weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between North and South Korea right now if I wasn’t firm, strong and willing to commit our total “might” against the North. Fools, but talks are a good thing!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 4:37:18am

re: #144 wheat-dogg

It’s awake.

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Always eager to take credit for crap he has nothing to do with.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 4:46:20am

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 4:52:09am

re: #146 The Vicious Babushka

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Colère Tueur de Lapin Jan 4, 2018 • 4:52:55am

It’s cold down there, too, though not quite as cold.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 5:11:31am

If nothing else, you have to appreciate the profound mental gymnastics required to believe in conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton while not believing readily observable things about Donald Trump.

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 4, 2018

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Scout Jan 4, 2018 • 5:25:07am

If Bannon was such a nonentity, why did Trump put him on the National Security Council?

Also, who says this (from Trump’s official statement)? “often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party” Now that’s a laugh.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 5:30:28am

“Don’t say it, sing it!” After losing his belongings in Hurricane Harvey, a tire store manager in Texas was blown away by a brand new Gibson guitar from his employees. https://t.co/Wjy4Ojkjjz pic.twitter.com/pCjBBFpQ6Z

— ABC News (@ABC) January 4, 2018

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 5:30:31am

Snowing like a bastard here on LI, with high winds. Conditions outside my window are semi-whiteout.

Good thing we don’t need to go anywhere today. It’s going to get really bad from the look of it.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 5:32:43am

re: #152 makeitstop

Snowing like a bastard here on LI, with high winds. Conditions outside my window are semi-whiteout.

Good thing we don’t need to go anywhere today. It’s going to get really bad from the look of it.

Batten down the hatches!

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 5:36:30am

re: #153 wheat-dogg

Batten down the hatches!

Oh, they’re battened.

Even our dog, who is the biggest snow dog ever, couldn’t wait to finish his business and get back inside this morning.

We’ve only got 2 or 3 inches of snow at this point, but I’m expecting it to pile up quick before afternoon.

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Fineday Jan 4, 2018 • 5:37:13am

re: #152 makeitstop

Snowing like a bastard here on LI, with high winds. Conditions outside my window are semi-whiteout.

Good thing we don’t need to go anywhere today. It’s going to get really bad from the look of it.

Stay warm and stay safe!

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 5:37:24am

re: #152 makeitstop

Wind and snow here in Philly. The wind is blowing the snow around I cannot tell how much has fallen.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 5:39:35am

The author of the new Trump exposé taped many of the interviews.

axios.com

Axios also claims that Wolff hosted a dinner with Roger Ailes and Steve Bannon as guests, and that’s how he knows what they talked about.

Some journos are going to claim that the book research is sloppy or that Wolff plays loose with the facts, but IMO Wolff has covered his ass as much as possible, given that the main focus is the litigious Donald Trump. If anything, he has forced Trump & Co into the uncomfortable position of refuting the book with something approaching facts, which a variety of others can easily contradict.

So, now Trump can fret about two things: the Mueller investigation and the Wolff exposé.

Good.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:40:00am

It was the first time he’s seen another orange creature in the wild. “I’m not alone!” he cried.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 5:42:48am

re: #158 darthstar

Why am I not surprised? The uncouth one has no idea how government runs on any level.

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 5:45:03am

Our Fair City has announced that applicants for next Summer’s lifeguard jobs should get their applications ready.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:45:51am

re: #157 wheat-dogg

Axios also claims that Wolff hosted a dinner with Roger Ailes and Steve Bannon as guests, and that’s how he knows what they talked about.

Drink all you want. I’ve got room for everyone to stay the night if necessary.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:46:28am

re: #159 PhillyPretzel

Why am I not surprised? The uncouth one has no idea how government runs on any level.

He also doesn’t pay attention to anyone around him.

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jeffreyw Jan 4, 2018 • 5:48:03am

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Good morning!

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 5:51:09am

re: #161 darthstar

Drink all you want. I’ve got room for everyone to stay the night if necessary.

It would have been a journalist’s dream gig. For the most part, Trump’s staff are a collection of undisciplined, inexperienced dodo-heads, with no awareness of how careful one must be in Washington, DC, about what you say, how you say it, and to whom you say it. It’s safe to say many of those people will never get a government job again, and may find other career paths (other than wingnut welfare) cut off. Why? Because they blabbed too much. Competence is a separate issue, which has never prevented dodo-heads from getting jobs as pundits or Fox News “experts.”

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:51:39am

Got woken up last night by Merle growling and a little bed-rocking. Turns out we did have an earthquake. 4.5, centered in Oakland. First time feeling one here in Half Moon Bay.

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Eventual Carrion Jan 4, 2018 • 5:55:30am

re: #144 wheat-dogg

It’s awake.

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NK wants to participate in the Olympics. That is the only reason they are talking.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 5:56:53am

re: #166 Eventual Carrion

NK wants to participate in the Olympics. That is the only reason they are talking.

And they also want to not be nuked off the face of the earth.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 5:57:31am

re: #166 Eventual Carrion

NK wants to participate in the Olympics. That is the only reason they are talking.

Wonder how good the NK Curling team is.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 5:57:46am

re: #166 Eventual Carrion

NK wants to participate in the Olympics. That is the only reason they are talking.

Word is NK is experiencing famine again, along with severe cash flow problems. Kim may be subtly angling for relief from their southern cousins.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:58:32am

So, for anyone wondering what it would be like if you took the most manipulative and bitchy characters from Big Brother, Survivor, and Real Housewives of __ and put them all in the White House together, now you know.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 5:59:26am

re: #168 Barefoot Grin

Wonder how good the NK Curling team is.

Sweeping is a national past time.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:00:12am

Just think if @MichaelWolffNYC was able to fins out this much information for a book, imagine what @BobSMueller knows from an actual investigation with subpoena power… #FireAndFury

— Matt Walton (@Matt4VA) January 4, 2018

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And just imagine how much information a team of experienced foreign intelligence agents could gather from these rubes.

They very well may have given away the entire store already.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:00:33am

re: #169 wheat-dogg

Word is NK is experiencing famine again, along with severe cash flow problems. Kim may be subtly angling for relief from their southern cousins.

Haven’t there been a dozen or more boats that washed up on Japan’s shores with no one aboard or dead bodies or barely living crews? Sounds like things are pretty dire.

I’d hate to give Trump credit, but if his batshit crazy approach actually brings the Koreas closer together in peace…. (Of course, one demand will be the removal of US troops from the south and that won’t fly until all nukes are gone.)

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:00:48am

re: #171 darthstar

Sweeping is a national past time.

LOL!

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:02:38am

Hey Trump, et al. pic.twitter.com/Rmz2ZRDhjB

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 6:03:55am

re: #173 Barefoot Grin

Haven’t there been a dozen or more boats that washed up on Japan’s shores with no one aboard or dead bodies or barely living crews? Sounds like things are pretty dire.

I’d hate to give Trump credit, but if his batshit crazy approach actually brings the Koreas closer together in peace…. (Of course, one demand will be the removal of US troops from the south and that won’t fly until all nukes are gone.)

Yes. Japan is quite alarmed at the number of derelict boats found in Japanese waters. There have also been two NK soldiers who crossed the DMZ recently, and one was diagnosed with several ailments suggesting very poor health care and perhaps radiation poisoning.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:04:13am

re: #173 Barefoot Grin

I’d hate to give Trump credit, but if his batshit crazy approach actually brings the Koreas closer together in peace….

Don’t. Anything that happens will be despite his efforts.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:06:30am

re: #176 wheat-dogg

Yes. Japan is quite alarmed at the number of derelict boats found in Japanese waters. There have also been two NK soldiers who crossed the DMZ recently, and one was diagnosed with several ailments suggesting very poor health care and perhaps radiation poisoning.

Spent fuel rods make great space heaters. Put bits of one in a can and place in the corner of your one room home, and keep the place at a balmy 142 degrees for years.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:10:31am

First they went after the blue states with their tax bill, and I said nothing.
Now they’re after the green states…which are also blue, mostly.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Egregious Philbin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:11:02am

The three words you all need to remember:

Non Compos Mentis

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 6:11:13am

re: #178 darthstar

Spent fuel rods make great space heaters. Put bits of one in a can and place in the corner of your one room home, and keep the place at a balmy 142 degrees for years.

Unfortunately, you’ll be dead and the place will be uninhabitable for a few centuries, but hey! Warmth!

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lizardofid Jan 4, 2018 • 6:11:20am

re: #173 Barefoot Grin

Haven’t there been a dozen or more boats that washed up on Japan’s shores with no one aboard or dead bodies or barely living crews? Sounds like things are pretty dire.

I’d hate to give Trump credit, but if his batshit crazy approach actually brings the Koreas closer together in peace…. (Of course, one demand will be the removal of US troops from the south and that won’t fly until all nukes are gone.)

Something along the lines of this?

WAR GAMES Gen. Beringer SPARK PLUG

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:17:03am

Hollywood Reporter’s got a piece by Michael Wolff this morning. Holy crap.

There was some effort to ascribe to Trump magical powers. In an early conversation — half comic, half desperate — Bannon tried to explain him as having a particular kind of Jungian brilliance. Trump, obviously without having read Jung, somehow had access to the collective unconscious of the other half of the country, and, too, a gift for inventing archetypes: Little Marco … Low-Energy Jeb … the Failing New York Times. Everybody in the West Wing tried, with some panic, to explain him, and, sheepishly, their own reason for being here. He’s intuitive, he gets it, he has a mind-meld with his base. But there was palpable relief, of an Emperor’s New Clothes sort, when longtime Trump staffer Sam Nunberg — fired by Trump during the campaign but credited with knowing him better than anyone else — came back into the fold and said, widely, “He’s just a fucking fool.”

Part of that foolishness was his inability to deal with his own family. In a way, this gave him a human dimension. Even Donald Trump couldn’t say no to his kids. “It’s a littleee, littleee complicated …” he explained to Priebus about why he needed to give his daughter and son-in-law official jobs. But the effect of their leadership roles was to compound his own boundless inexperience in Washington, creating from the outset frustration and then disbelief and then rage on the part of the professionals in his employ.

The men and women of the West Wing, for all that the media was ridiculing them, actually felt they had a responsibility to the country. “Trump,” said one senior Republican, “turned selfish careerists into patriots.” Their job was to maintain the pretense of relative sanity, even as each individually came to the conclusion that, in generous terms, it was insane to think you could run a White House without experience, organizational structure or a real purpose.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 6:20:40am

Morning!

So, with the Bannon book revelations I figured I’d tune in to Morning Joke to see what Joke and his guests had to say about it.

They pretty much say the book is true. Joke reveals they have heard much of this since March of ‘17. Bannon and others have been saying this stuff about the chaos in the White House and how much of a dunderhead Trump really is.

Here is the opening of the show. It’s good stuff, even if I don’t like Joke, it’s good to know he and other Republicans seem very aware of the issues.

I hope this forces the Republican congressfolk who all know it too, to stop covering for it. It’s in the public now and there will be no more cover.

Iframe

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:20:57am

General Private Prison is going to rescind Obama’s 2013 hands off policy towards states that have legalized.

Shitstorm coming.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 6:22:35am

re: #185 Dave In Austin

General Private Prison is going to rescind Obama’s 2013 hands off policy towards states that have legalized.

Shitstorm coming.

States rights………..to discrimint against gay people but not to smoke pot in peace. Fuck Sessions.

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:23:38am

@jeffsessions is a tool of the industrial prison complex. What do you all expect.

— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 6:24:26am

Remember all the dumb bros that thought HRC would be no different than Trump on drug policy. Yeah about that.

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:29:06am

Methinks Gov. Moonbeam and Gov Hickenlooper (?) would be having something to say about this.

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 6:29:28am

re: #185 Dave In Austin

General Private Prison is going to rescind Obama’s 2013 hands off policy towards states that have legalized.

Shitstorm coming.

Where Jefferson Beauregard is getting his crazy:

Advisor to Jeff Sessions calls for mandatory drug testing amid increasing marijuana legalization

cnbc.com

This dude wants to piss-test everyone. He got filthy rich by marketing his testing technologies.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 6:30:20am

re: #190 Decatur Deb

Where Jefferson Beauregard is getting his crazy:

Advisor to Jeff Sessions calls for mandatory drug testing amid increasing marijuana legalization

cnbc.com

This dude wants to piss-test everyone. He got filthy rich by marketing his testing technologies.

Swamp the drain!

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 4, 2018 • 6:32:03am

re: #186 HappyWarrior

California - marijuana, immigrants, and gay marriage. We are the hate storm trifecta for Sessions and his fellow bigots.

Last night talking to a neighbor who runs an Medical marij store. Upside-Real inspections, packaging and product controls. Oversight and then some. Downside-When the new taxes kick in card carrying patients will see a 30% increase in price across the board. Recreational will pay 35% over the old prices. Is this the biggest bribe in California legislative history, as measured in dollars?

Home grow will be popular and effective. Stores for growers are as common as coffee shops right now.

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 4, 2018 • 6:34:05am

re: #188 HappyWarrior

Remember all the dumb bros that thought HRC would be no different than Trump on drug policy. Yeah about that.

Wingnut friends, ‘BBH” syndrome, blinded by HRC… “SECOND A” like she could just revoke it. False of course, but what is more frightening is the ~~small~~ miniscule yet growing chance the 2nd will be needed for its original purpose-to fight domestic tyranny.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:34:49am

They can deny everything in the Wolff book all they want.

Wolff has tapes. Heh.

Michael Wolff has the receipts. (via @axios) pic.twitter.com/HlBI5MMCwk

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 4, 2018

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 6:35:37am

@SRuhle Damn Girl You went there!!!! @Scaramucci “on Bannon sucking his own weasel….”

— Argyle Von Bargle 🐘🐘🐘🐘 (@DaveoutofAustin) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 6:35:56am

re: #188 HappyWarrior

Remember all the dumb bros that thought HRC would be no different than Trump on drug policy. Yeah about that.

I think all of those states voted for Clinton anyway.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:38:15am

Eric Trump suggests Ellen DeGeneres is running a shadow government to undermine his father https://t.co/7jsRij37yH pic.twitter.com/4CeUGdNTBt

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 4, 2018

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“Okay, then it’s settled: Don Jr. is the dumb one. All in favor—“
“Hold on. Let me check Twitter really quick.”

[erases chalkboard, rubs temples] https://t.co/yPIn9eIT1b

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) January 4, 2018

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Joe Bacon 🌹 Jan 4, 2018 • 6:39:15am

Stick a pacifier in their mouths!

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 6:39:18am

re: #197 makeitstop

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The whole family is fucking nuts.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 6:39:48am

re: #194 makeitstop

They can deny everything in the Wolff book all they want.

Wolff has tapes. Heh.

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That’s great. Let’s hear them and let’s see Trump turn on all tohse people who think was his “friend.”

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:40:44am

To be honest, I didn’t expect the kiss and tell books to start coming out until after the mid-terms. Trump’s first year in office isn’t even complete yet.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 6:40:57am

re: #200 HappyWarrior

Tapes? Hmm. Paging Mr Mueller.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:45:38am

Well, at least we know why Trump didn’t have a State Dinner his first year…cheeseburgers in bed by 6:30pm and falling asleep with the TV on is more his speed.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Dr Lizardo Jan 4, 2018 • 6:46:04am

re: #201 darthstar

To be honest, I didn’t expect the kiss and tell books to start coming out until after the mid-terms. Trump’s first year in office isn’t even complete yet.

Same here; I was figuring the first tell-all books to come out early next year, maybe next spring or so.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 6:46:27am

Virginia Beach got a taste of what the northeast is bracing for, and it still brought #blizzard conditions and treacherous driving. Stay safe and stay with @WeatherNation for updates on the forecast. pic.twitter.com/hCxN02vEWC

— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) January 4, 2018

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 6:46:54am

re: #201 darthstar

To be honest, I didn’t expect the kiss and tell books to start coming out until after the mid-terms. Trump’s first year in office isn’t even complete yet.

You have forgotten the rich supply of former WH staffers with stories to tell. I’m waiting for the inevitable Omarosa tell-all, which should confirm the racism inherent in the administration.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:47:17am

re: #201 darthstar

To be honest, I didn’t expect the kiss and tell books to start coming out until after the mid-terms. Trump’s first year in office isn’t even complete yet.

And Wolff got in the door without explicit approval. Trump was all like ‘Whatever,’ and Wolff just planted himself on the couch and interviewed whoever the hell he wanted.

It looks like however incompetent we may have thought this White House would be, they went beyond our expectations.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 6:48:41am

re: #150 Scout

If Bannon was such a nonentity, why did Trump put him on the National Security Council?

Also, who says this (from Trump’s official statement)? “often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the Republican party” Now that’s a laugh.

Bannon put himself on the National Security staff. He was removed soon after.

And as far as the most talented field ever assembled I think Trump is going with numbers. 17 entrants. More is better! There had to be some talent somewhere.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 6:49:38am

re: #207 makeitstop

And Wolff got in the door without explicit approval. Trump was all like ‘Whatever,’ and Wolff just planted himself on the couch and interviewed whoever the hell he wanted.

It looks like however incompetent we may have thought this White House would be, they went beyond our expectations.

Right, Trump just sort of waved Wolff away, neither approving his presence nor forbidding it, and since the WH is in total chaos, everyone else just figured NBD.

A tightly run, professional executive branch would not have let that happen.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 6:50:40am

Trump: Launch the missiles
Guy with nuke codes: Sir, the first thing I need you to do is call my grandmother and ask her for permission.
Trump: Are you sure?
Guy: Yes, sir. I can pull up the regulations if you want.
Trump: OK. What’s her phone number?
Guy: *Looks up Pelosi’s phone number*

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 6:51:12am

re: #152 makeitstop

Snowing like a bastard here on LI, with high winds. Conditions outside my window are semi-whiteout.

Good thing we don’t need to go anywhere today. It’s going to get really bad from the look of it.

It sounds like the storm grew more powerful than expected. Good luck on the ride out. Stay warm and safe.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:52:22am

re: #206 wheat-dogg

You have forgotten the rich supply of former WH staffers with stories to tell. I’m waiting for the inevitable Omarosa tell-all, which should confirm the racism inherent in the administration.

Good point on the volume of possible book writers.

As for Omarosa, she’s actually got the most experience of Trump’s team. She’s done reality TV. (That counts as experience in Trump’s WH). She won’t write a book - she is looking for a TV gig and nothing less.

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Shropshire Slasher Jan 4, 2018 • 6:52:32am

Posting this because of the title

Shropshire chef offers resignation over ‘spiked vegan’ post

That being said, “spiking” a vegan’s food is worse than spitting in it.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 6:52:35am

re: #156 PhillyPretzel

Wind and snow here in Philly. The wind is blowing the snow around I cannot tell how much has fallen.

Keep warm Philly!

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 6:55:37am

re: #211 ObserverArt

It sounds like the storm grew more powerful than expected. Good luck on the ride out. Stay warm and safe.

Thanks. We’re not even going to attempt to clear off the sidewalks or cars or anything. The winds are ridiculous.

We’re gonna just ride it out and hope power stays on. It’s not too bad so far, but I expect the power situation to get a lot worse as the day goes on.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 6:59:53am

So Trump got a skin tuck on top of his head to make his bald spot smaller. With the scar, I’m imagining him looking like a vagina from above now.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 7:01:01am

Looks like everybody’s got the knives out for…everybody else at this point. Fucking chaos.

Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan are calling on Sessions to resign because it “would appear he has no control at all” over the FBI. https://t.co/1ysaWd54Y6

— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 4, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:01:22am

re: #216 darthstar

So Trump got a skin tuck on top of his head to make his bald spot smaller. With the scar, I’m imagining him looking like a vagina from above now.

Yeah that “scalp reduction” didn’t turn out well so he beat up his wife (Ivana) and raped her.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 7:04:29am

re: #217 makeitstop

Looks like everybody’s got the knives out for…everybody else at this point. Fucking chaos.

They’re concerned he can’t shut down the investigation.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:06:15am

re: #194 makeitstop

They can deny everything in the Wolff book all they want.

Wolff has tapes. Heh.

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It’s obvious Wolff thought he had the makings of a bomb. So, make sure you have record of all the bits and pieces so you can show how it was built after it goes off.

By the way, Wolff will be interviewed on The Today Show tomorrow.

(Heh, that last line is kinda redundant)

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:08:51am

Here is an interesting article arguing that the GOP tax bill isn’t as bad as it looks, especially since the tax cuts for the middle class which are suppose to be temporary probably won’t be. Though that doesn’t change the fact that it should have had more relief for low income Americans, and less for the 1%. I’ve never believed the deficit hawks argument that the US is dangerously in debt, and I agree that in reality US budget deficits play a valuable role in the world economy by providing an ultra-safe investment in the form of US Treasury Bonds. And when Democrats come back to power they should realize they can borrow to help low and middle income Americans, just as Republicans borrow to help the rich.

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austin_blue Jan 4, 2018 • 7:09:05am

re: #133 wheat-dogg

Archaeologists discover an early American immigrant, one of the first humans to cross what is now the Bering Strait about 11,000 years ago.

bbc.com

Genetics suggest the child belonged to the progenitors of Native Americans and First Nations. IOW these early Alaskans were midway between the Siberian peoples and the later American peoples.

Or, as The Donald refers to them, “bloodsucking Icebacks”.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:10:11am

re: #197 makeitstop

Newsweek
✔
@Newsweek
Eric Trump suggests Ellen DeGeneres is running a shadow government to undermine his father bit.ly

12:00 AM - Jan 4, 2018

So there seems to be a race going on as to who is the most ignorant Trump spawn. And Wolff’s book makes it sound like Ivanka may just be it. Her looks probably allow her to cover a bit…but her tweets have shown she is an idiot too. It runs in the family.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:12:37am

re: #2 darthstar

As Lawrence just said, if Trump wants, he can sue Bannon…then EVERYTHING gets released.

Such presidential very accomplishments!

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:13:56am

Trump & Co are trying to halt publication of the book.

A lawyer representing President Trump sought Thursday to stop the publication of a new behind-the-scenes book about the White House that has already led Trump to angrily decry his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon.

The legal notice — addressed to author Michael Wolff and the president of the book’s publisher — said Trump’s lawyers were pursuing possible charges including libel in connection with the forthcoming book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”

The letter by Beverly Hills-based attorney Charles J. Harder demanded the publisher, Henry Holt and Co., “immediately cease and desist from any further publication, release or dissemination of the book” or excerpts and summaries of its contents. The lawyers also seek a full copy of the book as part of their investigation.

The latest twist in the showdown came after lawyers accused Bannon of breaching a confidentiality agreement and Trump denounced his former aide as a self-aggrandizing political charlatan who has “lost his mind.”

washingtonpost.com

Because it’s all untrue, fake news!

I hope the publisher tells them all to FU.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:15:38am

re: #194 makeitstop

They can deny everything in the Wolff book all they want.

Wolff has tapes. Heh.

Who you gonna believe, Trump or your own lying ears?

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 7:16:14am

re: #223 ObserverArt

So there seems to be a race going on as to who is the most ignorant Trump spawn. And Wolff’s book makes it sound like Ivanka may just be it. Her looks probably allow her to cover a bit…but her tweets have shown she is an idiot too. It runs in the family.

She gets away with it because of her looks & not being outwardly petty. Barron is the smartest one and I actually mean that given he learned his mother’s native language to better communicate with his grandparents in Slovenia. I actually tried to learn Slovene but I’m awful at it.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:16:20am

In other good news, solar panels being developed in labs are so thin that we can expect that in the future almost everything we build will simply power themselves cleanly from coatings of solar panels, even our clothes. We just have to hope that civilization can last long enough to get there without us destroying ourselves first.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 7:16:21am

re: #225 wheat-dogg

Trump & Co are trying to halt publication of the book.

washingtonpost.com

Because it’s all untrue, fake news!

I hope the publisher tells them all to FU.

Prior restraint. Nope.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:16:38am

re: #225 wheat-dogg

Trump & Co are trying to halt publication of the book.

washingtonpost.com

Because it’s all untrue, fake news!

I hope the publisher tells them all to FU.

Remember when President Obama sued to stop all the books about him, yeah neither do I.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 7:17:35am

re: #230 Sir John Barron

Remember when President Obama sued to stop all the books about him, yeah neither do I.

Trump can’t handle criticism. It amuses me deeply his fans think he’s this tough guy. He’s a toddler mentally and always will be.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:18:00am

re: #225 wheat-dogg

Trump & Co are trying to halt publication of the book.

washingtonpost.com

Because it’s all untrue, fake news!

I hope the publisher tells them all to FU.

I’m sure they will. This book is going to be a smash hit best seller. The publisher and the author didn’t sign any NDAs with Trump, and aren’t bound by Bannon’s NDA.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:19:03am

re: #232 Big Beautiful Door

I’m sure they will. This book is going to be a smash hit best seller. The publisher and the author didn’t sign any NDAs with Trump, and aren’t bound by Bannon’s NDA.

Also, First Amendment, free market, and stuff like that.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:19:10am

re: #225 wheat-dogg

Trump & Co are trying to halt publication of the book.

washingtonpost.com

Because it’s all untrue, fake news!

I hope the publisher tells them all to FU.

LOL reminds me of when Hillary tried to stop publication of Clinton Cash.

JK I don’t remember that because it didn’t happen.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 7:20:16am

The most petty people.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:21:47am

re: #233 wheat-dogg

Also, First Amendment, free market, and stuff like that.

And as pointed out, any Trump threat to sue for defamation is empty, because if he did sue then he would be subject to discovery, and all the skeletons in his closet would come tumbling out.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 7:22:18am

re: #232 Big Beautiful Door

I’m sure they will. This book is going to be a smash hit best seller. The publisher and the author didn’t sign any NDAs with Trump, and aren’t bound by Bannon’s NDA.

The funniest part is that they’re trying to un-ring the bell here. His lawyers have got to know full well they don’t have a leg to stand on, but that old fool is going to make them attempt the impossible.

Wolff and his publishers are laughing their asses off, both at the fact that these guys are attempting to quash publication and the fact that if it was possible to be higher than #1, they’d be it at this point.

It’s the old record industry joke come to life - Number One with a bullet.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:23:36am

re: #234 The Vicious Babushka

LOL reminds me of when Hillary tried to stop publication of Clinton Cash.

JK I don’t remember that because it didn’t happen.

Thin-skinned people just do not go into politics. If they do, they don’t stay long.

The excerpts from the Wolff book confirm my suspicions expressed here several times, that Trump did not expect to win and did not really want to win. He was going to use the campaign as a marketing gimmick. Now, his pride prevents him from leaving the job. He’s going to have be forced out, or that Walter Reed doctor is going to have to find some medical reason why Trump cannot stay in office, so he can resign “for his health.”

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:24:22am

Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2018

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You told the entire world where 7th Fleet is, including the Ohios. What is the point of a stealth submarine if you give out the location???

Also, remember #Niger? You left men behind to die. No exfil, no drones, no QRF, no responsibility.#TheResistance #NoOneGetsLeftBehind https://t.co/yld25M3Wpe

— Rogue Wulf (@Wulfkat) January 2, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:25:27am

Good luck blocking a book Donny. It just shows how true it must be for you to fight it this hard.

And remember big boy…you are in the public realm now, not private. At the very least the book, the tapes and the notes Wolff compiled are more or less public record. Mueller can probably request them all and publish it if he wants.

Face it Trumpy. You are fucked.

You took in the snake, and after you made the snake famous it is now turning around and biting you.

Shows how well Trump actually understood the very simple message in the poem.

And as Joke Scarborough said in the first segment on Morning Joke, Trump can’t read…he grows bored after two paragraphs and he doesn’t seem to understand the text.

He is a functional illiterate…and he is sadly our president…for now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:26:06am

lol

Wolff says that Sean Hannity provided questions for his Trump interview in advance https://t.co/Kj2KZ6fGnb pic.twitter.com/jtl30wI8O7

— John Whitehouse (@existentialfish) January 4, 2018

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:26:18am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

Crooked Hillary Clinton’s top aid, Huma Abedin, has been accused of disregarding basic security protocols. She put Classified Passwords into the hands of foreign agents. Remember sailors pictures on submarine? Jail! Deep State Justice Dept must finally act? Also on Comey & others

— Donald J. Trump

This tweet held up well, lol

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Danack Jan 4, 2018 • 7:27:06am

The dumbasses are trying to get the book blocked from being published:

bbc.co.uk

I bet the publishers are over the moon for getting such an amazing free piece of publicity. It’s taken the book from something most people wouldn’t care about to be “THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN”.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 7:27:26am

re: #239 The Vicious Babushka

One of the funny consequences of a 280 character limit is that Trump can’t hold a thought together that long, but he thinks he has to fill it up.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:27:36am

re: #237 makeitstop

The funniest part is that they’re trying to un-ring the bell here. His lawyers have got to know full well they don’t have a leg to stand on, but that old fool is going to make them attempt the impossible.

Wolff and his publishers are laughing their asses off, both at the fact that these guys are attempting to quash publication and the fact that if it was possible to be higher than #1, they’d be it at this point.

It’s the old record industry joke come to life - Number One with a bullet.

Yeah, I bet after yesterday the printers and binders have begun stocking more materials. The run on that book is gonna be huge.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:29:08am

re: #232 Big Beautiful Door

I’m sure they will. This book is going to be a smash hit best seller. The publisher and the author didn’t sign any NDAs with Trump, and aren’t bound by Bannon’s NDA.

This book is very Deep State.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:29:59am

re: #245 ObserverArt

Yeah, I bet after yesterday the printers and binders have begun stocking more materials. The run on that book is gonna be huge.

It will outsell any of Trump’s ghost-written books, and probably all of them combined.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:31:13am

The Dow 30 has just crossed 25,000. Wait for Trump to take credit again for a booming market.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:31:26am

yay! my county makes the bottom 10 list again!

^JB pic.twitter.com/IZOReGHQ0X

— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) January 4, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 7:31:51am

re: #207 makeitstop

And Wolff got in the door without explicit approval. Trump was all like ‘Whatever,’ and Wolff just planted himself on the couch and interviewed whoever the hell he wanted.

It looks like however incompetent we may have thought this White House would be, they went beyond our expectations.

From the article:

Donald Trump’s small staff of factotums, advisors and family began, on Jan. 20, 2017, an experience that none of them, by any right or logic, thought they would — or, in many cases, should — have, being part of a Trump presidency. Hoping for the best, with their personal futures as well as the country’s future depending on it, my indelible impression of talking to them and observing them through much of the first year of his presidency, is that they all — 100 percent — came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job.

At Mar-a-Lago, just before the new year, a heavily made-up Trump failed to recognize a succession of old friends.

Happy first anniversary of the Trump administration.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 7:31:58am

re: #243 Danack

The dumbasses are trying to get the book blocked from being published:

bbc.co.uk

I bet the publishers are over the moon for getting such an amazing free piece of publicity. It’s taken the book from something most people wouldn’t care about to be “THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN”.

I don’t think many on the left were going to buy it, but I bet that changes now.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:32:02am

re: #248 wheat-dogg

The Dow 30 has just crossed 25,000. Wait for Trump to take credit again for a booming market.

The inevitable crash will be spectacular.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:33:49am

Report this tweet:

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:35:04am

re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth

lol

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No surprise there. What is surprising is Trump’s willingness to do interviews with the New York Times, which shows his rambling incoherence and disconnect from reality. If possible, the White House should only allow him to do scripted interviews with Hannity.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:35:26am

CBS News political director Steve Chaggaris has been fired after “accounts of inappropriate behavior by Chaggaris” were brought to the network’s attention. https://t.co/jkmQ3MIwNq pic.twitter.com/4INhzqwtKr

— TVNewser (@tvnewser) January 4, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:36:40am

re: #250 Barefoot Grin

From the article:

Donald Trump’s small staff of factotums, advisors and family began, on Jan. 20, 2017, an experience that none of them, by any right or logic, thought they would — or, in many cases, should — have, being part of a Trump presidency. Hoping for the best, with their personal futures as well as the country’s future depending on it, my indelible impression of talking to them and observing them through much of the first year of his presidency, is that they all — 100 percent — came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job.

At Mar-a-Lago, just before the new year, a heavily made-up Trump failed to recognize a succession of old friends.

Happy first anniversary of the Trump administration.

I may have lost my way in the thread. What article are you referring to and is there a link above somewhere?

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:37:05am

re: #252 Backwoods_Sleuth

The inevitable crash will be spectacular.

I spent part of the weekend watching a series of doom-and-gloom financial videos by a gold-bug. He’s one of those Austrian economics fans, but I have to admit that his charts showing the boom-and-bust cycles of the financial markets are compelling. He noted that regulators and financiers learned absolutely nothing from the 2007-8 bust, and went back to business as usual as soon as the government bailed out the big banks.

Regardless, bull markets do not continue indefinitely. There will be a correction, perhaps while Trump is still in office.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:37:10am

re: #247 wheat-dogg

It will outsell any of Trump’s ghost-written books, and probably all of them combined.

I MADE THIS BOOK YUUUUUUGE! BIG SALES!!!! THE BIGGEST!!!!

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:37:48am

re: #249 Backwoods_Sleuth

yay! my county makes the bottom 10 list again!

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What’s with Magoffin County, I wonder? Unemployment 50% worse than the next worse County in the state!

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I cannot. Jan 4, 2018 • 7:38:36am

Yay, time to find a new primary physician so I can do my annual check for my insurance discount…one nice thing about THIS year’s discount is that if I score well on this, I can get 9000 “points” which can be redeemed as $90 in gift cards or three 2500 point credits to my HSA. The 2500 point credits are worth $75 each.

That will be useful when its time to refill my Vimpat scrip…

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:38:57am

re: #243 Danack

The dumbasses are trying to get the book blocked from being published:

bbc.co.uk

I bet the publishers are over the moon for getting such an amazing free piece of publicity. It’s taken the book from something most people wouldn’t care about to be “THE BOOK THEY TRIED TO BAN”.

I wonder if CoS Kelly tried to convince the gang to just shrug the book off. Oh well…..get me some popcorn

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:39:06am

re: #251 Belafon

I don’t think many on the left were going to buy it, but I bet that changes now.

Its virtually a must buy now. I know I want to read it.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:39:47am

re: #259 Big Beautiful Door

What’s with Magoffin County, I wonder? Unemployment 50% worse than the next worse County in the state!

Most of those counties are very rural, with limited employment opportunities. The ones with the lowest rates are more urban. Oldham County, for example, is a bedroom county for professionals working in Louisville.

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mmmirele Jan 4, 2018 • 7:39:52am

Trump is probably yelling at his attorneys to try and get the book suppressed. However, the attorneys, who have been through law school, know that getting the book suppressed is not going to happen. But they do it anyway to keep Trump from yelling.

And on a completely different subject…

ZJ1nBBvmeQ0T1HML9NT47fKFV/1unMQgc2SEH+FkIyi7exBaNHWgqDyty0YTtyOeum7gXJsgI1CmaTL6o4I3viMmFeOIeM62bmOgD/lNFCknMgXuHrId7FAJcpOwwElm4Q10bNfSEnoOIVvU8UCzR1MoUw3f5eB6TDL4SvGAw7Ysse9ijwn9cjByvpRcjOtVx/lNYu1t0W/86al7VXSIpAL1I/O5U0a2g1odyFvwgqeIf31LJDHMOQ==

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:40:59am

.@SebGorka: “@POTUS is a vacuum cleaner of information.” pic.twitter.com/Y0ZZnngQbf

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:42:37am

re: #264 mmmirele

Trump is probably yelling at his attorneys to try and get the book suppressed. However, the attorneys, who have been through law school, know that getting the book suppressed is not going to happen. But they do it anyway to keep Trump from yelling.

And on a completely different subject…

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Billable hours. So, they can ignore the yelling. They will just need to worry about getting paid.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 7:42:44am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

It gets collected, sits dormant until it’s dumped into a garbage bin later?

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 7:43:11am

.@SebGorka: “@POTUS is a vacuum cleaner of information.” pic.twitter.com/Y0ZZnngQbf

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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True, he is like a vacuum cleaner, he sucks https://t.co/pBjhBG5wmB

— Soviet Sergey (@SovietSergey) January 4, 2018

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I cannot. Jan 4, 2018 • 7:43:29am

Full of waste and dust bunnies?

— jay (@random__name) January 4, 2018

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 7:43:36am

Check the satellite photo of the storm:

space.com

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:44:04am

re: #259 Big Beautiful Door

What’s with Magoffin County, I wonder? Unemployment 50% worse than the next worse County in the state!

Relatively small population in part of coal country. Generally poor ($19,421 median income), average age is 34, and 66% of adults have a high school diploma.

Also a small factoid: There is a significant Melungeon or Black-Dutch population in Magoffin County, known locally as the “Brown People of Magoffin County”. In a 2007 study by the U.S. Census Bureau, Magoffin County, along with Mitchell County in Iowa, was cited as the U.S. county having the largest percentage of individuals in the demographic category of “Non-Hispanic white alone.

en.wikipedia.org

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:44:46am

re: #263 wheat-dogg

Most of those counties are very rural, with limited employment opportunities. The ones with the lowest rates are more urban. Oldham County, for example, is a bedroom county for professionals working in Louisville.

Of course, I was just wondering why Magoffin County’s unemployment rate is so much higher than all of the other poor rural counties in the state.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:45:01am

re: #264 mmmirele

Trump is probably yelling at his attorneys to try and get the book suppressed. However, the attorneys, who have been through law school, know that getting the book suppressed is not going to happen. But they do it anyway to keep Trump from yelling.

And on a completely different subject…
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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:45:42am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

The kind where the vacuum bag is emptied every night and thrown out?

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 7:46:04am

re: #270 Decatur Deb

I watched it and I know hurricane season is over but I did see an “eye.”

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 7:46:21am

re: #256 ObserverArt

I may have lost my way in the thread. What article are you referring to and is there a link above somewhere?

Sorry, yes—- (that’s the final two paragraphs)

hollywoodreporter.com

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:46:30am

re: #268 The Vicious Babushka

.@SebGorka: “@POTUS is a vacuum cleaner of information.” pic.twitter.com

— Fox News

Fact Check: True. POTUS is a vacuum cleaner of information from Fox and Friends. /

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 7:47:19am

re: #274 Sir John Barron

The kind where the vacuum bag is emptied every night and thrown out?

/

I think its safe to say that Trump’s mind is a vacuum.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 7:47:40am

re: #213 Shropshire Slasher

Posting this because of the title

Shropshire chef offers resignation over ‘spiked vegan’ post

That being said, “spiking” a vegan’s food is worse than spitting in it.

Spitting in a vegan’s food is literally spiking it.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:48:06am

Here’s another image, showing the mean temperature deviations for North America.

It’s cold…& hot! While colder than average temps consume the Midwestern & Eastern U.S., other parts of the country have been experiencing hotter than average conditions for this time of year. Take a look at this temp anomaly map based on @NASAEarth data: https://t.co/RO21wn7u3V pic.twitter.com/lCbWfcQe4P

— NASA (@NASA) January 4, 2018

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:48:28am

re: #276 Barefoot Grin

Sorry, yes—- (that’s the final two paragraphs)

hollywoodreporter.com

Thank you!

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:49:39am

re: #264 mmmirele

What would you say…you do here?

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:50:50am

re: #280 wheat-dogg

Here’s another image, showing the mean temperature deviations for North American.

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Yikes look at all the blue down by Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. They look like the midwest fell down.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 7:52:07am

Here’s your word of the day: bombogenesis. It refers to any meteorological system where the pressure drops by 24 millibars or more in 24 hours. Hurricanes do it frequently. That’s why this system is being referred to as a bomb cyclone.

popsci.com

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:53:14am

re: #283 ObserverArt

Yikes look at all the blue down by Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. They look like the midwest fell down.

And the red zones where our California lizards are baking and Coloradans are lacking snow for to ski on.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 7:53:56am

re: #284 Belafon

Here’s your word of the day: bombogenesis. It refers to any meteorological system where the pressure drops by 24 millibars or more in 24 hours. Hurricanes do it frequently. That’s why this system is being referred to as a bomb cyclone.

popsci.com

Al Roker on The Today Show said it actually dropped 44 millibars far more than expected. Probably why it looks like a hurricane with the developed eye.

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freetoken Jan 4, 2018 • 7:53:59am

re: #285 wheat-dogg

Not exactly baking out here this week, but definitely saving some money on heating bills.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:54:01am

re: #268 The Vicious Babushka

True, he is like a vacuum cleaner, he sucks

.@SebGorka: “@POTUS is a vacuum cleaner of information.” pic.twitter.com/Y0ZZnngQbf

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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— Soviet Sergey

Fish, barrel

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 7:54:11am

re: #285 wheat-dogg

And the red zones where our California lizards are baking and Coloradans are lacking snow for to ski on.

So the US has a perfect average temperature. Thanks, Trump.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 7:55:18am

re: #288 Sir John Barron

Fish, barrel

More like a food processor of information.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 7:55:23am

re: #288 Sir John Barron

Fish, barrel

Gorka is like a vaccum cleaner too. He sucks.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 7:55:52am

he is a moron

Dow just crashes through 25,000. Congrats! Big cuts in unnecessary regulations continuing.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2018

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freetoken Jan 4, 2018 • 7:55:56am

Here’s the full disk GOES-East animation:

star.nesdis.noaa.gov

BTW, the old GOES satellite is now gone, and GOES-16 is taking over the tasks. But the NHC satellite page has very few links, and they were always a good place for satellite imagery.

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:56:22am

re: #284 Belafon

Here’s your word of the day: bombogenesis. It refers to any meteorological system where the pressure drops by 24 millibars or more in 24 hours. Hurricanes do it frequently. That’s why this system is being referred to as a bomb cyclone.

popsci.com

Which reminds me of:

The Real Ritchie Valens - La Bamba

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Jay C Jan 4, 2018 • 7:56:35am

re: #144 wheat-dogg

It’s awake.

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A tad tardy on the crowing, but I called it!!

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:57:28am

re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is a moron

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Right on cue. He must have seen it on F&F.

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William Lewis Jan 4, 2018 • 7:58:01am

re: #265 The Vicious Babushka

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It’s all gathered up and thrown out in the trash?

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 7:58:32am

I wonder who the Democrat will be who has to clean up the mess after the next crash.

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 4, 2018 • 7:58:35am

re: #285 wheat-dogg

And the red zones where our California lizards are baking and Coloradans are lacking snow for to ski on.

There really should be visible snow on our mountains. There is none. I can shirtsleeve drive to ski resorts near Los Angeles. Mt Baldy, Mt Wilson etc. In this pattern, look out for February and March rains here. Can be a threat to burn areas. Of which we had a lot. Record breaking lot. The patterns are changing to the more robust or extreme side. wet, dry, hot or cold. Scary in it’s own “climate” way, but of course not life threatening like the cold zones.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 4, 2018 • 7:58:38am

re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth

“Unnecessary regulations” = “Allowing mercury into your water supply.”

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 7:58:43am

re: #297 William Lewis

It’s all gathered up and thrown out in the trash?

It scares small animals and young children.

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 4, 2018 • 7:59:44am

re: #300 Ace Rothstein

Which Trump crony sells Kagen water, r.o., filtered water and systems?

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 7:59:52am

re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is a moron

Given the inevitable market correction to come, this seems like an odd thing for this president, or any president, to brag about.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:00:22am

re: #298 Barefoot Grin

I wonder who the Democrat will be who has to clean up the mess after the next crash.

Someone who the country will embrace and then not be patient enough with and then we’ll repeat the same mess we did here.

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freetoken Jan 4, 2018 • 8:00:32am

re: #303 Sir John Barron

Any crash of the market will be blamed on Democrats, Hillary, and the media.

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Old Liberal Jan 4, 2018 • 8:00:45am

re: #257 wheat-dogg

I spent part of the weekend watching a series of doom-and-gloom financial videos by a gold-bug. He’s one of those Austrian economics fans, but I have to admit that his charts showing the boom-and-bust cycles of the financial markets are compelling. He noted that regulators and financiers learned absolutely nothing from the 2007-8 bust, and went back to business as usual as soon as the government bailed out the big banks.

Regardless, bull markets do not continue indefinitely. There will be a correction, perhaps while Trump is still in office.

The term “correction” has always made me laugh. If decline is a “correction”, then wouldn’t an increase be a “mistake”?

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:00:48am

re: #292 Backwoods_Sleuth

he is a moron

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The DOW has nothing to do with regulations, you economic illiterate turd.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 8:01:03am

re: #298 Barefoot Grin

I wonder who the Democrat will be who has to clean up the mess after the next crash.

It’ll be ugly work. Of the kind that will probably set back Democrats for a generation, which will bring further GOP malfeasance, rinse repeat.

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garzooma Jan 4, 2018 • 8:01:17am

re: #219 Belafon

They’re concerned he can’t shut down the investigation.

They’re complaining about “manufactured hysteria” the day after we hear Bannon labeling the Trump campaign “treasonous.” Awkward.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 8:01:30am

re: #307 HappyWarrior

The DOW has nothing to do with regulations, you economic illiterate turd.

He’s been VERY STRICT with the stock market.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:01:50am

re: #310 Sir John Barron

He’s been VERY STRICT with the stock market.

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The strictest. //

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 8:08:15am

Fucking Haberman. Worthless legacy shill.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Justice Department taking a new ‘look into’ Hillary’s emails. https://t.co/MXdVPI2Q4P

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) January 4, 2018

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This is potentially a very big deal https://t.co/nw42OjuD0M

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 4, 2018

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All other media: The Trump White House is a dumpster fire of unimaginable proportions.

…and here comes Maggie with the “…but her emails.” https://t.co/2lPQWD3VYp

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) January 4, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 8:10:03am

[VIDEO] Watch a dog see snow for the first time in Virginia Beach, Va. #WinterWeather pic.twitter.com/wm2qn4qvOQ

— AP South U.S. Region (@APSouthRegion) January 4, 2018

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 8:10:13am

re: #312 makeitstop

Fucking Haberman. Worthless legacy shill.

Very Big Deal as in…this is an incredibly stupid and recklessly partisan thing to do?

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 8:10:46am

re: #312 makeitstop

Fucking Haberman. Worthless legacy shill.

The White House would look into why the fourth Avengers movie is not the second half of a Thanos story if they thought it would distract people.

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Ace Rothstein Jan 4, 2018 • 8:10:50am

re: #314 Sir John Barron

Then she should say that.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 8:11:41am

re: #312 makeitstop

Fucking Haberman. Worthless legacy shill.

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“Potentially”

All that needs be said about another Maggie expose. Plenty of wiggle room.

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Jay C Jan 4, 2018 • 8:12:42am

re: #257 wheat-dogg

I spent part of the weekend watching a series of doom-and-gloom financial videos by a gold-bug. He’s one of those Austrian economics fans, but I have to admit that his charts showing the boom-and-bust cycles of the financial markets are compelling. He noted that regulators and financiers learned absolutely nothing from the 2007-8 bust, and went back to business as usual as soon as the government bailed out the big banks.

Regardless, bull markets do not continue indefinitely. There will be a correction, perhaps while Trump is still in office.

Well, “market corrections” are always possible (i.e. inevitable, and often well-predictable in advance), but unlike 2008, I wonder how much impact a 2018 “crash” is going to have on the general economy? The Great Recession of a decade ago (Jeez, has it been that long already??) had a greater impact on the populace at large, as the biggest collapse (AFAICR) came in an overheated and over-borrowed-on real-estate sector: one where there were a lot of individual players, whose loss of buying power magnified the problems throughout the economy. And I’m not sure that’s the case now.
However, one thing is probably a pretty sure prediction: when Black Friday Comes this time around, our Moron-In-Chief will be sure to have a tweet ready blaming Obama/Democrats/Crooked Hillary…

“…gonna catch the grey men when they dive from the fourteenth
floor…..”

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wheat-dogg Jan 4, 2018 • 8:13:23am

OK, it’s midnight here, so I will say good night and catch up on all the Trump furor in the morning. Laterz!

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 8:13:44am

And here’s the section of the letter on what the president is demanding from Wolff and his publisher: pic.twitter.com/q938xOmyfm

— Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:14:11am

re: #312 makeitstop

Fucking Haberman. Worthless legacy shill.

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Maggie’s such a fucking hack.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 8:14:19am

re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Love all the long, soft, tentative steps.

Dog: “Wha’s this…the world done went white.”

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 8:16:23am

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Yeah, right.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 8:16:30am

#BREAKING: Republican David Yancey is the winner of 94th House District race. More details to come @13NewsNow pic.twitter.com/MRQoJoi0pz

— 13News Now (@13NewsNow) January 4, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 8:17:34am

Near white out here, so I’m going for a walk in it and will listen to Preet’s podcast interview with the aforementioned Maggie.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 8:19:06am

re: #318 Jay C

Well, “market corrections” are always possible (i.e. inevitable, and often well-predictable in advance), but unlike 2008, I wonder how much impact a 2018 “crash” is going to have on the general economy? The Great Recession of a decade ago (Jeez, has it been that long already??) had a greater impact on the populace at large, as the biggest collapse (AFAICR) came in an overheated and over-borrowed-on real-estate sector: one where there were a lot of individual players, whose loss of buying power magnified the problems throughout the economy. And I’m not sure that’s the case now.
However, one thing is probably a pretty sure prediction: when Black Friday Comes this time around, our Moron-In-Chief will be sure to have a tweet ready blaming Obama/Democrats/Crooked Hillary…

“…gonna catch the grey men when they dive from the fourteenth
floor…..”

I’m not expecting a recession or stock market crash this year. The global economy is growing strongly, there isn’t a bubble like housing was, there is no sign that hiring is slowing or firings are rising, the economy isn’t overheating, corporate profits are strong, and there is still room for employment to grow despite a low official unemployment rate because we still have a relatively low employment to population ratio. Let the good times roll!

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:21:02am

re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Blah. Hopefully he’s on his tip-toes knowing how he barely won.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 8:21:30am

Winner is Del. David Yancey in #HD94 drawing. Gives GOP control of statehouse by one vote. Not sure yet if Simonds will ask for a recount @CBS6 #breaking pic.twitter.com/UXwbh20u8c

— Jake Burns (@JakeBurnsCBS6) January 4, 2018

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Reminder: the only reason lots needed to be drawn is that Yancey improperly dug out a mismarked ballot AFTER the recount was over, and a judge who supported his campaign ruled it admissible.

This entire process was rigged from the start. #HD94 https://t.co/2Y4YkXqHVQ

— Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) January 4, 2018

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indeed…if the mismarked ballot favored the Democrat, this would never had gotten to this point.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 8:24:15am

Ole Brud is a busy man
Cases matching “Brud Rossmann”

A person identifying as the “anti anti christ” in a court filing has sued Obama, Trump, Ivanka, Jared, and “The Jews, more generally.” pic.twitter.com/TmPDEtz1Kg

— Polly Mosendz (@polly) January 4, 2018

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garzooma Jan 4, 2018 • 8:25:54am

re: #326 Big Beautiful Door

I’m not expecting a recession or stock market crash this year. The global economy is growing strongly, there isn’t a bubble like housing was, there is no sign that hiring is slowing or firings are rising, the economy isn’t overheating, corporate profits are strong, and there is still room for employment to grow despite a low official unemployment rate because we still have a relatively low employment to population ratio. Let the good times roll!

You can add two things that didn’t happen: there were no trade barriers put up and no mass deportations. Trump had promised these two economy killers, and having them implemented was one of my biggest fears about his presidency.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:26:18am

re: #329 FormerDirtDart

Ole Brud is a busy man
Cases matching “Brud Rossmann”

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Just “The Jews.”

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 8:27:13am

re: #327 HappyWarrior

Blah. Hopefully he’s on his tip-toes knowing how he barely won.

We’ll see if the election results will chasten the Va GOP enough to get them to approve Medicaid expansion, which could help hundreds of thousands of Virginians.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:28:59am

re: #332 Big Beautiful Door

We’ll see if the election results will chasten the Va GOP enough to get them to approve Medicaid expansion, which could help hundreds of thousands of Virginians.

I doubt my Delegate will go on with it. He was one of the few that won without a real sweat.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 8:29:04am

re: #330 garzooma

You can add two things that didn’t happen: there were no trade barriers put up and no mass deportations. Trump had promised these two economy killers, and having them implemented was one of my biggest fears about his presidency.

No, those are being slow-rolled. No mass deportations, but cuts in legal immigration and a drop in undocumented. And fewer high-skilled immigrants coming in because they feel like they’re not welcome.

And on trade, Trump’s killing of TPP and his idiotic approach generally will, over time, reduce that.

So, no crash, just a slow strangling.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 8:31:24am

re: #334 Blind Frog Belly White

No, those are being slow-rolled. No mass deportations, but cuts in legal immigration and a drop in undocumented. And fewer high-skilled immigrants coming in because they feel like they’re not welcome.

And on trade, Trump’s killing of TPP and his idiotic approach generally will, over time, reduce that.

So, no crash, just a slow strangling.

I assume Trump won’t cancel NAFTA because that would be a major disaster, but the threat is still out there.

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Old Liberal Jan 4, 2018 • 8:35:36am

re: #334 Blind Frog Belly White

No, those are being slow-rolled. No mass deportations, but cuts in legal immigration and a drop in undocumented. And fewer high-skilled immigrants coming in because they feel like they’re not welcome.

And on trade, Trump’s killing of TPP and his idiotic approach generally will, over time, reduce that.

So, no crash, just a slow strangling.

There were very few people predicting a crash in 2007. I mean very few. I pulled all my money out and begged my friends and family to do the same. I remember how lonely I felt. Almost no one did. Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered. If the things that were going to crash the market were obvious, it would never get that high. FWIW.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 8:36:28am

re: #329 FormerDirtDart

A person identifying as the “anti anti christ” in a court filing has sued Obama, Trump, Ivanka, Jared, and “The Jews, more generally.” pic.twitter.com

— Polly Mosendz

I can’t imagine such a winning strategery running into any problems.

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A hollow voice says, Covfefe. Jan 4, 2018 • 8:38:35am

And “Fire and Fury” is the number one seller on amazon.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 8:39:59am

re: #331 HappyWarrior

Just “The Jews.”

re: #337 Sir John Barron

I can’t imagine such a winning strategery running into any problems.

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This one looks fun
Rossmann v. African American and Other Lesbians, ect. et al
Plaintiff: Brud Rossmann
Defendant: African American and Other Lesbians, ect., Barack Obama, Muriel Bowswer, Michelle Obama, Charles Jones, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Michael Pompeo, Christopher Wray, Michael Rogers, Office of Medical Service, The, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Associated Human Resource Functions at the Federal Bureau of Invesitgation, Department of Defense, Steve Case, Len Leader, Ron Peele, Joseph Maher, Channing Phillips, Les Vermillion, Sergey Ivanov, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Lennert Leader, David Colburn (E), Jay Rappaport, Eric Keller, Ted Maidenberg, Miles Gilburn (E), Marubian Affini, Tabitha McQueen, Susan Bell, Cathy Rojko, Patricia Henricks, Shelly Bowan, Letitia Grishaw, Phyllis Gardner, Michelle Rider, Susan Sullivan, Kathy Walsh, Catania, Mindy Peele, Sandy Smith, Michael Smith, Jeff Peters, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, WIlliam Clinton, Grant Parpan, Joe Patrice, Zoe Tillman, Leslie/Lesley Stahl, John Doe-1, John Doe-2 and John Doe-3

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:40:10am

re: #338 A hollow voice says, Covfefe.

And “Fire and Fury” is the number one seller on amazon.

Knowing Trump, he’ll start bragging about its success since he allowed access.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 8:40:55am

re: #339 FormerDirtDart

This one looks fun
Rossmann v. African American and Other Lesbians, ect. et al
Plaintiff: Brud Rossmann
Defendant: African American and Other Lesbians, ect., Barack Obama, Muriel Bowswer, Michelle Obama, Charles Jones, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Michael Pompeo, Christopher Wray, Michael Rogers, Office of Medical Service, The, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Associated Human Resource Functions at the Federal Bureau of Invesitgation, Department of Defense, Steve Case, Len Leader, Ron Peele, Joseph Maher, Channing Phillips, Les Vermillion, Sergey Ivanov, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Lennert Leader, David Colburn (E), Jay Rappaport, Eric Keller, Ted Maidenberg, Miles Gilburn (E), Marubian Affini, Tabitha McQueen, Susan Bell, Cathy Rojko, Patricia Henricks, Shelly Bowan, Letitia Grishaw, Phyllis Gardner, Michelle Rider, Susan Sullivan, Kathy Walsh, Catania, Mindy Peele, Sandy Smith, Michael Smith, Jeff Peters, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, WIlliam Clinton, Grant Parpan, Joe Patrice, Zoe Tillman, Leslie/Lesley Stahl, John Doe-1, John Doe-2 and John Doe-3

You know, working in the legal field, it amazes me that this guy has this much time and people to assist him in these lawsuits.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 8:41:38am

#cyclonebomb pic.twitter.com/W05jKVBjn1

— Di Umgebroyzelte Bubbie (@viciousbabushka) January 4, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 8:46:54am

re: #341 HappyWarrior

You know, working in the legal field, it amazes me that this guy has this much time and people to assist him in these lawsuits.

I found his rabbit hole, and it is deep
brudrossmann.blogspot.com

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I Would Prefer Not To Jan 4, 2018 • 8:51:18am

re: #343 FormerDirtDart

I found his rabbit hole, and it is deep
brudrossmann.blogspot.com

Someone is off his meds

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Dr Lizardo Jan 4, 2018 • 8:53:31am

re: #343 FormerDirtDart

I found his rabbit hole, and it is deep
brudrossmann.blogspot.com

Damn, that’s some serious mental illness on display there.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 8:54:53am

re: #344 I Would Prefer Not To

Someone is off his meds

Someone is able to undo his shirt that buckles in the back

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Citizen K Jan 4, 2018 • 9:00:13am

Man. Thin skin and selective obliviousness really must be employment prerequisites at NYT:

The more I read this article (I’ve read it couple of times), the more I’m enraged by the access & normalizing journalism @nytimes reporters have displayed over last year and half.@peterbakernyt credited him in “reinventing the Presidency” just a few days ago.

— ___📎___ (@ThinSkinTrump) January 4, 2018

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This is an important point. Wolff’s book, which is based on him actually being in the WH, depicts a much lore chaotic and incoherent WH than many media outlets have shown us. Indeed, some have argued their incoherence is strategy. https://t.co/Yipe8bvIdx

— Neera Tanden🖖🏼 (@neeratanden) January 4, 2018

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I thought Maggie was arguing the book was false yesterday. How can it be an accurate depiction of the WH, one the Times has already reported and also false?

— Neera Tanden🖖🏼 (@neeratanden) January 4, 2018

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Then again, she and most others probably read that and hasn’t actually yet read the Wolff book that they’re declaring seminal.

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 4, 2018

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I didn’t say it was seminal. But I find it interesting that you’re saying it’s wrong again when @shearm this morning said NYT reported this all already. Hard for both to be true.

— Neera Tanden🖖🏼 (@neeratanden) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 9:03:28am

re: #347 Citizen K

Man. Thin skin and selective obliviousness really must be employment prerequisites at NYT:

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She really wants her access bad. Sad.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 9:07:32am

Haberman makes my fucking teeth hurt.

She must have gotten one hell of an advance for that book, and is scared to death of jeopardizing it.

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Citizen K Jan 4, 2018 • 9:09:32am

re: #348 HappyWarrior

re: #349 makeitstop

It wouldn’t even be so bad if it was just Haberman. But it seems like every single NYT employee short of Charles Blow and Paul Krugman have become endless apologists for this kind of coverage and keep wanting to get credit for ‘exposing Trump’ while endlessly normalizing him.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 9:11:18am

re: #347 Citizen K

I thought Maggie was arguing the book was false yesterday. How can it be an accurate depiction of the WH, one the Times has already reported and also false?

— Neera Tanden🖖🏼

I hate vague references like this. I wish Neera would quote what Maggie said specifically.

That said, Maggie does seem rather defensive about the Wolff book, wants to claim that Wolff is dependent on actual journalism from Wash Post/NYT. Specifically Maggie says “Wolff is pretty reliant on reporting from NYT, WaPo and others - which he derided in real time — throughout the book”.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 9:12:05am

re: #349 makeitstop

Haberman makes my fucking teeth hurt.

She must have gotten one hell of an advance for that book, and is scared to death of jeopardizing it.

Oh she has her own book out, or soon to come out?

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 9:13:19am

re: #350 Citizen K

It wouldn’t even be so bad if it was just Haberman. But it seems like every single NYT employee short of Charles Blow and Paul Krugman have become endless apologists for this kind of coverage and keep wanting to get credit for ‘exposing Trump’ while endlessly normalizing him.

Yeah and the non stop fluff pieces on the Neo-Nazis and racists too. Agh.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 9:15:20am

re: #329 FormerDirtDart

What kind of idiot tries to take on the Jews by taking them to court?

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 4, 2018

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Good luck finding a lawyer.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 9:17:45am

In advocating his immigration policies, Trump cites recent cases in which two Border Patrol officers were killed.

One died when his car collided with a wild hog. The reason for the other death has not been determined yet.https://t.co/60S8FZewmk

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 4, 2018 • 9:18:33am

re: #320 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 9:18:43am

re: #354 Ace-o-aces

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Good luck finding a lawyer.

Roy Moore’s lawyer has some spare time.

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Dave In Austin Jan 4, 2018 • 9:19:03am

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JUST IN: AG Jeff Sessions to end a policy that allowed legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country without federal intervention, NBC News’ @PeteWilliamsNBC confirms

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 4, 2018

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We’ll give Jeff Sessions our legal pot when he pries it from our warm, extremely interesting to look at hands. https://t.co/LF0RpdCiHG

— Colorado Senate Dems (@COSenDem) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 9:19:54am

re: #357 Decatur Deb

Roy Moore’s lawyer has some spare time.

Nah, he’s too busy celebrating Jones’ victory.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 9:20:16am

re: #358 Dave In Austin

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Hahhaha! Oh Colorado.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 9:23:22am

JUST IN: AG Jeff Sessions to end a policy that allowed legalized marijuana to flourish in states across the country without federal intervention, NBC News’ @PeteWilliamsNBC confirms

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 4, 2018

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Conservatism is a political philosophy based on the fear that somewhere, somehow, somebody is enjoying themselves. https://t.co/xAdIGHY7J1

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 9:24:34am

re: #358 Dave In Austin

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Sanctuary pot cities.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 9:25:59am

re: #361 Ace-o-aces

More like they think they can legislate their way into heaven.

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 9:28:42am

This is Piper, the Airport k9. After a year-long battle with cancer, he passed away last night. He was a badass runway protector, and our second ever 15/10. Rest easy Piper pic.twitter.com/jAG5ujfHUg

— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) January 4, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 9:30:21am

Kris Kobach, tasked (ostensibly) with protecting election integrity, describes a “perfect world” as one in which he would have been allowed to disenfranchise voters across the country without anyone trying to stop him. https://t.co/zJUDIPwsCa

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) January 4, 2018

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Once again, I will note that anyone who is talking about the “blue wave” they believe is coming in the 2018 midterms had better preoccupy themselves with what Trump, Pence, Kobach, and the DHS are up to. https://t.co/uDDfJbtGwF

— Melissa McEwan (@Shakestweetz) January 4, 2018

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 9:38:27am

re: #352 Sir John Barron

Oh she has her own book out, or soon to come out?

Yeah, she and Glenn Thrush have a deal signed.

Prolly why she’s so pissy about the Wolff book. After those Bannon quotes Wolff got, Maggie’s kiss-ass-and-tell is most likely going to end up being laughed at.

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Citizen K Jan 4, 2018 • 9:39:39am

re: #365 FormerDirtDart

At this point, why don’t they just fucking cut out the middle man and outlaw the Democratic Party? That’s part of the obvious end game, along with declaring brown people ‘non-citizens’.

— New Year’s K Won’t Miss 2017 (@Citizen_Kryptik) January 4, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 9:41:42am

has the weather gotten bad enough that no one is able to escape the White House?

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 9:43:38am

re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth

has the weather gotten bad enough that no one is able to escape the White House?

Cabin Fever.

It causes rises in domestic violence.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 9:45:55am

re: #366 makeitstop

Yeah, she and Glenn Thrush have a deal signed.

Prolly why she’s so pissy about the Wolff book. After those Bannon quotes Wolff got, Maggie’s kiss-ass-and-tell is most likely going to end up being laughed at.

Time for a working titles hashtag for Maggie’s book. “Grab Me By the Pussy: My Brush With Greatness”

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 9:46:20am

Testing adding a caption for the visually impaired Twitter users out there. Will try to make this a habit. h/t to @_Red_Long for the suggestion. @jack - make this fuckin’ default behavior already. pic.twitter.com/19SznuY3Gc

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 9:47:22am

re: #368 Backwoods_Sleuth

It is still snowing and still very windy in NE Philly. And the maps still say there is snow in DC.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 9:47:43am

Oh, and it happens to be world fuckin’ Braille day.

On this day in 1809 Louis Braille was born. By the age of 15 he had developed a revolutionary and life changing tactile writing and reading system. Today, Braille is used by millions of blind and visually impaired people around the globe. #WorldBrailleDay pic.twitter.com/fq9NdfaHjL

— SCOVI (@SCOVITweet) January 4, 2018

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I cannot. Jan 4, 2018 • 9:47:59am

This is your brain on skooma pic.twitter.com/aAiPDzvIDf

— David Sherratt (@4lternate_facts) January 3, 2018

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Ian Miles Cheong, one of the Wrongest Men on the Internet, and an undisputed master of the Self-0wn continues being wrong…

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 9:48:34am

You don’t have to pick sides in Trump vs. Bannon. It’s like you don’t need to root for fireworks, you just enjoy the beautiful destruction.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 3, 2018

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 9:49:37am

re: #372 PhillyPretzel

It is still snowing and still very windy in NE Philly. And the maps still say there is snow in DC.

We’re getting reports that it’s going to snow straight through until about 9:00 tonight. And the winds have definitely picked way up.

So happy we don’t have to leave the house today…

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 9:51:26am

re: #372 PhillyPretzel

It is still snowing and still very windy in NE Philly. And the maps still say there is snow in DC.

Very little snow in DC area, about 1/4 inch I’d say.

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I Would Prefer Not To Jan 4, 2018 • 9:51:52am

Anybody know WHY Jeff Sessions, who lied multiple times to Congressional Committee, STILL has Attorney General attached to his name instead of an Inmate number? pic.twitter.com/SQjb7B3RLT

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) January 4, 2018

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 9:51:55am

re: #376 makeitstop

Same here. I called work early this morning and took a vacation day. 8 hours burnt for a good cause.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 9:55:29am

DING DING DING! We have a winner! https://t.co/uOpmVxNykC via @bv

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 9:56:44am

re: #370 darthstar

Time for a working titles hashtag for Maggie’s book. “Grab Me By the Pussy: My Brush With Greatness”

“MAGA: How Trump Beat The Establishment”

“The New Accessible Presidency: Former Reality Star Makes Good in Oval Office”

“Happy Days Are Here Again”

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Jay C Jan 4, 2018 • 9:57:48am

re: #376 makeitstop

We’re getting reports that it’s going to snow straight through until about 9:00 tonight. And the winds have definitely picked way up.

So happy we don’t have to leave the house today…

Same here in W. Mass.: I’ve been following the forecast updates, and over the last day, it’s gone from “edge of the snow belt” to “moderate accumulations” to “storm advisory” with “1-3” accumulation” to “major winter storm”* with 12 full hours of snow, and 9” forecast to accumulate. Where it isn’t blown away by the howling wind, that is.
I’m staying indoors today surfing LGF….

* or in layman’ terms: “miserable f*ck^ng blizzard”…

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 9:57:53am

Misnomer? “President Trump” is a misnomer. “Freedom caucus” is a misnomer. Jumbo shrimp.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 9:59:18am

Up at my gym, the owner had written on the white board “What did you like about 2017?” Someone wrote “Donald Trump holding the water bottle with both hands.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 10:00:45am

Hey, remember that asshole who raised the price of a cancer drug 1,400% to $768 per pill?

Guess what he did with the money?

NextSource CEO Robert DiCrisci Accused of Sex Harassment, Spending Money on Strippers and Suits https://t.co/RaK1Vs7O07 #ThursdayThoughts

— Holly Figueroa O’Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) January 4, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 10:02:48am

“I will be putting a hold today on every single nomination from DOJ until AG Jeff Sessions lives up to the commitment he made to me in my pre-confirmation meeting with him.”-NRSC Chair & CO GOP Sen Cory Gardner.

— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) January 4, 2018

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FormerDirtDart Jan 4, 2018 • 10:04:59am

But Her Emails has been picked up for another season https://t.co/WeywzySoPG

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 4, 2018

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 10:05:21am

re: #370 darthstar

Time for a working titles hashtag for Maggie’s book. “Grab Me By the Pussy: My Brush With Greatness”

“Insiders: How We Made It In Donald Trump’s White House”

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 10:06:02am

re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth

And we’re out of popcorn

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 10:10:47am

re: #387 FormerDirtDart

The horse is dead and badly mutilated. Do you think we could get the SPCA involved? /half

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 10:11:15am

re: #386 Backwoods_Sleuth

“I will be putting a hold today on every single nomination from DOJ until AG Jeff Sessions lives up to the commitment he made to me in my pre-confirmation meeting with him.”

Sessions isn’t a negotiator, he’s a fanatic.

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 10:14:47am

So US AG @jeffsessions thinks he is more powerful than the Legislators representing the states of WA, CA, CO, OR, MA, ME, NV, AK, AZ, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, Il, IN, LA, MD, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NY, ND, RI, VT and DC? #LegalCannabis He’s gonna wish he never took on this fight.

— Angela Marx (@AngieinWAState) January 4, 2018

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Dr. Matt Jan 4, 2018 • 10:15:02am

The White House is threatening to sue a publisher over the publication of a book that it doesn’t like.

We are no longer the United States of America. #maga

— I hope & pray the Nazis/alt-right get dick cancer (@DrMatthew) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 10:16:18am

Silly libtards. States rights are only in effect when it’s telling gay people tehy can’t marry or black people they can’t use the bathroom.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 10:17:54am

We’ve got a woman Democrat who has just announced that she will run for Thomas Massie’s seat in the House (KY-4): Patti Piatt

Patti on some of the issues: piattforcongress.com

We’re getting excited for our formal kick-off on Monday, 5 p.m. at Hotel Covington. Hope to see you there. pic.twitter.com/gfseliKlKM

— Patti M Piatt (@PiattPatti) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 10:18:13am

re: #392 jaunte

Even Texas considered legalizing it last year.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 10:18:59am

re: #393 Dr. Matt

We’re still in America. Republicans always threaten those that speak badly about them. This hasn’t changed in a while.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 10:20:32am

Disasters like the Deepwater Horizon should serve as lessons that offshore drilling poses unacceptable threats to local economies and the environment. https://t.co/ahLKJldDgf

— House Democrats (@HouseDemocrats) January 4, 2018

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Decatur Deb Jan 4, 2018 • 10:26:23am

re: #373 darthstar

Oh, and it happens to be world fuckin’ Braille day.

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My favorite used bookstore find: An 11X14 inch1960s edition of Playboy in Braille, published as an accomodation tool by the Government Printing Office.

(No pictures—they just read it for the articles.)

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 10:26:34am

@universalhub check out Seaport Blvd right now, disaster and its getting worse by the min….. pic.twitter.com/6schC67H9l

— Miss Lippy (@Libjammin) January 4, 2018

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We’re getting inundated w/ coastal flood reports all along the E coast of MA at this hour, some of the worst in recent history being observed in #Boston; stay away from the coastline and do not drive through flooded roads #CoastalFlooding https://t.co/GcFaM7XoNY

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) January 4, 2018

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[Perspective] This is getting close to coastal flooding that was observed w/ the #blizzard of 1978; major impacts & evacuations currently ongoing along the E Coast of MA

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) January 4, 2018

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Barnstable Harbor gone crazy!!! pic.twitter.com/KrP2sZ0J8M

— Charles Orloff (@charlesorloff) January 4, 2018

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We appear to be near the record high water level in #Boston. However, it is within a few tenths of an inch and this will need to be confirmed with the NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) @noaaocean before we can confirm or deny whether the record was tied or broken pic.twitter.com/CHiTM6kJ9Z

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) January 4, 2018

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nines09 Jan 4, 2018 • 10:26:52am

re: #364 FormerDirtDart

That is so cool. Did you read the link? Damn.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 10:30:54am

re: #393 Dr. Matt

The White House is threatening to sue a publisher over the publication of a book that it doesn’t like.

Yeah, they won’t do that. Would involve Trumpy needing to reveal all kinds of stuff.

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John Carter Jan 4, 2018 • 10:32:15am

re: #394 HappyWarrior

Silly libtards. States rights are only in effect when it’s telling gay people tehy can’t marry or black people they can’t use the bathroom.

Or when black people don’t want to be possessions.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 10:32:28am

re: #399 Decatur Deb

My favorite used bookstore find: An 11X14 inch1960s edition of Playboy in Braille, published as an accomodation tool by the Government Printing Office.

(No pictures—they just read it for the articles.)

Robin Hood - Blinkin

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 10:41:01am

The nerve of people thinking they should be paid enough to live on! The economy thrives when more people are able to buy stuff. #FightFor15

— Di Umgebroyzelte Bubbie (@viciousbabushka) January 4, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 10:43:04am

Old enough to remember Loesch as a never trumper. pic.twitter.com/3hUKpLmVot

— This Is Not Normal (@NetworkJunkyz) January 4, 2018

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I see, you must be using a different definition of “never” than the rest of us.

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 4, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 10:47:35am

Marvel just introduced a Kosher Hero Sandwich to the Marvel universe

.@GWillowWilson: “To a lot of people, particularly people who might identify as more secular, religion is something that they see as inhibiting the imagination and inhibiting storytelling.” “To me, religion is part of the engine of the human imagination.” https://t.co/FsqMuUflo4

— (((Yair Rosenberg))) (@Yair_Rosenberg) January 4, 2018

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 10:47:43am

Wait, what if I declare myself immune from the law requiring me to recognize sovereign citizens? Do they have to pay ME $10K, or due they cancel each other out?

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 10:47:56am

re: #406 Ace-o-aces

(I can’t see the picture, but) Never Trumper doesn’t count if you were only against him during the primary.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis Jan 4, 2018 • 10:48:04am

re: #406 Ace-o-aces

So you’re condescending, and have no principles.

— Jeff Furlington (@FurlingtonJeff) January 4, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 10:49:23am

CNN is saying the Trump Org turned over real estate info to Mueller.

Adds more to the freakout factor

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Old Liberal Jan 4, 2018 • 10:52:11am

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

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If you want to see the level of economic expertise they quote, look up the guy in this clip “Bob Massi”. From his own site “Attorney Bob Massi is very knowledgeable, personable and experienced in all legal matters.

I wish I was knowledgeable and experienced in ALL legal matters. Don’t know about personable……..

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 10:53:28am

re: #410 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

“When you’re having principles on the right, you’re helping the left.”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 11:01:11am

BREAKING: US attorney in Colorado says no change to marijuana enforcement despite Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ shift on pot policy.

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) January 4, 2018

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nines09 Jan 4, 2018 • 11:04:35am

Michael Wolff or Allen Funt? How about the hilarity of that?

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:04:52am

re: #406 Ace-o-aces

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She got her guns so she’s happy. Her only real problem with Trump was in the past he didn’t toe the NRA line on guns. And that’s the only issue she cares about.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:05:52am

re: #409 Belafon

(I can’t see the picture, but) Never Trumper doesn’t count if you were only against him during the primary.

Yep. I mean someone like Ana Navarro counts since she voted for his opponent in the GE.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:06:36am

re: #405 The Vicious Babushka

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So sick of attacks on people wanting better wages. Fuck FNC.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 11:07:03am

Oh my god.

News Alert: AG Sessions to rescind policy allowing legal marijuana in states without federal intervention. https://t.co/NjmBM8fChG pic.twitter.com/t7FJyAWYfK

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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Come on Jeff Sessions. Leave marijuana alone. Leave it up to the states. If booze is legal, weed should be legal. https://t.co/1MObJY5dxB

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 4, 2018

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Chrysicat Jan 4, 2018 • 11:08:44am

Why do I get the feeling Jeff Sessions is going to raid every Colorado store with a green cross on its sign, and probably using MPs, not just DEA and FBI agents?

— (((Chrysi Cat))) (@chrysicat) January 4, 2018

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 11:09:06am

News Alert: AG Sessions to rescind policy allowing legal marijuana in states without federal intervention. https://t.co/NjmBM8fChG pic.twitter.com/t7FJyAWYfK

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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Come on Jeff Sessions. Leave marijuana alone. Leave it up to the states. If booze is legal, weed should be legal. https://t.co/1MObJY5dxB

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) January 4, 2018

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Jesus…I find myself agreeing with that deadbeat dad dude again. https://t.co/1NoCpCsP0t

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:09:27am

re: #419 Ace-o-aces

Oh my god.

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Stop it Walsh. Stop being so reasonable.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 11:09:45am

re: #419 Ace-o-aces

Is he doing this to divert attention away from Trump and Company?

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 11:09:54am

She’s had a couple of zingers…last night she asked who got the kids in this divorce.

Nicole Wallace on @msnbc just coined the current mood in the WH as “cannibalism on the Titanic”- everyone eating each other as the ship is sinking. Wow. pic.twitter.com/Zvbe4649pt

— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:10:20am

re: #423 PhillyPretzel

Is he doing this to divert attention away from Trump and Company?

Sessions? Maybe.

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 11:10:35am

re: #424 darthstar

Trump has to take Gorka.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 11:10:54am

re: #423 PhillyPretzel

Is he doing this to divert attention away from Trump and Company?

Yes. That’s my thought. Marijuana and HRC emails.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:11:11am

re: #424 darthstar

She’s had a couple of zingers…last night she asked who got the kids in this divorce.

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Who will eat the captain? I hear he goes good with ketchup and Diet Coke.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:12:38am

re: #423 PhillyPretzel

Is he doing this to divert attention away from Trump and Company?

The war on drugs was created to go after blacks after the CRA. Sessions would love nothing better than to arrest more minorities. He’s been wanting to do this since he took the office.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:14:14am

I think in this case Sessions’ timing has more to do with states’ laws taking effect, especially California.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 11:17:14am

re: #429 Belafon

The war on drugs was created to go after blacks after the CRA. Sessions would love nothing better than to arrest more minorities. He’s been wanting to do this since he took the office.

Edited.

Jeffery still thinks it is 1967…another reason he will go after pot is all those radical hippies that pose problems for good upstanding conservative Christians and Politicians.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:17:18am

re: #430 Belafon

I think in this case Sessions’ timing has more to do with states’ laws taking effect, especially California.

Yep California is a big one.

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 11:17:31am

He’s on video in the press room.

lol

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:17:46am

re: #431 ObserverArt

Jeffery still thinks it is 1967…another reason he will go after pot is all those radical hippies that pose problems for good upstanding conservative Christians and Politicians.

Yep his views on drugs are as backwards as his on race.

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 11:18:04am

Man, this is so dear leader

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:18:40am

re: #432 HappyWarrior

Yep California is a big one.

And I’m sure Sessions won’t be against a few ICE people running around with the DEA.

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boredtechindenver Jan 4, 2018 • 11:18:50am

What’s up with his right eye?

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sagehen Jan 4, 2018 • 11:18:51am

re: #431 ObserverArt

Jeffery still thinks it is 1967…another reason he will go after pot is all those radical hippies that pose problems for good upstanding conservative Christians and Politicians.

Not Jeffery.

It’s Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. The most confederate name imaginable.

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 11:19:15am

re: #437 boredtechindenver

What’s up with his right eye?

total squintage

he looked like sheeet

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:20:24am

re: #438 sagehen

Not Jeffery.

It’s Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. The most confederate name imaginable.

We should start calling him Secessions.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 11:21:07am

And “special guest” appears on screen in pre-recorded message in @WhiteHouse press briefing room touting economic successes. pic.twitter.com/ZcmHtceOai

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 4, 2018

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The Two Minutes Grate https://t.co/OTDZCm4g7B

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:22:50am

re: #438 sagehen

Not Jeffery.

It’s Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III. The most confederate name imaginable.

Seriously it’s like some writer said “I need a Southern conservative with a real CSA name.” Sessions even sounda like secsssion. And Jefferson snd Beauregard, wow.

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 11:23:44am

re: #437 boredtechindenver

What’s up with his right eye?

The bloated blue worms underneath his eyes (spawn of his hairparasite) are moving into his eyeballs.

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Chrysicat Jan 4, 2018 • 11:23:47am

re: #430 Belafon

I think in this case Sessions’ timing has more to do with states’ laws taking effect, especially California.

I’m sure it does. Doesn’t change the fact that every single pot state voted for Clinton, and thus Colorado is just as ‘valid’ a target in this Cold Civil War of theirs.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:25:03am

Remember when Obama was a textbook narcissist because of saying I? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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makeitstop Jan 4, 2018 • 11:27:25am

Shameless page promo: Fire and Fury:’ AKA ‘Stampede to the Panic Room”

Ya know, I seriously thought we’d get a few days into 2018 with a little relative peace and quiet. But noooo - while 2017 was a bumpy ride in a creaky old airplane, it turns out that 2018 is that same plane strapped with 10 rocket engines, and they’ve all fired off at once on the first business day after New Year’s Day, and what was once a moderately discomforting display of turbulence and dodgy engineering has unexpectedly turned into the thrill ride of the century.

Michael Wolff’s ‘Fire and Fury’ has gone into previews, and Trump World has flown into a blind, sweaty panic.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 11:28:55am

“Probably”

WH press sec Sanders on questions about whether he’s mentally fit to occupy the Oval Office: “disgraceful. laughable. if he was unfit he probably wouldn’t be sitting there”

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 4, 2018

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 11:29:12am

Today’s 1984/Wizard of Oz hybrid is off to a wild start …. pic.twitter.com/yJT8hC6JV5

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 4, 2018

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Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches) Jan 4, 2018 • 11:30:27am

Just paged today’s update on how the confused right-wing trolls are milling about anxiously, begging to know who to pledge their allegiance to - Trump or Bannon?

The Deplorables claim that you don’t have to choose - you can have both. Which seems somewhat plaintive - like a little kid wanting to stay with both mommy and daddy when they do nothing but scream and hurl crockery at each other.

Luckily (?) the Russian propagandists who control Reddit’s The_Donald board have pointed a way forward, and it’s a tried-and-true way of comforting the hateful knuckledragging rednecks:

HATE ON BROWN PEOPLE!

Do NOT click on the comment threads. Please. For your own sanity.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 11:34:09am

Tiny penis alert

Click to Reveal

If anyone knows who drew this, let me know so I can give proper attribution. pic.twitter.com/ZVISOpwzke

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 11:34:37am

.@presssec riffs that the country couldn’t care less about a “book full of lies.”

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) January 4, 2018

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This book the country couldn’t care less about is #1 on Amazon right now https://t.co/7N2UmIjr64

— Carlos Lozada (@CarlosLozadaWP) January 4, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 11:36:39am

re: #450 darthstar

Put that thing in NSFW tags.

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:40:09am

re: #451 jaunte

Also at Barnes & Noble: barnesandnoble.com

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 11:40:17am

re: #452 The Vicious Babushka

Put that thing in NSFW tags.

Updated…refresh.

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 11:40:57am

re: #434 HappyWarrior

Yep his views on drugs are as backwards as his on race.

Remember that it wasn’t the KKK part that offended him, he hated the new version in Alabama because some of them smoked pot.

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jaunte Jan 4, 2018 • 11:42:01am

re: #450 darthstar

That looks like Barry Blitt’s work.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 11:43:30am

re: #450 darthstar

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Mother Jones - Cartoonist Takes On the Sketchiest President Yet

Illustrator Barry Blitt on how Trump is “an instruction manual for how to caricature”

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 11:45:00am

Should Breitbart get rid of Steve Bannon? Sarah Sanders: “I certainly thing it’s something they should look at and consider.”

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) January 4, 2018

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Another call to fire someone from the WH podium. https://t.co/mEe6oiHTmQ

— digby (@digby56) January 4, 2018

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The Vicious Babushka Jan 4, 2018 • 11:45:02am

We are all so fucked.

PHOTO: The “bomb cyclone” as seen from space.

Blizzard warnings remain in effect from Maryland to Maine: https://t.co/sYR5Wvmzxn

(Via NASA Goodard) pic.twitter.com/WjC6LVwQKL

— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 4, 2018

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 11:46:26am

re: #459 The Vicious Babushka

We are all so fucked.

While the snow has ended, the wind sure has picked up here in your nation’s capital.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 11:46:33am

What just happened in the WH briefing is disturbing. A desperate, untreated sociopath is dictating to the press directly, but without appearing to take questions. Another piece of our democracy just disappeared and Americans are doing nothing about it. This is the sad truth. pic.twitter.com/49wLguYDNt

— Bandit Aléatoire (@BanditRandom) January 4, 2018

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 11:46:51am

re: #459 The Vicious Babushka

It is still snowing in Philly. Very lightly and the wind is still blowing. :(

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 11:46:58am

re: #455 Barefoot Grin

Remember that it wasn’t the KKK part that offended him, he hated the new version in Alabama because some of them smoked pot.

Yep I remember that.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 11:47:03am

re: #458 Backwoods_Sleuth

How about we fire Trumpy as soon as possible.

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jimmyvluv4u Jan 4, 2018 • 11:47:26am

re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is going to be the norm from here on out - prerecorded statements that they can put together over 37 takes and editing so that no one has to see him struggle to speak in public.

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 11:47:33am

Darth…Barry Blitt can probably be contacted through The New Yorker magazine. He does many of their covers…all in his style.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 11:47:52am

re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maggie NYT: Another bold new move by a precedent shattering president of the common man.

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Sir John Barron Jan 4, 2018 • 11:49:21am

re: #461 Backwoods_Sleuth

Maggie NYT: It’s not the job of the press to pass judgments on how the president appears or does not appear at news conferences.

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JordanRules Jan 4, 2018 • 11:50:09am

re: #465 jimmyvluv4u

Yes. The efforts to shield him will be getting more obvious and ridiculous.

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Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches) Jan 4, 2018 • 11:51:05am

re: #336 Old Liberal

There were very few people predicting a crash in 2007. I mean very few. I pulled all my money out and begged my friends and family to do the same. I remember how lonely I felt. Almost no one did. Pigs get fed, hogs get slaughtered. If the things that were going to crash the market were obvious, it would never get that high. FWIW.

Housing Panic and Flippers In Trouble were spot on.

Keith, the force behind Housing Panic later shuttered that site and launched Soot and Ashes in the dark days of 2009. He was cited by the LA Times and others for calling the subprime insanity back in 2005. I started following him in ‘06, and was appalled down to my bones at seeing a smart, financially literate analyst just work the numbers.

So, today: work the numbers. Listen to what the voices from outside the Greed Bubble are saying.

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nines09 Jan 4, 2018 • 11:52:23am

What an entrance 😮 pic.twitter.com/mTNwe5pPcn

— CCTV IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) January 4, 2018

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retired cynic Jan 4, 2018 • 11:55:04am

re: #428 HappyWarrior

Who will eat the captain? I hear he goes good with ketchup and Diet Coke.

Just a little off the flank.

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nines09 Jan 4, 2018 • 11:55:10am

Cat performs magic trick 😹 pic.twitter.com/Ku7t1eco4y

— CCTV IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 11:57:20am

Oregon’s Supreme Court now consists of five women, two of color, and two men: dailykos.com.

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 11:59:30am

So I was one of the 6 guests at the Bannon-Ailes dinner party in January 2017 and every word I’ve seen from the book about it is absolutely accurate. It was an astonishing night… pic.twitter.com/I4vgOrHOYb

— Janice Min (@janicemin) January 4, 2018

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 12:00:02pm

.@PressSec: “The @POTUS absolutely believes in the First Amendment, but as we’ve said before, the president also believes in making sure that information is accurate before pushing it out as fact when it certainly and clearly is not.” https://t.co/r1K3ULUX3l pic.twitter.com/zgz5SRwzhT

— Fox News (@FoxNews) January 4, 2018

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cc: Obama Wiretapp https://t.co/YeOTMyeNSd

— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:01:14pm

re: #476 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Oh information is accurate? Like that he won in a landslide and all the other easily debunked bs he lied about. FO with that shit Sarah.

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Old Liberal Jan 4, 2018 • 12:01:23pm

re: #470 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)

Housing Panic and Flippers In Trouble were spot on.

Keith, the force behind Housing Panic later shuttered that site and launched Soot and Ashes in the dark days of 2009. He was cited by the LA Times and others for calling the subprime insanity back in 2005. I started following him in ‘06, and was appalled down to my bones at seeing a smart, financially literate analyst just work the numbers.

So, today: work the numbers. Listen to what the voices from outside the Greed Bubble are saying.

Yes. Stock market up? Where is that money coming from? Has to come from somewhere, its not just laying in the street to be picked up. Bailing out of bonds? Okay, borrowing will get more expensive, rates go up, business borrowing gets expensive, banks get squeezed. Borrowing against real estate to buy stocks? What can go wrong when real estate is over leverage? Look out if overall margin requirements get lowered. Wealthy tax cut money being used to buy stocks? Aside from the fact that they don’t have it yet, a big chunk of that money is from increasing the deficit which means increased interest rates which affect housing prices which squeezes people who borrowed against equity to buy stocks. Always remember, the sharks are ALWAYS in the water, like Goldman shorting the very stocks they were pushing clients to buy. If you aren’t a shark, you’re the chum.

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electrotek Jan 4, 2018 • 12:06:11pm

Jesus Christ, really?

“I don’t think #Islam is as bad as Nazism. I think Islam is worse than Nazism.” - @ArminNavabi
What are your thoughts on this? https://t.co/jnu0qAg6al

— Atheist Republic (@AtheistRepublic) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:06:53pm

re: #479 electrotek

Jesus Christ, really?

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JFC these people.

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PhillyPretzel Jan 4, 2018 • 12:08:25pm

re: #479 electrotek

Not this sh*t again. :(

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MsJ Jan 4, 2018 • 12:08:50pm

Trump gave Michael Wolff unfettered West Wing access after Wolff’s 2016 THR cover profile called him ‘the most frightening, dangerous presidential candidate’ ever, and revealed he didn’t know what Brexit was. Incredible https://t.co/qylavfRHvy pic.twitter.com/vZAqpJ28NP

— Janice Min (@janicemin) January 4, 2018

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Incredulous, I often asked Michael about his near-weekly visits to roam the White House unsupervised:

Me: ‘So what do they THINK you are doing?’

Him (typing, typing): ‘I have no idea. No one asks’

— Janice Min (@janicemin) January 4, 2018

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Flying Squirrel Girl Jan 4, 2018 • 12:11:09pm

re: #482 MsJ

!!!!!! This story just gets more incredible. I haven’t gotten shit done at work for 2 days now!

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:14:21pm

December jobs aren’t announced until Friday. This is why you and Jared shouldn’t have access to classified information. You’ll abuse it/use it for personal gain.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:15:07pm

re: #484 darthstar

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She types like her Dad.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:16:01pm

Terrified Trump, nursing eye infection, too scared to walk down the hall and face White House press corps — delivers canned TelePrompTer remarks instead. #FireAndFury pic.twitter.com/BR2dVVtbPJ

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 4, 2018

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Belafon Jan 4, 2018 • 12:19:35pm

re: #486 darthstar

Such toughness.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:19:59pm

re: #487 Belafon

Such toughness.

Alpha male. //

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 12:21:00pm

On CNN, Atty. Mark Geragos says he has it on ‘good authority’ that Steve Bannon is considering a defamation suit against President Trump.

— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) January 4, 2018

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Oooooh. This telenovela is getting good. https://t.co/x3mu5uVe1E

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) January 4, 2018

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haha if true

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:22:02pm

re: #489 Stanley Sea

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haha if true

Hahahahha. What a bunch of snowflake losers.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:22:06pm

So I was one of the 6 guests at the Bannon-Ailes dinner party in January 2017 and every word I’ve seen from the book about it is absolutely accurate. It was an astonishing night… pic.twitter.com/I4vgOrHOYb

— Janice Min (@janicemin) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:24:53pm

I think Trump is pissed because all these guys he really thought liked him and instead saw him as a fool.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:25:41pm

That’s one scary looking motherfucker in the middle.

.@realDonaldTrump makes a statement about the economy via video as @PressSec looks on during her briefing at the White House. pic.twitter.com/HKB11xBFdb

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) January 4, 2018

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Unshaken Defiance Jan 4, 2018 • 12:26:18pm

re: #492 HappyWarrior

I think Trump is pissed because all these guys he really thought liked him and instead saw him as a fool.

I’d love to re post one of the vintage train wreck film clips. But to get this right, well nobody ever staged a four way crash, and still not sure that would really capture the scale of this mess.

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Stanley Sea Jan 4, 2018 • 12:26:50pm

re: #492 HappyWarrior

I think Trump is pissed because all these guys he really thought liked him and instead saw him as a fool.

Exactly.

And it is NOT the bannon quotes he’s freaking out about.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:27:13pm

Cheeseburgers where just coming out of the microwave he keeps beside the bed.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:28:02pm

re: #495 Stanley Sea

Exactly.

And it is NOT the bannon quotes he’s freaking out about.

His precious Ivanka.

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mmmirele Jan 4, 2018 • 12:28:21pm

re: #489 Stanley Sea

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haha if true

I seriously question whether Donald Trump can be defamed.

And…”truth is an absolute defense to libel.”

Finally…”discovery is a b*tch.”

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:28:50pm

re: #491 darthstar

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This reminds me of an ad from the 1970s, about some food kids like, where the tag line was “It gets gooder and gooder every time I eat it.”

This story just gets better every time new stuff comes out…

“It’s all lies!!”
I have dozens of hours of tape.

“I thought we were off the record!”
Did I SAY we were off the record?

“How’d he get access like this?”
Trump gave it to me, after liking a picture attached to a negative article I wrote.

“How come Murdoch didn’t tell the WH staff to stop this?”
I was waiting for that, but it never happened.

“How can he know what was said at that dinner party between Ailes and Bannon?”
I hosted it. They just talked.

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:29:04pm

re: #493 darthstar

That’s one scary looking motherfucker in the middle.

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This just gets weirder and weirder by the day.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:30:10pm

re: #496 darthstar

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You know, you can buy frozen White Castle burgers at Smart And Final.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:31:48pm

re: #493 darthstar

That’s one scary looking motherfucker in the middle.

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I was observing that they no longer have her eye makeup set on “Whore”, but now she’s starting to have an Uncanny Valley problem.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:32:44pm

.@ChrisRuddyNMX posits theory than Bannon is trying to destroy POTUS so he has a better chance if he himself runs for president in 2020

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 4, 2018

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Please, PLEASE let this happen!!!!

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:33:35pm

re: #503 Blind Frog Belly White

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Please, PLEASE let this happen!!!!

Oh please do run Bannon. Please.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:34:40pm

Can’t see the floating pic captions on Twitter, but they appear here on LGF - nicely done, Charles.

Photo by @dougmillsnyt. Photo caption by me so the visually impaired can know what a shit show the press briefings are.#brailleday pic.twitter.com/H1F1ADdKKZ

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches) Jan 4, 2018 • 12:36:52pm

re: #374 I cannot.

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Ian Miles Cheong, one of the Wrongest Men on the Internet, and an undisputed master of the Self-0wn continues being wrong…

+1 for opening my eyes to the out of control world of MMPORG virtual drug overdoses

Absolutely Mental Khajiit Inhales 250 Skooma and Then Dies

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majii Jan 4, 2018 • 12:37:05pm

re: #495 Stanley Sea

re: #492 HappyWarrior

I think Trump is pissed because all these guys he really thought liked him and instead saw him as a fool.

Exactly.

And it is NOT the bannon quotes he’s freaking out about.

I also think he’s more shocked now than he’s ever been in his life. He’s spent more than 50 years describing himself as “the smartest person on the planet” and having his specially-selected toadies repeat it. Now that he’s president, he’s finding out how many, even his closest friends, really feel about him, and he’s freaking out and trying to change the subject to his non-existent economic success. The tool and the 1st Daughter seem to think that tweeting about the stock market reaching a new high means every citizen will suddenly have more money appear in their bank accounts/paychecks.

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Jay C Jan 4, 2018 • 12:37:48pm

re: #503 Blind Frog Belly White

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Please, PLEASE let this happen!!!!

Oh Yeaaaahhhh…. Steve Bannon for President?
Outside of the fact that Donald Trump’s election pretty much proves that yes, just anybody can become President, what else has he got??

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:37:57pm

Does the Trump Revolution devour its own like so many others? Or dissolve them in acid in the hot tub between batches of meth? Or simply eat them in bed while watching tv?

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 4, 2018

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Barefoot Grin Jan 4, 2018 • 12:38:40pm

re: #501 Blind Frog Belly White

You know, you can buy frozen White Castle burgers at Smart And Final.

Always better to eat them in close proximity to the comfort of your own restroom.

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Blind Frog Belly White Jan 4, 2018 • 12:39:50pm

re: #510 Barefoot Grin

Always better to eat them in close proximity to the comfort of your own restroom.

Like Taco Bell - always get it to go. That way you can eat it sitting on your own toilet at home and save time.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 12:41:18pm

teehee

Sarah Sanders says she doesn’t know if Trump was ever “particularly close” with Steve Bannon, the man who ran his campaign, was his chief strategist and fed his nationalist instincts.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:42:26pm

re: #512 Backwoods_Sleuth

teehee

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That’s going to piss off Bannon. Bannon I think sees himself as responsible for why Trump is where he is.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:42:34pm

Right about now the Russian Oligarchs and Saudi billionaires who hold the paper on Trump and Kushner’s properties are starting to wonder if their investments were sound.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 12:42:48pm

re: #484 darthstar

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She’s referring to the ADP report on job gains in the private sector which has already come out, not Friday’s report from the Bureau.

finance.yahoo.com

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ObserverArt Jan 4, 2018 • 12:43:30pm

re: #489 Stanley Sea

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haha if true

George Harrison - Sue Me Sue You Blues

Sue Me, Sue You Blues
George Harrison

You serve me
And I’ll serve you
Swing your partners, all get screwed
Bring your lawyer
And I’ll bring mine
Get together, and we could have a bad time

It’s affidavit swearing time
Sign it on the dotted line
Hold your Bible in your hand
Now all that’s left is to
Find yourself a new band

We’re gonna play the sue me, sue
You blues
We’re gonna play the sue me, sue
You blues

Hold the block on money flow
Move it into joint escrow
Court receiver, laughs, and thrills
But in the end we just pay those
Lawyers theit bills

When you serve me
And I serve you
Swing your partners, all get screwed
Bring your lawyer
And I’ll bring mine
Get together, and we could have
A bad time

We’re gonna play the sue me, sue
You blues

I’m tired of playing the
Sue Me, Sue You Blues

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:43:41pm

re: #512 Backwoods_Sleuth

teehee

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She lies even worse than she cooks.

— Sean McCabe (@darthstar99) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 4, 2018 • 12:44:36pm

Trump Moves to Open Nearly All Offshore Waters to Drilling

nytimes.com

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Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches) Jan 4, 2018 • 12:44:40pm

re: #511 Blind Frog Belly White

Like Taco Bell - always get it to go. That way you can eat it sitting on your own toilet at home and save time.

My first-ever experience with White Castle was as the cap to a friend’s bachelor party many, many, MANY years ago.

The next day’s aftermath encouraged my softspoken Christian roommate to ask, “Did you have to sacrifice a small animal in there?”

Distilled White Castle is what they feed you when you’re about to go in for a colonoscopy to ensure that your entire colon is clean as a whistle.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:45:26pm

re: #515 Big Beautiful Door

She’s referring to the ADP report on job gains in the private sector which has already come out, not Friday’s report from the Bureau.

finance.yahoo.com

Oh, well then I will take back one of the unkind things I said about her…as soon as I figure out which one that will be. They’re all so sentimental now.

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Ace-o-aces Jan 4, 2018 • 12:45:33pm

Sarah Sanders says she doesn’t know if Trump was ever “particularly close” with Steve Bannon, the man who ran his campaign, was his chief strategist and fed his nationalist instincts.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 4, 2018

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Can’t wait until Don Jr. is indicted and Trump claims he only has four children. https://t.co/Bjo1Y5Ybhe

— aceoaces (@aceoaces) January 4, 2018

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:47:07pm

Quite an afternoon @IvankaTrump is having … pic.twitter.com/jHZUHk4HWm

— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) January 4, 2018

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:47:56pm

re: #522 darthstar

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Breaking up is hard to do even with Nazis and drunks.

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:48:21pm

When God closes a racist door, He opens a racist window. pic.twitter.com/bYMaj947o8

— Dan Lavoie (@djlavoie) January 4, 2018

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darthstar Jan 4, 2018 • 12:50:02pm

I just had the weirdest dream … pic.twitter.com/jgjmgjBq14

— Henry Tudor (@KngHnryVIII) January 4, 2018

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Skip Intro Jan 4, 2018 • 12:50:51pm

Televised closeup footage of US president Donald Trump, straining to achieve a natural bowel movement, transfixes world in horror. pic.twitter.com/LqMHDOKzSF

— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 4, 2018

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stpaulbear Jan 4, 2018 • 12:52:19pm

re: #494 Unshaken Defiance

I’d love to re post one of the vintage train wreck film clips. But to get this right, well nobody ever staged a four way crash, and still not sure that would really capture the scale of this mess.

How about this scene? Only problem is that, in space, no one can hear you crash.

“I hate space!” - intense scene from Cuaron’s “Gravity”.

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Backwoods_Sleuth Jan 4, 2018 • 12:52:22pm

We stand to honor those who fought and died defending the greatest nation the world has ever known. God bless our vets! #MAGA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/Oez8pI1lzZ

— CoreyJones🇺🇸 (@CoreyLMJones) September 16, 2017

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So beautiful….Show this picture to the NFL players who still kneel! https://t.co/tJLM1tvbvb

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2018

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If people could stop using photos of widows for their own political gain, that would be great. It happens to me multiple times a year and always without my permission. 😡 https://t.co/AyzVvXnJjg

— Seana Arrechaga (@SeanaArrechaga) January 4, 2018

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and he calls it “beautiful”…good freaking grief.

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Big Beautiful Door Jan 4, 2018 • 12:56:54pm

re: #528 Backwoods_Sleuth

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and he calls it “beautiful”…good freaking grief.

Um, she’s not standing. Am I missing something here?

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HappyWarrior Jan 4, 2018 • 12:57:09pm

re: #528 Backwoods_Sleuth

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and he calls it “beautiful”…good freaking grief.

Fuck him. Using the grief of widows to attack people exercising free speech on a legitimate issues.

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dangerman Jan 4, 2018 • 1:02:32pm

re: #527 stpaulbear

How about this scene? Only problem is that, in space, no one can hear you crash.

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This is space. It does not cooperate.

— The Martian

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William Lewis Jan 4, 2018 • 1:08:23pm

re: #519 Khal Wimpo (the extinguisher of tiki torches)

My first-ever experience with White Castle was as the cap to a friend’s bachelor party many, many, MANY years ago.

The next day’s aftermath encouraged my softspoken Christian roommate to ask, “Did you have to sacrifice a small animal in there?”

Distilled White Castle is what they feed you when you’re about to go in for a colonoscopy to ensure that your entire colon is clean as a whistle.

For a time I worked at a meat packing plant on the White Castle line. Nothing illegal but they’re the cheapest of the cheap when it comes to the piss poor grade of meat they used. Made McD’s look like prime cuts. I’d not willingly eat at one of their stores.

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BeachDem Jan 4, 2018 • 1:22:35pm

re: #482 MsJ

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Out tomorrow: Trump’s threat against Michael Wolff’s book backfires spectacularly as publisher moves up release date

Here we go. You can buy it (and read it) tomorrow. Thank you, Mr. President.

— Michael Wolff (@MichaelWolffNYC) January 4, 2018

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