Julian Assange Exposed: Thought He Was Messaging Sean Hannity When He Offered ‘News’ on Democrat Investigating Trump-Russia

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Dear diary: Today we learned that Wikileaks head honcho Julian Assange is sneaking around behind the scenes, trying to aid the GOP effort to shield Donald Trump by working with Fox News propagandist Sean Hannity. What a day!

Julian Assange Thought He Was Messaging Sean Hannity When He Offered ‘News’ on Democrat Investigating Trump-Russia

At about 4 a.m. on Saturday morning, a couple hours after she started pretending to be Sean Hannity, Dell Gilliam says she got a direct message back from the head of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange. That’s when she said she “kind of panicked.”

“I felt bad. He really thought he was talking to Sean Hannity,” said Gilliam.

Gilliam, a technical writer from Texas, was bored with the flu when she created @SeanHannity__ early Saturday morning. The Fox News real account was temporarily deleted after cryptically tweeting the phrase “Form Submission 1649 | #Hannity” on Friday night. Twitter said the account had been “briefly compromised,” according to a statement provided to The Daily Beast, and was back up on Sunday morning.

When Gilliam made the account, she did not expect to be setting up a meeting over “other channels” for Assange to send “some news about Warner,” an apparent reference to Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

UPDATE at 1/29/18 5:59:28 pm by Charles Johnson

Sean Hannity spews a bunch of BS in response to this bombshell report:

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bill d. (b.d.)  Jan 29, 2018 • 5:57:33pm

Thanks Ecuador, you’re a peach!

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Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2018 • 5:58:47pm
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BigPapa  Jan 29, 2018 • 5:58:52pm

Too much fuckery for one day already.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:01:24pm

re: #2 Charles Johnson

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teleskiguy  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:01:37pm

re: #3 BigPapa

Too much fuckery for one day already.

The fire hose of insanity.

Giphy

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BigPapa  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:03:04pm

re: #5 teleskiguy

Le Firehose du Fucquery, monsier

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:07:49pm

Things that make you go hmmm!

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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:07:54pm

sorry ot Edit - 2 days old.

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bill d. (b.d.)  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:08:53pm

Remember when Assange said he would turn himself in if Obama let Manning free?

Good times, good times.

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VegasGolfer  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:10:17pm
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Forwarding to the yams twitter.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:12:59pm

Assange will go down in history as the first spy to imprison himself. Next time he should follow the time-honored example of other trapped agents and bite the cyanide capsule.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:16:05pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:18:26pm
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Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:19:15pm
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Weaselone  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:20:14pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

The Nunes memo is literally fan fiction based on selective cherry picking of intelligence.

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Mike Lamb  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:20:26pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

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Someone really needs to investigate how Gorka knows a fucking thing about the contents of the memo.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:20:31pm

re: #14 Charles Johnson

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Barefoot Grin  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:21:18pm

Gorka doesn’t have security clearance.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:21:57pm

Hannity will get his man boobs stuck in a wringer messing around with foreign intelligence agencies. They play for keeps and they will turn on a tool the second it ceases to be useful.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:23:36pm
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scottslemmons  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:23:39pm

Has anyone asked Greenwald about his noble leftist pal Assange working with a deranged Trump worshiper? Lol, I kid, Greenwald’s down with the deranged Trump worshipers.

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BigPapa  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:24:23pm

We’re barely to the end of January. I knew Trumpworld would be crazy, but shee-it.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:25:30pm
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I wouldn’t piss on Gorka if he were on fire. He’s a foreign enemy enabled by the American far-right.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:26:14pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

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The Republican Party is reminding me more and more of Captain Queeg’s iconic meltdown in The Caine Mutiny.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:28:38pm

Gorka is a racist hack who couldn’t get a clearance. But Trump only hires the best people.

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meteor  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:29:05pm
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BigPapa  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:30:31pm

OK I laughed.

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VegasGolfer  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:31:08pm

re: #12 Charles Johnson

They would love to see their enemies hung in the town square

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:33:14pm

re: #29 VegasGolfer

They would love to see their enemies hung in the town square

Because they imagine that civilized people would do the same to them. Hate radio, wingnut blogs, and Fox News have intentionally made Conservatives into dangerous, paranoid, madmen.

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Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:36:12pm

re: #30 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

Because they imagine that civilized people would do the same to them. Hate radio, wingnut blogs, and Fox News have intentionally made Conservatives into dangerous, paranoid, madmen.

I personally want to crush them, see their pickups driven to the junkyard, and hear the lamentations of their radio.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:37:22pm

re: #31 Shiplord Kirel, live from behind wingnut lines

I personally want to crush them, see their pickups driven to the junkyard, and hear the lamentations of their radio.

You’re closer to the worst of them than I am.

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The Major  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:40:44pm
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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:40:49pm

re: #29 VegasGolfer

They would love to see their enemies hung in the town square

This feels dangerous.

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Charles Johnson  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:45:23pm
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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:46:55pm

I have the notion that this memo is like a Ben Garrison Trump cartoon but without the erotic gay artwork.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:47:08pm

re: #28 BigPapa

OK I laughed.

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OK it’s only January 29th and we already have the Stupid Award Winner for the year!

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:48:02pm

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These people are undermining our government to cover up quite honestly one of the biggest scandals in history.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:49:38pm

re: #28 BigPapa

OK I laughed.

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Let me guess! It’s a homeschooled Trump voter!!!!!

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:51:23pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:52:32pm

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I think Hannity is involved in some illegal activity or hell do anything for Trump.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:53:32pm

It’s more evident with each passing day that Hannity is to the Republican Party as Vladimir Posner was to the Soviet Communist Party!

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:53:42pm

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:54:18pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

Oh no doubt in my mind. If he’s got direct contact with Julian…

It’s not only the GOP that’s tied to Russia. It’s FOX News too. They are both in this neck deep.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:54:53pm

re: #44 GlutenFreeJesus

Oh no doubt in my mind. If he’s got direct contact with Julian…

It’s not only the GOP that’s tied to Russia. It’s FOX News too. They are both in this neck deep.

Something really stinks, I agree.

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:54:59pm

re: #41 HappyWarrior

I think Hannity is involved in some illegal activity or hell do anything for Trump.

He’s a party hack. He may be compromised as well, but being a hack is enough to get him sucking Trumps dick.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:55:32pm

re: #24 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

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I wouldn’t piss on Gorka if he were on fire. He’s a foreign enemy enabled by the American far-right.

No, but I’d piss on him if he WEREN’T on fire.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:55:34pm

re: #46 Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis

He’s a party hack. He may be compromised as well, but being a hack is enough to get him sucking Trumps dick.

Right.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:56:05pm

re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White

No, but I’d piss on him if he WEREN’T on fire.

He’s one immigrant I would not mind deporting.

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Blind Frog Belly White  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:59:07pm

re: #49 HappyWarrior

He’s one immigrant I would not mind deporting.

He’s the criminal immigrant he warned us about.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 6:59:27pm

re: #50 Blind Frog Belly White

He’s the criminal immigrant he warned us about.

Yep. Him and Milo.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:00:06pm

re: #47 Blind Frog Belly White

No, but I’d piss on him if he WEREN’T on fire.

If I did that, my kidneys would NEVER forgive me!

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nines09  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:02:27pm

Opposable thumbs and it’s all over.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:03:13pm

Just like that POS Gorka, how does Hannity know what’s in the memo if it’s classified?

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:03:34pm

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teleskiguy  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:05:27pm

She’s got my vote!

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gocart mozart  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:07:37pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:08:14pm

re: #56 teleskiguy

She’s got my vote!

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Good luck to her. We talk about the blue wave but since you’re in Colorado, a blue avalanche may be more apt here.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:08:50pm

re: #54 GlutenFreeJesus

Just like that POS Gorka, how does Hannity know what’s in the memo if it’s classified?

They don’t or they’re being leaked.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:09:09pm

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Aucun pays pour les vieux ennemis  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:09:36pm

re: #53 nines09

Opposable thumbs and it’s all over.

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I don’t see any water and think the person shooting the video soaped up the rat.

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GlutenFreeJesus  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:09:54pm

re: #57 gocart mozart

“our great nation”. Sorry Seb. This ain’t your country.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:10:05pm

re: #59 HappyWarrior

They don’t or they’re being leaked.

Doesn’t matter.

This isn’t about what’s actually in the memo, it’s about telling people what the memo means ahead of time, such that they know how to react regardless of the contents.

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Belafon  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:11:06pm

re: #57 gocart mozart

Ignoring some of the history. There were some that figured we were too far away from England to remain party of it’s empire. And a lot of people would have wanted to break away anyway when England started ending slavery.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:11:26pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:12:28pm

re: #63 The Ghost of a Flea

Doesn’t matter.

This isn’t about what’s actually in the memo, it’s about telling people what the memo means ahead of time, such that they know how to react regardless of the contents.

I agree.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:13:04pm

re: #64 Belafon

Ignoring some of the history. There were some that figured we were too far away from England to remain party of it’s empire. And a lot of people would have wanted to break away anyway when England started ending slavery.

Same people who violently resisted civil rights.

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Belafon  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:17:20pm

re: #63 The Ghost of a Flea

Doesn’t matter.

This isn’t about what’s actually in the memo, it’s about telling people what the memo means ahead of time, such that they know how to react regardless of the contents.

It’ll end up like Ted Lieu said, just like Al Capone’s vault.

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Mike Lamb  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:18:07pm

And lest we forget that the #releasethememo bullshit was coordinated with Russian bots.

But there is no conspiracy to work with Russians…

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BlueSpotinAL  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:18:13pm

Seb Gorka, political science PhD form Corvinus University, thinks King George III (King of England) usurped power from the English colonies. What an idiot. I am sure Corvinus University will be proud to claim the dunderhead.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:18:44pm

re: #57 gocart mozart

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:20:25pm

re: #70 BlueSpotinAL

Seb Gorka, political science PhD form Corvinus University, thinks King George III (King of England) usurped power from the English colonies. What an idiot. I am sure Corvinus University will be proud to claim the dunderhead.

He was too busy reading Mein Kempf.

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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:21:18pm

re: #62 GlutenFreeJesus

“our great nation”. Sorry Seb. This ain’t your country.

But it’s his team. And his source of income.

Amazing where we are.

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FormerDirtDart  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:21:33pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:23:08pm

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Wingnut welfare to the rescue!

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:23:18pm
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teleskiguy  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:23:36pm

This is… pretty amazing.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:27:24pm

re: #77 teleskiguy

This is… pretty amazing.

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Chess Grandmaster George Koltanowski easily did knight tours blindfolded. They would set up a board with 64 items on it, George would look at it for a minute, then blindfolded he would do the tour and recite each item!

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Belafon  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:28:59pm

re: #78 Joe Bacon 🌹

Chess Grandmaster George Koltanowski easily did knight tours blindfolded. They would set up a board with 64 items on it, George would look at it for a minute, then blindfolded he would do the tour and recite each item!

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David Hilbert could “easily” think in infinite dimensions.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:30:08pm
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JordanRules  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:31:26pm

re: #74 FormerDirtDart

What was his approval rating when he left office? I think below 25.
But ya know the mediocre asshole needs as much deference an unearned opportunity as possible to maintain the unhealthy narratives our for-profit media has to push.

Uggh

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:31:30pm
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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:33:15pm

Endangering this country for fucking Trump.

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The Vicious Babushka  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:33:32pm
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ObserverArt  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:36:46pm

re: #68 Belafon

It’ll end up like Ted Lieu said, just like Al Capone’s vault.

Problem is the people invested in saving Trump Butt today would think Geraldo did find very important Capone treasures had they actually seen them or not.

Just tell them what you found and say it is all so secret we can’t show you, but believe us…they are there. It was a successful hunt, Capone’s vault was all we said it was. That we can tell you.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:36:49pm

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

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Yep. Sick of this nativist shit. We’re talking about people who came here as children. Fuckers.

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:39:50pm

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Kragar  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:40:47pm
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nines09  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:40:53pm

goodnight

Audioslave - I Am The Highway (Lyrics)

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Kragar  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:44:58pm
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A Mom Anon  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:46:40pm

re: #89 nines09

One of my favorite albums ever.

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JordanRules  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:47:10pm
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Weaselone  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:48:22pm

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

What if I told him everything he wrote was wrong? I mean seriously.

The pay for their own houses. They pay taxes for schools. they pay for their food. They pay their doctors. It’s their money in the bank. You just want to kick them out so you can steal all the things they’ve earned.

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The Ghost of a Flea  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:48:35pm

re: #68 Belafon

It’ll end up like Ted Lieu said, just like Al Capone’s vault.

Well…no.

The vault involved a final reveal—there are contents or there aren’t contents, in a direct, material way. If Geraldo had doubled down and speculated that the contents had been stolen or moved, or specifically moved to discredit him, that would be closer to the current situation. But that’s still an imperfect comparison; at some point, the vault situation is about material evidence…a physical, made-of-matter thing is or isn’t.

The memo situation is scary because it’s specifically exploiting the slippery nature of what constitutes veracity with regards to documentation and just plain words in general.

The memo is valid in its claims and assertions should be something carefully assessed with a neutral disposition and with recognition of the fact it’s (1) an opinion piece, (2) that its meaningfulness hinges entirely on how it uses cited intelligence to reach its conclusions. That would the equivalent of “the vault is full” or “the vault is empty” verification.

But the whole point of the memo is to poison the well of veracity. Following the logic of the above paragraph, it makes no sense to circulate or hype an interpretation without knowing what’s interpreted. But that’s what’s happening because the goal is not veracity. Rather, the hyperbole, the emotionality, and the keying into an existing framework of both conspiracy theory and partisan alliance is being done to create verisimilitude—truthiness—specifically to misdirect as many people as possible.

And there’s a lot of folks who will participate in their own misdirection. Some are cynics, and will echo anything they see as advancing their wants; some feel that affiliation and emotion are more valid than documentation and analysis, some literally don’t know how veracity works and have never thought about it.

No, the memo won’t work on everyone, but it will keeping the people already gulled, gulled, and many of those folks will invest deeper in the idea that everyone questioning Trump is part of a conspiracy. It’s just another feint in a series of feints, but there is an intended cumulative effect to this kind of repetition of narrative. One is makes the story true in the mind of the person who listens to the story; the second is that it reinforces how truth is a product of narratives by the right kind of people.

This thing we’re watching is exploitation of priming: get your story out first, and wager that a big group of people will do zero followup…a lot of folks now “know” what’s in the memo and will never, ever read it, or read any commentary.

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HappyWarrior  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:49:56pm

re: #93 Weaselone

What if I told him everything he wrote was wrong? I mean seriously.

The pay for their own houses. They pay taxes for schools. they pay for their food. They pay their doctors. It’s their money in the bank. You just want to kick them out so you can steal all the things they’ve earned.

They’re convinced every immigrant is a moocher. RW propaganda works unfortunately.

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garzooma  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:50:45pm

re: #80 The Vicious Babushka

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Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after House Intelligence Committee Republicans voted to publicly release a bogus, misleading memo, authored by Chairman Devin Nunes:

“Tonight, the House Republicans crossed from dangerous irresponsibility and disregard for our national security into the realm of cover up. In doing so, they disregarded the warnings of the Justice Department and the FBI.

Not bad, but I liked my congressman’s take on the McCabe “resignation”:

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01), the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee, issued the following statement today:

“Deputy Director McCabe has served our country for more than two decades in the FBI. He is a remarkable public servant who I’ve had the opportunity to see at the Judiciary Committee. I’ve always found him to be honest and straightforward with members of both political parties.”

“In recent months, several Republicans in Congress have done everything they can to attack the Department of Justice and the FBI. This has included reckless, personal attacks against Deputy Director McCabe and his wife, Jill. Without any merit whatsoever, the President and his zealots have accused Deputy Director McCabe of bias, impropriety, and even criminal conduct.”

“Every day, these baseless attacks are doing real damage to public confidence in our government. In their efforts to protect the President from a legitimate criminal inquiry, Republicans are undermining institutions that are essential to our society. They have gone too far, and their efforts should be condemned by all who love our democracy.”

There was talk about “messaging”. How hard is it to say “FBI: good”?

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MsJ  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:51:09pm

re: #93 Weaselone

What if I told him everything he wrote was wrong? I mean seriously.

The pay for their own houses. They pay taxes for schools. they pay for their food. They pay their doctors. It’s their money in the bank. You just want to kick them out so you can steal all the things they’ve earned.

Well, that *is* the Nazi way.

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Mike Lamb  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:51:24pm

re: #84 The Vicious Babushka

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I hope the “Harvard” in that numbskull’s handle is a fucking joke.

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Belafon  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:51:44pm

re: #94 The Ghost of a Flea

Well…no.

The vault involved a final reveal—there are contents or there aren’t contents, in a direct, material way. If Geraldo had doubled down and speculated that the contents had been stolen or moved, or specifically moved to discredit him, that would be closer to the current situation. But that’s still an imperfect comparison; at some point, the vault situation is about material evidence…a physical, made-of-matter thing is or isn’t.

The memo situation is scary because it’s specifically exploiting the slippery nature of what constitutes veracity with regards to documentation and just plain words in general.

The memo is valid in its claims and assertions should be something carefully assessed with a neutral disposition and with recognition of the fact it’s (1) an opinion piece, (2) that its meaningfulness hinges entirely on how it uses cited intelligence to reach its conclusions. That would the equivalent of “the vault is full” or “the vault is empty” verification.

But the whole point of the memo is to poison the well of veracity. Following the logic of the above paragraph, it makes no sense to circulate or hype an interpretation without knowing what’s interpreted. But that’s what’s happening because the goal is not veracity. Rather, the hyperbole, the emotionality, and the keying into an existing framework of both conspiracy theory and partisan alliance is being done to create verisimilitude—truthiness—specifically to misdirect as many people as possible.

And there’s a lot of folks who will participate in their own misdirection. Some are cynics, and will echo anything they see as advancing their wants; some feel that affiliation and emotion are more valid than documentation and analysis, some literally don’t know how veracity works and have never thought about it.

No, the memo won’t work on everyone, but it will keeping the people already gulled, gulled, and many of those folks will invest deeper in the idea that everyone questioning Trump is part of a conspiracy. It’s just another feint in a series of feints, but there is an intended cumulative effect to this kind of repetition of narrative. One is makes the story true in the mind of the person who listens to the story; the second is that it reinforces how truth is a product of narratives by the right kind of people.

This thing we’re watching is exploitation of priming: get your story out first, and wager that a big group of people will do zero followup…a lot of folks now “know” what’s in the memo and will never, ever read it, or read any commentary.

If your assessment is true, then nothing will come of it. Zero opinions will change. Oh, some Republicans might try to find an excuse, but it will be pretty thin.

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Weaselone  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:54:09pm

re: #94 The Ghost of a Flea

Sorry, I fell asleep midway through the 2nd paragraph of your novel. Struck because I was being an ass. The example is short and imperfect because it’s a tweet and most people will not read let alone retain a detailed analysis about what the memo actually is. The fact the memo is a bunch of hype with nothing actually there is close enough.

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meteor  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:54:46pm
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meteor  Jan 29, 2018 • 7:58:10pm

This administration is like a bad novel. Too many characters, and too much shit to keep track of.

I was so tired after work, I sat down on my bed and was out like a light for three hours. Now I’m going to be up all night. I have a ninety-minute commute each way to work, and I already hate my job.

Just took half a Xanax. Didn’t help.

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gwangung  Jan 29, 2018 • 8:14:03pm

re: #97 MsJ

Well, that *is* the Nazi way.

Actually, it’s the American way, particularly if the workers are not white. (See what happened to Japanese American farms after an internment; they’re trying to criminalize immigration from Latin countries so they can feed the private prison system to use for farm labor).

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Joe Bacon 🌹  Jan 29, 2018 • 8:15:54pm

I remember talking with Grandma Bacon during Watergate and she was so scared at that time. She thought there would be a revolution or coup that would drive Nixon out of office. I know Grandpa Bacon’s last immersion in politics was when he worked in Pat Brown’s 1962 and 1966 campaign. I remember Grandpa calling us on election night 1962 and he popped a champagne cork when Nixon conceded to Brown. He was joyous. But 4 years later Gramp said Reagan “took the fizz out of the Coke bottle he opened”.

I sadly think that this country is in its most perilous position since Lincoln took office in 1860. We already have a massive organized movement dedicated to overturning every advance made since Wilson and now we have a state openly defying Federal law—Idaho now saying they will ignore the ACA. I’m turning 62 in 2 days and now I’m starting to fear that my pension will disappear…

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teleskiguy  Jan 29, 2018 • 8:24:19pm

This was four years ago this 1 April. This is me.

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meteor  Jan 29, 2018 • 8:29:30pm
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Stanley Sea  Jan 29, 2018 • 8:29:54pm

re: #104 Joe Bacon 🌹

Listen. We are stronger than those times because of social media

The minute it crosses that threshold that we together feel, we will all go out and fight. In the streets.

Remember, there are more good people than bad.

We will fight. We will change our lives in a second. And go out & fight.

I do not believe I’m alone in this thinking.


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