New From Seth Meyers: Rudy Giuliani Says Trump Lied About Stormy Daniels
Seth takes a closer look at Rudy Giuliani telling everyone in an interview that the president lied about paying hush money to a porn star.
Seth takes a closer look at Rudy Giuliani telling everyone in an interview that the president lied about paying hush money to a porn star.
It would save time and energy just listing the things Trump hasn’t lied about.
re: #1 Targetpractice
It would save time and energy just listing the things Trump hasn’t lied about.
Give me a week and I’ll get back to you.
re: #1 Targetpractice
It would save time and energy just listing the things Trump hasn’t lied about.
True.
Here’s a (partial) list:
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(More can surely be added……..)
A year before Roe v. Wade, I graduated from high school, went to Washington DC, and got a job working in an abortion clinic.
I learned an important lesson at a young age.
If a woman does not have the right to control her own body, she is not truly equal. She is not truly free. pic.twitter.com/pSHOeNReHr— Eric Schneiderman (@AGSchneiderman) May 3, 2018
I want to thank everyone for the updings on my Clinton border wall Photoshop on the last thread (#21). I think that is my best score to date. I do love to do them when I have the time.
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
Rudy said TWO WEEKS!
Heh I was sooofing what Ike said about Nixon’s accomplishments as VP.
So, have we entered the part of the Trump fustercluck where it becomes a weird mashup of a goat rodeo, clown act, sex scandal and high treason?
It’s an effort to boost the influence of faith groups in government. https://t.co/e4PF1z48Lb
— Vox (@voxdotcom) May 4, 2018
This article plausibly explains that Giuliani’s behavior is calculated and not just crazy:
Here’s the Real Reason Giuliani and Trump Are Admitting to Paying Off Stormy Daniels
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So why are Giuliani and Trump positioning themselves for an FEC investigation and fine? Apart from diverting the news away from the Mueller investigation, Trump can tweet a big ‘so what,’ because, as it turns out, other campaigns—including Barack Obama’s 2008 effort—violated FEC rules and faced big six-figure fines.
It always comes down to whataboutism with these people.
So, how does politics work in America? Here’s how:
WWE “gives” Trump’s “foundation” $5 or $6 million.
Then Trump puts Linda McMahon in a cabinet level position.
Then the real payoff:
Effective Tax Rate declined to 26% from 36% in the prior year quarter, primarily driven by the reduction of the federal corporate income tax rate as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “Tax Act”), which reduced the corporate rate from 35% to 21%, effective January 1, 2018.
Vince McMahon owns the vast majority of the voting as his special shares get 10 votes to the common shares of 1 vote.
This is the gilded age.
re: #6 ObserverArt
I want to thank everyone for the updings on my Clinton border wall Photoshop on the last thread (#21). I think that is my best score to date. I do love to do them when I have the time.
I got to admit that Photoshopping masterpiece is really…A WORK OF ART!
re: #11 No Depression
This article plausibly explains that Giuliani’s behavior is calculated and not just crazy:
Here’s the Real Reason Giuliani and Trump Are Admitting to Paying Off Stormy Daniels
Key ‘graph:
It always comes down to whataboutism with these people.
Did Obama try to cover up his violations? This is pathetic.
re: #14 HappyWarrior
Did Obama try to cover up his violations? This is pathetic.
Unfortunately, it does seem pretty shrewd. Campaign finance law is a dull subject to your average person and whataboutism is the propagandist’s most effective technique. Then again, the Trumpian news cycle might render all of this moot anyway when there’s a new outrage to discuss.
I love no-fucks-to-give Stormy:
Have you seen my tits? (Of course, you have) I don’t jog anywhere. So I’ll just sit here, sipping my coffee and talking shit. Xoxo https://t.co/fnsJ5SVcO2
— Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) May 3, 2018
And I wonder what the original tweet was.
re: #16 Belafon
I live no-fucks-to-give Stormy:
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And I wonder what the original tweet was.
Some triggered MAGAbsolute idiot I bet.
re: #15 No Depression
Unfortunately, it does seem pretty shrewd. Campaign finance law is a dull subject to your average person and whataboutism is the propagandist’s most effective technique. Then again, the Trumpian news cycle might render all of this moot anyway when there’s a new outrage to discuss.
I dunno. We’ll see. I’m sure they’ll staple their dicjs to their hands again.
re: #18 HappyWarrior
I dunno. We’ll see. I’m sure they’ll staple their dicjs to their hands again.
You can always count on that.
re: #15 No Depression
Unfortunately, it does seem pretty shrewd. Campaign finance law is a dull subject to your average person and whataboutism is the propagandist’s most effective technique. Then again, the Trumpian news cycle might render all of this moot anyway when there’s a new outrage to discuss.
Or the next own goal. Trump, the Trump admin and the Republican congress seem to be good at creating them.
Rudy’s bein’ creepy over Vanky…
Who talks like that? Seriously….
Rudy Giuliani vowed to “get on a charger” and ride into the special counsel’s office “with a lance” if Robert Mueller goes after President Trump’s daughter Ivanka as part of the Russia investigation. https://t.co/a8B7EhgtAp— Stone Cold (@stonecold2050) May 3, 2018
re: #21 ObserverArt
Or the next own goal. Trump, the Trump admin and the Republican congress seem to be good at creating them.
True, these jamokes aren’t half as clever as they think they are.
re: #22 makeitstop
Rudy’s bein’ creepy over Vanky…
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He’d fall off the horse and impale himself on the lance.
These guys! What a bunch of fuckwits.
re: #22 makeitstop
Rudy’s bein’ creepy over Vanky…
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‘Tis Sir 9/11, Countess Ivanka’s white nationalist knight!
I Knight thee Sir Rudy Whom I once groped in drag.
Trumpers are the most willfully obtuse people imaginable.
Wrong, totally void from the beginning because there was no actual agreement between the contracting parties. BOTH parties have to know they’re entering into a contract & BOTH have to sign. Cohen perpetrated a fraud upon the Court.
Try again.— 🏴☠️ (@goddamnedfrank) May 4, 2018
re: #29 goddamnedfrank
Trumpers are the most willfully obtuse people imaginable.
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Of course they are. They supppry Trump blindly.
Whatever happens @foxandfriends, please do not stop helping our case week in and week out by having Mr. Trump and Mr. Giuliani appear and make damaging stmts. You are truly THE BEST; where can we send the gift basket? #basta
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) May 3, 2018
The side of beef Trump nominated to head up the USDA is going home. One more down.
Sam Clovis, the former Trump campaign aide who had been serving as USDA’s liaison to the White House, is leaving the Agriculture Department and will return home to Iowa, a USDA official confirmed Thursday evening.
Clovis’ last day is Friday. A “goodbye party” was being held for him on Thursday night, according to a source attending the party.
Paige Patterson is the 75-year-old president of Fort Worth’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which claims to be one of the largest schools of its kind in the world. He is lionized among Baptists for his role in the “conservative resurgence,” which is what some call the movement to oust theological liberals beginning in the 1970s. But this week, his past legacy and present credibility were called into question when a 2000 audio recording surfaced in which Patterson said he has counseled physically abused women to avoid divorce and to focus instead on praying for their violent husbands, and to “be submissive in every way that you can.”
Quite a few SBC honchos have denounced Patterson, notably Thom Rainer, president of SBC’s Lifeway bookstore chain. Others though are remaining silent and some have openly defended him. The Executive Committee has made no move to force him out.
Patterson has made things worse with a series of brain-dead and tone-deaf responses. Worse yet, a video has surfaced of him playing Roy Moore by making sexually charged comments about a 16 year old girl during a sermon. (Warning, creepy old man alert) Man is she built …
re: #33 makeitstop
The side of beef Trump nominated to head up the USDA is going home. One more down.
Au revoir, Sam.
The president’s lawyer discussed an obscured repayment plan made to offset a secret payment another lawyer to the president had made to silence a person in the weeks before the presidential election. If you don’t think that’s newsworthy, that’s on you.
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 4, 2018
Dave, I’m confused here. I thought a retainer for a lawyer long term you pay each month in case you need his svc. So if Trump is paying retainer to pay back money how is Trump paying Cohen’s retainer. I guess Cohen is not getting paid for svc.
— Fred Potter (@FredPotter02889) May 3, 2018
Retainers are for services; hush money is settlement. Hush money (like payment for damages) is not legal services. Any real billionaire could’ve paid settlement instantly, no need fur installments. https://t.co/Nru9wvJUQm
— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) May 4, 2018
The Republican National Committee nixes its debate committee ahead of the 2020 presidential election https://t.co/2cibFTxHJN pic.twitter.com/1a13g72PKk
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) May 3, 2018
It’s not a party. It’s a personality cult. https://t.co/4yFpugCdEB
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 3, 2018
.@SebGorka on Mueller probe: “[@POTUS] cannot be indicted. At the end of the day, this is a perjury trap. Nothing more, nothing less.” #Hannity pic.twitter.com/tnNOhIYYdx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2018
It’s so weird how I’ve never gotten caught in a Perjury Trap. Have any of you guys? https://t.co/HZXLZMM1s0
— Ben Wexler (@mrbenwexler) May 4, 2018
re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
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So you’re admitting that Trump would perjure himself eh Gorka? Such a vote of confidence!
re: #33 makeitstop
The side of beef Trump nominated to head up the USDA is going home. One more down.
He’ll be getting back to Iowa just in time to explain why China isn’t buying soybeans from Iowa any more.
re: #1 Targetpractice
It would save time and energy just listing the things Trump hasn’t lied about.
His name?
re: #22 makeitstop
Rudy’s bein’ creepy over Vanky…
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Hey, Rudy’s going to be single again soon, and if Jared goes to prison, Rudy wants to stay in Daddy Yam’s good graces and take a run at Vanky.
IT COULD HAPPEN!
(I’m still waiting for Bernie Kerik to make an appearance in this act of the passion play.)
re: #34 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
This issue with Patterson came up a few years ago, on Denny Burk’s site (Burk is one of Albert Mohler’s minions) - see the comments in this link: dennyburk.com
in which Burk seems to imply that he disagrees with Patterson.
I don’t know if Mohler, perhaps one of the few people in the SBC leadership who is more of a religious-fundamentalist than Patterson - has made his own stand yet.
Used to be that they were all for Paige. Here is a 2007 article that supported Paige’s atavism:
Twitter urges more than 300 million users to change their passwords https://t.co/9LMKm5rTyG @AFPgraphics Chart showing Twitter’s active users and top accounts pic.twitter.com/ALtacaCGwr
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 4, 2018
no yam…
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White family is charged after bodies of 2 black men found chained to cinderblocks in pond. Police don’t believe it’s a hate crime. https://t.co/4hXIAV9lay
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 4, 2018
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re: #39 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Do Trump sycophants understand that it’s not up to Trump to determine whether or not Mueller gets to question him. Jennifer had to point out that Trump can be subpoenaed so this is not up to him.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
Not a hate crime? Hmmmm.
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Why them boys chained theyseffs.
re: #22 makeitstop
And he also said that Kushner was expendable. Wonder how Kushner feels about that. Lol.
Fmr NSA/CIA dir. Michael Hayden said today that Russians helped fuel hysteria over the 2015 military training exercise called Jade Helm, & that TX Gov. Abbott’s decision to send in the State Guard gave them proof of the power of misinformation campaigns.https://t.co/u3RIZFHPdi
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) May 3, 2018
A whole bunch of weird shit that happened several years ago is suddenly starting to make sense. https://t.co/oHdHxY5917
— Ed Bott (@edbott) May 3, 2018
“…Abbott ordered the State Guard to monitor the federal exercise soon after news broke of the operation. Hayden said that move gave Russians the go-ahead to continue — and possibly expand — their efforts to spread fear.“At that point, I’m figuring the Russians are saying, ‘We can go big time,’” Hayden said of Abbott’s response. “At that point, I think they made the decision, ‘We’re going to play in the electoral process.’”
Good work, Greg.
Trump has now said more about the 76th anniversary of Battle of the Coral Sea than the Waffle House hero. pic.twitter.com/hoSFJ4lISx
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) May 4, 2018
re: #33 makeitstop
The side of beef Trump nominated to head up the USDA is going home. One more down.
Clovis’ last day is Friday. A “goodbye party” was being held for him on Thursday night, on Saturday, according to a source attending the party.
re: #56 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
“You know, Mr. President, that Shaw is actually a white man with a rare skin condition.”
“Well, in that case…”
THE MULTICULTY: This man—idiot grin and all—inspires in me the deepest contempt pic.twitter.com/YuQxzuqv0X
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) May 4, 2018
I can see why. He’s intelligent, inspiring and not a felon. https://t.co/cLVAaM8xrl
— Charismatic Tweeter (@60th_Street) May 4, 2018
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Shades of Greg Iles “The Bone Tree.”
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Yeah I can see why a decent human being would do that for you Dinesh.
re: #11 No Depression
This article plausibly explains that Giuliani’s behavior is calculated and not just crazy:
Here’s the Real Reason Giuliani and Trump Are Admitting to Paying Off Stormy Daniels
Key ‘graph:
It always comes down to whataboutism with these people.
Not really buying this. Why is Rudy walking it back? Why are they being so careful in saying it was unrelated to the campaign? And above all, when have these yahoos ever shown advanced critical thinking and analysis?
Vice President Pence tells CBN he has “lost count of the number of times that the president has nudged me, or nudged another member of the cabinet and said ‘Let’s start this meeting with prayer.’”
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) May 3, 2018
*raises hand*
I call ‘No Way’. https://t.co/dlQdWmazmC— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) May 4, 2018
re: #64 jaunte
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Not buying it Mike and even if true, it doesn’t make him a good or moral person, it makes him someone who sees how easy fools like you are to manipulate through empty gestures.
I’m all self conscious now that one of my favorite skiers of all time follows me on Twitter.
SQUEE!!! pic.twitter.com/Sabo0L0xwV
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) May 3, 2018
LOL
.@pblagojevich: “If they can bring down my husband, who was the governor of the fifth largest state for asking for campaign contributions, absolutely no one is safe in this country.” @IngrahAmangle pic.twitter.com/gScAu3z5oL
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 4, 2018
Yeah, it was a real witch hunt — if the witch had tried to sell a senate seat to the highest bidder. 🙄 https://t.co/CCNIQFvnka
— shauna (@goldengateblond) May 4, 2018
NASA has released new images of Jupiter, taken by the Juno Spacecraft. pic.twitter.com/rf9hCLNlcJ
— Blue sign (@BluesignV) May 1, 2018
I just got into an elevator with a tiny old British woman and when she saw that I was juggling a book, a large gin and a packet of crisps she just said ‘the three food groups’ and I think I just met the Queen.
— Dave Rudden (@d_ruddenwrites) May 2, 2018
re: #48 Backwoods_Sleuth
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“Honest officer, it was the most bizarre construction accident you ever saw!”
🚨 BREAKING: @MichaelAvenatti tells @Lawrence there were communications the payment to Stormy Daniels had to be made in advance of the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/6V8DomUguH
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) May 4, 2018
Avenatti, fuckin’ up the Trump/Rudy narrative…
Michael Avenatti breaks news on @TheLastWord: “There were extensive communications between Michael Cohen and [Stormy Daniels’ ex-lawyer] Keith Davidson in October of 2016 relating to the timing of this payment and the need for the payment to be made prior to the election.”
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 4, 2018
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
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We laugh, but there will be millions of Americans who believe this.
re: #75 makeitstop
…drip…drip…drip… Avenatti’s a savvy lawyer.
re: #70 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Wait, wait FNC is now making Blago out to be a victim. Gosh guys, you could do Rod Blagoveich (D-IL) and it would actually be true.
Cavuto delivers a knock out punch to Trump on Fox News
“Like the time you said Russians didn’t interfere in the 2016 elections until a lot of Republicans had to remind you they did. You said, I never said that Russia didn’t meddle in the election,’ when in fact you had a lot” pic.twitter.com/K1DOCJNuX9— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) May 4, 2018
re: #76 freetoken
We laugh, but there will be millions of Americans who believe this.
Nah, Blagojevich is a Democrat. INOIYAD.
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
to be fair…it’s pretty hard to count imaginary numbers…
I’m pretty sure that for Pence it’s hard to count plain old real numbers. Here he demonstrates that “one” may be beyond him.
re: #80 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Nah, Blagojevich is a Democrat. INOIYAD.
Millions of Americans watch FNC and believe they are being told the truth. These people don’t allow other sources in.
Indeed, I’ve had people on my Facebook stream say that.
re: #80 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Nah, Blagojevich is a Democrat. INOIYAD.
They did pick a weird person to claim that Mueller, Comey, and the d-d-d-d-eep state railroaded them for their audience.
re: #81 whitebeach
I’m pretty sure that for Pence it’s hard to count plain old real numbers. Here he demonstrates that “one” may be beyond him.
Well, to be fair, it’s impossible to count real numbers. You can count rational numbers, but it’ll take forever….
re: #83 freetoken
Millions of Americans watch FNC and believe they are being told the truth. These people don’t allow other sources in.
Indeed, I’ve had people on my Facebook stream say that.
Yeah I see that with some of my FB friends. They live in an alternative realtiy.
re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth
I do wonder when, as the ship starts to sink, that the Murdochs realize they need to start the transition away from Trump-lickers.
While Rupert can still make a lot of money off of Trump, the return will decline once there is a tipping point of indictments against the extended Trump crime family.
BREAKING: Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano releases lava into residential area after days of earthquakes, county orders evacuations.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 4, 2018
re: #77 teleskiguy
…drip…drip…drip… Avenatti’s a savvy lawyer.
You know he was waiting for the right moment to drop that piece of news.
Gotta wonder what else he’s got up his sleeve.
Just finished Better Call Saul season three. Spoilers ahead:
That’s a fuck of a way to commit suicide.
“Rudy’s a fighter. He’s gonna come out swinging.”
Footage from Round One. pic.twitter.com/qcA0tAKhCy— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) May 4, 2018
H/t to John Gruber:
The Gambler Who Cracked the Horse-Racing Code
Bill Benter did the impossible: He wrote an algorithm that couldn’t lose at the track. Close to a billion dollars later, he tells his story for the first time.
Trump says he didn’t “collude” because he “had no phone calls, no meetings, no nothing.” Conspiracy doesn’t require an explicit agreement/act like that. If he knew about the Russians’ conduct & knowingly joined the conspiracy by doing something in furtherance of its goals=crime.
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) February 26, 2018
He loves to cry “No Collusion” over and over every hour of every day to brainwash his base, but as is the case with Manafort and Gates, the charges that Mueller will eventually bring against @realDonaldTrump and others in his circle will be “Conspiracy Against The United States”. https://t.co/0d2Nb67Blj
— Bruno Amato (@BrunoAmato_1) May 4, 2018
re: #67 HappyWarrior
Not buying it Mike and even if true, it doesn’t make him a good or moral person, it makes him someone who sees how easy fools like you are to manipulate through empty gestures.
Who goes to a prayer meeting after talking about paying off someone to be quiet about a night of sex? The morals of a so called christian bow down to the level of trump.
I have been to more religious services than trump & I gave up on it all 45 years ago.
re: #92 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
H/t to John Gruber:
The plot to Twice Shy by Dick Francis.