Ivanka Trump’s recent comments contradicting her father might have jeopardized her position as favorite child. But, then again, her competition includes Don Jr. and Eric.
Donald Trump’s day so far:
- After attacking LeBron’s intelligence, Trump misspells “its”
- Michael Jordan sides with LeBron
- #ObamaDay is trending
- Maria Butina confesses Trump connections
- Roger Stone goes berserk after getting word he’ll be indicted
- It’s still only 5pm— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) August 4, 2018
And the media refer to her as “assistant to the president”
Why don’t they call her “the president’s daughter”. The daughter/s of EVERY other President have been referred to as “the President’s daughter”
Trump’s speech in Ohio ends without him so much as alluding to LeBron James, the Ohio legend who he attacked less than 24 hours ago on Twitter pic.twitter.com/SDqALJo1DD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 5, 2018
Dennis Rodman is handling relations with North Korea, and now Steven Seagal is working on Russia. We just need Gary Busey to work on Iran and the axis of ridiculousness will be complete.
— James F. Haning II (@jameshaning) August 5, 2018
Ivanka is actually dumber in an interview than I had imagined.
Ivanka sounds like she smokes three packs a day of Lucky non-filters.
Also, @QuicoToro (reliable in my opinion) says that independent journalists on the ground were immediately arrested after the explosion. Considering Madruo’s antics of the last year, it’d be fair to remain skeptical about all of it at this point.
— Jake Hanrahan (@Jake_Hanrahan) August 5, 2018
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
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When the government’s _very first_ instinct is to arrest the journalists and seize their equipment, you gotta suspect something’s gonna be fishy about the official explanation…@ianbremmer https://t.co/5uRgQlRkEz
— Francisco Toro (@QuicoToro) August 5, 2018
If I didn’t love LeBron James I wouldn’t have named the King James Bible after him.
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) August 4, 2018
SHOUT OUT to @BarackObama for no particular reason other than I miss intelligence, dignity, gravitas & graciousness in the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/9r2wZtVBlb
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) August 4, 2018
this nonsense again:
“You’re smarter than they are. You make bigger incomes. You’ve got everything going.”—President Trump’s full “you-are-the-elite” riff tonight in Ohio. pic.twitter.com/MFcLIDXm31
— Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) August 4, 2018
Obstruction of justice witness in a major federal investigation travels with a primary subject of the probe. https://t.co/fkKhHH6oyk
— Tim O’Brien (@TimOBrien) August 5, 2018
Proud Boys and Patrirot Prayer gonna have some serious towing and impound fees when they get back to the Fred Meyer parking lot in Vancouver pic.twitter.com/YSWhheVJbf
— wibblywobblytimeywimey (@DarkMoonShining) August 5, 2018
I was doing family things earlier, so pardon the late snark.
re: #115 fern01
A post 70 year old president bringing a 29 year old ex employee on board AF1 - was this in response to the wife’s latest offering?
Imagine if Obama had done any of this sh!t
Don’t come knockin’ if the airplane’s rockin’
Who would be a better President?
RT and like to spread!— Travis Allen 🌊 (@TravisAllen02) August 4, 2018
Neither. tRump has already proven he is a fucking idiot. Labron isn’t an idiot and would probably would wisely run away from the suggestion. Let us get away from this idea that just because you are famous, you are qualified to be POTUS. Your not. https://t.co/lXJLbRhjn8
— Bubblehead II Wants Twiter to ban Nazis now! (@BubbleheadII) August 5, 2018
re: #13 sagehen
also, Melania seems to have taken LeBron’s side.
But her idiotic spokesperson couldn’t even get that right:
First—she wrote: It looks like LeBron James is working to do good things on behalf of our next generation and just as she always has, the First Lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. As you know, Mrs. Trump has traveled the country and world talking to children about their well-being, healthy living, and the importance of responsible online behavior with her Be Best initiative. Her platform centers around visiting organizations, hospitals and schools, and she would be open to visiting the I Promise School in Akron.
OK—nauseating bullshit (and I truly hope LeBron keeps Melon as far away from his school as possible.
But, they can’t help shooting themselves in the foot. So when CNN tweeted:
Sounds like @FLOTUS had the remote last night. 📺 We hope you both saw the incredible work of @KingJames. #BeBesthttps://t.co/3Ok0z9Z6Ro
— CNN Communications (@CNNPR) August 4, 2018
Melon’s spokesperson couldn’t just let it go. Nope.
“Be Best is a sincere campaign meant to help children,” Grisham argued. “Not something for CNN to use to mock [the President of the United States].”
Fuck every last one of them.
re: #18 BeachDem
The only reason Melon would travel the world would be to buy her clothes.
re: #12 Backwoods_Sleuth
this nonsense again:
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I wonder if he told them he is “more elite than the elites” this time.
I think he has said that a couple times now.
If they hate the elites, isn’t someone more elite than the elites more hated???
I know I hate him.
re: #18 BeachDem
“Be Best is a sincere campaign meant to help children,” Grisham argued. “Not something for CNN to use to mock [the President of the United States].”
We don’t care. Do U?
re: #15 jaunte
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Hahahahahahahaha.
Proud boys!
Nothing like group of men’s men calling themselves boys. True as it is.
re: #23 ObserverArt
Hahahahahahahaha.
Proud boys!
Nothing like group of men’s men calling themselves boys. True as it is.
The Proud Boys and the Ninja Turtles have joined forces pic.twitter.com/entkmzvjw9
— Andy Campbell (@AndyBCampbell) August 4, 2018
re: #25 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I don’t know how they can leave the house looking like cartoon characters.
It’s more like they are going to Comic-Con than a political protest/march whatever.
Wait…maybe they are???
I know I am of a different generation. Does this have anything to do with some of the gaming and the fantasy in movies, books, etc.?
Should have included the satellite image, which has the probs overlayed:
Area of interest number 2 will probably interact with Eleven-E or AoI 1, in interesting ways. Different models show different outcomes, but one of them is that the merged storm ends up southwest of San Diego.
Where all storms go to die.
re: #18 BeachDem
But her idiotic spokesperson couldn’t even get that right:
“Be Best is a sincere campaign meant to help children,” Grisham argued. “Not something for CNN to use to mock [the President of the United States].”
Fuck every last one of them.
It’s meant to help children but do we have any examples of children being helped? Sounds rather like trump’s rally telling us about all the new steel plants opening in the US - has anyone seen one of these new steel plants? Of course not.
Transit Union Refuses to Bring White Nationalists to ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
“Sources have shared with ATU Local 689 that a hate group with Ku Klux Klan affiliation will be provided three private Metro rail cars and police escort to Foggy Bottom Metro Station for the ‘Unite the Right’ 2018 rally,” the union said. “More than 80% of Local 689’s membership is people of color, the very people that the Ku Klux Klan and other white nationalist groups have killed, harassed and violated. The union has declared that it will not play a role in their special accommodation.”
fortune.com
OT Sports note.
Cleveland pitcher Corey Kluber just went 9 innings, beat the Angels 3-0 and he only threw 98 pitches. Nice. He was slightly injured a few weeks back and he struggled coming back from that. He is needed for the playoffs which hopefully Cleveland makes.
The SHADE
Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan’s official statement, via spokesperson, in wake of Donald Trump tweet referencing him and LeBron James: “I support LJ. He’s doing an amazing job for his community.”
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 4, 2018
This is SUCH a Michael Jordan quote. And exactly why many of us will never respect him off the court. https://t.co/ZdtF9yBFXi
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) August 4, 2018
Man damned if he do and damned if he don’t. What you want him to say? https://t.co/MMxohBuoce
— The Duke of Roxborough (@bluestdeuce) August 4, 2018
But MJ isn’t “damned if he do.” The point is that he never DOES. How much would it take to say “I disagree with President Trump’s comment”? Jordan has never taken a position that will upset anyone, which is exactly why Trump prefers him. https://t.co/GYNTfelc89
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) August 4, 2018
Jordan also managed not to endorse Jill Stein. pic.twitter.com/wKuZnT3RwI
— Hercules Mulligan (@johnvmoore) August 5, 2018
Like honestly, if you endorsed Jill fucking Stein, then maybe you just aren’t the right person to be telling everyone how Michael Jordan needs to more forcefully put himself out there and directly condemn something that you effectively turned a blind eye to in 2016.
— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 5, 2018
What do these people want? MJ said he supports James.
I looked at this and thought, “Surely this is a spoof of a McNaughton painting!”, but no, it’s the genuine article. But why is Mr. Bean in a Judge’s wig above the right hand of Everyman?
I am a hardened veteran of looking at jon mcnaughton paintings but even for me this is too much jon mcnaughton pic.twitter.com/pFZxCW1HhA
— Kilgore Trout (@KT_So_It_Goes) August 4, 2018
re: #32 SteveMcGriftFlynnComey… …corruptemoligate RN
What do these people want? MJ said he supports James.
They want him to directly confront Trump, I want that too. I wanted Michael to tell Trump to keep his name out of his goddamned mouth and not use him as the go-to black basketball player that Trump deploys as a racist foil. The more cynical critiques I’ve heard that “Republican’s buy sneakers too,” ring true and MJ has a long history of playing it safe.
But fucking baby steps and all that, Jordan has gotten better recently and will likely continue to evolve with the times. MLH honestly has a point, it’s just that he’s exactly the wrong guy to be making it. If I’m being honest as a white dude I’m equally the wrong guy to be making it, which is why I’ve been so hesitant. Jordan got dragged into this shit against his will, he doesn’t really owe anybody here and he’s the only one who can determine what a “proper” response looks like.
re: #33 Blind Frog Belly White
So where are the legs of the guy with the cross? Is he standing in a hole?
re: #35 Skip Intro
So where are the legs of the guy with the cross? Is he standing in a hole?
“In tonight’s performance, the role of Jesus of Nazareth will be performed by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.”
What this picture needs is Stalin and Hitler holding the lines to a Trump balloon.
re: #37 Skip Intro
What this picture needs is Stalin and Hitler holding the lines to a Trump balloon.
The other day, his picture was Trump crossing The Swamp, an homage to “Washington Crossing The Delaware”. Since he drops these on Twitter, the Twitterati had a LOT of fun with it.
re: #33 Blind Frog Belly White
I looked at this and thought, “Surely this is a spoof of a McNaughton painting!”, but no, it’s the genuine article. But why is Mr. Bean in a Judge’s wig above the right hand of Everyman?
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It looks like McNaughton gets his color palette inspirations from a Men’s Wearhouse store in Iowa.
re: #22 Skip Intro
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I hate to break it to but but trump wouldn’t grab her kitty with Junior’s hand.
re: #41 MsJ
I hate to break it to but but trump wouldn’t grab her kitty with Junior’s hand.
Speaking of Trump and sex, I saw a tweet the other day, that “Trump paid $290,000 to have sex with two women, so how great a dealmaker can he be?”
And I thought, “And one of those women, a lot of the guys who have had sex with her GOT PAID TO!”
re: #6 Ace Rothstein
Ivanka sounds like she smokes three packs a day of Lucky non-filters.
Cultivating that “Smokey” deep voice that is sooooo sexxxyyy.
It failed.
re: #38 Blind Frog Belly White
The other day, his picture was Trump crossing The Swamp, an homage to “Washington Crossing The Delaware”. Since he drops these on Twitter, the Twitterati had a LOT of fun with it.
Heh. Love this one.
Conservatives suck at basic language episode 4,352,756,918:
It says a lot that Team Trump is happily describing Giuliani’s talking point as brilliantly simplistic.
Nothing is ever brilliantly simplistic.
A description / analogy / argument that is “simplistic” is by definition facile to the point of being woefully incomplete & inaccurate— Ostrich Jacket Fan Account (@goddamnedfrank) August 5, 2018
re: #29 jaunte
Transit Union Refuses to Bring White Nationalists to ‘Unite the Right’ Rally
Let them rent buses if they’re too scared to ride the Metro with normal people. Why should Metro and the police make special accommodations for those assholes?
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