The word is that no questions will be allowed.
Sean Spicer was more than an hour and a half late; his statement begins at 1:33:20 into this video, and it’s really stunning. He just rages at the press, and lies blatantly about the crowd size at Trump’s inauguration, claiming it was “the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration… PERIOD!”
3 years and 364 more days of this sssshhhhaaaavvvviiiinnnngggg cream…
No questions allowed. I have the feeling this is going to be SOP for the next four years. Drumpf’s word is law, his truth is absolute.
Here we go. Sean Spicer is attacking media & lying about the inauguration crowd. This is going to be a LONG 4 years. https://t.co/GopB6uxS1u pic.twitter.com/tK0OoPfqJR
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2017
re: #1 ipsos
Want some cheese with that whine, Spicer?
How about some Cheez…WHIZ with that bottle of Ripple, Spicer?
re: #6 Charles Johnson
The people on FOX won’t know any better.
This is so fucking unreal. What a nightmare.
My friend is on the phone, and I can hear the audio from the press conference in the background.
And my friend keeps howling in laughter at Sean Spicer.
OMG! My friend from France is watching this in absolute disbelief!
And I’m just listening to it on Sirius!
And remember Spicer is GOP establishment all the way.
Just concluded? And Charles posted this new thread 8 minutes ago. Really? lol
Sean Spicer says Trump’s was the largest inaugural crowd ever — period.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) January 21, 2017
This is fucking propaganda. This is not normal. https://t.co/OvJFlfDDz2
— Franklin (@franklinftw) January 21, 2017
The White House Press Secretary just RAGED at the press like a total loon. https://t.co/GopB6uggCU pic.twitter.com/l1UTWPyy6O
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2017
I have never seen such an unprofessional press briefing. Not at the White House. Not at my city hall. Not at a local fire scene, for crying out loud. I’m appalled.
Reposted from downstairs:
re: #326 ipsos
So this is how Trumpland is going to be…every news conference will be whining about unfair media coverage.
Way to go, Spicer. You stay classy.
If this is their strategy, I have no problem with it. Let them act like fucking five year olds.
re: #21 Franklin
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What the actual bejesusing fuck. Do these people literally not live in reality?
re: #25 thedopefishlives
What the actual bejesusing fuck. Do these people literally not live in reality?
No.
re: #22 Charles Johnson
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For all the times we saw Jim Hoft accuse Obama or his Press Secretaries “rage”, this was actually raging. Spicer should be embarrassed. He came off like a real brat.
I really wish I had gone today. Should have arranged to meet up with people.
re: #29 Scottish Dragon
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
Not funny.
This the executive branch using its clout to perpetuate an image of the free press being unreliable and “biased.”
I honestly thought that it might die down after the swearing in, because *somebody* on the admin team would see how dangerous this is…but we’re going there. The head of the government is aligning with the paranoid and hard-right position that anything that contradicts their worldview is a kind of hostility.
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
They deny they even did that, and swear to us that they “gave him a chance”.
@iyov @Sugarcubedog @efuseakay You’re mocking a 1,000 year old Mediterranean CHRISTIAN seaside town because of your hate towards the UN?
— دانیال (@danja84) January 21, 2017
re: #32 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
I made a comment some time before the inauguration, asking how long it would be before the press simply stopped respecting the bully pulpit. If they get sick enough of his shit, they’ll quit dropping everything to cover his press conferences.
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
It wasn’t there. These people are like light switches. When their guy is in power, no criticism is allowed but if they’re out of power, it’s perfectly legit to liken hte President to Hitler.
re: #33 GlutenFreeJesus
They deny they even did that, and swear to us that they “gave him a chance”.
They gave him a chance… for about 0.5 microseconds. They’re so full of shit I’d like to load them in a manure spreader and take them out on the back 40.
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
It goes the other way, however. Trump does not consider people like us as part of his America. He is their President. He wants nothing to do with us.
Here’s @PressSec statement… pic.twitter.com/IVg8ILCJ5p
— Matt Haze (@MattHaze) January 21, 2017
Someone please cut out Sean Spicer and overlay him onto a Baghdad background. Please!!
The press isn’t there to push propaganda. The press is supposed to question the admin and hold it accountable
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) January 21, 2017
@Acosta Jim, do you know if that podium comes in a small?
— Franklin (@franklinftw) January 21, 2017
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
Tell them that just because he’s the president doesn’t mean we should let him lie about everything.
re: #30 HappyWarrior
Was going to go, but my daughter has a concert practice today, so have to be able to drive at certain times
re: #45 stpaulbear
Tell them that just because he’s the president doesn’t mean we should let him lie about everything.
I’m having some really bad flashbacks to the Bush years already. I know some of you leaned right in those days but I have bad memories of how Bush critics were treated up in the lead up to the Iraq War by the admin and their allies.
re: #23 ipsos
I have never seen such an unprofessional press briefing. Not at the White House. Not at my city hall. Not at a local fire scene, for crying out loud. I’m appalled.
Nor I (and we had a mayoral race press conference that turned into a fist fight between the candidates!)
re: #47 Kragar
Was going to go, but my daughter has a concert practice today, so have to be able to drive at certain times
Yeah you had a legit excuse. Oh well, I am going to probably do some volunteering.
DAY 2: Trump has a bizarre meltdown in front of the @CIA about inaugural crowd sizes. @seanspicer doubles down in propaganda rant to press.
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) January 21, 2017
re: #51 GlutenFreeJesus
Valerie Plame…
Richard Clarke. I mean goddamn it was pathetic. NOw I’ll be the first to admit I was naive in those days.
re: #42 HappyWarrior
Do you think Sean has a safe space?
.@PressSec on inauguration: “This was the largest crowd to ever witness an inauguration. Period. Both in person and around the globe.”
— Chris Johnson (@chrisjohnson82) January 21, 2017
Do you need a poorly-attended safe space, @SeanSpicer? https://t.co/Dr9gtp346s
— Gabe Ortíz (@TUSK81) January 21, 2017
re: #21 Franklin
@PhilipRucker “The fish was THIS big!”
— (((IntheNumbers))) (@ItsNumbersMan) January 21, 2017
re: #35 thedopefishlives
Thing is the press is in a bind that’s almost Skinnerian: each time there’s a press event, it *might* be something actually, important, it might not be. It’s like intermittent reinforcement—the uncertainty of whether you get a reward actually further encourages the behavior.
The press are also in a different bind: the question of whether to try and serve their purpose as reporters (in keeping with the spirit of Tacitus’s Agricola—trying to do the best job you can in a system that’s unjust), or to step away. Except the latter option isn’t that great, since there’s already a press contingent that’s willing to act as propagandists, since they’re already set up to disinform.
re: #50 HappyWarrior
Yeah you had a legit excuse. Oh well, I am going to probably do some volunteering.
Its going to be a long haul. Plenty more time to get involved
re: #50 HappyWarrior
Yeah you had a legit excuse. Oh well, I am going to probably do some volunteering.
Don’t feel bad, I didn’t go either. Between traffic and crowds, I really didn’t want to do it.
But I’ll hold you to that volunteering. :)
re: #32 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Sean also came off as a whiny little snotface, which gives off for me a feeling of disgust and embarrassment rather than horror or fright.
He’s a little child who needs a good ol’ fashioned spanking.
re: #55 wrenchwench
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The evil media “triggered” him with their “micro-aggression” of accurately reporting the inaugural crowd size.
re: #60 Myron Falwell
Do you want to open up the can of “whoop-ass” or should I do it?
I like this version of the picture:
@PhilipRucker @seanspicer Can say whatever he wants. Anyone with a functioning brain and eyesight can see that’s bullshit 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 pic.twitter.com/3z4yGaZqhb
— Fifty Gut (@FiftyGutBlog) January 21, 2017
re: #57 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
What the press needs to do is start each report with “The lies from the Trump administration continue today with…”.
Punching of fascists in United States raises moral outrage.
In DPRK all fascists undergo ritual head-shaving, and ride the Donkey of Shame.— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 21, 2017
re: #62 PhillyPretzel
Do you want to open up the can of “whoop-ass” or should I do it?
I’m down with a tag-team effort. 😺😸
re: #58 Kragar
Its going to be a long haul. Plenty more time to get involved
Yep and this time my job allows me to help people. I’m going to try to stay in the legal field.
As a eunuch, Spicer can probably be trusted not to grab, well, you know.
re: #59 Timothy Watson
Don’t feel bad, I didn’t go either. Between traffic and crowds, I really didn’t want to do it.
But I’ll hold you to that volunteering. :)
Yeah, I’m going to work on the gubernatorial campaign. Maybe our paths will cross.
Sean really should look at the Metro photos. If it was as packed as he insists it was, Metro wouldn’t have been like that but what do I know, I’m a “Washington elite” who knows how the Metro actually is when it’s busy.
i feel like theres just never a bad time for this gif lately but especially today pic.twitter.com/3Z1kuE4Hph
— Ted (@DOOMTRAlN) January 21, 2017
Spicer’s talking about the marches today, and he’s right. They are unprecedented here.
He’s trying to change the subject.
re: #58 Kragar
Its going to be a long haul. Plenty more time to get involved
Yep. I actually haven’t got involved as much as I would like to in the past because of social anxiety. I hate making phone calls to strangers. I got so nervous when I did that when I worked on a state senator’s campaign five years back but my current job has me making lots of phone calls so I’m not so nervous about that anymore. I’m also a lot more comfortably socially then I was too.
If I am Kim Jong-un, I start publically kissing Trump’s ass and making out a list of stuff that I would want.
re: #76 b.d.
If I am Kim Jong-un, I start publically kissing Trump’s ass and making out a list of stuff that I would want.
And knowing Trump, he’d probably embrace Kim.
re: #71 HappyWarrior
Sean really should look at the Metro photos. If it was as packed as he insists it was, Metro wouldn’t have been like that but what do I know, I’m a “Washington elite” who knows how the Metro actually is when it’s busy.
Uber had 0x surge yesterday. Today 4.5x.
Nuf said losers.
re: #66 Shiplord Kirel
@DPRK_News No, comrades, you’ve got it wrong. This particular fascist (Richard Spencer) IS the donkey of shame.
— Jimmy D Reynolds (@jimreynolds54) January 21, 2017
re: #73 Belafon
Spicer’s talking about the marches today, and he’s right. They are unprecedented here.
He’s trying to change the subject.
The only thing that likely changed were SNL script writers furiously rewriting the cold open.
re: #78 Stanley Sea
Uber had 0x surge yesterday. Today 4.5x.
Nuf said losers.
These kinds of statistics should be incontrovertible proof (as compared to photographs, which, while persuasive, leave wiggle room for interpretation and doubt).
re: #78 Stanley Sea
Uber had 0x surge yesterday. Today 4.5x.
Nuf said losers.
Man if my old man was still working Uber.
FYI, CNN made a conscious choice not to show the @PressSec statement live. The decision was to monitor the statement & then report on it.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 21, 2017
To be clear, this is the proper way to handle state propaganda. https://t.co/016czRK7xL
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) January 21, 2017
re: #25 thedopefishlives
What the actual bejesusing fuck. Do these people literally not live in reality?
The shameless gulling the delusionals.
Well, I have to say I never saw a thin-skinned press conference like that before.
We will tell you the Trump Reality.
You must accept it and report it.
There will be no questions.
Nice job Joseph Goebbels Sean Spicer
re: #81 thedopefishlives
These kinds of statistics should be incontrovertible proof (as compared to photographs, which, while persuasive, leave wiggle room for interpretation and doubt).
Free market bitches!
re: #80 Myron Falwell
The only thing that likely changed were SNL script writers furiously rewriting the cold open.
Who plays Sean or does it not matter? I loved Goodman’s guest spot as Tillerson.
re: #41 Franklin
Someone please cut out Sean Spicer and overlay him onto a Baghdad background. Please!!
Welp
@jessesingal pic.twitter.com/WrklCQdgiv
— Michael Check (@RealMikeCheck) January 21, 2017
BadLipReading, please please please do Sean Spicer.
re: #82 b.d.
The only way I get that to work is with ’ span class=”wingnut” ’ … is there a shortcut for that and the Bro font?
re: #86 ObserverArt
Nice job
Joseph GoebbelsSean Spicer
I thought it was accepted that Kellyanne CON-way is Trump’s Goebbels?
re: #91 Myron Falwell
The only way I get that to work is with ’ span class=”wingnut” ’ … is there a shortcut for that and the Bro font?
Hover your mouse over the big green question mark and it will reveal all.
re: #86 ObserverArt
Well, I have to say I never saw a thin-skinned press conference like that before.
We will tell you the Trump Reality.
You must accept it and report it.
There will be no questions.
Nice job
Joseph GoebbelsSean Spicer
This was the first one!!! LOL
Seriously, they will not handle being picked apart like it’s going to be!
re: #91 Myron Falwell
The only way I get that to work is with ’ span class=”wingnut” ’ … is there a shortcut for that and the Bro font?
My spelling was bad that’s why it was borked. Click the green question mark at the bottom of the page, that explains how I do it.
re: #95 Stanley Sea
This was the first one!!! LOL
Seriously, they will not handle being picked apart like it’s going to be!
It’s time for the media to see that they could tear this administration apart.
re: #93 Moebym
I thought it was accepted that Kellyanne CON-way is Trump’s Goebbels?
Kellyanne Goebbels and Sean Saeed al-Sahhaf.
re: #88 HappyWarrior
Who plays Sean or does it not matter? I loved Goodman’s guest spot as Tillerson.
What’s Bill Hader up to these days?
re: #60 Myron Falwell
Thing is, it’s like a child emperor: they are a snotty kid, but they’re a snotty kid with immense power to actualize their tantrums. And there will be a savvy adult somewhere in the court who groks the power attainable by playing along with the child emperor’s whims. Basically, half of English history is like that. (Man I’ve been reading too much English history)
And in the current state of play of US politics, this isn’t an isolated incident. This is the GWB era’s dismissal of the “reality-based community” except bigger and dumber…but that it’s big and dumb doesn’t mean it won’t have the intended effect. It also, really, really matters that this is the White House pulling a Gateway-Pundit-level denial of reality. Optics matter when you’re the kahuna of the most powerful nation in the world. People overseas are watching this The Commissar Vanishes shit and getting goosebumps. Inside the country, this is another message that there will be no opening of the Trump administration to other perspectives (eerily literal, given how specific photos are being used to argue the count, dismissing all other images that suggest another count).
I can make an argument that this is Trump’s governing style—the chaos is intentional, the conveyance to the audience that he’s unpredictable, thus must be watched closely and appeased—but even if it’s 100% intentional, no actual ego involved, its a dic(k)tator move…cowing people by denying them reality.
re: #89 Franklin
@PressSec Hell of a press conference there, Sean! pic.twitter.com/vUoDTTNvLZ
— efuseakay (@efuseakay) January 21, 2017
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
I saw a comment elsewhere that today’s marchers were all sore losers.
This is called a statement you’re told to make by the President. And you know the President is watching.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 21, 2017
So, while press is stunned & can’t believe it, Sean is getting praised by his boss & co-workers now. MSM is from Venus. WH is from Mars.
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) January 21, 2017
Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
re: #104 ObserverArt
I saw a comment elsewhere that today’s marchers were all sore losers.
Because of course they are. Whatever excuse they can seize on to minimize the opposition.
I used to have a great memory for names and associations. Not so much, now. I have to google everyone’s. When I first read Spicer’s name, I was sure he was a right-wing whacko from Arizona. I can find nothing to that effect, but I’m sure he’s hiding something.
re: #93 Moebym
I thought it was accepted that Kellyanne CON-way is Trump’s Goebbels?
I got a feeling that Kellyanne is going to wind up as Trump’s Ed McMahon…
Shit, CNN did something right?
FYI, CNN made a conscious choice not to show the @PressSec statement live. The decision was to monitor the statement & then report on it.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 21, 2017
Sean Spicer claims the media inaccurately reported crowd sizes, but video footage suggests otherwise. pic.twitter.com/2fIardInCA
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 21, 2017
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
Dubya - for all his faults - wasn’t completely stupid. He never would have marched Ari out there and given him a completely dumbshit statement to parrot in front of the press. If he had something idiotic to say, he took it upon himself to say it.
re: #93 Moebym
I thought it was accepted that Kellyanne CON-way is Trump’s Goebbels?
KellyAnne Riefenstahl. Not Goebbels.
This is some banana republic shit. “El Presidente has a statement to make to the press about the truth of yesterday’s events. This truth will not be questioned and any who do not report it as the truth will be deemed enemies of the state. Viva el Presidente!”
@BillKristol we always rspected the constitution, jackass. Unlike you, some of us liberals also served in the military. US Army 67V.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) January 21, 2017
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
If I were one of his co-workers, I’d tell him he came off like a whiny toddler. Ari, you’re just a Republican hack. And it’s funny for someone who was part of the Bush administration to suggest anyone is living in a bubble.
re: #108 wrenchwench
… I can find nothing to that effect, but I’m sure he’s hiding something.
He keeps the combination to the prussic acid cabinet in the Trumpenbunker.
re: #110 Myron Falwell
Shit, CNN did something right?
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CNN trying to do Sean Spicer a favor?
re: #114 Targetpractice
This is some banana republic shit. “El Presidente has a statement to make to the press about the truth of yesterday’s events. This truth will not be questioned and any who do not report it as the truth will be deemed enemies of the state. Viva el Presidente!”
We now live in a Banana Republic run by Banana Republicans.
re: #113 Scottish Dragon
KellyAnne Riefenstahl. Not Goebbels.
(Had to look up Riefenstahl.) That’s a fair point.
re: #31 thedopefishlives
A lot of my Facebook friends have been posting wingnut memes about “If you’re American, he’s your President whether you voted for him or not.” While I happen to agree - however disgustedly - with that assessment, where was that sentiment eight years ago when those same wingnuts were flipping their shit at Obama?
My question is…how can people say that with a straight face when they treat a good 60% of the people in the country as not actually American. Like, literally don’t treat them as they are real citizens with real rights?
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
I was a fan of Tony Snow back in the day. And maybe I’m looking at the past with rose-colored glasses, but I hope Snow if he was still alive would have been asking, “Seriously, what the fuck did I just watch?”
re: #115 Scottish Dragon
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It is embarrassing, as an American, to watch this briefing by Sean Spicer from the podium at the White House. Not the RNC. The White House.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 21, 2017
re: #115 Scottish Dragon
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Hey Bill, we’ve always appreciated both. Thanks for reminding us you’re still a pathetic asshole. You may hate Trump and good on you for that but do not fucking tell me that I’ve never appreciated the Constiution and U.S. Military before because I don’t share your interpretation of the former or agree with your belief on how the latter should be used. And let’s face it Bill, if Trump hadn’t embraced Antisemitism, you would be fine with him likely.
re: #115 Scottish Dragon
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I wonder if he knows that the military voted for Clinton, according to exit polls.
re: #118 jaunte
CNN trying to do Sean Spicer a favor?
It depends. I’m not sure I would air it live.
In its entirety with disclaimers all over the place and all over the tape delay that this isn’t fucking normal? Yes.
re: #102 Jenner7
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Hi there.
Women’s March in Park City, during the Sundance Festival.
Post no longer there.
re: #115 Scottish Dragon
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11B, 19E, 19D, 96B over 16 years of active and reserve component. Fuck those who claim leftist don’t serve.
re: #122 Timothy Watson
I was a fan of Tony Snow back in the day. And maybe I’m looking at the past with rose-colored glasses, but I hope Snow if he was still alive would have been asking, “Seriously, what the fuck did I just watch?”
I do think you are with rose-colored glasses. Snow RIP IMO could be just as condescending. Not really a bad guy but he came off condescending to me and I realize he was just a messager.
re: #128 William Lewis
11B, 19E, 19D, 96B over 16 years of active and reserve component. Fuck those who claim leftist don’t serve.
I can’t say I went happily. 84B, 72C
re: #123 b.d.
It’s tough being Bill
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You built this, Bill. You and every one of the Iraq War cheerleaders spent the better part of a year telling us black was white, up was down, and going to war was protecting the peace. It’s rather rich of you to now act as though this is something totally uncouth and way out of the norm for your party.
Spicer: “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period, both in person and around the globe.”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 21, 2017
Thanks to Russian telecast? https://t.co/K1qMxbIABb
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 21, 2017
re: #111 b.d.
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He flat out lied about the metro ridership. He said 420K.
(nice number)
I think every fight now is going to be about observable reality.
— Farhad Manjoo (@fmanjoo) January 21, 2017
Exactly. If we’re wrapped up in litigating basic reality, how can we properly debate, say, the wisdom of revoking health care from millions? https://t.co/LsPqNRyuLj
— Max Fisher (@Max_Fisher) January 21, 2017
Yup, as I’ve been saying, this is going to be their strategy. How do they deal w/ taking away ppls healthcare? Just say they aren’t. https://t.co/zZ8sb30Ijt
— Benghazi Jim Halpert (@Wilson__Valdez) January 21, 2017
Gaslight.
re: #132 Decatur Deb
I can’t say I went happily.
I chose to because I expected Raygun to kill us all. I’d rather die fast on the front line in a 60 ton steel coffin than slowly of radiation poisoning from being downwind of what used to be Minuteman silos.
re: #93 Moebym
I thought it was accepted that Kellyanne CON-way is Trump’s Goebbels?
We can go with Goebbles 1 and Goebbles 2.
There will be a lot of Goebbles.
I needed a break and was going to stop altogether with politics, but then I heard John Lewis speak from Atlanta today.
Sooo…what did I miss?? Did Trump really removed MLK Jr. bust in the Oval?
That beat…. (literally)
the cranes in the sky video is so healing pic.twitter.com/zHzH51sXFG
— jaboukie young-white (@jaboukie) January 21, 2017
My wife sent this from D.C. an hour ago. The couple on the far left — ironic, since that totally describes their political views — are my old chums Margarita and Trudy, who were among the first gay couples to get married in New York State, and third from left is my rock ‘em sock ‘em sister-in-law Karen, another proud union member. Trudy, btw, works for the AFL-CIO, organizing teachers and battling against charter schools in general. Don’t know who the other folks are, but they’re alright by me.
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
Dana Perino used to deliver some barn burners to appease her bosses. Scott McClellan too, but he just came off as a confused putz. I can remember always being pissed off after listening to either of them.
re: #137 William Lewis
I chose to because I expected Raygun to kill us all. I’d rather die fast on the front line in a 60 ton steel coffin than slowly of radiation poisoning from being downwind of what used to be Minuteman silos.
By then I was a civilian, babysitting stuff to turn T-72s into steel coffins. MADness has its virtues.
.@PressSec Spicer on false, misleading reporting on inauguration crowd pic.twitter.com/No6Tvs2sGU
— The Voice of America (@VOANews) January 21, 2017
VOA repeats Spicer’s lies about crowd size in its own tweet. I remember when VOA used to debunk demagogues; now it’s a tool of one. https://t.co/GL4q6D2Vl0
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 21, 2017
This is truly fucked up.
I always do get amused when Republicans and right wingers who are definitely insiders act like they’re just simple folks. BeachDem, no doubt you’re familiar with Andre Bauer. I caught him today saying he “hears” from Johnny Sixpack or some faux regular Joe type about how they love Trump and Trump is great and the media are just a bunch of elites who just don’t understand how “real America” loves Trump.
Bill Kristol is an asshole, but the fucking Nazi frogs (like this loser) are starting to come onto his twitter feed. I’ll defend a Bill Kristol asshole from the fucking Nazis any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
@Tabula_Media When Trump goes down in flames, we will find all the Nazi scum like you no matter what sewer you hide in.
— Deirdre (@Celticlassy10) January 21, 2017
Is there any more Keith Olbermann or has he been shut down?
Spicer said 2013 Inaugural metro use was 317k, lower than Trump’s 420k. Actual 2013 number was 782k. https://t.co/9lHA6PbvK9 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 21, 2017
DC WMATA not being directly under the control of the White House like the National Parks Service turns out to be important.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 21, 2017
“Let me tell you about the crowds…” pic.twitter.com/Kx8miTPKG4
— Ivan the K™ (@IvanTheK) January 21, 2017
re: #147 Scottish Dragon
Bill Kristol is an asshole, but the fucking Nazi frogs (like this loser) are starting to come onto his twitter feed. I’ll defend a Bill Kristol asshole from the fucking Nazis any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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Yeah Kristol’s an asshole but he’s not a Nazi asshole. That snide remark about liberals and the Constitution and military pisses me though.
Nothing @realDonaldTrump says can be taken at face value. He consistently misrepresents and obscures truth on all topics he addresses.
— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) January 21, 2017
The fact Trump constantly lies about simple things (ie crowd size) that can be easily disproven shows how pathological it is. Disconcerting https://t.co/hpX7Ol6iYj
— Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) January 21, 2017
re: #134 wrenchwench
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So, Maggie, perhaps you could say Spicer CLAIMS or Spicer, without verification, or Spicer erroneously, or something other than just tweeting out the quote as if it were FACT—you are, dear, supposed to be a journalist. (You were only at 116 characters, so you had plenty of leeway)
re: #145 jaunte
The VOA is headed by a demagogue. We need to openly disavow and disown it.
Tomorrow’s press statement: “President Trump woke early to heal the sick with his touch, walked across the White House pool, and then finished up by turning water into wine for the White House press corps.”
“Uh, Sean, this is just grape juice. And we’ve got pictures of President Trump swimming in the White House pool.”
“LYING MEDIA! WHY CAN’T YOU STOP LYING ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP!?”
re: #141 b.d.
I wonder if the SNL guys are doing a late rewrite?
“Hi, Bill Hader? Can you come in at this hour?”
re: #157 Targetpractice
Tomorrow’s press statement: “President Trump woke early to heal the sick with his touch, walked across the White House pool, and then finished up by turning water into wine for the White House press corps.”
“Uh, Sean, this is just grape juice. And we’ve got pictures of President Trump swimming in the White House pool.”
“LYING MEDIA! WHY CAN’T YOU STOP LYING ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP!?”
Drumpf is America’s Dear Leader.
re: #157 Targetpractice
Tomorrow’s press statement: “President Trump woke early to heal the sick with his touch, walked across the White House pool, and then finished up by turning water into wine for the White House press corps.”
“Uh, Sean, this is just grape juice. And we’ve got pictures of President Trump swimming in the White House pool.”
“LYING MEDIA! WHY CAN’T YOU STOP LYING ABOUT THE GREATNESS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP!?”
Inaccurate, not nearly enough messianism of Trump.
White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds https://t.co/HaJhPnSwWN pic.twitter.com/WVDgBKzOxy
— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2017
Very crafty lying.
You give the correct number for your side…
then lie about the other side’s number to make it smaller by comparison.
Yep, we have professional liars working here folks. The best. The Greatest Lies Ever.
These they will tell you.
But we knew it was coming.
And if you didn’t know, and expected a change/shift to being presidential…you were not paying attention.
re: #141 b.d.
I wonder if the SNL guys are doing a late rewrite?
This makes me realize SNL could devote an entire Bill Brasky skit, consisting of nothing but actual Trump quotes and claims. And it probably could still out-absurd previous Brasky sketches.
Dropping back in, then to the top of the thread to start reading comments.
The Omaha, Nebr. Women’s march starts in just over twenty minutes.
Never too young to teach that resistance is patriotic @womensmarchomaha #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/InO4DOlCks
— Erin Averett (@ErinAverett) January 21, 2017
Kudos to Greta VanSustren for taking the laughably ludicrous position of ‘Well, what if Trump is right about crowd size’ #MSNBC
— Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) January 21, 2017
Keep note of who’s helping Trump distort reality.
re: #146 HappyWarrior
I always do get amused when Republicans and right wingers who are definitely insiders act like they’re just simple folks. BeachDem, no doubt you’re familiar with Andre Bauer. I caught him today saying he “hears” from Johnny Sixpack or some faux regular Joe type about how they love Trump and Trump is great and the media are just a bunch of elites who just don’t understand how “real America” loves Trump.
Andre Bauer is a moron. Period. Since his illustrious term as Lt. Gov. he has lost in a primary for governor; lost in a primary for a house seat and—well, that’s pretty much the sum of his accomplishments. Now, granted, if he’s spent any time back here in south by dog carolina, he may well have heard some Trump love, but Andre has done everything he can all his life to avoid hanging around with Joe sixpack. (Remember, the lesson he learned from his grandmother was that we shouldn’t feed poor people because they’re like strays and they keep breeding.)
re: #152 HappyWarrior
I’m not feeling generous.
Bill Kristol does soft-edged, gentle editing of reality to suit his inclinations: his objection to Trump full-on gaslighting us all is ultimately about tone.
…as is the case with all the not-actually-centrist “pundits” who indulge in the Magical Balance Fairy, evade all the issues of the GWB administration (including their own breathy enthusiasm and hippy-punching), and peddle soft versions of anti-Obama conspiracy theories.
(…to say nothing of the complete mythological Ronald Reagan administration….)
The NSDAP didn’t win the election: they got handed power by a coalition of conservatives political and business interests who thought they could put a harness on that rabid walrus.
Soft bullshitters set the stage for hard bullshit to be a saleable item.
re: #157 Targetpractice
Soon they’ll be proclaiming that he was born on a fucking rainbow while the angels announced his arrival…
I think Trump should have taken the weekend off.
re: #166 BeachDem
Andre Bauer is a moron. Period. Since his illustrious term as Lt. Gov. he has lost in a primary for governor; lost in a primary for a house seat and—well, that’s pretty much the sum of his accomplishments. Now, granted, if he’s spent any time back here in south by dog carolina, he may well have heard some Trump love, but Andre has done everything he can all his life to avoid hanging around with Joe sixpack. (Remember, the lesson he learned from his grandmother was that we shouldn’t feed poor people because they’re like strays and they keep breeding.)
Oh man I forgot about that one with his grandmother.
re: #167 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
I’m not feeling generous.
Bill Kristol does soft-edged, gentle editing of reality to suit his inclinations: his objection to Trump full-on gaslighting us all is ultimately about tone.
…as is the case with all the not-actually-centrist “pundits” who indulge in the Magical Balance Fairy, evade all the issues of the GWB administration (including their own breathy enthusiasm and hippy-punching), and peddle soft versions of anti-Obama conspiracy theories.
(…to say nothing of the complete mythological Ronald Reagan administration….)
The NSDAP didn’t win the election: they got handed power by a coalition of conservatives political and business interests who thought they could put a harness on that rabid walrus.
Soft bullshitters set the stage for hard bullshit to be a saleable item.
Absolutely.
How many fingers am I holding up?
None.
Wrong! [5,000 volts]
How many fingers?
Um, none?
Wrong! [10,000 volts]
How many?
I don’t know.
Good. pic.twitter.com/KdZJlbPjwn— Werner Twertzog (@WernerTwertzog) January 21, 2017
@Green_Footballs Fixed it… pic.twitter.com/sxkikyo9he
— Gil Meslin (@g_meslin) January 21, 2017
re: #38 Scottish Dragon
It goes the other way, however. Trump does not consider people like us as part of his America. He is their President. He wants nothing to do with us.
Just like my representative. He represents Republicans.
This is the GOP, and has been all my life.
SNL is going to have fun with Spicer though. And Spicer I imagine will have the same reaction Trump does. Maybe we should crowdfund and get them safe spaces. Yes, I’m enjoying the idea of using the shit they mock liberals for being used on them becaues Trump and Spicer are much more thin skinned than those college students their base loves to whine about.
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
We’d better hope so, but because that would be the responsibility of the Republicans we just better get used to having Caligula as president.
This shouldn’t be referred to as a “presser”, he took no questions.
re: #177 Jenner7
How about a White House Statement? /half
I imagine this was the conversation Trump had with Press Secretary Sean Spicer before he went out to talk the media…. pic.twitter.com/Swt7ouHBYd
— BlackSportsOnline (@BSO) January 21, 2017
I imagine this was the conversation Trump had with Press Secretary Sean Spicer before he went out to talk the media…
Don’t miss this line from Trump’s CIA speech. Iraqis certainly won’t: “We should have kept the oil. Maybe we’ll have another chance.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 21, 2017
re: #113 Scottish Dragon
KellyAnne Riefenstahl. Not Goebbels.
Leni Riefenstahl libel; I don’t see KellyAnne performing slapstick comedy on skis.
re: #178 PhillyPretzel
How about a White House Statement? /half
Diktat. Trump will have the biggest diktat. You’ll get sick of how strong….
re: #113 Scottish Dragon
KellyAnne Riefenstahl. Not Goebbels.
Riefenstahl had talent. Conway is just a political hack.
We don’t have long to wait until Trump tweets something horrible and disgusting about the #womensmarch.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 21, 2017
re: #184 Skip Intro
Riefenstahl had talent. Conway is just a political hack.
She’s a fucking pollster.
re: #172 jaunte
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Heh. That Tweet triggered a thought.
Sean just bullshitboarded the press.
Bullshitboarding
noun
an interrogation technique simulating the experience of drowning in propaganda, in which the news media is strapped, face up, to a yoouge board that slopes downward at their heads, while large quantities of bullshit are pumped into their ears and noses so not only can they not hear and understand properly, they are left with a certain odor.
re: #182 Honey Punch!
Leni Riefenstahl libel; I don’t see KellyAnne performing slapstick comedy on skis.
LMAO
well played!
re: #105 Lidane
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Sorry, but I don’t ever remember seeing anything like this before, even when Dubya and his goons were in office. This is just nuts.
Trump is clearly unhinged. Isn’t there some means of removing an incapacitated President from office?
Yes. XXV Amendment. The GOP, since they have the majority, would need to be induced to vote for it.
That would make Mike Pence Acting-President until the President can show he is not incapacitated.
re: #145 jaunte
Voice of Trump now. I’m warning you, soon you won’t be able to buy a tv that doesn’t have a permanent all Trump channel like hotels have their own starting channel. Unlike hotels, the Trump channel will always be on unless you unplug your set. Then it will report you to Trump Central.
re: #190 Joe Bacon
Spicer deserves to be whacked with two dozen
custardmoose turd pies!
There ya go.
Shouldn’t we have some Wagner playing the background?
re: #188 ObserverArt
Heh. That Tweet triggered a thought.
Sean just bullshitboarded the press.
Bullshitboarding
noun
an interrogation technique simulating the experience of drowning in propaganda, in which the news media is strapped, face up, to a yoouge board that slopes downward at their heads, while large quantities of bullshit are pumped into their ears and noses so not only can they not hear and understand properly, they are left with a certain odor.
I regret that I have but one upding to give this post. Bloody well done.
re: #191 Anymouse
…
That would make Mike Pence Acting-President until the President can show he is not incapacitated.
And that’s why it shouldn’t be supported. We got on this fuckin’ coaster, and we better keep the belts fastened until we get back to the dock.
re: #192 Skip Intro
Voice of Trump now. I’m warning you, soon you won’t be able to buy a tv that doesn’t have a permanent all Trump channel like hotels have their own starting channel. Unlike hotels, the Trump channel will always be on unless you unplug your set. Then it will report you to Trump Central.
The voice came from an oblong metal plaque like a dulled mirror which formed part of the surface of the right-hand wall. Winston turned a switch and the voice sank somewhat, though the words were still distinguishable. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely—1984
re: #190 Joe Bacon
Spicer deserves to be whacked with two dozen custard pies!
He deserves to be laughed at, long and loudly.
re: #128 William Lewis
11B, 19E, 19D, 96B over 16 years of active and reserve component. Fuck those who claim leftist don’t serve.
Seventeen years in the US Navy, disabled on active duty. AT1. They’re deluded.
Sister, US Army. (Don’t know her MOS)
Father killed in Vietnam, AXC USN.
Mother served two years, AT3.
Paternal grandparents both served, grandfather killed in WW2, grandmother WAC.
Maternal grandparents both served, grandfather Marines, grandmother WAC, WW2.
heh
We’re pleased to announce a new #nationalparkservice #twitter account… we will not be silenced by gov’t overlords. Please retweet! pic.twitter.com/aau5K7F51l
— RealNatlParkService (@ParkServ) January 21, 2017
re: #192 Skip Intro
Voice of Trump now. I’m warning you, soon you won’t be able to buy a tv that doesn’t have a permanent all Trump channel like hotels have their own starting channel. Unlike hotels, the Trump channel will always be on unless you unplug your set. Then it will report you to Trump Central.
Never miss the Trump America First National Party Morning Message EVER!
Followed by calisthenics, and the wearing of the brown shirts, pants or dresses for the afternoon reprogramming in a charter school for all ages near you.
re: #194 freetoken
Shouldn’t we have some Wagner playing the background?
Ted Nugent is more appropriate, I think.
Wagner had talent.
re: #195 thedopefishlives
I regret that I have but one upding to give this post. Bloody well done.
Thanks. I’m trying to get my groove back. Today’s activities help.
re: #188 ObserverArt
You jest, but what just happened is a compliance technique.
You force someone to concede something that’s perceptibly false. If you can crack that, it suggests that they’re pliable…that you’ve exerted your will over them.
While it’s notably depicted in an episode of Star Trek: TNG that’s simply an interrogation (the bit with “there are four lights”), it’s generally not done for the purpose of making someone tell the truth. It’s done to make people say what you want them to. Cults do versions of this—for example, having people confess to things they didn’t do, or pushing them to embellish stories.
re: #202 Skip Intro
Ted Nugent is more appropriate, I think.
Wagner had talent.
Not really. He was the Nugent of the era: All sound and fury signifying nothing.
White House @PressSec on the crowd at Trump’s inauguration: “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” pic.twitter.com/MmV3kzq38W
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 21, 2017
We have always been at war with Eastasia https://t.co/UsRTmaBrRC
— Mike Vorkunov (@Mike_Vorkunov) January 21, 2017
re: #200 b.d.
This Wondrous National Park—Brought to You By McDonalds? https://t.co/LrkHdPys9e #NationalParkService to allow corporate sponsorship & ads… pic.twitter.com/dmOWw2nL9A
— EpiphanyOnWallStreet (@NineInchBride) January 9, 2017
Relevant sections to remove a president unable to perform his duties (sections one and two deal with VP succession and replacing a VP):
Section 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
re: #202 Skip Intro
Ted Nugent is more appropriate, I think.
Wagner had talent.
And he had the 6th highest number of career hits.
They’ve been “re-educated” now.
We regret the mistaken RTs from our account yesterday and look forward to continuing to share the beauty and history of our parks with you pic.twitter.com/mctNNvlrmv
— NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) January 21, 2017
Spicer: “This was the first time… that floor coverings have been used to protect the grass on the mall.”
1/2013: https://t.co/qPuM8TgiHo pic.twitter.com/cRuRPKV4dZ— Adrienne Watson (@Adrienne_DNC) January 21, 2017
re: #210 Skip Intro
We shall see what happens. I have this sinking feeling this is going to happen more often and with other agencies in the near future.
#TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/FyEkrXkIv0
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 20, 2017
@NatlParkService Didn’t take you long to bow to your new fuhrer.
— free token (@freetoken) January 22, 2017
re: #212 PhillyPretzel
We shall see what happens. I have this sinking feeling this is going to happen more often and with other agencies in the near future.
The retweets could be argued that they shouldn’t have been done from that account. Suspending the account was over the top.
re: #214 freetoken
Well, admittedly, it was a pretty public spanking they got. It’s unfortunate that the Drumpf administration is allowed to pull shit like this.
re: #208 Anymouse
Yeah, like that’s going to happen.
The key in that XXV Amendment slug up there is that either the President has to declare himself unfit (this has been done a few times, notably when President Reagan was shot and underwent surgery, and when President Bush underwent a colonoscopy). You might remember Alexander Haig’s famous “I am in charge” that got shot down nearly immediatly.
As for the majority of the cabinet doing it, good luck with that. While the GOP might prefer Mike Pence, I’m betting the cabinet doesn’t. As far as I know, there is no other provision for removal other than impeachment.
If it were to come to impeachment, the Dems should insist the GOP initiate it, after all they are in the majority in both houses.
#DonaldTrump swearing-in ceremony viewed by 31 million, Nielsen says https://t.co/MfG5CmeXp6 pic.twitter.com/DtFQpDR7nM
— AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) January 21, 2017
“…Obama’s first inauguration in 2009 was seen by 37.8 million people…”
re: #220 FormerDirtDart
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BUT NIELSEN DOESN’T COVER ALL THE VIEWERS IN RUSSIA WHO WATCHED AND CHEERED!!!!!
The inauguration of President Trump earned a 20.1 Nielsen rating, 2nd worst for a new President in the last 50 years.
— Michael Mulvihill (@mulvihill79) January 21, 2017
There’s a strong gale blowing here this morning. Security are trying to stop her, but that’s what you get with 24 hour bars and Hen Parties.
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 21, 2017
I sent that Spicer video to an old college friend back in Canada. She thought it was satire.
Omaha march ready to star (Red states represent)t:
Ready to march #LoveTrumpsHate #WomensMarchOmaha pic.twitter.com/7CAg6CCvwS
— heidi mihelich (@cre8ivenergy) January 22, 2017
re: #222 Kragar
Gee, I wonder who Number one was?
re: #224 Eclectic Cyborg
I sent that Spicer video to an old college friend back in Canada. She thought it was satire.
This is the next four years. Americans will have their faces hidden under their palms. The rest of the world will be wondering if we’re fucking serious.
re: #205 William Lewis
Not really. He was the Nugent of the era: All sound and fury signifying nothing.
But Teddy was able to amp up his Fender Twins and Bassman stacks to screech out a high enough note to shatter glass orbs on poles near the boars heads behind those amps.
Wagner never did that!
With Jeff Sessions on his way, head of DOJ’s Civil Rights Division tearfully asks remaining lawyers to fight on. https://t.co/vCQYEcpyAt pic.twitter.com/YkhVgDTjUa
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) January 22, 2017
re: #205 William Lewis
Not really. He was the Nugent of the era: All sound and fury signifying nothing.
Where would Apocalypse Now have been without Wagner? I don’t see Cat Scratch Fever as a good fit.
Ouch.
If you’re flying to America today, remember the time difference and set your watches to 1861.
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 21, 2017
re: #211 FormerDirtDart
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White House @PressSec on the crowd at Trump’s inauguration: “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period.” pic.twitter.com/MmV3kzq38W
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 21, 2017
Lying sack of shit hires lying sack of shit to lie about shit. https://t.co/o0CnGzVix7
— Bill Clunie (@billclunie) January 21, 2017
Trump’s lying has always been a central story. It’s not a sideshow, it’s the show. Big media still largely unprepared to deal with it.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 21, 2017
Fact checking never ever gets old.
March starting now in Omaha:
Red state my ass. #womensmarchomaha #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/JXs7FpDnJN
— catie (@scha3418) January 22, 2017
re: #128 William Lewis
11B, 19E, 19D, 96B over 16 years of active and reserve component. Fuck those who claim leftist don’t serve.
/so what you are saying is that you served more than Trump.
re: #234 I Would Prefer Not To
/so what you are saying is that you served more than Trump.
My previous cat served more than Trump. He went to Spain with me on military orders.
re: #230 Skip Intro
The Ring Cycle has some really good work.
All those protest videos and photos so warmed my heart today.
I needed that.
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
All those protest videos and photos so warmed my heart today.
I needed that.
We all needed that.
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
All those protest videos and photos so warmed my heart today.
I needed that.
One of my closest FB friends marched in a protest today. It was her first time engaging in political activism of any kind. I congratulated her and told her it was a great time to start. Hell, I might even have to do such sometime.
Say what you like about him, he nailed the outfits today. Never easy. #TrumpInauguration pic.twitter.com/i9aSdniqZk
— Stansaid Airport (@StansaidAirport) January 20, 2017
US Cities suffer total economic collapse as non-voting women take to the streets in bloody protest to protect their genitals.
— DPRK News Service (@DPRK_News) January 21, 2017
re: #239 thedopefishlives
I took part in a protest against GWB/Iraq in ‘04. Maybe its time to dust the posterboard off and do it again.
re: #234 I Would Prefer Not To
/so what you are saying is that you served more than Trump.
The stuffed turtle that I’ve had since I was four and took to Germany with me has served this nation longer and better than Trump ever will.
re: #241 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
Wasn’t that a democratic president that put the Japanese into internment camps?
There was a real good comment made here a couple of months ago where the California Attorney General was cited as well. Anyone here clarify and know how to refute that one?
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
re: #229 Charles Johnson
On my drive back from Riverside today I heard a “This American Life” broadcast that was talking to the civil servants in the DOE.
One woman was leaving, one staying. They talked about how maybe 1 person in the whole agency might doubt man made climate change. Mention of Rick Perry brought a chuckle. They were also wondering who the 2nd in command after dancing Ricky would be, as that person would have way more interaction with them.
Also how they can slow & delay work if they don’t agree with it by submitting to legal to review, etc.etc.
Interesting.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
No, President Obama has class. He had so much to brag about but never did.
Most of the population of Nebraska lives in the rural areas with no Internet.
Major news outlets are not covering the marches at all in this state.
For example, at the Omaha World-Herald, the lead article is
Trump Decries Carnage of Crime and Poverty
If Sean Spicer’s “news conference” means anything, y’all in more liberal states are going to get exactly the same propaganda we have for years.
And that is how you flip a blue state red.
re: #245 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
No refutation called for. Our parents were angry, frightened, and wrong.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
President Obama had class. Not only does Drumpf not have class, he doesn’t even try to pretend he has class. He is very open about being a jackass.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Sean Spicer is not a press secretary, he’s a government sanctioned hype man.
Powerful message at Tel Aviv Women’s March pic.twitter.com/L5UK1F5faS
— Allison K. Sommer (@AllisonKSommer) January 21, 2017
re: #245 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
There was a real good comment made here a couple of months ago where the California Attorney General was cited as well. Anyone here clarify and know how to refute that one?
Yes it was. And it was wrong. That doesn’t make it OK for Republicans to do it.
WH has set up crowd size pics in briefing room pic.twitter.com/gIDIuhdcdD
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 21, 2017
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
He didn’t even joke about anything like that after he made a wisecrack about being in “57 states” and the wingnuts spent the next 8 years claiming OBUMMER IS SO STUPID HE THINKS THERE ARE 57 STATES AND YOU LIBTARDS ARE RETARDS HAHAHAHAHA DEEERRRP WE ARE GONNA BEAT YOU LIKE LITTLE GIRLS AND MAKE YOU CRY BECAUSE OBOZO IS A FUCKING RETARD AND YOU ARE LIBTARD RETARDS LOLOLOLOL
So do the R’s just throw a bunch of tax cuts, “Obamacare” repeal and regulation gutting, and then throw the old man overboard in 100 days?
re: #245 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
There was a real good comment made here a couple of months ago where the California Attorney General was cited as well. Anyone here clarify and know how to refute that one?
Yes. Jim Crow still existed in that day, and neither party was interested in equality. The Republicans of the day were just as happy about the interment as Democrats were.
Though the Census Bureau denied it for decades, they in fact released all the personal information they had about Japanese-Americans to local authorities, who rounded up Japanese—Americans, regardless of which party the officials belonged to.
Spot on, Elvis. I suspect this shit is going to get old really fast and like many others have opined, a Granada-style military adventure is in the offing — for ratings! Alas and alack for the Fat Don, China is not some podunk political cult.
Even at the CIA, Trump sounds like he’s giving a father of the bride toast at a wedding.
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) January 21, 2017
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
Why would he? He was busy being President.
re: #257 FormerDirtDart
Tiny tvs for tiny hands
re: #250 Anymouse
We still have internet access here. A lot of people pay for that rather than TV.
re: #245 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
There was a real good comment made here a couple of months ago where the California Attorney General was cited as well. Anyone here clarify and know how to refute that one?
I think Earl Warren was the CA Attorney General? A Republican. There is plenty of blame to go around on that one. If I remember what my Mom had to say correctly, the Northern CA ACLU stood up against it when even the national organization wouldn’t.
re: #181 jaunte
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This is chilling. So Trump wants to start a war to steal another country’s resources? Yet I recall some on the Left claiming that it would be a President Hillary Clinton who would start an unnecessary war. (Looking at you, Susan Sarandon)
Thankfully Trump is so unpopular that he wouldn’t get away with an Iraq war. Americans wouldn’t stand for it.
re: #264 Belafon
We still have internet access here. A lot of people pay for that rather than TV.
And as we’ve seen, the Internet is just as easily subverted as the press.
The NYT has a video shot from high behind the lectern and the crowd isn’t even close to the Washington Monument.
re: #268 Ace Rothstein
And That Trump person will try to “fix” that too.
re: #256 Belafon
Yes it was. And it was wrong. That doesn’t make it OK for Republicans to do it.
Exactly. What difference does it make whether Democrats or Republicans were behind the internment of Japanese Americans? It was wrong. Period.
More Omaha:
It’s happening #WomensMarch #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/COKe60sjOC
— Cara Michele (@CaraHeacock) January 22, 2017
I’m guessing close to at least 20k strong here at #womensmarchomaha #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/AVS6cyqPCT
— Omadahl (@omadahl) January 22, 2017
re: #267 Anymouse
And as we’ve seen, the Internet is just as easily subverted as the press.
But you just argued that it was lack of internet that hurt.
George Bush and company told quite a few lies, that FOX was more than willing to replay, and the other stations were still pretty weak against.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
I don’t remember him doing it either, but then, President Obama is an adult, not a whiny, tantrum-throwing toddler.
re: #257 FormerDirtDart
Trump is having the US Mint design a 5 foot diameter million dollar gold piece with his face on the front and the biggest crowd is world history on the back. It will be tastefully displayed in the gold cage at Trump Tower where he keeps Melania and Barron.
Trump criticizes the press in front of CIA employees, who cheer in response. An embarrassing moment for the agency.
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) January 21, 2017
So as it turns out, Trump brought in flunkies to cheer. And it’s possible that he did that to make it look like the CIA cheered him. https://t.co/kBZ6szlbOc
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) January 21, 2017
re: #272 Belafon
But you just argued that it was lack of internet that hurt.
George Bush and company told quite a few lies, that FOX was more than willing to replay, and the other stations were still pretty weak against.
Read as: There is virtually no Internet at all here outside the cities. The overwhelming majority of the state lives outside the cities.
Even truthful information on the Internet is meaningless if you can’t get it.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
He didn’t have to. He went with the “do not let your eyes deceive you” method.
re: #270 Patricia Kayden
Exactly. What difference does it make whether Democrats or Republicans were behind the internment of Japanese Americans? It was wrong. Period.
Agreed.
This just showed up on my FB. We’re happy now, but I expect the blowback to start Monday:
Even though many cities in “red” areas had virtually everyone in them show up, I expect the administration will do all they can to delegitimize the coasts—California’s election results have been stated with a silent asterisk that we can all hear.
And even in blue states, there are Trumpsters. I know. I’m hearing from all of them.
This is going to suck.
Omaha marchers now on the march in the downtown streets:
#WomensMarchOnWashington #womensmarchomaha #WhyIMarch pic.twitter.com/AAmfdoiQfh
— Chris Johnson (@ChrisSoeur79) January 22, 2017
re: #279 Sherlock Hound
This just showed up on my FB. We’re happy now, but I expect the blowback to start Monday:
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Even though many cities in “red” areas had virtually everyone in them show up, I expect the administration will do all they can to delegitimize the coasts—California’s election results have been stated with a silent asterisk that we can all hear.
And even in blue states, there are Trumpsters. I know. I’m hearing from all of them.
This is going to suck.
A: Where’d they get the figure?
B: Liberals live in the red areas
C: Liberals also own guns
National Prayer Service is a great forum of Christian faith, so too bad Trump could only bring 1 of his 3 wives and none of his mistresses.
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) January 21, 2017
Trump speak at the CIA, complete with threat.
And I turn on, with my steak … and I get this network shows an empty field. And it said we drew 250,000 people.
Now that’s not bad. But it’s a lie. We had 250,000 people literally around, you know, the little bowl that we constructed. That was 250,000 people. The rest of the 20 block area all the way back to the Washington Monument was packed.
So we caught them. And we caught them in a beauty. And I think they’re going to pay a big price.
D: The population of the red counties is not even close to that of the blue ones.
re: #235 Anymouse
My previous cat served more than Trump. He went to Spain with me on military orders.
Is a pussy joke appropriate here or not? Asking for a friend.
re: #279 Sherlock Hound
That’s not people, that’s acreage.
re: #279 Sherlock Hound
This just showed up on my FB. We’re happy now, but I expect the blowback to start Monday:
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Even though many cities in “red” areas had virtually everyone in them show up, I expect the administration will do all they can to delegitimize the coasts—California’s election results have been stated with a silent asterisk that we can all hear.
And even in blue states, there are Trumpsters. I know. I’m hearing from all of them.
This is going to suck.
I have mentioned in an offhand way before that if the nuts here in NC decide to go 1861 on me as they have threatened in the past, I can and will shoot back.
re: #279 Sherlock Hound
This just showed up on my FB. We’re happy now, but I expect the blowback to start Monday:
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Even though many cities in “red” areas had virtually everyone in them show up, I expect the administration will do all they can to delegitimize the coasts—California’s election results have been stated with a silent asterisk that we can all hear.
And even in blue states, there are Trumpsters. I know. I’m hearing from all of them.
This is going to suck.
Even in Red States, there are Democrats.
re: #26 b.d.
LARGEST CROWD EVER!!
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Someone with leet Photoshop skillz needs to ‘shop Spicer’s face into Baghdad Bob’s pic and substitute it for his press conference pics. I could see Spicer shitting himself over a pic like that.
I would use it everywhere I could…lol
Going to eat and paint space marines now. BBL.
Nielsen ratings, first term inaugurations:
Trump: 20.1
Obama: 25.5
GWB: 20.8
Clinton: 24.5
GHWB: 20.0
Reagan: 37.4
Carter: 31.5
Nixon: 33.5— Michael Mulvihill (@mulvihill79) January 21, 2017
re: #213 Skip Intro
I see that security was using the dick-and-balls formation. How fitting.
re: #275 jaunte
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From reports that are coming in about this, the CIA agents at this gathering were downright PISSED at the fact that Trump held his rant in front of the Memorial Wall honoring the anonymous agents who gave their lives in defending the United States.
re: #282 Anymouse
A: Where’d they get the figure?
B: Liberals live in the red areas
C: Liberals also own guns
As for A, probably pulled out of whereever.
There was a spin available to Trump: His support doesnt come from DC area, working class cant afford to travel, etc. He chose gaslighting.
— Philip Klein (@philipaklein) January 22, 2017
re: #279 Sherlock Hound
Well, at least 60% of gun deaths are suicides, so there’s that. //
But srsly, NRA types love to crow about that stat like its a good thing and none of those people mattered at all. Because freedom and pop tarts or something.
re: #64 lockjawcanbefun
The appropriate reaction to these:
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I prefer these to throw into their faces:
If someone thought about this, it could be turned into a national strike.
We will not go away. Welcome to your first day! #womensmarch #womensmarchomaha https://t.co/2FVlsZDqRb
— Suzanne Withem (@suni00) January 22, 2017
re: #281 FormerDirtDart
That’s the PBS feed from the back. The one I’m referring to is the opposite angle from behind the lectern looking at the monument.
@EricBoehlert But, isn’t that probably what thy want? Then Bannon’s select “media” can inform the masses
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 22, 2017
Went to the Austin march today - didn’t even get off the Capitol grounds until an hour after the march started, that’s how many people there were. Good spirit & I hope a good way to get geared up for the fight over the latest assaults on women’s rights proposed in the Legislature.
In vaguely annoying news, one of my woker-than-thou friends has been Facebook posting all day basically accusing marchers of being Johnny (Jennie?)-come-latelies. How this is supposed to improve any outcomes, I don’t know. I’m this close to muting her, sigh.
re: #303 FormerDirtDart
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How did people get informed before the television?
The people getting “informed” by Breitbart aren’t going to read WaPo or watch CNN anyway.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Remember how they determined Obama was a narcissist by counting how often he said “I”?
Good times.
re: #299 De Kolta Chair
Well, at least 60% of gun deaths are suicides, so there’s that. //
But srsly, NRA types love to crow about that stat like its a good thing and none of those people mattered at all. Because freedom and pop tarts or something.
“Whatd’we care if you off yourself!”
The survivors might have a different view on that.
re: #304 Donkey With No Name
Johnny-come-latelies? Does she think none of them voted?
re: #305 Belafon
How did people get informed before the television?
The people getting “informed” by Breitbart aren’t going to read WaPo or watch CNN anyway.
Radio and newspapers. Here, they are all either very conservative, wingnut, or Christian radio stations (mixture of the first two).
re: #245 electrotek
I want to respond to this comment:
There was a real good comment made here a couple of months ago where the California Attorney General was cited as well. Anyone here clarify and know how to refute that one?
How to refute: IT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER WHICH PARTY DID IT.
They did it.
re: #282 Anymouse
Part of that number is people with dozens or hundreds of guns, not an even distribution of guns amongst the “red” state inhabitants.
We will not go away. Welcome to your first day! #womensmarch #womensmarchomaha https://t.co/2FVlsZDqRb
— Suzanne Withem (@suni00) January 22, 2017
re: #312 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Part of that number is people with dozens or hundreds of guns, not an even distribution of guns amongst the “red” state inhabitants.
Yup. I can’t shoot more than one at a time, so I only need one.
The store owner here in town has dozens (he likes to collect them, he is not a wingnut). He can only shoot one at a time as well.
The gun shop owner has hundreds. He can only shoot one at a time too.
re: #314 weave
Yep, Jesus told Trump to take away that .25% PMI cut.
re: #314 weave
Betcha no Christian churches call that out for blasphemy either. Not Muslim or atheist. IOKIYAC
re: #317 Anymouse
Betcha no Christian churches call that out for blasphemy either. Not Muslim or atheist. IOKIYAC
It’s not blasphemy. Jebus obviously wanted the talking yam to win.
re: #314 weave
Meanwhile on my Facebook feed today…
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So Jesus doesn’t want him to sign that shit into law either, I see.
There are so many people at #womensmarchomaha we went around a couple blocks and ran into our own march like a failed game of snake.
— Cara Michele (@CaraHeacock) January 22, 2017
re: #275 jaunte
Kara Calavera @KaraCalavera
So as it turns out, Trump brought in flunkies to cheer. And it’s possible that he did that to make it look like the CIA cheered him.
Trumpeteers said the other day they may move the press to a larger space. This after the government recently spent millions upgrading the WH press room. Clearly, President Don’s Johns just wants room for an audience to whoop and cheer his every ugly utterance.
.@FrankLuntz @Marriott yeah check out these wild-ass anarchists pic.twitter.com/k5nfccHVvv
— Andy Richter (@AndyRichter) January 22, 2017
LOL “I’ve seen better cabinets at IKEA”
#WomensMarchOmaha pic.twitter.com/bZrXQDmPMr
— Ellen Magnuson (@e_magss) January 22, 2017
re: #314 weave
Meanwhile on my Facebook feed today…
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“You see this bit, motherfucker? And this one? And this one? You’re breaking just about all the goddamn commandments. Okay, look at this bit. Read the whole thing. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU CAN’T READ?! Goddamn, you jackhole, come on. You’re going straight to hell right fucking now.”
re: #327 Skip Intro
K”PLAA, SON OF GOD.
omaha turned out ✊🏼 #WomensMarch #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/7ysCc45MY5
— Claire Martin (@clairevoyance_m) January 22, 2017
Trump claiming he had the biggest crowd proves again that he lies about size.
It’s ok, Don. They weren’t a big crowd, but they were thick.— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) January 22, 2017
re: #314 weave
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“LOL your hands are small.”
“No, I have the best hands. They’re tremendous. Believe me. Nasty savior…”
Donald, I am sorry about your pitiful inauguration TV ratings, I swear and promise to watch your impeachment hearings to make up for it
re: #323 FormerDirtDart
yeah check out these wild-ass anarchists
That child looks like Harpo Marx, who was a Jew, ergo an anarchist!!!11!!
(Sorry to be that crude, but I am so drinking tonight)
Baghdad Sean pic.twitter.com/Iv5Jv75suz
— Gus™ (@Gus_802) January 21, 2017
VIDEO: Madonna Threatens To Blow Up White House; Drops Multiple F-Bombs On Live TV! https://t.co/jBSfh8Tg7R
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 21, 2017
You lying moron, she did not “threaten” anything. @gatewaypundit https://t.co/aciSkTXnMT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) January 22, 2017
re: #63 Belafon
I like this version of the picture:
There’s a large amount of white in the right side of that picture so maybe that’s what makes Trump and his supporters think he had more people in attendance than Obama had at either of his inaugurations.
They are that dumb, right?
Internet… thank you pic.twitter.com/EFMys3tQWV
— Layne Theory ☭ (@ThisIsLayne) January 21, 2017
re: #327 Skip Intro
I like that Jesus is just a bit player in Ben’s pic.
And asking for a handout as well. But that’s “the inner city” for ya, amirite? //
re: #304 Donkey With No Name
Went to the Austin march today - didn’t even get off the Capitol grounds until an hour after the march started, that’s how many people there were. Good spirit & I hope a good way to get geared up for the fight over the latest assaults on women’s rights proposed in the Legislature.
In vaguely annoying news, one of my woker-than-thou friends has been Facebook posting all day basically accusing marchers of being Johnny (Jennie?)-come-latelies. How this is supposed to improve any outcomes, I don’t know. I’m this close to muting her, sigh.
The criticizers have zero clout. Either you are there or you are not.
Omaha march continues: This is what democracy looks like.
Current cheer: “This is what Democracy looks like!” #Omaha #WomensMarch #WomensMarchOmaha pic.twitter.com/L7QrP9pGx9
— Bailey Hemphill (@bailsofhemp) January 22, 2017
re: #314 weave
Meanwhile on my Facebook feed today…
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Right.
Delusional people.
Pussy tape them
“My friend, you have seen this incident based on sworn testimony. Can you prove that it didn’t happen? God help us… in the future.” pic.twitter.com/RBmOaqClRk
— Slott Scimmons (@SSlemmons) January 22, 2017
re: #322 De Kolta Chair
Trumpeteers said the other day they may move the press to a larger space. This after the government recently spent millions upgrading the WH press room. Clearly, President Don’s Johns just wants room for an audience to whoop and cheer his every ugly utterance.
Bear with me as I’m behind in comments.
Keith Olbermann did an excellent one on this. Where the Russian press wave signs of praise in order to be called upon.
The march continues into the night:
#WomensMarchOmaha pic.twitter.com/49WsomibGT
— M. J. (@PrairieWalden) January 22, 2017
ABQ rally was beautiful. Estimated crowd of 10,000. Quite a few men wearing pussy hats. Chill and hopeful crowd. Nice Native American influence. The crowd honored the four directions facing each with hands raised.
re: #339 De Kolta Chair
And asking for a handout as well. But that’s “the inner city” for ya, amirite? //
That long-haired guy in the bathrobe looks pretty affectionate.
A few good ‘uns from around and about…
Best. Sign. Ever. #WomensMarch #womensmarchnyc #sobadevenintrovertsarehere pic.twitter.com/TmJydvooqu
— Susan Kaufman (@skaufman4050) January 21, 2017
My kind of protestor. pic.twitter.com/tG3kGwQamc
— Tom Manatos (@TomManatos) January 20, 2017
STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN pic.twitter.com/ThBJLBvjYB
— LOUDPVCK (@LOUDPVCK) January 21, 2017
re: #348 plansbandc
ABQ march was beautiful. Estimated crowd of 10,000. Quite a few men wearing pussy hats. Chill and hopeful crowd. Nice Native American influence. The crowd honored the four directions facing each with hands raised.
40 degrees and partly cloudy now in Omaha. Brisk night for a walk with a whole lot of signs for twenty thousand people.
We regret the mistaken RTs from our account yesterday and look forward to continuing to share the beauty and history of our parks with you pic.twitter.com/mctNNvlrmv
— NationalParkService (@NatlParkService) January 21, 2017
We understand. You “fell”. Into doorknob or two by the sound of it. Keep in touch. I’m here for you.
The crowd in front of the state capitol building earlier this afternoon in Lincoln:
#WomensMarchLincoln pic.twitter.com/QQf8lUdAAf
— ❄️ Laurel Simpson ❄️ (@LaurelSimpson) January 21, 2017
A USSS spokesperson tells us no magnetometers were used on the National Mall for Trump’s inauguration.
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) January 22, 2017
I am just reporting the facts and nothing more, but hoo boy. https://t.co/gDu7HMsy48
— overdesigned (@overdesigned) January 22, 2017
Add another agency to the list that will be forbidden to tweet, speak or otherwise report data, ever https://t.co/r3RUMCk0ro
— Craig Hooper (@NextNavy) January 22, 2017
re: #352 nines09
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We understand. You “fell”. Into doorknob or two by the sound of it. Keep in touch. I’m here for you.
“So, how many times did he fall out of the window?”
“I lost count.”
re: #343 PhillyPretzel
WHYY is showing 9 to 5 this evening.
We saw that on KQED last Saturday. Tonight it’s Tootsie.
So… this pic is going around of inauguration vs women’s march. A point not being made is that this picture doesn’t even show independence ave (which is on the other side of the museums on the right of the pic), which was the main location of the march!
“No contraception, no Viagra.” March continues in Omaha. They seem to be in for a long evening.
And the best chant award goes to: “no contraception, no viagra” #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/XrU5SbdQ07
— Sheridan Macy (@sher_custard) January 22, 2017
I made the march part in Houston but couldn’t get anywhere near city hall so I didn’t hear any speeches. There were thousands and thousands of people! No clue how many. I ran into a former student there with his SO and a few other friends. We finally decided we were hungry, okay ready to drink mostly, so we went to a gay bar that was packed with others who had the same idea. Had a blast.
re: #358 Anymouse
“No contraception, no Viagra.” March continues in Omaha. They seem to be in for a long evening.
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Heh. On that topic, Mrs. Fish and I were discussing children earlier this evening - specifically, the likelihood (or lack thereof) of attempting to add a third fishspawn. She stated that, in addition to our other sound logical reasons for not doing so, there’s an additional wrinkle. If she had her IUD removed in order to pursue a fishspawn, we would have to pay through the nose to have another one installed, thanks to the changes coming to health care coverage.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
Didn’t have to, did he?
re: #350 De Kolta Chair
A few good ‘uns from around and about…
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Heh. Amtrak can use the help :)
re: #355 thedopefishlives
“Never laid a hand on him. He tripped.”
It looks like they’re looping around their route again in Omaha; they are back where they stated - as noted above, the front of the march ran into the back of the march about an hour ago.
Awesome turnout! #WomensMarch #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/RgPLnWfHRn
— Ann Tosel (@annstoppable86) January 22, 2017
Spicer statement proves 3 things: 1) Trump knows protest crowds were enormous, 2) he’s wildly insecure about it, 3) we need to keep this up
— Justin Shanes (@justinshanes) January 21, 2017
re: #363 nines09
“Never laid a hand on him. He tripped.”
“He ran into my knife. He ran into my knife TEN TIMES.”
Proud of the folk in my state.
#WomensMarch #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/pLcf0w08De
— catie (@scha3418) January 22, 2017
:D
“The Star Wars prequels combine the magic and inventiveness of the original trilogy with the delightful antics of Jar-Jar Binks. PERIOD.” pic.twitter.com/5IMTorlSll
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) January 22, 2017
re: #360 thedopefishlives
Heh. On that topic, Mrs. Fish and I were discussing children earlier this evening - specifically, the likelihood (or lack thereof) of attempting to add a third fishspawn. She stated that, in addition to our other sound logical reasons for not doing so, there’s an additional wrinkle. If she had her IUD removed in order to pursue a fishspawn, we would have to pay through the nose to have another one installed, thanks to the changes coming to health care coverage.
If you’re quick about it you (or more accurately, she) might be able to conceive, deliver and get the new IUD installed in this calendar year…
re: #314 weave
Meanwhile on my Facebook feed today…
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This is kind of obvious, but that really reminds me of this scene:
Edit: I deleted the ‘Raiders’ scene because it was on the page of some religious whacko.
re: #360 thedopefishlives
Heh. On that topic, Mrs. Fish and I were discussing children earlier this evening - specifically, the likelihood (or lack thereof) of attempting to add a third fishspawn. She stated that, in addition to our other sound logical reasons for not doing so, there’s an additional wrinkle. If she had her IUD removed in order to pursue a fishspawn, we would have to pay through the nose to have another one installed, thanks to the changes coming to health care coverage.
These conversations are going on everywhere.
The importance of health care is for the working people. Those at the top never ever think about it.
re: #346 Stanley Sea
Keith Olbermann did an excellent one on this. Where the Russian press wave signs of praise in order to be called upon.
Thanks Stanley Sea. I’ll look that up.
And how cool is it that you have bears with you? Most people, like me for instance, would be frightened by those claws and cold noses. ///
Pan shot just taken downtown in Omaha:
#WomensMarch #womensmarchomaha #WomensMarchOnWashington pic.twitter.com/sWeImQj3Ek
— catie (@scha3418) January 22, 2017
re: #369 calochortus
If you’re quick about it you (or more accurately, she) might be able to conceive, deliver and get the new IUD installed in this calendar year…
Trust me, it doesn’t take us long. Apparently we are rather fertile turtles. I’ll just leave it at that.
re: #365 Interesting Times
Trump acts just like every other “challenged” male. If you get my drift. No one must speak ill of his Excellency. Now if the press can just grow a pair.
re: #376 nines09
Trump acts just like every other “challenged” male. If you get my drift. No one must speak ill of his Excellency. Now if the press can just grow a pair.
The press is acting more like a battered spouse.
re: #359 allegro
I made the march part in Houston but couldn’t get anywhere near city hall so I didn’t hear any speeches. There were thousands and thousands of people! No clue how many. I ran into a former student there with his SO and a few other friends. We finally decided we were hungry, okay ready to drink mostly, so we went to a gay bar that was packed with others who had the same idea. Had a blast.
We were in a crowd of 22k today, Allegro!
re: #376 nines09
Trump acts just like every other “challenged” male. If you get my drift. No one must speak ill of his Excellency. Now if the press can just grow a pair.
The press that attacks Trump will mostly be from outside of the USA. After he’s impeached they will pile on.
re: #266 Patricia Kayden
Thankfully Trump is so unpopular that he wouldn’t get away with an Iraq war. Americans wouldn’t stand for it.
There’s also this aspect, something that occurred to me as well (i.e. double-edged sword of social media impact):
Someone on Facebook asked how #WomensMarch compared to large but ultimately ineffective protests against the Iraq War. My thoughts: pic.twitter.com/h4uOaUFFAM
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) January 21, 2017
re: #378 BlueGrl21
We were in a crowd of 22k today, Allegro!
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Wow! I knew there were a lot but… wow. That is so cool.
Through all the smoke, let us not forget that Trump is pulling his usual distractions to shift focus away from real issues the #WomensMarch
— Grandma Gretchen (@wechoosewisdom) January 22, 2017
Illegitimate President is insecure.
Rooftop view of the #WomensMarch in D.C. today. pic.twitter.com/ruVp3IzYbF
— DC Maryland Virginia (@DMVFollowers) January 22, 2017
Really sad in comparison to the half-billion grateful citizens who attended the coronation of King @realDonaldTrump the Virtuous yesterday. https://t.co/KU6PmEU9QB
— Col. Morris Davis (@ColMorrisDavis) January 22, 2017
“Sean Spicer didn’t have a choice.” - CNN’s Erin Burnett, who apparently doesn’t know how choices work
— Seth Abramovitch (@SethAbramovitch) January 22, 2017
re: #304 Donkey With No Name
Went to the Austin march today - didn’t even get off the Capitol grounds until an hour after the march started, that’s how many people there were. Good spirit & I hope a good way to get geared up for the fight over the latest assaults on women’s rights proposed in the Legislature.
In vaguely annoying news, one of my woker-than-thou friends has been Facebook posting all day basically accusing marchers of being Johnny (Jennie?)-come-latelies. How this is supposed to improve any outcomes, I don’t know. I’m this close to muting her, sigh.
Austin Police Department was expecting 11 - 20 thousand. Parade organizers had 30,000 small Texas shaped tags with “Women’s March on Austin” on them- kinda like those “I voted” tags. They were gone by ten o’clock for a noon start. Latest number I heard (official) was 50,000. I suspect it was bigger than that. Never seen anything like it.
What a hoot!
That press statement event was possibly the most fucked up thing I’ve ever seen in the world of politics.
If Sean Spicer’s performance didn’t scare the living crap out of, well, the entire country, I’m not sure what would. Maybe this Trump craziness needed to happen to fully expose the current form of the GOP as the insane batshit crazies they really are. They own every awful thing that befalls us from here on out.
re: #373 De Kolta Chair
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re: #387 jaunte
Let’s not forget that Spicer, like the rest of the high-level staff positions, is just another in the cadre of Drumpf cronies.
Television stations here still avoiding mentioning the marches in Lincoln and Omaha.
#womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/OmielwcYNf
— Courtney Wilder (@wilder_courtney) January 22, 2017
re: #384 jaunte
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Illegitimate President is insecure.
What else do you expect from a fat, bald guy with a tiny pecker and yoooge unsupported ego.
Years from now, Steve Bannon will fondly recall the National Park Twitter kerfluffle as “Trump’s Reagan firing the air traffic controllers moment.”
re: #375 thedopefishlives
Trust me, it doesn’t take us long. Apparently we are rather fertile turtles. I’ll just leave it at that.
Didn’t take us long either.
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Why is Sean so angry? Are you hurt? “Sit down Sean, it’s safe here. Show us on this doll where Trump touched you. It’s OK.”
DC subway driver says over intercom:
“ladies did we have fun today?”
everyone cheers
he continues: “thank you all for fighting for us”— henry goldman (@henrygoldman) January 21, 2017
re: #389 Areopagitica
Look at people like Bill Kristol or David Brooks.
The minute Trump fucks up big enough he can’t recover, the GOP will just pretend he was never their guy in any way. Nuh-uh, not ever.
I mean, they’ve done this before (with George W Bush), and are doing it right now with everything they did after 2008.
re: #395 calochortus
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re: #400 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
Look at people like Bill Kristol or David Brooks.
The minute Trump fucks up big enough he can’t recover, the GOP will just pretend he was never their guy in any way. Nuh-uh, not ever.
I mean, they’ve done this before (with George W Bush), and are doing it right now with everything they did after 2008.
Yup, poll conservatives and a significant fraction will claim the fouled up response to Hurricane Katrina was President Obama’s fault.
“Coastal Elite Marching” (apparently on the coast of the Missouri River)
#WomensMarchOMA #womensmarchomaha
Coastal elite marching pic.twitter.com/FICKgm4Eoc— Edward G. Robinson (@Post_Truth_Era) January 22, 2017
re: #395 calochortus
Didn’t take us long either.
Same for me and Mrs. FBW.
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re: #390 Stanley Sea
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re: #335 Charles Johnson
@gatewaypundit
Only a idiot delicate snowflake could be triggered by what Madonna said, only a fascist shit weasel would try to censor her.— Harry Tuttle (@HarryTuttle11) January 22, 2017
Washington D.C. bakery comments on Trump’s inauguration cake controversy: https://t.co/rmXU8eRDm1 pic.twitter.com/K9WuWY7b3n
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 21, 2017
“Bakery confirms they were specifically asked to copy Obama’s cake.”
I can’t stop thinking about this. Trump. Plagiarized. A. Cake. https://t.co/3p5QZ3bZh5— Clara Mae (@ubeempress) January 21, 2017
re: #334 Interesting Times
Now that’s more like it, beret included! I like the Baghdad Bob outdoor pic a bit better because someone can add small mushroom clouds in the background for ‘atmosphere’.
I copied the pic for future use, thanks!
re: #401 thedopefishlives
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re: #405 Blind Frog Belly White
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Worldwide trending on Twitter:
Women’s March: 6.32 million
Sean Spicer: 163 thousand.
According to Sean Spicer, these people were just keenly dressed as bleachers. #Inauguration #TheResitance pic.twitter.com/WLKHdmCrft
— WilcoMeThat (@WilcoMeThat) January 21, 2017
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
Nope. I also don’t recall him bragging about the size of his dick either. Unlike someone else.
re: #413 Anymouse
This makes me wonder how many of the protestors today (esp. in red states) could have been trump supporters now awash in Voters’ Remorse.
re: #410 calochortus
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I think a pretty damn good message was sent yesterday and especially today. A good start.
re: #284 Skip Intro
So we caught them. And we caught them in a beauty. And I think they’re going to pay a big price.
Pinochet would be so proud.
Come to think of it, his resemblance to Fred Trump is uncanny.
An Omaha station finally decided to give a couple paragraphs to what seems to be one of the largest marches in Omaha’s history.
One station in the state.
And they lied about it (thanks, NBC)
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) — In conjunction with other cities across the country, the metro held its own Women’s March in the metro that drew hundreds to downtown Omaha.
Where “hundreds” is close to “twenty thousand.”
FRANKLY, IT’S ABOUT ETHICS IN GAMING JOURNALISM pic.twitter.com/BlCj4iiaJW
— Gary Legum (@GaryLegum) January 22, 2017
Richard Spencer vs Rage Against the Machine pic.twitter.com/jzGLS4eNtM
— Jack Sprat (@Jacqueimo) January 21, 2017
Glenn Greenwald claims that anti-Trump protestors sent US troops to the Russian border to fuck with Vlad. Because, you know, that’s what liberal protestors have the power to do.
I’m pretty sure he wants a position in the Trump administration as Minister of Propaganda.
#Maddow: Will Trump pull troops recently deployed near Russia’s border because Putin has something on him? https://t.co/9CQBO4ZC2t pic.twitter.com/H9973fdn3T
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 18, 2017
Is it one of the planks of #TheResistance to demand provocative deployments of US troops on or near Russia’s border? https://t.co/KbsY1JKEVB
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 20, 2017
Even state news on PBS has it blacked out here. As far as the statewide media is concerned, there are no women’s protests.
netnebraska.org
Even as protests continue downtown in Omaha:
#nebraskaproud #omahaproud #womensmarchomaha #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/K95CxaN9DY
— Nikki (@nikkilynn4) January 22, 2017
Washington D.C. bakery comments on Trump’s inauguration cake controversy: https://t.co/rmXU8eRDm1 pic.twitter.com/K9WuWY7b3n
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 21, 2017
“Bakery confirms they were specifically asked to copy Obama’s cake.”
I can’t stop thinking about this. Trump. Plagiarized. A. Cake. https://t.co/3p5QZ3bZh5— Clara Mae (@ubeempress) January 21, 2017
re: #423 gocart mozart
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I hadn’t noticed before, but the clocker has some bar fighting skills. Note he’s not using his fist (a good way to end up in a cast), but swings hard into him with his elbow.
Good technique.
re: #426 goddamnedfrank
Apparently the copy wasn’t an entire cake, like the original—rather many bits were just decorated styrofoam. So:
Symbolism up to 11.
Sofia Coppola was amazing in Godfather Part III. #SeanSpicerFilms #SeanSpicer @seanspicer pic.twitter.com/oXGJpTbSTp
— Ace Rothstein (@BillyBatts1970) January 22, 2017
Spicer hasn’t been press secretary for 2 days and the pathetic hyena has already become a meme.
The dishonest media still refuses to acknowledge the self evident truth that Pixels was the best film of 2015. pic.twitter.com/0pj6nJa9Z2
— Frankly My Dear … (@goddamnedfrank) January 22, 2017
LOL: sign in the centre. “There are more qualified cabinets at Nebraska Furniture Mart.”
Unbreakable. 🇺🇸#womensmarchomaha #WomensMarchOnOmaha #WomensMarchOMA #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/v8C7bKYQ10
— Dani Donovan (@danidonovan) January 22, 2017
Trump, a “champion for working class”? Oh, America, you were deeply deceived by someone who is the champion of himself.
— Vicente Fox Quesada (@VicenteFoxQue) January 19, 2017
I don’t recall ever being impressed by Fox as a politician, but he’s doing Twitter shade pretty good.
re: #431 goddamnedfrank
“Greedo shot first. End of discussion.”
Early look at tomorrow’s front page…
HEAR THEM ROAR
Women’s marches jam cities around the world https://t.co/MUBXa8XQm5 pic.twitter.com/Iy1ZCvUYr8— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) January 22, 2017
It was determined, after the CIA speech, that Drumpf is the most insane individual to rule America since George the Third.
“Today, Mr. Trump wrote 3 operas, coached the Knicks, pleasured 7 women, and played a round of golf. He shot a 27.” pic.twitter.com/aSnybur8NI
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 22, 2017
i feel like theres just never a bad time for this gif lately but especially today pic.twitter.com/3Z1kuE4Hph
— Ted (@DOOMTRAlN) January 21, 2017
San Francisco City Hall #WomensMarch #WomensMarchSF pic.twitter.com/iDf3bf9hEH
— Maris Lawson (@immaris) January 22, 2017
re: #434 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
“Greedo shot first. End of discussion.”
Can we just start calling Spicer Dobby the House Elf?
Pitiful excuse for a human being.
re: #432 Anymouse
One from my FB feed (which I asked for permission to post, but have not yet received): “IKEA has better cabinet choices”.
“This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period,” Trump White House press secretary falsely claims. Patently false. pic.twitter.com/QL971jmyMt
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) January 21, 2017
“Record grain and steel production in the Soviet heartland again! Little lies build immunity to big ones. https://t.co/RyMiXILKNs
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 22, 2017
re: #441 austin_blue
Can we just start calling Spicer Dobby the House Elf?
Pitiful excuse for a human being.
No, because that’s disrespectful to Dobby, who was a good and loyal house elf.
re: #424 The Vicious Babushka
Glenn Greenwald claims that anti-Trump protestors sent US troops to the Russian border to fuck with Vlad.
What the effing hell is wrong with Greenwald?
Mr. Kasparov should be quite familiar with our state-wide blackout of the worldwide women’s marches then.
We’re not getting reports about steel production, but lots of stuff about high school sports.
I’m guessing the folks in Omaha are in for a long evening… .
Real men stand with strong women #womensmarchomaha pic.twitter.com/gBB2ychxNl
— Corey K (@OrganizerCK) January 22, 2017
re: #444 thedopefishlives
No, because that’s disrespectful to Dobby, who was a good and loyal house elf.
Ah. Good point. How about Sean Lickspittle Fellationado?
Nebraska Stories Home Page. Nothing about the 20 THOUSAND strong #WomensMarchOmaha https://t.co/hxcVgBGpHG
— MsJoanne (@MsJoanne) January 22, 2017
re: #448 austin_blue
Ah. Good point. How about Sean Lickspittle Fellationado?
I can think of little more dismal, and accurate, than “Sean, Trump’s mouthpiece”
This just came across my FB feed, from one of my few remaining FB wingnuts:
I myself am so sick and tired of the whining crybabies I find here on Facebook. You don’t like the way things are going? Tough shit isn’t it? If you no longer see me and my posts it’s cause I’m sick of your pouting! Grow up and get a job and a life!!!
I think he’s upset that no one is listening to their demands that we stop whining and get over it. Starting to see a lot of this.
They thought the whole ‘Snowflake’ thing was hilarious. Looks like it’s not as funny today.
A few solid months of mockery could blow up the whole Trump Cult.
re: #450 kirkspencer
I can think of little more dismal, and accurate, than “Sean, Trump’s mouthpiece”
The Mouth of Sauron?
re: #441 austin_blue
Can we just start calling Spicer Dobby the House Elf?
Pitiful excuse for a human being.
Dobby was a good elf. Spicer isn’t a good anything, including a liar. He does it, just not well.
re: #452 thedopefishlives
The Mouth of Trump has a ring to it.
“Nebraska Stories” is a feature of NPR here.
Even NPR is not covering it.
re: #452 thedopefishlives
The Mouth of Sauron?
He wishes, for Sauron at least was powerful and had large hands.
@JenGranholm best sign ever, right?! pic.twitter.com/arOKqZejRp
— Gautam Raghavan (@gauragDC) January 22, 2017
re: #449 Anymouse
I’m just tweeting what you’re saying. 😎
re: #454 The Ghost of Senator Incitatus
The Mouth of Trump has a ring to it.
And just like Trump wishes he could do with his actual mouth, it is forever wrapped around his … *cough*
re: #450 kirkspencer
I can think of little more dismal, and accurate, than “Sean, Trump’s mouthpiece”
I want to prick Sean’s balloon. “Trump’s mouthpiece”, to the Trumpets, is a noble position, a pearl of great price.
Making people realize that, every morning , Spicer has to lick a dog’s ass until he gets his self respect back is important.
re: #458 MsJ
I’m just tweeting what you’re saying. 😎
Top headline in my regional newspaper at the moment: Trump Praises CIA, Bristles over Inaugural Crowd Counts.
LANGLEY, Va. (AP) — On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA headquarters into an airing of grievances about “dishonest” journalists. But it was Trump who spread inaccuracies about the size of the crowds at his swearing in.
Standing in front of a memorial for fallen CIA agents, Trump assured intelligence officials, “I am so behind you.” He made no mention of his repeated criticism of the intelligence agencies following the election, including his public challenges of their high-confidence assessment that Russia meddled in the White House race to help him win.
re: #455 Anymouse
“Nebraska Stories” is a feature of NPR here.
Even NPR is not covering it.
NPR must know their federal funding is toast no matter what they do. You’d think they might want to be brave and go out with a bang, but they’re probably too compromised already.
I wonder how long the cops will stand by before they try to run people out of downtown Omaha as the protest continues?
#WomensMarchOmaha #WomensMarch I’m with her too sir! pic.twitter.com/HfHkIgIVBv
— moesdesk42 (@marissaallencr1) January 22, 2017
re: #424 The Vicious Babushka
Glenn Greenwald claims that anti-Trump protestors sent US troops to the Russian border to fuck with Vlad. […]
And I was the one who actually directed all of Russ Meyer’s oeuvre!!! Me! Me!!!
Well, except for Beneath The Valley Of The Ultra Vixens. That was pure Russ.
re: #460 austin_blue
I want to prick Sean’s balloon. “Trump’s mouthpiece”, to the Trumpets, is a noble position, a pearl of great price.
Making people realize that, every morning , Spicer has to lick a dog’s ass until he gets his self respect back is important.
He’s already licking a dog’s balls and enjoying it. There is no self-respect for trumpidiots. Only respect for their hair fuhrer.
While we joke, worth noting that Fox News is just taking @PressSec’s word for it on everything https://t.co/IUyNd0XKkl
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 22, 2017
@NickKristof If they’re Republican then it never happened. They feel entitled to their own facts, unfortunately.
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 22, 2017
From someone at Balloon Juice at the Indianapolis rally:
Spin starting: Trump supporters didn’t show because “they are everyday Americans” and it was expensive to go to the inauguration.
@parscale Trump’s cabinet of billionaires is worth more than the lower 30% of Americans combined. Perhaps they could have subsidized! xo
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) January 21, 2017
re: #470 Anymouse
Spin starting: Trump supporters didn’t show because “they are everyday Americans” and it was expensive to go to the inauguration.
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Yup. I’ve seen that excuse already.
re: #470 Anymouse
@HeerJeet Glenn Beck circa 2010 drew a much larger crowd than @realDonaldTrump
— Nicholas Blake (@NCBlake) January 21, 2017
re: #415 allegro
She did not wave back, and put on a pussy hat just to let him know where she stands.
#NowPlaying Robert Palmer > Some People Can Do What They Like > Man Smart, Woman Smarter https://t.co/AA9pkFpISI
— Charlie Vogel (@teleskiguy) January 22, 2017
I’m going to meander off to bed. We’ll see if the Scottsbluff Star-Herald bumps that “Trump Praises CIA” stuff off the Website in the morning.
re: #470 Anymouse
@parscale if Trump supporters couldn’t attend because they all have jobs, what are they so angry about?
— Benjamin Byron Davis (@Tooda) January 21, 2017
re: #474 Romantic Heretic
She did not wave back, and put on a pussy hat just to let him know where she stands.
Seriously?
Did you ever wonder how the term “snowflake” came in to modern parlance, as in ‘libtard snowflake’?
Well, this is your lucky day.— Grev Williams (@JusticeTrousers) January 21, 2017
the human ashes falling from their crematorium chimneys.
It is not a reference to snow, melting or anything so dainty.— Grev Williams (@JusticeTrousers) January 21, 2017
I guess I was off the mark slightly yesterday. Little did I expect the White House Press Office to use their very first briefing to bring it up, let alone the bust nonsense to be the very first subject.
re: #136 FormerDirtDart
Correcting the record:
Yeah, sure rushing the Churchill bust back in is silly pandering, but the media has now given the Trumpsters more ammo to point and shriek “FAKE NEWS”Churchill bust is back in Oval, but MLK bust that @POTUS44 added was still there tonight, FYI. pic.twitter.com/XP1aBXK9m6
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) January 21, 2017
The bust scandal was a bust. https://t.co/4TqVuEeeh1
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) January 21, 2017
re: #441 austin_blue
Can we just start calling Spicer Dobby the House Elf?
Pitiful excuse for a human being.
No, because Dobby was one of the good guys.
Trump even described the weather during his inauguration incorrectly to aggrandize himself. Via WaPo. pic.twitter.com/nLA9eiTf6Q
— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) January 22, 2017
Still playing duck-and-cover with tornadoes in Lower Alabama.
I was wondering what the magnetometers statement from the USSS was about:
Spicer says magnetometers kept “hundreds of thousands of people” from gaining access to the Mall (and apparently the rest of the city too?)
— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) January 21, 2017
re: #485 Decatur Deb
Still playing duck-and-cover with tornadoes in Lower Alabama.
Don’t get blown away, please. We need all the help we can get.
re: #455 Anymouse
“Nebraska Stories” is a feature of NPR here.
Even NPR is not covering it.
I just saw on Facebook that MN Public Radio was broadcasting live from the St. Paul event. It looks like 60,000 people showed up. Here’s a link to pictures.
“I was peaceful in the face of swearing, name calling and having screaming in our faces. I know this community and I hope for the best going forward.”
That is the post of my neighbor, a married woman, very gentle soul on her Facebook page. She’s in her later 60’s. Small in stature, big in heart. She went to a woman’s march today in the town just down the road from me. That was what she got. I don’t know the details, how many were there, and how many cretins. All I know is my smoldering fire is not going out easily. I stepped away from here for a bit, because I was going too far in the deep end. My wife marched last night at the Harrisburg Pa Capitol Steps. No incidents. I’m disgusted at the Ratfuckery. I’ve unfriended and unfollowed and struggled to not detonate my band over politics. I’ve seen enough in my years, and this is not going to end well. I just wish I was 21 again and that strong and quick. Time to start carrying a cane.
Amazing: Westboro is protesting outside Comet Pizzeria so people started a dance party pic.twitter.com/jXyve27Kj9
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 22, 2017
re: #485 Decatur Deb
The fog is rolling in here in Philly. And it looks like it is going to be very dense. forecast.weather.gov
A Trump book riddled with falsehoods will no longer be sold by the National History Museum https://t.co/UzlHoJbkYM @ianshapira gets results!
— Lynda Robinson (@WPLyndaRobinson) January 22, 2017
They’re gonna need a bigger server…
@ddale8 is there a link to this somewhere on @TorontoStar’s website? Would love to bookmark it. Keep up the great work.
— Ayaz (@sahyder1) January 22, 2017
The Star is going to create a master running list of every Trump false claim. I’ll post it in a couple days. https://t.co/dyg8ZnVQua
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 22, 2017
MSNBC dude says they can’t show all the rally signs because “some of them have a feline theme”
DUDE IN THE WH BRAGGED ABOUT GRABBING PUSSY— Ali Gharib (@Ali_Gharib) January 22, 2017
Quick, cover the piano’s limbs, for decency’s sake.
re: #486 Belafon
I was wondering what the magnetometers statement from the USSS was about:
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So he’s suggesting that 100,000 people showed up with guns?
Photos taken at 12:15 p.m. ET each day show Trump’s inauguration crowd vs. the #WomensMarch https://t.co/syj3kEAr2t pic.twitter.com/OG61rjQdqd
— CNN (@CNN) January 21, 2017
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 22, 2017
Another quote from another FB wingnut who’s spent the past month telling people to stop whining and get over it:
I’m so done battling over politics. Everybody has the right to their own opinion and we need to respect that. I refuse to let politics divide me from people I love. This is what happens to third world countries and I will no longer be part of it. Good luck to all and I hope people start feeling the same way. Let’s stay united. Much love to everyone.
They’re giving up. Heading for the exits.
Another few months and these people will be denying ever voting for their god emperor.
re: #498 allegro
So he’s suggesting that 100,000 people showed up with guns?
Correction: “hundreds of thousands”
Okay Texas, just this once I’ll let slide your stupid no beans chili bullshit.
But srsly, wowsers
Austin, Texas right now. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/TnuLcobEp5
— Lonely Child (@thisisbray) January 21, 2017
re: #481 jaunte
I’ve studied a fait bit of WWII history and I’d never heard that term before. I did a bit of looking about that, and the only reference I could find is that apparently one of the Nazis in Schindler’s List used that term.
Granted my Google-fu is not the best but I’m still inclined to doubt the claim in those tweets.
“He is the most decent, intelligent and honest man I have ever met.” pic.twitter.com/7boeszpnnZ
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 22, 2017
@DavidCornDC pic.twitter.com/Cp61tRMqhl
— WB Young (@FormerDirtDart) January 22, 2017
— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) January 22, 2017
re: #504 Romantic Heretic
I did a bit of the same searching, and I think you’re right.
re: #503 De Kolta Chair
Okay Texas, just this once I’ll let slide your stupid no beans chili bullshit.
But srsly, wowsers
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My town! I was in there, somewhere…
re: #441 austin_blue
Can we just start calling Spicer Dobby the House Elf?
Pitiful excuse for a human being.
No! Dobby was horribly mistreated but turned his life around. Also, our Jack Russell/Beagle mix is called Dobby because of the way her ears sometimes look, and I won’t hear a word against either of them.
re: #247 Charles Johnson
Did President Obama ever brag about the size of his inauguration crowds? I don’t recall him ever doing so - does anyone?
We’ve never had a President who’s this insecure. He might have BPD in addition to the NPD.
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